The scene became awkward for a moment.
Chen Xia smiled and said, "I have already cooked the fish soup. I will put it here. Let's drink it together. There are so many people here today. Pingzi is back. I will not disturb you to talk, nor will it affect the patient's rest. I will leave first."
"No, no, take it back! It's hot, and we can't finish it here. It will be wasted if it goes bad in the afternoon." Gu Youlian stuffed the thermos into Chen Xia's hands.
Chen Xia sighed, "Sister, you don't have to be so formal with me. In the past, Auntie treated me like her own daughter, and I am just repaying her kindness. Chengzi and Pingzi are not around, so it's nothing for me to help fulfill my filial piety. Besides, Auntie said yesterday that she wanted to eat fish, so I went to the river to catch some this morning..."
After hearing this, Liu Fen showed reluctance on her face, "Forget it, forget it, it's Xiao Xia's fault, just let it go, I really want to drink some fish soup."
Chen Xia was happy when she heard that. "Then I'll go back first. You should take good care of yourself. I'll come to see you tomorrow. I'll make whatever you want to eat tomorrow."
This time, Gu Youlian didn't let her mother speak, and rushed to say, "No need, my brother and sister-in-law are back, and I'm here, how dare I trouble you, no need."
Chen Xia still had a smile on her face, "Okay, then I'll go back."
After Chen Xia left, Gu Youlian said, "Mom, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but why did you tell Chen Xia that you wanted to eat fish? Where did you put the Chengzi and the bottle?"
Liu Fen was very aggrieved by what her daughter said, "Aren't they both at home?"
"Don't you still have me? What's the big deal about bothering an outsider?" Gu Youlian said.
"Aren't you married? What will the Du family think if you always take care of me?" Liu Fen still looked like she was considering Gu Youlian.
"You are my mother! I am your daughter! If I marry again, I will be no closer than a stranger!" Gu Youlian even retorted to her mother.
Lin Qingping listened and wanted to say: Sister, you are really my mouthpiece.
She had other thoughts in her mind, so she said, "Mom, sister, I'm going to go out and see why Gu Juncheng hasn't come back from buying food yet."
Having said that, he slipped out.
In the ward, Gu Youlian and her mother continued talking.
"Mom, now that my sister-in-law is back, please don't ask Chen Xia to come again. It will make my sister-in-law feel uncomfortable." Gu Youlian warned her mother.
Liu Fen sighed, "I can't bear it either. What Chen Xia said is right. Originally, I treated her as my own daughter. At that time, I thought she was going to marry your brother. Who knew that something unexpected would happen later? Now Chen Xia is not doing well. Her brother and sister-in-law despise her. I feel sorry for her. If she had followed Chengzi, how could she have ended up like this?"
Gu Youlian knew her mother was easily soft-hearted, but she didn't expect her to be so soft-hearted. She was so angry, "What are you saying! It's as if our Chengzi let her down. It's obviously her who let Chengzi down! What's so pitiful about her? She deserves it!"
"She said it was not her own idea, but her parents forced her to do it." Liu Fen said.
Is Gu Youlian really going to be pissed off to death by her mother? Is it impossible to reason with her?
"Anyway, don't let her come to our house again!" Since she can't be persuaded, just give the order directly! "If she comes again, I won't be happy!"
Lin Qingping walked out of the ward and heard the voices of Chen Xia and Gu Juncheng talking at the stairs. As she expected, Chen Xia went out at this moment and happened to meet Gu Juncheng coming back from buying food.
"Brother Chengzi." Chen Xia's voice was sweet when she called him, and at the end, she called him Zhiyuan.
Gu Juncheng just said "hmm".
Chen Xia said, "Brother Chengzi, I just came out from the ward after visiting Auntie. She wanted to eat fish, so I caught two fish for her early in the morning and stewed them just in time for lunch."
I only heard Gu Juncheng's voice saying, "You took the trouble. Thank you."
"Are you still so polite to me? We have known each other since we were wearing open-crotch pants. Auntie treated me as her daughter-in-law..." Perhaps she realized that it was inappropriate to say this, so she changed her words, "She raised me as her daughter. I am very grateful for her kindness to me in the past."
Gu Juncheng said "Oh", "That was in the past. I don't want to bother you again now."
"It's okay, no trouble..."
"It's troublesome." Zhiyuan interrupted her.
"ah?"
"My Uncle Gu will be in a lot of trouble, and Lin Qingping will probably be unhappy." Zhiyuan suddenly interrupted.
Lin Qingping, who was eavesdropping quietly in the corner, said:
The air stagnated for a second.
Chen Xia asked hesitantly, "Cheng...Chengzi, is this what you mean?"
"That's exactly what I meant." Gu Juncheng said, "She will misunderstand, and then I will be in trouble."
"They can even stand in a circle!" Zhiyuan interrupted again.
Lin Qingping: ...When did she ever punish Gu Juncheng by making him stand in a circle?
Chen Xia was confused, "What does standing in a circle mean?"
"If my uncle Gu makes a mistake, he will have to draw a circle on the ground and stand at attention in the circle for an hour." Zhiyuan explained to her loudly.
"This..." Chen Xia's tone sounded like he was completely at a loss.
Zhiyuan added, "For a mistake like yours, coming to see my uncle Gu all the time, I guess you won't be able to finish it without standing for three hours!"
Lin Qingping found it funny. Did Gu Juncheng just let this kid talk nonsense?
Chen Xia felt very uncomfortable listening to this, and forced a smile, "Brother Chengzi, I didn't expect that you would be so miserable at home after getting married. Lin Qingping is too rude and disrespectful, right? You are a soldier, and she doesn't respect you?"
"No." Gu Juncheng immediately denied it. "She is very nice. I was willing to do whatever she did to me. That's why I told you not to come again in the future to avoid unnecessary trouble."
"But, we are good brothers!" Chen Xia choked up a little, "Are you going to give up all the friendship we had in the past just because you get married?"
"You also said that, that is in the past." Gu Juncheng said.
"Brother Chengzi, you are so heartless and ungrateful. Lin Qingping won't like it if she knows about it, right?"
"No, no! Lin Qingping likes my Uncle Gu so much that she even marked him on her body. Only she can see it and no one else can see it!" Zhiyuan interrupted hurriedly.
Lin Qingping: ...What is this kid thinking about every day?
This time even Gu Juncheng was speechless.
Chen Xia couldn't bear to hear this, "Okay, Brother Chengzi, then I wish you and Lin Qingping happiness."
There were the sounds of footsteps on the stairs, I guess it was Chen Xia leaving.
Then, the footsteps of Gu Juncheng and Zhiyuan came upwards.
"You are really capable!" This is what Gu Juncheng said about Zhiyuan.
Zhiyuan was very naughty in front of him, "Thank you for the compliment, Uncle Gu."
"Am I praising you?"
"I'll take it as a compliment! I'm so smart, don't I deserve praise?"
"You are not smart, you are Lin Qingping's lackey!"
"What else? If I don't side with my mother, then am I side with that woman out there?"
"Don't make up such outrageous stories next time? I stood in circles for three hours? When have I ever stood before?"
"Oh, if you hang out with this Chen guy more often, I think you'll be close to being in the circle!"
"You'll have to stand there for three hours before we get back to the capital!"
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Lin Qingping listened to the two of them bickering, pursed her lips and smiled, then quietly disappeared, pretending that she had never eavesdropped.
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