Zhu Yaowu looked back sensitively and saw that the other party immediately looked away. Zhu Yaowu narrowed his eyes slightly, and the person who was about to leave went back to the ward.

Ji Ling was also surprised to see Lin Hai. She stood up and asked, "Why are you here?"

"I just met Wang Ermei at the hospital entrance. She told me that your elder brother was in the hospital. I thought I was just in the right place, so I came to see him." Lin Hai handed over the fruit in his hand.

Before Ji Ling could pick up the phone, Zhu Yaowu took it and said with a smile, "It turns out to be my sister-in-law's friend. I thought it was Brother Ji's friend."

Ji Ling introduced them, "This is Lin Hai, he lives in the same courtyard as my grandpa's."

Zhu Yaowu stretched out his hand, "Zhu Yaowu."

The two shook hands and got to know each other. Lin Hai felt awkward. "Then I'll go back first. I'll go back to school tomorrow. We'll see each other in the capital later."

Ji Ling sent him off, "Let me take you there."

"No, just accompany Brother Ji."

Ji Ling didn't be polite to him.

After Lin Hai left, Zhu Yaowu opened the fruit and looked at it. "Is this the fruit we bought at the hospital entrance? How can you be so careless when you come to see me?"

Ji Ling took a quick look at the apples and oranges inside. It was not cheap to buy them in the north in winter, so it was considered quite good.

Zhu Yaowu lives in the capital, so his horizons are broader.

But she still explained, "We're not that familiar with each other. We just met a few times in my grandpa's yard. He and I didn't have a good relationship before."

Zhu Yaowu nodded, "That's what I said."

He thought it was his eldest brother's love rival, but it seems he was overthinking it.

"Didn't you go out to buy food? Why are you back?" Ji Ling just remembered then.

Zhu Yaowu said, "Someone is coming. How can I leave? I have to go now."

As they were talking, the door was pushed open, and Ji Yong and his wife came in with food in their hands, "No need, your mother and I bought it at the door."

Ji Yong smiled and invited Zhu Yaowu to eat. "Yaowu, you've worked hard. Come back later and I'll take you to eat something delicious."

"Then I'll remember it." Zhu Yaowu said with a smile.

Ji Yong liked energetic young people like Zhu Yaowu. Since there was no table in the ward, he pulled the bedside table over and put the food on it.

During the meal, Ji Yong asked his daughter again when she would go back home, "Don't let it affect your studies."

"I bought a sleeper berth for tomorrow night." Zhu Yaowu took over the conversation, "Because sleeper berths are hard to buy, otherwise I would have stayed a few more days. My dad called and said that only tomorrow night's berth is available."

"Then you're going to sit in a hard seat?" Ji Yong was surprised.

"It's just three days. I can even stand. I just don't need to worry about my sister-in-law getting tired." Zhu Yaowu smiled, looking harmless.

But his words hit Ji Yong and his wife like a slap in the face.

Ji Ling felt that Zhu Yaowu must have done it on purpose. There was no need to say anything about buying a few berths, but he said it anyway, and his words were more exaggerated than usual.

Understanding his intention, Ji Ling suppressed her smile and said, "Dad, don't worry. Let him come over to sleep during the day and I'll sleep at night. I can't lie down all the time."

Zhu Yaowu glanced at Ji Ling and was unhappy that she was giving him a way out.

Ji Ling ignored him.

Ji Yong smiled and said, "It can only be like this. It's all Dad's fault for making you pregnant and making you suffer all the time."

"Dad, this matter is in the past, please don't mention it again." Ji Ling said with a smile, "By the way, did uncle get the money back? I will take it back tomorrow. When I get back, my mother-in-law is afraid that the money is not enough, so she stuffed 5,000 yuan in my pocket. I thought at the time that I couldn't use the money, so I would return it to my mother-in-law when I got back. Fortunately, I didn't refuse it at the time, otherwise my brother would be sent back if he didn't pay the fee now."

Ji Ling looked at Quan Dang and pretended not to notice his parents' stiff faces. "On the day he came, he was asked to pay two thousand. The other two thousand didn't have to be given to me. My parents-in-law said it was for my eldest brother. Later, there was still a shortfall of more than three thousand. I paid five thousand at the time. There will be some money left when my eldest brother is discharged from the hospital."

"Well, your uncle said he would deliver it tomorrow morning." Ji Yong spoke before his wife could.

Ji Ling nodded, "As long as you can bring it back."

Fortunately, Ji Jianhua woke up at this time and the topic changed. Ji Yong also breathed a sigh of relief. After dinner, Xu Fang quietly cleaned the table, and Ji Ling and others gathered around the bed and talked.

"After I went to the factory this morning, I went to Luo's house again and told Luo Lichen to rest at home and come over during the day. It's not good to ask a girl to keep watch so late at night." Ji Yong explained to his son.

Before Ji Jianhua could speak, someone came in. It was Wang Ermei's mother Lian Qin.

As soon as she saw Lian Qin, Xu Fang's face immediately turned ugly. Although her son was in trouble, she also knew that the Wang family was in the hospital. She had met Lian Qin twice in the hospital. Lian Qin asked her to pass on a message in a roundabout way, wanting Wang Sanmei to go home.

Now that someone has come to me directly, I guarantee it’s nothing good.

Lian Qin smiled and said, "Jianhua is in the hospital. I have been saying that I will come to see him. My old Wang can't do without someone."

"Jianhua is doing well. Sorry for your worry." Ji Yong said politely, "How is Lao Wang now?"

"Old Wang, I'm sorry." Lian Qin wiped her eyes, "I came here today to ask Xiaoling for help."

Xu Fang glanced at her husband, and Ji Yong regretted asking this question. He had been on guard against it but failed.

"Lian Qin, we understand that you are worried about Lao Wang's illness. Xiaoling is an outsider, how can she help? And you are pregnant, so you should not make things difficult for the child." Ji Yong's words were already giving face to the other party, but his attitude was also expressed.

Lian Qin is just a woman. She came here with a purpose, so she doesn't care about these things. "Ji Yong, I can't help it. I don't know if Lao Wang can make it. With two people in school and Da Mei working alone, the family can't survive. I don't ask for anything else now. It's enough for San Mei to come back and see her father for the last time."

"The child is angry with us now, and only Xiaoling can talk her down. You can't let Mr. Wang die without seeing the child for the last time, right?"

"Lian Qin, what you said is not right. You can't take care of your own child, so why are you pushing the responsibility onto others? If Xiaoling hadn't taken Sanmei in in the capital, who knows what would have happened to her now? She would have either starved to death or frozen to death in the middle of winter. It's fine if we don't expect your family to be grateful, but now we're the one who's blamed." Ji Yong's face darkened.

"If Xiaoling hadn't taken Sanmei in, she would have gone home hungry a long time ago." Lian Qin also retorted, "Isn't that what I'm saying? Why is she so stubborn that she doesn't want to go home now? Isn't it your Xiaoling who gave her the confidence? You say Xiaoling has no responsibility?"

"Sanmei is no longer with me. The last time you found me, I drove her away." Ji Ling took over the conversation calmly, "So I don't know where she is now. You can go find her by yourselves."

(End of this chapter)