"Wife?" Chen Qingqing was taken aback, and the smile on her face instantly froze.
She glanced at the man and saw that he was looking at her innocently, so she knew that he must have just woken up and had mistaken her for someone else.
So he patiently explained, "Young master, you have mistaken me for someone else. I am not your wife."
The man's eyes were resolute. "Impossible. You are my wife. There's no mistake."
“My wife, when I was in a daze, you took great care of me. I remember your breath, your appearance, how you fed me water and medicine, and checked my body. How could I possibly remember it wrong?”
Chen Qingqing was speechless. It turned out that although the man appeared to be unconscious, he was actually fully conscious and aware of everything that was happening around him.
This situation is clearly a manifestation of neurological disorder caused by the sequelae of brain injury.
She sighed helplessly, "I am really not your wife. I treated you and took care of you only because I am a doctor. Now that you are awake, please let this gentleman help you go home, okay?"
The man's gaze became blank, and he lowered his head, lost in thought...
Seeing that he remained silent for a long time, Chen Qingqing knew that it would take a long time for him to fully recover from his brain injury.
It's already fortunate that this person is conscious; as for the extent of their recovery, she has no control over it.
Having taken care of him for so many days, she had done more than enough; she simply couldn't care less about what would happen to him in the future.
Thinking of this, she smiled slightly at the steward of Fukuda-in.
"My lord, this person is now in your care. I hope you will take good care of her. I have other matters to attend to, so I will take my leave now."
"Alright, don't worry, young lady." After saying that, the steward waved to his two underlings, "Carry him inside and find someone to take good care of him."
The man was dragged and pulled into Futian Courtyard.
He tilted his head, his clear eyes fixed on Chen Qingqing behind him.
With the matter settled, Chen Qingqing did not hesitate any longer and got into the oxcart.
She planned to go to the local grocery store first. If she could wholesale all forty catties of brown sugar, it would save her a lot of trouble.
"Uncle Lao Han, let's go to the grocery store."
"Alright!" Old Liu waved his whip, and the oxcart slowly began to move.
I hadn't gone far when I suddenly heard hurried footsteps and shouts behind me.
"Stop right there! Come back here..."
Chen Qingqing suddenly turned around, and the scene she saw gave her a headache.
The man was seen running ahead, with two constables chasing after him.
The man ran while calling out, "Wife, wait for me! Don't leave me alone, I'm scared, wife..."
The roadside was packed with onlookers.
The man quickly caught up and lightly jumped onto the oxcart.
He looked at Chen Qingqing with a wronged expression, "Wife, don't leave me. I don't want to go to that place. I'm scared."
Chen Qingqing almost collapsed. Good heavens, such agile skills, she didn't seem like someone who had just recovered from a serious illness, she was clearly a trained fighter.
But at that moment, the man looked at her with an innocent expression and pleaded, his eyes like those of a little puppy seeking comfort.
Her tone softened a bit, "I'm really not your wife, don't call me that."
"You are my wife, why don't you want me anymore?"
At this moment, the two lowly servants caught up, panting, and said angrily,
"Young lady, this man has violent tendencies. We just brought him into Futian Courtyard, and he punched one of us adults against the wall, then turned and ran away."
We chased after him, and he turned around and kicked each of us, almost sending us flying.
"Who told you to be mean to me? You deserve to be beaten." After saying that, the man looked at Chen Qingqing with pleading eyes, instantly transforming into a pitiful puppy, "Wife, I won't go with them. They were mean to me."
Seeing the man addressing Chen Qingqing as "wife" repeatedly, the servant lost his previous respect and looked at her with disdain.
In their hearts, Chen Qingqing was a wicked woman who abandoned her husband.
They must have disliked the injured man and thought he was a burden, so they deliberately forged a document and sent him to Fukuda-in to fend for himself.
Unexpectedly, the man regained consciousness, and she insisted that she did not know him.
The constable looked at her with disdain, "Young lady, this is Futian Inn. We only take in widowed, orphaned, and lonely elderly people, as well as destitute people who have nothing to eat or wear."
Now that your man is awake, you should take him home quickly and stop trying to shirk your responsibility.
Chen Qingqing quickly explained, "My lord, you've misunderstood. I really have nothing to do with him."
"It's alright, he can call you 'wife,' who are you trying to fool!"
“Really, sir, I don’t know him at all. I rescued him from the wild.”
"Alright, stop talking nonsense. We've seen plenty of women like you. When a man gets sick, you just want to wash your hands of the matter and throw him into Futian Hospital. Tell me, isn't what you're doing immoral?" The servant scolded Chen Qingqing for a while before turning and leaving.
At this moment, the onlookers began pointing and whispering about Chen Qingqing.
"This girl seems so honest and decent, how could she do something like abandoning her husband!"
"Yeah, this man looks so pitiful in this state, and she still wants to distance herself from him. She's so heartless!"
"Alas, the world is going to the dogs, and people's hearts are no longer what they used to be. This woman is truly shameless."
"Maybe it's because the man's family is too poor, and she doesn't want to live a hard life with him."
"No matter what, husband and wife should share joys and sorrows. What she did was so dishonest, she's not even human."
"Look at how flustered she is, she must be feeling guilty."
"This kind of woman deserves her retribution; she'll regret it someday."
......
Hearing everyone's misunderstanding of Chen Qingqing, Liu Laohan was furious and couldn't help but loudly defend himself.
“Shut up. Don’t spout nonsense if you don’t know the truth. We really don’t know this person. He’s the one we rescued from the mountain. If you don’t believe me, go ask around in Nanshan Village.”
After saying that, he glared angrily at the man and warned him sternly.
"Young man, are you ever going to stop? Qing'er kindly saved you, and when you woke up you not only didn't thank her, but you even kept calling her 'wife.' Isn't that ruining her reputation? If you have any conscience at all, quickly explain things to everyone."
The man stiffened his neck, his face stubborn, "You're talking nonsense. She is my wife, and I will be good to her for the rest of my life."
Old Liu was so angry he almost vomited blood. Qingya had kindly helped him, but he turned around and refused to leave. Wasn't this just like the farmer and the snake, ungrateful and treacherous?
This shameless, despicable, and vile guy is truly disgusting.
I really wanted to beat him up, but I held back and said through gritted teeth,
“Young man, we have to have a conscience. Qingya didn’t care about fame or fortune, and went through a lot of trouble to save you, but you repay kindness with enmity and even leech off her. That’s not very nice of you.”
"She is my wife, and I will stay with her." The man hung his head, looking aggrieved.
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