"Second Aunt, even in your condition, how can you still be thinking about harming others?"
Xu Ruantang slowly said, "It's not that I don't want you to drink water, it's just that the doctor said we have to wait until the IV drip is finished."
"Why are you always in such a hurry? You're always so angry and frustrated, and in the end, you can't get anything done."
Xu Ruantang chuckled softly and leaned slightly to look at Jia Shuling. "I've already promised to take care of you, so I won't do any of the bad things you're imagining. I'm not you."
Jia Shuling's arrogance immediately subsided.
She originally wanted to argue with Xu Ruantang a bit more, but suddenly remembered something and propped herself up on her arms to sit up.
Xu Ruantang reacted quickly, rushing forward and pressing her back down. "What are you doing? Getting up will aggravate your wound. The doctor performed surgery on you all night. Do you want it to reopen and make them work all night again?"
She said so much, but Jia Shuling didn't listen to a word she said.
Her eyes were filled with panic. She grabbed Xu Ruantang's arm with her good hand and asked urgently, "Where's your second uncle? Where is he? Is he alright?"
"It's nothing serious, he has minor injuries and is resting in the hospital."
Xu Ruantang saw the genuine worry in Jia Shuling's eyes, so she stopped arguing with her and answered seriously.
Jia Shuling's heart, which had been in her throat, instantly settled back into her stomach.
"It's alright, it's alright."
She seemed to be recalling something, but when she turned her head and met Xu Ruantang's probing gaze, she immediately reverted to her true nature.
He glared at Xu Ruantang and said, "What are you looking at?!"
Xu Ruantang sat on the stool, resting her chin on one hand, "Looking at someone I can't understand, a strange woman."
Jia Shuling is the only person she doesn't know what's on her mind since she came here and has seen so far.
Her behavior was all too bizarre and beyond reason.
If she likes Chen Gang, she's willing to be a wife of a gay man, yet they haven't slept together yet.
She said she didn't like Chen Gang, yet she could shield him from a bullet without hesitation, and upon waking up, the first thing she did was care about him.
Jia Shuling is not a kind person.
The scrutinizing gaze fell on Jia Shuling, who awkwardly turned her face away, staring blankly at the ceiling.
The doctor came in to check on the patient soon after.
Afterwards, Xu Ruantang was given some instructions, which she wrote down one by one.
As soon as the doctor left, Xu Ruantang fed Jia Shuling water.
This time she didn't cause any trouble and obediently finished drinking it, then closed her eyes and pretended to sleep.
Xu Ruantang ignored her and continued reading yesterday's old newspaper.
The first group of visitors to the ward were surprisingly Wang Xiuxiu and Lu Xiaozhao.
Wang Xiuxiu actually came to see Xu Ruantang.
News of this incident spread quickly throughout the compound.
People were filled with anxiety. Lu Shishen was very busy and asked Wang Xiuxiu to see his parents off early in the morning.
He said, "I've been very busy lately. I'm worried about leaving my parents here, and you're too busy to manage everything. I'll tell them I'm leaving first thing tomorrow morning."
Although Wang Xiuxiu liked Lu's parents, it was still awkward for her to live in the same room as Lu Shishen every day.
After acting for a long time, sometimes she couldn't tell whether Lu Shishen's words and the way he looked at her were real or fake.
Afraid of wavering, she quickly nodded in agreement.
But they pretended to try to persuade him to stay, and of course, Lu's parents did not stay.
Wang Xiuxiu had already made plans with Xu Ruantang to go to Xifo Temple together today, but then she received a call from the reception desk saying it was from the hospital.
She thought something had happened to Xu Ruantang, but the old man at the gatehouse was too old to explain clearly.
After seeing her in-laws off, Wang Xiuxiu brought her child to the hospital.
She carried malted milk powder and a bunch of food and fruit into the ward and found that the patient was Jia Shuling. She felt a pang of heartache.
"Sister Xiuxiu, take this malted milk powder back with you later and give it to Xiaozhao to drink."
Xu Ruantang took the things from her hands, "You sit with Xiao Zhao, I'll go wash the fruit, let's eat now!"
Wang Xiuxiu smiled and nodded, "That would be great!"
The two of them went back and forth, and Jia Shuling, who was pretending to be asleep, got so angry that her nose was crooked.
As soon as Xu Ruantang left, she opened her eyes and looked coldly at Wang Xiuxiu, "Did you come here to make a scene? Are you happy to see me lying here unable to move?"
Wang Xiuxiu helped Lu Xiaozhao straighten her clothes, and without looking up, she retorted, "You're not that important. The old man at the gate slipped his tongue. I thought you weren't the one who was injured, otherwise why would I have come? What kind of relationship do we have? Others may not know, but I know you and me perfectly well."
Jia Shuling's chest heaved, and the tugging at her wound made her grimace. "Hmph!"
"The whole compound knows you're injured. It's this late, why hasn't anyone come to see you?"
Wang Xiuxiu raised her hand, glanced at the time, and said, "Jia Shuling, you really have no friends!"
"Pah, you think you're so great? Have you forgotten when you first came to the compound and nobody paid any attention to you?"
Jia Shuling didn't hold back in her retort.
Wang Xiuxiu scoffed, "It would have been better if you hadn't brought it up. I still remember very clearly what you said back then."
“You said that men need to be controlled. If he doesn’t come back, you make a scene until he has to come back.”
"You also said that the people in the compound look down on me and that I should not give them a friendly look, but beat them until they submit."
"You said that everyone in the compound is a former soldier, and they like strong women the most and hate weak women the most."
These were the words Jia Shuling spoke to the original owner of this body.
Wang Xiuxiu repeated it.
Jia Shuling's face grew increasingly grim, and she vehemently denied it: "I didn't do it. You are of terrible character, and now you're framing me. I used to consider you a friend, but I never imagined you were this kind of person."
Wang Xiuxiu was too lazy to continue the conversation with her.
This kind of person is completely unreasonable.
"Alright, you should focus on recovering. Don't get so angry that you die; that would be a huge mistake on my part."
She was someone who protected soldiers, so the military would naturally not treat her unfairly.
Wang Xiuxiu and Lu Xiaozhao played a clapping game in the hospital room.
The child was happy just playing with her mother, and laughed heartily.
Jia Shuling had her eyes closed at first, but after a while she turned her head and looked over, a faint smile on her lips.
Xu Ruantang returned at this time, followed by two people.
She carried the washed fruit, pulled Lu Xiaozhao and Wang Xiuxiu aside, and huddled on the empty bed.
They gave up their spot to Shen Youyou, who was coming in to perform.
Wang Xiuxiu picked up a grape, peeled it, and handed it to Lu Xiaozhao, exchanging a glance with Xu Ruantang.
Both of their eyes gleamed with gossip.
Eating melons on the spot, and even bringing my own fruit, this is truly a first for me!
Xu Hanli helped Shen Youyou carry the things she brought to see the patient. As soon as she came in, he put them on the cabinet and said with a smile, "Second Aunt, look, your colleague has come to see you. When Youyou heard that you had an accident, she didn't go to work this morning and asked the art troupe for leave."
He looked at Jia Shuling with an innocent expression, completely unaware of the sparks flying between the two women's eyes, and continued to say to himself, "Second Aunt, look how good Youyou is to you."
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