Xu Ruantang put Xiaobao down, waved her hand and said, "I won't sit down anymore. Chen Ji and I have something to do, so we'll be leaving now."
As she spoke, she pointed to the things Chen Ji had placed on the ground, "These are all things that Xiao Bao can still wear and use. I thought you would be leaving next week, so I gave them all to take with him."
Gao Baoliang rubbed his hands awkwardly, "Sister-in-law, keep these, they can be used when you have children in the future."
The more he spoke, the softer his voice became.
Xu Ruantang smiled nonchalantly, "No, Xiao Bao's things are Xiao Bao's things. She'll be with you from now on, so it'll be the same. You should make sure she has everything she needs. If she needs more, just write to me and Chen Ji, and we'll buy it for her."
She phrased it rather tactfully, but Gao Baoliang understood.
Xu Ruantang was afraid that once they had a younger sister, they wouldn't pay as much attention to Xiaobao.
Gao Baoliang quickly assured her, his voice tinged with seriousness: "Commander, sister-in-law, don't worry. Even if we have a younger sister, Xiaoying and I won't favor one over the other. We won't tell Xiaobao anything like, 'She's the older sister, so she has to give way to her younger sister.'"
This was something Xu Ruantang hadn't anticipated.
She never expected that Gao Baoliang would be even more open-minded than she had imagined.
"That's good."
Xu Ruantang responded with a smile.
Chen Ji had already opened the Gao family's door. Xiao Bao, who was playing with a ball in his hand, raised his hand and waved to Xu Ruantang and Chen Ji, saying, "Bye-bye."
The child must have thought that they would pick her up on Fridays and bring her back on the weekend, just like every week.
Xu Ruantang held back her tears and forced a smile as she waved to her: "Xiao Bao, bye-bye."
After leaving the Gao family compound and getting into the car, Xu Ruantang couldn't hold back her tears, which started falling in a steady stream.
Chen Ji didn't drive off immediately. Instead, he whispered to her for a long time and then took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
After she finished venting, the two went home together.
Night fell as I arrived home.
In a secluded place, Chen Ji quietly took Xu Ruantang's hand.
Xu Ruantang felt a warmth in her heart as she recalled what he had said in the car, and she squeezed Chen Ji's large hand tightly.
He said, "Wife, I'll be with you from now on."
That makes sense when you think about it.
Even her child with Chen Ji can't stay with them forever.
The child will eventually grow up and live her own life, and the only person who can stay by her side forever is Chen Ji, her partner.
Thinking this way, Xu Ruantang felt much better.
As they walked, she started shaking Chen Ji's arm.
Chen Jiren let her shake him, a clear upward curve appearing on the corners of his mouth.
At the next turn, Xu Ruantang's smile vanished.
There was an annoying person standing in front of her house.
Cheng Dan was holding a box in her hands, pacing back and forth in front of her courtyard gate. She looked like she was there to see Chen Ji.
Xu Ruantang paused, and Chen Ji stopped as well.
He followed his wife's gaze and his expression immediately turned cold. He gripped her hand even tighter.
Cheng Dan also saw the two of them, holding hands, their smiles at each other just a second ago were particularly glaring.
"Chen Ji, you're back."
Cheng Dan quickly withdrew her gaze from the two people's hands and walked towards Chen Ji as if no one else was there.
Chen Ji's tone was icy. "What is it?"
Cheng Dan didn't care about his cold face at all, and still smiled gently: "It's not me, it's my dad. Someone gave him some Ganoderma lucidum to make medicinal wine, and he asked me to give it to you."
As he spoke, he pushed the box in his hand forward a little.
This excuse is flawless.
Chen Ji is now a deputy brigade commander, but he is still a soldier under Cheng's father.
"No need, I don't need it. Please give it to someone else, sir."
After Chen Ji finished speaking, he pulled Xu Ruantang away.
As he passed by Cheng Dan, he put an arm around her shoulder and asked in an exceptionally gentle tone, "Honey, what do you want to eat tonight?"
Xu Ruantang deliberately raised her voice, "I like anything you make."
After she finished speaking, goosebumps rose all over her body.
She tried to shake off Chen Ji's hand, but he held it tightly and she couldn't shake it off at all.
Cheng Dan stood there, her face pale.
Soon, the door behind her slammed shut.
The alley was pitch black.
But she could almost hear Xu Ruantang's shrill laughter, and it seemed as if everyone around her was mocking her.
If there were light, one could see that Cheng Dan's bloodshot eyes were filled with hatred.
Cheng Dan's latest incident went unnoticed by Xu Ruantang.
Chen Ji felt annoyed and once again suggested finding a way to get rid of her, but Xu Ruantang stopped him.
Chasing a dog into a dead-end alley will surely result in it being devoured.
She felt that Cheng Dan hadn't done anything wrong, so it wasn't appropriate to do that.
Moreover, if Chen Ji did that, how would he be any different from the Cheng family?
Gao Baoliang's family soon boarded a train heading south. Xu Ruantang and Chen Ji saw them off that day, but they didn't appear in front of Xiaobao.
I'm afraid Xiaobao will cry if he sees them.
As it turned out, they were overthinking it; Xiao Bao was completely captivated by the people at the train station, his little mind racing.
I ate quite a bit before getting on the bus.
"She's still young, she probably doesn't understand what moving means."
Ruan Tang offered a weak word of comfort to Chen Ji, who was equally dejected.
A week after Xiao Bao left, unexpectedly, Chen Ji, who was originally calm, was the first to lose his composure.
As soon as I got off work on Friday, I dragged Xu Ruantang onto a train heading south.
He even asked someone to buy him a sleeper berth.
It seems Chen Ji had planned this all along, since he had to buy these things in advance.
I spent two days playing with Xiaobao.
The couple were relieved to find that their child was eating well, playing well, and even gaining a little weight.
I took the train back overnight on Sunday.
The two went there a few more times after that. Chen Ji was busy most of the time, so whenever Xu Ruantang had free time, she would go to find Sister Juan and Qiu Liang.
Their shop is now booming.
When Xu Ruantang arrived, the shop was extremely busy.
She simply changed into her work clothes and helped out for a while.
Once the shop was less crowded, Xu Ruantang pushed Sister Juan to the tailor shop next door, which belonged to her godmother and Aunt Liu.
Summer has arrived, and Xu Ruantang brought out a pot of chilled mung bean milk from the shop.
"Sister Juan, where is Sister Zhang Li?"
While pouring iced drinks for everyone, Xu Ruantang asked Sister Juan a question.
Sister Juan smiled gently and said, "A doctor from abroad came to the Beijing Municipal Hospital. He said he could cure her son's illness. She took the past few days off and took her child to queue up for a doctor's appointment."
Xu Ruantang hadn't seen Zhang Li in a long time, so she thought for a moment before saying, "Does her son have congenital heart disease?"
Sister Juan nodded: "Yes, it's probably not easy to cure. She's always been very hardworking at the shop, and Qiu Liang has given her a raise several times. Right now, she's completely focused on getting her son treated, so she definitely won't let this opportunity pass her by."
Xu Ruantang seemed to be deep in thought.
She seemed to remember that in later generations, the cure rate for congenital heart disease was quite high.
Xu Ruantang then thought of Sister Juan's legs.
With the advancement of modern medicine, the causes of paralysis during childbirth are now quite diverse.
I don't know which type Sister Juan has, but maybe it can cure her too!
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