Chapter 16

Breakfast was sweet potato and corn porridge, meat-filled buns, boiled eggs and fried shredded potatoes. This is all from Ye Xuwen’s hand.

With an extra helper, Jiang Ci can sleep a little longer in the morning.

Jiang Yaozu’s eyes lit up when he saw the meat buns, and he reached out to take them. Ye Xuwen tapped his hand with chopsticks, “Go wash your hands.”

Jiang Yaozu stuck out his tongue awkwardly, and quickly went to the bathroom to wash his hands. Then he sat on the stool with a smile on his face. When he took a bun and stuffed it into his mouth, it was fragrant and sizzling, not to mention how delicious it tasted. “Brother-in-law, the buns you made are so delicious.”

Ye Xuwen unnoticeably passed a bun to Jiang Ci, but turned his face towards Jiang Yaozu, “Your father is in the hospital, don’t you want to go see him?”

Hearing this, Jiang Ci, who was about to eat a bun, glanced at Ye Xuwen. She didn’t expect that he actually knew that Jiang Weimin was in the hospital, but why did he suddenly bring this up?

Jiang Yaozu said: “I wanted to go, but my mother said that the hospital was not clean and she was afraid of infection, so she wouldn’t let me go.”

Ye Xuwen said: “What’s unclean about that? That’s your father.”

Jiang Yaozu hummed, and then said seriously: “Brother-in-law, then I won’t be back at noon. I’ll go to the hospital to see my dad.”

Ye Xiuwen said: “That’s great, your sister and I will go together.”

Jiang Ci looked at Ye Xuwen inexplicably, really not knowing what this man was up to. After Jiang Yaozu went to school, Jiang Ci spoke up, “You go if you want to go. I won’t go to see him. He wants to beat me up every now and then at home. I don’t deserve to see a man like him.”

Ye Xiuwen said: “I know, but now that I’m back, I should go to the hospital to see him, to avoid gossip.”

Jiang Ci laughed. “You are a person from the 21st century. Are you afraid of people gossiping about you? They can gossip if they want. I won’t listen anyway.”

Ye Xuwen looked at her and said, “You beat him up like that. If you want to distance yourself from him, you have to put on a good show. Don’t wait for him to come to his senses and start pestering you again. That would only make you dirty.”

What a villain who complains first. I didn’t expect Ye Xuwen to be so cunning.

Jiang Ci looked at Ye Xuwen with admiration, “I didn’t realize you were quite capable. How did you know I was the one who beat him?”

Ye Xiuwen said: “My brother said that you like to practice Taekwondo very much. If Jiang Weimin wants to beat you, you will not let him succeed easily.”

At this point, Jiang Ci was still a little proud. Fortunately, she liked sports, otherwise she would be bullied to death by this family. She smiled and said, “You are smart. How do you plan to distance yourself from the matter?”

Ye Xiuwen said: “We’ll act according to circumstances.”

That means there is no plan at all. Jiang Ci raised her hand and said, “It’s time to test our tacit understanding. I hope our first cooperation goes smoothly.”

Ye Xuwen glanced at the hand she stretched out and asked, “Want to take advantage of me?”

Jiang Ci couldn’t help rolling her eyes, “You’re taking the lion’s share.”

To put on a full show, Ye Xuwen specially brought a bag of gifts. Although there seemed to be a lot of big and small packages, they were actually empty boxes and leftover buns from the morning.

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Jiang Fei was very scared last night. She came to the hospital early in the morning to complain to Li Chunhua, saying that she saw a ghost last night.

Li Chunhua glared at her and said, “Don’t talk nonsense. We are cracking down on feudal superstitions now. Be careful not to be arrested and paraded through the streets.”

Jiang Fei lowered her voice and said, “Mom, I really didn’t lie to you. It was a female ghost. Her hair was very long, and her eyes were as big as eggs, and they glowed green. She was right at the bottom of the window.”

“Did Jiang Ci try to scare you on purpose?” Li Chunhua guessed.

Jiang Fei frowned and recalled last night, “No, that ghost on the windowsill was scary, with green light on his face.” She raised her hand and compared, “The tongue is this long.”

Li Chunhua looked at Jiang Feibi’s hand on her chest, her face turned pale instantly, as if she thought of something, “Could it be…”

“Who is it?” Jiang Fei looked curious.

Li Chunhua frowned and said, “That shouldn’t be the case.” She remembered that a woman had hanged herself in her own home before the tube building. She was found in broad daylight. The scene was horrifying and many people saw it.

After that, the tube-shaped building was not peaceful for a period of time, and a woman’s crying could be heard in the middle of the night.

But Jiang Fei was still young when the incident happened, so I shouldn’t have bothered her.

Li Chunhua nervously held Jiang Fei’s hand and said, “Didn’t you go to find Jiang Ci with your uncle yesterday? How come it’s a female ghost again?”

Thinking of what happened yesterday, Jiang Fei spread her hands and said, “Don’t mention it. Jiang Ci closed the door and wouldn’t let my uncle and I in. She even scolded us. She has no manners at all. Mom, do you think Jiang Ci has changed?”

In the past, Li Chunhua would never believe that the steamed bun Jiang Ci could do such a thing, but after experiencing the changes in the past few days, she believed everything Jiang Fei said. She nodded and said, “Yes, he has become a different person, beating and scolding me.”

Jiang Fei echoed, “She has become more cunning and has become extremely strong. Mom, do you think she is possessed by a ghost?”

Li Chunhua glared at her and said, “Still talking nonsense.”

Jiang Fei snorted and muttered unhappily, “I’m not wrong.”

As they were talking, the door of the ward opened and Jiang Ci walked in smilingly, holding the child in her arms. She was wearing a blue and white plaid blouse, her long black hair was tied with a blue hairband, and her arms were as white as lotus roots.

Speak of the devil, he will appear. Jiang Fei was so angry that she was about to curse, but unexpectedly Gu Jinghuai came up from behind her with two large bags of things in his hands.

The man’s face was so handsome that Jiang Fei couldn’t help but blush.

Thinking back, she fell in love with Gu Jinghuai at first sight, but who would have thought that Jiang Ci would get there first? When they got married, Jiang Fei was so mad that she almost died. Jiang Fei cursed the two of them behind their backs many times, and finally forced Gu Jinghuai to leave, but she didn’t expect that he would come back again.

This time, I must expose Jiang Ci’s true face in front of Gu Jinghuai and let him know that someone like Jiang Ci is not worthy of being a military wife!

Jiang Fei smiled, she stood up and looked at Gu Jinghuai and said, “Comrade Gu, you didn’t tell me when you came back.”

Ye Xuwen glanced at Jiang Fei and said, “Didn’t we meet at my doorstep yesterday? You had…some dirty stuff on you.”

Jiang Fei thought that Gu Jinghuai didn’t notice her because there were so many people around, but she didn’t expect that he actually saw her. What would he think if he saw her? Would he think she was dirty? Would he look down on her? She quickly explained, “I didn’t mean to do that. It was Jiang Ci who didn’t open the door for me.”

Ye Xuwen said: “It’s her fault, otherwise you wouldn’t have pooped in your pants.”

“You, me!” Jiang Fei didn’t know how to explain for a moment.

Jiang Ci just tried to hold back her laughter, but Ye Xuwen was quite irritating.

At this time, Li Chunhua saw Gu Jinghuai as if she had seen a relative, and greeted him enthusiastically: “Jinghuai is back.”

Ye Xuwen put the bag on the cabinet next to the bed and said, “I heard that my father was in the hospital, so I came to see him.” He glanced at the person on the bed. Jiang Weimin’s face was covered with blood scabs, which looked shocking. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was disfigured, but it was just a skin injury and nothing serious.

Jiang Weimin was still sleeping. When he heard the sound, he opened his eyes and saw that it was his soldier son-in-law who came back. His eyes instantly became moist. He raised his hands and pursed his lips, feeling extremely aggrieved.

Jiang Ci sneered at the side.

Gu Jinghuai is your father, you will cry when you see him.