Chapter 33: A Narcissistic and Proud Man

Qian Xiaolan took her grandfather’s ride to the Provincial Military District Hospital, bidding farewell to her reluctant family. After circling the hospital area, she found the black market and sold two hundred kilograms of grain, two cotton quilts, and several boxes of commonly used medicines. Then, she carried the food she had prepared at home into the hospital.

 Gu’s family had already been to the hospital, so she knew where Gu Yanqing’s ward was. She walked towards the upstairs, and before she got close, she heard Gu Yanqing’s impatient voice: “Get out! I said I don’t want to eat, don’t bother me anymore!” Qian Xiaolan frowned, took a few quick steps, and looked into the ward. As soon as she saw, her brows immediately relaxed. “Oh, what’s going on, why are you so angry?” Qian Xiaolan leaned against the door, smiling mischievously. Gu Yanqing’s gaze “swoosh” turned to the door, and immediately became pitiful.

“Xiaolan, why did you only come to see me now?” The nurse holding a heart-shaped lunch box: ??? So, this officer really has a girlfriend? In an instant, her face turned red to the roots of her ears, and she hurriedly said, “Sorry, sorry, I thought you were fooling everyone.” Then, she lowered her head and turned to run, and halfway through, she even lost one of her shoes. She looked up at Qian Xiaolan, bent down to pick up her shoe, and ran away.

 Qian Xiaolan: “…” Am I that scary? Qian Xiaolan touched her face and withdrew her gaze, entering the room and sitting next to Gu Yanqing’s bed, reaching out to take his pulse. “Why are you still so rude to girls?” Gu Yanqing snorted coldly: “Who told them to be so annoying? I said I have a girlfriend and they still come up to me, they’re shameless, so don’t blame me for not giving them face.

” Qian Xiaolan slapped his hand, “You definitely didn’t explain it properly to them, you just yelled at them as soon as they got close, right?” Gu Yanqing argued: “As soon as I was admitted, I told my subordinates, if my girlfriend comes to see me, bring her over.” This narcissistic and arrogant look was really… Qian Xiaolan shook her head: “With your dog temper, who can stand it?” “You!” Qian Xiaolan was speechless at this fact. Hey, I’m still on the pirate ship. Gu Yanqing’s body was recovering well, and the gauze on his face had been removed, although it was still full of bruises and scabs, it didn’t affect his handsomeness. No wonder he could charm the little nurse into a bold declaration of love.

Qian Xiaolan couldn’t help but reach out and press on his wound, which brought Gu Yanqing’s displeasure. “Didn’t you say you’d come to see me in two days? Why did you come so late? My parents came the day before yesterday.” Gu Yanqing was really getting more and more childish now, Qian Xiaolan considered that he was a patient, so she patiently explained to him: “My grandpa and the others are going back to the city today, I’ve been packing their luggage and preparing things for the past two days.” Gu Yanqing immediately quieted down when he heard this. Qian Xiaolan then opened the food she brought and placed it on the table.

 As soon as she finished, the subordinate who went to get food for Gu Yanqing also came back. He saw Qian Xiaolan and his eyes lit up: “Sister-in-law, hello!” This “sister-in-law” made Qian Xiaolan stiffen for a moment, but she quickly recovered and responded crisply: “Comrade, hello, you’ve been working hard these past few days.” Gu Yanqing watched with a smile as Qian Xiaolan and the subordinate, Xiao Wang, inquired about his situation these past few days, feeling that this injury was worth it. In the afternoon, Qian Xiaolan went to ask the doctor about Gu Yanqing’s specific recovery situation.

Everything was as she had checked, he was recovering well, and there were no other serious sequelae. Qian Xiaolan asked if he could go home to recuperate, the doctor said yes, so she stayed at the guesthouse that night, and in the early morning of the next day, she decisively had Comrade Xiao Wang handle his discharge procedures. Before that, she went to the black market again and brought back two large bags of supplies: malted milk, Big White Rabbit candies, pork, pig liver, pig bones, clothes and shoes she bought for Gu Yanqing, etc.

 Some were bought from the black market, and some were directly taken from the space. Sending Gu Yanqing back to his house, leaving the things for him, made Gu Yanqing overwhelmed with emotion. Qian Xiaolan returned to her own house, her smile never leaving her lips. Gu’s family was really so interesting. She just bought some things for Gu Yanqing, and her aunt pulled Gu Yanqing aside to lecture him, telling him to be good to her in the future. Gu’s father also said that a man shouldn’t spend a girl’s money, he should spend the girl’s money on her.

 Gu’s brothers and sisters-in-law teased, “Fourth brother has been sending half of his salary home for these years, he should have saved quite a bit of money, why don’t you turn it over?” Then, Gu Yanqing’s passbook ended up in Qian Xiaolan’s hands. Qian Xiaolan really didn’t expect this whole family to be so harmonious and generous. Especially the three sisters-in-law, seeing that Gu Yanqing’s passbook had over a thousand yuan, they weren’t jealous at all, they just laughed and told her to take it quickly. This family is really not afraid of her running away with the money.

Actually, Qian Xiaolan didn’t know that Gu’s family was most worried that Gu Yanqing would have sequelae and be rejected by her. The sisters-in-law’s thoughts were also simple, before they were married, Qian Xiaolan could often send meat to their house and candy to their children. After they got married, they would definitely be treated well, and most importantly, she was easygoing and didn’t cause trouble. Qian Xiaolan put the passbook into the space, and since she was free anyway, she went into the space to continue studying.

At eight o’clock in the evening, a message came in from the trading mall. [Are you buying a set of “A Red Landscape” stamps?] It was the customer who spoke little.

 Qian Xiaolan raised an eyebrow: [How many?] The other party replied, one set. Qian Xiaolan was a little disappointed, but she quickly replied: [I want the stamps, what do you want to exchange for them?]

The other party: [One sewing machine from the 70s, one bicycle, one watch, one radio, if you have any extra, exchange them all for grain.] Qian Xiaolan looked at these two lines of text, her heart skipped a beat, but she quickly regained her composure and replied: [Okay.] She turned to contact Wenxuan to prepare the goods, but she couldn’t focus on reading anymore. For the next period of time, Qian Xiaolan went to Gu’s house every day to check his body and change his dressing. Gu Yanqing’s injuries looked serious, but they weren’t severe.

 After more than twenty days of medication, he could already walk with crutches held under his armpits. His wrist fracture was more serious, and he still couldn’t eat by himself. As the New Year was approaching, everyone was busy, but Gu Yanqing was the only one at home who couldn’t help with anything, and he couldn’t help but feel anxious. He wanted to walk directly without crutches, but he was afraid of dislocating his newly healed bones, so he sat at the door all day long with his little nephew, eagerly waiting for Qian Xiaolan to arrive.

One was waiting for comfort, and the other was waiting for candy. Qian Xiaolan was almost exhausted, every day after work, she was either running up the mountain to check her traps or going to the post office to pick up packages. She could only change her time to go to Gu’s house to late at night. One day, she had an accident in the commune and came back late.

 Afraid that Gu Yanqing would be waiting for a long time, she ran to Gu’s house without even eating, and sure enough, she saw him still sitting at the door, urging Hu Guifen to see if she had come back. Qian Xiaolan found it a little funny and showed him what she was holding: “Look what this is? I was delayed because I had to talk to someone about this.”