Chapter 309: The Hypocritical Fool
Gu Qianlan looked at You Ran’s legs in plaster, she sat on the chair and started to cry, "It’s all my fault for being so willful, making you break your limbs."
You Ran had already become indifferent to life and death, "It’s all because I did something bad in the first place that you got stuck with me, you’re really a jinx, a harbinger of disaster."
Gu Qianlan was used to his scolding, she wiped her tears with her sleeve, "I’m sorry, boohoo..."
The nurse came over to change the IV, she reminded Gu Qianlan, "Please keep quiet, you shouldn’t disturb the other patients."
Gu Qianlan retorted fiercely, "I can’t even cry for a while? You people are just prejudiced, treating those in the VIP rooms like gods! Disgusting!"
Other patients looked over, the nurse’s face turned ugly, she roughly pulled out the needle from You Ran’s wrist, You Ran gasped in pain, Gu Qianlan pointed at the nurse and cursed, "You did it on purpose! What’s your number? I’m going to file a complaint against you!"
The nurse didn’t take Gu Qianlan’s complaint seriously, thinking how these two paupers almost couldn’t afford the hospital fees, and yet they acted like they were royalty. Nurses had overly good tempers, that’s why these paupers would dare to boss them around.
She said, "My uniform has a number, if the family member thinks I’ve done something wrong, they can report to the head nurse at any time."
Gu Qianlan was so angry at her attitude that she started to tremble, as Miss Gu, she had never cared about money, but after secretly returning to the country, she had experienced much hardship and contempt, finally understanding the difficulties of having no money.
The nurse said contemptuously, "Of course, the VIP rooms are different. If you can’t stand it, you should move to another room. But the costs are probably more than you can afford."
She replaced the IV bag, and roughly inserted the needle into You Ran’s wrist again, this time missing the vein, it took two more attempts to get it right.
You Ran’s eyes rolled back in pain, and he scolded Gu Qianlan, "Can’t you just keep quiet for a bit?"
The nurse huffed and walked off, Gu Qianlan stamped her foot, "Why should I keep quiet? It’s her lack of professional ethics, her fault."
You Ran said, "We were four days behind on the hospital fees last week, who can blame us for being poor? We should count ourselves lucky we’re not kicked out. If you, Miss Gu, can’t stand the grievance, go back to your Gu Family, I didn’t ask you to stay here and suffer."
Gu Qianlan, with good intentions yet reproached, felt extremely wronged, "I’m doing it all for you!"
"No, I don’t need your fake kindness."
"You bastard, you lousy man, you damn pauper, you should be burning incense to your ancestors since I, Gu Qianlan, think highly of you, and you still despise me?"
You Ran pulled the covers over, pretending to sleep, meeting Gu Qianlan was the worst nightmare of his life, "Don’t make a fuss!"
The old man in the bed next to them tried to counsel, "You’re still young, don’t let money issues damage your relationship, work hard now and good days will come."
You Ran uncovered the blanket for the hundredth time to explain, "We’re not a couple."
Gu Qianlan cried miserably, "I am his wife. Even with his broken limbs, I haven’t abandoned him, yet he keeps scolding me, I really... I am so unfortunate!"
Everyone in the ward started scolding You Ran, "Where can you find such a good wife willing to share hardships with you? You’ll be struck by lightning if you treat her like this!"
You Ran said, "Then I’d rather be struck by lightning!"
An Junxi got up early to have breakfast with Gu Yikun, Ai Xi was still asleep, and Jin Xiu had already gone running with their grandparents.
An Junxi urged Gu Yikun to drink more millet porridge, "Your stomach isn’t good, don’t eat greasy food in the morning."
Gu Yikun kissed her cheek and said, "My stomach has gotten much better, thanks to you, sweetheart."
An Junxi dodged him, he moved to feed her a dish, An Junxi noticed the servants coming in and out of the kitchen, she pushed his hand away, "I can feed myself."
"Just this bite."
An Junxi opened her mouth and ate, "If mom and dad were here, remember you can’t do this."
Mr. Gu was unhappy, "Living here is really inconvenient, when are we moving back to our villa?"
"You heartless man, we’ve only lived with mom and dad for a while and you’re already like this. If Ai Xi grows up and gets married, are you going to have the son-in-law move in?"
Gu Yikun pondered, "That’s actually a good idea." He felt pained thinking about giving his daughter to some punk in the future.
An Junxi was speechless, "I was just kidding, and you took it seriously."
Gu Yikun said, "Let’s go have dinner with mom and dad tomorrow, it’s been a while since we ate with them." Having a daughter made him more understanding of his own in-laws’ feelings – they had raised their daughter so well and gave her to him, he should visit them more often with his wife.
An Junxi was happy that Gu Yikun suggested visiting her parents, "You don’t have work tomorrow?"
"I do, we’ll go after work."
"Why suddenly think of going back for dinner?"
Gu Yikun pinched her cheek, "I’m grateful to them for raising my beautiful wife."
An Junxi felt sweet inside, it was good that he thought this way.
She poured a glass of milk, Gu Yikun’s phone rang, she glanced at the screen, it was He Sirui.
Gu Yikun didn’t leave to take the call, he answered, "What’s up?"
An Junxi pretended not to care, but perked up to listen to what He Sirui was saying, she heard nothing.
She didn’t know what He Sirui said, but Gu Yikun replied, "When... Okay, I got it."
Then he hung up.
He put down his phone and continued eating, An Junxi was preoccupied while drinking her milk, she really wanted to know what they talked about, maybe another meeting, but felt awkward to ask.
It would make her seem too paranoid.
After eating, An Junxi helped Gu Yikun with his tie, sending him off to the door for his car.
Gu Yikun held her hand and walked slowly, "Think about what mom and dad like, let’s prepare more gifts."
"Okay." An Junxi’s thoughts were not on the gifts, her parents lacked nothing.
Gu Yikun squeezed her fingers, "What’s on your mind, do you want to ask me something?"
An Junxi said, "No."
They stopped by the car, Gu Yikun asked, "Really nothing? Then I’m getting in the car."
An Junxi still shook her head, "No."
Gu Yikun sighed, he didn’t feel assured seeing her so dazed.
He wrapped his arm around her shoulders, "Just now He Sirui called and told me that Qianlan returned to the country and is staying with her. She hasn’t been home for several days, she’s worried something happened to her and asked me to send someone to look for her."
An Junxi suddenly understood, "That’s all?"
"What else did you think?" Gu Yikun raised his eyebrows, "Silly girl, if you have questions, just ask me directly instead of sulking to yourself."
An Junxi, her thoughts revealed, said, "I’m afraid you think I’m too paranoid."
"You can ask me anything, don’t make it hard on yourself."
An Junxi hugged his waist, "Got it, hubby."
Gu Yikun said, "I’ll head to work now."
"Okay."
Gu Yikun reminded her, "Isn’t there something my dear wife wants to do?"
An Junxi thought, what else could he want?