Chapter 217: Wang Qiushuang’s Discontent
"Nurse comrade, are the two women who just walked out the door you were talking about the county magistrate’s wife and her future daughter-in-law? The young girl in the red clothes and flowered skirt is the future daughter-in-law of the county magistrate’s family?" Wang Qiushuang, her mind filled with thoughts, stopped the nurse passing by her and asked.
"Yes." The nurse comrade, seeing Wang Qiushuang wearing the food factory’s work uniform, answered.
"Is our county magistrate surnamed Lou?" Wang Qiushuang asked, appearing slightly nervous.
"Yes." The nurse comrade found Wang Qiushuang a bit strange.
"I know that girl, that’s why I asked." Wang Qiushuang forced a smile and explained, "Yi Roujing, a nurse at your hospital, has been my classmate since elementary school."
"You and Roujing are classmates?" Pan Meixin asked, somewhat surprised, "She has now been transferred to be a nurse in the operating room, in the inpatient department. What’s your name?"
"Wang Qiushuang..."
"Alright, Meixin, let’s go to the treatment room; so many people are waiting." Han Xiangxi instinctively didn’t like the woman in front of her named Wang Qiushuang; in her eyes, there was a hint of greed and jealousy, which was something Han Xiangxi, at her age, had seen in many people and summarized from experience.
"Oh."
Han Xiangxi and Pan Meixin went to collect medical supplies. They had run out of disposable needles, something that should have been prepared the day before, or at least before work that morning.
"What’s wrong with Xiangli lately? It seems she’s absent-minded at work." Han Xiangxi frowned.
"I’ll talk to her." Pan Meixin was on good terms with Ye Xiangli, so she naturally knew about Ye Xiangli and Liao Shiqi dating. However, dating shouldn’t interfere with work, and Pan Meixin supported Ye Xiangli. Since Ye Xiangli joined, Meixin had been her guide, and they were close in general, so Han Xiangxi didn’t say anything more.
Yi Roujing, Yi Roujing...
The words from the county magistrate’s wife just now kept going around in Wang Qiushuang’s mind. Hu Ailing had gone to see Yi Roujing. Indeed, before Hu Ailing left, she had been closest to Yi Roujing. It might have been Yi Roujing who sent her to the city, to the inpatient department, the inpatient department...
Wang Qiushuang made her way towards the inpatient department, recalling seeing Lou Wenjian heading to Tongxian Commune on her previous trip, as well as at the entrance of the Public Security Bureau. He was tall and energetic, though slightly limping with his right foot, and the county magistrate was also named Lou. It all matched up. Lou Wenjian not only worked at the Public Security Bureau, but his biological father was also the magistrate of Huaixi County. How could such a family allow Hu Ailing to marry in?
Yes, yes, they must have been deceived; the Lou family has been tricked by Hu Ailing and Yi Roujing.
Wang Qiushuang looked at the three-story inpatient department in front of her, with a self-righteous sense of justice in her eyes. Seeing a female comrade in nurse uniform coming out, she quickly stepped forward to ask, "Hello, nurse comrade, is Comrade Yi Roujing here?"
Guo Xiangxiang looked at the person in front of her and asked, "You’re looking for Roujing? What’s your relation to her?"
"I’m her classmate and I also work at the food factory."
"What’s your name?"
"Wang Qiushuang." Wang Qiushuang introduced herself, "I heard she is pregnant, so I came to see her."
Guo Xiangxiang understood; someone had already come to see Yi Roujing that day. Since she didn’t care much, she smiled and gave the location.
Wang Qiushuang walked up to the second floor step by step and immediately saw Yi Roujing sitting at the nurse’s station in the inpatient department, waving a palm fan. Her skin was white and tender, her face radiating a healthy pink, and the white nurse’s uniform made her look especially beautiful.
Wang Qiushuang clenched her hands, her heart filled with indignation, muttering to herself about the unfairness of it all, wondering why someone like Yi Roujing could marry Ding Ancheng, live such a good life, and even have an easy job where she just sat and fanned herself, while was her own life so different.
Every day was filled with endless work, packaging completed goods, and because she was a temporary worker, her work was even more grueling. All the better positions were taken by permanent workers. It was only because Ding Jianshe was a formal worker in the factory that she was treated slightly better than other temporary workers, but even so, the work left her shoulders aching every day. Why?
"Roujing." Although these thoughts ran through Wang Qiushuang’s mind, her voice when calling Yi Roujing was still gentle.
Yi Roujing glanced at the sound of her name and, upon seeing Wang Qiushuang, raised an eyebrow slightly, "Wang Qiushuang, what brings you here?"
"I came to see the doctor today, and when I was in the outpatient department, I saw Hu Ailing. Through her, I learned you’re pregnant and now in the inpatient department, so I thought I’d come to see you," Wang Qiushuang said with a smile.
Yi Roujing’s lips curled slightly, "Why make up stories? Ailing wouldn’t mention me to you, and I suppose you didn’t have the courage to greet her today, did you?"
Wang Qiushuang’s face stiffened instantly, her expression shifting from white to green with anger.
"Did you meet Ailing’s future mother-in-law? Or did you learn of Lou Wenjian’s identity and feel imbalanced?" Yi Roujing’s every word hit Wang Qiushuang’s heart, causing her breathing to grow heavy with anger.
"You actually teamed up with Hu Ailing to deceive the Lou family; don’t you know this is a marriage scam?" Wang Qiushuang said furiously, but her words were mostly fueled by jealousy.
"A marriage scam? Lou Wenjian knows Ding Jianshe, what’s the scam?" Yi Roujing retorted with amusement.
Wang Qiushuang was at a loss for words, remembering that when she had seen them on the road, Hu Ailing had introduced Ding Jianshe as the ex-husband. How could this be? How could it be that despite his slight limp, which wasn’t very noticeable, he could have married someone better, yet he chose Hu Ailing?
"Hu Ailing hasn’t had much education and even had a miscarriage. Someone like her, who doesn’t even know if she can have children again, does the Lou family know about this?" Wang Qiushuang muttered through gritted teeth.
Yi Roujing’s gaze darkened instantly, "Ailing is strong and healthy, and capable of having children. As for what you said about her past, Ailing won’t hide anything about her love or marriage choices. Do you think the Lou family knows?
"Since you know Lou Wenjian is from the county magistrate’s family, do you think a family as prominent as the magistrate’s wouldn’t know the situation of people in their county? They know everything. They genuinely like Ailing and want to marry her."
"You felt proud before for marrying Ding Jianshe, who earns commodity grain money, after stealing Hu Ailing’s husband, didn’t you, Wang Qiushuang? But now, realizing the person you forced into miscarriage and divorce is marrying into a bigger family and you are green with envy."
"What impeccable character you have," Yi Roujing said, not hesitating to insult, "And you had linked up with someone with a square face, oh, right, that Chen Bangguo guy. You even went out for a late-night meeting with him. Does Ding Jianshe know about it?"
"I have nothing to do with Chen Bangguo," Wang Qiushuang said, frowning tightly.
"Maybe there’s really nothing," Yi Roujing pretended to ponder for a moment, then dismissed it casually.