Xiang Muyang was the first to rush over, holding her arms and checking them nervously, "How is it? Does it hurt? It's bleeding, I'll take you to see a doctor..."
Shu Nian didn't react. He just stood there blankly, as if he couldn't feel or hear anything.
Right now...
The door of the ward opened with a click. Two people walked in hand in hand. A middle-aged man and a middle-aged woman.
Shu Nian stood there stiffly, trembling, and suddenly pulled her hand away from Xiang Muyang. She never looked back.
Madam Xiang and Ning Meng's attention had been drawn to the person who came in. Madam Xiang smiled and said, "Meng Meng, this must be the father-in-law and mother-in-law, right?"
Ning Meng's expression changed when she heard the words "mother-in-law". She just pointed at the middle-aged man and Madam Xiang and said, "Aunt, this is my father."
After explaining, her eyes fell on the middle-aged woman holding her father's hand, and a hint of sarcasm appeared at the corner of her lips, "She has nothing to do with our family, so you don't need to know her."
A trace of embarrassment flashed across the middle-aged woman's face.
Father Ning scolded, "Mengmeng, you are being willful again. You know how good your aunt is to you on a daily basis."
The middle-aged woman smiled. "It's okay. Mengmeng's resistance is understandable. Mengmeng, this is the chicken soup I made for you. You are not feeling well, so you need to take good care of yourself. In the future, just tell your aunt what you want to eat or drink. I will make it and send it to you."
Shu Nian stood there, listening to every word the woman said, and felt like he was thrown into the sea.
The seawater was salty and cold. She was cruelly fed mouthful after mouthful of water. It poured into her mouth and into her chest. Gradually, she felt cold... so cold that her whole body was shaking...
Gradually, she could no longer breathe. It seemed as if she would die at any moment.
It was clearly her forehead that was dripping with blood, but... she felt as if there was a bigger hole in her chest...
"Why are you still standing here? Get out!" Mrs. Xiang seemed to have just realized that she was an unwelcome presence.
Shu Nian came back to his senses, let go of Xiang Muyang's hand, and walked out with his head down. He never raised his head during the whole process.
However, she could feel that everyone in the room was looking at her. Xiang Muyang even wanted to chase after her, but was stopped by Madam Xiang.
The strange middle-aged woman only caught a glimpse of Shu Nian's profile with her head down, as well as her slender figure, and was also shocked.
His eyes followed her for a long time, not moving away. When her figure was about to disappear from the ward, she almost couldn't help but walk over, but the middle-aged man next to her grabbed her hand.
"Wanjun, what's wrong?"
Ming Wanjun suddenly came back to her senses, as if she had just woken up from a dream. She withdrew her gaze, shook her head, and said nothing. After a while, she looked at the door in a daze, but there was no trace of Shu Nian there.
"What's wrong?" Ning Botian noticed that something was wrong with his wife.
Ming Wanjun curled her lips and said, "I just felt that the girl who just left looked familiar. Who is she?"
The last sentence was directed to Mrs. Xiang.
When this question was asked, the Xiang family mother and son and Ning Meng all showed different degrees of embarrassment on their faces. In the end, Ning Meng said coldly to Ming Wanjun: "You are just an outsider, how can you look familiar? You must be dazzled!"
"Yes, she is just a nurse in the hospital." Mrs. Xiang also concealed something.
Xiang Muyang wanted to say something, but in the end, he just said, "Mom, I'm going out for a cigarette."
After saying that, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Madam Xiang and Ning Meng. Madam Xiang scolded, "Your future father-in-law is here, why are you still going out to smoke? Don't be ignorant."
How could Madam Xiang not see her son's intention? Just now, when Ning Meng hit Shu Nian, his forehead was broken. He must have felt distressed. That girl Shu Nian deserved it. What was there to sympathize with
Xiang Muyang was being pulled by the two women and couldn't get away. Besides, Ning Meng had her own child now...
In the whole ward, several people were chatting, but Xiang Muyang was obviously absent-minded. At this moment, Ming Wanjun was also absent-minded like him.
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the other side.
Shu Nian forced himself to walk out of the ward. As soon as he closed the door, he couldn't help shaking, and his fingertips dug into his palms.
There was still blood on her forehead, and she felt as if her soul had been taken away from her, without any perception at all.
"Shu Nian, are you okay?" Qi Qi just came out of the lounge and saw Shu Nian standing there stiffly with a pale face.
The head nurse and other colleagues also noticed Qi Qi's call.
The head nurse walked over and lifted her face up. Seeing the wound, she frowned and said, "Don't stand here. Hurry up and find a doctor to bandage it!"
Shu Nian was still in a daze, as if she had shrunk into a shell. She could not hear the concern and indignation of others, and her expression seemed a little indifferent. She only took off the hat on her head and handed it to the head nurse, "Head nurse, I want to go downstairs to get some fresh air. Please help me ask for two hours of leave."
"... Okay. But, your wound..."
The head nurse wanted to say something, but Shu Nian couldn't hear anything. She pushed them aside and walked out of the crowd. Her expression was almost indifferent.
Qiqi called her worriedly, but the head nurse stopped her and said, "Forget it, let her go get some fresh air."
"But her face is so badly injured. If we don't treat it now, I'm really afraid it will be disfigured."
The head nurse looked at Shu Nian's back and sighed. She walked downstairs step by step, like a zombie, staggering and looking like she would fall down at any time.
Just from what happened today, one can imagine what kind of suffering she has endured in this marriage. No wonder Shu Nian wants to be with Master Ye.
"These people are really going too far. It's obvious that the mistress is pregnant, but slapping her in the face is not enough, they beat her like this." Someone spoke up for Shu Nian and muttered in a low voice.
"Okay, stop butting in on other people's family affairs." The head nurse scolded, then turned around and said, "Everyone go and do your own thing. Qiqi, take over Shu Nian's work first."
"Yes, Head Nurse."
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Shu Nian sat in the corridor of the hospital garden in a daze. The wind blew past, and leaves from the trees fell on her head and shoulders, but she did not move and did not pick them off.
Her eyes followed the family of three not far from her.
The old man's hair has turned white and he seems to be a Parkinson's patient. He is sitting in a wheelchair.
"My dear, you promised me that you would get better soon. I can trust you and look forward to you taking me to see the apricot blossoms every day." Although the old lady was very old, she insisted on pushing her husband's wheelchair with her own hands.