Shi Yang burst into laughter, completely disregarding his image while with Qu Chaozong, he raised his leg to kick, and the two got into a playful fight, shedding their usual smart and capable selves, as if they had collectively returned to kindergarten.
On the way back, Shi Yang told Qu Chaozong the whole story about Zhao Dazhuang’s hotown. Qu Chaozong frowned: "Uncle Zhao was too impulsive. He hurried back without figuring things out, it’s lucky nothing happened."
Shi Yang said, "Caring makes you lose sense, right?"
Qu Chaozong was just about to speak when he saw Shi Yang turning south and quickly stopped him: "Where are you going?"
Shi Yang: "Getting a shrimp pot for ii."
Qu Chaozong laughed and cursed: "Damn, you’ve almost beco a slave to your wife, and you still have the nerve to call out for prioritizing love over friendship?"
Shi Yang carried the packed shrimp pot ho and was imdiately greeted warmly by Zhao ii.
Zhao ii hugged Shi Yang’s neck: "Brother, why are you back so late? I was about to go downstairs to et you."
Shi Yang smiled and said, "Missed that much? Let go first, I’m carrying a bag, can’t change my shoes."
Zhao ii let go and waited for Shi Yang to change his shoes, then imdiately hugged him from behind, stepping in sync with him.
After changing clothes, they squeezed together at the dining table to eat, Zhao ii said: "Brother, do you know? Sister Rui still hasn’t been discharged from the hospital."
Shi Yang was montarily taken aback when he heard about Peng Rui, and asked: "How long has it been? Didn’t the doctors say it was nothing serious?"
Zhao ii sighed: "Don’t even ntion it, Peng Hui said the doctor advised Sister Rui to recuperate in the hospital. They prescribed an expensive nutritional dicine, twice a day for a month, to ensure the baby is absolutely safe."
Shi Yang wasn’t very interested in Peng Rui’s situation and casually replied: "Oh, as long as the baby can be saved, it’s good, right?"
Zhao ii got worked up for Peng Hui: "Brother, I really don’t understand Sister Rui’s thinking. She’s already divorced and insists on having the baby anyway, and absolutely refuses to let Peng Hui contact her ex-husband. Peng Hui’s parents are busy working in their hotown, she’s managing everything alone here in the provincial city. Just today, Peng Hui said if her sester exams don’t go well, she’ll have to retake them."
Shi Yang asked: "Isn’t the baby her ex-husband’s? Why not tell him?"
Zhao ii pursed her lips: "Peng Hui says her sister plans to inform her ex-husband’s family only after the baby is born. Her in-laws especially love children; if they know she has given birth, they won’t ignore it. They can help raise the child. She’s afraid if her ex-husband finds out now, he’ll pressure her to abort, and she’s too weak physically, easily stressed."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yang understood right away. Peng Rui is scheming to have her ex-husband’s family financially support the child, providing her with security.
Zhao ii said: "Brother, how could Sister Rui be so selfish? She doesn’t consider Peng Hui at all. We are about to have finals; if Peng Hui fails, it will be recorded on her transcript, which might affect finding a job later."
Shi Yang advised Zhao ii: "Everyone has their own way of living, just eat your food before the chips get soggy."
Later, Peng Hui called Zhao ii, asking about two example questions she didn’t understand on her notes.
Zhao ii carefully explained them, and Peng Hui sighed: "Oh gosh, it feels like the finals are really uncertain this ti; there are so many questions I don’t understand, and I haven’t finished morizing the words."
Zhao ii asked: "Are you in the hospital room?"
Peng Hui replied: "No, it’s very noisy in the room, everyone preparing for labor. A pregnant woman could bring up to seven or eight relatives, surrounding her. I’m in the hallway, planning to go downstairs to buy batteries, my CD player is low on power. I still plan to do a couple of listening tests tonight."
Zhao ii cautioned her: "It’s late at night, running around the hospital, is it safe?"
Peng Hui sneered at her: "Can’t you wish sothing good for ?"
Zhao ii laughed heartily, chatted with Peng Hui for a bit, and hung up the phone.
Peng Hui had just put her phone away when she was suddenly hit harshly from behind, stumbled and fell to the ground. This fall was quite heavy, and she couldn’t recover for a long ti.
The person who bumped into her was a middle-aged man; seeing Peng Hui fall, he did not apologize nor offered a hand to help, instead he cursed: "Walking without watching, are you blind!"
Peng Hui was imdiately aggravated, struggling to get up from the ground: "You hit , and you’re still justified!"
The middle-aged man, with a fierce deanor and reeking of alcohol, pointed at Peng Hui and cursed: "Hit you so what! I would damn hit you again!"
Peng Hui was so mad her eyes turned red, she angrily declared: "Just wait, I’m calling the police now! I refuse to believe no one can deal with you!"
Peng Hui said this as she reached for her phone, but before she could pull it out, the man suddenly struck and slapped her hard across the face.
Peng Hui was stunned, staring incredulously at the middle-aged man: "You dare hit , today I will fight with you!"
Had Peng Hui been able to swallow this rage, she wouldn’t be Peng Hui. Enraged, she disregarded whether the man was drunk or if she could fight him; she had pent-up frustrations and grievances—all exploded out. She went mad, launching at the middle-aged man, and they started to tussle.
At the sa ti, Qu Chaozong and Zhang Xin ca out of the elevator side by side, Zhang Xin smilingly said: "Let’s just grab a box of milk when we get back; we’re running low in the hospital room."
Qu Chaozong agreed: "Sure, remind ."
Zhang Xin suddenly said: "Hey! There’s a fight over there!"
Qu Chaozong turned to look, and just then saw Peng Hui being grabbed by the collar by the middle-aged man, her face lifted towards the elevator exit.
The mont Qu Chaozong saw Peng Hui, he exclaid: "Peng Hui!" Without waiting for his words to end, he’d already rushed in to help.
Qu Chaozong grabbed the middle-aged man and pulled him away. Just then, the hospital security arrived, helping to restrain the man; Qu Chaozong rushed to support Peng Hui: "Are you okay?"
Peng Hui’s hair was disheveled, her clothes crumpled up in a ss, she looked extrely miserable. Seeing Qu Chaozong, she was overjoyed and shouted: "Brother Chao!"
The security guard asked: "What’s going on here?"
Peng Hui said: "That person bumped into and hit , I want to call the police!"
Zhang Xin ca over, pulling Qu Chaozong and asking: "Do you know her?"
Qu Chaozong turned to look at Zhang Xin, imdiately tense with realization, rembering Shi Yang had previously ntioned Peng Rui was in the hospital due to a threatened miscarriage.
Before Qu Chaozong could speak, the security officer said: "Why don’t you co with to the guardroom? Let’s not stand in the lobby."
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