Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 447: Sympathy for One’s Kind

He Yunsong, "???"

He looked at Wen Shi with a puzzled face, "I’m the patient here, are you really so eager for me to be discharged?"

This isn’t brotherhood, he’s clearly a Living Yama.

"...I must have misheard."

Wen Shi sheepishly rubbed his nose and leaned in to check his wound. Seeing it was tightly wrapped, he couldn’t see anything, so he asked, "Did you get stitches?"

"I did."

Then there’s no question.

"Behave in the hospital, don’t be jumping around like a monkey all day, heal up and get discharged early."

The advice was given sincerely, every word expressing Wen Shi’s care for his brother.

However, the cared-for He Yunsong was not pleased and retorted quickly, "You’re the monkey, your whole family is monkeys."

Wen Shi turned to Yi Chichi to complain, "Wife, Old He called you a monkey!"

Yi Chichi, "..."

Yi Chichi wanted to say WTF, the two brothers banter, why drag her, an innocent bystander, into it.

She put on a fake smile, "It’s fine, a monkey is a monkey, it’ll cost me no flesh."

Yang Qing and the others burst into laughter; indeed, being called a name costs nothing, mainly because Vice Commander Wen’s act of tattling was just too childish. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"How about we make some space for you two brothers to bond better?"

Zhang Xin couldn’t resist suggesting.

He Yunsong firmly rejected, "Not to that extent, just a few idle chats and they should be on their way."

No one’s really that idle; the men need to work, the women not only need to work, but also have plenty to handle at home.

Therefore, after some light chit-chat, He Yunsong began to usher them out.

Wen Shi hesitated, "Are you sure you’ll manage alone tonight when we’re all gone?"

"I will manage, not wounded anywhere critical, worse comes to worst, I have my grandpa, wife, and the nurses."

Zhang Xin nodded in agreement, indicating no problem.

Yi Chichi took her hand, "Take care of yourself too, call back if anything comes up, got it?"

"Got it!"

Zhang Xin nodded, "Chichi, rest assured, I’m aware."

As long as she’s aware.

Stability in emotions is standard for a doctor; after all, they’re the ones fighting to snatch people back from Yama.

Those lacking calm and composure can’t be a doctor.

So, Yi Chichi and the others left with peace of mind.

He Yunsong waved them off in gratitude, "Thanks everyone for the gifts, take care on the way back."

"Got it, you take care of your recovery."

Yu Zaiqiu reminded again, adding, "We’ll come see you when we have time."

He Yunsong responded with a smile, but thought to himself they probably wouldn’t have time, plus his injury would be healed in a week at most, maybe he’d be discharged by the time they were free.

None were aware of his thoughts; seeing he was okay, they left feeling reassured.

Perfectly illustrating arriving anxious and leaving relaxed.

On the way back, Ji Jian sighed, "It’s so good nothing happened."

"Indeed."

Old Zhang agreed, saying, "In our line of work, the scariest thing is not waking up when admitted to the hospital."

"Old Du..."

"Old Zhang!"

Wen Shi called out, his disapproval very clear.

Old Zhang swallowed back his words immediately.

The men’s expressions turned grim, and those in the know, Ji Jian and the others, also fell silent.

Only Yi Chichi, who knew nothing, looked around at them, then lowered her gaze.

They reached home in silence; as soon as the door closed, Yi Chichi was embraced tightly, her grip was forceful.

This emotion seemed off.

"Because of Old Du?"

She reached out to hold him, soothing with pats.

Wen Shi buried his head in her shoulder, replying with a low voice, and Yi Chichi paused for two seconds, "What happened to Old Du?"

"He sacrificed!"

With those words, Yi Chichi regretted asking, wishing she could slap herself; she really put her foot in her mouth.

What a disaster.

Why ask when it doesn’t help comfort him?

"His wife is gone too."

Yi Chichi, "??? Zhou Xiaohua is gone?"

Old Du’s wife was Zhou Xiaohua, not someone she knew well, only met a few times. It’s not that they didn’t get along, but Zhou Xiaohua didn’t like going out and didn’t work.

After joining the army life, she was home every day, not familiar with anyone in the family’s compound.

The social butterfly Yang Qing had tried to connect emotionally, but failed.

The assessment was that she was not approachable.

Therefore, Yi Chichi had no particular feelings toward her.

Yet this same person was suddenly gone.

She was quite shocked.

Wen Shi sighed, "After Old Du’s sacrifice, her parents came, wanting to take her home. Zhou Xiaohua refused, leading to a fierce argument with her parents. At the time, Madam Yang and the others mediated, and the unit promised her parents to arrange a job for her..."

As he spoke, his tone grew somber, "Everything was settled by day, she agreed, yet at night when she went seaside with Madam Yang and the others with fishing gear, she jumped into the sea."

Yi Chichi’s initial reaction was conspiracy theory, "Are you sure she jumped?"

"Sure!"

Wen Shi nodded, "Zhang Xin and the others examined her postmortem, scars all over her body. After investigation, it was revealed that after Madam Yang and them left, her parents forced her to give the job to her brother, which she refused, leading to physical violence."

She was beaten badly.

"Did she not cry out when beaten?"

"Madam Yang and the others heard nothing."

Holding Yi Chichi tighter, he conveyed gratitude, "Wife, when you returned tit for tat to the Yi family, that was truly wise."

Otherwise, he couldn’t imagine what kind of life his wife might have led.

Most likely another Zhou Xiaohua.

Yi Chichi’s mouth twitched, Very inappropriate to compare her situation; it was entirely different.

The Yi family meant nothing to her, hence her ruthlessness.

Wen Shi’s empathy for similar fates left her speechless.

To avoid discussing this further, she intentionally sniffed at him, then pushed him away with a disgusted look, "You’re smelling sour, hurry up, take a shower, it’s stinging my nose."

Wen Shi was successfully distracted; he incredulously sniffed his arm and realized indeed the smell was strong.

With a sheepish smile, he explained, "Exercised too much during the day, sweat too much; I’ll go shower, wife, could you grab me some clothes?"

Not waiting for an answer, he dashed off like a rabbit.

Watching his retreating back, Yi Chichi breathed a long sigh of relief. Successfully dispelling his sorrowful mood, returning him to normal.

That evening, as the couple lay sleepily in bed, Wen Shi suddenly spoke, "Wife, in the future, no matter what, make sure to stay happy and make others unhappy."

Yi Chichi was instantly awake, "You..."

This is typical, instead of internalizing emotions, exhaust others externally!

"What?"

Wen Shi confusedly looked at her, "Did I say something wrong? Making others unhappy is better than yourself being unhappy."

"...You’re right!"

Yi Chichi was momentarily speechless, then promised him, "Don’t worry, I’ll definitely do as you say."