Reborn in the 1980s: Recapture My Devoted Husband-Chapter 963 - 783: Trading Barbs

Lin Wan didn’t get angry and looked at Xie Lingzhi with a smile. "Aunt Xie might be disappointed. Your good daughter-in-law is much more delicate than mine. Just a little bit of rain, and she’s fallen ill. She’s downstairs being checked by Xiao Wang right now."

"Ah Qing is sick?" Xie Lingzhi muttered to herself, then looked at her son. "Xiao Chi, go and check what’s happening."

Meanwhile, Old Mrs. Mei lying on the bed, patted the bed with her other hand not receiving treatment, and said, "What a sin, it’s all your father’s foolishness. The Mei Family won’t find peace anymore."

"Mom, don’t mind these things. Just focus on recovering," Mei Shuqing glanced at Old Mrs. Mei and said.

"I’m already so old, and you still won’t let us enjoy some peace. Every day is a ruckus, and your father and I have both ended up in the hospital. When will it ever end?"

Beside her, Xie Lingzhi remained silent, while Liang Qian secretly rolled her eyes, thinking: It’s hard to say whether this commotion involves Xiao Wan being poisoned and if she has anything to do with it.

"Grandma, calm down for now. After the drip, maybe Grandpa will wake up. I’ll go downstairs to check on Ah Qing first," Mei Langchi coaxed the old lady.

The old lady’s temper immediately eased a lot, and she said to her grandson, "Go, go."

Xie Lingzhi increasingly felt that the old house where they lived had been ominous in recent years.

Liang Qian might be right; this house shouldn’t be lived in anymore. Xie Lingzhi wanted Mei Shuping to apply for a new house, but that was impossible. He’s always been filial and definitely wouldn’t abandon the elderly.

So this plan won’t work, she has to think of another way. Secretly look at a few properties and buy a suitable one. If not, they’ll have to move the elderly as well.

Such a troublesome old house, she wouldn’t miss it.

...

Lin Wan felt stifled in the hospital room, so she took Little Star out to find Han Yi. This time, when they walked over, Han Yi had woken up.

Seeing his bloodshot eyes, Lin Wan knew he hadn’t slept well last night.

"Why are you here?"

"As the granddaughter-in-law, Mei Family’s elderly are sick, I should come and take a look."

"Look at what, there are plenty of people here. Didn’t you see both sons and daughters-in-law guarding day and night? What need is there for you, pregnant, to take care of them," Chen Haichang, awake nearby, yawned lazily and spoke to Lin Wan.

Han Yi didn’t say much, stood up to make space and let his wife sit down, raising his wrist to check his watch, "Have you eaten yet?"

Lin Wan and Little Star shook their heads simultaneously. "I wanted Aunt Wu to make some porridge, but who knew Ye Qing got sick, so I came with Xiao Wang."

"Ye Qing is sick?" Chen Haichang commented flatly, as if he had expected it.

Han Yi didn’t care who’s sick as long as his two treasures are healthy. "Let’s go, I’ll take you to eat something."

"I’m coming too," Chen Haichang quickly stood up.

Lin Wan wanted to invite the stepmother to eat together, but unexpectedly, the stepmother and stepfather had already eaten at seven.

The hospital’s cafeteria is quite large, but the food was mediocre, mostly plain dishes for patients.

Lin Wan ate very little.

Around ten o’clock, Mr. Mei woke up. Upon waking, he seemed confused, mumbling words indistinctly.

Having just undergone surgery, he shouldn’t make big movements, but when the doctor touched his leg, he frowned, obviously in pain at the knee.

The doctor suggested taking an X-ray to check if the leg is fractured.

To their surprise, the results showed the leg wasn’t ideal either.

Both knees had cracks, and one knee even had some broken bones. The cracks could heal slowly, but the fragments needed surgical reattachment. Otherwise, the leg would never stand straight.

The nose surgery was just completed, and now another surgery is needed. Mei Shuqing worried that Mr. Mei wouldn’t tolerate it and suggested delaying it for two or three days.

He’s over eighty, and enduring such hardship is tough. It’s indeed Mei Erqing’s consequences.

Mr. Mei had passed the critical phase, so Mei Shuping felt there’s no need for so many people to stay and asked Xie Lingzhi to hire a caregiver. Mr. Mei had his guards, who could help take care of him.

Leaving Mei Shuping alone at the hospital for one day, the rest were sent home to catch up on sleep. Originally, he wanted Chen Haichang to stay, since this incident started because of him. He feared Chen Haichang might do something to the elders, so he sent him away.

Chen Haichang couldn’t wait to leave. He was so tired he wanted to lie down on the floor and take a nap.

Han Yijian didn’t have to stay, he whisked his wife and child away in a puff of smoke to catch up on sleep.

Only Mei Langchi stayed, his eyes red, watching over Ye Qing by the hospital bed.

After Ye Qing was sent to the emergency room by Xiao Wang, the doctor hurriedly ran a series of tests. Who knew she had so many inflammations?

On her face, in her throat, even below her body. Yesterday’s dousing brought out all of Ye Qing’s ailments.

Mei Langchi’s face was dark, staring unblinkingly at Ye Qing.

Throat inflamed, face swollen,

he didn’t forget what the doctor advised him.

Reaching this point, he felt there was no need to drag it on any further. Divorce right after the New Year.

Of course, Mei Langchi had no compassion to stay with her forever. As the IV drip was about to finish, Mei Langchi got up and left. Didn’t even tell the nurse.

When the drip finished, it wasn’t disconnected promptly, causing some backflow of blood, luckily a nurse discovered it. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Ye Qing wasn’t aware of this little episode when she finally woke up in the afternoon.

....

"Oh my, Hua Hua, you’ve grown so sturdy and handsome." In the market, Aunt Wu brought Hua Hua out to grocery shop. "Just happened" to be seen by Li Liang’s parents.

"Hello grandpa and grandma, what a coincidence, thank you for the candies you gave me yesterday." Hua Hua definitely recognized these two, they were the ones who gave him something to eat last night.

"Such a good memory this little one has. I still have plenty of candies and treats at home. Do you want to come play at grandma’s?" Li Liang’s mom increasingly saw the resemblance to her son Li Liang when he was young, liking him even more.

Hua Hua dared not speak. But Aunt Wu smiled, "Big sister, have you seen this little lord of my employer’s house?"

"Ah... ah, yes, I happened to pass by the gate yesterday and saw this child playing with a few kids, very adorable. He watched as the others ate their treats, such a pitiful sight. I just felt sorry and gave him some candies. Didn’t expect such a coincidence, this little guy was the child Sister Wu often talks about." Li Liang’s mom almost spilled the secret, hurriedly explained.

"Oh, that’s quite a coincidence." Aunt Wu didn’t think much of it. Smiled and bid farewell to Li Liang’s mom, then led Hua Hua to buy groceries.

How could Li Liang’s parents miss such a great opportunity? They followed behind Aunt Wu, hoping to interact more with Hua Hua.

Moreover, Li Liang’s dad had just deliberately bought Hua Hua the instant noodles he loved and a handful of candies.

Hua Hua wanted to accept but habitually looked at Aunt Wu first.

When Aunt Wu saw them giving things to Hua Hua, she quickly refused, "Oh dear, brother, that’s not right, our mistress has rules, this kind of junk food shouldn’t be given to children. It’s not nutritious, sorry brother."

Aunt Wu returned the stuff to Li Liang’s dad, and upon hearing Aunt Wu’s explanation, their enthusiasm immediately dampened by half.

They awkwardly smiled, retracting their hands, "I see... prominent families are indeed strict. In ordinary families like ours, no one cares that much, we buy whatever the kids like. We spoil them to bits."

"Who’s to say otherwise, take my grandson for instance, every time I go back, I bring big bags of stuff for him, the kind of leftovers the big houses don’t care for. They don’t realize that these things are considered good stuff in families like ours. Just yesterday, I prepared a table full of dishes, fish, and meat, and because of some issue, the whole family ended up fighting. A whole table of food, had it been summer, we’d have to toss it all. But since it’s winter, they generally don’t eat leftovers. Anyway, I called my spouse early today to pack it all up and bring it home."

"How’d they end up fighting?"

Once Li Liang’s mom asked, Aunt Wu realized she had said too much, shyly smiled at Li Liang’s mom and said, "Nothing, nothing. I just remembered, I need to go back and do laundry. I’ll be off, big sister, let’s chat next time."

With that, she pulled Hua Hua to another vegetable stall.

Li Liang’s mom saw she was leaving so quickly and hurriedly said, "Leaving already? Got all your groceries for today?"

"Uh... yes, I’m off then." Aunt Wu chuckled and dodged Li Liang’s mom’s questions.

Seeing Aunt Wu taking Hua Hua further away, Li Liang’s mom slapped her own face with a ’clap’, "It’s my fault for being nosy, asking that question."

"Be more careful with your words. Sister Wu has this trait, if you don’t ask, she’ll tell you everything. But if you ask, she realizes and clams up." Li Liang’s dad pondered, rubbing his chin as he looked at the distance, then after a while said to his wife, "The New Year is approaching, we should think of a way to get some of the child’s blood. Whether or not we trust Ye Qing, we should have our own test. Whether it turns out in our favor or not, at least we’ll know."

"What’s the point of a test, I feel Hua Hua is absolutely our Li Liang’s child, our grandson. I say, we shouldn’t waste time, next time we see Ye Qing, let’s just take the child back. If she refuses, we’ll go straight to her in-laws. I can’t believe they’d want to raise someone else’s grandchild."

Li Liang’s dad thought that approach was too hasty, it needed to be more reliable with solid evidence, so when the time came to speak with her in-laws, they’d have a case. Otherwise, they’d just be seen as lunatics and get kicked out.