The Cultivator's Reborn to 1970s-Chapter 191 - 157: You’re That Cousin from the Countryside

"It’s not as tasty when it’s cold." As he walked towards the table, he picked up a steamed bun and ate it slowly, catching a glimpse of Jiang Xiaoshan still standing at the door, looking at him with a faint expression.

Jiang Xiaoshan scratched his head, smiling honestly, "Sister-in-law, then I’ll fetch some water after I finish eating." ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

"Sister-in-law, this steamed bun is delicious; I specifically chose one with lots of fatty meat for you." Jiang Xiaoshan saw Lan Tian holding a steamed bun and pushed a meat bun towards her.

"I have a weak stomach, can’t eat food that’s too greasy, one steamed bun is enough for me; eat yours and don’t worry about me."

Lan Tian said so, and it was hard for Jiang Xiaoshan to insist. He just picked up a fried dough stick with his porridge and took a bite.

The two had just started to eat when the on-duty doctor came to perform Mo Junhua’s daily check-up, followed by a few junior nurses.

Lan Tian deftly tucked the steamed bun into her Sleeve Universe, while Jiang Xiaoshan gulped down the bun in his hands in a few bites.

The doctor who came in was a middle-aged man, his hair neatly combed without a hair out of place, looking every bit the strict scholar. On seeing there were visitors in the room and that the woman had changed, he was somewhat surprised.

The looks the junior nurses gave Lan Tian were meaningful—surprised, disdainful, sorrowful, and even hateful—overall, quite complex.

The doctor approached the bed to perform the routine examination, the nurse took Mo Junhua’s blood pressure, heart rate, and pulse, another nurse took notes and handed the recorded data to the doctor.

Lan Tian stood silently to the side, watching them check on Mo Junhua. Jiang Xiaoshan poked his head around curiously, still chewing his bun, glancing at the busy figures, then at Lan Tian’s nonchalance, not coming forward to ask questions as usual.

The patient’s data recorded on the chart was normal, indicating the patient’s condition was the same as before, with no improvement. The middle-aged doctor looked at Mo Junhua’s eyelids for a while, glanced over at Lan Tian, and left.

Lan Tian blinked; she had the feeling the doctor was dissatisfied as he glanced at them.

What was he dissatisfied about? Strange man!

It seemed she had never seen that doctor before, so it wasn’t likely they had any quarrel. She then looked towards Jiang Xiaoshan. Seeing Lan Tian look at him, Jiang Xiaoshan scratched his head and laughed sheepishly.

After the doctor left, the two nurses packed up the equipment and headed out. As they passed by Lan Tian, they gave her a thought-provoking look.

It wasn’t an illusion!

Lan Tian watched the nurses leave, thinking. It seemed she didn’t know these nurses either, so why were they looking at her like that? Turning her head, she noticed there was still one nurse in the room, whose gaze made Lan Tian uncomfortable, as if appraising goods.

Cai Mingming’s hands were in her nurse’s pockets as she stood across the hospital bed, sizing up the woman opposite from top to bottom, pausing on her face for a few seconds.

No wonder Yuwei was crying and angry; dressed fashionably, she hardly looked like someone from the countryside, possessing a foxy charm. Just one look and you knew she wasn’t a decent woman. Such a young age and already so vain, ignoring good influences and learning all the bad thoroughly, imitating the city’s capitalists, dolling up in such a bewitching manner.

Walking leisurely towards Lan Tian, she slightly lifted her chin with a look of contempt, glancing at her from the corner of her eye.

"So you’re that cousin from the countryside."

Cousin?

What cousin?

Confusion crossed Lan Tian’s eyes as she looked to Jiang Xiaoshan, "Do you know her?"

"I don’t know her!"

Jiang Xiaoshan shook his head blankly; all the head nurses in the hospital looked the same to him, clad in white gowns, white caps, and pale faces. He couldn’t tell them apart.

He was puzzled too. When the nurse came up and talked to her, he even thought the two knew each other, and foolishly retorted, "Sis-in-law, you don’t know her?"

Lan Tian shook her head, "I don’t know her."

That was strange indeed. She didn’t know the woman, yet she approached and spoke as if she did. His gaze lightly skimmed over the nurse’s face – ordinary and forgettable at a glance. His Divine Sense searched through the Sea of Consciousness, finding no memory of her. It seemed they truly didn’t know one another!

Since she was not someone known, he indifferently turned and walked away.

"Stop right there! I’m talking to you! The woman walking away up front."

Cai Mingming had never been so angry before. What kind of look was that? A rustic dumpling like her dared to ignore her.

The woman walking away?

Lan Tian’s steps halted. It seemed she was the only woman walking away. Looking back at her and pointing at herself, she asked, "Me?"

Cai Mingming was so furious she almost fell backward. There were only two women in the room. If she wasn’t calling her, was she calling a ghost?

Before Cai Mingming could react, Lan Tian calmly and indifferently said, "I don’t know you."

That indifferent attitude of hers was so infuriating and annoying; it made Cai Mingming seem unreasonable and prone to making a scene.

Initially, Cai Mingming thought if the woman admitted her mistake and had a better attitude, she would spare her some dignity. But based on her indifferent demeanor, Cai Mingming resolved to tear off her fake mask mercilessly.

Jiang Xiaoshan finally realized that the situation was bad. He stepped forward to shield Lan Tian, eyes warily fixed on the woman across from them. Cai Mingming sneered at Jiang Xiaoshan, her gaze settling on Lan Tian.

"You may not know me, but there’s someone you should know," Cai Mingming walked over, pushing aside Jiang Xiaoshan, who was in her way, and scolded him, "You call yourself a soldier? What use are your eyes when all you do is protect this kind of woman? Perhaps you shouldn’t be a soldier after all, to avoid doing harm to yourself and others."

Jiang Xiaoshan’s face burned and he was speechless, literally at a loss for words. He was not someone naturally articulate, and faced with such an unreasonable woman, he felt like a Scholar facing soldiers, unable to reason his way out. Considering the use of force, the other party was an unarmed woman; he simply couldn’t do it.

Looking back at Lan Tian, he stood protectively in front of her without hesitation. She was the battalion commander’s wife, and they had a duty to protect her.

Lan Tian curved the corners of her lips; she liked his genuinely kind nature. She reached out to stop him. This woman was clearly targeting her; someone with ill intentions, and Jiang Xiaoshan confronting her would only make a fool of himself.

Jiang Xiaoshan looked into Lan Tian’s resolute eyes and hesitated for a few seconds, then stepped aside and stood next to her.

With a cool glance, Lan Tian flicked her eyes over the opposing nurse and curved her lips into a smile, "They say nurses are angels in white, coming to save all beings on Earth. But upon seeing you, I realize that isn’t completely true."

Cai Mingming was taken aback. What did she mean?

Jiang Xiaoshan was even more confused, but with his honest face, no one could tell.

"Stop spouting that nonsense. You think by saying things I don’t understand that you’re some kind of scholar," she looked at Lan Tian with a few ’tsks,’ "Dressed decently, yet doing such shameful things, thinking you can ruin other people’s relationships with that seductive fox-like face. Now putting on this innocent and noble act, who are you trying to fool, huh."

A flicker of light passed through Lan Tian’s eyes. Ruin relationships?

"Ruining whose relationship?" Lan Tian asked with a look of bewilderment.

Oh, the audacity of this fox spirit! Zhou Yuwei was gentle and kind-hearted, always willing to listen and considerate towards others, holding in her own sadness while worrying about how others felt. She was so easily bullied that she could only suffer in silence. No wonder Zhou Yuwei was no match for her.

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