The Imperial Physician in the City - C289 psychological stress
As Cao Ziyang walked in front of him, Zhou Chang originally wanted to give Cao Ziyang a hug. However, when he suddenly saw the blood stains on Cao Ziyang’s body and the stench, he was stunned. Wu Xiaoyue also saw it and felt fear in her eyes, while Zhou Yueya simply covered her nose, showing signs of nausea.
Cao Ziyang said, “It’s okay, it’s not my blood. I just had a fight with the wild boar.”
“Fighting with wild boars?” Wu Xiaoyue felt that this was a little unbelievable, was she even human? She hurriedly asked, “Are you hurt?”
Cao Ziyang stretched his body and smiled, “Do you think I’m injured?”
Wu Xiaoyue patted her chest, and then, as if she was habitually rubbing her stomach that was already slightly protruding, she said. “It’s really dangerous, to think that you would actually bring two girls along.”
Cao Ziyang said: “Let me introduce you, this is my girlfriend, Tian Wen, and this is my sister, Fang Nan.”
Zhou Chang said: “The two ladies are so pretty.”
Fang Nan thanked him first, then spoke to Tian Wen. Then, Tian Wen continued to speak, “Let’s talk inside. It’s cold outside.”
The key was given to Tian Wen, so she immediately opened the door and invited Wu Xiaoyue and her family in, she and Fang Nan were in charge of entertaining them, and Cao Ziyang went to take a bath and change his clothes.
Inside the bathroom, Cao Ziyang was washing up. In his mind, he thought, what does Wu Xiaoyue mean by this? Didn’t you say we wouldn’t meet again? Why did he come again? Moreover, you came so quickly, it’s fine if you come, but you even brought Zhou Chang along. Cao Ziyang could not stand it, because he was not the kind of person who could be at ease after getting someone else’s wife. Although the wife had voluntarily delivered him to his doorstep, he had no choice but to do so, but that sense of guilt was still very tormenting.
After half an hour, Cao Ziyang finally felt clean, his body no longer smelly. He walked out of the bathroom and into the living room.
In the living room, Tian Wen entertained the guests like a hostess. She was in high spirits as she chatted with Wu Xiaoyue and her family. Fang Nan sat obediently next to her, a brilliant smile on her face at all times. Even though she didn’t speak much, but just from her weak and sickly temperament, the quality of a person who sat anywhere was extremely high. She was very pleasing to the eyes, and was like a houseflower.
Cao Ziyang sat down, took the cup of tea from Tian Wen and asked casually: What are you guys talking about? The atmosphere seems to be quite good. ”
Zhou Chang quickly said: “Miss Tian was telling us about your thrilling battle with the Swine just now, and I was saying that when we arrived, we suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the mountain. At that time, there were a lot of people running out of the village to look, and it turns out that this was caused by you, but who would have thought that you would actually think of it?
Cao Ziyang did not want to dwell on this topic, so he asked, “Did you come so early? That was over an hour ago, right? ”
Zhou Chang said: “En, we didn’t disturb you, did we?”
“Of course not.” Of course, Cao Ziyang understood that it was because Wu Xiaoyue was pregnant, Zhou Chang felt that it was because of Cao Ziyang, but if Zhou Chang knew that Cao Ziyang’s work was not the type he understood, he would probably go crazy. Fortunately, Zhou Chang did not know, but Cao Ziyang was still extremely unnatural against Zhou Chang.
Wu Xiaoyue asked: What are you busy with? How long will it take for you to return to the Nanhu Lake? ”
What was Wu Xiaoyue trying to do? Cao Ziyang was a little flustered by the detailed question. He thought for a moment and chose to lie, “If there’s no accident, we’ll leave tomorrow. Do you have any other matters?”
Hearing Cao Ziyang’s words, Tian Wen and Fang Nan did not quite understand. However, they did not say anything, but maintained their smiles from beginning to end.
Wu Xiaoyue did not speak, but continued: “You left so soon tomorrow? I also said that I would treat you out for a meal tomorrow, and with the old man in our family, we all want to thank you, Dr. Cao! ”
“You’ve already thanked me. There’s no need, really, that’s my duty …” Cao Ziyang felt like slapping himself in the face. Was his so-called duty to do this to someone else’s wife? This was an inhumane and stressful thing to do!
Zhou Chang said: “That’s not the same. That time, I was just apologizing, and this time, I am formally thanking you. This is equivalent to you giving us a child.”
Zhou Chang was right, so Cao Ziyang started blushing, but this blush had a different meaning to Zhou Chang. Cao Ziyang said: “There’s no need to thank me, I’m very busy here, if I came back I would definitely return to visit you guys, isn’t there no time?”
“Dr. Cao is really considerate. Since you’re busy …” Zhou Chang then took out an item wrapped in newspaper from his bag and handed it over to Cao Ziyang: “You must accept this bit of kindness, otherwise, I will kneel down in front of you …”
Is it that serious? Is that money? Cao Ziyang quickly said, “That’s not good. You’ve already brought so many things, so it’s not appropriate to give them back. Besides, I’ve already charged you for the clinic fees.”
“That’s not the same. You’ve given us great kindness. If you don’t accept me, then I’ll kneel to you …”
After weighing the pros and cons, in order to get them to hurry up and get out of here, Cao Ziyang could only choose to accept them. At most, he could think of a way to return. However, Cao Ziyang realized that it was not money after he took the item from his. It was heavy, so the weight of the money was not that great.
Seeing that Cao Ziyang had accepted it, Zhou Chang said: “Oh right, let me tell you something. There is no problem with your Village Creation Center, the higher ups will approve it as soon as possible and give you the money.”
“Recreation center?” Cao Ziyang was puzzled. Was this little village qualified to build it?
Zhou Chang acknowledged and said: “Yes, your village chief said that this is your request, and for him to pass it on, is actually not a big matter, but one that can be satisfied.”
He was being used by the village chief again, but this was related to the welfare of the entire village, so Cao Ziyang was unable to say it out loud. If it was for the village chief’s family, Cao Ziyang would definitely say it out loud, and tell Zhou Chang not to do it, because it was not the case right now, he could not say it out loud, so Cao Ziyang said: “Thank you ….”
Zhou Chang waved his hand: “No thanks!” After giving Cao Ziyang a cigarette, and helping him light it up, Zhou Chang continued, “In the future, whenever there is anything good in the town, we will first take care of Gouzi Village, even if it is not the great kindness you have shown to our family, you are still a famous person in our town, the town’s leader originally planned to invite you out for a meal, I said that you do not like this environment, so they gave up on this idea, but they wanted to visit you.”
Cao Ziyang’s face turned cold. “No need for that? I’m leaving tomorrow and I want to be in peace and quiet. To be honest, I came back home because I hid from the banquet. If I can’t hide, how can I endure it? “So help me, don’t do this, I understand, really …”
Zhou Chang said: “Then I’ll talk to them!”
Cao Ziyang sighed in relief, “Thank you for your help …” Turning his gaze towards Zhou Yueya, he realized that Zhou Yueya had been staring at him, hence Cao Ziyang said, “Little sister Yue Ya, I haven’t been listening to your words, aren’t you going to say something to me? Let me hear the quality of your voice? ”
Zhou Yueya said: “Isn’t your master talking? “I’m going to interrupt, my dad is going to teach me a lesson, saying that when adults speak, children should not interrupt. Actually, I’m not young anymore, I’ll be 15 years old after the new year.”
Indeed, it was not small. The small bun in front of her chest was much bigger than when Cao Ziyang saw her before. In another two years, she would be a beauty like Wu Xiaoyue. “Is there such a thing as domestic violence?”
Zhou Chang hurriedly said: “This is nothing, the little girl likes to speak carelessly.”
Zhou Yueya pursed her lips, “Look, please call me Yue Ya when you call me little girl, or directly call me your daughter, thanks!”
Zhou Chang was a little speechless, after all, teaching a lesson in front of Cao Ziyang was not appropriate.
At this time, Wu Xiaoyue, who had not spoken for a long time, spoke to Zhou Chang: “I see that Dr. Cao is really busy, why don’t we go back first?”
Wu Xiaoyue is actually so good? Cao Ziyang was a little dazed, but he quickly understood that this was definitely not something that Wu Xiaoyue was willing to do, it was only because Zhou Chang wanted to do it that Wu Xiaoyue had no choice but to come. This made Cao Ziyang feel relieved, because if this was the case, he no longer needed to interact with Wu Xiaoyue, and he was more afraid that Wu Xiaoyue would ask him to do something immoral.
Zhou Chang thought for a while, then said: “Alright, then we won’t disturb you anymore Dr. Cao …” As he said that, Zhou Chang stood up and carefully helped Wu Xiaoyue up at the same time.
Out of politeness, Cao Ziyang, Tian Wen and Fang Nan also stood up to send them off.
Walking to the door, Wu Xiaoyue suddenly said something that made Cao Ziyang’s scalp tingle, which was: “How about you take Yue Ya to get on the carriage, I want to say a few words to Dr. Cao alone.”
Zhou Chang agreed without hesitation, “Alright, Yue Ya, see you later, Dr. Cao!”
Zhou Yueya was unquestionably very happy that she did not call him a little girl. She turned around and showed a bright smile to Cao Ziyang, then waved her hand.
Cao Ziyang looked at Wu Xiaoyue in front of him, and started to feel a little unnatural. This was because Tian Wen and Fang Nan were right next to each other.
Of course, Wu Xiaoyue did not say the wrong thing. She had only said it alone, and wanted to make Zhou Chang and Zhou Yueya leave, but that did not include Tian Wen and Han Ya. However, although she did not say the wrong words, the first sentence that she said made Cao Ziyang feel that he was unable to understand. She said: “Bring the thing that Zhou Chang gave you back to me.”
It took Cao Ziyang a while to react. He exclaimed, “What?”
Wu Xiaoyue said: The thing wrapped up with newspaper, is a gold bar inside, it is not clean, I am afraid of harming you, and you do not need it right? Now that you can call the wind and summon the rain, and you don’t want it, I can only take it back.
Is there anyone who would speak like that? Luckily Tian Wen and Fang Nan didn’t suspect anything, so Tian Wen quickly returned to the living room and took out the thing wrapped in the newspaper. She secretly stuffed it in Wu Xiaoyue’s bag, and Wu Xiaoyue then placed it inside her own bag.