Lin Xiang chuckled silently, "Comrade Cheng An, I think you’ve misunderstood sothing. I’m not afraid of Lin Yun changing his surna. To , whether his surna is Lin or Cheng, he will always be my brother, and that won’t change."
"The reason I don’t agree is because I don’t want Lin Yun to be in a difficult situation. How long has he known you? Most of that ti, he’s been in the army, and your interactions have been pathetically few. If you have a reason for him to change his surna, you’ll have to wait until he willingly wants to do it."
"He’s a person, a living person with his own thoughts, not a dog that can be summoned at will. You haven’t raised him or been part of his growth, so don’t dictate his life."
Lin Xiang’s tone was detached, "Thank you for today’s help, but I won’t exchange that for convincing Lin Yun to change his surna."
Cheng An said nothing and just stared at Lin Xiang.
But his gaze wasn’t invasive, so it didn’t make Lin Xiang uncomfortable, and she let him stare.
After packing all the house deeds into her crossbody bag, Lin Xiang took the initiative to speak, "I’m going back to the hospital now; are we going separately or each on our own?"
"You go ahead, I have other things to do."
Lin Xiang waved her hand towards Cheng An and headed straight to the bus stop across the road.
Just then, a bus heading to the military hospital arrived, and Lin Xiang boarded directly.
In the hospital room.
Mrs. Lin looked coldly at Jiang Chaoxin, who was bustling around.
After Jiang Chaoxin finished putting the fresh fruits and other things like malted milk into the cabinet, Mrs. Lin quietly spoke, "Comrade Xiao Jiang, haven’t we already agreed? Try not to co to the hospital room in the future."
Jiang Chaoxin stood smiling at the bedside, "Auntie, Lin Yun is my lifesaver. If it hadn’t been for him, I might... I was taught since I was young to repay life-saving grace generously. I’m rely offering so trivial companionship, which is nothing compared to Lin Yun saving ."
"This is not repaying kindness, it’s clearly repaying kindness with enmity!" Mrs. Lin was not moved, "Do you know that when I went to the cafeteria to buy food today, several people asked if you were my daughter-in-law! Look, that’s already a misunderstanding. If you keep this up, there’ll be more misunderstandings, and it’ll be impossible to clear things up!"
Jiang Chaoxin looked surprised, "Are people really gossiping behind our backs? Auntie, tell who spread these rumors, and I’ll go settle the score with them right away!"
Mrs. Lin couldn’t help but pout; how was she supposed to find them?
She had only been at the hospital for a few days and was barely familiar with the place, let alone with the people working there! She had said that to keep Jiang Chaoxin from getting complacent.
"Anyway, I still think young girls should be more reserved; you may not care about your reputation, but Lin Yun does!"
Jiang Chaoxin had been spoiled since childhood, and no one had ever dared to cross her; yet Mrs. Lin was always stern with her, so in a fit of pique, Jiang Chaoxin retorted, "You’re just Lin Yun’s stepmother; shouldn’t you have no right to make decisions for him?"
After speaking, the room fell into silence.
The next mont, Lin Yun suddenly got off the bed, towering over Jiang Chaoxin with his height, "I don’t allow anyone to speak to my mom in that tone."
"Comrade Jiang Chaoxin, from now on, I hope you won’t co to my hospital room."
"Lin Yun!" Jiang Chaoxin was furious, "Why are you so clueless?"
Lin Yun didn’t answer or look at her.
The clueless one was not him.
Seeing Lin Yun’s attitude, Jiang Chaoxin felt deeply wronged, tears streaming down her cheeks. Yet Lin Yun showed no intention of comforting her, and she stord out of the room.
Lin Xiang happened to reach the room door just as Jiang Chaoxin dashed out, nearly bumping into her. Before she could steady herself, Jiang Chaoxin glared at her angrily.
"What’s your problem?"
She pushed the door open and saw Mrs. Lin firmly pressing Lin Yun back onto the bed, "Your wound hasn’t fully healed yet; didn’t the doctor say you shouldn’t do any strenuous activities? What if you tear the wound open again?"
Lin Yun felt a bit helpless amid his grievances, "I should have made her leave as soon as she ca in and avoided all these subsequent issues."
He wanted to throw her out, but Mrs. Lin’s look stopped him, not allowing him to speak, or else Jiang Chaoxin wouldn’t have had the chance to say what she did.
Mrs. Lin ignored him, took out an apple from the cabinet without peeling it, rinsed it under the tap, sliced it with a fruit knife, and was about to hand half of it to him, but upon seeing Lin Xiang enter, Mrs. Lin handed it to Lin Xiang and took the other half for herself.
"Did everything go smoothly? What about the surprise you promised to tell ?"
"Where did the apple co from?" It looked quite fresh.
"Crunch—" Mrs. Lin bit into an apple, chewing, "A woman surnad Jiang brought it."
Lin Xiang frowned slightly, "Mom, you know what she feels toward my brother, so why keep the things she brought?"
Isn’t this giving people sothing to talk about?
Mrs. Lin took another bite of the apple, responding while chewing, "Lin Yun saved her life. We don’t care for her repaying with herself, but isn’t it unreasonable for her not to contribute anything? It’s just so fruit; by accepting and eating it, we’ve allowed her to repay the life-saving grace. How nice."
Not only could they eat the fruits, but they could also have reasons to stop Jiang Chaoxin—two birds with one stone!
Lin Xiang saw Lin Yun sitting dumbly on the bed, "Brother, have so."
Lin Yun pointed to the cabinet by the bedside, "There’s more inside, you take so."
Lin Xiang didn’t hold back, eating apple along with Mrs. Lin.
After a busy morning, she was already tired, hot, and thirsty.
"Mom, do you want to make money?"
Mrs. Lin’s eyes lit up, "Girl, what new idea do you have now?"
Lin Yun also glanced at Lin Xiang.
Lin Xiang tossed the apple core into the trash can and finally spoke slowly, "Yesterday afternoon when we were returning to the guesthouse, there were a bunch of construction workers nearby, do you rember?"
At that ti, Mrs. Lin just wanted to go back to the room and lie down and didn’t pay attention.
But that didn’t stop her from listening to Lin Xiang’s plan.
"I asked the guesthouse staff and learned there’s going to be so construction nearby, so there are many workers. I figured we could make so food and sell it near the construction site; the target audience should be large."
Construction workers don’t have high demands for taste, just need large portions to satisfy hunger—the business definitely wouldn’t be bad.
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