Chapter 285: Knee-Weakeningly Handsome
Chapter 285: Chapter 285: Knee-Weakeningly Handsome
Jiang Peng was the first to jump up and defend his sister. "You’re just a nurse, so why are you being so nosy? Is my sister eating *your* food?"
After Jiang Peng’s retort, Lu Cheng also spoke up. "Nurse Xiao Wei, before you accuse my wife, shouldn’t you try to understand the situation first? I had pork liver congee and four eggs for breakfast, all of which my wife prepared. Taking care of me is hard work for her, so she deserves to eat and drink well."
Only then did Wei Huihui notice the empty food container and eggshells on the bedside cabinet, but she still didn’t think she was in the wrong.
In her mind, delicacies like eggs and malted milk should be given to those who need them most.
As a family member, Jiang Moli had first hogged the patient’s bed for herself, and now she was eating his nutritious food. Wei Huihui simply couldn’t stand the sight of it.
But Lu Cheng was protective of his own, and she, an outsider, really had no right to interfere.
"Camp Commander Lu, here’s your medicine for this morning."
After placing the medicine packet with Lu Cheng’s name on the bedside cabinet, Wei Huihui turned to leave, but Lu Cheng called out to her.
"Nurse Xiao Wei, that rumor going around about my wife hogging my bed... you’re the one who started it, aren’t you?"
Lu Cheng’s tone wasn’t a question, but an interrogation.
He was in a private room. Outsiders couldn’t just walk in, nor could they see what was going on inside.
The only person who knew his wife slept in his bed was Wei Huihui.
Feeling guilty, Wei Huihui tried to squirm out of it. "I was just idly chatting with a colleague. Besides, it’s not a rumor. It’s a fact that your wife was hogging your bed..."
"You don’t know a damn thing!"
Lu Cheng’s sudden curse was so unexpected that not only did it scare Wei Huihui into holding her breath, but even Jiang Peng, who had been sitting, shot to his feet.
Jiang Moli calmly swallowed her egg. "Let’s talk this out. No need to be so harsh or to shout. If you make her cry, are you going to be the one to console her?"
Hearing his wife say that, Lu Cheng quickly reined in his imposing aura.
"Nurse Xiao Wei, I was the one who asked my wife to sleep in the bed. I did it of my own free will, because I wanted to. End of story."
"You like spreading gossip, don’t you? Then please, spread what I just said, too. Let everyone, from top to bottom in this hospital, know about it."
"You do this for me, and I’ll drop the matter of you spreading rumors about my wife."
Wei Huihui left the hospital room in tears.
Jiang Peng was in complete awe of Lu Cheng. "Brother-in-law, you’re incredible! You put that gossipy nurse in her place with just a few sentences."
Lu Cheng didn’t mind teaching his young brother-in-law a lesson. "It’s called knowing how to manage people. You should learn from this!"
Jiang Peng nodded furiously.
Lu Cheng then looked at Jiang Moli. "With Nurse Wei helping to clear things up, people shouldn’t gossip about you anymore."
Although her husband’s move had certainly dealt with Wei Huihui’s gossiping, Jiang Moli felt it was entirely unnecessary.
’After all, for every person who hated her, she earned a Disdain Point, and one Disdain Point was worth ten thousand yuan!’
’But the way her man had been so fiercely protective was also so attractive it made my legs go weak.’
With that thought, she got up, walked over to her husband, and cupped his face, offering some loving praise. "Baby, you were so manly and handsome just now!"
Jiang Peng burst out laughing with a "PFFT!" "Baby? Haha! Sis, you’re calling my brother-in-law ’baby’?"
Jiang Moli shot him a frosty glare. "You got a problem with it?"
Jiang Peng nearly shook his head off. "Wouldn’t dare."
Jiang Moli pointed to the door. "You see that door?"
Jiang Peng was baffled. "Yeah, I see it."
"Open it, walk out, and then close it."
Outside the room, Jiang Peng stared at the closed door and muttered to himself with a weird expression, "’Baby?’ Ugh, that’s so sappy it’s sickening. Hey, who isn’t a baby around here..."
Inside the room, Lu Cheng’s dark eyes sparkled as he gazed at Jiang Moli. "You just said I was super ’manly’ and super handsome. What does ’manly’ mean?"
Jiang Moli kicked off her shoes and straddled his lap. "It means you make a person want to pin you down on the bed."
Saying that, she cupped his face and kissed him.
Outside, Jiang Peng was about to go see if Nurse Wei had done what his brother-in-law told her to, but he turned around and got a huge shock.
Zhong Weiguo and several platoon leaders from the First Battalion were standing in a line right behind him.
"Commander Zhong, what brings you here?"
"What do you think? Is Camp Commander Lu awake?"
Jiang Peng nodded eagerly.
"Good, as long as he’s awake."
As he spoke, Zhong Weiguo pushed open the door. He froze for a second at the scene inside, then immediately shut the door again.
Because of the angle, Jiang Peng and the platoon leaders didn’t see what was happening in the room.
Jiang Peng was confused. "Commander Zhong, why don’t you go in? Why did you shut the door?"
Zhong Weiguo explained casually, "I forgot to knock."
With that, he raised his hand and knocked three times on the door, neither too quickly nor too slowly.
Jiang Peng watched him, thinking, ’Huh, this commander is surprisingly polite.’
...
Inside the hospital room, Zhong Weiguo sat on a stool while the platoon leaders gathered around the bed.
"Look at you, you’ve got some color back. You’re recovering quite well. Having Xiao Jiang here really makes a difference, huh?"
Zhong Weiguo’s words held a double meaning, obviously teasing the young couple.
Lu Cheng was thick-skinned enough not to be embarrassed, but he worried his wife would be, so he quickly changed the subject. "Commander Zhong, any news on Jia Ming and Tang Yuan?"
Zhong Weiguo sighed. "Not yet. But I suppose no news is good news."
...
「In the nurses’ station.」
Wei Huihui was squatting on the floor with her head buried in her knees, sobbing. Two nurses who were close to her were comforting her, one on each side.
"Huihui, stop crying. Since Camp Commander Lu has given his orders, you should just do what he says."
Wei Huihui lifted her tear-streaked face. "Why should I? I’m a nurse, I was just thinking about the patient’s well-being. What did I do wrong?"
"What can you do? He’s an officer. We’re just ordinary people. We can’t afford to cross him."
Wei Huihui said furiously, "His wife is so pretentious, and he just blindly dotes on and spoils her. If you ask me, he’s no good either!"
The two nurses were startled. "Huihui, don’t be so stubborn. You should just go and clear things up."
No matter how unwilling she was, Wei Huihui had no choice but to do as Lu Cheng had instructed, going from room to room to repeat what he had said.
Wei Huihui had been a nurse for quite some time. Her professional skills and attitude had earned her the respect of many patients and their families.
Seeing her red-rimmed eyes and her aggrieved expression, those who knew her couldn’t help but show their concern.
She just shook her head, refusing to say a word.
The more evasive she was, the more curious and speculative everyone became.
In the stairwell, a few patients’ family members were gathered, gossiping. "Did you hear? Nurse Xiao Wei supposedly came running out of that Camp Commander Lu’s room in tears after she delivered his medicine."
"And when she went around to clear things up for that Camp Commander’s wife, her eyes were all swollen. You could tell she was forced to do it. Just because he’s an officer, he thinks he can get away with bullying a young woman like that?"
Jiang Peng was accompanying Jiang Moli downstairs to get hot water to make tea for Zhong Weiguo and the others. Who would have thought they’d run into a group of family members bad-mouthing them? He was so furious he was about to curse them out, but Jiang Moli pulled him back.
Jiang Moli cupped a hand over her mouth and whispered something in his ear.
Although Jiang Peng was baffled, he did as Jiang Moli told him. He sidled up to the group of family members. "Hey, you guys want to know how Nurse Xiao Wei really got on my sister’s bad side?"