Chapter 66: Chapter 066: Iron Tree Blooms_1
And just like that, he was gone, leaving his small wife behind. Huo Beijiang had ten thousand worries in his heart. He hadn’t even been able to properly take his little wife home yet!
And he didn’t know if his little wife would be even angrier with him now.
Sigh! How should he appease her? He’d have to ask Lu Jin later. This kid had a lot of love interests when he was studying.
The people in the office all stealthily pricked up their ears. Could it be that Captain Huo, the iron tree, was finally blooming? They didn’t know which flower he had set his sights on, but his venomous mouth didn’t seem to affect his standing among the female colleagues.
They were so envious!
Good, honest men were out of fashion these days. How were they, the outstanding ‘old’ bachelors, supposed to survive?
A hint of doubt flashed across Tu Cheng’s serious face, “Could it really be that he has a wife now? No, that can’t be right. What woman would fall for a man like you? Unless she was blind.”
“You! Say! That! Again!”
Tu Cheng’s face remained serious, “Meeting’s starting! We have an important mission coming up which requires the crew to set sail. You, come with us!” With this, he gestured to the special advisor in the office, and his own first mate.
Early in the morning, Xiao Wang Village’s riverbank was teeming with people washing clothes.
“Nan Fei, you’re here to do laundry again!”
“How’s your mom’s eyesight? Is it better?”
After the last fiasco with her aunt and upon learning that Tian Yuegui’s husband even had an illegitimate child, no one’s attention gravitated toward Jiang Nanfei anymore.
Some elders who were usually on good terms with Zhang Fengmei, upon encountering Nan Fei, would even become indignant and join in on scolding Tian Yuegui.
“Yes, it’s hot in summer. I have to wash clothes every day.”
“My mom’s eyesight is better now.”
Facing the villagers’ greetings, Nan Fei replied with a smile on her face.
Zhang Fengmei’s eyesight improved after their second visit to the hospital in the provincial capital. These acute illnesses come quickly, but if treated timely, they also improve fast. The day after returning from the provincial capital, she could already see clearly and only needed to take antibiotics for another week to make a full recovery.
Nan Fei felt a weight lifted from her heart, and she was much more relaxed than before.
Her mother’s eyesight had not deteriorated, confirming that her efforts to change her family’s fate in her previous life had been successful. Next would be her brother, and she believed it would also work.
She was now full of hope for the future.
After finishing her laundry, she carried her scuttle back home and ran into Zhou Yongxian just as she reached her doorstep.
“Granny Huo, what brings you here?” Nan Fei hurriedly went to greet her, “Are you here to see my grandma?”
“No!” Zhou Yongxian wiped the sweat off her face, “I am here to see you.”
“Yes! I am here to explain something to you. Bei Jiang had to return to his post, and it was so sudden he didn’t have time to inform you.”
It seemed Granny Huo didn’t know that she had seen Huo Beijiang afterward. Not only had she seen him, but… they had even kissed…
Nan Fei’s cheeks turned a charming shade of pink as she helped Zhou Yongxian into the house to take a seat. As they went in, Zhuanzhuan was sweeping the floor, and her parents were busy cleaning the tofu-making tools. Upon seeing Zhou Yongxian, they immediately dropped what they were doing and warmly greeted her.
“Don’t mind us, I’m just here to chat with Nan Fei.” Zhou Yongxian liked Jiang Dechun and his wife’s honest and respectful demeanor. She had known Guan Rufang for many years and had met her two older sons. But upon interacting with them, she preferred the youngest son.
“Please, make yourself at home.”
Everyone was quite at ease; in the past, Granny Huo would often come to visit Guan Rufang.
There were chairs in the living room. Nan Fei assisted Zhou Yongxian in and then poured her a glass of hot water, placing it on the small table.
“Such a dutiful daughter-in-law I have.” Zhou Yongxian said with a smile, increasingly pleased with what she saw.
“Granny Huo, you… you are… overpraising me.” Nan Fei couldn’t suppress the twitching at the corner of her mouth. Now she finally understood why Huo Beijiang was so presumptuous!
It was clearly a familial trait.