At least this was quite more interesting than the times when he had no expression on his face!
Facing Zhilan who could still laugh with him at this time, He Teng felt powerless all of a sudden. How come it seemed that his deterrent effect on Zhilan gradually decreased after she married him?
However, He Teng thought, it was better for her to laugh at him than to cry endlessly or blindly trouble others.
Because of the wound on his body, He Teng was only energetic for a while. He had a dry mouth but he couldn’t drink much water. He could only have Zhilan wetting his lips with a wet cotton swab for him. Soon after, he fell asleep.
Once He Teng fell asleep, Zhilan could not laugh anymore. She teased him just now only because she didn’t want to vent her emotions and cry like a useless kid in front of him, making him, a sick person, comfort her instead.
"Stupid He Teng! Why would you get injured because of someone like Lan Li who looks down on people?" Zhilan quietly cursed at the sleeping man. Then she stood up to get a basin and warm water to clean He Teng’s face and arm.
Zhilan didn’t mean to get angry at He Teng’s selfless spirit. Well, she was indeed a bit angry, because her husband lied in bed injured. As his wife, she could not possibly say that she didn’t mind it at all, especially as the injury was for Lan Li’s sake.
However, she couldn’t complain about it to He Teng. Though she disliked Lan Li, Lan Li was He Teng’s comrade in arms, and they had been friends for many years. They were on the same mission. She didn’t know the specific process, but she couldn’t blame He Teng for caring about his comrade.
When Zhilan came back with the water, there were more people at the door of the ward, all acquaintances.
"Lin Chan, how come all of you are here?" Zhilan was surprised.
"Of course we came as soon as we could to visit our brother-in-law!" Lin Chan laughed slyly, "Once Muhe told me about it, I wanted to come over. So here we are, Xing Ye and me. We met Chen Yun midway who also came to join the fun. Both Bian Mufan and Qi Chengnan are too tied up at the moment, but I guess they’ll come over as soon as they get time."
Shrugging his shoulders, Lin Chan added, "It seems we didn’t come at the right time. Your husband is asleep, so we didn’t go in to disturb him."
While speaking, the few people handed the things in their hands to Zhilan and said, "These are some nutritional supplements and fruits. Take them. When your husband can eat, supplement him with these. Since he is resting now, we will not go in and disturb him. We will come to see him another day."
"Thank you for making this trip." Zhilan agreed to take the things. First, she gave the water she was holding to the nursing staff for help, and then received the gifts from Xing Ye and the others.
"Well, you go in. We all have things to do. We’ll come over some other time. Don’t worry, Xiulin and Muhe are looking after things at the hospital."
Zhilan nodded her head and escorted them to the stairwell before turning back to the ward. However, she didn’t get to rest. As soon as she returned to the ward, Commissioner Chen Zheng came with a few people.
As soon as something happened to He Teng and Lan Li, they were sent directly to the local hospital, and then transferred to a sub-hospital of General Military Hospital, before being transferred here. So, the people from the troop didn’t have time to visit the patients. Now they knew that He Teng also transferred to the capital, Commissioner Chen Zheng took a few people who had time to come over especially.
Kang Xing and Niu Rang were also among the visitors. The two men, with their loud voices, shouted "Sister-in-law" as soon as they saw Zhilan, which directly woke up He Teng in the ward.