Chapter 28: Recovering from Injury
Su Qing stood outside the ward, looking at the provincial expert group, feeling a little uneasy.
She couldn't figure out why Lu Xingchen had such a complicated background.
He is a village doctor, an educated youth temporarily transferred here, and now works temporarily in the county government. No one knows what his original work unit was, and it is full of infinite mystery.
If you are just an ordinary citizen, you will definitely not receive any treatment such as public medical treatment or special pensions.
The county magistrate was so concerned that he sent his secretary to accompany him.
Now, a team of provincial experts and medical teams have also been invited.
She just saw a few people getting out of a car with a provincial capital license plate downstairs.
One of them, Su Qing knew, was Professor Xue Yingjie, who had performed surgery on Lu Xingchen for the first time.
Back in the ward, seeing Su Qing's distraught look, Lu Xingchen asked with concern: "What's wrong with you?"
Su Qing raised her head and forced a smile: "Nothing, I just feel a little surprised."
There was a hint of complexity in Lu Xingchen's eyes, and he gently held Su Qing's hand: "I know you have been worried about me, but I am much better now."
At this moment, Ye Lingshuang suddenly appeared at the end of the corridor, her eyes were sharp and a sneer hung on the corner of her mouth.
For the past two days, Ye Lingshuang's ghost has been around, like a dog-skin plaster that sticks to me and I can't get rid of it. I feel really unhappy and even sick.
Ye Lingshuang deliberately raised her voice, "I didn't expect that you would actually turn your fake play into reality."
Su Qing's heart tightened. She knew Ye Lingshuang was deliberately provoking her. She took a deep breath and responded calmly: "Ye Lingshuang, what do you want to say?"
Ye Lingshuang smiled slightly: "How long are you going to keep your fake marriage with Lu Xingchen a secret? Su Qing, you are not naive enough to think that he belongs to you, right?"
"Everything you heard was fake." Su Qing frowned, and she held Lu Xingchen's hand tightly with a firm look in her eyes: "Ye Lingshuang, Lu Xingchen is my husband, and this will never change."
"If you are really honest, then I will broadcast your embarrassing story to the whole village tomorrow. I think you won't mind." Ye Lingshuang was arrogant and it was also a threat.
Su Qing's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Ye Lingshuang, you are courting your own destruction."
Ye Lingshuang was shocked when she heard Su Qing's domineering roar.
"You don't understand at all, and you have no right to interfere in our relationship?" Su Qing looked at Ye Lingshuang coldly.
Ye Lingshuang's face turned ugly. She didn't expect Su Qing to be so ruthless.
"Su Qing, just wait, I won't give up just like that." Ye Lingshuang said, then turned and left.
Su Qing stood there with a determined look in her eyes.
She knew that the struggle had just begun.
Su Qing looked at Ye Lingshuang's back and couldn't help but feel a little worried, "She won't let this go."
Lu Xingchen patted Su Qing's shoulder gently and said, "Don't worry, she won't cause much trouble."
I'm just worried that she will become desperate and do anything to achieve her goal.
"By the way, I have something to ask you." Su Qing thought about it and finally said it.
"Have you told anyone about our fake marriage?" Su Qing asked the question in her mind without waiting for Lu Xingchen to reply.
"I..." Lu Xingchen showed obvious hesitation.
At this time, the door of the ward was gently pushed open and a group of people walked in.
Walking in front were several leaders from the provincial capital, and following behind them was a professional medical team.
"Hello, Comrade Lu Xingchen!" The leading leader shook hands with Lu Xingchen cordially.
"This is Director Guo Qingshan from the General Office of the Provincial Party Committee." Xue Yingjie who was standing next to him introduced.
"Hello, Director Lu!" Seeing the leader extending his hand, Su Qing shook hands and said with a smile.
"Who is this?" Guo Qingshan asked.
"Director Guo, her name is Su Qing, my lover." Lu Xingchen introduced.
Su Qing stood aside, watching all this, and became more and more enlightened in her heart.
Lu Xingchen's identity is far more important than she imagined.
Just think about it, an educated youth, a village doctor, the commune was about to expel him, but a timely transfer order easily solved the problem.
Due to a reservoir accident, Su Qing was surrounded by the crowd. At the critical moment, the deputy captain of the county criminal investigation team suddenly appeared.
He was injured during the mission, and the county magistrate assigned his personal secretary to take care of his family.
At this moment, an expert treatment team appeared in the ordinary ward in such a ostentatious manner.
There must be some unspeakable secret here.
After a round of careful questioning and various examinations and demonstrations, the expert group conducted a special study on Lu Xingchen's condition and formed a rigorous treatment and rehabilitation plan.
Lu Xingchen's leg injury is getting better day by day under the treatment of the expert group of the provincial bureau.
Next, according to the treatment plan, the hospital gave preferential care. Under Su Qing's careful care, Lu Xingchen's leg injury was slowly recovering.
One day, under Su Qing's protection, Lu Xingchen tried to turn over by himself. It was an arduous task. His movements were clumsy and beads of sweat the size of soybeans kept appearing on his face and dripping onto Su Qing's heart.
He gritted his teeth, his eyes were extremely determined, tried several times, and finally succeeded.
Slowly, he was able to sit up from the bed.
After a few days, he was able to get out of bed on his own and stand by holding on to the edge of the bed.
Every day, Su Qing pushed him to the rehabilitation room in a wheelchair according to the treatment plan so that he could practice walking again.
He held her up, leaning most of his weight on her, from half a meter, to one meter, and then to dozens of meters.
He is improving every day.
Finally, he got rid of the wheelchair and was able to stand and walk on his own with the help of crutches.
Seeing his staggering back, Su Qing felt a sense of sweetness after bitterness.
Until one day, the attending doctor said during his ward rounds: "The patient can be discharged!"
After the doctor left, Su Qing breathed a sigh of relief. It had been almost two months. During Lu Xingchen's hospitalization, she had always been by his side, never leaving him.
Lu Xingchen was deeply moved by her persistence.
When Su Yu drove a large truck to take the patient back to Hongxing Village, the curious villagers gathered around.
Usually, Su Yu's car was parked in the commune's parking lot. This was the first time a motor vehicle appeared at the entrance of the village.
When the children saw it, they were full of curiosity. They touched here and looked there. Two of them were so brave that they even climbed onto the driver's license.
Although the car was turned off, Su Yu took away the car keys.
But accidentally, I honked the horn.
There was a loud "beep!" and the child was startled and started crying loudly with a "wow!"
This caused the onlookers to burst into laughter.
Ye Lingshuang climbed onto the bed of the truck at some point, holding a small loudspeaker from the radio station in her hand.
"Fellow villagers!" Ye Lingshuang turned the volume of the small loudspeaker to the maximum.
As soon as she shouted, the crowd turned to look and cast their eyes on her.
"Fellow villagers! I am here to report that Su Qing and Lu Xingchen deceived their comrades and openly faked their marriage in order to evade responsibility for the reservoir incident and their promiscuous relationships..."
Ye Lingshuang was halfway through her speech when Captain Su Guozhong of the Xiangyang Brigade snatched the megaphone from her hands.
Last time, it was because of Ye Lingshuang's bribe that he was punished by the commune and his work points for the year were greatly reduced. "Fellow villagers! Don't listen to Ye Zhiqing's nonsense. I have seen Su Qing and Lu Xingchen's marriage certificate with my own eyes. I can testify that they are a real couple. Please don't believe the rumors."
After Captain Su finished speaking, several young men drove Ye Lingshuang out of the car.
Ye Lingshuang still refused to give in and continued barking with the small trumpet.
Su Qing helped Lu Xingchen out of the car and put him in the wheelchair. Then she walked a few steps to Ye Lingshuang and slapped him twice in a row with her front and back hands.
Two consecutive crisp "pa pa" sounds stunned Ye Lingshuang.
Su Qing snatched the trumpet from Ye Lingshuang's hand, pointed it at Ye Lingshuang's face, and said, "Ye Lingshuang, I'm warning you, you and Captain Guo Zhong have already seen my marriage certificate with Lu Xingchen. Before you have hard evidence, please don't slander me, or I'll sue you for defamation!"
After saying that, Su Qing threw the trumpet in her hand hard onto a large pile of rocks next to her.
With a "bang", the fragments scattered everywhere, scaring the people watching nearby.
The villagers started talking about it. Some agreed with Ye Lingshuang, while others supported Captain Su Guozhong.
Most people were very surprised as to how Su Qing, who had always been quiet and timid, could be so bold and spicy.
Good people are often bullied, but when they become tough, everyone is afraid of them.
Su Qing had never taken Ye Lingshuang's clownish behavior to heart, but today, she actually humiliated her in public. With Su Qing's current personality, this had exceeded the limit of her tolerance.
Anyway, with the marriage certificate in hand, she would not be afraid even if she had to go to court.