Chapter 364: Chapter 364: What Exactly Does the Lu Family Want?

By the poolside, there is a soft couch. The gentle breeze sways the sheer curtains. Occasionally, a few strokes of bright green float before one’s eyes. In the distance, the mountains are shrouded in white clouds, while a few red-crowned cranes soar above the horizon.

Jiang Xingye held Xu Qinghuan in his arms. Just now, she indulged him, but now she was a bit tired and fell asleep as soon as she lay down.

Jiang Xingye didn’t dare to sleep.

There are wild beasts in the mountains, although they don’t attack here. He has gone hunting before, and the varieties of beasts are mostly the same as those outside the mountains, but it’s precisely these small differences that are baffling.

Similarly, the wild chicken here is juicy and tender without any gamey smell, offering a perfect taste.

Xu Qinghuan told him that the spiritual energy here is very thick, which he cannot sense, but after spending time here, he certainly feels refreshed and clear-minded.

He stretched half his body, careful not to make large movements, as Xu Qinghuan was pressing down on half his body, her soft curves resting against his side, causing a tingling sensation all over his body.

Outside, Qing Xiao was guarding, and for the moment, there was nobody around.

Feeling a bit sleepy, Jiang Xingye carried her into the bedchamber, burying them both in the wide bed.

The next day, early in the morning, Jiang Xingye came from his house and met Qiu Linghua on the road. “Xiao Wu, heading to see Xu the instructor so early? She’s probably not up yet?”

Xu Qinghuan opened the door, “Aunt Linghua, you’re squatting at my doorstep day in and day out. Even Qing Xiao doesn’t guard so dutifully here. What’s the point of staring at my door all the time? There’s nothing in my house to attract robbers!”

Just as she finished speaking, she splashed a basin of face-washing water outside, right at Qiu Linghua’s feet, raising a layer of dust.

Qiu Linghua jumped up, “Who’s squatting at your door? I’m just taking a stroll here early in the morning. How can you be like this, splashing water on me for no reason?”

“I splash water here every day. Haven’t you noticed the grass here grows greener? Since you’re always squatting here, if something goes missing from my house, it’ll definitely be you who stole it!”

“Stop talking nonsense. Who’d steal your things? With that big dog in your house, who besides Jiang Xingye dares enter your door?”

Upon seeing Jiang Xingye approaching, fearing he might lay hands on her, Qiu Linghua hurried off, running away in a blink.

Jiang Xingye took the basin from her hands, “I’ll go find Sun the Rascal later and reason with him, asking him to tell his mother not to squat here all day.”

Both knew she was waiting to spread gossip about them.

Jiang Xingye whispered, “If we got married, these annoying things wouldn’t happen anymore. It’s because we aren’t sleeping in the same bed that people gossip.”

Xu Qinghuan raised an eyebrow, “How about we get married tomorrow? Can you arrange for us to get a marriage certificate?”

Jiang Xingye didn’t have the capability, “You’re just teasing me.”

Xu Qinghuan gave him an annoyed look, “Serves you right, for talking about it so often. You make it seem like I’m leading you on.”

“I’ve been waiting for a long time, almost a year now.”

“Give it a rest. We haven’t known each other for even a year in total. Or are you saying you wanted to marry from before, with whom?”

Jiang Xingye said, “It’s only you, I only want to marry you.”

“It’s not like you haven’t eaten before.” Xu Qinghuan poked his cheek, “Is it necessary to go this far?”

Her own face blushed.

Jiang Xingye sincerely said, “It’s different. I want… the real thing.”

The real thing couldn’t happen for now, they were merely talking.

While having breakfast, Song Yanqing came by, which surprised Xu Qinghuan, “Have you eaten? If not, join us.”

Song Yanqing placed a pound of sugar and a jar of canned food on the table, “You eat, I’ve eaten already on my way.”

Xu Qinghuan found it difficult to eat seeing her come with such things, Jiang Xingye packed the table and brought over two cups of tea before getting busy.

Song Yanqing watched his back, “Your man is genuinely good to you. However, with men, I don’t dare trust them now.”

Knowing her personality, Xu Qinghuan didn’t delve into reasoning, “You’re not here just to talk about this, are you?”

Song Yanqing finally got to the point, “Dean Deng sent me. Originally, he should talk to you, but he’s too busy now, so he asked me to let you know there’s a surgery in Yan City that you need to perform. We should head out this afternoon; should we pack up to return to the county together or what’s the plan?”

Xu Qinghuan chuckled, “Whose surgery in Yan City, and what surgery? Who tells me to go, and I must go? Just because they say so?”

Song Yanqing’s face wasn’t looking good, but remembering that without Xu Qinghuan, she’d be lost now.

“A call came from the Army General Hospital in Yan City. Only Dean Deng knows the specifics about the patient. It’s an orthopedic surgery, the patient being fourteen years old, male, with a comminuted fracture of the calf, similar to previous patient cases.

However, I’m truly unsure of the precise differences, as no medical records have been sent over. We’re just relaying what’s heard from the telephone.”

Xu Qinghuan naturally wouldn’t go. “I can’t go. To be honest, I’m about to get married soon, and have no plans for traveling far. Yan City is full of talent, and for a simple bone repair surgery, I don’t need to travel thousands of miles to flaunt my skill.

I left quite a bit of bone adhesive in Yan City; it shouldn’t run out so quickly.”

Song Yanqing opened her mouth to persuade further, but Xu Qinghuan looked at her, causing her to smile awkwardly, “Alright, I understand, I’ll report back to the dean.”

She got up to leave, and Xu Qinghuan handed her the sugar and canned food on the table, “Take them back, since I couldn’t help much.”

Song Yanqing felt embarrassed, “I brought these to thank you; they have nothing to do with what I told you. You saved me last time, and I never got the chance to show my gratitude. I often think wrongly about many things. Just consider the silly things I said as hot air!”

Song Yanqing fled as if escaping.

Xu Qinghuan went to the brigade office to call the Huo Family in Yan City, where it was Grandma Huo who answered. She relayed what she’d just learned and asked Grandma to keep an eye on what was really going on.

“Don’t worry; I’ll ask your godmother when she returns. There’s no need to fret. Yan City has so many major hospitals, with medical resources being the best in the country; nothing will go wrong.”

Xu Qinghuan felt reassured, “Grandma, thank you. I’m not worried; it just feels odd to me.”

Grandma also found the situation peculiar.

In the evening, when Shen Xiuqin returned, she inquired further.

Shen Xiuqin found it intriguing, “Who else could it be but the small rascal born to Song Wanlin for the Lu Family? They said he had a comminuted fracture of his calf. How could he suddenly fracture it without any reason?”

Apparently, Lu Mingxu and Lu Mingqiu were to be sent to the countryside by the old Lu family head. Lu Mingxu got so scared that he fell down the stairs, and upon examination, a piece of bone in his lower leg shattered into fragments.

Could someone really fall down stairs and end up like that?

Although the Army General Hospital had surgeons capable of performing the surgery, the Lu Family had specifically asked for Xu Qinghuan to operate, leading to the notification to Anguang County Hospital from there.

Grandma Huo was a bit upset, “What is the Lu Family trying to do? Isn’t all this trouble enough? No matter how you put it, they’re siblings with the same mother but different fathers; do they have to push the child this hard?”

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