Chapter 58 The Fifty-Eighth Day of Not Running Away The Fifty-Eighth Day of Not Running Away...

Chapter 58 The Fifty-Eighth Day of Not Running Away The Fifty-Eighth Day of Not Running Away...

Chen Bo was groggily awake when he turned his head and felt a sharp pain in his head.

"Slow down." Wen Chan pressed Chen Bozheng's head down and placed a soft pillow under him. When Chen Bozheng opened his eyes and saw her, he was stunned. He closed his eyes and then opened them again.

"What, do you think you're dreaming?" Wen Chan rolled her eyes at him, annoyed.

Chen Bo opened his mouth, his voice hoarse, "Weren't you in Shanghai?"

Wen Chan picked up the kettle on the table and poured him a glass of water. While feeding him the water, she said, "You're trying to fool me, thinking that if I don't come, you can cover this up, aren't you?"

As she said this, she raised her eyelids and glared at Chen Bozheng, "You just wait, I'll settle the score with you when you're feeling better."

She spoke harshly, but only went out to find a doctor to come and take a look after Chen Bozheng had drunk some water.

The doctor examined Chen Bozheng, mainly focusing on the wound on his head. "The situation is not bad. Do you feel nauseous?"

Chen Bozheng glanced at Wen Chan.

Wen Chan was both annoyed and amused. "Just answer the doctor's questions. Why are you looking at me?"

“A little, but not serious, bearable,” Chen Bo said carefully, his choice of words exquisite.

Wen Chan couldn't help but chuckle.

The doctor laughed too, "You're afraid your wife will be angry, Comrade Chen."

He took out the thermometer tucked into Chen Bozheng's body and checked his temperature. "Luckily, you're in good shape, and you reacted quickly when that steel bar hit you. If it had hit you harder, you wouldn't be lying here now. You need to avoid certain foods for the next three days, eat light meals, and then we'll check on you again. If there's nothing seriously wrong, you can be discharged, but you'll need to rest for at least a month. You can't overexert yourself, especially with that wound on your head; you need to wait for it to heal and scab over. Be extra careful when washing your hair to avoid infection, understand?"

Wen Chan agreed to everything and saw the doctor out. Just then, the monk came over, so Wen Chan asked the monk to buy breakfast while she went to get the medicine for Chen Bozheng.

Only after arranging things for Chen Bozheng did she have time to go and ask the monk what exactly happened.

Logically, Chen Bo was on the phone at the time and was some distance away from where the steel bars were being moved, so how could he have been hit?

The monk said, "Brother Zheng heard the commotion. A batch of steel bars arrived around six o'clock yesterday. It was that Wang Jianquan guy."

"Who is Wang Jianquan?" Wen Chan asked, making a gesture to interrupt.

The monk said, "Wang Jianquan is Wang Lengzi, the one who retired from the army, sister-in-law, do you still remember him?"

"Him? Chen Bo was injured while saving him?" Wen Chan asked, frowning.

The monk said, "It wasn't him, it was his brother-in-law. He came over to help yesterday, but he was wearing a suit and looked all high and mighty. He didn't look like he was going to do any work. I felt something was off from the start, but I was too embarrassed to stop him. It's my fault."

As the monk finished speaking, he raised his hand and slapped himself.

Wen Chan quickly stopped him, "Monk, what are you doing? What does this have to do with you? Yes, you have a keen intuition, but this kind of thing is baseless. Even if you tell your brother Zheng, you might not be able to stop them from doing this. So, Chen Bo was injured while saving Wang Jianquan's brother-in-law."

“Yes.” The monk nodded. “That person seems to have some influence. He arranged this private room in the hospital.”

Wen Chan asked, "What's that person's name?"

The monk thought for a moment and said, "It seems to be called Hua Lingfeng."

In the afternoon, Wen Chan saw Wang Jianquan and his wife with Hua Lingfeng.

She went home to get some books and clothes, and when she came back, she found several unfamiliar faces in the ward.

"This is my wife, Wen Chan," Chen Bozheng shamelessly introduced. "Wife, this is Sister Wang, and this is Lao Wang's brother-in-law, Xiao Hua."

"My name is Hua Lingxin." The woman in the serge coat extended her hand to Wen Chan. She looked to be around thirty, but based on Wen Chan's understanding of these well-maintained women, she was probably in her forties.

A woman can often tell a lot about another person's social class and taste just by looking at their clothes, hair, and jewelry.

Wen Chan extended her hand to Hua Lingxin, "Miss Hua, hello, what brings you all here?"

She glanced at Wang Jianquan, who stood there dumbfounded. He had a dark face, and although his features were fairly strong, his clothes were very ordinary.

It's truly astonishing that these two are a married couple.

"I brought my younger brother here to apologize," Hua Lingxin said, a guilty look on his face. "I've already discussed it with the hospital staff. Mr. Chen can stay here for a month to recuperate. We'll cover the medical expenses, lost wages, and nutritional supplements. How about about two thousand yuan?"

“Sister-in-law Hua, you’re making us feel bad.” Chen Bo refused without thinking. “My group of people are here voluntarily, because of our friendship with Brother Lengzi, not to extort money.”

"As for hospitalization, there's even less need for that."

Wen Chan interrupted Chen Bozheng and said, "We still need to stay in the hospital, but we really don't need to pay. According to Chen Bozheng, he and Brother Wang are brothers. When brothers help each other out, do we have to be so calculating? If you give us money, then you are looking down on us."

Hearing these words, Wang Jianquan's eyes were filled with emotion. "Zhengzi, from now on, if you ever need anything, just say the word, and I'll never hesitate."

Wen Chan clearly saw Hua Lingxin's lips twitch slightly.

Hua Lingfeng remained silent, instead staring at Chen Bozheng with a strange look.

Hua Lingxin saw this and tugged at Hua Lingfeng's sleeve, "Little brother, apologize to Comrade Chen. If you hadn't gone over there causing trouble, none of this would have happened."

Hua Lingfeng looked away. "Brother Chen, I'm sorry for what I did to you. I dragged you into this. Was that blow serious?"

Chen Bozheng subconsciously reached out to touch his head, but Wen Chan slapped his hand away.

He chuckled awkwardly, "It's nothing, just a little dizzy. Luckily, I got to the hospital in time. The doctor said to observe me for a few days, and if there are no aftereffects, I'll be fine."

"That's good," Hua Lingfeng said. "Consider this something I owe you. If you ever need anything in the future, you can ask me for help."

Hua Lingxin and the others were clearly very grateful to Chen Bozheng, but there was really nothing more to say to each other. After exchanging a few words of concern, the Hua siblings left first, leaving Wang Jianquan behind.

To be honest, the atmosphere in the ward only relaxed after the siblings left.

Chen Bo picked up an apple from the table and tossed it to Wang Jianquan. "Lengzi, you're something else. You married such a beautiful wife. She looks like she's going to be a government official."

Wang Jianquan touched his nose. "My wife is a vice president in a state-owned enterprise; she's more capable than me."

"Which state-owned enterprise?" Wen Chan asked curiously.

Wang Jianquan clearly trusted Wen Chan and his team, and without much thought, he named a company. Wen Chan was somewhat surprised; that company was quite remarkable. To exaggerate, it was equivalent to the Ministry of Works in ancient times, and it contracted almost all large-scale construction projects both domestically and internationally.

Is a vice president of a state-owned enterprise an ordinary person?

Chen Bozheng also asked in surprise, "Old Wang, your wife is so capable, how did you end up becoming a contractor? It's so hard work!"

Wang Jianquan said, "My wife's ability is her business. Besides, I don't think there's anything wrong with being a contractor. I earn more than my wife in a month."

Wang Jianquan's face showed a smug expression.

Wen Chan's opinion of Wang Jianquan had changed somewhat. "Brother Wang, you weren't just an ordinary soldier in the army, were you?"

Wang Jianquan rubbed his nose. "What's past is past, let's not talk about it anymore. Brother Chen, just focus on getting better. I guarantee I'll bring people to help you with the factory, and we'll do a great job. If you have any ideas, just call me and we'll discuss them. In any case, this factory will definitely satisfy you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Bozheng felt half relieved.

The Hua family.

Hua Lingxin had just returned home and put down his handbag when he saw Hua Lingfeng about to go upstairs. He called out to him, "Stop!"

Hua Lingfeng put his hands in his pockets, a hint of impatience on his face. "Sis, what are you doing? I haven't slept a wink all night."

"What were you doing there without closing your eyes? You caused someone to end up in the hospital. Instead of staying at the hospital to help if needed, what were you doing?"

Unlike her gentle tone in the hospital, at home, Hua Lingxin's face turned stern, and her imposing aura made even the nanny afraid to come out.

"What's wrong? Why are you making such a fuss as soon as you get home?" The two women's grandmother, Grandma Wen, came out of the study, wearing a knitted sweater, reading glasses, and holding a newspaper.

"Grandma." Seeing Grandma Wen, Hua Lingfeng finally dared to come downstairs. He ran to the old lady's side and hugged her hand. "My sister is going to beat me to death. You have to protect me."

"Hua Lingfeng, you!" Hua Lingxin was almost driven mad by his bratty younger brother.

The old lady chuckled and patted Hua Lingfeng's hand. "Stop talking nonsense. Your sister loves you the most. She's doing this for your own good. I overheard a couple of things about the hospital inside. What happened? Is someone feeling unwell?"

Hua Lingxin put one hand on his hip, glared at Hua Lingfeng, and explained the whole story.

The old lady's expression immediately turned serious. She took off her reading glasses and looked at Hua Lingfeng. "Is that really true?"

“I left because the doctor said the person wasn’t seriously injured,” Hua Lingfeng said. “I couldn’t stay there and watch over him all night.”

"You caused someone to get hurt, and you still have the nerve to say that?" Hua Lingxin said, "It's fortunate that they were kind and didn't criticize you. If it were someone else, you would have made an enemy of them. This is how our parents raised you. This is the kind of upbringing you received."

Hua Lingfeng retorted, "I grew up with my maternal grandparents; my parents never taught me that."

As soon as Hua Lingfeng said those words, he realized that it was inappropriate.

Sure enough, Hua Lingxin's face showed a look of shame, anger, guilt, and embarrassment. "You mean you blame me and my parents?"

"Oh dear, how old are you two, still bickering?" Grandma Wen smoothed things over. "Xiaofeng, your sister means well, and she makes a good point. Although you didn't have the patience to stay there all night, you should have told the nurses or doctors to keep an extra watch at night and to call when they woke up so you could go over. As for Xiaoxin, you mean well, but he's too impatient. You know your brother; no one has ever taught him these things. He's so old now, he has to learn slowly. You can't expect someone who's never taught him how to conduct himself to be as good as you all of a sudden."

Hua Lingxin and her brother fell silent, looking at each other.

Grandma Wen said, "Well, do you two want to shake hands and make up?"

There are reasons for the big difference between the siblings. Both of Hua Lingxin's parents are government officials, and they are both focused on their careers. When Hua Lingfeng was born, Hua Lingxin was already seven years old and sensible, so her parents didn't have to worry about her much.

But Hua Lingfeng was still young, and at that time Grandma Wen was often sick, so there was no other way but to send him back to his maternal grandparents to help take care of him, and send them living expenses back every month.

The two grandparents took care of the child, and the child was undoubtedly healthy, but they inevitably spoiled him. In addition, the two grandparents were not very educated. When Hua Lingxin entered high school and was about to take the college entrance examination, Hua's parents found that his grades were terrible. Only then did they realize that something was wrong and quickly brought the child back to Beijing for education.

But when children reach seventeen or eighteen, their personalities and temperaments are pretty much set; you can't just break them off like that.

In addition, Hua Lingfeng often harbored resentment, feeling that his parents had failed in their duties and favored his older sister, especially when his sister was renowned for her excellence in the compound while he himself couldn't even get into university, which made his mentality even more unbalanced.

Although the siblings didn't argue much, their relationship was ultimately just a little distant.