Forget it, forget it.
Let the young people handle their own affairs!
Father Jiang decided not to interfere any further. Coincidentally, he had matters to attend to and left first.
Once Father Jiang was gone,
Pei Jiran told Jiang Ci, “You’ve seen my condition. If you don’t mind my legs, I’ll submit the Marriage Report today.”
Huh?
Jiang Ci didn’t know what was going on, but her reactions seemed to be lagging today.
“So soon?”
“Doesn’t Doctor Jiang want to leave the Jiang family quickly?”
Pei Jiran countered.
Jiang Ci was momentarily speechless. Of course, she wanted to leave the Jiang family quickly, but not necessarily by getting married.
Wait, why was Pei, the Cannon Fodder, asking this?
She looked up and met Pei Jiran’s gaze. “How do you know I want to leave the Jiang family?”
“I heard about what Mother Jiang did.”
Pei Jiran’s tone was indifferent, as if he still couldn’t reconcile the person who had done such things with Mother Jiang.
Jiang Ci lowered her gaze, feeling quite touched by Pei Jiran’s kindness. “Then, do you want to marry me?”
“Me?” A bitter smile tugged at the corner of Pei Jiran’s lips, and his fingers resting on his legs slowly tightened.
A cripple like him marrying such an outstanding comrade like Jiang Ci would indeed be unfair to her.
Jiang Ci seemed to sense Pei Jiran’s thoughts and suddenly stood up. “Alright, submit the Marriage Report! Let’s get married.”
Two Cannon Fodders, huddling together for warmth!
“Doctor Jiang, if you don’t—”
“I’m willing,” Jiang Ci interrupted him. “Besides, I have a way to treat your legs.”
Hmm?
Pei Jiran looked up. If this were the first time he’d heard her say this, he would have thought she was pitying him.
But this time, the confidence in her eyes made him want to believe her.
“You promised after returning from Jingdu that you’d let me treat your legs. You haven’t forgotten, have you?”
Pei Jiran: “No, I haven’t forgotten.”
Jiang Ci smiled slightly. “Good. I’ve been busy lately with opening a Clinic. Once my Clinic is set up, you’ll be my first patient.
Believe me, your legs will definitely be able to stand again.”
“Alright, I believe you.”
Pei Jiran’s downturned lips lifted slightly at Jiang Ci’s confident words.
But then, “You’re going to open a Clinic? Do you need my help?”
“Not for now. My father is helping me.”
“Alright. If you ever need my help, you can come to me anytime. I’ll be at home recently.”
His tone grew somber toward the end.
Without his legs, he couldn’t go on missions or return to his military unit for training. He felt utterly useless now.
Jiang Ci noticed this and frowned slightly.
Suddenly, she called out, “Comrade Pei!”
Pei Jiran: ?
Jiang Ci: “My father told me that a soldier’s will is as unyielding as steel, and no enemy can break it. I believe Comrade Pei’s will won’t be defeated by mere illness, right?”
Pei Jiran’s lips parted slightly, and he smiled, the corners of his eyes reddening. He spoke solemnly, “Yes, please rest assured, Comrade Jiang.”
Jiang Ci took a step forward and firmly grasped Pei Jiran’s large hand resting on his leg, giving it two strong squeezes. “You must believe in yourself and believe in me.”
His hand was so warm and firm, so reassuring!
Pei Jiran was taken aback for a moment, then slowly lowered his gaze to look at the fair, delicate hand holding his—much smaller than his own, almost a full size difference.
It was incredibly soft and smooth, so much so that it seemed to slip straight into his heart, making his ears flush red again.
Jiang Ci didn’t notice this. Taking advantage of his distraction, she turned her hand and placed her fingers on his wrist to check his pulse.
She inquired again about his injury, though his injury wasn’t on his leg but rather his head.
He somehow couldn’t stand up anymore.
Some doctors said it was nerve damage from the injury that caused him unable to stand. Others said it was bone and tendon damage in his leg. As for the specifics, various hospitals had no conclusive diagnosis.
Before Jiang Ci left, she wrote out a prescription. “Get the medicine according to this prescription, and don’t use ordinary well water to boil the medicine.”
Pei Jiran, “Not use well water? What water should I use?”
“Use Divine Water…”
Pei Jiran: ?
Jiang Ci: “Oh! That, I’ll bring it to you tomorrow. Anyway, you can only use the water I bring to boil the medicine, understand?”
“Okay”
Pei Jiran nodded in agreement.
Coming out from the Pei family, it was already dark. Pei Jiran escorted Jiang Ci to the door, watching her back disappear before withdrawing his gaze.
Returning home, Mother Jiang wasn’t there, Father Jiang wasn’t there either.
Jiang Ci went back to her room, organizing her belongings and storing them into Space.
Once Auntie’s house was ready, she would move there, saving herself from packing again.
Right, the wooden box she found under Mother Jiang’s cabinet yesterday, she hadn’t had the chance to open it yet.
Now while no one was home, quickly take what belonged to her and return the rest.
Using her mind to retrieve the wooden box from Space, she studied the small copper lock for a long time but couldn’t open it.
Searching through the drawers in Father Jiang’s room cabinets, she couldn’t find it either.
Mother Jiang hid the key quite securely.
Since she couldn’t find the key, then…
Jiang Ci found a hammer from the utility room, one strike down, the copper lock was smashed.
The wooden box successfully opened.
Wow!
So many Small Gold Bars!
Twenty whole bars, golden and dazzling, nearly blinding Jiang Ci’s big eyes.
How could there be so much gold?
Jiang Ci was deeply shocked.
Father Jiang came from a farming background, climbing step by step to today. And his monthly allowance of a few dozen yuan, even ten lifetimes wouldn’t accumulate five Small Gold Bars.
Mother Jiang was from the same village as Father Jiang, her family was also extremely poor. Before marrying Father Jiang, to put it bluntly, the whole family was so poor they only had one pair of pants to wear.
It was impossible for them to give Mother Jiang so many Small Gold Bars as dowry.
How did these Small Gold Bars in the wooden box come about? Did Father Jiang know?
At this moment, Jiang Ci felt a bit overwhelmed.
Looking at a whole box of Small Gold Bars, she started feeling they were too hot to handle.
Returning them, the copper lock was broken, Mother Jiang would definitely know it was discovered.
Not returning them, this was a whole box of gold! Whether Mother Jiang panicked she didn’t care, but she feared Father Jiang knew, what if he got anxious?
It was quite troubling.
She just wanted to retrieve her own salary, how did she stumble upon this?
Seems her Cannon Fodder role, the plot won’t rest until it kills her.
Alright, if possible, probe Father Jiang sometime. If he knows, then she’ll put it back.
Having decided, Jiang Ci returned the wooden box to Space, turned off the light and slept.
Tomorrow was another day.
But not a good day.
Jiang Ci was just eating the breakfast Father Jiang brought back, Father Jiang said, “Eat slowly and wait for me, I’ll go with you to the hospital to see Wanwan.”
“Oh! Got it, Dad.”
Jiang Ci didn’t say she had already left the hospital earlier, since she would leave eventually anyway, saying or not saying was the same.
Just ate two bites of breakfast.
Battalion Commander Xue’s Wife hurriedly ran over, “Oh! Chief Jiang, you still have the mood to eat breakfast! Wanwan’s mother’s family has come, they’re causing trouble right at the military dependents’ compound entrance!
You better go check quickly!”
Mother Jiang’s family has come?
The book mentioned that Mother Jiang’s siblings were all extraordinary characters.
Jiang Ci couldn’t help but sympathize with Father Jiang.