"Haichao, I really have you to thank this time. Without your help, my old bones would have been done for."
In a hospital room, Chen Huizhu, propped up on the hospital bed, held the hand of a man beside her and repeatedly expressed her gratitude.
Lian Haichao chuckled, "Auntie, what are you saying? Wenjing and I are good friends. This is what I should do."
However, as Lian Haichao spoke, his eyes were fixed on Yu Wenjing on the other side.
He paused, then continued, "By the way, Auntie, I heard Wenjing mention before that your lower back has been bothering you. Do you want to get an X-ray to check it out while you're here?"
Chen Huizhu frowned, "Forget it, let's talk about it another day. This City First Hospital is good in every way, except there are too many patients. I came once before, and it took an hour and a half just to get an X-ray."
"Auntie, don't worry. My uncle is the deputy director here. I'll have him put in a word for you later."
Hearing Lian Haichao's words, Chen Huizhu's face lit up, "It's great not to have to queue. Tsk tsk, Haichao, you're really capable. Your uncle is the deputy director of City First Hospital. Unlike some people, sigh..."
Chen Huizhu's words carried hidden meaning. Lian Haichao remained silent, while Yu Wenjing looked at her mother with dissatisfaction.
Afterward, Lian Haichao offered to call his uncle and arrange the X-ray for Chen Huizhu.
"Mom! Why would you say such things in front of an outsider? It's so embarrassing."
As soon as Lian Haichao left the room, Yu Wenjing immediately said to her mother, Chen Huizhu.
Her mother had never liked her boyfriend, Dabao Ge, very much. Yu Wenjing knew clearly that she had said those things deliberately in front of Lian Haichao.
Chen Huizhu snorted coldly, "What's wrong? Am I not allowed to say a few words?"
"Mom!"
"Daughter, you keep calling him Dabao Ge, but just now I was writhing in pain on the floor. Thankfully, Haichao brought me here. If I had waited for your Dabao Ge to rush over, I would have been dead by now!"
Chen Huizhu had always been sharp-tongued. Deep down, she disliked Du Dabao, thinking him incompetent and unworthy of her daughter.
Compared to the incompetent Du Dabao, Lian Haichao, who had just been in the room, was clearly the ideal candidate.
First, both of Lian Haichao's parents were civil servants, with respectable jobs and high incomes. Lian Haichao himself was also doing well, owning a restaurant with a good business.
And what about Du Dabao?
According to her daughter, his parents had passed away long ago, and he now lived with his grandfather. He had only recently moved out of the village and didn't even own a house.
The contrast between the two was like heaven and earth.
She didn't know what love potion her daughter had been given by him. No matter what Chen Huizhu said, Yu Wenjing refused to break up with Du Dabao.
"Mom, what are you talking about? As soon as I called Dabao Ge to tell him you were unwell, he rushed over immediately."
As she spoke, Yu Wenjing's phone rang.
She answered it and spoke a few words.
After hanging up, Yu Wenjing immediately said to Chen Huizhu, "Dabao Ge is already at the hospital and will be here to see you soon."
"I don't care to see him! Daughter, Mom really can't understand. That Du Dabao has no money, and his looks are average. Haichao is better than him in every way and is deeply devoted to you. Why are you so stubborn!"
"Daughter, your father passed away early, and I suffered so much raising you. You should know that. So, Mom doesn't want you to follow the same path as me. If you marry Du Dabao, with his meager salary, when will he ever be able to afford a house? Will you live in a rented apartment to get married and have children?"
Chen Huizhu looked at Yu Wenjing with a sense of frustration that her daughter was not living up to her expectations.
Yu Wenjing knew her mother meant well, so she said softly, "Mom, I know you care about me, but Dabao Ge is really good to me. And he knew you didn't like his job, so he changed it immediately. Now he's a security supervisor at a company. I believe with his efforts, we'll get better and better in the future, and we'll take good care of you."
"You really want to anger your mother to death, don't you!"
Unable to persuade her daughter no matter what she said, Chen Huizhu was so angry that she was gasping for breath.
Just then, the ward door was pushed open from the outside.
"Auntie, Wenjing said you weren't feeling well. How are you? Have they diagnosed what's wrong?"
The person who pushed the door open was Du Dabao.
He had rushed over as fast as possible after getting out of the car and was still a little out of breath as he entered.
"It's nothing. I won't die for now."
Chen Huizhu didn't even look at Du Dabao, turning her face to the other side.
Du Dabao felt a little awkward being brushed off by Chen Huizhu and stood there, unsure of what to say.
Seeing this, Yu Wenjing was about to speak, but Du Dabao quickly held her arm and gestured no.
After all, Du Dabao knew very well that Chen Huizhu had always disliked him. If Yu Wenjing argued with her because of him, Chen Huizhu would surely become even angrier.
"Um, Wenjing, I've brought a friend to see Auntie this time. He's the owner of the traditional Chinese medicine clinic where I used to work. He's a doctor with very high medical skills. I'll have him examine Auntie later."
Chen Huizhu didn't give Du Dabao a pleasant look, but he wasn't angry. Instead, he mentioned having Du Fei examine Chen Huizhu.
Du Fei had driven Du Dabao here. When they got out of the car, Du Fei received a call and Du Dabao rushed ahead.
"Oh? That's great," Yu Wenjing's face lit up when she heard this. "Dabao Ge, thank you for being so thoughtful."
"Hmph, you? What kind of skilled doctors can you possibly know?"
Chen Huizhu also heard Du Dabao's words and turned her head, her face filled with disdain.
In her opinion, Du Dabao claiming to have quit his job at the TCM clinic and become a security supervisor at a company was just a lie to fool her.
After all, Du Dabao had no diploma and no connections. Why would a company hire him as a security supervisor?
Moreover, birds of a feather flock together. How could a guy like Du Dabao possibly know any skilled doctors? Chen Huizhu would never believe it.
"Mom! What are you saying? Dabao Ge is offering his good intentions, and not only are you ungrateful, but you've also been giving him a cold shoulder since he walked in. Even if you're an elder, you can't be this unreasonable!"
Finally, Yu Wenjing couldn't stand it anymore and started to criticize Chen Huizhu.
If Du Dabao hadn't stopped her earlier, Yu Wenjing would have spoken up long ago.
But now, Chen Huizhu was practically pointing at Du Dabao's nose and looking down on him, which Yu Wenjing found unbearable.
"Heh heh, Wenjing, you're turning your elbows outwards, starting to scold your own mother to defend an outsider? Fine, fine, I really raised you for all these years for nothing. Now, in your eyes, Mom is not as good as an outsider!"
Chen Huizhu pointed at her daughter Yu Wenjing, her arms trembling with anger.