She is my wife
Ling Yuwei stood there, watching the man who had already opened the car door and gotten in. Tears of crystal clarity slid down her cheeks. She had been guarding Yi Shuihan's side for five years now. In fact, many times she was just making things up on her own, and Yi Shuihan was simply going along with her act. He almost never got into character!
This year, I finally got the news that he agreed to get engaged, and with great difficulty, through my aunt's pressure, I got his promise to get engaged on May 20th.
But who would have known, the sky has unpredictable winds and rains. She had been looking forward to her engagement for five years, but in the end, it was completely ruined because of a video of Gu Anlan. Not only did she fail to marry Yi Shuihan, but she also directly gave Yi Shuihan to another woman as a husband.
Chen Nan glanced at the woman who was crying with tears streaming down her face not far away, and couldn't help but whisper to Yi Shuihan in the passenger seat: "Director Yi, Miss Ling is still standing there."
"Drive," Yi Shuihan said with his eyes slightly closed, "to the Municipal Hospital!"
Municipal Hospital, Room 1309.
An Lan leaned against the headboard, the IV bottle quietly dripping beside her, while Du Xi was peeling an imported green apple that Yi Tianze had bought earlier with a fruit knife.
Du Hai is also considered An Lan's only friend in art school. No sooner had she received a text message from An Lan after work than she took a taxi and came over immediately, without even having time to eat dinner.
"What's going on?" Du Hai awkwardly turned the fruit knife in his hand: "You just got married yesterday, how did you end up like this today?"
"Last night I was bitten by a dog," An Lan said calmly: "At the time, I didn't pay much attention to it. Who knew that today the wound would become infected and feverish, and then turn into pneumonia."
"What?" Du Xiao shouted, looking at An Lan in confusion: "The Yi family is famous for not raising dogs. I heard that Mrs. Yi dislikes dogs the most."
"Mrs. Yi doesn't like dogs, but Mr. Yi has raised a Tibetan Mastiff outside and it's said that he just brought it back home not long ago. Look at this, yesterday it bit me."
"This is too much," said Du Xuan, who was peeling an apple, directly inserting the knife into the apple and indignantly saying: "How can the Ye family be like this? You were bitten by a Tibetan mastiff, and they didn't even send you to the hospital for a rabies shot last night? The wealthy are truly cold-blooded and ruthless."
Someone outside the ward door immediately turned black, while Chen Nang standing beside him looked at the president who was red in the face and struggled to hold back his laughter.
An Lan was about to speak again, but the hospital room door was suddenly pushed open from outside. She turned her head towards the doorway and fell silent as soon as she saw Yi Shuihan.
Du Hai looked at the person who walked in, was stunned for a moment, then still spoke with an air of righteousness: "Mr. Yi, do you know that An Lan was bitten by a Tibetan Mastiff last night?"
Yi Shuihan's face immediately turned cold and dark, while Chen Nan on the side quietly gave Du Xuan a look of admiration. The person who dared to scold Yi Shuihan as a dog, apart from Gu Anlan on the hospital bed, was probably this woman.
"Du Hai," An Lan called out in a weak and feeble voice to her colleague and good friend.
"Is this the young master's wife's friend?" Chen Nann naturally knew how to act, and immediately smiled and greeted Du Xi: "I'm the young master's assistant, please!"
It was clear that others had given the order to drive away, and Du Xi naturally felt embarrassed to stay in An Lan's ward any longer. He handed over the apple he had just cut and inserted a knife: "Eat an apple to dispel your anger."
An Lan nodded and said, "Thank you!"
Chen Nan sent Du Xi away, and the room returned to calmness. An Lan was holding an apple peeled by Du Xi, wanting to take a bite, but just as it reached her mouth, her hand was caught by Yi Shui Han.
"Wait a minute," he took the peeled apple from her hand, "eating like this will make your gums bleed easily."
After saying this, he had already taken the fruit knife and cut the peeled apple into small pieces. Then, with the tip of the fruit knife, he picked up a small piece and brought it to Anlan's mouth: "Eat now."
Anlan hesitated for a moment, and finally obediently opened her mouth to take the apple. She wasn't spineless, she just didn't have the energy to sulk with him. Besides, what was the point of sulking? Things between them could never go back to the way they were before.
When she ate the apple, she glanced at his shirt and found that there was still a faint red mark on the collar, although the lip shape couldn't be seen, but he had a distinctive fragrance of Ling Yuwei's perfume.
She couldn't help but hum a popular online song from a few years ago: There's the scent of her perfume on you, it's my nose that's committing the crime, shouldn't have smelled her beauty...
"Where's your phone?" He fed her the apple and immediately went to get her bag on the bedside table: "Is it in here?"
An Lan hadn't even had time to say "no" when Yi Shui Han had already pulled out her phone from her bag. His long fingers danced across the screen, and a few seconds later, his own phone in his bag rang.
"This is my private number, I've saved it for you. In the future, if there's anything, just call me directly, don't always bother Big Brother, and didn't I tell you not to show off as Er Ye's wife?"
An Lanmo quietly slipped into bed, closed her eyes and fell asleep. She rarely bothered to think about him. Originally, she thought that after sleeping for a while, he would have left by the time she woke up. However, just as she was dozing off but not yet fully asleep, her phone started ringing again, waking her up.
She took the phone from Yi Shuihan's hand and saw that it was her mother, Qin Xin, who had called. She immediately froze, as she currently had a sore throat and a hoarse voice, and her nose wasn't feeling well either. As soon as she answered the phone, wouldn't her sensitive mother find out?
She was hesitating whether to answer the call or not, when Yi Shuihan had already taken her phone and pressed the answer button with elegance.
Her mother said something on the phone that she didn't know, and then she heard Yi Shuihan say: "Uh-huh, okay, we're also getting ready to eat. Gui Ning, I'm afraid it's going to be postponed for a few days. I have some work to do, and probably in about a week, I'll bring An Lan back."
An Lan glared at him fiercely, extremely dissatisfied with his arbitrary decision to answer the phone for her. Just as she was about to explode, the nurse knocked on the door and came in, carrying a basin, towel, cup, toothpaste, toothbrush and other daily necessities.
"Miss Gu, I've bought everything for you," said Nurse Zeng, glancing cautiously at Yi Shuihan by the bedside.
As expected, An Lan hadn't even spoken yet when Yi Shui Han said, "From now on, call her Mrs. Yi, she's my wife."
"Yes," Zeng hurriedly responded, then looked at An Lan and asked: "Mrs. Yi, are you hungry? Do you want me to help you buy a dinner over here? Oh, should I buy two portions? Mr. Yi is also here."
"It's okay," Yi Shuihan still replaced An Lan to answer: "You just take care of her here, I'll go buy food myself, you don't know what she likes to eat?"
"Yes," Zeng Jie responded again and quickly took a pile of daily necessities she had just bought back to the bathroom.
Yi Shuihan glanced at An Lan's IV bottle, which only had one bottle left, and then got up and said to her: "I'll go home and bring you some daily clothes to change into. By the way, what do you want to eat for dinner? I'll bring it over later?"
"Whatever!" An Lan replied indifferently, not being particularly moved by his enthusiasm.
He rushed over with the scent of another woman on him, he really was a man of his word, married but not in love. He came from Ling Yuwei's place and didn't even change his clothes, too lazy to wash off the perfume smell.
Since he doesn't care at all and can't even give her basic respect, why should she still be so entangled and concerned?
Yi Shui's mouth twitched at the corner, but she didn't say anything else. She turned around and walked out of the hospital room.
Yi Jia Villa, Shao Hanyan sat at the dinner table, looking at her watch and frowning: "What's going on? It's already past 7 pm, and your second brother and sister-in-law haven't returned yet. Are they reenacting - a couple who don't return home together on their second day of marriage?"
"Hmph..." Yi Yu Yan couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Mom, they're both busy people, Second Brother is the CEO of Hai Mi Technology, he has a lot of big and small matters to attend to every day..."
"But isn't your second aunt a teacher?" Shao Hanyan glared at her daughter: "I've already asked, the art school lets out at 5 pm, and it's already 7:30 now. Even if she took a taxi, or rode a bus, or even rode a bike, shouldn't she be back by now?"
"Mom, you only know one side of the story," Yi Yu Yan hastily explained to her mother: "Second Aunt not only attends classes at the art school, but also works part-time at an art training center. I reckon if she can come back by 9 pm, that's already quite good. From now on, let's not wait for her to have dinner."
"How did you know she was part-time at the art center?" Shao Hanyan looked at her daughter in confusion: "Were you familiar with Gu Anlan before?"
"How did I get familiar with her?" Yi Yu Yan hastily explained: "I also just met her at the blind date meeting! When big brother broke his leg and was hospitalized, I ran into her in big brother's hospital room. At that time, I thought she would become my sister-in-law, so I couldn't help but pay attention to her for a few days. Back then, I still thought she was going to be my future sister-in-law, but who knew..."
Yiyu Yan's words stopped here, because she clearly saw her mother winking non-stop on the opposite side, and suddenly turned her head to see that Yi Shuihan had already walked to her side.
"Wow, married men are really different," Yi Yu Yan exaggeratedly shouted: "Before, you couldn't see him return home once in ten days or half a month. Now it's good, he got married yesterday and returned on time today. It seems that the power of marriage is indeed boundless."
Yi Shui Han's fingers tapped forcefully on her head: "Don't change the subject, what did you just say with your tongue? Did you speak ill of me in front of mom?"
"How dare you?" Yi Yu Yan quickly retorted: "I just told my mom that Second Brother's eyesight is getting sharper and sharper. Think about it, at the matchmaking meeting, there were over thirty beauties, and to be honest, at that time, Gu Anlan with a bare face didn't stand out, but you discovered her among all those beauties. This eye for beauty can rival the emperors of ancient times who chose their consorts."
Yi Shuihan's face immediately turned gloomy, and he coldly said: "In ancient times, emperors chose their consorts according to the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager. How dare I compare myself to an emperor? That day, I didn't even follow the Empress Dowager's edict."
Yi Shuihan finished speaking and ignored the mother-daughter duo, who were staring at each other in dismay. He turned around and headed upstairs to grab his clothes and toiletries before rushing to the hospital. He didn't have time to chat with his mother and sister about gossip, especially not his own.
Yi Yu Yan was choked by Yi Shui Han and couldn't speak, then looked at her mother and said: "Look, second brother's personality is getting stranger and stranger. How can we be kind to him with all our heart and it doesn't work? Doesn't he know that you invited Ling Yu Wei to the marriage meeting just to please him? Could it be that we would like Ling Yu Wei?"
Shao Hanyan took a deep breath, feeling a dull ache in her chest. After a long while, she spoke softly: "Alright, let's have dinner. Your dad has gone back to Hong Kong. Your older brother called and said he won't be coming back. Your second brother came but didn't sit down for dinner. And you said your second sister-in-law will be late, so we won't wait."
Yiyu Yan nodded silently, picked up her chopsticks and accompanied her mother to eat, as the only daughter of her mother, what she could do for her mother was to go home more often to accompany her.
"Mom, from now on, try not to get involved in the matters between Second Brother and Second Sister-in-law," Yi Yu Yan advised her mother while eating: "Ling Yu Wei has been with Second Brother for five years, it's not something that can be easily pulled apart. And as for Gu An Lan, choosing to bring out that video at this time is definitely not a good intention, his mind and tactics are not ordinary, we'd better... try not to get close to them."
As soon as Yiyu Yan finished speaking, she heard footsteps in the stairwell. She looked up and saw that it was Yi Shuihan coming down from upstairs again.
She's so unlucky! Every time she mentions him, he appears, but when she doesn't mention him, he never shows up?
"It's late and it's cold, where are you going with a backpack on?" Shao Hanyan looked at her son carrying a travel bag and asked cautiously: "Are you... going to travel with Yuwei?"
Yi Shui Han said in a bad mood: "My company is busy, I don't even have time for my honeymoon, where do I have the mood to travel? I'm going to move into that apartment outside, so I won't have to listen to gossip every day at home."
"Are you going to move out?" Shao Hanyan couldn't help but raise her voice a few decibels, shouting: "Shui Han, you just got married yesterday, and today... are you going to separate from Gu Anlan already? Even if you don't care about her feelings, you should at least consider the face of the Yi family, shouldn't you? If this gets out, do you think it'll be good for your image?"
"I didn't say I was moving out alone," Yi Shuihan glanced at his mother and patiently explained, "I'm moving out with her, so... it'll also save you from worrying about us."
"Hehe, is it for your own convenience and freedom?" Yi Yu Yan smiled and said on the side: "I dare to bet that Gu Anlan can't control you, no, Gu Anlan won't control you. You and her live outside, you can go out every night without returning home, openly going to find your Ling sister, and don't even need to listen to our gossip."
Yi Shuihan's face was icy, and he said lightly: "You can understand it that way if you want to. In any case, from today on, I'll be moving into the apartment outside with her. If there's anything going on at home, we'll both come back."
Yi Shuihan finished speaking and turned to walk out the door. Just as he reached the entrance, Zhang Shu from the kitchen rushed out and shouted: "Second Master, we've cooked a pot of fish porridge at home, do you want to... take some away?"
Yi Shuihan hesitated at the door for a moment, as if holding back something, and then said faintly, "Give it to me."
Zhang Shu turned around and ran into the kitchen, three minutes later, she brought out a small thermos lunch box and handed it to Yi Shuihan: "The porridge is all packed, this thermos can keep warm for five or six hours."
"Thank you!" Yi Shuihan thanked Zhang Shu and quickly walked towards his car with the thermos lunch box.
Shao Hanyan looked at Yi Shuihan who had already boarded the car, then withdrew her gaze and asked Zhang Shu: "What's going on? The main course for tonight wasn't supposed to be pulled noodles, so why was fish porridge suddenly cooked?"
"It's for Second Young Master's wife," Zhang Shu hastily explained: "I heard that Second Young Master's wife has a poor stomach, so she needs to eat some congee, and thus I cooked it."
"Is it the cold water that's making you suffer?" Shao Hanyan asked in puzzlement.
"No," Zhang Shuo replied truthfully: "It was Big Young who called back and told us to boil it."
"Alright, you can go," Shao Hanyan waved her hand to signal Zhang Shu to leave. She put down her chopsticks and muttered irritably: "Isn't it said that Gu Anlan has a deep mind and is good at scheming? Why does Tianze also care about her so much?"
"Hmph......" Yi Yu Yan couldn't help but burst out laughing: "I think Second Brother wants to move out not just for his own convenience in dating Yu Wei, but also because he doesn't want to see Big Brother being overly concerned about Second Sister-in-law."
"Alas, who knows," Shao Hanyan put down the chopsticks in her hand and said irritably: "The second brother is already married, but the eldest still doesn't have a fixed partner. Yu Yan, can't you worry about your elder brother for once?"