Zhao Zhijie saw this and shook his head, continuing to help him with the child. Hua Bao also obediently stayed by his side, not disturbing her parents.
On the other side, Su Jie, who had escaped, bought a train ticket for that night and returned to Jiangcheng. The first thing she did upon returning to Jiangcheng was to find Jiang's parents, wanting to gauge whether Wu Gudi had informed them of Jiang Qingqing's whereabouts in Zhangjia Village.
After several probing attempts, she confirmed that Wu Gudi had not yet found Jiang's parents.
While inwardly cursing Wu Gudi for his uselessness, she embellished the story of Jiang Qingqing marrying and having a child in the countryside, insisting on marrying a country bumpkin against her advice, and how difficult her life had been over the years.
Jiang's parents were greatly enraged upon hearing this and immediately declared that they would bring Jiang Qingqing back to Jiangcheng to remarry and live anew.
Seeing that her objective was achieved, Su Jie left with satisfaction.
Of course, neither Zhang Liunian nor Jiang Qingqing knew about this. At this moment, Zhang Liunian was holding Jiang Qingqing, who had just opened her eyes, with great excitement. "Qingqing, you're finally awake. If you hadn't woken up soon, I would have asked a doctor to examine you again."
Jiang Qingqing's consciousness was not yet fully clear. She saw a handsome face leaning close, filled with excitement. As she blinked and her thoughts swirled, she remembered what Su Jie had said to her yesterday, and a nameless anger surged from within her.
"Let go." Jiang Qingqing's heart was filled with rage when she thought that Su Jie had also drugged him and planned to kill her. For some reason, thinking of this made her angry with Zhang Liunian. She extended her weak little hand and pushed him, but to no avail. Instead, her hand was caught in Zhang Liunian's large palm.
"Qingqing, are you angry? Did something happen yesterday, or were you too scared during childbirth, and I wasn't by your side to accompany you? If so, you have every right to be angry. I'll let you punish me when you're better." Zhang Liunian tightly gripped his wife's small hand, his expression full of guilt.
Seeing his handsome brows furrowed into a knot, Jiang Qingqing's anger inexplicably vanished.
However, there were some things she still wanted to hear her man's thoughts on. "Su Jie came yesterday. She said she wanted me to leave and fulfill your wishes. I made her so angry that her stomach hurt, but she didn't let me come to the clinic, saying she would take care of you if I died." While saying this, Jiang Qingqing stared intently at Zhang Liunian, as if trying to find something on his face.
Zhang Liunian was stunned, then furious. "What? She actually wanted to kill you? That dog, I'm going to beat her to death." With that, he truly stood up, intending to find her.
"She left long ago, you won't find her," Jiang Qingqing quickly reached out and pulled Zhang Liunian back, weakly saying.
"As long as she hasn't flown to the heavens, I'll find her." Zhang Liunian was very angry, his handsome face dark and his starry eyes filled with frost.
Jiang Qingqing saw Zhang Liunian's terrifying expression for the first time, and her heart suddenly skipped a beat. "Don't you have any other thoughts?" Besides wanting to hit someone.
Zhang Liunian looked directly at his pale wife, took her small hand again, and said, "Other thoughts? What other thoughts could there be? She's your friend, how could she say such things and do such things to you? Doesn't she know the saying that one should not covet a friend's husband?"
"Pfft!" Jiang Qingqing, for some reason, couldn't help but laugh out loud at the last sentence, but then her face turned red.
Zhang Liunian looked at her suddenly flushed face and said with concern, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere? If you're uncomfortable, you must tell me, and I'll find a doctor." Zhang Liunian was about to go find a doctor when Jiang Qingqing quickly stopped him. "No, I'm not uncomfortable."
Zhang Liunian stopped his retreating figure. "Really not?"
Jiang Qingqing, with her face red, dared not look at Zhang Liunian. She said in a voice as faint as a mosquito's wing, "Really."
Seeing her like this, Zhang Liunian was about to ask more questions, but a loud cry suddenly rang out in the ward.
"Waa..."
Jiang Qingqing's heart ached when she heard her newborn son crying. She reached out to take him from Zhao Zhijie's arms.
Zhao Zhijie was tired from holding the baby all night. He stepped forward and nimbly handed the child to Jiang Qingqing. Strangely, the baby stopped crying as soon as he was in Jiang Qingqing's arms, although his expression was still a bit aggrieved.
"He might be hungry, try feeding him some milk," Zhao Zhijie said. Although he didn't have children, he knew many things. After saying that, he turned and left the ward.
Jiang Qingqing's face turned even redder upon hearing this. Although it was her first time giving birth, she had raised Hua Bao herself and knew what to do next.
"Turn around." Just as Jiang Qingqing was about to unbutton her clothes, she saw Zhang Liunian staring intently at her actions. She couldn't take off her clothes now.
"We're an old married couple, we've seen each other before." Zhang Liunian originally wanted to feast his eyes, but seeing his wife's increasingly dark expression, he rubbed his nose and got up to leave. "I'll go buy you something to eat. Call a nurse if you need anything."
Jiang Qingqing softly replied and then remained silent.
Zhang Liunian went out and bought a lot of good things, including chicken soup, noodles, and steamed buns. After distributing them to Uncle Zhao and Hua Bao, he began to feed his wife.
After eating, Jiang Qingqing recounted everything that had happened yesterday.
Zhang Liunian was furious after listening and stood up again, intending to settle accounts with Su Jie.
"I told you, she already ran away. She ran when she heard Uncle Zhao's voice yesterday," Jiang Qingqing said, feeling disheartened that her good intentions had been wasted. Fortunately, she and her son were safe yesterday, otherwise, her scheme might have succeeded.
"That dog, she even had designs on me, it's disgusting. The next time I see her, I'll make her regret being alive." Zhang Liunian never expected Su Jie to have designs on him, otherwise, he wouldn't have let his wife take her in.
"No need for you, I won't let her off lightly when I meet her next time," Jiang Qingqing said with a cold expression, her small fists clenched tightly, clearly very angry.
The two of them discussed Su Jie with shared indignation, and then talked about Jiang Qingqing's postpartum confinement. Zhang Liunian thought about finding someone to take care of her for two months, while Jiang Qingqing felt she could manage without anyone.
"Listen to me, hire someone. Mom and Dad might not have time, and I don't want to bother them. Let's find my aunt. She's not busy and has plenty of experience with children, and her own children are grown up." Zhang Liunian had a good impression of his aunt, and most importantly, she had a lot of experience raising children, and her own children were already grown.
"I'll listen to you." Jiang Qingqing no longer insisted on doing it herself and accepted her husband's arrangement.
The matter was thus settled. Zhang Liunian informed Uncle Zhao and then went to Liujia Village to pick up Zhang Guihua. He then called his family to share the good news.
Zhang Wenxue and his wife, as well as Zhang Liushui, hearing that Zhang Liunian had a son, all came to visit with gifts.
"Fifteen thousand tomorrow? I've noted it down." Zhang Liunian hung up the phone and turned to face his beaming parents and elder brother.
"Liunian, is this an order call? It's coming to you!" Zhang Liushui's life had been very good recently. Without the troublemaker Wu Gudi around, he had been peaceful every day.
"Yes, it's a delivery call for tomorrow." Zhang Liunian replied with a smile, then continued to entertain his parents and the others. However, after only a few minutes of conversation, Zhang Liunian's home was visited by Yan Guoguo and Ma Quancai to offer congratulations.
"Uncle Yan, Uncle Ma, why are you here too?" Zhang Liunian hadn't notified them, yet they had all come to visit. Zhang Liunian was somewhat surprised.