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    Chapter 51: Fifty thousand is worth it, no disaster, no trouble, a smooth life

    During the recovery period, Tang Ruining stayed with her almost every step of the way. Even when Wei Qiyao came, he didn’t leave.

    This was the first time that Wei Qiyao met Tang Ruining after knowing about their relationship. Since Li Go didn’t tell him that Wei Qiyao knew about their relationship, Tang Ruining remained as before, neither shy nor deliberate. However, he explained to her redundantly: “I am also responsible for Yilan’s injury, so I will spend more time with him here.”

    He himself was not afraid that anyone would know about their relationship, he was just afraid that Wei Qiyao wouldn’t be able to accept it and Li Go would be in trouble in front of Wei Qiyao.

    But the way Wei Qiyao hesitated to speak made Tang Ruining suspicious. He looked at Li Huo, who pursed his lips and looked a little embarrassed.

    Tang Ruining raised his eyebrows, confirmed his suspicion, and nodded to Wei Qiyao: “I’m sorry, Director Wei, I didn’t take good care of him.”

    Li Go coughed violently from behind, choking on his own saliva, and his face turned red from coughing.

    This attitude of “You entrusted your son to me but I failed to protect him” made Wei Qiyao not know what to say in reply, so she could only wave her hands awkwardly: “No, no, it’s not your fault…”

    Now that he had confessed, Tang Ruining was even more unscrupulous. He walked over and patted Li Huan on the back, leaned down and asked him, “Why are you coughing?”

    The voice was so soft that Wei Qiyao suddenly felt that her eyes had nowhere to rest, and she looked down at the jade bracelet on her wrist.

    “No, it’s okay…”

    He grabbed Tang Ruining’s sleeve, trying to tell him to calm down.

    But Tang Ruining misunderstood, so he grabbed his finger and took his hand.

    “…” Wei Qiyao turned around without looking at them, took out the thermos bucket she brought, cleared her throat and said, “I brought Aunt Fang’s chicken soup, which contains some ginseng and astragalus. It is good for replenishing qi and blood, but the medicinal taste is not very strong. I have tasted it, Lai Lanlan, drink some quickly.”

    After she filled a bowl, she raised her head and their hands were already loosened, but Tang Ruining was still looking down at him.

    She sighed silently in her heart and let them go. When she left, she said to Tang Ruining alone: “Thank you for taking care of me, Xiao Tang.”

    “It’s not hard work.” Tang Ruining said hurriedly, “It’s him… who worked hard.”

    Wei Qiyao looked at the young man’s face, put away the loving look of her elders, and said sternly: “If you want to separate from him one day in the future, please get together well and don’t hurt him, otherwise…”

    “That day will never come.” Tang Ruining said, and his firm expression and tone made Wei Qiyao endure the words “Don’t say it so early.”

    She said nothing more and left.

    Tang Ruining returned to the ward, and Li Gu sat on the bed and waited eagerly for someone to come back.

    Tang Ruining walked over quickly and asked him, “Why didn’t you tell me? Did she make things difficult for you when she found out?”

    “There was no embarrassment, we just chatted for a few words, and she didn’t object.”

    “What were you talking about?” Tang Ruining wanted to know what Li Huo said in front of her.

    “Just…” Li Hu recalled the scene that day, feeling belatedly embarrassed, “She asked me if I really liked you, and I just… well, I said yes.”

    “She is still very open-minded.” Li Hu went on to say, lowering his head in Tang Ruining’s tight embrace.

    After being quiet for a while, Tang Ruining said, “I will also find a chance to tell my mother.”

    “You don’t have to…” Li Go raised his head and his face was very close. “This kind of thing does not have to be balanced. It seems that I am at a loss. No, it depends on personal circumstances. Your mother will definitely not be able to accept it, right? Then there is no need to be so anxious.”

    Tang Ruining didn’t say anything, but Li Qu was a little anxious. He came out to persuade him: “Really, don’t be impulsive. What if your mother can’t accept it and comes to me? What should I do?”

    Tang Ruining then relented, “Okay, let’s not talk about it for now.”

    Li Hu felt relieved, held his face and kissed him, “Ruining, I have never felt wronged. Really, you have never made me wronged.”

    Tang Ruining caressed his face, his eyes filled with countless heartache.

    He didn’t understand why kind people should suffer unreasonable disasters again and again, but he didn’t feel wronged for himself.

    When Li Go had almost recovered, they chose a day to go to the temple just as Yuan Zhiyan said.

    They took Yuan Zhiyan with them. It was a sunny and windy day, and Li Hu, who had not been out for a long time, was in a good mood. He went to the foot of the mountain to take a deep breath of fresh air.

    Tang Ruining clasped his hands together, closed his eyes, and knelt in front of the Buddha statue without any distracting thoughts.

    He thought silently in his heart: I didn’t believe in Buddhism before, and now I come here to ask for help rashly without sincerity, but please bless kind people. Good people will be rewarded with good things, no disasters, and a smooth life.

    They did not choose the main road to go up the mountain. There were too many people and they were afraid of meeting people who knew them. They did not delay after paying homage. They left quickly and took the same path up the mountain to go down the mountain.

    There are several fortune-telling stalls on both sides of the main road. I didn’t expect that there are also some on the side streets, but there is only one stall. A fortune teller wearing sunglasses sits there alone, looking very leisurely.

    Yuan Zhiyan whispered to them: “Huh? I didn’t see him when I came up just now. Is he being squeezed out by his colleagues on the road? How can I do business while sitting like this?”

    Tang Ruining believed that this was all a scam, and even deliberately wore sunglasses to show off.He didn’t even look. He pulled Li Hu forward, telling him to pay attention to his steps.

    Just two steps past the stall, I heard the person sitting behind me sigh: “Hey! I haven’t seen such a stable soul for a long time. It’s so rare.”

    Tang Ruining paused, turned and walked to the stall, staring straight into the eyes behind the sunglasses, but saw nothing.

    “What do you mean?” Tang Ruining asked.

    The fortune teller spread his hands and pointed at the two QR codes, one green and one blue, on the table.

    Tang Ruining scanned the QR code quickly. When the man heard the sound of the jingle of money being deposited and the voice announcement of “Alipay arrived, two thousand yuan,” his smile widened instantly and he said generously: “What do you want to ask, little brother?”

    “What do you mean by what you said?”

    “Literally.” He glanced at Li Hu, looking up and down, not sure whether his eyes could see anything behind his sunglasses.

    “Generally speaking, there are two situations for people like you. One is unstable and can’t hold on for a long time before falling apart. The other is like you…” He smiled and said to the nervous Tang Ruining: “Don’t worry, the disaster you have to go through has passed, and there will be no big changes in the future.”

    Tang Ruining and Li Hu looked at each other and bowed respectfully to the fortune teller, “Thank you.”

    He raised his phone again and scanned the three thousand yuan.

    The fortune teller stood up, put away the two QR codes, and hummed: “Get off work~”

    Tang Ruining became visibly happy. He breathed a long sigh of relief and continued walking forward while holding Li Huan’s hand. Yuan Zhiyan was left stunned, taking a few mouthfuls of air with his mouth open, and then he caught up with him in a few steps and said in surprise: “Brother Ruining, are you crazy??”

    “What?”

    “He just makes up a few words at random, why don’t you give him five thousand??” Yuan Zhiyan turned around and looked at the charlatan’s leisurely back, and shouted: “No wonder he is sitting there alone. He only made one order today and hasn’t had to go out for half a month!”

    Tang Ruining didn’t look back, “It’s worth fifty thousand.”

    Yuan Zhiyan opened his mouth even wider, and he began to doubt whether that person was really good at witchcraft, and could make people pay with just a few words.

    “Brother Ruining, if you have endless money, you can give it to me!” Yuan Zhiyan followed him and murmured. The road was not so easy to walk, and he almost tripped a few steps.”I don’t need five thousand, you give me half, two thousand and five, and I can make it more professional than him, okay? I’ll make up a thousand-word essay for you, no problem at all!”

    Tang Ruining took out his mobile phone and transferred a bill to him.

    Yuan Zhiyan opened WeChat and saw that it was not two thousand and five, but two hundred and five.

    …Okay, it’s money after all, so I can buy some snacks.Yuan Zhiyan’s frowned eyebrows relaxed.

    The two of them didn’t go back in the evening and had a meal with Li Mo.

    Li Mo went to the hospital a few days ago and had to avoid other people so she took a sneak peek at her brother.

    At that time, Li Go was thankful that he had told Li Mo that day, otherwise Li Mo would have been sad and angry when he saw the news about his injury on the Internet.

    They booked a private box, and Li Hu suddenly remembered the restaurant reservation for his birthday and asked Tang Ruining, “Have we been blocked?”

    “Yes.” Tang Ruining said, how could he possibly bother to cancel the reservation that day? As long as the restaurant didn’t cancel in advance, it would be permanently banned. Li Qu said regretfully: “Can you explain to them that we have a reason for everything?”

    “Do you really want to eat it?” Then Tang Ruining can try to contact him.

    Li Hu shook his head, “I’m fine, don’t you want it? I thought you liked it.” That’s why I made the reservation so far in advance.

    “I don’t like it.” Tang Ruining said bluntly.

    He only wanted to eat in that kind of high-end restaurant because of its atmosphere. If he really had to choose it, he might as well choose the simple stir-fry dishes that Li Hu made for him.

    Just because I wanted to celebrate Li Hu’s birthday and wanted to choose a good one, I booked this famous and expensive restaurant.

    He also booked a celebration program, paid in advance to have the restaurant decorate the private room, and bought a beautiful two-layer cake, but it was all canceled, which was indeed a pity.

    Let’s prepare better next year.

    After eating and chatting with Li Mo for a long time, the two of them did not go back to the dormitory and simply lived outside.

    Except for their travel arrangements and accommodation in hotels, the two of them had never lived alone outside. This time they had no work to do, so they felt relaxed both physically and mentally.

    During Li Hu’s recovery, the two of them did nothing. Tang Ruining suppressed the several thoughts he had and did not solve them himself.

    In addition, after hearing what the fortune teller said today, Tang Ruining let go of a big worry. He failed to control it and went too far.

    “Baby, let’s go take a shower?”

    Li Go raised his eyelids, “I’m so sleepy…”

    “You go to sleep.” Tang Ruining carried him to the bathroom. While he was taking care of Li Huo to recover from his injuries, it was common to hold him in his arms. Although Li Huo said several times that he could walk, Tang Ruining just held him in his arms. Gradually, he got used to it and no longer stopped him.

    Not completely asleep, lying half asleep in his arms.His hair was cut shorter and the wound was shaved. Tang Ruining held him in the bathtub and gently pushed his hair aside to look at the wound.

    New black hair has grown out, and the wound is healing well, but there is still a scar lying there, which is shocking to Tang Ruining.

    Tang Ruining put down his hand and hugged the person tightly from behind.Li Huan’s sleepiness dissipated a little from being trapped by him. He half-opened his eyes and raised his head to rub his face.

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