Lihoumen

Chapter 56 She is my wife, so I naturally trust her
The doctor gave her some medicine, and the old lady's pain was relieved a little. After all that trouble, she was tired and fell asleep on the bed. The daughters-in-law were able to take a breath and return to their respective yards.

At the western frontier of Wujin, Shen Han was off duty. As soon as he stepped into the mansion, he heard the news that his mother had fallen. He went straight to Chunxi Hall.

The pain was so severe that the medicine for relieving the pain wore off and the old lady became unbearable again.

Shen Han knew that his mother's injuries would not heal in a short time, so he gave his mother some instructions. When he came out, he happened to meet Li, Liu Ruyue, Wang Zhenzhen and Lin Ruoqing.

"Why didn't my third brother's wife come?" Liu Ruyue asked Shen Han when she saw him.

Since something like this has happened to the mother-in-law, it is natural for the daughter-in-law to stay by her side and take care of her more. As soon as Liu Ruyue said this, the others all stared at Shen Han.

Shen Han said calmly: "She feels a little uncomfortable today, I let her rest in the room."

Shen Han has always been filial, but no one expected him to protect his wife so much. When they heard this, their expressions varied, especially Lin Ruoqing. After hearing what Shen Han said, she first looked at him in surprise, then turned her head away, her eyes full of reluctance and disappointment.

"What happened to Third Sister-in-law? She was fine when I saw her this morning." Wang Zhenzhen spoke quickly, wanting to watch the fun.

Shen Han ignored her and had no intention of explaining further. He just said to Li: "Mother, I'm afraid you'll need to take some time to recover from this injury. Tell the kitchen to eat lighter food recently."

Li replied, "All I know is that the pain is not going away, and it is causing my mother to suffer."

As she spoke, she raised her sleeve and wiped away her tears.

Seeing this, Liu Ruyue snorted and turned away. Lin Ruoqing stepped forward and advised softly, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. Cousin is right. It takes more than one or two days to heal a broken bone."

Shen Han glanced at Lin Ruoqing and said, "Cousin, I have something to say to you."

Seeing this, the others wisely moved away and headed towards the upper room.

There were only two people left in the corridor, and Shen Han asked, "Two days ago, you went to Lan Yaju, right?"

Hearing this, Lin Ruoqing looked up at Shen Han with confusion in her eyes, and replied: "Hao'er bumped into my cousin's wife, I went to apologize to her."

Shen Han looked at her, his face was calm but his eyes were cold.

"What? You don't believe it? Or did she tell you something?" Lin Ruoqing saw Shen Han's displeasure, and her expression changed. Her tone was filled with grievance and resentment: "After all, you believe her and refuse to believe me?"

"She is my wife, so of course I trust her." Shen Han replied.

Lin Ruoqing looked at Shen Han in disbelief. After a while, she laughed at herself and murmured, "Yes, she is your wife. It is only natural for you to protect her."

Her tone gradually became sharp, almost questioning: "Then what am I? Is there no place for me in your heart anymore?"

Shen Han couldn't help but become angry. He frowned, lowered his voice and replied, "I told you clearly a long time ago that what happened back then was just a verbal agreement between our two families. We haven't made an engagement. Why do you have to be so stubborn about this?" "Yes, I shouldn't be so stubborn about this, Shen Han, I shouldn't have fallen in love with you." Lin Ruoqing burst into tears sadly.

Seeing this, Shen Han calmed down and said slowly, "Cousin, you should look forward."

"How can I look forward? How can I be qualified to look forward? My mother's family has been convicted, my husband's family is making things difficult for me, and I am living under someone else's roof with Hao'er."

She stopped crying, staring at Shen Han with hatred in her eyes, and said word by word: "Shen Han, if it weren't for you, how could I have married Zhao Heng in a muddle-headed way, and how could I have lived with humiliation and burden? Since that incident, I have lived in fear every day. Shen Han, you said you would take care of us mother and son."

Shen Han patiently listened to Lin Ruoqing's reproach and replied, "What I said is of course valid. Don't worry, I will find a way to overturn the case for the Lin family. I will also fulfill my responsibilities as a father to Hao'er."

"But I won't allow you to have any other ideas, let alone hurt my wife."

When he said this last sentence, his face was stern and his terrifying aura frightened Lin Ruoqing so much that she subconsciously took two steps back.

She just felt her legs go weak and her body was about to fall. Lin Ruoqing held onto the pillar of the corridor and forced herself to calm down. After a long time, she looked up at Shen Han again, her eyes clear: "Shen Han, you married that commoner girl to repay your gratitude. I don't believe you love her. You treat her just like you do Hao'er, just with a guilty heart. You married her, and it really saved your reputation, but have you ever thought that your identities are so different, she will never be able to truly integrate into this marquisate, and she will not be happy in this noble family. You are destined not to last long."

After saying this, Lin Ruoqing burst into tears, left Shen Han and went away sadly.

As soon as Shen Han stepped out of the courtyard, he saw Qingqing coming towards him. His wife also saw her and quickened her pace towards him.

"How is mother-in-law now?" she asked.

"Injured bones won't heal in a short time, just rest for a while."

As the two were talking, Shen Han accompanied his wife back to Chunxi Hall. Li had just helped the old lady take medicine and was discussing something with Liu and Wang in the main hall. When she saw the two come in, Li called Qingqing and said, "Third sister-in-law, you're here just in time. We were discussing how to take care of our mother."

The old lady is so injured, so as a daughter-in-law, I naturally have to be more filial.

Li said to her sisters-in-law, "I will keep watch here tonight, and the second and third sister-in-law will keep watch here tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

After assigning the night watch, Li said, "Mother doesn't trust Doctor Zhang, and she still misses the Hua Yixian in the south of the city. I just sent someone to ask the clinic, and they said that Hua Yixian will be back in the next two days. Although this old doctor is a great doctor, he has a bad temper and doesn't care about money. It's not easy to hire this weird old man."

As she spoke, Li looked at Qingqing and said slowly, "This is what I thought. I heard that my third brother's wife's family has been practicing medicine for generations. I think this old doctor will get along well with you. I'd like to trouble you to go to the south of the city more often in the next two days. If the Chinese doctor returns, please invite him over."

It is not easy to balance the myriad issues in this large family. Li knows very well that her mother-in-law dislikes Qingqing. If she is asked to keep watch at night, there may be trouble. Therefore, she assigned this task to Qingqing.

It not only avoids the trouble of angering the old lady, but also does not neglect Qingqing.

Qingqing was smart and could see Li's good intentions. She wished to stay out of the old lady's life, so she agreed immediately after hearing what was said.

(End of this chapter)