Chapter 14
The most embarrassing thing for Miao Xing was that Lin Shiheng, who uttered this sentence, did not take a look at her from beginning to end. While He Xuezhu; who was well protected by him, seemed to have not noticed her at all.
How could you not notice? She just wants to embarrass her!
Miao Xing clenched her fists and forced her face to look calm. She would never show timidity in other people’s eyes. Absolutely never!
She raised her head and stood up. She was about to greet Lin Shiheng in a natural and graceful way. However, she saw the handsome man in military uniform grabbing his wife’s shoulder gently and holding her hand slightly. His voice was full of heartache: “Why are your hands red? Was it too hard just now? Let’s go, go back to the ward and I’ll get some hot water to soak your hands.”
He Xuezhu herself did not notice her red hands. She nodded obediently and left with her husband after smiling and greeting several nurses.
From beginning to end, she didn’t notice that someone was looking at her by the door.
Miao Xing; who was planning to go forward, had just stepped one foot out but froze in place.
Someone had slapped her lightly in the face, but he didn’t notice her at all. In her opinion, there is nothing more embarrassing than this.
Especially at this moment, the voices of the Nurses were clear and full of admiration.
“Commander Lin is so kind to his wife. His voice is so gentle. His eyes are full of affection when he looks at her.”
“If I were a man and I had such a gentle, good tempered, good-looking, and able to cure diseases; wife like her. I would also spoil her.”
“Unlike somebody who has their nostrils up in the sky every day because of her husband’s position…”
The Head Nurse helped Director Wang back and heard a few little Nurses talking in that weird way again. Then she went to see Miao Xing, who was already trembling with anger.
“You guys, if you have these skills, you might as well go do the rounds.”
Looking at several Nurses leaving, Miao Xing still froze in place, her face looked resentful. The Head Nurse shook her head, at the bottom of her heart she was thinking that Miao Xing might not stay in the hospital for too long.
In the past, although Miao Xing was somewhat lofty, the Head Nurse didn’t see anything wrong. Since Miao Xing married Deputy Zhang, she saw the whole thing started to go wrong.
The Head Nurse is older, and she also understands Miao Xing psychology. She is married to a Deputy Commander, so she feels superior.
However, this is a hospital. Even if she is married to a General, her position in the hospital is what it is. When she starts to dictate other people’s work, more and more people will despise her.
The group of Nurses who didn’t like Miao Xing are all young girls and they wouldn’t hide their thoughts. Those who are really dissatisfied with Miao Xing are all elderly people who could hide their emotions.
For example, the Head Nurse herself.
If Miao Xing didn’t make any mistakes, it was fine. But today, she almost injected air; that could likely kill, into someone’s blood vessels. She didn’t even show any remorse. She can’t stay in the hospital for long.
Especially, when she stopped Miao Xing from injecting the air; other injured people and doctors saw it. It was so serious that it was very difficult to guarantee that they would not tell anyone.
At that time, Miao Xing will have to leave.
Thinking to that point, the Head Nurse called out: “Miao Xing, take the books in the drawer and recite them. You can only put them down after you memorized the precautions for injections.”
She just hopes that when she inspects it, Miao Xing would be able to cope with it.
But even if she was fired, it would not be a serious matter for her. After all, she had a husband who was a Deputy.
Even if she couldn’t stay in the hospital, her future wouldn’t be worst off.
“The dumplings made by sister-in-law are delicious, Commander.”
When Lin Shiheng came in, the young soldier with injured arms at the table had eaten all the dumplings they brought. When they came back, he laughed and boasted first, then asked curiously, “What happened outside?”
“There was a Doctor who had an acute disease flare up. Lin Shiheng looked proud: “Your sister-in-law saved him.”
“Sister-in-law treated a Doctor?!”
The young soldier’s face immediately showed surprise.
He Xuezhu felt uncomfortable when she was looked at by his admiring and surprised eyes. She always felt that she was not as good as they thought.
Moreover, it was just a disease that happened to be in the medical book. At best, it could only be counted as good luck. How could she be given all the credit?
But before she could speak, Lin Shiheng had once again answered with a proud face:
“Not really. Didn’t I ask the men to bring you some medicated wine before? That is what your sister-in-law personally made. Every time I have a backache, wipe some on, it would be better the next day.”
“The medicated wine was made by my sister-in-law?!”
The surprise and admiration of the young soldier was even greater. “Didn’t I fall before? My back had a large bruise and I was in pain all the time. Later, I asked Zhang Zi and his family to help me with the medicated wine. The next day, the pain disappeared.”
“Commander, your wife is so powerful, you are really lucky.”
“Of course.”
Three people in the room were talking. The door of the ward suddenly opened. Several young soldiers came in with laughter. “Liu Zi, we came to see you…”
After seeing Lin Shiheng’s face turning around and looking at them, several of these faces froze with smiles and stood up straight in reflex then saluted, “Good day, Commander Lin, Sir!”
“Ng, you came to see Liu Zi, too? Come on, sit down.”
Several people sat down nervously. Lin Shiheng saw that then laughed out loud: “What’s with all your faces? It’s not like I would eat you.”
“All right, this is not the army, don’t be so restrained. Come on, let me introduce you. This is my wife, He Xuezhu.”
Although he said so, several young soldiers still couldn’t relax. Lin Shiheng asked again, “How did you guys come here? Did you come by car or on foot?”
“Reporting Commander! We came by car.”
“How many of you came together? Is there anyone else?”
On hearing this sentence, several soldiers looked at each other hesitantly and finally answered hesitantly, “Deputy Zhang is here too.”
“Um. Lin Shiheng nodded: “Deputy Zhang is directly responsible for you all, Liu Zi is injured. It’s normal for him to come and see.”
Several people shrank their heads: “It looks like that Deputy Zhang will come after a little while.”
Liu Zi asked curiously, and then they answered, “When we came over, we met Deputy Zhang’s wife. It looked like she had been punished by the Head Nurse. Deputy Zhang went to inquire.”
“Deputy Zhang’s wife?”
“Yeah, we faintly heard. It seems that Madam Deputy Zhang almost injected air into an injured soldier’s vein. Then she was stopped by the Head Nurse and punished to recite some text from memory.”
Liu Zi’s facial expression immediately became strange. Several young soldiers did not notice it. Lin Shiheng saw it and looked at him with his head tilted. “What’s the matter?”
“The wounded soldier … was me.”
“Ah? It’s you!?”
“Don’t you think this it too coincidental?”
Liu Zi is gradually fidgeting. Deputy Zhang’s temper is inherently bad. What should he do if he hates him again for this?
“That… Why don’t I just go and say I don’t care about what happened? So, the Head Nurse won’t punish her.”
“All right, let us help you go over there.”
“No need, no need. I hurt my hand, not my leg. I can still walk by myself.”
Although he said so, several young soldiers weren’t very assured when they watched Liu Zi go out on his own.
Of course, the other reason was because they were at a loss in front of a commanding officer.
“That… Commander Lin, we’re going go out to have a look and help to talk.”
Lin Shiheng didn’t mind seeing them act like mice seeing a cat. He nodded and said, “Go ahead.”
When they left, He Xuezhu asked curiously, “Shiheng, why do they look like they were afraid of you?”
“They’re new recruits, too. I’ve trained them for a few days before. Lin Shiheng said with a smile: “Young people are full of youthful spirit. I punished them for their temper before. I think they are afraid of punishment.”
He Xuezhu nodded: “I think they are quite well-behaved now.”
“They look well-disciplined.”
Lin Shiheng looked at the open door, his lip slightly curved, and his voice was mild: “In fact, each one is stubborn in their bones.”
When they passed by, they happened to see a few people around the door, as if they were looking at something lively.
Sure enough, their fellow countrymen just like to join in the fun.
Several people didn’t think much about it. They tried to squeeze in to intercede with the Head Nurse. As soon as they got to the door, they heard the Head Nurse’s voice that had a tinge of anger: “She almost injected air into the body of a soldier, it could possibly have killed him!”
“Wasn’t it stopped?” Zhang Yanming; with anger on his face, shielded Miao Xing, who was sobbing quietly behind him. “Even if it wasn’t stop, you said it was ‘possible’, then he might have been okay.”
After saying this, feeling Miao Xing’s dependence behind him while grabbing his clothes, he thought about what Miao Xing said; That because of his indifference toward her these days, she was in a daze and made mistakes. Zhang Yanming’s heart softened down. It was the opposite of the Head Nurse’s cold-as-a-grave expression.
“It’s still too much to let Miao Xing recite in front of so many people because of something that may be just fine.”
The Head Nurse’s face turned pale with anger. “Deputy Zhang, you are a Deputy Commander and there are many soldiers under you. You should know that most of the soldiers who came to our hospital were injured for the sake of our country. They are injured. When they come to our hospital, our medical staff should make a proper diagnosis and take good care of them.”
“Miao Xing almost injected air into the wounded soldier’s body. I didn’t report it and she didn’t lose her job. That was already good enough. You are a Deputy Commander; do you think that a soldier’s life is not worth your wife reciting a few words from a book?”
Zhang Yanming laughed coldly and pulled Miao Xing into his arms. “For me, she is the most important thing.”
Head Nurse: “…”
Liu Zi and the group were also shocked, especially when they knew that the wounded soldier was Liu Zi.
That is to say, in Zhang Yanming’s mind; Liu Zi’s life is not worth his wife memorizing a few books.
At this moment, ‘chilling’ wasn’t enough to describe Liu Zi’s mood.
Commander Lin; who was also an officer came to visit him with his wife and brought dumplings made by her own hands after learning of his injury. However, Deputy Zhang didn’t even take his life seriously.
He wasn’t killed by a landmine, but almost died in the hands of Deputy Zhang’s wife.
Liu Zi looks pale, but before he could respond, one of the soldiers had already turned and left. Hurriedly followed up with by two other young soldiers.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m going to report! He is not worthy of being a Deputy Commander if he could say such things!”