What does he mean? Xia Jinyuan looked at Principal Chen, frowning, “Could you clarify further?”
“I don’t know the details. Old Uncle Gen only told me that Ye girl’s father is not Ye Xinfan. You have to go back to Shuikou Village sometime. Director Cai sent a diary written by Martyr Sun Xueqing. I didn’t read it. Both the director and I didn’t read it; maybe there is an answer in it.”
Xia Jinyuan nodded lightly. He must get that diary. He would take Ye Jian together with him.
“If you want to investigate Ye girl’s mother, I can give you a personal contact…”
Principal Chen hadn’t finished speaking. Suddenly, Xia Jinyuan stood up, realizing something; Principal Chen immediately turned to look at the ward’s door and saw Ye Jian.
Ye Jian didn’t seem to be fully awake yet, staring at Principal Chen, who was sitting on the hospital bed, with her dark eyes. That appearance made Principal Chen very worried. He turned his head and quickly asked Xia Jinyuan, “Do you think she heard anything?”
“Don’t worry.”
While Xia Jinyuan was talking, Ye Jian, who was still standing outside the door, seemed to be waking up. The moment the door opened, a figure rushed to the bedside like lightning.
“Oh, you girl, my old bones will be crushed by you.”
The sturdy Principal Chen, who Ye Jian hugged, suddenly didn’t know if he should laugh or cry. This girl rushed so urgently and yet still avoided his hand that had the tubes connected to the IV drip; alas, she was really worried.
Ye Jian was fully awake; she was so surprised that she was holding Principal Chen’s shoulders with both hands and looking as though she didn’t want to let go, then she said in an urn, “You’re so thin… You’re only left with bones now. You promised me that you’d take good care of yourself, but now, look at you…Uncle Chen, you broke your promise.”
She didn’t cry because she knew that he didn’t like to see her cry. Besides, she was not sad because she was afraid that her emotions would affect Principal Chen.
“It’s good to be thin. Only when you get thinner can you look more energetic, and your body will also be healthy. You, on the other hand, you have lost a lot of weight; you’re so thin that there is not much meat on her face.” Principal Chen patted lightly on Ye Jian’s body, who was trembling slightly. This child was so well-behaved that he really felt heartbroken. She knew that he didn’t like her crying, so she kept forcing back her tears for fear that it might offend him.
Such a well-behaved and obedient child. He couldn’t understand why anyone would make her life tough, especially the fact that she had no parents.
Xia Jinyuan moved a chair to the side of the ward and put his arm around Ye Jian’s shoulders to let her sit down, “Uncle Chen just woke up a while ago, you may accompany him, I’ll go get some breakfast over.”
He originally planned to send Ye Jian back to school, and he would go to the base directly. Now he had to change his plan. He needed to go to Shuikou Village first with his limited holidays, and Ye Jian could only go back to school alone.
Four off days felt a bit rushed. If he had to go to Shuikou Village, then he wouldn’t have time to go to NUTD.
Xia Jinyuan, who had rebooked the ticket, came up with a bit of porridge and coincidentally met the doctor for rounds. After the doctor finished his medical records, he smiled and said, “I didn’t expect you to understand these medications. I almost thought you were a military doctor.”
He also said to Principal Chen, “Your child is really smart; she can be a self-taught doctor.”
Ye Jian was changing the IV drips for Principal Chen. During his time in the hospital, he was poked too many times by needles. Principal Chen had numerous pinholes in his arm, and there were also many bruises left by the needles. The nurse came over but did not manage to take any blood after poking Principal Chen two times continuously, so Ye Jian washed her hands, asked the nurse to step aside, and took Principal Chen’s blood herself.
The doctors at the side all thought that she was a real military doctor.
