Rebirth in a Book: The Road to Breakthrough

Su Ting was a little confused when she heard them describe how Yuan Zhe behaved when she was sick. The Su family and the Yuan family were old friends. She and Yuan Zhe grew up together, and both families tacitly approved of their relationship. Ever since her grandfather and brother were arrested, Aunt Yuan was not happy that Yuan Zhe was too close to her. In front of her, she kept silent when someone introduced Yuan Zhe to someone, either openly or secretly. She had encountered too many such things and had become numb.

Uncle Yuan's attitude did not change. Being able to come here to the countryside was also earned by Uncle Yuan's spending a lot of his family property. Uncle Yuan did all this for her, and she felt a little guilty for being with Yuan Zhe.

Yuan Zhe was her only support, but he had a family. She didn't want to drag him down, but his persistence made her unable to let go, and she didn't want to let go.

"I'm back." Yuan Zhe walked hurriedly after asking the doctor about the situation. About half an hour had passed.

"What did the doctor say?" Hou Bao asked anxiously.

"The doctor said that if we rest in the hospital and wait until the wound is completely healed, there will be no problem at all. But if Tingting doesn't want to rest in the hospital and chooses to rest at home, she can be discharged tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. But in that case, it's best to lie down." Yuan Zhe was also a little troubled by this problem. She couldn't work in the hospital, and the cost was very high. Although the money they brought was enough, they couldn't afford such a large amount of expenses. There were also many inconveniences in the hospital, and they couldn't eat well.

"Yuan Zhe, I'm going back to the village to recuperate, not in the hospital." Su Ting also thought about their expenses. Although they had a lot of money, they couldn't squander it. Besides, she didn't know how many things she would need to spend money on. When they were leaving, Uncle Yuan said, "Don't contact your family." She always felt a little uneasy. She was afraid that Uncle Yuan would be implicated by her family. The situation of the Yuan family was already very delicate, and if it involved her family, she really didn't know what the result would be.

"Tingting, are you sure? It may take time for you to recover after returning to the village." Yuan Zhe still couldn't help but worry that it might not be convenient to seek medical treatment.

"Yuan Zhe, I'm sure you don't have to worry about seeking medical treatment. I heard that Doctor Liu's medical skills are very good, but he lacks medicine and equipment. He comes from a family of traditional Chinese medicine, and later studied abroad to learn Western medicine. I don't know what happened, but his family fell into decline, so he followed the Fu family to drift to Lihua Village." Su Ting had heard from Aunt Wang earlier that Doctor Liu's medical skills were quite amazing.

"Then let's go home and rest." Yuan Zhe made the final decision.

"Then let's go back and discuss with the team leader to see if we can send a mule cart from the village to pick us up." Hou Bao said after thinking for a moment.

"Okay, thank you for your help then." Yuan Zhe said gratefully.

"It's all my duty. Don't be so polite. We'll go back first and come back tomorrow." Hou Bao and Feng De said goodbye to Yuan Zhe.

"Okay, you guys go wait at the hospital entrance for a while." Yuan Zhe said, and whispered a few words to Su Ting. Then, he took out his lunch box and walked towards the cafeteria.

"Master, do you have any big meat buns left?" Yuan Zhe asked while standing at the cafeteria window.

"You're lucky, there are still a few left today. How many do you want?"

"You have a few left, give them all to me!" Yuan Zhe handed the lunch box to the chef.

"There are seven or eight more. Here you go." The cafeteria chef put the meat buns into a lunch box and handed it to Yuan Zhe.

Yuan Zhe paid the fee and walked towards the hospital entrance with his lunch box.

Hou Bao and Feng De thought that Yuan Zhe had something to explain and didn't want Su Ting to know, so they asked them to wait at the door.

"Here, eat on the way." Yuan Zhe handed the lunch box to Hou Bao. Hou Bao did not take it and asked, "What is this? You gave Feng De the money for the meal last time, and it cost you a lot. Why are you giving me another meal now..."

"It's meat buns, which are very rare. I was lucky to buy them today. You are in for a treat." Yuan Zhe said.

"Meat buns, they are really hard to come by. I'll take it." Feng De took it first and opened it. There were seven of them. He grabbed one and put it in his mouth, and gave another to Hou Bao. He covered the rest and gave it back to Yuan Zhe.

"Well, we haven't had meat for a long time, and neither have you and Su Ting. We've had enough, and you and Su Ting can eat the rest." After saying that, he rode his bike, called Hou Bao to get on, and then rode away on his bike. Yuan Zhe was a little dazed holding the lunch box, and felt in his heart that Feng De looked stupid, but he didn't expect that he was quite worldly-wise. He felt that he had troubled them and wanted to express his gratitude.

"Yuan Zhe, you're back. Have they left?" Su Ting asked softly, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

"Well, let's go. I bought them seven steaming hot meat buns. They ate one each and left in a hurry. Tingting, you should have a meat bun too." Yuan Zhe said as he handed Su Ting a meat bun. The aroma of the bun filled the air.

Su Ting smelled the tempting aroma and her stomach growled. She was a little hungry, so she took the meat bun and ate it without hesitation.

"Tingting, let's get married when you recover!" Yuan Zhe said with a burning gaze and a hint of temptation.

Su Ting paused for a moment, but soon resumed eating, mumbling, "Aunt Yuan won't agree."

"Tingting, my parents may have divorced." There was sadness in Yuan Zhe's voice.

Su Ting stared at Yuan Zhe blankly, his eyes full of surprise: "How could it be? Haven't they always had a good relationship?"

"Well, yes..." Yuan Zhe couldn't continue and his voice became low.

"Is it because of my family? Uncle Yuan was implicated, right?" Su Ting's mood suddenly dropped.

"Not entirely, they just want to find an excuse. Even without your family's involvement, they would be pulled down sooner or later. Just because our family name is Yuan, we are destined to have such a fate." Yuan Zhe said in a low voice, as if afraid of being heard by others.

"Then why did you get divorced?" Su Ting asked in disbelief.

"I don't know either. Maybe they will get divorced. I'm just guessing. My mother is an egoist. If something happens to my family, she will be the first one to try her best to get out of it." Yuan Zhe knew his mother's character very well. She was not a person who would share the joys and sorrows with others, not even her own husband.

"What will happen to my uncle?" Su Ting asked nervously.

"do not know."

"Tingting, you don't have to worry about implicating me. Let's live together and support each other, okay?" Yuan Zhe proposed sincerely again.

"I'll think about it. Don't worry. Let's find out about my uncle's situation first." Su Ting was a little flustered. She needed to calm down and figure out these things one by one. The seeds of hatred in her heart had already sprouted and were growing vigorously.

On the other side, Yu Congcong was sitting in the office with a somewhat empty look in his eyes, staring blankly out the window, struggling with whether he should resign and return to the village to run a business.