In this icy and snowy weather, why are we eating grilled fish?
"Put on your clothes and Iâll accompany you to the infirmary." Lin Wan used cold water to dampen a towel and applied it to Han Yiâs head.
"Okay." Han Yiâs voice was already a bit hoarse.
Upon hearing this, Lin Wanâs eyes turned red. She had always thought Han Yi was her safe haven. No matter what happened, as long as he was there, she didnât worry at all. But it turned out, the safe haven couldnât withstand the turmoil.
"Why cry? Itâs just a cold. Iâll take some medicine and be fine." Han Yi was only feeling feverish and weak and had an uncomfortable throat. It wasnât anything serious.
"Itâs all my fault. If I hadnât wanted grilled fish, you wouldnât have caught a cold."
"Silly girl." What is this compared to the hardships Lin Wan didnât know about during the war years ago, where not only were conditions harsh, but cold and hunger were common?
Seeing his wife blame herself, Han Yi smiled helplessly, "Alright, stop crying. Yes, itâs all your fault, okay? Now your punishment is to accompany me to see the doctor."
Lin Wan blinked her eyes and pushed the tears back. She quickly helped Han Yi put on his military coat.
She took out the military water bottle, filled it, and supported Han Yi as they headed to the infirmary.
The doctor on duty today was the one who argued with her last time.
Seeing Han Yi come over, she acted as if she didnât see her standing there. She walked over with a smile to Han Yiâs side, raised her hand to pull Han Yiâs arm, saying, "Captain Han, whatâs wrong?"
Han Yi smiled faintly and discreetly shrugged off her touch, saying with a distant tone, "I have a bit of a fever. Please get me some medicine."
"Fever, huh? Quickly sit down, letâs measure your temperature first." The female doctorâs nervousness matched Lin Wanâs earlier.
Using the convenience of her position as a nurse, she wasnât just feeling Han Yiâs forehead with her hand but also touching his chest.
Lin Wan frowned as she watched from the side. Touching the forehead was understandable, but why was she touching the chest?
"Miss Nurse, do you know what youâre doing? If you donât, please call a doctor over. My husband is running a high fever. We canât afford any delay." Lin Wanâs cold voice reached the nurseâs ears, making her turn around, raise her eyebrows, and glare at Lin Wan impatiently, saying, "Canât even take care of your own husband. What kind of wife are you?"
"I donât need you to teach me how to be a wife. Iâm curious how you became a nurse when, after so long, you havenât even diagnosed my husbandâs illness." Lin Wan realized this female doctor was probably interested in her man and couldnât stand her.
"If you donât trust me, you can leave. Anyway, youâre not welcome here. Captain Han, why did you marry such an uncivilized woman when you could have married me? I could have helped create a warm home for us within the team. But you married a country girl instead."
"Nurse Yang, Iâm here to see a doctor, not to have my wife criticized. Please watch your words and call Doctor Wang for me."
"Hey? You..."
Lin Wan looked at Nurse Yangâs disgruntled face, her mischievous delight showing brazenly before Nurse Yang.
She intended to infuriate this ill-intentioned woman, and since Doctor Wang wasnât summoned, another nurse on duty, Nurse Chen, came over to attend to Han Yi. "Captain Han has tonsillitis. Quite a few people in the team have caught this recently. Itâs better to have him on a IV for two days." Everyone at the infirmary knew that Yang Ting had gotten in through connections and knew nothing beyond administering injections.
Everyone knew she was here for Captain Han, yet he completely ignored her. To avoid her, he preferred marrying a country girl.
Now with his legitimate wife by his side, she shamelessly approached him, as though she was out of her mind. Itâs no surprise she was unpopular.
Lin Wan smiled slightly at the nurse, saying, "Thank you, nurse, please set that up for us."
"Just a moment, Iâll go prepare it." Captain Hanâs country wife was much better than Yang Ting in so many ways. Beautiful and considerate.
Captain Han clearly wasnât blind.
Yang Ting felt very embarrassed after Han Yiâs remark and sat down gloomily to the side, occasionally casting a plaintive glance at Han Yi.
To someone unaware, it might look as if Han Yi were a heartless man.
Lin Wan didnât want to stay under her watchful eyes any longer, so she took Han Yi to the IV room, helping him lie down.
The IV room was very large, with four or five beds inside.
Getting an IV would take at least two or three hours. Worried Han Yi might feel cold, she found a bed close to the heater for him.
Aside from the coal heater, the infirmary didnât have any heated beds.
Soon, Nurse Chen brought Lin Wan an antipyretic pill, instructing her to have Han Yi take it first.
Nurse Chen had just gone out when Yang Ting returned with a jug of hot water.
"Captain Han, youâll need hot water to take your medicine. I was afraid you wouldnât like the communal cups, so this is my personal one. Make do with it for now."
Regardless of if Han Yi would use it or not, he would rather use the communal one than Chen Tingâs cup. Naturally, with Lin Wan around, she wouldnât give her the chance.
"We brought some water, no need for Nurse Yangâs kindness." Lin Wan said tersely, not bothering with a thank you. "Nurse Yang should leave before a patient arrives and you miss them."
Yang Ting cast a plaintive glance at Han Yi, and when she saw he hadnât even looked her way, her eyes reddened as she ran off with her cup.
This left Lin Wan speechless; she hadnât even started picking on her, and she was already crying! What was going on?
Lin Wan shot Han Yi an annoyed glance, snorted angrily.
She didnât forget to put the medicine in his hand, and opened the water for him.
Han Yi pressed his lips into a smile. After swallowing the medicine, he carefully held Lin Wanâs hand, coaxing her, "Donât be angry."
Just as Lin Wan was about to ask what the deal was with Nurse Yang, Nurse Chen had already mixed the medicine and walked back in.
Lin Wan held her tongue until Nurse Chen had set up the IV.
Seeing Lin Wan was upset, as soon as Nurse Yang left, Han Yi hurriedly pulled her to sit at the bedside, and said, "That Yang Ting, was a fiancée Mei Shuping arranged for me."
"Ah... You..." Fiancée? When did that happen?
"Calm down, calm down, be careful not to hurt the baby."
Lin Wan was full of curiosity, her face nearly scrunching into a hill.
"It was before I married you. I didnât agree. Sheâs no one significant to me, whatâs the point of arranging a wife for me?"
"So, you rushed to find someone to marry so that he wouldnât keep scheming in this aspect?"
"Yes." "So, if you hadnât met me, youâd have been quick to marry some other woman, right?"
Lin Wan had lived two lifetimes, and was just now realizing why Han Yi was so eager to marry. Although she knew he approached her, initially not for love, it still bothered her a little.
"Silly girl, I wanted to get married, but I was also very cautious. A lifetime partner, of course, Iâd want to pick someone who suits me. Otherwise, why would I drag it out so long, right?"
Han Yi had indeed mentioned this to her before, anyway, marrying him was a good thing.
"Then, do you like me?" Lin Wan leaned into his arms, asking softly yet shyly, afraid someone outside might hear.
"I do." Han Yi grinned, wrapping his un-IVâd hand around Lin Wan. If he didnât like her, why would he marry her?
"Speaking of that, I havenât asked you yet. Last time I returned to Huai Town, I heard from my comrades, a girl came to deliver a sweater. It was blue, very pretty. As I recall, the one you gave me in S City was the same color. Was it...just a coincidence?"
Han Yiâs words made Lin Wanâs heart thud with shyness, burying her face in his chest, she murmured, "Gentleman of virtue, of course I like him. Tried to chase him to be my husband. Could it work?"
"Congratulations, my lady, for getting your wish." Han Yi chuckled, teasingly whispering in Lin Wanâs ear.
Lin Wan braced herself, lifting her head, glancing at the door. Seeing no one, she quickly pecked Han Yiâs chin, saying, "Han Yi, I love you."
Han Yi wanted to say that this was the most melodious thing heâd heard in his twenty-plus years. The most touching.
With this confession, Lin Wan had also thrown caution to the wind, her face flushed and heart racing, not noticing Han Yiâs reaction, she added, "Do you love me?" Such mushy words, Lin Wan vowed this was the first and last time she would say them to Han Yi.