Chapter 70: Jiaojiao is spoiled by the rough man

Xu Yan's voice sounded a little dull, as if he was really blaming himself: "I originally agreed to come at six o'clock, but I made you wait ten minutes longer."

Su Wanwan thought it was a big deal, but it turned out to be such a small matter. She laughed out loud on the spot: "You are not that sensitive, are you? I don't blame you for this."

Xu Yan explained, "My father has always had lung disease. Just now, after I sent the tractor back to the team, he started coughing. I gave him medicine, which delayed him for a while."

After hearing Xu Yan's serious explanation of the reason for his lateness, Su Wanwan's smiling face suddenly became heavy.

"Then you should have stayed at home and taken good care of your father, and didn't have to come to see me." Su Wanwan said.

The two of them went up the mountain early today, and it was not yet completely dark. Su Wanwan casually broke off a branch and cleared the weeds under her feet as she walked.

However, when they walked a long way and were about to reach the halfway point of the mountain, it was already completely dark, and Su Wanwan did not hear Xu Yan's response. However, she could still hear footsteps.

She turned her head curiously and asked, "I promised you to come at six o'clock. If I don't come, you should wait for me, right?"

In the darkness, only the moonlight was shining. Su Wanwan was surprised to find that in such a dim environment, she could clearly see the light in Xu Yan's eyes.

"I..." Su Wanwan's lips moved twice. She didn't know how to answer. As if she was trying to escape, she dug the small white mushrooms on the ground faster.

Today's operation into the mountains went very smoothly, and the types of herbs collected were similar to those of yesterday, mostly small white mushrooms, a small portion of plantain, and several other scattered herbs.

"This is your share from yesterday." On the way down the mountain, Xu Yan took out a wad of money from his pocket, which even contained a few food coupons. When Su Wanwan reached out to take it, she almost lost her grip.

"So much? It shouldn't be more than two hundred yuan, right?" Su Wanwan asked. She couldn't see exactly how much money was in her hand, so she could only roughly estimate that it was more than two hundred yuan.

"Just take it." Xu Yan said, without waiting for Su Wanwan to ask why there was so much in her share.

Just when Su Wanwan was still confused, a familiar feeling of support came from her arms.

After the flashlight ran out of use, Xu Yan actually took the initiative to help Su Wanwan down the mountain.

Su Wanwan felt her cheeks getting hot, and for a moment she didn't even have the courage to look at Xu Yan. Fortunately, the road ahead was almost pitch black, otherwise she might have nowhere to hide her face.

"Um... did you give me too much money?" If they had split it equally as agreed, based on the price Xu Yan quoted, she would not get that much anyway.

"No, I always listened to you and split it equally." The voice from the upper left side sounded calm and didn't seem to be lying.

Although Su Wanwan felt strange, she did not ask any further questions.

When they walked to a path in front of the radio station, Su Wanwan habitually handed the flashlight back to Xu Yan and turned around to pick up her bag and go home. However, suddenly there was a noise from a distance, and several beams of flashlight were constantly swaying between the houses ahead.

It is possible that the light will shine upon them at any time!

If any of these men had tilted their flashlight in their direction, they would have immediately seen two people walking side by side in the darkness!

"Come here quickly!" Su Wanwan reacted quickly and took the initiative. She grabbed Xu Yan's arm and quickly dragged him behind the small house of the radio station, using the wall behind them to block the light source.

"It was so thrilling. If they had found us, we would have been finished." Su Wanwan took two breaths in shock before she stabilized her breathing.

"Even if we are discovered, they can't do anything to us." Unexpectedly, Xu Yan was very calm. Su Wanwan couldn't even see any other emotions on his face. It could be said that he was calm and composed.

Is this young man too naive?

Su Wanwan wanted to laugh and was about to explain the interests involved to Xu Yan, but suddenly she felt that her behavior was a little ridiculous.

How could someone like Xu Yan, who has such great abilities in this era, not understand what she meant?

I'm afraid the secrets he has are beyond her imagination.

“Xu Yan…”

It just so happened that now they could only hide behind the wall and wait until those people with flashlights left the dangerous area ahead before they could go out.

Su Wanwan decided to take this opportunity to ask clearly.

"what happened?"

Suddenly hearing Su Wanwan calling his full name, Xu Yan seemed to smile.

But the speed was too fast and Su Wanwan couldn't see clearly.

"Do you have a lot of secrets that I don't know about?" She had asked this question before. Xu Yan admitted a little, but told her nothing.

"Yes."

Xu Yan answered very directly, as if he had no intention of hiding anything from the beginning.

"Is there anything you can tell me?"

The noise not far away seemed to be louder, and one could vaguely hear words like "Hurry up and save people!" "Go to the health center..."

Su Wanwan leaned towards the wall again.

"Have."

When Su Wanwan asked the next question, she was prepared for Xu Yan to refuse to answer, but she didn't expect that the result this time would be different from the last time.

Her anticipation suddenly grew.

"Lao Xu, you must hold on! We will send you to the clinic right away!" Suddenly, just as Su Wanwan finished speaking, this sentence was particularly clear amid the noisy shouting.

Old Xu? In this village... is there anyone else with the surname Xu?

Su Wanwan and Xu Yan's eyes met for an instant, and the next second, Xu Yan turned around and walked towards the clinic with an expressionless face.

[Xu Yan and his father don't seem to have a good relationship?]

"Hey, wait for me!"

Taking advantage of the night, Su Wanwan called out softly, temporarily stored the freshly picked vegetables in the radio station, and then followed Xu Yan to the health center.

I jogged all the way to the clinic, where many neighbors and village cadres were.

A large group of people were crowded into two narrow rooms in the clinic.

Xu Yan's father, Xu Bao, had a flushed face and was lying on the small bed in extreme pain. His limbs were curled up unconsciously and he seemed to have lost consciousness.

Su Wanwan didn't dare to go in with everyone else and could only look inside through the crack in the door from outside.

Xu Yan had already walked to his father Xu Bao and checked it carefully.

"Mr. Xu has severe pneumonia, and I don't know how long he has had it."

Several neighbors who came to the hospital hurriedly described the patient's condition to Dr. Zhang truthfully.

The only doctor in the clinic, Dr. Zhang, simply examined the patient and said, "You are right, this is pneumonia."

Under the dim light of two kerosene lamps, Dr. Zhang used simple instruments to measure Xu Bao's vital signs while he lay on the bed. "Has he never been treated before?"

Zhong Qingqing, who was standing nearby, helped deliver various inspection instruments from time to time.

"I had been taking medicine at home before. I don't know where I got the medicine from. Anyway, I had been taking it all the time, and I didn't cough so badly. But just now, I fainted from coughing... Doctor, how is my father doing?"

Xu Yan's eldest sister Xu Lan and second sister Xu Mei came to the clinic together. Second sister Xu Mei was impatient. After explaining the medical history of old man Xu, she grabbed Doctor Zhang and said, "Doctor, is my father's condition serious? How much does it cost to treat him? It's not pneumonia like the villagers said, is it?" [From here on, the character settings of the Xu family will change. Let's see how the family got along in the previous part.]

Their family doesn't have that much spare money to deal with this.

Thinking of this, Xu Mei silently glanced at her elder sister Xu Lan who was silent beside her.