The First Book The Empty Spirit Chapter 15 Visiting the Sick Room

  "That's it! In those years, we risked our lives for the party and country, and in the Northern Expedition War, we narrowly escaped death at the hands of warlord agents several times. And this is what we got in the end. Sometimes I really want to kill all those party-country losers!"

  As he spoke to the exciting part, Shi Ankou stood up and clenched his fists. At the age of 41, he joined the Tongmenghui at the age of 18 and later became a member of the Kuomintang. All the way through, he went through life and death for the party and the country with the pursuit of those years, but when the great cause of the party and the country was accomplished, there were still so many helplessness and resentment.

  "We must confiscate all the captured firearms, especially those two British-made submachine guns. You also saw it last night, our weak firepower was our biggest weakness. Heaven knows if what happened last night will happen again, if we had encountered **'s traitor squad last night, we would have all been done for."

  Upon hearing Shi An-guo's words, Wang Yao-zu immediately changed the subject. That was Shi An-guo's ideal, not Wang Yao-zu's. Like many high-ranking KMT officials, what Wang Yao-zu pursued were power, money and women. With opportunities and strength to grab them, why wouldn't he? Why would he want to make himself suffer?

  "Don't worry, return that batch of guns and bullets, they'll just be sold by the police anyway. It's better to keep them for us to deal with the Communist Party! This is the white porridge and vegetable buns that Lao Le bought for you, he said it was from your favorite food stall. Seeing that you're still sleeping, Lao Le left first to go home and have dinner with his wife and kids."

  Wang Yaoyu was really hungry, rubbed his belly and stood up, but first had to go find some tea water to rinse his mouth. This wasn't home, where there was no salt or toothbrush to brush teeth. At the very least, he could use tea water to rinse his mouth.

  "Right, I almost forgot the most important thing. Since it's an arms deal, there must be a large sum of money on site. That money, apart from being used to compensate the families of our fallen brothers, should also be distributed among the brothers. This incident has caused unrest in the ranks. To avoid any grudges, the best solution is to reward them heavily! As for the compensation to be paid to the police department, we can just use other excuses to allocate public funds."

  Wang Yaizu had just woken up and hadn't thought things through, but now he was much clearer-headed. He had originally planned to go out and find some tea water, but immediately turned back to remind Shi Ankui.

  "I've found the money, all gold bars. But if I just divide this money like this and use public funds to make up for the trouble we caused, what's the difference between me and those people?"

  "But if you don't do this, how can we account to the brothers? Old Stone, you've also led troops before, I'm someone who's never led troops and even I know this principle, how could you not know?!"

  Just as Wang Yaowu was about to argue with Shi Anguo, the duty doctor and nurse walked in. All the doctors here wore white coats outside and military uniforms inside to change Wang Yaowu's dressing.

  Since Wang Yaoyu was going to change his medicine, Shi Ankou had already gotten what he wanted to hear and didn't want to argue with Wang Yaoyu about the gold bar matter. So Shi Ankou took the opportunity to leave. After changing his medicine, Wang Yaoyu first went to find some tea water to rinse his mouth, then made a phone call back home to tell Wu Ma that he was in the hospital and would have to stay there for another day and night.

  Once a person relaxes, they will become very tired, let alone a patient who has lost a lot of blood. Wang Yaoyu lay in bed, looking at the "Dream of Red Mansions" borrowed from the hospital, and by half past ten he couldn't hold on and fell asleep again. When he woke up, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon, and Wang Yaoyu once again felt that there was someone behind him.

  This time Wang Yaoyu was not particularly nervous, just a little headache, because his nose smelled a familiar body fragrance besides the strong smell of medicine, and Shangguan Hui was right behind him.

  "Yaozu Ge, you're awake!" Seeing Wang Yaozu sit up from the bed, Shangguan Hui immediately regained her energy, but she didn't know how to start speaking next. Her little face turned red again. She still had that habitual action, using her hand to grab the corner of her clothes.

  "Don't we have class this afternoon? The smell of this hospital isn't very good. What's on the table?" Wang Ya-zu saw a clay pot on the left side of the table and smelled the food inside it.

  "Today is Sunday, no school. Wu Ma heard that you were hospitalized and stewed some dried tangerine pork rib soup, I helped bring it over." Shangguan Hui said, touching the small hand, Wang Yaoyu quickly guessed that this young lady had accidentally been scalded by the soup while delivering it.

  "Is your hand okay? These are chores for the servants, you're a young lady, don't do this again next time. If it hurts, I'll take you to see the doctor and they can put some medicine on it."

  Wang Ya Zu suddenly wanted to gently massage the small hand of Shang Guan Hui that had been scalded, but in the end he restrained himself. Wang Ya Zu was not used to such things, like Shi An Guo and Le Yun Xin, after getting married and having children, every time they took action, their family members were worried and fearful, fearing that one night they would wake up to see only a cold corpse.

  "It's nothing. Brother Wang, don't blame Wu Ma, I insisted on helping Wu Ma deliver it myself. It just got a little scalded, now it feels a bit itchy." After finishing speaking, Shangguan Hui couldn't help but laugh happily because of Wang Ya Zu's concern for her.

  Wang Yaozu couldn't blame Wu Ma, after all, she had taken care of him since he was a child and was the only family member he had in Shanghai. This time, Wu Ma had helped Wang Yaozu out of a difficult situation, so for her small selfish thoughts, Wang Yaozu could only turn a blind eye.

  "If it's itchy, you mustn't scratch it. I'll take you to see a doctor first. Apply some medicinal water and bandage it, and it'll be fine. Don't worry, it won't hurt at all." Wang Yaoyu said as he got up from the bed, wanting Shangguan Hui to follow him, but unexpectedly, Shangguan Hui remained seated in the chair without moving.

  "Yaozuge, just now when you were sleeping, your stomach was growling so loudly. If the soup gets cold, it won't taste good, drink it first and then I'll take you to see a doctor, I can bear not touching you."

  This was Shangguan Hui's persistence, and Wang Yaoyu was really hungry. Seeing Shangguan Hui being so resolute, Wang Yaoyu nodded, sat back on the sickbed, opened the earthen jar himself, poured the soup into a bowl, and slowly started eating.

  Shangguan Hui sat across from Wang Yaowu, watching him eat. Wang Yaowu ate at a moderate pace, while Shangguan Hui seemed to be delighted just by watching him eat. Seeing that Wang Yaowu had such an appetite made her even happier.

  "Yaozu Ge, I'll definitely learn some good cooking skills in the future and make the most delicious dishes for you to eat." Shangguan Hui suddenly said with a red face. Wang Yaozu almost spat out the meat he had just swallowed, and could only remain silent in embarrassment.

  After a while, Wang Yaowu finally finished drinking all the soup in the bowl and eating all the meat, leaving only a few loquats. He then took Officer Huang to see a doctor. Due to Wang Yaowu's connections, the on-duty doctor did not complain at all, letting a patient with more severe burns wait for a while, first quickly treating Officer Huang before going back to treat the previous patient.

  Shangguan Hui was soon coaxed back home by Wang Yaowu, who personally escorted her out of the field hospital. After Shangguan Hui left, Wang Yaowu suddenly felt a bit lonely. This feeling made Wang Yaowu feel uncomfortable, and he suddenly wanted to go find a prostitute to vent his emotions.

  Wang Yaowu didn't make a fuss until the end, he was injured and it wasn't time to make a fuss. Wang Yaowu could only return to his sickbed and continue lying down to read "Dream of Red Mansions" in his hand, originally planning to sleep like this. But after reading for an hour, someone came again. This time it was Tie Tou and Mao Zi, these two people were naturally coming to visit the patient.

  A basket of fruit, plus five cans of American beef, this American beef can is a good thing in the army, and only those above the company commander level can enjoy it during marching and combat.

  "Sit down, I suppose you're all here to give me gifts again. Thanks, brothers. And how are the two injured brothers doing?" Wang Ya Zu took an apple out of the gift and wiped it clean with a towel before taking a bite, sour and sweet, most importantly juicy.

  "It's okay, one bullet has been taken out, the other one is a bit more troublesome, but it won't be fatal, and there won't be any disability." Not dead or disabled, Tie Tou thought that was good enough. An injury like Wang Yaozu's, only those blessed by all the gods in heaven would have such good luck.

  "They were lucky to have not died or become disabled, but this time many people did die. However, the ones who died avenged themselves greatly, and we're still fighting with those police bureau guys. I accidentally killed one of our own from the Green Gang, if my master finds out, I'll definitely be punished by family law!"

  As soon as Tiedou finished speaking, Maozi began to complain. It was clear that these two were not just here to visit Wang Yaoyu. Every time something went wrong, everyone would think of one person, and that was Wang Yaoyu. The only one who could lead the crowd in causing trouble and making a ruckus with Shi Anguo was Wang Yaoyu.

  "You're here for the gold bars from last night, aren't you?! I also talked to Ishikawa this morning, but as you know, he's got a bad temper. Anyway, the situation is special right now, so let's not make any trouble, or else Ishikawa will kill someone to show off his power, and no one wants to be killed like a chicken!"