novelraw Chapter 1197: She Won’t Go With You
Chapter 1197: She Won’t Go With You
As soon as the words fell, the child on the ground convulsed again.
Jin Lihua was in turmoil, crouching beside Song Jingtian to stroke the child’s cheek, while turning her head to ask sternly, "Where is the doctor?! With such a huge incident, why hasn’t the doctor come yet?!"
There is a medical team in this camp.
The subordinate who followed Jin Lihua immediately ran to find the military doctor.
"It’s all my fault." Tang Li blocked her mouth and nose with her hand, her voice choked a bit: "Jingtian didn’t know about my divorce from his brother. When he heard that I was going to remarry, he got so angry."
Hearing Tang Li say this, Jin Lihua realized her mistake.
The child was unaware of his true parentage.
In the perception he was brought up with, he was the son of Xiao Minglan and Song Mingzhang, Song Baiyan was his real big brother, thus Tang Li was his real elder sister-in-law. Tang Li remarrying, in this child’s eyes, was nothing short of a betrayal to his brother.
After all, I acted too hastily.
This marriage should at least wait until the child acknowledges his real family lineage.
The military doctor arrived quickly.
After examining the little guy’s eyelids, touching the back of his head, and then using a stethoscope on the child’s chest, he confirmed the child’s internal organs were intact and breathed a sigh of relief: "No immediate danger to his life, but to check if there’s a concussion, he needs to be sent to the hospital for an X-ray."
At this time, the son was no longer important.
Without a word, Jin Lihua ordered a vehicle to take her grandson to the nearest hospital.
Tang Li naturally accompanied them.
As soon as they arrived at the hospital, the little guy was scheduled for an MRI.
Jin Lihua went with a subordinate to pay the fees, while Song Jingtian on the hospital bed sat up because the piercing sound of the MRI machine startled him. The little guy hesitated and started looking for his shoes: "I feel all better now."
Saying this, he was about to slip off the bed.
Tang Li stopped him: "Comrade Song Jingtian, did you forget our plan?"
"..." The little guy was speechless.
Tang Li glanced around to make sure Jin Lihua hadn’t returned, then continued, "If you say you’re not going through with it now, won’t that just tell them you were faking just now?"
"Or do you really want to see me marry someone else?" Tang Li used her trump card.
These words successfully made the little guy pull his feet back up.
Before long, Jin Lihua returned and Song Jingtian was pushed into the machine room.
Tang Li asked to go to the bathroom; Jin Lihua did not stop her, only sent a subordinate to ’accompany’ her.
For now, delaying the wedding is the priority, even if just for a day.
Since it’s temporarily impossible to leave Nanwa, it would be best to take this opportunity to look at those account books.
Even if she can’t take away the books eventually, at least she would understand Isa’s businesses; also she realized Jin Lihua was the mastermind of the frontier tragedy, Tang Li was unwilling to see the past events from her previous life repeat.
The drug lord lover’s guise is Jin Lihua’s best cover-up.
In her past life, Isa’s arrest may not have been meant for anything but protecting the mastermind.
Isa is old, and has no offspring, yet Jin Lihua is still young, treats him decently, for Isa, leaving his power to his lover after death isn’t a bad choice, rather than letting subordinates divide it.
While washing hands at the faucet, a medical staff member appeared by her side.
It was a female nurse.
The overly large stature drew Tang Li’s attention.
Her gaze followed, sweeping over abundant curves.
Tang Li: "..."
The person bent forward and began washing her hands too.
Tang Li couldn’t resist scrutinizing her, the wine-red hair wound into a bun beneath the nurse cap, while most of her face was masked. Her gaze skipped over a sizable chest and continued downward to legs wrapped in flesh-colored stockings, slender and straight, comparable to those runway models from Victoria’s Secret...
"What are you looking at?" The other suddenly spoke up, in a standard male voice.
Tang Li wasn’t surprised.
This result was within her expectations.
She had suspected he was a transgender person earlier, and was proven right.
Moreover, he was a transgender person who could speak Mandarin.
Transgenders are common in Siam, with Burma bordering it, finding them here isn’t unexpected.
Aware that staring was impolite, Tang Li turned off the faucet, while explaining, "I just envy you for not having leg hair."
The transgender’s body stiffened.
Tang Li shook water droplets from her hands, hearing the slightly awkward response: "Shaved it."
So, it’s not that they don’t grow hair.
As she thought, nobody can grow hairless.
Tang Li was about to leave when the transgender offered her a tissue: "Here, wipe your hands."
Tang Li didn’t refuse the gesture of kindness.
Taking the tissue, she placed her wet hand on it, noticing there were words written inside.
Eyes occasionally peeking around from the doorway.
Tang Li subtly pocketed the tissue, without further interaction, she departed the restroom.
At the radiology department, Song Jingtian had just finished the MRI.
The MRI results wouldn’t be available until the next morning at the earliest.
The little guy hadn’t awoken, Jin Lihua was unsettled and secured a hospital room for him.
Tang Li offered to stay the night.
Bringing the child to the hospital was so sudden that Jin Lihua hadn’t informed the rest of the camp, especially Isa, nor made proper care arrangements. Seeing Tang Li agree to stay the night meant she didn’t need to stay, only leaving one subordinate outside the door.
She didn’t fear Tang Li escaping with the child.
Bangkang is the territory of the Nanwa Army.
If Tang Li leaves the hospital unauthorized, it would be reported to her immediately.
After Jin Lihua left, Tang Li shut the ward door, and Song Jingtian ceased pretending.
The little guy, wearing shoes, dashed to the bathroom to range water.
Tang Li took the chance to look at the tissue.
On the tissue, written in pen was a line.
"At midnight, wait in the ward."
The person predicted Song Jingtian would be hospitalized.
Tang Li examined the handwriting that was clearly from a man, recalling the voluptuous nurse, and her thoughts further led to recognizing the voice’s familiarity.
Looking up, she saw Song Jingtian with an IV bottle, and she had her answer.
Close to twelve, the ward door was quietly knocked.
The nurse arrived to remove the child’s IV needle.
At that moment, Song Jingtian was dozing on a chair.
Tang Li lay seemingly asleep on the bed wrapped in a thin blanket.
Li Ruan entered the ward, removed his mask, uncloaked clothing concealed under the medical trolley curtain, and went into the bathroom. When he emerged, he was no longer the curvy nurse.
The trolley also contained a handgun.
Li Ruan loaded the gun, noticing Song Jingtian watching him, "What’s wrong?"
Song Jingtian hadn’t expected to meet this old "White" face in Nanwa, prompting him to pout. Li Ruan saw his silence, wasted no time, approached the bed intending to wake Tang Li, but Song Jingtian spoke, "Don’t bother, she won’t go with you."
Li Ruan glanced at him.
"No matter what you do, she won’t go with you." The little guy smugly added.
Li Ruan had waited outside Nanwa army camp for two days, finally getting this chance to rescue them, naturally unwilling to miss it.
Abandoning tonight’s operation meant unknowable delay before getting Tang Li out of Nanwa again.
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Goodnight