Muning looked at her grandma lying on the hospital bed through the glass. She sniffed and encouraged herself not to cry. Grandma would definitely be safe.
Gu Lin stepped forward and patted her on the back. It was difficult for him to get too close with the old man around.
"I've already paid the medical bills. Grandma is being watched over by doctors and nurses, so nothing will happen to her. Grandpa needs it..."
Since Chen Xizhu was transferred to the ward, Mu Tiande borrowed a stool from the nurse and sat at the window, looking eagerly at the old man inside.
Muning glanced at Gu Lin, she raised her head and pushed back the tears, "Gu Lin, go buy some food, and then go to see if there is anyone selling mats and quilts nearby. If you don't have them, go home and get them. Wash it and put it in the cabinet."
She looked at her grandfather and said with a cry, "Grandpa will not leave grandma. They have not been separated since they got married. If grandma doesn't wake up, grandpa will be worried every day."
This kind of love will basically never be seen in future generations. Muning has merged into the emotions of her original body. Now she is not only deeply guilty but also afraid.
Fear that cannot be stopped.
She was afraid of losing her loved ones, and she couldn't bear the piercing pain.
Gu Lin didn't want to leave. The man's usually cold eyes were full of care and worry.
"I'm not worried about you being alone in the hospital." She was still pregnant.
Today was a bumpy ride, and his mood was ups and downs. He was more worried about Muning than the two old people he had never gotten along with.
Muning looked up at the man's worried eyes.
She was no longer the Gu Lin in her memory. He had changed. He was no longer covered in thorns and his face was sinister. He had become much gentler.
Muning stretched out his arms and hugged Gu Lin's waist, feeling very generous and secure.
His chest was even hotter, like an electric stove. She obviously disliked it when sleeping, but she couldn't let go of this warmth.
"Gu Lin, thank you, thank you for saving my grandma."
She promised to God that as long as Gu Lin didn't let her down in the future, she would devote herself to this man.
Let him feel the happiness and warmth of home.
"Mun Ning, I thought we didn't need to say thank you anymore." The man had never read a book and was so romantic that he couldn't say anything like poetry.
He would simply say words that moved people.
Muning also knew what he meant. She smiled for the first time since she found out about her grandma's accident.
"Okay, I won't say it again in the future."
She came out of his arms and said, "Trust me, okay? I can take care of myself. There is no danger in the hospital, right?"
She held the man's large, calloused hand and said, "You can go shopping or go home for up to half an hour. Don't waste time. Go quickly."
Gu Lin took a deep look at Muning, clenched his fists, and then stretched out his palms to pat her head.
"Okay, protect yourself and your son, I'll be back soon."
"Um."
Gu Lin went shopping, and Muning also found a stool and sat next to Mu Tiande.
"Ning Ning, you can go and rest while you are pregnant with your child. I will be fine as long as your grandma is here."
Muning shook her head, and she took the old man's unattractive big hand, "Grandpa, it must be very hard."
These fingers, which are thick and cannot be straightened normally, feed many people.
In the era of earning work points from a big pot, he not only supported himself, his parents, his wife and son.
Later, she relied on these hands to support her.
Grandma's little feet hurt when she walked, so the old man held her newborn in his arms and went from village to village with a rice bag on his back, asking for some milk if there were any mothers who had given birth.
He couldn't bear to see her without a sip of milk and could only drink rice soup pitifully, fearing that she would not be nourished enough to survive.
When it was time to go to school, my grandfather was not afraid of the hard work of chopping bamboo, while my grandmother crouched on the ground and made money by weaving mats to pay for her tuition.
It was very difficult for them to earn even a penny, so much so that when they got sick, they had to sell all their belongings to get medicine.
Grandpa and grandma are like diligent old scalpers who have worked hard all their lives, but they still haven't had a few good days when they get old.
Muning really didn't want to cry, but tears still dripped onto Mu Tiande's hands, which were wrinkled like tree bark.
The old man was immediately at a loss. "I'm not miserable, Ning Ning. Grandpa really isn't miserable. It's worthwhile for grandpa to marry a good wife like your grandma. It's very worthwhile. I live happily every day."
He treated Mu Ning as a child, wiping away her tears with his fingers, but he didn't expect that the rough skin would rub her face red instead.
Mu Tiande became embarrassed all of a sudden, "Ning Ning, grandpa's hands are rougher than rags, wipe your tears yourself."
"Stop crying, your grandma will be sad if she sees it."
"You also have to think about the child in your belly. Be good and obedient, Ning Ning." This coaxing tone made Muning laugh.
"Okay, I won't cry. We'll just wait for grandma to wake up and then go home and live a good life."
"Um."
Mu Tiande looked at Chen Xizhu inside the window again.
His granddaughter would not know how happy and excited he was when he saw her appear.
He even thought that if the appearance of his granddaughter could save his wife's life, he would be willing to trade one life for another, as long as his wedding daughter and his eldest daughter could continue to live.
He has nothing to ask for in this life but this wish - that everything goes well for Chen Xizhu, that he is safe and lives a long life.
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Sure enough, it only took Gu Lin half an hour to come back with cold noodles, steamed buns, etc.
"Zhao Liang was afraid that we would need something to eat when we came back, so he left some cold noodles."
"The steamed buns were given by Aunt Zhou."
Aunt Zhou got the news at home, and she almost died of panic.
It wasn't until Gu Lin hurried back and knew that Grandma Muning was out of danger that she felt relieved and put the buns she didn't eat at night on him.
"Girl Ning is still pregnant, so you should worry more about the old man's affairs, you know?" Aunt Zhou was really afraid that Gu Lin only cared about Mu Ning and that other people had nothing to do with him.
"Auntie, I understand."
Gu Lin hurried back to the hospital with his things. Seeing Muning sitting firmly on the stool, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Mu Tiande did not resist eating. He would not have the energy to take care of others if he did not eat when he was old.
So not only did he eat, he also ate a lot.
As soon as the food was finished, he started chasing people away.
"You guys should go home and rest. I'll be fine here alone."
"Ning Ning, be obedient. You can't go through such trouble with your child. Follow your grandson-in-law home quickly."
Mu Tiande felt sorry for his granddaughter, who had been struggling all night and looked ugly, so he pushed her home.
But Mu Ning pursed her lips and held Gu Lin's hand, stubbornly refusing to leave.
"Why are you so stubborn!"
"Take her home and have a good rest." Mu Tiande said to Gu Lin when he saw that Muning was disobedient.
Gu Lin looked down at her, she held his hand tightly, and he sighed.
"Grandpa, let Muning stay here with you. She won't be able to sleep well even if she goes home."
Muning nodded wildly.
"Hey, Ning Ning, your grandma's love for you is not in vain."
The old man sat back on the stool again, and Muning leaned on the man and breathed a sigh of relief.
