Chapter 230

The leader saw that talking with Hao's mother was going nowhere, so he could only helplessly give up; after all, strictly speaking, Hao's mother hadn't done anything outrageous.

Regarding the matter between Song Jingyu and Hao Manru, the leader also knew a bit; initially, Hao's mother and her husband wanted to mediate between the two and even wanted to ask him to act as a matchmaker.

But unfortunately, Song Jingyu's leg later got injured, and the couple immediately regretted it, telling him to treat the matter as if it had never happened.

Although the leader was angry at the time, feeling that the couple was acting unjustly, he thought that they only had this one daughter, Hao Manru, and they didn't want their daughter to suffer by marrying Song Jingyu, which he could also understand.

But fate played tricks—Song Jingyu's leg not only healed, he also got together with the doctor who saved him; now Hao's mother getting angry again and even using the occasion to make things difficult for others seems rather underhanded.

Seeing Hao's mother like that, still not thinking she was wrong, the leader thought for a moment and then called Commander Hao.

Moreover, in a joking tone, he told Commander Hao the whole story of what had happened today.

Commander Hao, upon hearing this, was also quite surprised; he never expected his usually calm and steady wife to do such a thing.

But neither of them showed it on their faces; after hanging up, the leader happily hummed a tune—his people weren't just anyone who could be bullied.

Commander Hao immediately called Hao's mother; ever since her daughter's accident, Hao's mother had been immersed in tense and repressed emotions.

Moreover, she couldn't tell anyone, couldn't let anyone know, and had to act as if nothing were wrong in front of her daughter.

Therefore, this period could be said to be Hao's mother's most painful days; when she suddenly received her husband's call today, she thought he was calling to comfort her, not expecting him to launch into a barrage of questions as soon as he got on the line.

Moreover, it was because of the person who had injured her daughter that Hao's mother's long-suppressed emotions suddenly erupted.

She angrily shouted at her husband and then hung up; if it weren't for fear that exposing her daughter's matter would make her daughter unable to face people, Hao's mother would have told her husband everything that had happened to her daughter during this period.

She also wanted her husband to see just how badly his favorite soldier had ruined their daughter, and see whether, at that point, he would still protect Song Jingyu.

On the other end of the phone, Commander Hao was also left dazed by the shouting; at first, a friend told him that his wife was actually using public office to settle personal scores and taking the opportunity to make things difficult for Song Jingyu, which he didn't believe.

He thought his wife couldn't do such a thing, but now it seemed that something must have happened to her over there, just not convenient to say over the phone.

Commander Hao inevitably felt some worry, but now even he could do nothing; he could only wait until his wife and daughter returned to ask for clarification.

After hanging up, Hao's mother quickly composed herself, as if nothing had happened, and went to her daughter's side.

In fact, Hao's mother was overthinking; during this period, no matter what Hao's mother did, Hao Manru showed absolutely no reaction.

She seemed immersed in her own world, uninterested in everything.

Seeing that she had tried for so long and her daughter remained the same, Hao's mother's emotions collapsed again.

She took Hao Manru's hand, voice trembling with tears, and said: 'Daughter, could you say something to Mom? No matter what you want, Mom can agree to it; please don't scare Mom like this.'

At that moment, a hint of emotion finally appeared in Hao Manru's unfocused eyes.

She looked at Hao's mother and asked: 'Really, I can ask for anything?'

Hao's mother immediately nodded solemnly: 'As long as you can return to normal, even if it costs your life, I will give it.'

Hao Manru said expressionlessly: 'I want to marry Song Jingyu!'

Hao Manru has now fallen into a maniacal state; her sole obsession is to marry Song Jingyu, no matter the cost—she will marry him, and if she cannot, she would rather die.

Looking at her daughter's pale, gaunt face, Hao's mother's gaze gradually steadied: 'Okay, Mom will help you.'

At this moment, even Hao's mother's eyes were gradually tinged with madness; her daughter's current misery was entirely Song Jingyu's fault, so he must pay the price.

And that doctor—if her daughter is suffering, what right do they have to be well off!

But how exactly to make Song Jingyu willingly marry her daughter? Hao's mother pondered all night, and a vicious plan gradually rose in her heart.

After running ten kilometers, Song Jingyu appeared before Su Ruo, panting; sweat dripped down his hair strand by strand, reflecting in the bright moonlight and turning into crystal-clear droplets.

Even in such a sorry state, the man before her was still astonishingly handsome.

Song Jingyu seemed not to notice Su Ruo's gaze; he took off his upper garment, revealing his firm abs.

Su Ruo thought that after studying medicine, she was no longer interested in human anatomy; whether tall or short, fat or thin, in her eyes they were no different from slaughtered pork.

But at this moment, looking at Song Jingyu's near-perfect physique, she shamefully swallowed her saliva.

Realizing her thoughts, Su Ruo instantly grew annoyed: 'You're doing this on purpose!'

Song Jingyu was a bit dazed: 'What?'

Then he turned around, exposing the wounds on his back; Su Ruo then discovered that his back had large abrasions and lacerations, even the barbs of burr grass, which had hooked into his skin.

Su Ruo immediately asked anxiously: 'What's going on?'

Song Jingyu, however, said nonchalantly: 'It's nothing; I just fell accidentally during training and landed in the grass.'

Looking at the wounds on his back, Su Ruo simply didn't believe his words; if it weren't a truly dire situation, he could hardly have ended up like this.

But Su Ruo said nothing; she fetched tweezers and alcohol and began to treat Song Jingyu's wounds.

The abrasions and lacerations were manageable, but the real difficulty lay in the wounds caused by burr grass—this grass is covered in barbs that, once they touch a person, fiercely pierce the skin, are extremely hard to clean out, and also carry a mild toxin that makes the injured area both painful and itchy, hindering healing.

Therefore, locals always detour when they see it; thus Su Ruo found it hard to imagine how agonizing such a large area of wounds must be for Song Jingyu.

Yet this person acted as if nothing were wrong—does he even have normal sensation?

Su Ruo carefully removed the barbs embedded in Song Jingyu's skin, but the moment her hand touched his back, his whole body shuddered.

Su Ruo immediately said: 'Don't move; endure the pain!'

But she didn't see that Song Jingyu's face instantly flushed red; at the moment Su Ruo touched him, a tingling sensation seemed to spread instantly throughout his body.