Chapter 613: Forget the Pain Once the Wound Has Healed!

Shen Mingcheng arrived at the provincial sanatorium and saw his mother-in-law, Xiao Fang, in the hospital room.

Although the surgery was very successful, the subsequent rehabilitation and recovery required a long period of time.

Xiao Fang's eyes were somewhat dull; seeing Shen Mingcheng, she could not recognize who he was at all.

His father-in-law, Chen Ming'an, spoke up to remind her, "This is your son-in-law, Lanlan's husband, Mingcheng; he has come to visit you."

Shen Mingcheng looked at the corner of Xiao Fang's mouth, which seemed to have saliva on it, and felt a sudden sense of disgust in his heart.

However, on the surface, he still acted very warmly, "Mom, I'm Mingcheng, your son-in-law. I'm sorry, I've been too busy with work lately and haven't had time to come keep you company."

Xiao Fang said with hollow eyes, "Mingcheng, son-in-law..."

Shen Mingcheng sighed to himself; he suddenly felt dissatisfied with Tang Ye.

Xiao Fang had been saved, but her intelligence was likely not even that of a seven or eight-year-old child; what was the difference between her and a walking corpse?

Back then, Director Tong at the hospital was right; even if she was saved, she would still be a burden.

Seeing that Shen Mingcheng had arrived, Chen Ming'an said softly, "Mingcheng, stay here for a while, I'm going to get some hot water."

Shen Mingcheng emerged from his chaotic thoughts and said with a smile, "Dad, go ahead and get busy, I'll keep Mom company."

After Chen Ming'an left carrying the thermos, Shen Mingcheng's cell phone rang.

He answered the call, walked to the balcony, and discussed work with the person on the other end.

There was a key project where there was a problem with the fireproof materials.

Shen Mingcheng needed to provide a solution!

After finishing the conversation and just as he hung up the phone, a dull thud suddenly came from behind him.

He turned around to look and saw that Xiao Fang had fallen from the bed to the floor.

Just at this moment, Chen Lan walked in from outside; seeing Xiao Fang fallen on the floor and Shen Mingcheng holding his phone, her mind went blank for a moment.

"Mom!"

She exclaimed and rushed over, hurriedly helping Xiao Fang up.

Xiao Fang's forehead had bumped against the nightstand, and blood was streaming down.

Chen Lan hurriedly rushed out of the hospital room and shouted, "Doctor, come quickly and take a look at my mom."

Shen Mingcheng was quite speechless.

He had only been on the phone for a moment, so how did Xiao Fang fall down?

The doctor arrived quickly and helped Xiao Fang treat her wound.

"It is just a minor external injury. However, you family members of the patient should be careful and cautious; the patient's head must not be subjected to any impact. You were lucky this time, but it might not be the case next time."

Facing the doctor's stern criticism, Chen Lan could only apologize helplessly, "Doctor, sorry to trouble you. We will definitely be careful and won't be careless again."

Chen Ming'an returned with water and was also shocked to see the gauze on Xiao Fang's forehead; he complained, "How did an accident happen in just this short amount of time?"

Shen Mingcheng sighed helplessly, "It was just the time it took me to answer a phone call."

Chen Ming'an was very disappointed by Shen Mingcheng shifting the blame and said angrily, "Can't you even spare that little bit of time? I am so disappointed in you."

Shen Mingcheng was also provoked.

Chen Ming'an was a spineless man, so what right did he have to point fingers at him?

"That's right, I'm useless and only make things worse. Don't worry, I won't be fawning over you anymore, and I won't come here to cause trouble for nothing."

Chen Ming'an was so angered by Shen Mingcheng that he couldn't speak for a moment.

Chen Lan looked at Shen Mingcheng with disappointment, "Since your work is so busy, then don't come anymore."

Shen Mingcheng was stunned for a moment and could no longer control his temper, "Chen Lan, I came to visit Mom out of kindness, why do you have to be so cold and distant? It's not like I did it on purpose when Mom had an accident just now."

Seeing that Xiao Fang had been startled and was trembling all over, Chen Ming'an could no longer hold back and, in a very rare display of rage, exploded, "Even if you want to argue, don't do it in the hospital room. Can you have some sense of propriety?"

Being scolded by the father-in-law with the lowest status in the family, Shen Mingcheng instantly lost control of his temper.

"Chen Lan, come out!"

Worried that the conflict would escalate and affect Xiao Fang's rest, Chen Lan followed Shen Mingcheng out of the hospital room.

"Chen Lan, I'll ask you one last time: do you actually want to live this life properly or not?"

Chen Lan said coldly, "Shen Mingcheng, some things cannot just be brushed aside as if they never happened. Life has no regrets medicine, memory has no eraser; wanting to forget takes time."

Shen Mingcheng stared blankly at Chen Lan and raised his hand high.

"What, you want to hit me again?"

Shen Mingcheng slapped himself hard across the face twice, "I'm hitting myself, is that okay? Chen Lan, keep acting so high and mighty! You will definitely regret this!"

Shen Mingcheng left the hospital and returned to Tianling.

The whole way back, he couldn't figure it out.

He had already lowered his status.

Why was Chen Lan so unrelenting!

He admitted that he had done wrong things, but weren't those mistakes that all men would make?

Besides, Chen Lan had also dated before marrying him, and he hadn't held onto that, had he?

Shen Mingcheng now regretted it very much; why had he married Chen Lan in the first place? He had been blinded by obsession back then, thinking Chen Lan was pretty, had a good temperament, had a stable job, and had the Xiao Family as a backer.

As a result, he discovered that Chen Lan was impossible to manage, making his life a complete mess.

For some reason, Shen Mingcheng thought of Gu Lanping.

Although that woman wasn't as good-looking as Chen Lan, she was completely obedient to him, especially when playing cards; whenever he wanted a certain card, he would give a slight hint, and she would cater to his preferences.

It was just a pity that Gu Lanping had bad luck and happened to run into trouble.

After Shen Mingcheng finished his shower, he brewed a cup of tea; he suddenly remembered the origin of this tea cake, which was related to Gu Lanping, and he actually tasted a moldy flavor.

He walked to the kitchen and poured out the entire pot of tea.

The phone's ringtone rang out.

Shen Mingcheng answered the phone, and a woman's voice came from the other end.

Shen Mingcheng immediately frowned...

"Secretary Shen, it's been a long time. You haven't forgotten about me, have you?"

The woman's voice carried a hint of resentment and dissatisfaction.

"So it's Town Mayor Gao. Things have been quite busy lately, and my home life is a mess too. Didn't we just see each other at the work annual meeting?" Shen Mingcheng said with a smile.

After arriving in Tianling County, he had come into contact with many outstanding women, and Gu Lanping was one of them.

Gu Lanping was not only good-looking and had a great figure, but most importantly, she was obedient enough.

As for the woman on the phone with him, her name was Gao Xiaoqing, and she was the Town Mayor of Shuangshui Town.

Although she was not as pretty as Gu Lanping, she was tall, had long legs, and was extremely ambitious in her career.

Back then, Shen Mingcheng and Gao Xiaoqing had attended a business social event, where they both drank quite a bit of alcohol and naturally ended up having a relationship.

Of course, this was absolutely not a mutual affair, but a transaction.

Once a man and a woman cross that line, the nature of their relationship changes.

Shen Mingcheng could feel more at ease with Gao Xiaoqing, while Gao Xiaoqing could use Shen Mingcheng's power to achieve her goal of climbing higher.

However, after his relationship with Gu Lanping was exposed, Shen Mingcheng deliberately kept his distance from women.

As for Gao Xiaoqing, she had initially worried that if something happened to Shen Mingcheng, it would affect her, so she tacitly stopped contacting him.

But now.

Half a year had passed.

Gu Lanping's case had already been settled, and Shen Mingcheng still sat firmly in his position as County Party Secretary.

Therefore, Gao Xiaoqing thought about re-establishing her previous relationship with Shen Mingcheng.

Gao Xiaoqing sighed, "When you invited me to a candlelight dinner at the restaurant before, you gently called me Xiaoqing, but now you call me Town Mayor Gao; we have truly become distant. It's a pity that I have been thinking of you and worrying about you, while you threw me to the back of your mind long ago."