“The Ministry of Justice has already found evidence of him accepting red pocket bribes from patients, confirming that the incident did happen and they have decided to give him a jail sentence of three years. The evidence for this matter is undeniable and his wife cannot do anything about it.”
“Mm.” Song Huaisheng nodded. “Chulang has done well regarding this matter. However, I didn’t think that after a meticulous investigation, this Yan Kehua actually committed so many crimes.”
Song Chuyi was dumbfounded. “It’s true?”
“Of course it is.” Song Huaisheng took in a puff slowly.
Changqing was also speechless as she listened on. At first, she thought Song Chulang had framed him and felt that the mother and son were quite pitiful previously. However, if he really deserved it, there was no reason to beg Song Chuchu to let Yan Kehua off the hook.
“Right, when are you going to be transferred back to the surgical department?” Song Huaisheng asked.
“In a while. I was just transferred over, and if I were to be transferred back now, it would be a hassle to plan the schedules for the other colleagues,” Song Chuyi answered.
“Mm…” Song Huaisheng didn’t talk about anything else anymore.
During dinner time, Changqing sat beside Song Chuyi. Song Yunyang sat beside her.
The two were seated close together. She smiled politely towards Yunyang and Yunyang had a complicated look on her face, stopping her gaze on her face for a few seconds before looking at Song Chuyi again and shifting her gaze away without saying anything.
Changqing felt slightly awkward.
During the meal, there were few words exchanged.
Changqing picked up the side dishes in front of her silently. She would take a little of whichever dish was spun before her and whatever she couldn’t finish eating or couldn’t bite through, she would secretly throw them into Song Chuyi’s bowl while the others weren’t looking.
Song Chuyi had a helpless expression. He turned his face to the side and saw Yunyang watching him with a pair of hazy eyes.
His chopsticks paused for a while and he ate faster.
After the meal, he didn’t sit around like before. “Changqing and I are leaving first. We have a plane to catch tomorrow morning and there are still a lot of things we need to prepare. We’re going to get them at the mall later.”
Upon hearing that, Grandma Song frowned. “It’s such a rare occasion for the two of you to come by, yet you’re leaving in such a hurry after eating. It was like this last time too; stay for a while leaving.”
Changqing was nervous and afraid that Grandma Song would be unhappy. She opened her mouth and said softly, “Why don’t… we…”
“If you want to go, then go ahead.” Grandma Song stood up and walked towards the living room.
“Let’s go.” Song Chuyi put his arm around her shoulders. “We’ll come back to stay for a few days after we come back from overseas.”
Changqing left with him listlessly. On the way back, Changqing was in a terrible mood.
Although she had already expected that she would be treated drastically different from before, when she really got a taste of it, it was very unbearable.
“Chuchu, Grandma seems to like Yunyang a little more now. She used to like me more in the past.” Changqing lowered her head, aggrieved.
“It’s okay. In any case, we won’t be living together every day in the future.” Song Chuyi stroked her head. “When Song Peiyuan comes back from the states, they won’t be in the mood to worry about you.”
“Song Peiyuan?” Changqing was dumbfounded. “You mean Dai Ai’s son?”
“Mm. Dad named him.”
Song Chuyi drove the car all the way to the basement carpark of a mall.
This mall was six storeys tall and had a supermarket and a place for shopping and buying cosmetics.
The two went to buy some sunblock first and the sales assistant recommended an imported sunblock to Changqing. Changqing sprayed it on her arm and put it up to Song Chuyi’s nose.”Smell it—does it smell good?”
“Why do you need me to smell it?” Song Chuyi frowned.
Changqing broke into a smile. “Because you’ll be hugging me every day. if you don’t like the smell, of course I’ll have to change it. Otherwise, what would I do if you didn’t want to hug me?”
Song Chuyi lowered his head to look at her. He had yet to laugh when the sales assistant at the side laughed.
“Your wife is too cute,” the sales assistant said.
Song Chuyi’s gaze softened. In the end, he picked a sunblock with a lighter scent with Changqing.
Changqing bought three bottles.
When they walked out of the cosmetics shop, Song Chuyi glanced at the woman who was clinging onto his arm and teased, “I’ve never said that I wanted to hug you every day.”
“Really?” Changqing snorted nasally. “Fine. Then when we’re over there, you’d better not hug me. I’m going to doll myself up every day and there will definitely be many men who would pick me up. When the time comes, I wouldn’t care for your hugs.”
Song Chuyi pinched her cheek as a form of a little punishment.
Afterwards, the two went to the supermarket. Song Chuyi pushed the shopping cart behind her while Changqing picked a few snacks from the left and a few fruits from the right. Then he stopped her. “There’s definitely a lot of fruit at the beach. If you buy so much, you’re going to have to carry it yourself then.”
“You’re really a man who doesn’t dote on your wife.” Changqing glared at him hatefully. However, she still put some back silently and started to look for her selfie-stick seriously.
When they were paying, Changqing saw a woman at the side wearing a pair of pretty crystal sandals. Hence, she said to Song Chuyi jealously, “Chuchu, I don’t think I have a pair of pretty sandals for when I go to the beach. I want to take a look again later.”
“Don’t you already have six to seven pairs of sandals in the cloakroom?” Song Chuyi retorted. “You seem to have only worn them a few times. Aren’t they all quite pretty?”
“Those aren’t suitable for going to the beach. Besides, they don’t match any of my swimsuits.” Changqing pouted. “I want to go to the beach while looking pretty.”
“Why do you want to doll up so nicely?” Song Chuyi was angry. It was getting late and they had to go back to pack afterwards, but she didn’t even have a sense of urgency.
“In order for you to become so smitten by me that you won’t look at other women.” Changqing smiled cheekily. “I want to show you my best side.”
Song Chuyi’s lower abdomen felt numb.
This woman was starting to titillate him in public again.
He pinched her nose. “You’re just looking for an excuse to buy new shoes.”
“Actually, the only reason I doll myself up is to please you,” Changqing said with a grin.
Song Chuyi shook his head. After paying the bill, he was unable to change her mind and went to the shoe floor with her.
Because she had seen someone else wearing a pair of pretty crystal sandals, Changqing wanted to buy a similar pair. Hence, they went from one shop to another, trying them one by one.
Song Chuyi’s head was dizzy from looking around and he tried to rush her. “Isn’t it just a pair of slippers? Aren’t they all the same?”
“You don’t understand.” Changqing ignored him and pointed to a pair of sandals, saying, “I want to try that pair.”
At last, Changqing only managed to buy a pair that she liked when the mall was about to close.
Back home, Song Chuyi took a shower and packed. When he was done, Changqing was still trying on her clothes, coming over to ask: “Chuchu, do you think this dress is pretty?”
“Chuchu, do you think this set is better or this set is better?”
“Chuchu, do you think this hat goes with this set of clothes?”
“Chuchu, do you think this hat looks weird with this pair of sunglasses?”
“Chuchu, should I bring all my lipsticks along?”
Song Chuyi didn’t know if there were many women in this world who were like her. In any case, the women he met before were never like her.
He yawned and his handsome face turned nastier as he asked, “Isn’t it just a holiday? You’re not even going for a beauty contest.”
“It’s precisely because we’re going on a holiday that I have to be even prettier.” Changqing’s mesmerizing large eyes were glimmering with the gleam of “you don’t understand”.
“Up to you. I’m going to sleep. We’re taking the 11 o’clock plane and we have to prepare to leave at nine. You do as you see fit.” Song Chuyi didn’t dilly-dally with her anymore and walked out of the changing room. He thought for a while and turned back to remind her: “You can only bring a maximum of two suitcases. Anything more than that, you’ll have to carry yourself.”
“Annoying.” Changqing pulled a face at him.
Without anyone nagging her, she took her time alone and by the time she was done, it was already one in the morning. She got a shock and quickly went to shower and sleep. In the end, because she was too excited, she had insomnia.
Song Chuyi woke up the next morning. After washing up and changing, he saw that she was still sleeping like a little pig and could only go over to pull her up. “It’s past eight. Get up quickly.”
“Wuwu… let me sleep a while more.” Changqing’s lids were fighting to open. She wanted to open them but couldn’t do so no matter what. He was going to take her on a holiday, but at this moment, it seemed as though he was forcing her to the execution grounds.
“You’re already slow enough and you still have to eat breakfast later. If we don’t catch the plane, we’re not going.” He could only threaten her.
Changqing pouted, grumbled and kicked her legs. “Why did you have to book such an early flight? How annoying.”
“You’re the one who booked it.” Song Chuyi laughed coldly. “I said to book the 9 o’clock one previously and you were still unhappy and booked the most expensive flight of the day. Now you’re grumbling. What else do you want?”
“Petty. Do you have to remember so clearly that the tickets we got were the most expensive?” Changqing finally opened her lids grumpily and pulled a face.
Song Chuyi allowed her to squander her time while he went downstairs to have breakfast first.
Yan Lei reminded him worriedly at the dining table: “Chuyi, ah, you have to watch her closely. This lass is usually very muddle-headed whenever I take her out. She either drops her camera or her money. Otherwise, she can’t find her identity card or her passport or something along those lines. Remember to have these things with you. Don’t let her hold them.”
“Mm.” Song Chuyi nodded.
“Also, don’t let her walk around alone—she’ll get lost and her English isn’t good either…” Yan Lei continued on long-windedly for a while before saying angrily, “It’s almost nine. Why is she not down yet?”
“She probably couldn’t find something again.” Song Chuyi simply got Auntie Zhao to pack some breakfast for Changqing to eat on the way.
After having his breakfast, Song Chuyi went upstairs and Changqing was putting on her sunglasses in a hurry as she dashed around the bedroom. “I’m done. Let’s go right now.”
“Mm, I’ve packed your breakfast for you. Have it on the way.” Song Chuyi carried the two suitcases downstairs.
Yan Lei took the day off specifically to send them off at the airport.
Changqing was chewing on the toast on the way, yawning once every two bites.
Yan Lei, who was sitting in front, kept shaking his head as he saw that.
When they arrived at the airport, Song Chuchu quickly got out to carry the luggage. Yan Lei was lecturing his daughter. “You have to listen to Chuyi on the outside. Don’t cause trouble and don’t be too willful.”
“I’m not willful. Dad, I’m off.” Changqing waved her hand with a grin as she put on her mask and caught up to Song Chuyi quickly.
After looking at the flight details, Song Chuyi found the check-in counter and brought Changqing over.
Changqing only followed behind him leisurely, carrying a leather backpack. It was good to have a husband out with you while on holiday.