The Kindhearted Girl Gets a Wife 19p2

Chapter 19 p2

It was already late. Usually, when the two of them came back, if there was nothing to do, they would go straight to their own rooms. It was rare to see Chen Qingtang sitting here with nothing to do.

Pei Yunle looked up at the sky. There were no stars or moon. It was cold to be out here in the wind at night.

She didn’t go back to her room either. Instead, she walked to the square table and, when Chen Qingtang wasn’t looking, flicked the remaining water droplets from her hand at her. Chen Qingtang didn’t dodge in time and was splashed with a few water droplets on her face.

Afraid that she would be angry, Pei Yunle quickly explained, “Hey, don’t be angry yet. If you’re going to blame someone, blame Jimao. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have water on my hands, right?”

Chen Qingtang wasn’t angry in the first place, so she naturally didn’t make any movements or expressions.

When you like someone, you rack your brains to think of something to say to them.

“Why aren’t you back in your room sleeping? Aren’t you tired?”

Hearing her say this, Chen Qingtang thought she didn’t want to deal with her anymore. Even if she wasn’t sleepy, she had to say she was now. But she didn’t even express it, just stood up and was about to go upstairs.

The light shone through the water droplets, and the water reflected on Chen Qingtang’s face, like natural glitter.

Pei Yunle suddenly remembered the sparkler she hadn’t finished burning just now. “Hey, Chen Qingtang.”

The person who was called stopped, but still didn’t turn around.

She heard Pei Yunle ask from behind her, “Do you mind… being friends with me?”

Oh my god, if it were before, Pei Yunle would never have said this. In her twenty-something years of shallow experience, true friends were those who didn’t need to say much and naturally became close. On the contrary, relationships that were actively spoken of often couldn’t stand the test.

But she had no other choice. Chen Qingtang was too difficult to get close to. Although she had been smiling a little more recently, it would take forever to catch up with her.

Chen Qingtang was suddenly glad that she was facing away from that person, because now she was a little unsure of her own expression.

She had always heard people under that banyan tree say that people or things that were too easily obtained were not easily cherished. The same was true for friends.

Chen Qingtang turned around. This time, she didn’t use her head to express agreement or refusal, but just opened her lips and made a movement.

In the not-so-bright light, the water was enough for Pei Yunle to see clearly that Chen Qingtang had said the word “okay.”

Although it was silent, it was deafening. Pei Yunle was so happy she almost ran two laps around the courtyard. Afraid that the other person would find out she was too happy, she just pretended that nothing had happened, put her hands behind her back, and slowly walked to the dog kennel and kicked it.

Sure enough, a relationship like a friend was the least lacking for Pei Yunle. Chen Qingtang stood in the dark, watching as Pei Yunle didn’t do anything after getting her answer. She began to wonder if she should have not agreed so quickly.

It was too complicated. Chen Qingtang felt a little stuffy in her heart. She went upstairs alone to prepare for bed.

At this time, only Pei Yunle was left in the courtyard. She clenched her fists, sat down at the square table, and took out her phone to open Baidu again.

The answers she had searched for in the morning were useless. Pei Yunle began to wonder if she should even search anymore. Her fingers were more honest than her brain and had already typed in the search bar: How to go from being friends to being good friends.

With the street light, the light from the phone shone on Pei Yunle’s face, showing a very serious expression, as if she was thinking about some world-class problem.

Back in her room, Pei Yunle took out her long-sealed laptop from her suitcase, plugged it in, and turned it on.

She searched for some recruitment information released by Anyang City. As Ji Mingzhu had said, the city hospital was recruiting a new batch of doctors, both in internal medicine and surgery, a total of 7 people. In addition, the central laboratory was recruiting two full-time researchers.

Unfortunately, Pei Yunle was not interested at all. She had been suppressed by Lin Zilan for too long, and this spring had been completely stretched beyond its elastic limit, with no elasticity left.

She also looked at some medical-related recruitment in Pingshun and only found a few recruitment notices for the CDC, but they were only for preventive medicine, which was not a good fit for her clinical medicine.

It seemed that she could only go to the health center tomorrow and ask one by one. She really couldn’t find anything.

Pei Yunle yawned, closed her laptop, and lay on the bed like a dead fish. The cotton underneath had no elasticity, not comparable to the mattress at home. It was as hard as a rock. Pei Yunle rolled over.

She swiped through a few short videos and felt that there was nothing fun to watch. She unconsciously opened WeChat.

She opened the chat with Chen Qingtang. The two of them were together every day. Other than when they were on the road for deliveries, they would occasionally exchange a few words. The rest was just the daily salary transfer: 10 yuan.

Anyone who didn’t know would think she was working some kind of illegal job.

Pei Yunle opened her sticker collection, thinking about what to send to get the other person to reply. But they were all dragon pictures, and the rest were modified emoji stickers, which didn’t look cute at all.

She went out and found Ji Mingzhu. “Send me some stickers, cute style.”

Ji Mingzhu was very efficient and sent her a Usagi with its middle finger up.

Pei Yunle: ?

Forget it, this picture looked pretty good too. She would save it first.

In the few chat records, Pei Yunle had almost worn them out from flipping through them. She suddenly discovered an important thing. Her boss, Chen Qingtang, had not paid her salary today.

Pei Yunle immediately opened the chat box, typed in the chat bar, and then deleted it. In the end, she didn’t send anything.

She opened Chen Qingtang’s Moments. She had never looked at it before.

The Moments were very empty, with no content at all, making the only one look very pitiful.

Pei Yunle felt that the picture was a bit familiar. She clicked on it and saw that it was the coffee she had taken a picture of in the coffee shop during the day. Chen Qingtang had posted both the original picture and the filtered one.

She suddenly jumped up from the bed like a carp. This meant that Chen Qingtang still liked this coffee, or maybe she also liked this picture?

She swiped her finger and liked Chen Qingtang’s post.

She also commented below: Let’s go drink it again next time.

Chen Qingtang was very fast, almost replying in a second. She replied with a: Okay.

Pei Yunle was a little curious. Why did Chen Qingtang say okay to all her suggestions today?

She finally had a reason to continue the conversation with Chen Qingtang. As long as she could start a conversation, Pei Yunle could keep talking, quantity over quality.

Just as she was about to open the chat box, a string of phone numbers occupied the screen.

It was a call from Lin Zilan. Pei Yunle was stunned for a second, then answered.

“Baby daughter, what are you doing?”

Pei Yunle played with her fingernails and replied lazily, “Nothing, just lying in bed playing on my phone.”

“The city hospital is recruiting again recently. Have you seen it?”

“I’ve seen it, but I’m not going.”

Lin Zilan was disappointed on the other end. “How long are you going to be an unemployed vagrant at home? I’ll find some connections for you. It’s not difficult to get in. Can’t you be less stubborn?”

“Mom, I’m not planning to be an unemployed vagrant recently.”

“If you’re not going to the city hospital, where are you going? The second affiliated hospital of the medical university is also fine.”

“Neither. I’m planning to find a job in Pingshun.”

Lin Zilan thought her ears were broken. She had sent her there to let her experience a few days of poverty and let her know that it was difficult to live in this world without money. Who would have thought that this person would just give up completely?

“Pei Yunle, are you out of your mind? Pingshun is a town. What kind of job is there!”

“There are plenty. The town hospital, the health center. If that doesn’t work, I’ll go to the CDC. If all else fails, I’ll go to a small clinic.”

“Are you crazy? You went to a good university just to go to these places?”

Pei Yunle held the phone far away, afraid that Lin Zilan’s shrill voice would pierce her eardrum. She shouted, “I never had any noble idea of saving people and curing diseases. You were the one who forced your ideas on me. Aren’t you afraid that my personality will kill someone?”

With that, before Lin Zilan could speak, she immediately hung up the phone.

As soon as the phone was hung up, the surroundings returned to calm.

She had compromised for Lin Zilan for half her life and really didn’t want to follow the path she had laid out for her without any deviation.

If she had to treat a disease, she was only willing to treat Chen Qingtang’s throat. However, this thought was still not enough to overcome her inner laziness.

…

After a long day, the two of them fell asleep quickly and deeply.

When the sky was bright, Pei Yunle had already washed up and was sitting in the courtyard.

Like attracts like. After spending a long time with the old woman, she also liked to sit in the courtyard and look at the mountains and the sky when she had nothing to do.

The main gate would occasionally be open, and people would come and go.

Pei Yunle found it quite interesting to watch people. She moved her stool to the entrance, her upper body leaning against the doorframe. Behind her, Chen Qingtang was eating breakfast slowly.

Auntie Wang walked past the entrance again in her red dress. She firmly believed that this red color would bring her good luck.

When she passed by Pei Yunle, she stopped, the small curls on her head swaying.

“Hey, aren’t you the young lady who gave the Fan family an egg pancake that day?”

Hearing the words “egg pancake,” Pei Yunle’s mood sank. She directly skipped the topic. “Auntie Wang, which family are you going to set up a marriage for now?”

“Hehe, not this time. I’m going to my friend’s house to play. If you need anything, feel free to come to me. I’ll give you an 88% discount, guaranteed success.”

Pei Yunle forced a smile. Hearing the second half of the sentence, she stood up from her chair and looked back. Chen Qingtang was still eating. From this distance, she probably couldn’t hear their conversation clearly. But to be safe, she still pulled Auntie Wang to the other side.

“Auntie Wang, I have a question for you.”

“Go ahead. I’ll tell you everything I know.”

Pei Yunle lowered her voice again. “I’m just a little curious. Do you set up marriages for girls?”

Auntie Wang frowned her newly tattooed willow-leaf eyebrows. “What do you mean? I don’t quite understand. Don’t I always set up marriages for the woman’s side?”

“No, I mean, have you ever had a woman come to you and ask you to set up a marriage for another woman?”

Auntie Wang’s brows relaxed. “Oh, I know what you mean. To be honest, there was such a case a few years ago.”

“Was it successful?” Pei Yunle couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.

“Um… I don’t know if it counts. This old story is too complicated to tell. Besides, you’re not from our town, so I’d better not tell you.”

Pei Yunle was at a loss for words, but she couldn’t refute her. In the end, she grabbed Auntie Wang and reminded her again, “You can’t tell anyone about what we talked about today.”

Auntie Wang smiled and nodded. “Aiyo, I’m not an old fossil. Young people can love whoever they want. I can’t control who they like, and I don’t discriminate. But—”

“Who do you like? Do you want me to set up a marriage for someone?”

Pei Yunle was taken aback. No wonder she was Wang Po. She had to get to the bottom of every little thing.

“No, I was just curious if you’ve encountered any special cases in your line of work for so many years.”

Auntie Wang patted her on the shoulder. “Don’t worry, I understand.”

Pei Yunle didn’t care if she really understood or not. Seeing that she was about to leave, she, who had already assimilated into the local customs, casually asked, “Which friend’s house are you going to?”

“Oh, the owner of that video store.”

The words immediately brought Pei Yunle back to that day, to that special adult film that had made her lose all face in front of Chen Qingtang.

She sighed. “You two… should really hang out together.”

“If you want to watch a disc, you can mention my name. I can get you a discount.”

“Ah, you can too?”

Chen Qingtang had finished her breakfast and was just walking to the entrance to find Pei Yunle.

Pei Yunle glanced at her out of the corner of her eye and quickly waved her hand in refusal. “No, no, no, I’ve already quit all movies, especially the ones from her store.”

Auntie Wang looked at her, then at Chen Qingtang, said nothing, and left with a smile.

Chen Qingtang held out her hand, a string of keys jingling in front of Pei Yunle’s eyes, indicating that it was time to open the store.

Pei Yunle followed behind her. “Chen Qingtang, where are the two health centers you mentioned?”

The person in front of her slowed down. A moment later, the phone was handed to Pei Yunle.

It showed the specific location and opening hours of the health center. Below it was another line: Are you really going to apply?

Pei Yunle nodded, took a picture, and handed the phone back to Chen Qingtang. “Yes, but I couldn’t find any relevant information about them. I’ll go and ask later.”

A hint of surprise appeared on Chen Qingtang’s face. She had thought that what Pei Yunle had said before was a joke, but she didn’t expect this person to be serious.

—Why?

The three words were projected onto the phone again.

Pei Yunle unconsciously bit her lip. She suddenly wanted to test the waters, to push the boundaries a little.

“Because I want to stay here, with you.”