A charming widow in her 70s married a factory manager and raised his children.

Chapter 86 At Least It's a Human Life

Before Sun Yongxian could finish speaking, Shi Peiran covered her mouth and dragged her out.

"Are you trying to kill me? How could you say such things to Director Lu? Director Lu isn't that kind of person!" Shi Peiran was furious; he knew his wife would scare him to death sooner or later.

Sun Yongxian said awkwardly, "I just wanted to remind you... in case Director Lu can't resist Zhuang Jie's beauty..."

"Shut up! They used to live under the same roof, did you see what happened?"

"It didn't happen then, but who knows what will happen in the future..." Sun Yongxian retorted. "Besides, just because it didn't happen doesn't mean I didn't have that thought. What if Director Lu just isn't capable..."

"Stop talking about this, is this the time to discuss such things?"

Shi Peiran covered her mouth again and dragged her away from there.

Factory Director Lu has excellent hearing; they were just stepping out when they started talking like that—someone might have overheard them…

The two left quickly, but Lu Congyue heard everything they had just said.

If they hadn't run so fast, he would have chased after them and given them a good scolding.

Is that even human language?

What do you mean by "no"?

No, what kind of beast is he? Zhuang Qingxiang just had something like this happen to her, what will he do to her? These two people have such filthy thoughts.

Lu Congyue returned to the house with a dark face and saw Zhuang Qingxiang and Xiao Qianyue sleeping soundly, while the two babies looked like they were about to wake up.

Lu Congyue panicked immediately. He quickly set up the wire bed in the living room, swiftly carried the two children onto the wire bed, and then began searching for formula and bottles.

Before this could be unearthed, the two children on the other side started wailing at the top of their lungs.

Lu Congyue was sweating profusely, so he had to put down his search for formula and bottles and go change their diapers.

The two children, however, showed him no respect and cried even harder.

Lu Congyue wished he could just take the two children out to the yard and let them suffer as they pleased.

At this moment, a faint sound came from inside the house. Lu Congyue sighed, opened the door to the inner room, and sure enough, he saw Zhuang Qingxiang struggling to prop herself up and looking out.

Upon seeing him, Zhuang Qingxiang immediately said, "The child is crying, bring him here."

"They can just drink formula, you rest." Lu Congyue frowned. "You should lie down and not move around, otherwise you don't know when you'll recover."

Zhuang Qingxiang was in pain from supporting herself like this, so she could only lie down, but she still insisted that Lu Congyue bring the child over.

The accident happened last night. The two children weren't woken up, but they didn't drink milk for most of the night, and they didn't drink any this morning either. They must be starving now.

Moreover, she hadn't breastfed for so long, and her breasts were very engorged and painful.

But it's not something I can tell Lu Congyue.

"Bring Donghua over here so I can try him out," she said, taking a step back.

Lu Congyue frowned even more and brought the crying Xiao Chenglin in, placing him next to her.

"Director Lu, this is Cheng Lin..." Zhuang Qingxiang looked at him anxiously.

Lu Congyue said expressionlessly, "Whoever it is, you feed them first."

After saying that, he left, giving her space.

Helpless, Zhuang Qingxiang reluctantly turned her body to the side, wincing in pain as she fed Xiao Chenglin.

Xiao Chenglin couldn't hold on any longer before she had drunk her fill, and she suddenly lay back down.

Heartbroken at losing his food supply, Xiao Chenglin burst into tears.

"What's going on?" Lu Congyue asked from outside the door.

Zhuang Qingxiang, her face pale, said, "It's nothing." Little Qian Yue, awakened by the noise, jumped off the kang (heated brick bed) and ran out, hugging Lu Congyue's leg: "Uncle, Mom is in so much pain..."

Lu Congyue pursed his lips into a straight line, his mood becoming increasingly irritable as he listened to the two children crying; he even felt like killing someone.

"Stop feeding her!" he yelled gruffly, taking Xiao Qianyue to find the formula and bottle, only to discover that the thermos was empty and they would have to boil water first...

"Damn it!" Lu Congyue cursed, his face growing increasingly grim, feeling that he hadn't done anything right.

Xiao Qianyue was frightened by him and dared not make a sound. She went to the kitchen to start a fire and boil water.

After resting for a while, Zhuang Qingxiang managed to feed Xiao Chenglin until she was full. Then she called Lu Congyue in and asked him to help put two layers of blankets under her back so she could breastfeed.

However, the injuries to her ribs and abdomen caused her to break out in a cold sweat from the pain when she held her baby to breastfeed.

After feeding the child, she could no longer hold on and collapsed onto the kang (a heated brick bed).

When Lu Congyue discovered it, her hair was soaked with cold sweat.

"Are you stupid? Didn't you call me?" Lu Congyue said angrily as he pulled her down to lie down.

Despite the pain, Zhuang Qingxiang whispered, "Director Lu, could you please find me a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner specializing in bone-setting?"

She has now come to terms with reality; it will be difficult to get through this without medication. She wonders if the traditional Chinese medicine practitioner has any solutions.

"Okay, I'll go find it. You can rest assured and rest! There's enough formula for the two of them for a few more days. Let them drink formula for the next few days. I'll ask a friend in another city to send a few more packs over."

Lu Congyue patiently persuaded, "I've asked Yueyue for leave from kindergarten. If there's anything I can do while I'm away, just ask her to lend a hand. Don't worry, I'll only be out for a little while and I'll be right back."

Zhuang Qingxiang thought to herself that she hadn't said she was worried. Although her daughter was only a little over five years old, she was a capable girl. With her daughter around, she wasn't really worried. Her only worry was not being able to feed the two children.

Lu Congyue called Xiao Qianyue in and asked her to keep him company. He then boiled water, filled the thermos, poured a large bowl of it, and left it on the table to cool before hurrying out the door.

First, go find Niu Jianzhong and ask him how the investigation is going.

Niu Jianzhong couldn't bring himself to say that he had beaten the two men too badly; he almost thought they would be in a coma for life.

"They've all been taken to the hospital. They have knife wounds, stab wounds, and... injuries from beatings..."

Niu Jianzhong secretly glanced at Lu Congyue.

Lu Congyue's face was grim: "They don't even deserve to go to the hospital for treatment?!"

"Factory manager, it's still a human life..." Niu Jianzhong said weakly.

Lu Congyue was filled with resentment: "They don't value other people's lives!"

"Investigate the case! Everything is for the sake of investigating the case!" Niu Jianzhong changed his words.

Lu Congyue reluctantly accepted the hospital's treatment for this scumbag.

Niu Jianzhong: "Director Lu, I just finished inspecting the site. These two people must have climbed over the wall near the old warehouse. But these two people have never been to our factory before. So, did they just happen to climb over the wall there, or did they know that place before climbing over it? We need to investigate that. I'm going to get back to work now."

Lu Congyue nodded, waved for Niu Jianzhong to get back to work, and drove straight to Dongsheng Commune.

He remembered that there was a good bone-setting master in Dongsheng Commune. When he stayed overnight in Dongya Village a year ago, Village Chief Qian mentioned to him that the bone-setting master had become a barefoot doctor after studying there.

After making inquiries, Lu Congyue found the traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, shoved him into the car, and quickly drove him home.

It was the first time the traditional Chinese medicine practitioner had ridden in a jeep. He was so excited that his buttocks felt like they had needles in them. He touched and looked around, and kept talking non-stop. When he realized that Lu Congyue was ignoring him, he finally remembered to ask the patient what was wrong.

Lu Congyue explained the situation, and the traditional Chinese medicine practitioner was also in a dilemma.

Breastfeeding mothers have to be careful about what they eat, let alone take medication.