Chapter 233: Shock

"How about some dumplings? We have some from tonight, I’ll go boil some for you."

"Okay, go ahead and start cooking. I’m going to take a shower."

Fu Mingxue went to take a shower. By the time she finished and came out, the dumplings were ready.

Mrs. Fu hadn’t gone to sleep yet.

She sat down across from her. "I went to the hospital again this afternoon. Your husband is doing much better than he was this morning. It’s a good thing that Comrade Zhao is looking after him. Otherwise, he’d be all alone in the hospital with no one to care for him."

She had expected her daughter to be at the hospital, but when she arrived, Mingxue was gone. She was told that her daughter had returned to the factory for work.

As his mother-in-law, she felt a little embarrassed.

After all, this was the first day her son-in-law was awake after his injury, and he had just had surgery yesterday.

And yet, his wife wasn’t there.

"That’s right. Director Xie arranged for someone, so there was no need for me to stay at the hospital. I’ve been really busy lately, too. Mom, you don’t have to bring him meals either. It’s so far, and the hospital has a cafeteria. Just have Comrade Zhao get food from there."

"That won’t do at all," Mrs. Fu objected.

She thought that since her own daughter couldn’t be there to look after her husband, then she, as his mother-in-law, had to at least make some meals and bring them over.

"Mom, the food you bring will be cold by the time it gets there. It’s better to let them get food at the hospital. Don’t worry, I bought meal tickets."

But Mrs. Fu wouldn’t hear of it.

"All right, I know what I’m doing. You hurry up and eat, then go to sleep when you’re done. By the way, about your husband’s injury... have the Qin family been notified?"

"They’ve been called. I’m guessing my mother-in-law will come."

’The call was made last night.’

’As for today—I didn’t call again.’

’I’ve been so busy my head’s been spinning; how could I possibly remember something like that?’

’Besides, I can’t be expected to call and give a daily report on Qin Wenhao’s condition, can I?’

When Mrs. Fu heard that her son-in-law’s mother might be coming, she was pleased.

"Then I’ll clear out a room tomorrow, so she can sleep there."

Fu Mingxue was baffled.

"We only have two rooms, don’t we? Where would you get another one?"

They only had two rooms to live in.

The other was a storage room.

"Don’t you worry about it." Mrs. Fu planned to clear out the storage room and sleep in it herself.

She couldn’t possibly let her son-in-law’s mother stay in the storage room.

"All right, all right, I’ll stay out of it. But I probably won’t be able to go to the hospital for the next few days. It’s really busy at the factory."

"That’s fine. You focus on your work. You don’t need to worry about these things. And just leave your dishes; I’ll wash them tomorrow," Mrs. Fu said, then returned to her room.

After Fu Mingxue finished the dumplings, she washed her dishes anyway. She couldn’t bring herself to actually leave them until morning.

When she returned to her room, she glanced at the time. It was nearly one o’clock.

Fu Mingxue hadn’t slept at all the previous night.

She was absolutely exhausted.

She lay down, expecting to fall asleep instantly, but her mind unexpectedly went back to her work from that evening.

All those new sets of data... She ran through them again in her head.

Suddenly, an idea struck her.

She scrambled out of bed and started drawing out the idea that had just formed in her mind—

She ended up drawing for a whole hour.

「The next day.」

Fu Mingxue woke up a little late.

When she came out of her room, she saw her neighbor, Wang Xiang, was there as well.

"Mingxue, you’re up!"

"Sister Wang," Fu Mingxue greeted her.

She hadn’t even washed up yet, so she didn’t say much more.

She only walked over after she had finished.

And then, she heard something that left her stunned—