Chapter 240: Request

"Here, the porridge I made is still hot. Have some first."

Qin Wenhao indeed hadn’t eaten breakfast.

The doctor didn’t say he could.

He had to pass gas before he was allowed to.

But he already had by now.

"Mom, you don’t have to bring food next time. They have it here at the hospital. It’s too much trouble for you to keep going back and forth."

"How is it any trouble? I can get here and back in no time."

Just as Mrs. Fu was about to feed him, Zhao Liang, who was standing nearby, perceptively took the bowl from her.

"Ma’am, I can do it."

"Oh, thank you then."

Zhao Liang quickly replied, "No trouble, no trouble at all."

Seeing this, Mrs. Fu was about to tidy up the room a bit, but she found it was already exceptionally clean and neat.

It was obvious this young Comrade Zhao had cleaned it. ’What a diligent man,’ she thought.

Ten minutes later, Mrs. Fu picked up her container and got ready to leave.

She had two children at home and couldn’t leave them with the babysitter for too long. The sitter had their own things to do, after all.

Before his mother-in-law could leave the hospital room, Qin Wenhao spoke up again. "Mom, you don’t need to bring lunch or dinner over anymore. The hospital has arranged for nutritious meals. If you don’t believe me, ask Zhao Liang."

Zhao Liang: ? ...

’Nutritious meals? Isn’t it just plain porridge?’

Still, all he had to do was nod.

"That’s right."

Mrs. Fu was taken aback when she heard there were nutritious meals.

She wondered to herself, ’Are the hospitals really this good now?’

But then again, she’d never been a patient in a major hospital, so she didn’t really know.

Since her son-in-law said so, it was probably true.

She nodded immediately. "Alright, then I won’t bring any food over. I won’t come by this afternoon, either."

Then she added, "I’ll come again tomorrow."

Qin Wenhao said, "Mom, please don’t trouble yourself. You don’t need to come tomorrow, either. It’s too much for you, especially when you have two kids to look after."

Seeing his chance, Zhao Liang hurriedly chimed in, "Ma’am, you don’t have to worry about Qin Tuan. I’ll take good care of him. My current mission is to look after Qin Tuan."

"Alright then!"

The main reason Mrs. Fu came to the hospital was because her daughter didn’t have the time, and she couldn’t very well have no one from the family show up, could she?

Since her son-in-law was insisting she not come, she would hold off for now.

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Fu Mingxue had a late lunch. In fact, everyone in Group Six ate just as late.

They were in a meeting.

Fu Mingxue had them all report on the progress of their respective tasks.

Then, they addressed areas that needed improvement.

Erroneous data was corrected, and problems that couldn’t be fixed individually were discussed by the group.

All of this caused them to miss the normal lunch hour.

Fortunately, the cafeteria had saved food for them.

Just as Fu Mingxue was coming out of the cafeteria, Director Geng came over and called out to her.

"Group Leader Fu, I was just looking for you! I’ve already contacted the bicycle factory for you. They said you can just go over there and get whatever you need. Oh, by the way, I happen to be heading that way myself. Do you have time to go together?"

Fu Mingxue nodded. "Sure."

"Let’s go." Director Geng had a car.

So Fu Mingxue rode in Director Geng’s official car to the bicycle factory.

The two of them went straight to the director’s office.

"Director Su."

"Ah, Comrade Fu, you’re here! Welcome, welcome! By the way, Director Geng mentioned you wanted some bicycle parts? Said you wanted to assemble a tricycle?"

"That’s right."

"Alright, how about this: take whatever materials you need. The only thing is... could you give us a copy of the blueprints?"

Fu Mingxue: ? ...

"Sorry, I haven’t drawn up any blueprints."

’I only have the design in my head.’

’I don’t need blueprints for this.’

After all, to her, a tricycle wasn’t some sort of complex, precision-engineered machine.

She just needed to build one that was rideable, that’s all.