Lu Han patted his friend's shoulder and said, "That's great! Brother Bai, my family lives in Xie Village. If you come for a visit, just ask the villagers for directions to the Lu family's house."
When Bai Jian heard this, he nodded and said, "Alright."
"Brother Bai, Sister-in-law, I still have matters to attend to so I won't bother you any longer. Let's chat another time," Lu Han said.
After a brief conversation, Lu Han and Lu Cheng went to pay the hospital fees and take care of the discharge procedure. As for Chen Anwen, she was packing up their belongings while Wang Muxiao breastfeed the newborn babies.
An hour later, she had finished helping Wang Muxiao clean up her body and change into a set of new clothes. Since they were leaving, she packed the rest of the things their families had bought into a smaller bamboo basket.
Besides dried sweet potatoes, roasted nuts, and fruit slices, there was also some ointment to reduce swelling, a jar of wound ointment, some ginseng powder, and a small bottle of tonic wine.
After she closed the bamboo basket lid, she walked to the bed across from them. Seeing that Wang Qiuhe was alone, she smiled and greeted her, "Sister-in-law."
Wang Qiuhe raised her gaze and saw that it was her husband's friend's wife. She smiled at her and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you need anything?"
The moment Chen Anwen saw how Wang Qiuhe avoided eye contact and kept picking at her nails, her heart sank. Her behavior was so similar to Lu Jueyu's before she fell into the river.
She walked over, placed the bamboo basket on the bedside table, and sat on the chair.
After hesitating for a while, she reached out to hold Wang Qiuhe's thin and rough hand and said, "Sister-in-law, we might not know each other, but as a woman, please allow me to say a few words to you."
At first, Wang Qiuhe was uncomfortable when her hands were held by a stranger. But when she heard her words, she looked at her and asked, "Sister-in-law, feel free to speak your mind."
Chen Anwen smiled at her and said, "Sister-in-law, I heard about your matters from my second sister-in-law. No matter what our background is, no matter if we are literate or not, our value doesn't lie in other people's words but ourselves."
"As women, we can also hold up half of the sky. Only when we devalue ourselves do we truly become useless. When you hear hurtful words from other people, don't take them to heart."
"Most people can't stand to see others doing better than them and are bound to be jealous. By saying hurtful words and watching the other party feel sad and eventually crawl under their feet, they feel satisfied."
"I don't know your mother-in-law, nor do I know you. But I can see that you are not someone without merit, like your mother-in-law said you were. So why did you let her feel satisfied from harming you?"
"To change ourselves and find the courage to take the first step will take time. But I believe your husband will accompany you. You must trust your husband and fight for yourself and your children."
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife