Witty Wife, Better Life-Chapter 816 - 806 Don’t Think of Running Away

"Sister-in-law," Zhang Ping went up the mountain with everyone to plant trees today, and I don’t know how it happened, but he couldn’t wait until our break to use the restroom. He just walked away a bit, looking to find a spot to relieve himself, but unexpectedly, he didn’t watch his step and tumbled down the hillside. I bear a great deal of the responsibility for the incident. However you decide to punish me, I will not object," Zhao Zhiliang knew that he couldn’t hide the matter, so he told the truth. However, his intention in saying this was not to absolve himself. He knew that as the supervisor, the accident that occurred under his watch was unquestionably his responsibility.

"Now is not the time to discuss who is responsible. First, we need to understand exactly what happened. You just said Zhang Ping went to use the restroom. Did he go by himself?" Shen Yunfang just wanted to get the facts straight.

"Yes, he went by himself."

At that moment, when he needed to use the restroom, generally everyone, being men, would just find a secluded place, turn around, and take care of it. But for some reason today, Zhang Ping felt embarrassed and insisted on walking further away, which led to this accident.

"Mm, okay, I understand. We don’t know when Zhang Ping will come out from there, and there’s no use for so many of us waiting here, I think it’s enough if I, Zhao Zhiliang, and Zhang Ping’s partner stay. Chunwang, you take the others back in the car. Once you’re back, reassure everyone. Everything is under control here. No matter what, an incident at our farm means the farm has to take responsibility," Shen Yunfang’s words were a promise that whether Zhang Ping was dead or alive, she would take care of it.

"How can they leave? My Zhang Ping is still in there, and we don’t know if he’s dead or alive. How could you all just walk away like this? Is that fair to my Zhang Ping?" Zhao Lili panicked at the sight of everyone leaving. What would happen to her Zhang Ping if they all left? So her words came out quite unpleasantly.

Faces of those encircling them all looked rather unsightly. Shen Yunfang’s face darkened on the spot. This Zhao Lili must not think that because something happened to Zhang Ping, everyone should revolve around him.

"Are you saying that if everyone stays here, your Zhang Ping’s injuries will heal? Fine, Chunwang, go back now and bring more people. Get all the workers from our farm over here, and that way, I can also save on the medical expenses," Shen Yunfang said coldly to her.

Zhao Lili was so affronted by the retort that she couldn’t speak, and then she burst into loud sobs, "Zhang Ping, you can’t be hurt, please open your eyes and look, the moment you had an accident, people started bullying our family, life can’t go on like this..."

"Stop making a scene! This is a hospital, not a vegetable market. What are all of you doing here, don’t you realize you are disturbing the other patients?"

Before Zhao Lili could finish crying, she was firmly silenced by a young nurse.

In the end, Zhang Chunwang took the rest of the workers back to the farm, leaving Shen Yunfang and Zhao Zhiliang to wait outside the hospital’s operating room.

Shen Yunfang looked at her watch; it was already eleven twenty. Thinking of her two children at home, she stood up, ready to find a phone to call home. She wouldn’t be able to return and had to let her children know to go directly to the cafeteria for their meals.

"I..." Just as she was about to explain that she was going to make a phone call, Zhao Lili beat her to it.

"What are you doing, planning to run off?" Zhao Lili had stopped crying by now. After all, she’d run out of tears, and crying wasn’t a good look anyway. So she had been sitting obediently on the long bench outside the operating room ever since the other workers had left, waiting. Seeing the boss stand up, she quickly followed suit, fearing that if the boss left, there would be no one to cover the medical bills.

"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? Our boss isn’t like that," Zhao Zhiliang couldn’t bear to watch this.

"Hmph!" Zhao Lili didn’t reply, but her actions clearly showed her mistrust.

Shen Yunfang glanced at her; this woman really had some nerve, "You don’t need to be so defensive. I can’t just pick up and move the entire farm because of your Zhang Ping, so rest assured, I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to call my family; we’re both mothers, so let’s try to understand each other." With that, she walked toward the doctor’s office.

Zhao Lili didn’t believe that, she only trusted herself, so after Shen Yunfang left, she lifted her leg intending to follow.

Zhao Zhiliang hurriedly stopped her, "Sister-in-law, please don’t add to the chaos, okay? My sister-in-law won’t neglect Zhang Ping, she’s already said so. Just calmly wait here. Otherwise, if Zhang Ping comes out right now, it won’t do for him not to see you."

"Zhao Brother, don’t stop me; I’m forced into this. In our village, someone who went to work on the construction site got injured by falling objects, and that contractor dumped the injured at their home and ran off. I’m scared too," Zhao Lili stretched her neck to glance down the hallway, and only after Shen Yunfang’s figure was nowhere in sight did she reluctantly sit down again. One had run off, so she needed to keep a close watch on the remaining one.

Zhao Zhiliang didn’t know what to say. Nobody wanted to run into such unlucky situations, but he was sure that his sister-in-law wasn’t that kind of contractor. Plus, if you got down to the nitty-gritty, Zhang Ping himself was to blame for most of it.

Shen Yunfang went to the doctor’s office, said a few kind words, and borrowed a telephone to call home.

The phone rang several times before it was picked up.

"Hello, you’ve reached us," came Pangpang’s voice.

"Hello, Pangpang, it’s Mom," Shen Yunfang felt much relieved hearing her son’s voice.

"Mom, why aren’t you home for lunch yet?" Pangpang’s voice brightened up considerably once he heard it was his mother. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

"Yeah, I probably can’t make it back today. Mom has some things to take care of outside. Can you and your sister manage on your own at home? Take your sister with you to the cafeteria with your lunchboxes for a meal at noon," instructed Shen Yunfang.

"Okay, sure, we will go in a bit. What are you doing outside, Mom?" Kids are naturally curious.

Shen Yunfang didn’t keep secrets and vaguely explained to the child that she needed to wait at the hospital until the surgery was done before she could arrange things there and return home.

After reminding the two children not to be late for school in the afternoon, she hung up the phone, thanked the doctor, and then left.

Standing in the hospital corridor contemplating that it was already noon and all three of them were anxiously waiting, she realized they shouldn’t skip a meal. "One must eat well to be strong." Later on, they would need to look after Zhang Ping when he came out, so she turned a corner to leave the hospital and went to a nearby restaurant to buy food.

In the surgery ward, since Shen Yunfang’s departure, Zhao Lili began craning her neck to look down the corridor, muttering to herself every so often.

"Zhao Brother, look at the time; she’s been gone for twenty minutes already. What kind of call takes that long? She definitely ran off," Zhao Lili finally couldn’t wait any longer and burst out with teary complaints.

Zhao Zhiliang frowned, "Don’t talk nonsense; my sister-in-law might have been held up by something else. It’s not like what you think."

"Just look, I told you and you didn’t believe me. Isn’t the reality right before your eyes? My poor Zhang Ping, working himself to the bone for others, and this is the end he meets," Zhao Lili rambled on, starting to howl once again.