How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 397 - 399: Response_1

Li Qiao and Nan Chuyi liked children, and after the child woke up, they took turns holding him. As a doctor, Nan Chuyi talked about some key points in child-rearing. Zhuang Shu also thought it made sense, "You don’t look like you have children, yet you know so much."

Nan Chuyi then mentioned her profession.

"A doctor, huh," Zhuang Shu took the opportunity to share her own concerns, "After giving birth to this child, my body has always felt out of sorts, especially my marital relations..."

Nan Chuyi added more details to the symptoms.

Zhuang Shu nodded repeatedly, "Yes, that’s exactly it. Also, my belly, which recovered quickly after the first three births, still looks like I’m four or five months pregnant even though the baby is almost three months old, can it go back to normal?"

"Regular exercise should do it. There are ointments you can apply to the skin on your stomach."

"Do you have the ointment?"

Nan Chuyi, "Not at the moment, but I can make it if you want."

Zhuang Shu asked about the price, and Nan Chuyi gave her a prescription to prepare the medicinal herbs herself.

After taking the list, Zhuang Shu felt it was reliable since Nan Chuyi was Li Qiao’s friend. She took the prescription and that’s when she finally took a good look at her. She was truly beautiful, appearing like sisters with Li Qiao.

Do all the beautiful people hang out together?

Why doesn’t she have many gorgeous women around her?

As the three became more familiar with each other, their conversation grew, and they even started to joke around.

After four in the afternoon, Shangguan Qingfeng came over to pick up Zhuang Shu and the child.

Li Qiao sent the family of three out, "Sister Shu, come and visit when you’re free."

"Sure."

Li Qiao waited for them to walk out of the alley, then turned back to the yard. It was then that Nan Chuyi brought up the serious matter, "Didn’t Qin Jin mention before that once I got my medical license, I would help set up a clinic? Tell him he can make good on his promise now."

Li Qiao smiled, "Alright, I’ll pass on the message when he gets back. But practicing medicine like this, the clinic is likely to lose money." fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

"Are you saying I didn’t charge that lady just now?"

Li Qiao, "Not just her."

Nan Chuyi chuckled, then sighed, "That’s just the way I am, with pockets cleaner than my face, and I feel somewhat embarrassed to bring up money with people. My grandmother always used to tell me not to charge acquaintances for medical consultations. If I’d charged everyone, I’d at least be a ten-thousandaire by now." She had treated many wealthy people who had been quite generous.

She received ginseng like the one in Li Qiao’s house as well.

She returned to the present, "Ginseng is perfect for consumption now. I see your complexion isn’t as rosy as before, which indicates you’re beginning to weaken. When you make chicken soup, cut a slice into it, drink it twice a week, and after three or four weeks, you should recover the vitality you’ve lost."

Li Qiao took it very seriously and asked in detail, "How large a slice should I cut, and how many pieces should I put in?"

Nan Chuyi explained specifically.

Li Qiao planned to start drinking it tomorrow.

....

Old Mrs. Qin and Qin Jin came home one after the other in the evening, and Li Qiao told the latter that Nan Chuyi wanted him to deliver on his promise to open a clinic.

Qin Jin thought for a moment, "Next time you see her, tell her I’m informed."

Li Qiao also inquired about Mr. Lu’s investment issue from last night.

Qin Jin chuckled, "It didn’t work out." That Lu guy really went to the factory today, and the moment he saw Qin Jin, he asked why his beautiful wife hadn’t come. He said he might consider investing if she would keep him company. Wasn’t he outright demanding his wife? Qin Jin got angry and ended up sending the guy to the hospital.

By the afternoon, people in the circle knew of the incident.

Surprisingly, another major investor with the surname Yan contacted him in the afternoon, volunteering to invest in his new factory.

Qin Jin had also met with Mr. Yan before.

Mr. Yan didn’t meet him then.

Unexpectedly, Qin Jin’s altercation with Lu caught Mr. Yan’s attention.

However, he didn’t rush to agree.

Mr. Yan and Mr. Lu came from the same place. Who knew if Mr. Yan was setting a trap to get back at Qin Jin for Mr. Lu? He decided to check Mr. Yan’s background first.

Li Qiao, "You’re still laughing even though it didn’t work out?"

Qin Jin burst into a hearty laugh.

Li Qiao: "...." Have you gone silly? She consoled, "If not this time, there’s always the next. Don’t worry."

With a slight curve to his eyes, Qin Jin said, "Hmm."

Li Qiao picked up the ginseng Zhuang Shu had given her, "Mrs. Xue said I could drink it now, twice a week, for three to four weeks."

"I’ll make it for you to drink tomorrow," said Qin Jin.

"Aren’t you busy?"

"I have time to make soup," he replied.

"...."

...

The next day, in the afternoon, Li Qiao got to drink the ginseng chicken soup personally prepared by Qin Jin. She didn’t know if it was just psychological, but after drinking it, she felt reinvigorated and much more alert.

In the blink of an eye, it was Friday.

Qin Jin brought over another chicken soup infused with ginseng and some news: the person who had pointed a gun at Nan Chuyi last weekend was caught, and he had confessed that Zhong Qiongsui paid him to steal the child with intent to kill, though it was ultimately unsuccessful.

This morning, not only was Zhong Qiongsui arrested.

Her father was also arrested for violating the law.

The Zhong family, originally quite prestigious in Beijing’s upper circles, collapsed just as quickly as they were denounced.

Li Qiao felt her scalp tingle. Murder a child? What could possibly warrant such hatred? "Thankfully, little Jiayue is blessed with great fortune," she said, finishing the soup and rubbing her slightly protruding belly, "All rounded now."

Qin Jin looked down, "Can our daughter poke me?"

Li Qiao couldn’t help but chuckle, "Fetal movements aren’t something I can control."

Qin Jin slid his hand inside Li Qiao’s clothes, speaking through the thin layer of her autumn garment, "Yaotiao, I am your father. Can you hear me? If you can, give me some reaction."

Li Qiao felt a gentle kick from within.

Qin Jin’s spirit jolted with excitement, his pupils dilated slightly, "She really responded to me."

Li Qiao was equally amazed, "She can actually understand what we’re saying."

"Yaotiao, the one speaking now is your daddy. Remember this voice, okay?" Qin Jin felt the response again and was so delighted that he almost jumped for joy. He persisted, "Yaotiao, do you like this name? It means you’re a great beauty."

After a while, with no response from Qin Jin, "Did she fall asleep or did she not understand?"

Li Qiao joked, "Maybe it’s a son and he doesn’t want to become a great beauty."

Undeterred, Qin Jin raised his voice, "Yaotiao, this is your dad, respond to me."

Li Qiao gestured for him to be quiet, "Why are you so loud? You want everyone to know?"

Qin Jin chuckled sheepishly, once again touching Li Qiao’s belly, and talked to the baby, but the child didn’t respond again.

He said, "You should come back home, it’s hard to sleep alone at night."

Li Qiao replied, "If I can’t sleep, I’ll just do a couple of English test papers."

Qin Jin: "....." His temples twitched, then he said, "I really ran into a foreigner asking for directions in the Ancient City the other day. I spoke and it scared Liu Er and Fugui out of their wits. Those two insist I’ve been possessed by a foreign devil."

Li Qiao bent over laughing, then chatted with Qin Jin for a while before saying, "I have class in half an hour, see you. No need to pick me up tonight, I’ll be staying at the school."

"Mrs. Xue’s household registration book and her qualification certificate—tell her to give them to you when you see her. I’ll take them to register next time I come over," Qin Jin added.

"Okay," Li Qiao said, after finishing her classes she found Nan Chuyi and relayed Qin Jin’s words.

Nan Chuyi agreed.

Li Qiao also mentioned to Nan Chuyi that the two kidnappers had been caught.

"Dad said they’re still following up on that case."

Li Qiao continued, "I heard one of those men was involved in Jiayue’s kidnapping, but once he was found, the news was locked up tight."

Nan Chuyi cursed the kidnappers on behalf of the children.

"I won’t chat any longer," said Li Qiao as she left, heading to the library to continue reading. At eight o’clock, she went to the dormitory to sleep, planning to visit little Jiayue the next day and check on Zhuang Shu as well.