Eighties Sweetheart Wife-Chapter 643: When to Look with New Eyes

Xia Xindong glanced at Jin Ju and seriously explained to her, "Although it was a sudden whim, I now feel that perhaps I had always harbored the idea of leaving. It was just your suggestion that reminded me, going out once would be good both for me and for my family. Thus, I blurted it out just now, although it wasn’t an utterance without my heart in it."

He then laughed, "Although I have never truly practiced as a doctor, I am familiar with both surgery and internal medicine. It’s just that I have had few opportunities to practice, and you are not going alone; you need to follow a team. How could we go without a doctor?"

Gu Huai’an said, "If that is really the case, I will provide some of the manpower you guys will need to form the team."

Song Yunuan clapped her hands, "I’ll put up the money."

She was indeed as wealthy and generous as the saying goes.

Jin Ju was somewhat shocked, turning her head to look at Xia Xindong.

Xia Xindong also looked at her, his eyes twinkling with amusement.

Jin Ju smiled as well.

"Well, that couldn’t be better."

What had seemed a severe issue was resolved in a casual manner.

Jin Ju’s family, hearing that Xia Xindong would also be going along, exchanged glances between Father Jin and Mother Jin, but said nothing.

They had an intuition that if these two could return successfully, perhaps their family would be marrying off a daughter.

Xia Xindong discussed his ideas of going out with Zhu Feng, mentioning that Jin Ju would be in the team too.

Everyone thought the usually weak-willed Zhu Feng would be devastated, possibly even fainting, so Xia Guilan and Song Yunuan both stayed by her side.

Then Old Mrs. Song also came over.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Feng glanced at Old Mrs. Song, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled, quickly calming herself down.

Seated on the sofa, Zhu Feng told everyone, "Don’t look at me with those eyes. I am weak, but I know what’s important. I understand Xindong’s feelings.

At first, I thought about how I could make Xindong forget his past. I thought perhaps settling down would be good enough, but one day Xindong showed me the scars on his body, and he told me he dared not marry, with all his scars, to frighten and disgust someone...

Then he met Jin Ju. I thought, this girl is different from the others."

Later, Xindong told me that Jin Ju truly didn’t mind.

At that time, I started to have hopes. My Xindong, although older than Jin Ju, looks young and doesn’t have messy affairs; he focuses on his studies and can now make money. If the two of them simply settled down, I could rest easy.

But after waiting more than two years without a word, I gave up.

Now, what have I got to worry about? I finally see hope. If Xindong leaves on this trip and returns successfully, our family might have a wedding to celebrate.

So, Xindong, you must go well and return well with Jin Ju."

"By the way, don’t you know how to make medicines? I heard that an epidemic is rampant over there; prepare some pills to take with you..."

Zhu Feng went on, beginning to make arrangements.

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Old Mrs. Song slapped her thigh and said to Zhu Feng, "They say you should look at someone in a new light if it’s been three days, but we just met yesterday. Yet, I admire you. If it were my son saying he wanted to go abroad with his wife, especially to such a dangerous place, not only would I be worried, but I would also try to stop him."

Song Yunuan thought to herself, though it was a metaphor, a son is not just any son.

But she didn’t expect Grandma to interpret it from that angle.

From her perspective, it made sense too.

Thus, the team was successfully assembled and left a week later.

Two of the team members had joined the previous trip to deal with Venom Fang.

In fact, many people disapproved of Xia Xindong going out.

Especially the Bureau of Medicine.

But in the end, Old Mr. Xie’s decision was final.

Xia Xindong now held no particular official duties, so why shouldn’t he go?

Moreover, his current research was related to the epidemic plaguing that country.

Besides, while he may seem calm and mild-mannered on the outside, he actually has many weaknesses.

For example, when someone in the team disagrees with him, he can’t tolerate other opinions. It’s either you leave, or I do, or he treats you with cold violence, no longer acknowledging your presence, the kind that makes the other person think of suicide.

This was not acceptable.

So, going out for a walk was beneficial for him.

Xia Xindong had visited Shangguan Yunqi and Shangguan Heng before leaving.

Shangguan Heng was somewhat senile, with many memories confused. At times lucid, at times muddled.

He lifted his cloudy eyes to look at Xia Xindong standing in front of him.

Then he lowered his head again, playing with his fingers.

He was still confined in a special farm.

While Shangguan Yunqi was at home.

Xia Bowen was now in the redevelopment team, busier than before.

The couple Xia Ming were the same in this regard.

Then there was Xia Sheng’s family, who, due to their resentment towards Xia Bowen, hardly communicated with them anymore.

This also provided a good excuse not to take care of the insensible and mad Shangguan Yunqi.

Sometimes, Xia Zhi and Xia Liying took care of her.

There are no filial sons at the bedside of a chronic illness, let alone such a mother.

Xia Zhi never managed to return to the investment company.

In fact, if he shamelessly approached Little Nuan, Little Nuan could have let him return, but he had no such face.

Sometimes, looking at his crazy mother, he wondered why there were such women in the world?

It is quite normal for the same rice to raise a hundred different people.

While Xia Liying had a job and seldom took care, Xia Bowen didn’t rely on them for care, having hired a nurse instead.

This family had basically disbanded ever since Shangguan Yunqi went insane.

The eldest and the second eldest gradually took care of their own concerns.

Xia Bowen had a complicated mindset, not knowing how he should live.

Feeling that he hadn’t gone mad was proof enough of his inner strength.

Thus, he decided to just go with the flow.

He and Xia Xindong had rarely interacted. He hadn’t expected Xia Xindong to come to see Shangguan Yunqi.

He definitely would let him see her, perhaps seeing Shangguan Yunqi’s wretched state would reduce some of his resentment.

Xia Xindong had seen Shangguan Yunqi before, but she was already not the same person she had been at their first meeting.

Regardless of whether it had been at the age of five or thirty-five.

Now, she appeared to be a completely different person.

Xia Xindong once thought Shangguan Yunqi being insane was fortunate.

But Little Nuan had told him that it might be fortunate for a normal person, but for someone unrepentant like Shangguan Yunqi, being lucid was better than being mad.

If she were lucid, even if she was deserted by everyone and no one cared for her, given her character, she would not only lack a repentant heart but would also rack her brains on how to retaliate.

She wouldn’t feel pain, wouldn’t repent, and wouldn’t have an iota of guilt.

What was the point of letting her live a normal life?

Being insane was indeed the best outcome.

At this moment, Xia Xindong truly believed it was so.

If one day Shangguan Yunqi became lucid and realized how foolishly she had lived her life, incontinent and senseless, it would probably be more painful than killing her.

Little Nuan was right.

It would be enough to let her regain consciousness briefly before she died.