Chapter 155: One hundred fifty-five His hand carries an inexplicable sense of security_1 Chapter 155: One hundred fifty-five His hand carries an inexplicable sense of security_1 Who would have thought, Gu Chen disagreed, his brow furrowed.

“It’s fine, Director Jin, we’ll take a private room.”

His wife was the most important person in his life aside from his daughter, and he wanted to provide the best for her within his capabilities!

Ji Pianran heard Gu Chen ask for a single room.

She rushed forward a step and lightly tugged on Gu Chen’s sleeve, signaling him to stop.

Then she turned to Director Jin with a smile.

“It’s okay, a four-person room is good; we’ll stay in a four-person room.”

She couldn’t bear to spend so much money – six hundred yuan a day.

Even though it was a minor surgery for her, she would undoubtedly have to stay for a few days; if it turned out to be three days, that would be eighteen hundred yuan gone. Add another two hundred yuan, and there goes the TV.

If it were five days, it would be even more, and she simply couldn’t bear it.

Gu Chen was in the midst of acquiring land, and saving this money could mean five more acres of land at least.

Besides, the surgery itself was definitely going to cost a significant sum.

She hadn’t earned much money but was about to spend so much.

Ji Pianran felt reluctant and couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty at the same time.

Gu Chen was about to say something more when Director Jin handed him the form.

Seeing that he took it, he patted Gu Chen’s shoulder.

“Listen to me, I’m the director; I can’t lie to you. Everyone in the four-person room is a patient, resting on their own, not noisy. Besides, your wife’s condition isn’t serious; she really doesn’t need a private room.”

Ji Pianran also nodded firmly at him, “See, the doctor says so too.”

Seeing that both of them were of this mindset, Gu Chen reluctantly agreed.

He nodded, “Alright, then I’ll go pay the fee.”

After speaking, he glanced at Ji Pianran with concern.

“You just wait here for me; don’t wander off.”

He remembered how cautious Ji Pianran was last time she came to the hospital; he was afraid she might get lost.

Director Jin, looking at the young couple, felt almost sickened by the sweetness.

Having aged and weathered life for half a lifetime, he had long forgotten what it was like to be in love.

Seeing such a scene, he found it too sweet.

Unbearable.

Adjusting the glasses on her face, she said, “This isn’t a place for you to wait. I’ll have a nurse take her to the ward. You can come over by yourself later!”

With that, she called out the door, “Xiao Zhou, take the patient to the inpatient department.”

As soon as Director Jin finished speaking, a nurse came in. She looked at Ji Pianran, “Come with me, I’ll take you to the inpatient department.”

Seeing that his wife was about to go to the inpatient department, Gu Chen quickly picked up Tangtang.

“Tangtang and I will go pay; we’ll see each other in a while!”

Ji Pianran nodded, “Mm, see you in a while.”

Gu Chen, holding Tangtang, hurried to the first floor, paid the fee, and immediately went toward the inpatient department without stopping.

When he arrived at the inpatient department, Ji Pianran had already changed into patient clothes, lying quietly in bed, her slender arm bound with white tape, with a needle inserted into her hand, receiving fluids.

Tangtang, seeing the infusion tube in her mother’s hand, pointed at the clear plastic tube, looking at Gu Chen with curiosity, “Daddy, what’s this?”

Gu Chen smiled gently.

“This is for infusion because Mommy is sick. The plastic tube is used to send medicine into Mommy’s body so she can get better faster.”

After explaining, Gu Chen touched Tangtang’s head, then gently set her down on the floor.

Holding her little hand, he walked toward Ji Pianran’s hospital bed, asking, “Tangtang, have you ever been sick?”

The little one pursed her lips, thought seriously for a moment, and then nodded, “I have!”

Before Gu Chen took away the money Ji Pianran had gotten from selling her bracelet to buy baby formula for Tangtang, Tangtang had already been brought to the city by Ji Pianran for a check-up due to a fever.

However, at that time, Ji Pianran was truly poor, with a total of only forty yuan on her, which she had borrowed from Tian Laosì.

Of course, she couldn’t afford to take a bus, so in order to save a yuan, she held the feverish Tangtang and got on a tricycle that carried goods.

At the clinic in the city, the doctor prescribed medicine for Tangtang, and also informed Ji Pianran about the child’s health condition.

Only then did she consider selling her bracelet.

That bracelet was the last thing she had that was related to the Ji Family.

All these events occurred before Gu Chen’s rebirth.

Though Tangtang was young and good at forgetting, the medicine was so bitter that she still remembered it vividly two months later.

When she reached Ji Pianran’s bedside, Gu Chen squatted down, looking at his daughter with affection.

“When Tangtang was sick, was Mommy really good to Tangtang?”

The little one nodded earnestly, “Mommy has always been good to Tangtang!”

Her mommy was also the best mommy in the world!

“So now, is it Tangtang’s turn to be good to Mommy?” Gu Chen continued gently.

The little one glanced at Ji Pianran on the sickbed, her face filled with understanding; she blinked.

“Tangtang loves Mommy, Tangtang will definitely be good to Mommy, and be a sensible good child.”

Although she didn’t know how serious her mommy’s illness was, she knew that it must be very uncomfortable, just like when she was sick.

She didn’t want to see her mommy suffer and wanted her to get better soon.

Seeing the little one’s sensible appearance, Gu Chen hugged her with heartache.

“So now, how about Tangtang and Daddy go buy some fruit for Mommy?”

Hearing they would buy fruit for Mommy, the little one blinked her dark, limpid eyes, nodding her head without hesitation.

“Okay!”

She also wanted to do whatever she could to take care of her mommy!

As the two of them were about to go buy fruit, Ji Pianran hurriedly stretched out her hand, trying to stop Gu Chen.

“Don’t bother, it’s only two days, we won’t be able to finish it, and besides, I don’t feel like eating anything.”

She had quietly asked the nurse earlier, and she knew that her surgery would cost at least five thousand yuan.

Seeing Gu Chen ready to buy this and that for her again, she couldn’t help but feel somewhat guilty.

She hadn’t been able to help him, but was instead causing him trouble.

Silently holding Gu Chen back.

Gu Chen knew Ji Pianran was worried about the money.

He sat on the sickbed, reached out his hand to hold her other fair, slender, and long hand.

Gently caressing it, he then smiled tenderly.

“You’re sick now, let’s not worry about the money.”

Ji Pianran didn’t speak, but her eyes were filled with guilt; a few wispy strands of hair naturally fell across her forehead, which was full and slightly haggard, making her look rather pitiable.

Gu Chen reached out gently to tuck her hair behind her ear.

Ji Pianran pursed her lips, the light in her eyes tender and deep, like an unseen ocean, one glance seemed to drown the soul.

After hesitating for a long time, she still voiced that which she had kept in her heart.

“Thank you.”

As she spoke, her hand that Gu Chen held in his palm, involuntarily clutched at his hand.

His hands were always so rough, yet they carried an inexplicable sense of security.

This strange feeling made her linger, and made her want to hold on even tighter.

Like a child who had finally gotten a toy and feared that she might carelessly lose her beloved plaything.