My Dear Wife, Please Be Gentle!
Chapter 171 - 173: Soul Unsettled_1

Chapter 171: Chapter 173: Soul Unsettled_1

"There’s one more thing I’ll just say outright: your wife has a weak constitution, and it would be best if you waited for her to regain her strength before trying for a child. Otherwise, it’s not good for either the adult or the child."

Had he not had a good relationship with Tan Zhenghong, he would not have offered that extra piece of advice.

Tan Zhenghong promptly agreed, taking the advice to heart seriously.

Even if he had no children in this life, it wouldn’t matter as long as his wife was well.

After paying the consultation fee, Sun Erhu went back with the doctor to get the medicine, while Tan Zhenghong stayed by Qiao Duo’er’s side all the time.

Seeing how uncomfortable Qiao Duo’er looked, he was almost consumed by self-reproach; his wife must have been completely worn out.

It was his own uselessness; if he hadn’t broken his leg, his wife wouldn’t have fallen ill.

When Sun Erhu returned, Tan Zhenghong was still in a daze. He had never seen Brother Hong so worried before.

It seemed Brother Hong loved his sister-in-law more than he had imagined.

"Brother Hong, sister-in-law just has a fever. She’ll be okay," Sun Erhu tried to reassure him. A headache and fever were normal, weren’t they?

Tan Zhenghong murmured gloomily, "Yes, I know."

But what good was knowing?

He was just worried, fearfully anticipating losing her.

Qiao Duo’er said she was "reborn from someone else’s corpse." No one knew when she came, so could she leave quietly as well?

He couldn’t share his worries with anyone and had to bear them alone, afraid others would think of his wife as some kind of a monster.

"The big sister-in-law is preparing the medicine, Brother Hong, you should eat something first."

Tan Zhenghong shook his head; how could he think about eating now?

"I’ll go cook some rice porridge."

After he spoke, Tan Zhenghong headed out, but Sun Erhu quickly grabbed him. "Brother Hong, making some rice porridge isn’t a problem for me. You just stay with sister-in-law; I’ll heat some more water for you to use to wipe her down."

Brother Hong’s leg had just healed; he shouldn’t be exerting himself needlessly.

Sun Erhu pushed Tan Zhenghong back into the chair without further discussion and shoved a bowl of rice into his hands.

"It won’t matter if you starve, but don’t let sister-in-law suffer from a lack of care!" Sun Erhu left the room after dropping that line, hurrying off to get busy.

Tan Zhenghong ate a few bites of his meal absentmindedly before getting up to wash the dishes.

"Your wife is sick?" Wang Clan came over to show concern.

Now that Fourth Boss’s leg was healed, she ought to visit more often.

She wanted to let those idle gossips in the village know one thing: that the Relationship Termination Letter was nothing but a scrap of paper. Let’s see who would dare to laugh at her after this!

Tan Zhenghong nodded, "Uncle Wu has already taken a look. She’s caught a bit of a cold, but rest for a few days should be enough."

Little Wang Clan snorted disdainfully and said, "Well, it’s good it’s nothing serious. Otherwise, wouldn’t the whole Big Willow Village have to come and help out?"

"If you can’t speak properly, then just get lost," Tan Zhenghong snapped, fed up. He was almost out of his mind with worry, and this woman was spouting off cold words, asking for trouble, wasn’t she?

Without any hurry, Little Wang Clan retorted to her mother-in-law, "Mom, are you just going to watch him talk to me like this? After all, I’m his sister-in-law!"

"If you don’t want to be here, you can leave," Wang Clan said, glaring at Little Wang Clan.

Their relationship had been far from harmonious since the separation.

Little Wang Clan resented the fact that Wang Clan only knew how to reap the benefits, while Wang Clan found Little Wang Clan to be a dawdler, taking ages to complete the simplest tasks.

Clenching her teeth, Little Wang Clan couldn’t believe Wang Clan would embarrass her like this, leaving her to awkwardly stand aside.

Tan Zhenghong spoke indifferently, "I need to go in and take care of my wife."

With that, he entered the house, clearly not interested in continuing the conversation.