Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 992

Chapter 992: Baseless Rumors
After hearing her mother’s words, Xiao Yiqing hesitated for a moment before she said.”I don’t want to make you worry.”

“You are my daughter, I will always be worried about you. Have you eaten?” Mother Xiao asked.

“Not yet.”

Mother Xiao sighed again and said, “Your Aunt Pan is here with me. We will go visit you and Zigu. You should find something to eat first.”

“Alright.”

“Which room is your husband staying in?” Mother Xiao asked again.

“It’s room number 328.”

“Okay, go eat something. We will be there soon, don’t worry too much. Everything will be alright,” Mother Xiao reassured her daughter.

“Mn, thank you, Mother.”

“Silly child, is there a need for thanks between mother and daughter? Alright, Mother won’t chat with you for now. I’m hanging up,” Mother Xiao said.

“Okay.”

After her mother hung up, Xiao Yiqing paid the phone call fee before going to buy a bowl of light fish soup for her husband and two steamed buns for herself. When she returned to her husband’s ward, she saw him still sleeping. So, she sat beside his bed and ate her breakfast.

Meanwhile, in the Xiao family’s house, Mother Pan noticed her friend’s worried expression and asked, “Xirui, what’s wrong?”

“My son-in-law was injured during his mission and hospitalized. I want to go visit him,” Mother Xiao said.

Mother Pan nodded and replied, “I will go with you, but I want to go back to get something first.”

Hearing this, Mother Xiao said, “There’s no need to bother yourself. I will just ask the kitchen to boil some chicken soup and pack lunch for them.”

Mother Pan leaned closer to her friend and said in a low voice, “I want to get the ginseng powder sent by my daughter. I heard from her that it was made from 500-year-old ginseng found by Jueyu and mixed with several rare medicinal herbs.”

The moment Mother Xiao heard this, she was surprised and quickly said, “No, you should keep it for your family. It’s too precious.”

“It’s precious, but is it more precious than human life?” Mother Pan asked with a frown.

Seeing that her friend wanted to refuse again, she held her hands and said, “Xirui, being injured during a mission might leave some problems in the body. Those are gunshot wounds, not just a fever or a knife cut.”

“No matter how precious the ginseng powder is, it only serves its function when used. If it’s just stored at my house, it will just become a useless powder.”

“But—”

Before Mother Xiao could say another word, Mother Pan interrupted her, “I saw your children grow up and treat them as my own. What’s wrong with a mother giving something to her son-in-law? Alright, that’s settled. I will go back first and meet you at the hospital.”

The moment she finished speaking, Mother Pan took her bag and left in large strides.

When she was alone in the living room, Mother Xiao smiled and said, “Thank you, Aifang.”

After she left the Xiao family’s house, Mother Pan hurried back to her own home. As soon as she arrived, she went to her bedroom and took out a small bamboo suitcase from under the bed.

Opening the suitcase, she found rows of jars and bottles stored neatly inside. Mother Pan took a small bottle and two jars, placing them in her pocket before she closed the suitcase and put it back under the bed.

These contained ginseng powder, wound ointment, scar removal cream, and whitening cream sent by her daughter. She knew how effective the ginseng powder and wound ointment were, so unless necessary, she rarely used them.

After gathering the items, she went to the kitchen and packed some wolfberries, red dates, longan, black beans, spinach, raisins, millet powder, and lotus root powder.

All of these items were sent by the Li family and were good for nourishing the body and replenishing blood. She would borrow their generosity today to help her friend. Once she finished packing everything, Mother Pan left the house with two big bags in her hands.

Seeing her leave with so many things, a neighbor asked, “Sister-in-law, did something happen? Why are you bringing so many things with you?”

Mother Pan didn’t stop and replied, “My adopted daughter’s husband is injured and hospitalized. I’m going to visit them.”

Before the neighbor could ask any more questions, Mother Pan had already left without looking back.

Watching her go, the neighbor wondered, “Who is her adopted daughter? Why have I never heard of her?”

Another neighbor chimed in, “I heard that her adopted daughter is from the Xiao family.”

“Is that true?”

The first neighbor nodded, “Well, she and the Xiao family’s young madam are bosom friends and they grew up together. So, they adopted each other’s children.”

“Then the rumors about Pan Meijia and Xiao Yiguan—”

“Like you said, it’s just a rumor. They grew up together and treat each other like siblings. Now that Pan Meijia will soon be married, you should refrain from spreading those baseless rumors.”

“I know, even if you gave me a tiger’s heart and a leopard’s gall, I wouldn’t dare go against the Xiao family. Who doesn’t know that their family has deep connections in the military?”

“It’s good that you know.”

Unaware that the neighbors were talking about her, Mother Pan took the bus to the hospital. When she arrived, she saw her friend waiting for her at the entrance.

Seeing her carry two big bags, Mother Xiao was taken aback. She quickly took one bag from her friend and asked, “Aifang, why did you bring so many things?”

Mother Pan wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, “It’s just some blood-replenishing items. Nothing expensive.”

When Mother Xiao heard this, she didn’t ask any more questions and said, “Then let’s go.”

“Okay.”

The People’s Hospital in the capital was larger than those in other cities and had several elevators. They took the elevator to the third floor and went to ward number 328.