When She Stops Being Dramatic

Chapter 410: Chapter 148: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in a Period Romance (35)

Around noon, just as Chi Yun’er was catching her breath and stretching her stiff limbs, she saw Mrs. Jiang watching her with a wide smile.

”Yunyun, you must be about done, right? Can you spare half an hour?”

Before Chi Yun’er could answer, Xu Chengfang chimed in with a laugh, giving her a gentle push forward. ”She has time, plenty of time! Zhao Jinming is still here, so the two of us can handle everything.”

Chi Yun’er smiled, washed her hands, and politely called out, ”Auntie.”

Mrs. Jiang took her by the hand and led her toward the outpatient clinic. On the way, she stopped by an office, borrowed the phone, and called her own department, telling them to have Father Fang and Mother Fang come to the clinic for a group meeting.

When they got the call, Father Fang and Mother Fang were so excited they thanked the young nurse over and over. They were so flustered when they left that they were practically tripping over themselves.

The young nurse shook her head in amusement. The moment they were gone, however, she grabbed the phone and started making calls. ”Comrade Liu, there’s a big show going down at the outpatient clinic...”

”Little Qin, our department’s ’Grandma Guo’ is on the move...”

”Hua, the grand finale to that love triangle you were asking about is about to begin...”

As the one with the latest intel, the young nurse gallantly served as the hospital’s grapevine, fulfilling the important mission everyone had entrusted to her.

Soon, any nurse in the hospital who wasn’t busy began to discreetly make her way toward the outpatient clinic.

Mrs. Jiang estimated how long it would take for the Fangs to arrive, then linked arms with Chi Yun’er. With her future daughter-in-law pointing the way, she cornered Fang Yuying right in the middle of the outpatient hall!

Fang Yuying’s brow furrowed at the sight of Chi Yun’er. Her eyes flicked to the older nurse beside her, and she let out a cold laugh. ”And what instructions might Director Chi have for me?”

”I’m just an intern here in the outpatient clinic. Aside from work-related matters, we have nothing to do with each other, do we?”

”I’m busy right now. Would you kindly step aside?”

Seeing her attitude, Mrs. Jiang also laughed.

She was the head nurse, in charge of more than twenty junior nurses and two entire floors of hospital wards. What kind of person hadn’t she met?

What she despised most was the type who played the whore but still demanded a monument to her virtue.

To an outsider, it might look like she and Chi Yun’er were the ones picking a fight with Fang Yuying.

But how could an outsider know the truth? That behind their backs, this Fang Yuying had created the false image of herself as the Jiang Family’s eldest daughter-in-law and was completely lost in the delusion.

And here they were—the actual future daughter-in-law of the Jiang Family, and the mother-in-law herself.

However, Mrs. Jiang didn’t speak. She gestured for Chi Yun’er to take the lead.

”I hear your mother goes around telling everyone that she’s Comrade Jiang Yihua’s mother-in-law, and that you’re the Jiang Family’s future daughter-in-law?” Chi Yun’er asked, raising an eyebrow with a faint smile.

The persona Fang Yuying had cultivated for herself was that of a strong, independent woman of the new society.

Her expression was cool and distant as she replied flatly, ”Chi Yun’er, you’re coming to me about this? My mother has her own mouth. As her daughter, I can’t control what she says.”

”Besides,” she shot Chi Yun’er a look that was not quite a smile, ”you hear one little rumor and you get so nervous you come running to confront me? What are you so afraid of?”

”Is it because you feel that you’re nothing but a pretty face, that you don’t have what it takes to be a good wife and mother, and that you won’t be able to last with Comrade Jiang Yihua?”

”Well, I can’t help you there. You and Comrade Jiang Yihua aren’t even married, so I have every right to pursue him.” She took half a step forward, leaned in close to Chi Yun’er’s ear, and whispered with a low chuckle, ”And even if you do get married, there’s always divorce.”

”The flower at home is never as fragrant as the one in the wild, is it?”

Chi Yun’er was stunned. ’Is this really how a woman in this day and age should think?’

Mrs. Jiang had sharp ears and had leaned in, catching every word. She glared at Fang Yuying. ”Comrade Fang Yuying, have you no shame?”

”My Yihua is already in a relationship, yet you’re still after him? You’re even hoping my son and his fiancée get a divorce?”

”You’re a doctor. Medical ethics are important, but personal character is even more so. With a moral compass as warped as yours, do you really deserve to be standing here?”

Chi Yun’er added furiously:

”Comrade Fang Yuying, you can’t build your own selfish desires on the suffering of others. There’s a difference between humans and animals—humans are supposed to have a sense of decency and shame. I’m begging you, can you please try to be a decent human being?”

Fang Yuying’s face hardened. ”Chi Yun’er, let me tell you something. In my book, the meaning of youth is to pursue true love. It’s a rare thing to find someone you’d risk everything for.”

”My feelings are my own business. What does it have to do with you? If your relationship is so rock-solid, why would you be afraid of me ruining it?”

”Now please stop wasting my work time with your personal drama!”

Then she turned to Mrs. Jiang. She was terrified, never having imagined this nurse was actually Jiang Yihua’s mother.

But Fang Yuying quickly steeled herself and said, ”Aunt Jiang, this is a new era. Marriage is a matter for the young couple to decide. As an elder, you should just sit back and enjoy life. Getting too involved will only give you wrinkles.”