CHAPTER 80: CHAPTER 80: MIDNIGHT AT 3 O’CLOCK

Sun Chan had this idea for a long time. She felt she wasn’t suited for the work at the sanatorium, and all the scheming among colleagues and various social interactions were not what she was good at.

There had been constant turmoil before, and now such a big incident had erupted again. Although the director didn’t say anything, she knew he was very dissatisfied. If it weren’t for Mr. Yan and Yan Kai, she probably would have been fired right then.

Rather than putting others in a difficult position, it would be better to resign herself. She had never mentioned her idea of starting a business to anyone before, but now, when Wang Dan asked, she spoke up.

"That’s a good idea! How much do you need now? I can give you some money," said Wang Dan, as she reached to give Sun Chan some cash. It’s late autumn now, but Wang Dan sleeps in just a small white tank top, and when she sat up, the quilt slid down, revealing her pale arms. Sun Chan quickly covered her up again.

"What are you doing? Be careful not to catch a cold! I haven’t decided what to do yet. No rush."

"Alright, just let me know when you need money; I might not have much, but a thousand or eight hundred isn’t a problem." Wang Dan paused, then smiled and said, "I’m not afraid, but don’t tell anyone else. Otherwise, everyone will be asking me for loans."

"I know what I’m doing," Sun Chan smiled and lay down with her.

Somehow, Lin Hongmei was mentioned.

Wang Dan sneered, "I heard she wants to reconcile with Han Dong again."

"Really? Weren’t the two of them done for?"

Wang Dan said, "I guess she found someone whose conditions aren’t great and wants to reel him back in. But she can’t find him at all, supposedly not in this area, no one knows where he went."

Sun Chan thought to herself, the last time he said he went south to do a fruit business, probably hasn’t returned?

Wang Dan chatted with her for a while before falling asleep.

In the middle of the night, Sun Chan got up to use the bathroom and vaguely saw someone standing outside. In the village, there’s usually no thief, everyone locks up and goes to sleep.

Now, it’s easy for someone to get in.

Is it Gu Junming? No way, he wouldn’t sneak around like this.

Sun Chan cautiously walked over, casually picking up a pickaxe near the pigsty: "Who is it? Speak up! Otherwise, I’ll scream!"

"Don’t scream, it’s me, Sun Chan. Open the door, I have something to say to you." It was Ding Hu’s voice. His voice was deep and excited.

Sun Chan’s heart sank as she coldly responded, "Ding Hu, what are you trying to do in the middle of the night? You’re married now, and I have someone too. What do you have to say to me? Leave now."

Ding Hu’s hand gripped the bars, his voice filled with pain and grievance: "Don’t leave, Sun Chan. I’ve really missed you during the days you were gone. Now that you’re back, let me see you?"

During the day he was busy farming and hadn’t heard about the commotion with Sun Chan and Zhao Xiuxia.

After dinner at home, upon hearing his mother-in-law’s family talk, he realized Sun Chan returned, with a military boyfriend. They discussed terms for a long time before moving her household registration out of Zhao Xiuxia’s house.

Mrs. Liu laughed, "Sun Chan really has skills, in just a few days in the city, she hooked up with a soldier, escaped from Zhao Xiuxia. I heard he’s a battalion commander. The future’s bright."

Mr. Liu, a kind-hearted man, puffed on his pipe and said, "Originally, it was our family that wronged her. Now she found someone good herself, we can feel relieved."

Liu Mei glanced at the dazed Ding Hu and slammed her chopsticks: "We’re eating, why discuss someone else’s affairs?"

Ding Hu didn’t dare say a word, his mind was shaken by this news. Sun Chan managed to find someone? He felt that since he was once close with Sun Chan, she should think of him for life, how could she find someone else?

Ding Hu still thought when he made money he could divorce Liu Mei and return to find Sun Chan, but she turned and found a match!

And such favorable conditions too, a battalion commander! How much salary would that be! They say he looks spirited too?

Ding Hu was nearly losing his mind but dared not show it. Only after the wife’s family fell asleep did he sneak out to find Sun Chan. He believed she had feelings for him and wouldn’t easily be with someone else!

Sun Chan, under the moonlight, looked so elegant and beautiful. Ding Hu’s heart stirred, quietly saying, "Sun Chan, come out. Let’s talk..."

Sun Chan sneered coldly, "You’re a married woman, and I have someone too, yet you’re tangled up here? You might not care about your face, but I do, hurry up and leave, otherwise, I’ll wake Wang Dan’s mother and daughter, let’s see what face you’ll have."

After finishing her words, she turned and walked away.

Ding Hu anxiously said, "Don’t leave, I’ve always thought of you and never forgot you. Believe me, I really... ah!"

Before he could finish, someone poured a bunch of sour, rotten stuff on his head. It was swill for feeding pigs that Sun Chan scooped out and poured on him.

"Sun Chan, what are you doing?" Ding Hu was covered in swill, the smell so overpowering he was about to vomit.

Sun Chan threw the shovel aside, snorted: "Next time you bother me, I won’t throw pigswill but hot water to scald you! In your mind, am I so shameless to have an affair with a married man?" Finished speaking, she slammed the door and left.

Ding Hu was anxious and angry but dared not go inside. He knew Wang Dan’s mother and daughter’s temperament well; if things got big, he’d be the one suffering. He could only swallow his anger and return home, vomiting several times from the stench on his way. He sat in the yard to bathe, dared not heat the water, and caught a cold from the chilly autumn air the next morning.

Liu Mei saw her feverish husband laying on the bed and said disdainfully: "What a useless man! Work a few days and get sick. What do I feed you for, like a spoiled lady, useless at everything, eats everything clean? I was blind back then to let you be a son-in-law! Think of how much debt was paid off for your family, seeing you annoys me! With so much autumn harvest work, you won’t do it, shall I?"

A slew of complaints made Ding Hu’s anger flare.

His in-laws ignored it, letting their daughter treat him poorly. Ding Hu deeply regretted being so foolish to abandon Sun Chan.

Lying on the bed, Ding Hu thought about Sun Chan’s graceful face and slender figure, wishing to hold her tight; but recalling her indifference, felt blocked up inside, his heart in turmoil, worsening his illness. He couldn’t get out of bed the next day and naturally got scolded again by his wife and in-laws.