Hunting 81: Gathering Goods in the Mountains, I Spoil My Ex-Wife to the Extreme

Just as Gao Hongmei was hesitating whether to go to Li Yunshan to explain and apologize, the voices coming from outside the corridor immediately caught her attention.

"Hey, Xiao He, look at that person up ahead, they look so familiar, like I've seen them somewhere before."

"Hehe, let me see who looks so familiar... Oh, it really is someone I feel like I've seen somewhere before."

"I remember now, in today's newspaper, there's that tiger hunter Li Yunshan, doesn't he look like you?"

"It really does look like it, shall we go over and ask if it is?"

"Okay, I'll go ask."

After they finished speaking, the two voices disappeared.

Gao Hongmei was hesitating whether to talk things out with Li Yunshan and apologize to him, but when she heard the conversation in the corridor, she couldn't help but leave the ward.

She looked to both sides of the corridor and spotted Li Yunshan at the end of the corridor.

However, at this moment, Li Yunshan was surrounded by several young girls dressed in nurse uniforms. They were youthful and beautiful, and they fluttered around Li Yunshan like butterflies. When Gao Hongmei saw this, she felt a little jealous.

……

"Hey, comrade, are you Li Yunshan, the one in the newspaper who's been 'hunting tigers'? From Guapigou Village, Xiangyang Town?"

At this moment, at the end of the corridor, Li Yunshan was surrounded by several young female nurses. One of the nurses, who was tall, asked a question.

"Ah, yes, I am Li Yunshan, the tiger hunter, from Guapigou Village, Xiangyang Town. Ladies, what can I do for you?"

When asked by the female nurse, Li Yunshan was only slightly taken aback.

I thought my story of taking down a tiger would be published in a few days, but it was published the very next day. The news spread so fast!

"Comrade Li Yunshan, tell us your story of fighting the tiger! The newspapers describe it in such fantastical terms, saying that you went alone into the deep mountains and fought a life-or-death battle with that man-eating tiger, finally killing it with three shots. Is this story true or not?"

"Yes, Comrade Li Yunshan, please tell us about your tiger-hunting exploits."

Tell me about it!

"..."

The nurses chattered away, their voices sweet and melodious, which sent a shiver down Li Yunshan's spine.

"Cough cough."

Seeing the nurses' enthusiasm, Li Yunshan cleared his throat: "Actually, the facts are pretty much the same as reported in the newspapers, except that I didn't fight the tiger, so there was no such thing as a life-or-death struggle."

"Could you tell us about the general process so we can learn something new?"

"At the time, I was searching for the tiger's tracks in the mountains when I suddenly heard gunshots and tiger roars coming from the forest. I immediately rushed towards the direction of the gunshots and tiger roars. When I arrived, I found that several hunters had already been killed by the tiger. When I saw the tiger, I made a decisive move, raised my gun, aimed, and fired."

"I shot the tiger in the eye. The tiger was in pain and turned to run away. I chased after it. The tiger suddenly turned around and tried to kill me, but I was prepared. I shot the tiger in the chest and it fell to the ground dead."

"However, I'm a cautious person, and I was afraid the tiger was faking its death, so I shot it in the head again. Only after I found it was motionless did I confirm that the tiger was dead."

As Li Yunshan recounted how he fought the tiger, several female nurses occasionally gasped in surprise.

After he finished speaking, several female nurses were still somewhat reluctant to leave.

"Li Yunshan, I want to ask you a personal question."

A female nurse spoke, blushing.

"What personal matter?"

Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?

After the nurse finished speaking, she lowered her head shyly.

"Oh, this... my daughter is already three years old."

Li Yunshan glanced at the shy, downcast nurse and quickly said something.

Just then, Li Yunshan noticed Gao Hongmei standing at the ward door, looking in his direction. On a whim, he waved to her and said, "Hey, wife, I'm here."

As he spoke, he quickly squeezed out of the group of female nurses and walked towards Gao Hongmei.

"Oh, his daughter is already three years old!"

The nurse who was rejected looked visibly disappointed as she watched Li Yunshan walk toward Gao Hongmei.

……

"Being surrounded by several young and beautiful female nurses, it must feel great, right?"

Li Yunshan had just walked up to Gao Hongmei and hadn't even had a chance to speak when Gao Hongmei couldn't help but say something in a sour tone.

"Sigh, Hongmei, I got recognized. People kept asking me about the tiger-hunting incident, and I couldn't just refuse them, could I?" Hearing the sour tone in Gao Hongmei's voice, Li Yunshan quickly explained, "After all, your father is still in the hospital. We need to maintain good relationships with the doctors and nurses!"

Gao Hongmei stared at Li Yunshan in a daze for a moment. She didn't expect that he, who used to be idle, would now be so thoughtful, actually going so far as to cultivate relationships with the female nurses at the hospital for her father's hospitalization and surgery.

Because when those female nurses were bothering Li Yunshan earlier, Gao Hongmei recognized two of them as the nurses who had been frequently coming to the ward to change her father's IV fluids these past few days.

Thinking of this, Gao Hongmei couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.

However, when she saw the mark of her slap still on Li Yunshan's face, her expression became unnatural for a moment.

But the slap had already landed on Li Yunshan's face, and it was too late for her to regret it. Facing Li Yunshan, Gao Hongmei handed him the newspaper: "Yunshan, I'm sorry. Just now on the rooftop, I... I shouldn't have doubted you, and I definitely shouldn't have slapped you..."

Li Yunshan glanced at the newspaper, which contained news about his tiger hunt.

It's a pity. If Gao Hongmei had seen this newspaper earlier, she wouldn't have misunderstood me.

Who knows, she might even be incredibly grateful, considering how bravely I risked everything to raise money for her father's surgery.

"Hongmei, don't blame yourself. You know what kind of person I used to be. If I went to the village and said I killed a tiger in the mountains, who would believe me?" Li Yunshan said with a wry smile. "If it weren't for this newspaper that published my photos and story of killing the tiger, even my mother and my older brother wouldn't believe it."

"So, it's normal that you didn't believe me when I suddenly took out so much money and said it was money I earned from killing tigers."

Seeing that Li Yunshan was still standing on her side and patiently explaining to her, Gao Hongmei's eyes welled up with tears. Was this still the same reckless street hustler Li Yunshan from before?

"Hongmei, why are you jealous?"

Li Yunshan asked.

Gao Hongmei took a deep breath, glared at him angrily, and said defiantly, "Who's jealous? Don't think you're so great now. I still won't give you a good look when I see you."

"Hehe, I know, I know. I don't even like it if you give me a nice look."

Li Yunshan said with a grin.

In his past life, he fell in love with Gao Hongmei because of her fiery personality, but after they got married, he acted foolishly and divorced her.

Of course, Gao Hongmei is not only fiery in personality, she becomes even more fiery after falling into the trap.

Now, recalling the scene of learning postures with Gao Hongmei in his previous life, Li Yunshan couldn't help but feel his blood rush.

"By the way, how is your dad? What did the doctor say?"

Suddenly, Li Yunshan remembered the important matter.

His purpose in coming to the city this time was not only to have the stamped seal removed from his bicycle and to dispose of the tiger skin, tiger bones, and tiger gallbladders he had on hand, but also to visit Gao Zhankui.

Although Gao Zhankui disliked him because of his divorce from Gao Hongmei, Li Yunshan still came to the hospital.

He came here for no other reason than to find out about Gao Zhankui's condition and to see how much money Gao Hongmei still needed so he could make up for it.

After all, Gao Zhankui had treated him well in his previous life. When he married Gao Hongmei to him, he didn't mind that his family was poor. Instead, he told Gao Hongmei to live a good life with him. But in the end, he acted foolishly and made a scene, divorcing Gao Hongmei.

"My dad's condition is quite serious. The doctor said it's a segmental fracture, the bone is broken into three pieces, which is quite complicated to treat. Um... Li Yunshan, could you lend me some more money? My dad is having surgery tomorrow."

When Gao Zhankui's condition was mentioned, Gao Hongmei's eyes dimmed. The high cost of the surgery was making it hard for her to breathe.

Although she had returned the money Li Yunshan had lent her not long ago due to a misunderstanding, now that the misunderstanding was cleared up, Li Yunshan was the only person she could place her hopes on.

"Is it that serious?"

Li Yunshan was also very surprised.

As far as I can remember, Gao Zhankui never seemed to have any serious illnesses in his previous life, and he lived to the mid-1990s, passing away peacefully without illness.

What's going on now...?

Li Yunshan was a little confused, but he didn't think much of it.

Gao Zhankui's fracture is so severe, Gao Hongmei must need a lot of money.

Thinking of this, Li Yunshan reached into his pocket, pulled out a bundle of tightly bound yuan bills, and, taking advantage of the few people around, stuffed it into Gao Hongmei's hand: "Here is seven hundred yuan. If it's not enough, write an IOU to the hospital and come back to me for more."

Gao Hongmei clutched the wad of money tightly in her hand.

These days, every household is poor, and life is tough.

When you encounter difficulties, you should be extremely grateful if someone lends you five yuan. But Li Yunshan lent her so much money all at once that Gao Hongmei was so moved that she shed tears.

However, remembering that this was a hospital corridor with many people around, she glanced around warily, and before she could even wipe away her tears, she stuffed the money into her inner pocket.

"Yunshan, thank you. I will pay you back."

Li Yunshan smiled, his tone tinged with guilt: "Hongmei, your father didn't look down on my family for being poor and married you off to me. He even told you to live a good life with me. But I was foolish and didn't live a good life with you. I've let down your father's expectations and your sacrifices."

"Besides, given our relationship, why are you thanking me?"

Hearing Li Yunshan bring up the past with such remorse in his words, Gao Hongmei couldn't help but tear up. It seemed that this bastard had truly come to his senses.

Unfortunately, she had already divorced him.

However, when Gao Hongmei heard Li Yunshan's later words, she always felt that something was off about them.

What does "based on our relationship" mean?

What is our relationship now?

Gao Hongmei stared at Li Yunshan, a half-smile on her face, and said, "Li Yunshan, what do you think our relationship is now?"