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

"We...we're that kind of relationship, aren't we?"

Looking at Gao Hongmei's ambiguous smile, Li Yunshan suddenly felt a little guilty.

Speaking of which, although he and Gao Hongmei were not childhood sweethearts, they did grow up in the same village. When they were young, he would follow his parents to cultivate collective land to earn work points, and he would often run into Gao Hongmei with her father.

His parents were quite familiar with Gao Zhankui, and knew him well. If it weren't for this relationship, Gao Zhankui would never have agreed to let Gao Hongmei marry him.

Unfortunately, he didn't know how to cherish her in his past life and missed out on Gao Hongmei.

Therefore, Li Yunshan can't help but feel guilty whenever the topic of his relationship with Gao Hongmei comes up.

In terms of relationship, they were classmates and neighbors, which is enough, but he and Gao Hongmei had been married and divorced.

Therefore, the two are also ex-husband and ex-wife.

But Li Yunshan didn't know how to describe their relationship.

They were neighbors and classmates, but they had also been husband and wife, which made them seem distant.

But if he said it was a relationship between ex-husband and ex-wife, he was afraid that Gao Hongmei would remember his foolishness in the past when he insisted on divorcing her, which would make her feel uncomfortable.

"So what exactly is our relationship? Tell me."

Li Yunshan's guilty look amused Gao Hongmei, but she also felt a little regretful.

Actually, in Gao Hongmei's opinion, Li Yunshan was a good person. He had a sweet tongue, knew how to coax people, and was tall, strong, and handsome. Unfortunately, when she was with him, this bastard was idle and didn't do anything productive. If he had been like he is now, able to distance himself from Yu Ergou and his ilk, and been more responsible and hardworking, the two of them would never have ended up getting divorced.

But now, even if I feel some regret, what's the use? They've been divorced for several years, and Li Yunshan has remarried twice since then.

"Well... well, I don't really know how to put it."

Li Yunshan hesitated, looking somewhat embarrassed.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, he took out something wrapped in cotton cloth from his pocket and handed it to Gao Hongmei: "Hongmei, this is for you."

"What is this?"

Gao Hongmei was puzzled; something that Li Yunshan kept close to his body must not be an ordinary item.

"You'll see when you open it."

Upon hearing this, Gao Hongmei carefully opened the outermost layer of cotton cloth, revealing the layer of oil paper that wrapped the contents inside.

Even through the layer of oil paper, Gao Hongmei could smell the fragrance emanating from the oil paper wrapping.

"You're getting cocky just because you have a couple of coins? Why did you buy me food? There's plenty of food outside the hospital." Gao Hongmei couldn't help but scold Li Yunshan.

"I was worried that you and Lihua wouldn't want to eat something nice, so I took the liberty of buying it for you."

"Now you're showing compassion? Why didn't you ever show compassion to us sisters before?"

Gao Hongmei glared at him, but couldn't help thinking about the past.

Back then, Li Yunshan had no compassion for anyone. He idled away his days, wouldn't listen to advice, and would even argue with you when he got impatient. He was more like an irritator than a person.

"I've realized my mistake, you know. Oh, Hongmei, please don't bring up my past messes. It makes me so ashamed."

Li Yunshan felt embarrassed when Gao Hongmei brought up the foolish things he had done in the past.

"Hmph, so you do know how to be ashamed?"

She rolled her eyes at him, annoyed. Seeing his embarrassed expression, Gao Hongmei stopped arguing with him and opened the oil paper wrapping. Inside was a golden, shiny, and fragrant roast chicken.

This roast chicken looks to weigh about three pounds. I don't know how much it costs, but judging from its appearance and the aroma, it's not something an ordinary person can afford. It must cost at least three to five yuan a chicken.

As this thought crossed her mind, Gao Hongmei couldn't help but glance at Li Yunshan, thinking to herself that this bastard was quite willing to spend money.

After smelling the aroma for a while, she rewrapped the roast chicken and waved to Li Yunshan, "If there's nothing else, you can go back now. Don't keep Xiulan waiting at home."

"Alright then, I'll head back now. I won't be visiting your father."

Li Yunshan nodded repeatedly. In fact, he knew that Gao Zhankui did not like him. Even if he went in shamelessly, Gao Zhankui would probably kick him out.

If Gao Zhankui starts cursing again and angers the old man, causing him to cause trouble, then things will get complicated.

Therefore, Li Yunshan wisely accepted the offer and left after delivering the money and roast chicken, letting Gao Hongmei feel his care.

Watching Li Yunshan slip away like a guilty thief, Gao Hongmei couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle. But when she returned to the ward, she found that Gao Zhankui had already woken up.

However, Gao Zhankui was looking at her with a serious expression and a cold glint in his eyes.

Su Lihua kept giving her meaningful glances.

"Dad, when did you wake up? Would you like some water?"

Seeing the look Su Lihua gave her, Gao Hongmei felt a chill. Her father's current expression must mean he overheard her conversation with Li Yunshan.

Given her father's dislike for Li Yunshan, it's no wonder he wouldn't give her a friendly look.

So, she had a bright idea and poured water for Gao Zhankui to distract him.

"That bastard Li Yunshan is at the hospital?" Gao Zhankui asked coldly.

"Father, he came."

Seeing that Gao Zhankui had named names, Gao Hongmei knew that there was no point in hiding it, so she readily admitted it.

"Hmph, he came here but didn't dare to come in and see me. He knows how much he's done wrong." Gao Zhankui sneered and said to Gao Hongmei, "Go and process my discharge papers. We're going home. I'm not having the surgery."

Upon hearing this, Gao Hongmei's heart skipped a beat, and her voice trembled with tears: "Dad, you can't not have this surgery! The doctor said that if we don't have it, the bone inside my thigh will necrotize, and then... then it won't just be that I can't walk, it could be fatal!"

Gao Hongmei, as Gao Zhankui's daughter, understood his temper all too well.

Stubborn and inflexible, he's impossible to sway.

Take her divorce from Li Yunshan as an example. At the beginning, she really resented that bastard Li Yunshan. Whenever she met him in the village, she wanted to tear him apart.

As time went by, although she still harbored resentment towards Li Yunshan, it wasn't as strong as before. Although she would still argue with him when she saw him, at least she could still have a conversation with him.

But Gao Zhankui was different. Ever since her divorce, she hated Li Yunshan with a passion whenever she saw him. She even picked up a carrying pole and beat Li Yunshan several times, making him run around in a panic and leaving him in a sorry state.

In fact, Gao Hongmei also knew the root of her father's resentment towards Li Yunshan. At that time, Li Yunshan's father was seriously ill, and the Li family had incurred a lot of debt in order to treat him. But Li Yunshan's father still passed away in the end.

At that time, Li Yunshan's family was extremely poor.

Even under such circumstances, her father did not look down on Li Yunshan's family for being poor.

Seeing that Li Yunshan was tall and handsome, and that she got along well with him, she agreed to their marriage and told her to live a good life with him.

As a result, after she married Li Yunshan, that bastard started following Yu Ergou and his gang and became bad. He idled away his days doing nothing. She advised Li Yunshan to distance himself from Yu Ergou and his gang and not to associate with them. Instead, Li Yunshan threatened to divorce her.

Her father was overjoyed to marry her off to Li Yunshan's family, but Li Yunshan wanted to divorce her because of his bad friends. This was tantamount to trampling on her father's face and making him the subject of gossip and ridicule in the village.

So, even though she and Li Yunshan have been divorced for several years, her father still hates Li Yunshan to the bone and gets angry every time he sees him.

But no matter how much you hate it, the surgery has to be done.

"I'd rather die than use his dirty money for this surgery."

Gao Zhankui was so angry that he sat up in bed, but his agitation aggravated his broken leg, causing him to wince in pain and break out in a cold sweat.

"Dad, I beg you, please stop being so stubborn, okay? This money wasn't stolen or robbed by Li Yunshan; he earned it honestly by hunting in the mountains. Now he knows he was wrong before. Yesterday, worried that he wouldn't have enough money for the surgery, he risked his life to go into the deep forest to hunt tigers."

"You have no idea, that tiger killed many people. Even when Li Yunshan went into the mountains yesterday, several hunters were killed by the tiger..."

Gao Hongmei quickly supported Gao Zhankui's back to prevent him from losing his balance and falling backward onto the hospital bed.

"Fight a tiger? With Li Yunshan? Hmph, do you think I'm a fool?"

Gao Zhankui wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and sneered disdainfully.

In the surrounding area around Guapigou Village, there are very few people who can and dare to fight tigers, but they do exist. However, it is definitely not Li Yunshan, that good-for-nothing bastard who wasted his daughter's prime years.

"Uncle Gao, it's true."

Su Lihua handed the newspaper to Gao Zhankui. Although she didn't like Li Yunshan either, and even harbored resentment towards him, she had overheard Gao Hongmei and Li Yunshan's conversation outside the ward.

To be honest, if it weren't for this newspaper, Su Lihua wouldn't have believed that Li Yunshan would go to the deep mountains alone to hunt tigers in order to raise enough money for Gao Zhankui's surgery.

But the newspaper report was absolutely true, and it even included a photo of Li Yunshan and the tiger.

Li Yunshan didn't have the ability to make an official newspaper falsify documents.

Gao Zhankui took the newspaper from Su Lihua with a puzzled look. After glancing at the pages, he quickly spotted the section about Li Yunshan's tiger hunt.

After reading the contents, Gao Zhankui sighed and slowly handed the newspaper back to Su Lihua.

Seeing Gao Zhankui's reaction, Gao Hongmei was overjoyed. Her father's attitude had clearly softened, which was a good sign.

"Dad, the doctor said tomorrow..."

So she decided to strike while the iron was hot.

But before she could finish speaking, Gao Zhankui interrupted her: "You guys go out first, I want to be alone for a while."