Chapter 94 Lock the door now

"I have no other requests. Please let Dr. Du take my grandson with him when he practices medicine. He can do odd jobs for you!" The old Chinese medicine doctor said, and then prepared to bow again.

Du Ruoxia held him firmly to prevent him from bending over, "Don't do this, stand up straight and talk properly!"

She didn't like this behavior at all; it seemed like she was focused on her studies, but it was actually making things difficult for others.

"I have no other request, but this grandson is devoted to medicine. I really can't bear to see him abandoned by the world like me." The old Chinese medicine doctor looked dejected.

Du Ruoxia felt that what he said was somewhat exaggerated. To say that traditional Chinese medicine is rapidly declining is not the case now, but it is just that we can see the future trend at this time. This old Chinese medicine doctor is not short-sighted.

"I still don't know your name? How old is your grandson?" Du Ruoxia asked with a friendly expression.

"My surname is Sun, and my grandson is 21 years old. They all call me 'Old Chinese Medicine Doctor,' and after a while, no one cares what my surname is anymore," the old Chinese medicine doctor said with a helpless expression.

Du Ruoxia thought it was fortunate that the other party was quite old, otherwise it would have been strange to have someone older than herself as a subordinate.

“He can go work at the hospital first, and then he can apply his combined Chinese and Western medicine approach when the opportunity arises,” Du Ruoxia calmly suggested.

However, the old Chinese medicine doctor did not take her advice. He shook his head and said, "No, no, I can't learn anything from these hospitals now. I'd rather follow you!"

The old Chinese medicine doctor wasn't entirely wrong; it's true that it's harder to learn new things these days, as it's mostly about connections.

Du Ruoxia looked around helplessly, and seeing that no one was around, she spoke softly, "To be honest, I'm just a junior doctor at the county hospital now. I don't dedicate myself to being a doctor all the time; I have other things to do. I really can't bring your grandson along to practice medicine."

"I was being presumptuous!" sighed the old Chinese medicine doctor, Mr. Sun.

Du Ruoxia stood awkwardly with Wang Hu, unsure how to respond, when the old Chinese medicine doctor suddenly raised his head excitedly and spoke with a determined expression.

"It doesn't matter, wherever you go, I'll have my grandson go with you!"

Du Ruoxia thought the old Chinese medicine doctor had given up on the idea, but she didn't expect him to be so persistent.

When Du Ruoxia returned, she saw the people from Gaojiazhuang, the very same culprits who had injured Gao Songbai and caused the deaths of Tiezhu's mother, Xu E.

They were haggling with the receptionist, trying to get a cheaper price for the hotel, but the receptionist refused. In the end, they booked a room while grumbling.

After doing all that, Du Ruoxia made a phone call.

After making the call, the receptionist looked at Du Ruoxia with a surprised expression.

"Comrade, you're still in Xilan City?" The receptionist had to force an awkward smile as she looked at Du Ruoxia.

Du Ruoxia smiled at her calm expression, which showed that she didn't seem to care about what had happened before. "I won't leave until things are over. I might stay here for a few days."

The other person felt even more embarrassed upon hearing this. She avoided looking Du Ruoxia in the eye, while Du Ruoxia lowered her gaze and pretended not to care.

"I just saw Section Chief Zhao and his family at the hospital," Du Ruoxia said, feigning composure.

The receptionist's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this. "You saw it!"

Du Ruoxia nodded indifferently, "It seems you still need connections. If it were an ordinary person, they would be in jail!"

"Hehe, I didn't expect that person to have such strong connections," the receptionist exclaimed.

"Yes, it's good to be capable!" Du Ruoxia said meaningfully.

The little girl nodded vigorously, thinking that Du Ruoxia was referring to Section Chief Zhao's background.

"I saw you just called the police station. What happened this time?" the receptionist asked with concern.

Du Ruoxia didn't hide anything; judging from the fact that she directly invited the inspection team to her last time, it wasn't hard to see that she was an upright girl.

The young girl, upon hearing that it concerned human life, had no intention of standing idly by; she immediately picked up the phone that Du Ruoxia had just restored.

I don't know what number she dialed, but the other end answered immediately.

"Brother Long, there's a case, a case involving lives!" the young girl said excitedly.

Du Ruoxia watched her continue with a smile, her tone incredibly realistic, almost as if she were saying that a life had been taken at the guesthouse.

After hanging up the phone, she gave Du Ruoxia a reassuring look, "Although Section Chief Zhao can't help you get justice, I will definitely help you with this matter!"

Du Ruoxia found it somewhat amusing; the little girl's fear of the strong was truly genuine.

"Then thank you! These people can't be let go." Du Ruoxia said earnestly.

"That's a must, I'll lock the door right now!" the receptionist said, heading to get the lock.

"No need for that. It would be a loss if they became suspicious and ran away." Du Ruoxia gestured for Wang Hu to stop the people.

"Hehe, that's true. Then I'll just keep an eye on them and not let them go out!" The little girl's determined look made Du Ruoxia laugh.

"They checked in using what kind of identification? They shouldn't have been able to get their own letters of introduction."

Du Ruoxia was really curious about how they got the letter of introduction to stay at the hotel.

"Let me show you, several people have them." The girl bent down to get the letter of introduction.

Du Ruoxia and Wang Hu exchanged a glance. When the letter of introduction was handed over and she saw its contents, she realized that they had forgotten something.

The village chief of Gaojia Village hasn't gone back yet!

"I almost forgot that their village chief didn't know about this. They almost got away," Du Ruoxia said, patting her chest in lingering fear.

"So that's how it is. We didn't run into them, but they really got away!" the receptionist said indignantly.

Having gotten her answer, Du Ruoxia was about to go upstairs when the young girl stopped her, saying, "Why don't you let this comrade go upstairs? You can wait downstairs for Brother Long to arrive before we talk about it."

Du Ruoxia smiled and said, "I'll stay inside and not go anywhere."

She had no intention of forcing the issue. There were four of them, while they only had two. With free government manpower, she wouldn't be foolish enough to confront them head-on.

Once upstairs, Du Ruoxia frowned and looked at Wang Hu, "Have you seen Aunt Gao?"

Wang Hu shook his head, puzzled as well. "They're not around either, it seems they weren't with them."

Du Ruoxia had a vague suspicion that they had a disagreement and separated.

“Let’s listen to what they’re saying and figure out what they’re up to,” Du Ruoxia said to Wang Hu.

Wang Hu nodded, "Call me if anything happens."

Du Ruoxia went inside and walked to the window, where she pressed her ear against the window to listen to the sounds from next door.

At first they didn't speak, and it was so quiet that you would have thought no one was there if you hadn't heard their footsteps.

"Senior year, tell me, what are we going to do next?" a simple, honest voice called out.

Du Ruoxia listened intently to their conversation, and after another period of silence, she remained still and continued to wait.