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Assistant Liu reported his work schedule as usual. Qi Yu had a lot of work to do in the morning and had to attend several important meetings.

Assistant Liu had already prepared the materials for the meeting in advance, which were about the research and development of some new technological products.

Xu Liang has gotten used to it.

At least the original prejudice is less.

After the report, Assistant Liu said that Lawyer Chen would give him a reply later, and once it was confirmed, he would bring people to see her directly.

Taking advantage of this relatively free time, Xu Liang took out the rectification materials that Qi Yu had given her.

Looking at it again, I am in a different state of mind.

That day she thought soul swapping was the worst thing, but now she thinks soul swapping is not so bad.

She read each entry carefully and made slight modifications based on Qi Yu's work using her expertise and experience.

This feeling—

Very good.

Xu Liang suddenly remembered what Song Ying had said earlier: "Why not take this opportunity to experience the advantages and disadvantages of technological and traditional elderly care? There are no eternal rivals, only cooperation can lead to win-win situations!"

Only through cooperation can we achieve win-win results.

She is the person most familiar with traditional elderly care, and Qi Yu is the person most familiar with technological elderly care.

If they work together to summarize and explore whether humanities and technology can be integrated with each other and complement each other, and finally build a new and mature elderly care model, perhaps they can really open up a new era?

After all, she can accept the Yian community that also develops humanities.

However, the current audiences of Tongxin and Yian are basically fixed, and they are not suitable for large-scale rectification.

Then could she and Qi Yu consider collaborating?

An unfinished blueprint was slowly unfolding in his mind. Before Xu Liang had time to think deeply about it, his thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of his cell phone.

It’s Song Ying’s call.

Grandma Zhang’s drug test report is out.

The results were not very good. Song Ying said that there was a special component in Grandma Zhang's blood that had not been completely metabolized, but no corresponding drug was detected clinically.

Currently, only this component has been extracted and cultured for comparison. More detailed results will take at least a week.

"In this case, it is very likely that grandma was used as a test subject and had some kind of drug injected into her body," said Song Ying.

The needle holes left on Grandma Zhang's body and the marks on her thighs are both evidence.

But they still have no clue.

Grandma Zhang disappeared for half a year after she left Yikan. Even if she was really injected with some kind of drug, they didn't know whether it happened while Grandma Zhang was in Yikan or during the six months she disappeared.

Xu Liang thought about the last voyeuristic incident in the community.

"Could it be Zhang Qilin? He went to the community last time to secretly film Grandma Zhang and even hacked the surveillance cameras. He was previously the head of Yikan, and Grandma Zhang also lived in Yikan for her retirement, so it makes sense."

And maybe grandpa discovered that Zhang Qilin was using the old man as a test subject?

Is that why Zhang Qilin hired someone to cause the car accident?

Xu Liang didn't want to start a conspiracy theory, but the recent events were too bizarre and related to his grandparents.

Song Ying pondered for a moment and then said, "It's indeed possible, but Xiaoling, these are just our guesses. We should keep a low profile for now, and we must protect Grandma Zhang. Not many people knew about the last time you brought her here for a checkup, right?"

"Except for me, Qi Yu, Aunt Wang, and my senior brother, no one else knows."

"That's good." Song Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

Before Xu Liang could continue, she suddenly asked, "How are you and Qi Yu doing? Did he confess his feelings to you last night?"

Xu Liang never expected Song Ying to ask this.

Her brain froze for a moment, then snapped back to consciousness. Xu Liang seemed to realize something, and several frames of the scene at the intersection last night flashed through her mind. She questioned the person on the other end of the line, "What did you say to him?"

Song Ying laughed. As for this question, she seemed to have already understood what happened last night. She didn't think of hiding it from Xu Liang and just told him everything.

Last night, Qi Yu was in her car and suddenly asked her if Xu Liang had liked anyone in the past few years.

Although she adhered to the principle of assisting others, she couldn't easily reveal her best friend's feelings to the person involved, so she answered vaguely: "Well, the person Xiaojing likes... What are you planning to do by asking this?"

Qi Yu remained silent, hesitating whether to speak or not.

However, Song Ying turned the conversation back to him, pretending to be teasing: "You can see your old lover tonight, right?"

"What old lover?" Qi Yu turned around in confusion.

Song Ying snorted, thinking he was pretending: "Zhao Jingshu, aren't you two each other's first love?"

"How come I don't know?" Qi Yu frowned and asked in confusion.

The car happened to stop at the intersection. Song Ying looked over hesitantly, gauging Qi Yu's true reaction.

After a while, she was barely sure that Qi Yu was not lying: "Is it true? Zhao Jingshu said in class at that time that you two had a mutual understanding, but because she was about to go abroad, you two couldn't really be together."

Qi Yu was silent for a long time, and finally confessed directly:

"That's fake. I rejected her at first. She's not the one I like."

Song Ying can always quickly grasp the key points of the words.

She didn't care whether what Zhao Jingshu said was a lie or not, and continued to ask: "Then there is someone else you like? Who is it?"

Qi Yu turned around and met Song Ying's gaze, and clearly felt that there was something else behind her words.

"Why does Dr. Song ask questions when he has the answers?"

Her first sentence was an obvious test. Although Qi Yu was very concerned about his reputation, he was not slow to react.

As soon as Qi Yu took the bait, Song Ying became visibly excited: "Really? Do you really like Xiao Jing?"

Song Ying had always speculated about Qi Yu's feelings, after all, there had always been rumors about him and Zhao Jingshu. But she also felt that since they hadn't been able to break up and cut off contact for so many years, they must have both wanted to maintain this relationship, even if it was a rivalry.

"No, if you like Xiaoliang, how could you still make her angry like that? Mr. Qi, your attitude is totally not right!"

Song Ying doesn't understand noisy relationships.

After a lot of explanation, Qi Yu finally played a good card with Song Ying.

He asked the original question again.

Song Ying still didn't give him a clear answer, but only told him not to hesitate and confess his feelings quickly, otherwise he might not be able to catch Xu Liang in the end.

After hearing these words, Qi Yu had a rough idea in his mind.

Xu Ying finally understood why Qi Yu had come over and forcefully kissed her yesterday so confidently, and even didn't ask her any questions afterwards, insisting on asking her to agree to be his girlfriend.

Now that Song Ying had asked this, she could no longer hide it and had to tell the truth.

She was about to continue gossiping, but there was a sudden buzz on the other end of the phone, as if a new patient had arrived. Song Ying hung up the phone in a hurry, and Xu Liang's meeting was almost over.

…

There was so much work to do in the morning that Xu Liang worked non-stop for several hours without stopping for a moment.

Back in the office, lunch break was almost over.

She hadn't had lunch yet, but luckily Assistant Liu had ordered it for her in advance. She had just sat down and was about to eat when she saw dozens of unknown messages and missed calls on her phone.

The phone was always in the office and she had no chance to look at it.

It was news from Qi Yu and Song Ying, and all the calls were made by Song Ying.

She first looked at and opened Song Ying's chat box.

Just one glance, and Xu Liang felt like he had fallen into thick mud, and his breathing stopped for several seconds.

The sounds around him were drowned out by the mud, and the message in front of him began to double. Xu Liang frowned, his eyes widened, and he tried his best to see the words in the box clearly.

"Xiaojing, he's back..."

"It's Youyi. He's in the hospital, in our department."

"He's injured..."

"Can you pick me up after get off work? I want to go home..."

You Yi?!

His thoughts suddenly went astray, and before Xu Liang could think about it, he had already thrown the chopsticks in his hand down.

She rushed out of the office with her keys and pressed the elevator button, only to run into Director Li who was looking for Qi Yu.

"Xiao Qi? That's perfect. I have something to tell you. Let's go to your office and talk."

Xu Liang wanted to refuse, but considering that this was Qi Yu's job and Mr. Li's last meeting with her, the words of refusal were on the tip of her tongue but she swallowed them back.

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Liang made an excuse that he needed to return an urgent call, which would only take two minutes, and let Director Li go in first.

As soon as Mr. Li left, she quickly ran to the corner to call Qi Yu.

Tong Xin only had massage available on Monday afternoon, so Zhou Qingyue had to do it for her.

The call was connected, and before Qi Yu could say anything, Xu Liang hurriedly spoke, "Qi Yu, go to Yingying's place this afternoon. I don't know how Youyi suddenly came back! He's still hospitalized in Yingying's department. I just saw the news that Yingying's condition isn't very good. Please go check on him for me. Director Li stopped me here and I can't leave!"

Although the person on the other end of the phone was silent, he gave Xu Liang a sense of security.

Qi Yu responded calmly: "Okay, I understand. I'll go over after I make arrangements here."

He didn't ask any unnecessary questions.

The short call ended.

Xu Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She quickly returned to the office and found Director Li waiting for her on the sofa.

"Mr. Li." Xu Liang approached slowly, his emotions having calmed down before entering.

Mr. Li still maintained his usual friendly demeanor, with his eyebrows and lips slightly curved.

He noticed the untouched lunch box on the table and asked with concern, "Haven't you eaten yet?"

At his gesture, Xu Kyung sat down on the sofa and politely replied, "I'm busy this morning, it's okay."

Director Li chuckled twice and said that although work is important, one should still take care of one's health.

Xu Liang understood that it was just a polite remark, so he quietly walked past it and waited for the next words.

"I heard about what happened in the community two days ago, thanks to you."

She had expected that Mr. Li would find out about this so quickly.

After all, smart surveillance can be seen everywhere in Yian.

Xu Liang nodded calmly: "Community affairs are my responsibility. If there are any problems, I also have some responsibility."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Director Li squeeze out a breath from his nose, his smile still undiminished: "I saw the plan on your desk. Do you have any ideas for revising it?"

Her heart tightened slightly, Xu Liang was caught off guard. She and Qi Yu hadn't discussed it yet, and the plan hadn't been finalized.

She slowly raised her eyes and met Mr. Li's gaze, but found it difficult to guess what he was thinking.

To be on the safe side, she answered cautiously, "Mr. Li, to avoid similar situations from happening again, I need a response strategy."

His gaze lingered on her for a moment, and Xu Jing thought it was a prelude to his anger. But soon, she heard him laugh again: "It seems that you are still influenced by Tong Xin's little girl?"

"But that's fine. Since there's a problem, we really have to find a way to solve it."

Xu Jingping's held breath slowly relaxed.

Director Li raised his hand to check the time and continued, "Can this plan appear on my desk before four o'clock?"

Xu Liang's mind short-circuited for a moment, but it reconnected the next second. She quickly understood: "Yes!"

Director Li smiled with satisfaction and immediately stood up, saying that he had originally wanted to ask him what he thought about what happened in the community two days ago, but after seeing the plan on the table in advance, he was still in favor of it.

"Okay, go eat, I'll be waiting for you."

…

Xu Liang's afternoon time was completely occupied.

She hurriedly ate a few mouthfuls of rice and quickly continued to rewrite the plan.

Within two hours of being undisturbed, the coffee on the table was gone and the sound of typing on the keyboard hardly stopped.

After taking the last sip of coffee, the plan was finally completed with the last punctuation mark.

After repeated confirmation, Xu Liang downloaded the document and sent it to Qi Yu first.

"Director Li has seen this plan. I need to see him before four o'clock. I intend to directly discuss the rectification. Please check whether this plan is feasible."

The document showed that it had been received, and the person on the other end responded quickly.

"I trust you."

The short four words rushed into his eyes, and even through the screen, Xu Liang could feel the passion coming from him.

This invisibly gave her the strength to support her. Xu Liang's actions were very quick and decisive. From saving to printing, a decent document was completed.

She checked the time—

Three forty.

She sent another message to Qi Yu and prepared to go upstairs with the documents.

"Please take good care of Yingying for me. I'll be there after I find Boss Li."