Today it's Li Chu's turn to be on duty at the central command.

In the duty room, several traditional Chinese medicine doctors from the health care team sat together, having a lively discussion about some issues related to traditional Chinese medicine.

"Li Chu, Doctor Li, someone is looking for you outside!" A shout came from inside the courtyard.

"Seniors, please continue your conversation. I'll go out and take a look," Li Chu said, standing up when he heard someone call him.

"Go, go." Old Fang waved his hand, and the others nodded in agreement.

The person looking for him didn't come in at the gate. Li Chu only saw it after he went out. The person standing at the gate was the same person who had gone with Uncle Liu that day and had driven for Uncle Liu. He was someone who looked very familiar to him.

Li Chu looked at the person at the door with some confusion, he really couldn't remember where he had seen this person before.

Upon seeing Li Chu emerge, the man smiled at him and said, "Little Chu, it seems you really don't remember me."

"I'm really sorry, I feel like I've seen you somewhere before, but I just can't remember where I've seen you before," Li Chu said, shaking his head.

"Let me give you a heads-up, Nanniwan."

This place allowed Li Chu to access his childhood memories, and images flashed through his mind.

Finally, a youthful face slowly overlapped with the appearance of the person in front of her.

Li Chu stared at him with wide eyes, her voice trembling with excitement: "You're Jiang Cheng, Brother Cheng."

"Haha, I knew you wouldn't forget me." Jiang Cheng walked over and patted Li Chu's arm hard.

Li Chu reached out and hugged him tightly, slapping his back a few times before letting go.

"It really is you, Brother Cheng! How long has it been since we last met? When did you come to Beijing? Do you work at Director Liu's company?"

Jiang Cheng looked at Li Chu excitedly: "Are you planning to just stand here and talk to me?"

"Oh dear," Li Chu patted his forehead, "I'm dizzy. Come on, Brother Cheng, sit inside and let's have a chat."

As she spoke, she pulled Jiang Cheng's arm and led him into the courtyard and into the acupuncture room.

After asking Jiang Cheng to sit down, Li Chu ran to the duty room, poured a glass of water, and brought it over.

"Brother Cheng, how are Uncle and Aunt? Are they alright?"

As soon as Li Chu finished asking the question, he saw Jiang Cheng, who had been smiling, suddenly become very depressed.

An ominous feeling rose in Li Chu's heart.

Jiang Cheng forced a smile: "Back then, when your family went to Beijing, my family went to the Southern Bureau. My father sacrificed his life in 1952 while clearing out enemy agents in Guangzhou. My mother fell ill after receiving the news and passed away the following year."

Li Chu closed his eyes tightly. He didn't know what to say. The aunt who had been so kind to him in his memory was gone.

Scenes from my childhood flashed through my mind like a movie.

Although he himself had not experienced that, the original owner's memories made him feel the same way, and his heart felt like it was constantly twitching.

"Well, it's been so long, I'm used to it now. I saw the stories of my uncle and aunt in the bureau's honor room. Our parents' generation were heroes, and we, as their children, should be proud."

Jiang Cheng comforted Li Chu for a moment, then jokingly said, "Why don't you ask about the other person? You haven't forgotten about her, have you?"

"Sigh," Li Chu let out a heavy sigh, opened his eyes again, and looked at Jiang Cheng, who had a half-smile on his face, and asked, "Where's Lily? She should be married and have children by now."

The little girl with two pigtails was also so deeply etched in his memory.

Jiang Li, Jiang Cheng's younger sister, along with the three of them and the eldest and second eldest sons of Uncle Wang's family, grew up together. The original owner's deepest memory was that back then, the adults all said that Jiang Li was his little wife.

He believes that if Jiang Cheng's family hadn't moved to the south, his wife would likely be Jiang Li now.

Jiang Cheng nodded and then shook his head: "It's true that Lily got married and had children, but she's divorced now. When I returned to Beijing after my recovery, I brought her and the children over."

"Divorce? Why divorce?" These days, as long as life goes on, almost no one will choose to divorce.

“The guy Lily married wasn’t human, he was a beast. Just because Lily gave birth to a girl, he would beat and scold her every day. I was in the army at the time, and Lily never told me anything about it. I only found out about it when I was discharged last year. I made her get a divorce.”

When this was mentioned, Jiang Cheng's expression remained calm, with a strange smile playing on his lips.

Li Chu's heart pounded twice. He knew that Jiang Li's ex-husband would definitely not have a good ending.

"When did you join the army?" Li Chu didn't ask about that matter again, but instead asked about his own situation.

"I joined the army not long after my mother passed away. Last year, after I was discharged, I was assigned to this unit."

After thinking for a moment, Li Chu still asked, "Where are you staying now?"

“I haven’t been assigned a room yet. I’m renting a place, and Lily and her child live with me.”

"You're not married yet?" Li Chu found it a bit strange, as Jiang Cheng was two years older than him.

Jiang Cheng didn't say anything, but pulled up the sleeve of his left shirt a little and stretched out his hand.

Li Chu was a little stunned by his actions and didn't understand what he meant. Just as he was about to ask, he saw Jiang Cheng stretch out his arm towards him again.

Is this his way of letting me take his pulse? Li Chu hesitated for a moment, but still reached out and grabbed his wrist to take his pulse.

Less than a minute after taking Jiang Cheng's pulse, Li Chu suddenly stood up and, as if pricked by a needle, threw away his wrist.

"What's going on?" Li Chu stared at Jiang Cheng with wide eyes.

Jiang Cheng lowered his head to straighten his sleeves, then looked up at Li Chu and said calmly, "You're injured. Your lower body was cut off."

He spoke as if he were talking about someone else's affairs, his expression completely unchanged.

Upon hearing his words, Li Chu slumped into a chair, muttering repeatedly, "How could this happen? How could this happen?"

He looked up at Jiang Cheng and realized why he had always felt something was off. In his memory, Uncle Jiang had a full beard, but Jiang Cheng was clean-shaven. So that's how it was.

When did this happen?

"It's been a long time. I was shot while suppressing bandits in Xiguang. My wound was completely rotten, and the doctor said it could only be removed. Luckily, I wasn't married or had a partner at the time, or I would have ruined some girls' lives."

It's clear that Jiang Cheng has truly let go of the past. Perhaps it's because time has passed, and what can he do if he can't figure it out?

This is physical damage; that thing is completely gone. No matter how skilled Li Chu is in medicine, he can't make it grow back out of thin air.

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