Li Chu was much stronger than Ding Qiunan. He finished digging the pit in just a few minutes, put the box containing Xiao Huang into the pit, and then filled it with soil.

In less than twenty minutes, a new little mound was formed.

Just then, Ding Qiunan called him to dinner.

The two of them had no appetite for the meal, and even the remaining dogs stopped playing and fighting. After finishing the food prepared for them, they all obediently lay down in their beds.

After finishing his meal, Li Chu went to the backyard, squatted in front of the four small mounds, and lit a cigarette for himself.

Every time a dog leaves, he squats down here, smokes a cigarette, and sits with them for a while.

This was the only thing he could do.

After tidying up the kitchen, Ding Qiunan also left.

Although it was the height of summer, the back garden was quite cool thanks to the trees and the lake.

If it weren't for the mosquito repellent specially prepared by Li Chu, his house would be uninhabitable in the summer and autumn; the mosquitoes would be so strong they could carry a person away.

When he first moved here the first year, he forgot all about it, and lo and behold, the mosquitoes were relentlessly biting him.

It only got better after I took some special mosquito repellent.

After Ding Qiunan came over, she also squatted down next to her husband.

"Li Chu, after we finish taking care of these dogs, let's not have any more dogs, okay? I really can't take it anymore. Every time I give one away, my heart aches for a long time."

He turned to look at his wife and nodded silently: "That's what I think too, but you'll have to talk to the kids."

"Hmph, this is my home. I said I wouldn't keep them, and I won't. If they want to keep them, they can move out to their own homes after they get married."

Li Chu smiled knowingly at his wife's words.

He knew that this woman was all talk and no action; once the two children coaxed her, they would immediately agree.

However, shouldn't we find someone to castrate the remaining dogs and eradicate them at the root?

Then he thought of the scene of his daughter turning around and making a fuss, and he couldn't help but shudder. He decided to just let it go.

Ding Qiunan, being next to her husband, naturally felt his body tremble. She turned to look at him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Sigh, I was thinking of finding someone to neuter the remaining dogs at home, but then I thought Wenhui would definitely make a fuss about it, so I decided against it."

Ding Qiunan burst out laughing; her husband was completely helpless with their daughter.

Fortunately, although Wenhui can be coquettish and sometimes even cry and make a fuss, she knows what's important and only ever makes a fuss about harmless things, which makes her especially likable.

My son is different. He's never been very talkative since he was little, and he still is. He's very methodical and acts like a little adult.

Fortunately, Wang Yueyue is quite lively; otherwise, if the couple had the same personality, the house would be so boring.

"Let's go, Li Chu, it's time for work. Xiao Tian should be here by now."

He patted the dirt off his bottom and pulled Li Chu up again.

"Are you still going this afternoon? I've asked for a day off for you today."

"There's nothing else to do, let's go. We haven't finished checking the list of the medicines we sent to the southwest yet."

She paused for a moment, then continued, "Wasn't that war supposed to end in March? How come it seems to have started again?"

Li Chu couldn't respond to that. Of course he knew the reason, and he also knew that the war would continue for ten years.

"The war did end in March and the expected combat objectives were achieved. Now we are continuing to fight in order to consolidate the results, safeguard peace in the southern border, and most importantly, to hone the troops."

Ding Qiunan shrugged: "Okay, I don't know much about those things either, but there can't be any mistakes with logistics and medical supplies here."

Li Chu put his arm around his wife's shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work, honey. Just let me know if you need any help."

"It's not hard work at all. I'm just responsible for checking the list."

The two talked as they returned to the main house in the middle courtyard, washed up, and then went out together.

Arriving at the hospital, he sat in his office and took out his writing materials to continue writing.

Li Chu didn't know how much time had passed when the shrill ring of the phone startled him awake from his writing.

He answered the phone and said, "Hello, this is Li Chu."

Without even knowing what the person on the other end was saying, he stood up abruptly, hung up the phone before they could finish speaking, and ran out, not even bothering to close the office door.

The sound of footsteps, "dong dong dong," attracted many people out of the administration building.

Dean Shan, who was on the same floor as Li Chu but whose office was on the other side, also came out of his office.

"What's going on? Who's running so fast in the office building?"

"Reporting to the Dean, it was Vice Dean Li who ran away just now."

Upon hearing that it was Li Chu, Dean Shan's heart skipped a beat. He knew what Vice Dean Li was in charge of, of course. For him to be in such a hurry, there must be something important.

Dean Shan turned and walked into his office. If something really happened, his phone would definitely ring.

Li Chu rushed down from the third floor in two strides, ignoring the sentries saluting him at the entrance of the administration building. He ran straight out of the administration building and headed towards the three-story building to the east.

At the same time, two jeeps quickly drove in through the hospital's main entrance and headed towards the three-story building to the east.

When Li Chu ran over, the jeep arrived just in time. The special care team in the three-story building had already prepared a stretcher and was waiting in ambush.

When the car stopped and the back door opened, the first person to jump out was a doctor on duty from the health care team. He ignored the several special nurses who were carrying the patient and walked straight over to Li Chu.

"Deputy Team Leader Li, the leader must have fainted due to overwork."

Li Chu nodded and saw that several special nurses had already carried the person down. He quickly walked over.

Lying on the stretcher was none other than Uncle Wang. Seeing Uncle Wang's closed eyes and disheveled gray hair, Li Chuxin clenched her fist tightly.

He grabbed Uncle Wang's hand and began to take his pulse.

Only then did he slowly relax, and waved to the special nurses to hurry up and get the person to the ward.

Turning to the member of the health care team who had come with him, he said, "Alright, Dr. Wang, you can go back with the car. Someone can't be left alone over there. I can take over here."

Knowing that Uncle Wang was alright, he felt relieved, but a surge of anger followed.

He had already instructed the special nurse and secretary around Uncle Wang to make sure that the leader got some rest, so how could this have happened?