"Uncle, Qiu Nan and I went out for a walk after dinner and just got back. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"It's nothing important, I just wanted to let you know that you need to come to my office at 9:30 tomorrow morning."

"Okay, Uncle, I'll be there at 9:30 sharp."

After Uncle Wang hung up the phone, Li Chu put the phone down.

"Who called? Are they going out?" Ding Qiunan had just walked into the living room; she was now afraid of the phone ringing at night.

"It was Uncle Wang who called. He didn't say what it was about, just that I needed to come to his office tomorrow morning."

"Phew...that's good!"

The children just left today, and if her husband isn't home tonight either, she'll probably cry for half the night.

The next morning, Li Chu first took his wife to the hospital, and then had Xiao Tian drive him to the central hospital.

Since he arrived early, he went to the duty room to see his Uncle Lin.

"Hey, what brings you here today?"

"Uncle-Master, you're going to see a high-ranking official. It's not time yet, so come and wait here for a while."

Lin Sanshou didn't press the matter further, but instead asked something else: "I heard that your son and daughter both applied for pharmacy. Wasn't it said back then that your son was planning to study Western clinical medicine?"

The son of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner is studying Western medicine. Although not many people in the Beijing TCM circle have met Li Wenxuan, he is already quite famous.

Li Chu's father is a top-notch traditional Chinese medicine expert, but neither of his two children is willing to study traditional Chinese medicine, which makes him a laughing stock.

"Don't mention my uncle. After seeing me treat a patient once, he changed his mind and wanted to learn traditional Chinese medicine from me."

Lin Sanshou's eyes practically popped out of their sockets: "You can do that? It's good that you want to learn, but isn't it a little too late?"

"Hehe," Li Chu chuckled smugly, "Uncle-Master, that's what I thought at first too. And to be honest, I didn't want my two kids to study medicine at all. You know how tough it is to study medicine."

To dissuade him from that idea, I gave him the basic knowledge book and told him to memorize it. He finished it in a little over a month, basically memorizing everything. Of course, it was just rote memorization; he's still far from fully understanding it, but I think…”

"Wait, wait!" Lin Sanshou interrupted Li Chu by raising his right hand: "What did you just say? Did I hear that right? You said that Wenxuan memorized that basic knowledge book that's thicker than a dictionary in just over a month?"

"Yes, that's right. They memorized it. It wasn't just Wenxuan who memorized it; Wenhui did too."

"Are you kidding me?" Lin Sanshou found it hard to believe. Such a thick book, let alone memorizing it, even if he wanted to read it carefully, it might take a month to finish.

"Uncle-Master, how could I joke about something like this? I seriously tested those two siblings."

"Where are those two kids? Did they go to military training?"

"Yes, they were just sent to school to register yesterday. They should be in the military camp by now."

"What a genius!" Lin Sanshou murmured to himself, his eyes glazed over.

Coming back to his senses, he asked, "So what are you going to do from now on? Teach it yourself?"

"I'd like to ask you to teach me, even if it's a generation apart..."

"I can't!" Lin Sanshou interrupted Li Chu again, shaking his head.

“I’m getting old, and my energy can’t keep up anymore. I can’t compare to your master’s energy back then.”

When his master was mentioned, Li Chu fell silent. Back then, his master was so old, yet he still taught him with all his heart and soul. Later, his master's health deteriorated, probably because of the painstaking effort he put into teaching him.

Seeing Li Chu's expression, Lin Sanshou knew that he was missing his master again, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Why don't you teach Wenxuan yourself?"

Li Chu stopped talking to his uncle, snapping out of his reverie about missing his master.

"I'm worried that I won't be able to bring myself to do it."

"You don't need to worry about that. Wenxuan has such great talent, and he's not a spoiled child. He'll definitely be able to endure hardship."

"Thank you for your kind words, Uncle-Master. I hope so!"

"By the way, Xiao Chu, I've finished reading your fourth case book. The others in the group borrowed it to read."

"Don't just look at it, you haven't told them yet, you also need to offer suggestions for revision."

"I told you, don't worry! Everyone understands! Has the fifth book started writing yet?"

"I've only written a little bit. For the fifth book, I mainly wrote about the subject of 'silent science,' so it might take a little longer."

"It's okay to go slowly, just make sure it's well written. I still have a few years left to live, as long as I can see it before I die."

"Uncle-Master, what are you saying! Don't worry, you'll live to be a hundred years old without any problem."

The two chatted for a while longer, during which other group members also came over and chatted for a bit.

Seeing that it was almost time, Li Chu said goodbye to Lin Sanshou.

When I arrived at Uncle Wang's office, Secretary Liu was already waiting outside.

"Vice Dean Li"

Secretary Liu stretched out his right hand from a distance.

After shaking hands with him, Li Chu followed Secretary Liu.

"Vice President Li, the leader only has half an hour."

"I understand, Secretary Liu. Has the commander's schedule been normal lately?"

"Not bad. Sometimes we need to remind them, but they're much more obedient than before."

Upon reaching Uncle Wang's office, Secretary Liu quickly opened the door for Li Chu.

In the office, Uncle Wang was engrossed in processing documents, not even looking up, but simply waving his hand to signal Li Chu to sit down.

Secretary Liu poured him a glass of water, then closed the door and left.

After Uncle Wang finished approving the document in his hand, he looked up and said, "I didn't call you here for anything important. I just wanted to tell you about the report from the Security Bureau regarding Xu Ying."

Upon hearing this, Li Chu hurriedly clasped his hands together above his head and said, "Uncle, Uncle, please forgive me. You don't need to tell me about this. I don't want to know her motives. I just want to make sure you're alright! As for the medicine, just give it to anyone who needs it in the future."

These words stunned Uncle Wang, and it took him a while to come to his senses: "Aren't you afraid that someone will analyze the ingredients of your medicine?"

"Uncle, anyone can analyze it, or he can come to me directly and I'll give him the formula. But I won't be responsible if he dies from it."

After looking at Li Chu and confirming that he wasn't faking it, Uncle Wang knew that there must be something else going on with the medicine, but he didn't plan to ask any more questions. Everyone has their own tricks up their sleeve.

"Okay, let's not talk about that then. I remember you told me a few days ago that you had some report to submit to me. Have you finished writing it?"

"Not yet. There's too much information to look up. As you know, I can't spend all my time in the library. I'll just have to take it slowly."

"Tell me about which aspect first." Uncle Wang was quite curious about the report Li Chu planned to submit and couldn't wait to see the written version.

---Aside---

Today's update is 10,000 words, and it seems there are two chances to participate in the lucky draw. Readers, remember to participate later! I heard the cash prize is thirty!