The way Li Chu seemed so familiar with the leader drew everyone's attention.

Vice Minister Cheng knew Li Chu's background. He knew that those were her family members, and this was the result of a change in personnel. If the older generation were still around, the situation might have been even more extreme.

Before leaving, the soldiers came over to say goodbye to Li Chu.

As he walked out of the meeting room, he looked back and noticed that those who had been called out had been separated by the people Director Sun had brought over, and their pale faces indicated that they definitely had something going on.

He could understand the problem with the people at the pharmaceutical research institute, but what about those few southerners?

And what was the point of the previous investigation? To draw such a hasty conclusion is just a charade.

Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Now that it's been handed over to Sun Jianjun and his team, I believe there will be a new conclusion soon.

In the hallway, Li Chu exchanged a few words with Vice Minister Cheng before going downstairs to leave.

As Li Chu walked out of the office building toward the jeep, he suddenly felt a sense of unease.

The last time I had this feeling was when Jiang Cheng had someone follow him.

He casually glanced back and, sure enough, there was someone standing in the last room on the third floor, looking at him.

The man seemed not to have expected him to suddenly turn around, and hesitated for a moment before stepping away from the window. But that one glance was enough for Li Chu to recognize him.

That person was the deputy director of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Li Chu had met him a few years ago when he went to Song Tangyuan's Institute of Chinese Materia Medica to give a lecture.

Of course, at that time he was not the deputy director of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, but the director of the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica.

He pretended to be normal as he walked over, opened the car door, and sat in the driver's seat.

He glanced at the room on the third floor again out of the corner of his eye.

If I remember correctly, that room should be the bathroom. Why was he standing there looking at me?

Moreover, it was the kind of viewing that was malicious; if it were a normal viewing, I wouldn't have that feeling.

At this moment, Li Chu's mind was filled with questions.

Was he the mastermind behind this theft of medicine? And who do those southerners represent?

He raised his hand and patted the steering wheel. What kind of nonsense is this? If you want a prescription, you can just come to him to get the medicine. Why make it so mysterious?

They're all seriously out of their minds!

That thing wasn't a secret, and he never intended to hide it.

Of course, I don't care whether giving it to you will kill someone.

"Phew..." Li Chu shook his head, started the car, pressed the clutch, shifted gears, released the handbrake, lifted the clutch, and drove off.

He thought about it all the way, but when he arrived at the hospital entrance, he still couldn't come up with a solution.

After entering the hospital, he didn't drive back, but pulled over as soon as he entered the gate, got out of the car and went straight into the duty room.

The sentries in the duty room stood up and greeted him as soon as he entered.

He gave a casual reply, grabbed the phone on the table, and dialed.

"Boss, this is Li Chu. Could you check if Sun Jianjun is still here? If he is, could you have him come over and answer the phone? I need to tell him something."

The person he knows best in the ministry is Vice Minister Cheng, and the person he trusts most is also him, so he can only call here and ask him to run errands for him.

Five minutes later, the phone was picked up, and Sun Jianjun's voice came from the other end.

"Hey, Brother Li, what's up?"

“Jianjun, when I was leaving the ministry just now, there was someone secretly watching me from the third floor. I can say with certainty that the look he gave me was malicious. Find an opportunity to investigate him. He happens to be from the Pharmaceutical Research Institute.”

...

"Yes, his surname is Zhong (g), which means to farm. If I remember correctly, he should be the deputy director of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences now."

...

"Okay, it's up to you now. I'll wait for your news."

After hanging up the phone, the sentry sergeant in the duty room said, "Vice Dean Li, is someone trying to harm you?"

"Oh, it's nothing, you don't need to worry about it. It's a local matter, and someone has already investigated it."

After saying that, he walked out, got into his car, and drove towards the administration building.

As soon as Li Chu parked the car, Xiao Tian ran out of the building. Li Chu casually tossed him the car keys, and just as he was about to leave, Xiao Tian called out to him.

"Boss, there are a few people from Dongshan looking for you."

"From Dongshan? Where are they?"

"Director Ding is with them in the reception room on the first floor."

"Okay, I'm coming over now."

In the first-floor reception room, Ding Qiunan was chatting idly with Zheng Shan and the other two. She was extremely embarrassed, as she had never chatted with strangers like this before.

She kept praying in her heart, hoping that God would let Li Chu come back soon.

Unexpectedly, God intervened, and Li Chu finally appeared at the door.

"Li Chu, you're back. These three comrades..."

Before Ding Qiunan could finish speaking, Zheng Shan and the other two had already walked up to Li Chu.

“Brother Li, it’s me, Xiao Jiang. Do you remember me? In 1955, on the way to Dongshan, you saved my father, gave us food, and left us a dollar and a few pounds of grain coupons.”

Li Chu carefully recalled the events in his mind, then looked at the three siblings and asked somewhat uncertainly, "Are you all surnamed Zheng?"

"Yes, yes, Brother Li, you remember now?"

"I think I gave you three siblings a piece of candy each, right?"

"That's right, Brother Li, you have a great memory."

"Oh my, it's been so many years, I'm so glad you were able to find me. Come, come, have a seat."

After everyone sat down, Li Chu pointed at Zheng Shan and said, "If I remember correctly, you should be Xiao Shanzi. You were less than ten years old back then, right?"

Then he turned to Zheng Hong and said, "You're Xiao Hong, right? Am I right?"

"Brother Li, I didn't expect that after all these years, you would still remember the three of our names."

"Because the impression I had when I met you was too deep. You were lost, and your father had wounds on his legs and body. You two brothers were covered in blood. It shocked me when I first met you. By the way, how is your father's health?"

“Brother Li, my father has passed away. His biggest regret before he died was that he couldn’t meet you in person to thank you. So he told us three siblings that no matter who comes to Beijing, we should think of looking for you.”

"Oh... no need to thank me. Anyone can encounter difficulties when traveling. It was just a small favor. By the way, how did you find me?"

"It was quite a coincidence. It was Xiaoshan who saw you, but he didn't even dare to recognize you at the time."

“Brother Li, last year when I went to see Chief Wang with our leader, you came out of Chief Wang’s office while we were waiting in the reception room. I saw you but didn’t dare to recognize you because I felt your age was wrong.”