"Here you go, I've replaced it with a new one. The teacher who stamped it said there won't be a next time, it's been expired for two years."

"There definitely won't be a next time. Thank you, thank you so much, Wang Yueyue." Chen Guang hadn't expected things to go so smoothly.

When those two classmates were changing their dispatch certificates, they had to ask a lot of people for help, and it took them almost a month of back and forth to get it done, and they spent a lot of money.

He thought they would have to go through countless hardships, and he was just thinking that if all else failed, they would have to ask their families for some money.

"Alright, don't be so polite." Wang Yueyue waved her hand. "Now that everything's done, let's go back as soon as possible."

"Chen Guang, treat Feifei well from now on."

"Don't worry, Wang! Goodbye!" Chen Guang bowed deeply to Wang Yueyue, straightened up, waved, and then ran towards Sun Fei.

This time, Wang Yueyue didn't rush back to school. Instead, she stood there watching the campus couple who were about to return to their hometown. She didn't know if she would ever see them again.

Are they wrong for not wanting to go back? No, they just want to live a better life; they want to fight against their fate.

But just as Li Chu had told her before, the timing wasn't right; it was too early!

Not far away, Sun Fei looked at the dispatch order her boyfriend handed her, then quickly turned to look at the school gate. Upon seeing that figure, she ran over and hugged Wang Yueyue tightly.

"Thank you. I'm leaving now. I won't be a 'strong woman' anymore. I'm going back to experience the comfortable life you described."

"Take care," Wang Yueyue patted her former roommate on the back.

...

In just one week, the wind finally picked up and got stronger.

Li Chu stood in front of the office building, watching Chen He walk away, a faint smile on his face.

"Old Li, what are you doing standing outside in this freezing cold?" Dean Du asked curiously as he returned from outside.

"I just saw a friend off."

"That fire you lit the other day, it's been burning brighter and brighter lately!"

"Hehe... No matter how fiercely this fire burns, it won't burn innocent people."

"That's right, he's still very adept at controlling the situation." Dean Du nodded in agreement.

"Let's go upstairs."

"Old Du, you go first, another friend has arrived."

Dean Du glanced back and saw that someone was indeed pushing a bicycle toward them.

"Okay, I'll go up first."

Song Tangyuan was walking towards them from a distance. He seemed to have spotted Li Chu as well, and his pace quickened considerably.

"Did you get a call at the door and know I was here, so you came down to greet me?"

"Would you be a little disappointed if I said no?"

"What's there to be disappointed about?"

"I had just seen a friend off and was about to go upstairs when I saw you coming."

After Song Tangyuan locked the car, the two walked together into the office building.

"Tang Yuan, you didn't come here because of your deputy director, did you?"

After entering the office and sitting on the sofa, Li Chu asked.

Song Tangyuan, who had just sat down, was clearly stunned for a moment. The news had spread too fast. What happened last night had already spread throughout the city by this morning.

"You know about him?"

“I just told you that I was giving it to a friend. That friend is a member of the Control Yuan. I found out from him.”

"No wonder, I knew it, the speed of this spread is a bit too fast. I can say that I came for his sake, or I can say that I didn't."

"What do you mean?" His roundabout way of talking had left Li Chu a bit confused.

Song Tangyuan didn't rush to say anything. He waited until Zhao Zhijun, who had come in to pour water, left before saying, "I don't care about the deputy director's matter. We're not on the same side. I know you started this fire, so I came here to ask you how far it's going to burn."

"Why do you care about this? Tang Yuan, don't tell me you're involved too." Li Chu's expression gradually turned serious. He didn't want this classmate to get dragged into this mess.

"What are you thinking? I have no right to get involved in those things, nor am I interested in them," Song Tangyuan said with a smile, waving his hand.

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"To be honest, some people have contacted me before, and some even tried to contact you through me, but I refused them all. However, one of my classmates has fallen into this trap."

Um?

Who is it?

"He wasn't from Beijing, he was from Dongshan. I don't know if you remember him, but he was the only one from Dongshan in our class back then."

"Zhai...Zhai Rong?"

“Your memory is truly excellent; I can’t help but admire it.” Song Tangyuan nodded first, then shook his head and said, “It’s him. He’s already been apprehended. It’s said that he sold several of their prescriptions… Sigh, he’s so foolish.”

Li Chu remained silent for a while after hearing this.

He didn't have a deep impression of this classmate. The only thing he remembered was that on the day he first reported for duty, the classmate introduced himself as being from Dongshan. However, his thin build completely overturned their stereotypical image of a burly man from Dongshan.

“We’re all over fifty years old. He chose this path himself, and he has to bear the consequences.”

"It's just a pity for his hungry baby."

"What do you mean? His grandson is being taken care of by his son, could it be that his son is being implicated as well?"

“That’s not his grandson, it’s his youngest son. I just found out that his wife passed away from illness the year before last, and then he married a woman who is only one year older than his son last year, and she just gave birth to his child this summer.”

Good heavens, Li Chu's eyes widened in astonishment.

Among his classmates, there were even some who played such fancy games.

That makes sense, though. If they hadn't been so cunning, they wouldn't have gotten themselves into this mess.

"Hehe... Well, he didn't lose out, at least he enjoyed it, right?"

"Haha, you!" Song Tangyuan shook his head and laughed.

"Tang Yuan, if you want to ask me how far this fire can burn, I really don't know. I'm only responsible for starting it. How big the fire gets is beyond my control, and I'm not qualified to do so. But as long as I don't mess around, there won't be any problems. I'm very sure of that."

"Phew~" Song Tangyuan visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then I'm relieved. To be honest, what I feared most was that it would escalate."

Nobody's afraid; everyone is afraid.

But this time is different from the past. This time it is proactive, in order to get rid of the chronic problems, travel light, and be ready to welcome next year's meeting.

The only difference is that this time, no one expected the fire to start in the healthcare system.

"By the way, old classmate, I'm planning to retire early next year."

This time, Li Chu was genuinely surprised.

His classmate, who loved being an official, was actually thinking about retiring early, which naturally shocked him.