By then, Mu Jingheng and Mu Jinghuai were already old enough to understand things, which is why they were cold towards Mu Zhenting during those years.

In Mu Jingheng's heart, this home belongs to his mother, which is why he has been constantly outwitting and outmaneuvering Shen Yuqin, wanting to protect their home for his mother.

Mu Jinghuai thought that he had to become strong so that he could protect his younger brother and together they could safeguard their home.

Grandpa Mu, Mu Peisheng, was originally a subordinate of my maternal grandfather, Song Dacheng, and they gradually became close friends.

The mother, Song Shiwen, and the uncle, Song Wenbin, are twins. The maternal grandparents were injured in the war and only had this one child in their lifetime.

Song Dacheng was a military genius, and Song Wenbin inherited his good genes. He was very talented in military affairs, joined the army at the age of fifteen, and became a commander at the age of thirty, which was a legend in the army.

Furthermore, the Mu family father and son are both formidable, making this a powerful alliance that has attracted the apprehension of some.

Later, when Song Shiwen got into trouble, the Song family moved to the frontier, and the two families seemed to have fallen out again, which reassured those people a lot.

Song Shiwen and Song Wenbin are twins with almost identical features, except one is gentle and the other is cold. In fact, Mu Jingheng and Mu Jinghuai have been very dependent on Song Wenbin since childhood. However, neither of them are ordinary children. When the Song family unilaterally stopped contacting the Mu family, the two brothers also tacitly stopped contacting their maternal grandfather and uncle. They believed that their uncle and grandfather must have their reasons for doing so, rather than abandoning them.

The house allocated to Xu Mingyang was indeed quite nice. This 70-square-meter house was different from the 70-square-meter houses of later generations. This 70-square-meter house did not have a shared area, so although it was called a two-bedroom, one-living-room house, it could actually be divided into a three-bedroom, one-living-room house.

Both the Xu and Kuang families have a lot of members, and when Kuang Meizhu gives birth, her family will definitely come. So Xu Mingyang and Xu Xinning discussed renovating the house properly so that it will be convenient for the family to live in after the child is born, even if the family doesn't come.

Mu Jingheng knew many people, and the matter was settled the next day, and Xu Mingyang officially started his job.

The happiest person was Auntie. Kwong Mei-chu was living in the Mu family's house, and she finally had someone to talk to.

The relationship between the Mu family and Auntie was described as an employer-employee relationship, but in reality, they were like family.

In those days, the aunties were all assigned jobs by the authorities; it was just a job, so there was no issue of their status.

The aunt has a great personality and attitude, and Kwong Mei-chu is also easy to get along with. By the end of the day, the two had become like mother and daughter.

When Xu Xinning arrived at the seminar venue, she was surprised to find a new face in their originally planned group.

As soon as Xu Xinning walked in, the person came up with a smile and greeted her: "Teacher Xu, hello! It's great to finally meet you. To be honest, I'm ashamed to say that I didn't see you at all during the week you were at our hospital."

Xu Xinning was completely confused and looked at the other members with great puzzlement.

It was the director of the military region's general hospital who stepped in to smooth things over: "This is Comrade Mu Chenggong, the vice president of Kyoto People's Hospital."

Also surnamed Mu?

Xu Xinning glanced at Mu Jingheng beside her without making a sound.

Mu Jingheng raised an eyebrow. Are there many people with the surname Mu in Kyoto?

Vice Dean?

Xu Xinning suddenly frowned. Wasn't that Ye Jiang's new husband?

Why did he suddenly join their team?

Xu Xinning looked at Du Zhong with confusion.

Du Zhong also received Xu Xinning's question and came over to explain: "Dr. Wang from the People's Hospital was unable to participate due to some reasons, so Comrade Mu Chenggong will take his place. Comrade Mu Chenggong is an expert in internal medicine, which is perfect for him to exchange and learn from the experts from abroad. Currently, our country is in dire need of such talent."

Xu Xinning nodded to Mu Chenggong. She didn't know why she had a bad feeling about him. It had nothing to do with whether he was Ye Jiang's husband or not; it was just a bad feeling.

At this moment, Mu Chenggong suddenly turned to Mu Jingheng and smiled obsequiously, saying, "You must be Teacher Xu's husband, right? I heard you're from the Mu family. It's quite a coincidence that we're related. We're not only distant relatives, but I was also your mother's attending physician back then."

Mu Jingheng raised an eyebrow. A distant relative?

He had never heard his grandfather mention any distant relatives in Kyoto.

Mu Chenggong continued, "You probably don't know this, but my great-great-great-great-grandfather and your great-great-grandfather's father were cousins, which means we were related nine generations back."

Xu Xinning suddenly felt like laughing, silently counting her grandfather's words in her mind. It really must have been tough for Mu Chenggong.

Mu Jingheng also found it interesting. Although so many generations had passed, if the person was of good character, having more distant relatives wouldn't be a bad thing. The only concern was that the person might have impure motives or ill intentions.

Mu Jingheng gave a perfunctory smile and said, "Nice to meet you!"

The seminar was designed to discuss cases encountered during my clinical practice during this period. Some of these cases were quite complex and representative, and there are significant differences in the perspectives of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, which is why they were presented as case studies.

In Xu Xinning's view, whether it's traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine, as long as it can completely solve the problem, that's enough.

However, some practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine seem to feel compelled to debate whether traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine is superior.

That's why the seminar would often veer off-topic and turn into a heated argument.

Xu Xinning is proficient in both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. She believes that both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine have their own strengths, so they are not contradictory. In fact, they can complement each other's strengths and weaknesses to better resolve the lesions, which is the most important thing.

Xu Xinning felt that the seminar was more tiring than seeing patients all day, so she fled home as soon as it ended. She didn't want to be held back by those people and continue to discuss whether traditional Chinese medicine or Western medicine played a greater role.

When Xu Xinning's car pulled up in front of her house, she was surprised to see the Shao family's two children squatting in front of their yard counting ants.

Upon hearing the sound of the car, Kuang Meizhu ran out.

Despite being pregnant, she was incredibly fast and agile.

Xu Xinning cried out in alarm, "Auntie, slow down, be careful of your stomach!"

Kuang Meizhu waved her hand cheerfully and said, "It's alright, this child is tough."

Xu Xinning was speechless. She hadn't expected her aunt to be so reckless. Did her uncle know about this?

When the two children saw Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng return, they immediately stood up, their eyes filled with hope.

Kuang Meizhu looked at the two children and said helplessly, "These two children came here right after you left. They heard you went to work, so they left again. I woke up from my afternoon nap and saw them here again. My aunt and I told them you hadn't come back yet, and they said they wanted to wait here. We asked them to come in and wait, but they wouldn't agree. They said they would see you as soon as you came back."