The light became dim because the desk lamp was always on. His face was projected on the desk, a vague outline, but the faint sadness on his face permeated the surroundings.

Liu Cuiman pushed the door open and came in with a bowl of red date soup. Looking at her husband who was smoking, she asked softly, "Zhenhua, why haven't you slept yet? What are you thinking about?"

"Hey." Yan Zhenhua put out his cigarette and sighed heavily, "I've been worrying a lot lately."

"Is it about the mayor again?" After Liu Cuiman put the red date soup on the table, she reached out and rubbed his shoulders. "What's there to worry about? What's yours is yours."

"Look at what happened to that incident between you and Qingxue!" Yan Zhenhua was a little angry when he mentioned it. "My impression of you is ruined."

"Indeed, we were also at fault in this matter."

Because his wife took the initiative to admit her mistakes, he had nothing else to say. He could only tell himself to forget it: "Anyway, our family is in the same boat. It's impossible to just ignore everything. Now that things have come to this, we have to face it together."

As Liu Cuiman was talking, she suddenly mentioned what happened when she went to Xiaowa Village yesterday: "I heard that there was a pharmacy doing very good business, and the doctor there was very capable, so I took Qingxue to see the doctor yesterday. But do you know what happened? I actually met Yan Shuhua!"

Yan Zhenhua was actually a little anxious about finding Yan Shuhua's whereabouts, otherwise he had nothing to worry about. Suddenly he heard about Yan Shuhua's whereabouts. This sentence made his eyes light up, and he quickly asked Liu Cuiman where she saw her.

"You will never guess that she actually opened a pharmacy in the town, and her business is very good. Many people go to her for treatment. I really can't believe that she would have such means." Liu Cuiman said these words with a bit of sourness in her voice.

Yan Qingxue was the daughter she had created with a lot of money, but what about Yan Shuhua? A man from a remote mountain village actually surpassed Yan Qingxue, which would make anyone feel seriously unbalanced.

"Pharmacy?" Yan Zhenhua seemed to have heard Yan Shuhua say before that he was treating other people, but he had never paid much attention to these things.

Now that he thought about it, it was true. There was a high possibility that Yan Shuhua was in the pharmacy she opened. However, if he had to go to the pharmacy to call her over, it would be a very tricky matter. He would have to find a way to get Yan Shuhua to come over by herself.

"What's wrong? Why do you get so excited when you hear Yan Shuhua's name?" Liu Cuiman noticed all the changes in his facial expressions.

Yan Zhenhua also realized that he was indeed a little excited, and quickly calmed himself down.

"Didn't you say that Qingxue has been seeing an old Chinese doctor for a while, but to no avail? Since Yan Shuhua has this kind of medical skills, why don't you let him see her? Maybe she can really have a child, and we can become grandparents." Yan Zhenhua's brain works relatively quickly. After he said this, Liu Cuiman's expression finally relaxed a little, and she stopped caring so much.

"But how do we know whether her medical skills are real or fake? Maybe she is just a hoax." Liu Cuiman would never show off Yan Shuhua's ability in front of Yan Zhenhua. Wouldn't this just boost others' morale and destroy her own prestige?

"I'm not lying, maybe I'm not as powerful as they say." Yan Zhenhua couldn't express his feelings, so he could only think about it in silence, "I've been feeling a little uncomfortable these past two days."

"Why don't you see a doctor?"

"Why don't you let Shuhua come over and take a look at me."

When Yan Zhenhua said this, Liu Cuiman showed a teasing expression on her face: "Do you really believe what your daughter outside says?"

In Yan Zhenhua's eyes, Liu Cuiman's ridicule and mockery might have been ignored before, but now he suddenly wanted to say a fair word for Yan Shuhua.

"Cui Man, I didn't get together with Hong Mei before, which was already a disappointment to her. Now the child is so old. No matter what, Shu Hua is the flesh and blood of my Yan family, my daughter. What I want to do is to treat her better, so I hope you can understand my thoughts and forgive me, okay?"

Liu Cuiman actually had a lot of things she wanted to say in her heart, but when she saw her husband like that, because of his exhaustion during this period, she really couldn't bear it. She was right, Yan Shuhua was still his daughter no matter what, and she had always put all her thoughts on Yan Qingxue, which should be considered a good explanation to him.

"If you trust her so much and want to talk to her so much, then fine, go ahead." Liu Cuiman agreed.

Yan Zhenhua was unsure whether Yan Shuhua would come. If she came, it would mean that she respected and had high regard for him as a father. But what if she didn't come... he didn't know.

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Yan Shuhua opened the medicine shop for a few days, and after reselling the medicinal materials, she was finally able to pay off the money she owed to the villagers. However, she now had to prepare to make some more money because her house had been completely burned down. So now she wanted to rebuild a house. Although it was in the countryside, it was their roots after all.

Shen Hongmei believed that if she continued to run this kind of medicine shop and make money like this, the profits would be incredible and immeasurable. Unfortunately, she now had to go to the capital to help Xiao Jinchu deal with Xiao Yanmin.

After finishing her work for the day, Shen Hongmei suddenly came over with a telegram in her hand: "Your father just sent a telegram saying that he has been feeling a little unwell these past two days. Many people he has seen have not been optimistic, so he wants you to come over and help him."

"I don't want to go." For various reasons, Yan Shuhua didn't want to see Yan Zhenhua at all.

Shen Hongmei held the telegram as if it were a treasure.

"Shuhua, how long does it take for your father to send you a telegram? And his request for you now is not too high. He just hopes that you can go see him and give him some psychological comfort." Because of the things Yan Zhenhua gave her before, Shen Hongmei gradually felt hopeful about her husband.

"Mom, you see I'm so busy now, how can I have the time to see him?" Yan Shuhua said perfunctorily.

"You have time to visit Jinchu, why don't you have time to visit your dad?"

"mom……"

Shen Hongmei was not very happy.