Chapter 16 You Will Come Back to Me Sooner or Later
Li Qingqing quickly closed the door.
"Master, why...why are you here?" Li Qingqing was a little panicked. She didn't know if Mu Xingyi had heard her conversation with Lu Yan just now.
"You've been out for so long and haven't come back. I was worried about you, so I came out to look for you." Mu Xingyi looked at her worriedly. He saw clear traces of tears on Li Qingqing's face.
"Are you okay, Qingqing? Did something happen at home?"
Li Qingqing quickly wiped her tears and pulled Mu Xingyi back to the box.
"I'm fine, it's just about my brother. I'm a little worried about him." Li Qingqing told a little lie.
Mu Xingyi looked at her distressedly and said, "Qingqing, I am your master now. If you have any difficulties, you must tell me. I will do my best to help you."
Hearing Mu Xingyi say this, Li Qingqing was very moved. "I understand. Thank you, Master." She said with a sob.
Behind them, Lu Yan looked at the backs of the two men. An uncontrollable anger ignited in his heart and his eyes turned cold.
"I told you that you were cheating on me." Qin Yichuang's voice sounded behind him.
"You are such a repressed boy. I gave it to you but you refused it. Instead, you had to get yourself into a love triangle here." Qin Yichuang continued to scold him.
Lu Yan did not respond to him.
"What? Do you want me to give her some medicine and throw her on your bed?" Qin Yichuang continued.
"Don't use your dirty tricks." Lu Yan warned coldly.
"What? Are you in love?" Qin Yichuang teased.
Lu Yan slowly turned around and said coldly, "If you don't shut up, I'll make you shut up forever."
Qin Yichuang stopped talking. He believed that Lu Yan had plenty of tricks up his sleeve. Although he looked very decent in normal times, he was ruthless when doing things.
Looking at the figure disappearing at the end of the corridor, a shadow shrouded Lu Yan's heart.
Li Qingqing, you will come back to beg me sooner or later.
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This week, Li Qingqing followed Mu Xingyi to learn Chinese medicine. The feeling of having someone to guide her felt much more reassuring than her previous blind self-study.
In the past, she often fell into confusion while reading medical books, and it usually took a long time for her to understand the principles behind the books through some opportunity, so learning was very difficult and slow.
But now it’s different. Under Mu Xingyi’s guidance, the knowledge that I didn’t quite understand before is now clear all of a sudden, as if my Ren and Du meridians were opened up at once.
Li Qingqing felt that she had absorbed a lot of knowledge in one go. This state of continuous learning and progress gave her a sense of security.
Mu Xingyi also praised her for her high level of comprehension and said she was a good candidate for studying traditional Chinese medicine.
Li Qingqing also felt that her life was gradually getting back on track. She continued to make progress in the industry she loved, earning a small but stable internship salary. Even Aze's illness gave her a chance to breathe.
As long as she studies hard under Mu Xingyi, she will definitely become a great doctor like him in the future.
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On the weekend, Li Qingqing took the bus home with the comic book she bought for Aze.
Aze had wanted this comic book for a long time, but Li Qingqing had used all the money she earned from working to buy him medicine, leaving her with no spare money to buy him a comic book.
Now that life has finally settled down a bit, Aze should be very happy to receive this comic book, right?
The bus bumped along for a long time and finally stopped at a remote stop.
Li Qingqing got off the car and walked towards the strange yet familiar alley not far away.
After a while, she came to a dilapidated residential building. It was an old residential area. Most of the people living here were migrant workers who came to the city to work and idle people who did odd jobs.
There are several additional houses on the top floor of a residential building on the left. These were built by the landlord himself in order to earn more rent. You need to climb up the iron stairs installed next to it to reach the top floor.
This is Li Qingqing's home.
Li Qingqing climbed up the rusty iron ladder, pushed open the unlocked door and walked in.
A strong smell of smoke came out from inside. Li Qingqing frowned deeply and covered her mouth and nose with her sleeves.
The room is a mess, and it looks like it hasn't been cleaned for a long time.
Li Qingqing walked into the living room and threw several wine bottles that had fallen on the floor into the trash can.
Hearing the noise, Aze ran out of the bedroom.
"Sister, you're back?" Xie Ze threw himself into Li Qingqing's arms.
Li Qingqing hugged him, tears almost coming out of her eyes. Her little hero was finally alive and kicking again.
Thinking of how he was lying weakly on the hospital bed a few weeks ago, Li Qingqing felt a pang of sadness in her heart.
She lowered her head to look at the small figure, stroked his face and asked, "Aze, does your heart still hurt?"
Xie Ze put on an innocent smile and said sensibly, "It doesn't hurt anymore. The doctor said as long as I don't do strenuous exercise or get too excited, I'll be fine. Sister, do you know?"
Xie Ze glanced at the bedroom door in the inner room and whispered, "I originally thought there was nothing wrong with my heart, but last time I saw Dad hitting Mom, I had a heart attack."
Li Qingqing looked at the bedroom door, her heart filled with heartache and helplessness. How could Aze's heart be healthy if he lived in such an environment?
"Where's Mom?" Li Qingqing hadn't seen Chen Suyun since she came back.
"Mom went to buy groceries. Dad hasn't been home for several days. When he came back, he said he wanted to eat stir-fried eel, so he asked Mom to buy it. That drunkard is still sleeping in the room now." Aze pointed to the door.
Li Qingqing sighed, took out a comic book from her bag and handed it to Xie Ze, "Aze, look what this is." Li Qingqing shook the comic book in her hand.
Xie Ze opened his eyes wide with a look of surprise, then immediately lowered his brows.
"Sister, you don't have to go out to work every day for me. I heard that you gave me the deposit for buying my heart. With so much money, you must have worked a lot, right? I don't want to see you working so hard for me..."
Aze looked into his sister's eyes and earnestly expressed his true thoughts.
Li Qingqing touched the head of the sensible little boy with tears in her eyes. "Aze, don't worry about me. I have a formal job now. I will make a lot of money in the future to take you away from this place, okay?"
Hearing his sister say this, Aze became happy again.
"Let's go read comics, sister, clean up the house."
Xie Ze took the comic and sat at the stairs, reading it with relish while waiting for his mother to come back from shopping.
Li Qingqing looked at the mess in the room and began to clean it up skillfully.
When Chen Suyun was a child, she worked outside and was responsible for cleaning the house. She also had to go home early after school to prepare meals for the family.
This situation continued until she started living in the high school dormitory.
After finally cleaning up the living room, Li Qingqing went to the kitchen and found that it was even more messy. All the dishes were piled in the sink, and the kitchen waste had not been thrown away for several days. There was a faint foul smell.
Li Qingqing threw away the garbage, changed the garbage bag and started washing dishes.
The sound of splashing water could be heard, and the dishes were washed one after another. Just as Li Qingqing was cleaning the sink, she suddenly felt her waist tighten.
She was hugged from behind.
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