"She had her own difficulties. Her leaving at that time was indeed beneficial to the He family, but my father died because of protecting her, and she soon got married and had children in Hong Kong. I cannot accept this."

"This matter is like a thorn in my throat. It is impossible for me not to have a barrier in my heart towards her."

As decisive as He Ting is, he is now confused about the mother-son relationship between him and Ye Xiangling.

Instead, Lu Baiwei became a firm force in his heart, supporting his emotional strength from behind.

He Ting now doesn’t know how to deal with this mother-son relationship. He now relies on Lu Baiwei. He feels that if Lu Baiwei is here, things will be much clearer.

Therefore, he was looking forward to returning to the capital to see Lu Baiwei as soon as possible.

It’s just because Lu Yuanze suddenly fell ill that he has to stay in Yangcheng for a few days.

Li Chengzhi watched He Ting grow up since he was a child and knew that he was actually the most opinionated one among the children in the compound.

This matter concerns his mother Ye Xiangling, and the child is now confused.

Li Chengzhi raised his glass and clinked it with him.

"Damn it, if you reach the mountain, there will always be a way out. If you can't figure it out, Ting, forget it."

Li Chengzhi advised him: "Ting, look, you are living such a good life now."

"The wife you married is capable. She will give birth to triplets for your He family. Your old man is so happy that he hangs around the compound with his kids all day long. His spine is straighter than anyone else's."

"Look at Ruicai again. He has no whereabouts yet."

"Because of the matter of the Feng family girl, he almost became disabled. It shows that things in this world will not always go smoothly."

Li Ruicai finally got over the pain of Feng Shishi's death.

Li Ruicai was already numb from being compared to He Ting by his uncle since he was a child.

Seeing his good brother so sad, Li Rui laughed at himself: "That's right, A Ting."

"You have a family, but I don't have one."

Yes, there are family members.

He has Weiwei and her sons, as well as his grandfather and uncle's family.

These are his closest family members.

There is no need to become enemies with Ms. Ye Xiangling.

Although they are mother and son, because Ms. Ye Xiangling is absent for some reason, she is at best a distant family member.

Family members also have closeness and distance.

Since Ms. Ye Xiangling has remarried and given birth to children, based on the blood relationship between her and him, she should be classified as a less close family member!

She ranked behind Weiwei's three children, grandfather, and uncle's family.

Thinking of this, He Ting felt a little relieved.

He raised his glass: "Uncle, let's not talk about her."

"Come on, let's have a clash..."

While He Ting and Shen Junqian were being warmly entertained by uncle Li Chengzhi and his nephew, a call was transferred to Lu Yuanze's ward in the military hospital ward.

Lu Yuanze picked up the phone and said "Hello", and a soft voice came from the other end of the line.

"Yuan Ze, it's me."

"I just learned from my parents that you had a stress attack on the plane on your way back to Beijing from Hong Kong?"

The person on the other end of the phone sighed: "This time the inspection team has been delayed abroad for two more days. The medicine I asked Chuanbai to prescribe for you won't work for too long. I want to know why you didn't come back with the inspection team, but chose to stay in Hong Kong instead?"

"Yuwei, I was delayed in Xiangjiang due to something."

The person on the other end of the phone asked softly, "What exactly made you stay in Hong Kong?"

"Yuan Ze, you can't ignore your own body."

"If you had come back with the expedition team this time, the situation wouldn't have become so bad..."

The gentle female voice on the other end of the phone was about to continue, but Lu Yuanze interrupted impatiently: "Yuwei, is it useful to pursue so much now? Things have already come to this."

"Besides, I'm a patient and I need to rest."

"You have to bring up the matter of me staying in Hong Kong..."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and finally he chose to compromise.

"Okay, I won't say anything else. You should get well soon. Don't take a plane this time. Take the train back to Beijing."

"Also, you must actively cooperate with the treatment plan I asked Chuanbai to arrange."

"Your lumbar spine has been severely injured. Every time you are stressed, the severe pain in your lumbar spine will cause your body to spasm. Chuanbai has a student at Kyoto University who has inherited the art of bone setting from his ancestors."

"No matter what you do this time, you have to listen to me. You can't use the excuse of being busy at work to not cooperate with the treatment. Let Chuanbai bring someone to your house to check your old injuries."

Lu Yuanze perfunctorily responded to the other party on the phone: "Okay, I'll see how the work is arranged at that time."

"We'll talk later. I need to rest now."

The other party seemed to be hurt by Lu Yuanze's indifference. There was silence on the other end of the phone and a beeping sound was heard.

After answering the phone call, Lu Yuanze felt exhausted. He rubbed his temples and then lay down to rest.

Because he had to rush back to the capital to report on his work, Lu Yuanze did not stay in Yangcheng for long. Two days later, after his body recovered better, he took He Ting and Shen Junqian on the express train back to the capital.

This time, He Ting and Shen Junqian's luggage contained a lot more seafood.

I brought several large bags of seafood supplements to Chief He and the old man of the Li family.

Li Ruicai helped carry the things onto the train. The uncle and nephew arranged sleeper tickets for them, otherwise He Ting and Shen Junqian would have been troubled as to how to bring so many things back to the capital.

As for Lu Baiwei, she took her children to the airport but found nothing. She had been waiting for He Ting to return from Hong Kong after relocating.

But they received a call from Yangcheng, and learned that Minister Lu, who accompanied He Ting to look for the luggage in Hong Kong, fell ill on the plane, and the three of them had to stay in Yangcheng.

Fortunately, Lu Baiwei waited for another two days and learned that He Ting had already boarded the express train back to Beijing.

The feasibility report of the pharmaceutical factory consumed Lu Baiwei's energy. She handed the plan she had finally completed to Gu Chuanbai and planned to take a leave to pick up He Ting.

However, when Gu Chuanbai saw the report, his eyes lit up and he called out to Lu Baiwei.

"If it's not something very important, don't rush to ask for leave. Come with me to meet someone."

Gu Chuanbai told Lu Baiwei: "The friend with the spondylolisthesis I told you about last time, he did suffer a lot of trauma to his lumbar spine, but he has recently been using the medicated oil massage you gave him and it has worked. He just came back from a business trip, and I have a chance to meet him today."

"I would like to invite you to come with me. This person should be of great help to our development of traditional Chinese medicine."

"By the way, please also check the old injury on his lumbar spine."

Gu Chuanbai explained: "I used acupuncture to treat him for a period of time, and also massaged him with the medicated oil you gave him. His old lumbar spine disease has not recurred recently, but he has symptoms of post-traumatic stress."

"This time he had an attack due to stress, and his old lumbar spine injury recurred."

If it were normal, Lu Baiwei would definitely agree to Gu Chuanbai.

But Lu Baiwei was worried about He Ting at the moment.

He Ting encountered many twists and turns on his way back from Hong Kong, and she would not feel at ease until she saw him.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Gu, I have to rush to the train station to pick someone up."

"If your friend needs anything, let's make an appointment another day."