The car stopped in front of a newly built hotel. Li Ying got out of the car and looked at the magnificent hotel entrance. If she remembered correctly, this was the first hotel built with foreign joint ventures, and it remained famous for many years to come.
There weren't many cars outside the hotel, but there were quite a few bicycles.
Many well-known figures remain very frugal, riding their own old-fashioned bicycles to attend this rare exchange meeting.
"Let's go in."
Lu Qingzhu walked beside Li Ying, occasionally explaining the inside story of the hotel's construction to her.
Upon entering the hotel lobby, I found a very spacious area that could accommodate several hundred people.
Among the attendees, some were dressed very smartly, while others were dressed very simply.
The person surrounded by a group of people was Cao Xinqiao, whom Li Ying had just been talking about.
He made breakthroughs in the field of cardiology that others could not achieve. Li Ying had read his reports, and his proposal was to use animal hearts to prolong human life. This theory had been mentioned by experts in the 21st century, but there were no successful cases. There was also the idea of live organ swapping.
While some hospitals could indeed achieve this at the end of the 21st century, in China, which was just entering the 1980s, anyone who could come up with such an idea was either a madman or a dreamer on par with a madman.
However, he had already succeeded in one case in the port city, which is why he has gained so much recognition.
Li Ying found this aspect terrifying.
Li Ying didn't plan to greet Cao Xinqiao; instead, she went with Lu Qingzhu to meet some big names in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.
Li Ying listened attentively to the teachings of her seniors and diligently memorized some difficult and complicated cases.
"Comrade Li Ying."
Team Leader Tian, with whom she had worked before, came over to greet Li Ying, accompanied by Tian Aiai.
“He is my uncle,” Tian Aiai explained, adding that her attitude towards Li Ying was not very good.
Li Ying greeted Team Leader Tian politely, then followed Lu Qingzhu to another place.
"You mean her?" Team Leader Tian frowned.
"It's her. Cao Xinqiao treats her very differently. Uncle, what should I do?" Tian Ai'ai was extremely anxious.
“Ai’ai, I think you’re overthinking it. Li Ying is a married woman with a child. How could she possibly have anything to do with Cao Xinqiao?” Team Leader Tian had met Li Ying and felt that she wasn’t that kind of person.
“But Cao Xinqiao wants to break off the engagement with me, Uncle. Even if Li Ying has nothing to do with me, Cao Xinqiao is still interested in that.” Tian Aiai was frustrated. How could she, an unmarried girl, be less valuable than a married woman with children?
"Don't worry, I'll talk to the Cao family elders about this."
Tian Aiai immediately smiled and hugged her uncle's arm, saying, "Thank you, Uncle."
Li Ying benefited greatly from the entire exchange meeting.
The junior brother was going to say goodbye to someone, and Li Ying was waiting for him at the door.
"Li Ying".
Cao Xinqiao walked over and called Li Ying's name directly.
Li Ying frowned, not really liking this kind of greeting.
"Comrade Cao, you should call me Comrade Li."
Cao Xinqiao's face darkened, but his eyes behind his glasses remained expressionless.
"I thought we had a revolutionary friendship, and calling you by your name was the most affectionate thing to do."
"Comrade Cao, at most our relationship is that of patient and doctor. You have to solve your own problems; I'm just an external force, and my role is limited." Li Ying tried to distance herself from this person.
Every time Li Ying encountered him, she felt a strange pain in her heart, as if someone had hollowed her out.
Cao Xinqiao was very embarrassed and took a step back.
"I'm sorry, I was too arrogant."
At this moment, Lu Qingzhu returned, and Li Ying left with Lu Qingzhu.
Cao Xinqiao stood at the hotel entrance, watching the two people leave.
As the car started, Li Ying glanced back, feeling restless and uneasy.
"Junior Sister, you look a little unwell?"
"Junior brother, I don't know why, but every time I see him, my heart aches." Li Ying pressed her chest, unable to describe the feeling.
She was certain that she had no connection with this Cao Xinqiao.
I really can't figure out where that inexplicable feeling came from.
"Then try to stay away from him as much as possible in the future," Lu Qingzhu advised.
"Um."
A week after the meeting, Cao Xinqiao did not appear, and Li Ying did not see anyone from the Cao family again.
Over the weekend, Li Ying wanted to visit Ye Jingchi and prepared a lot of food and supplies.
"Are we going to see Daddy?" Chenchen asked excitedly.
"Hmm, does Chenchen miss her dad?"
Chenchen nodded emphatically.
"Then let's go find Dad together, okay?"
"Okay." Chenchen ran to bring the craft she made the day before yesterday: "I want to show this to Dad."
"good."
Zhou Qi originally planned to take Li Ying and her son there, but Niu Niu got sick before they set off, and Li Ying couldn't let Zhou Qi take her, so she drove herself with Chen Chen.
The place where Ye Jingchi was studying, Huzhou, was not far from the capital, only a few hours away. However, because it was a strategic military academy, the surrounding area was deserted.
Li Ying's car stalled in a deserted place.
It's true what they say, what you fear most is what happens. Her biggest fear was breaking down halfway through the journey.
Li Ying got out of the car, checked the car's condition, and looked up at the current situation. It really was a case of "no village in front and no shop behind."
"Mommy, why aren't we leaving?" Chenchen pressed against the car window, asking.
"Chenchen, the car has broken down. We might have to walk."
Only then did Li Ying miss modern cell phones. Without any smart devices, this was all she could do. But leaving the car here wasn't an option either, and staying here wasn't a solution.
If a passing vehicle were to stop and help at this time, that would be good.
This road is rarely used, even on weekends.
Just as Li Ying was feeling worried, a jeep came up from behind and stopped in front of Li Ying and her son.
The car door opened, and Cao Xinqiao stepped out.
He was dressed very formally today, in a light blue Zhongshan suit, black trousers, and cloth shoes with thick soles.
I just changed my glasses; the black frames were replaced with frameless ones.
"It looks like you from a distance. Has it broken down?" Cao Xinqiao glanced at the car, then looked at Chenchen in Li Ying's arms, and raised his hand to touch Chenchen's cheek: "Your son?"
"Hmm. I didn't expect to run into Comrade Cao here?"
Cao Xinqiao smiled slightly: "I was on my way to Huzhou Hospital for a consultation, and I just happened to run into you here. It looks like I'll have to leave the car here."
Li Ying glanced at the car, knowing she couldn't be coy right now: "Can I ride with you?"
"Comrade Li Ying, you're too kind. Xiao Feng, get out of the car and help fix it. I'll drive them away first," Cao Xinqiao instructed the driver.
"Okay, Dr. Cao."
Xiao Feng got off the bus.
Cao Xinqiao reached out and picked up Chenchen, then said to Li Ying, "Let's go, I'll take you there first."
Chenchen hugged Li Ying tightly, unwilling to be hugged by a stranger.
"I'm sorry, this child is shy around strangers."
"It doesn't matter."
Cao Xinqiao adjusted his glasses, opened the car door, and said, "Get in."
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