Cannon Fodder Doesn't Marry Far Away 2 - Double update tomorrow, mwah!
Chen Xia's family now lives in a residential compound for staff of the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Although the compound consists of old six-story red brick buildings, it is located in a bustling downtown area.
Although the provincial capital has gradually expanded outwards, and a large number of new districts such as the East District, High-tech Zone, and Port District will emerge in the future, no matter how it develops, houses in the old city have always been in high demand and short supply, and prices have only risen.
Besides this old house, Chen Xia's family also owns several new houses. When the old building left by Chen Xia's grandfather was demolished a few years ago, Chen's parents decided to take all the houses.
In Chen's father's words, "Having a house is more reliable than having money, and hoarding houses is much more worthwhile than putting money in the bank."
In addition to the three houses acquired through relocation, Mr. Chen also bought two other houses, with the property deeds in Chen Xia's name.
It can be said that Mr. and Mrs. Chen put a lot of thought into Chen Xia's future, but unfortunately, the original owner of this body was love-struck and failed to live up to their good intentions.
The east gate of the community leads directly to the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. From Chen Xia's home, it only takes ten minutes to walk to the outpatient building, and it is even closer to the inpatient department by taking a shortcut.
Chen Xia counted on her fingers and realized that once she officially started working, she could get up at 7:30 every day and have a leisurely breakfast.
Lu Kai has been having a tough time lately. His parents are worried that he might impulsively stay in the provincial capital for the sake of his relationship. They call him seven or eight times a day, and they even get his aunt, uncle, and other relatives to try and persuade him to stay.
"Kai Kai, you can't be foolish. Your parents raised you with great difficulty and supported you through five years of university. You have to be grateful and not just think about yourself. If you stay in the provincial capital to work, who will your parents rely on in the future?"
"The county hospital is close to home, has a permanent position, and you have your cousin's connections there. Isn't that better than going to the provincial capital to be a contract worker without a permanent position?"
"You're the only son in the family, and your parents will depend on you for their old age. It's fine if you marry a pampered young lady from the city, but if you stay in the provincial capital for her sake, wouldn't that make you a live-in son-in-law?"
"Do you want to end up like your third cousin's husband, who has no status at home and can't even bring your great-aunt to the city to be filial, let alone fulfill his filial duties during holidays? Last year, when your great-aunt passed away, only your third cousin's husband came back for the funeral; none of his wife or children came back with him."
Why? It's because they look down on us country folk! Your great-aunt has three sons; the youngest is unfilial, and there are also the eldest and second eldest. Your parents only have you as their son; they can't possibly leave their care in their old age to your eldest sister, can they?
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When Lu Kai's parents heard from relatives about his cousin from the next village, they realized that after marrying a city woman, he would become the cousin of Hua Xique. Their resentment towards Chen Xia, their future daughter-in-law, grew even stronger, and they wished they could immediately break them up and make their son break up with Chen Xia.
But they were afraid that if their son refused to break up with her, it would anger him and backfire, so they had to put the idea aside for the time being and kept calling to urge Lu Kai to go back to the county hospital to complete the procedures.
She also warned him not to be fooled by Chen Xia's sweet talk and scared him, saying that being a live-in son-in-law is not easy.
He even cited Lu Kai's third cousin as an example. After graduating, he got a good job through his wife's family. When they got married, the bride's family bought the wedding house for him. Since then, he has become a henpecked husband at home.
On the phone, Lu's mother burst into tears: "Kai Kai, your parents are asking you to go back to the county town for your own good. Think about it, the housing prices in the provincial capital are notoriously high. If you expect the two of you to buy a house in the provincial capital with your salaries, you'll be waiting forever!"
Without a house, after you get married you'll have to live with Chen Xia at her parents' house. People will gossip about it! Your mother can't bear to see you being pointed at and talked about!
Lu's father took the phone with a serious expression: "Kai Kai, your mother is so worried about you that she can't eat or sleep. You can't let that girl bewitch you."
Don't blame me for saying it harshly, but as the saying goes, it's better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond. When you come back to the county hospital, your uncle will pull some strings for you, and you'll soon be able to be promoted from a junior doctor to a department head.
In the provincial capital, our family has no connections. No matter how well you do, it's very difficult to get ahead in a big hospital like that. Think about it carefully..."
Under the repeated brainwashing and admonitions of his parents, Lu Kai felt it was necessary to make Chen Xia understand how determined he was to return to his hometown.
He turned off his phone immediately, wanting to scare Chen Xia and create the illusion that he would break up with her if she didn't go back to his hometown in the county with him.
Previously, whenever he had a conflict with the original owner, he would turn off his phone for two days and then hide in his dormitory, never showing his face, making it impossible for the original owner to find him anywhere.
Only when the original owner was in a frantic state would he leisurely turn on his phone and contact her. When the original owner questioned him, he would casually say that he was feeling down and wanted to be alone, thus dismissing her.
This trick was perfect for manipulating the original owner's love-obsessed mind, but what he didn't know was that Chen Xia, with a different soul, was not the love-obsessed mind he could easily manipulate.
Lu Kai waited a week before turning on the camera. Before turning it on, he took a shower, shaved, changed into clean clothes, and solemnly called Chen Xia.
He had already figured out how to appease the original owner. This time, he wouldn't explain anything, but would just pretend that nothing had happened and call Chen Xia to invite her to the milk tea shop they often went to outside the school.
That shop's signature milk tea was Chen Xia's favorite. Every time they argued, as long as he bought Chen Xia a cup of milk tea and then pitifully apologized, he was guaranteed to coax Chen Xia back to her senses quickly.
The idea sounded promising, but after dialing, all I heard was a cold, impersonal customer service representative saying, "Sorry, the number you dialed is not in service. Please check and dial again. Sorry..."
Lu Kai was dumbfounded. He knew Chen Xia's phone number by heart and had it saved in his phonebook; there was no possibility of a wrong number. How could it suddenly be a disconnected number?
He quickly logged into FatGo to try and contact Chen Xia online, but he couldn't find Chen Xia's account in his friend list, let alone send her a message.
Lu Kai panicked when he couldn't get in touch with Chen Xia. He wanted to control Chen Xia, but he didn't really want to break up with her.
Others may not know about Chen Xia's family situation, but he does. After leaving school, finding a partner like her would be harder than climbing to heaven.
Lu Kai hurriedly called and texted Chen Xia's roommates and close friends, hoping to get in touch with Chen Xia through them.
But their replies were all the same: they couldn't reach Chen Xia; she had changed both her phone number and other contact methods. Wang Yue told him that Chen Xia's old "Fat Goose" account had been canceled, and no one in the dorm could contact her now.
Li Rong gave him advice: Chen Xia might have changed her phone number and contact information, but no matter what, she would definitely contact the class monitor and counselor after changing her number, since she would eventually go back to school to pick up her graduation certificate. She suggested that he ask the class monitor and counselor.
Although Lu Kai didn't want others to know that he and Chen Xia had a falling out, he had contacted everyone he could and tried every possible method, but no matter who he contacted, they didn't know Chen Xia's new contact information. Helpless, he could only ask the class monitor and the counselor.
The class monitor and counselor did know Chen Xia's new contact information, but Chen Xia had already told them not to give it to Lu Kai, saying that since they had broken up, there was no need to keep in touch.
The class monitor used to have a crush on the original owner of this body, and Lu Kai was his former rival in love, so naturally he would not give Chen Xiaxin's contact information to anyone, including Lu Kai.
"She didn't leave a new number, but don't worry. She'll contact the class committee when graduation is near. If you still need her contact information then, I can help you get Xiaxia's contact information."
After hearing what class monitor Song Rui said, Lu Kai was so angry he almost choked. He and Chen Xia hadn't even broken up yet, and that bastard Song Rui was already eyeing them covetously.
Lu Kai increasingly felt that returning to the county's TCM hospital after graduation was a wise move, since Chen Xia had quite a few suitors besides himself.
If it weren't for a little trickery, it might have been that bastard Song Rui who won the heart of the beauty.
After being rebuffed by Song Rui, Lu Kai had no choice but to go to his counselor.
Although the counselor was a kind-hearted person, he had his own principles. Since Chen Xia didn't want to have any more contact with Lu Kai, he couldn't just give Chen Xia's contact information to Lu Kai.
No matter how Lu Kai asked, he only said one thing: he didn't know Chen Xia's new contact information yet.
Seeing Lu Kai's dejected appearance, the counselor felt sorry for him, but ultimately didn't tell him.
The class monitor and counselor were Lu Kai's last hope. They both said they couldn't contact Chen Xia. Although he didn't believe them, he had no choice but to go back and think of another way.
The day after Chen Xia returned home, her father specially changed his shift to buy her the latest model mobile phone. He ostensibly to celebrate her university graduation, but when Chen Xia opened the phone, she found that it came with a SIM card and everything else.
Chen's father made an excuse that he didn't like using his own phone, subtly implying that after Chen Xia got a new phone, he could have his old one.
Although Chen Xia was perfectly aware of her father's ulterior motives, she decided to hand over the old phone to him to put his mind at ease.
The next day, Mr. Chen announced at the dinner table with great regret that his phone had accidentally fallen into the sink the day before. He took it to the repair shop, but they couldn't fix it.
Chen's mother pretended to scold him a few times, and then the matter was over.
Chen Xia didn't take it seriously. After all, the original owner didn't have many good friends. She changed all her contact information to new ones, which was also a way of saying goodbye to the past.
After changing her phone number, Chen Xia only exchanged new contact information with a few close high school classmates, including Song Rui.
Apart from Song Rui, everyone else was not at the same university as her, so she told Song Rui not to give her contact information to others casually, especially people who knew Lu Kai, such as her roommates Wang Yue and Li Rong.
Both of them had some degree of affection for Lu Kai, and while their relationship with the original owner seemed good, they had secretly been trying to steal her away from her boyfriend. Chen Xia felt it was best to keep her distance from roommates who were always stabbing her in the back.
Song Rui had a crush on the original owner since high school, but later, due to a careless mistake, Lu Kai, that bastard, stole his girlfriend, and he regretted it for several years.
Now that Chen Xia and Lu Kai have finally broken up, even if he's gone mad, he won't let Lu Kai take advantage of him again.
Undeterred, Lu Kai asked many of the original owner's and his mutual friends to help him contact Chen Xia, but unfortunately, very few people knew Chen Xia's new phone number. No matter how hard he struggled, it was all in vain.
In the dormitory, Lu Kai slumped in a chair, staring blankly at the ceiling. He couldn't understand why Chen Xia had ended her feelings for him so easily.
He rummaged through drawers and cabinets trying to find photos of the two of them together, but couldn't find them anywhere. Little did he know that Chen Xia had already had the little system remove all traces of the two of them being together, including but not limited to photos of the two of them together, and gifts that the original owner had given to Lu Kai.
Lu Kai has always been forgetful, and he had never taken care of the photo of the two of them before. Now that he can't find it, he just assumes that he has lost it by accident.
I remember how sweetly Chen Xia and I used to get together and dream that after we both started working, we would rent a small apartment in the provincial capital, raise a fat cat, and then work hard to save money to buy our own wedding home as soon as possible.
Although housing prices in the provincial capital are not cheap, Lu Kai never doubted that they would be unable to afford a house. Firstly, he was the only boy in his family, and his parents would definitely support him if he bought a house in the provincial capital.
Secondly, Chen Xia's family was well-off; her parents started saving up a dowry for her when she was a child.
She has a big piggy bank, which contains not only the New Year's money she has saved since she was a child, but also a lot of gold coins and gold bars.
Every year on her birthday, her parents would buy her a small gold bar as a gift.
Chen Xia told him that when they bought a house in the future, she would sell all those small gold bars. At the current gold price, the money from selling the gold bars would be enough to pay the down payment for the house.
Thinking about all this, Lu Kai's heart ached terribly, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't see Chen Xia, and he didn't dare to go to the provincial TCM hospital's family compound to look for her. His family was also urging him to come back, so he could only pack his bags and go back to his hometown, thinking that he would contact Chen Xia again when he had the chance.
Chen Xia was unmoved by Lu Kai's departure. She had already started working at the hospital. Chen Xia studied Traditional Chinese Medicine rehabilitation. Medical graduates today are more fortunate than medical students in later generations, as they can start working directly without needing to undergo sponsored training.
Of course, a novice like her couldn't possibly treat patients directly. With Chen Ma's connections, she was taken in as a disciple by her master, Ye Yong, and was busy as a spinning top, both accompanying her master to see patients and making rounds.
Upon hearing that Chen Xia had become his uncle's apprentice, Song Rui abandoned his hospital stay and rushed to the Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He then contemplated suicide at home, eventually succeeding in becoming Chen Xia's apprentice and thus becoming Chen Xia's senior apprentice.
Instead of living in his own big villa, he moved into his uncle's house and became Chen Xia's next-door neighbor. Under the guise of caring for his junior sister, he brought her breakfast in the morning and picked her up and dropped her off by bicycle. His true intentions were obvious.
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