Dr. Du also worked tirelessly. Seeing that Aunt Xie's condition had improved somewhat, he would come to her house every four or five days to take her pulse, rewrite the prescription, and get the medicine ready.
More than half a month later, Dr. Du said that Aunt Xie's illness was no longer a big problem, and left a prescription for her to take on her own.
He also instructed that he should prepare some nutritious food for Aunt Xie on a regular basis, such as malted milk powder or brown sugar to help her recover.
Xiong Mingxia readily agreed, gave Dr. Du ten yuan for the consultation, and also gave him five jin of rice and a chicken. She thanked Dr. Du profusely and sent him back to Qingshan Brigade.
After Dr. Du returned to Qingshan Brigade, Xiong Mingxia didn't think much of it at first, but later she discovered that Aunt Xie was indeed as Dr. Du had said, sometimes lucid and sometimes confused.
When she was lucid, she would silently shed tears, or she would keep calling out Xu Changfeng's name.
When he's confused, he talks nonsense, sometimes crying and sometimes laughing, saying he doesn't believe it, absolutely doesn't believe it! Or he'll look up at his head and keep asking if this is retribution? Occasionally he'll mumble a few words, like revenge! Like I'm sorry! Like I've cut off my family line, like I have no face to see you.
Especially in the middle of the night, you could hear Aunt Xie laughing one moment and crying the next, then cursing, then pleading, then seemingly complaining and whining, then weeping and blaming herself.
Even though she knew this was her own mother, Xiong Mingxia still felt uneasy, and a thought crossed her mind: was her mother possessed by a ghost?
Otherwise, how could one person create such a commotion as a play?
From then on, Xiong Mingxia dared not keep watch in Aunt Xie's room at night, and instead made the excuse that Aunt Xie had recovered and moved to another room.
The door was bolted tight at night, and occasionally in the middle of the night, one could hear sounds like Aunt Xie was rummaging through drawers and cabinets in her room. But when one went to check during the day, everything seemed normal.
Xiong Mingxia assumed she had misheard.
Occasionally, when Aunt Xie was lucid, she would not call out Xu Changfeng's name, but instead hold her hand and say that she had worked hard these days.
Just those words brought tears to Xiong Mingxia's eyes; she felt that all her hard work these past few days had finally paid off.
She held Aunt Xie's hand, sobbing uncontrollably, only able to call out "Mom" over and over again, unable to utter another word.
It was only then that she realized that Aunt Xie, her biological mother, was her pillar of support!
Aunt Xie watched her cry for half a day, only touching her head without saying a word.
Later, after she had finished crying, he gestured for her to take the money from his cabinet and ask Xiong Mingxia to buy some brown sugar, candy, and pastries.
He said he knew she had been working hard, and that she had only been taking care of herself these days, afraid of neglecting her family.
Now that she's feeling better, she knows that Xiong Mingxia is also thinking about her children at home. She told Xiong Mingxia to go back and visit the children, and to bring back the candies and snacks she bought for them along the way, and just bring back the brown sugar.
Xiong Mingxia didn't think much of it and went obediently.
Then people from the Northwest Military Region arrived and said that Xu Changfeng had already sacrificed himself many years ago.
Among Aunt Xie's belongings, two yellowed pages of a book were found in a hidden compartment of a box; they had already been sent to the county town.
As for that Dr. Du, we have already sent people to investigate. There is indeed such a person in Qingshan Brigade. His medical skills are indeed quite good. He is the barefoot doctor of Qingshan Brigade.
Five or six days ago, he fell off a cliff while collecting herbs in the mountains, and his remains have not been found.
The belongings left behind by Dr. Du, and the house he lived in, have been completely surrounded by soldiers from the Northwest Military Region, and everything is being searched.
However, the brigade leader from Qingshan Brigade provided a clue, saying that Dr. Du had suddenly become very agitated for some reason. Later, he went to the commune and came back looking energetic and radiant. When everyone jokingly asked him if something good had happened, he gave a vague answer.
...
One by one, clues were revealed under the questioning of Sun Zhou and his men.
Now, following the clues, Sun Zhouzheng has found his way to the commune to see if Dr. Du received any phone calls or telegrams during the period before his death.
After arranging everything and confirming that driving on the road would not cause Xu Ningyan any further harm, Jiang Zhiyuan, along with Xu Ningyan, medical staff, and a squad of soldiers from the military region, were already on their way back to Beijing the next morning.
Their plan was to drive to the provincial capital before midnight and catch the express train from the provincial capital to Beijing at midnight that night.
This express train only goes as far as the provincial capital, and can reach Beijing the next morning.
This is the fastest itinerary Jiang Zhiyuan has planned.
Driving a car long distances requires speed and stability, which naturally demands a high level of concentration from the driver.
The soldiers in that platoon of soldiers in the military region were the ones he required to be able to drive, so that drivers could be changed at any time on the road to avoid driving while fatigued.
The rapid pace of the journey left even these soldiers, trained in the military, exhausted, requiring a change of driver every three hours.
They were quite lucky, probably due to the deterrent effect of the military trucks; at least they didn't encounter anything else along the way.
After a long and arduous journey, they finally arrived in the provincial capital as night fell.
In the provincial capital, a guesthouse has been set up so that they can rest for a few hours before boarding the train.
During this short break of a few hours, Jiang Zhiyuan received a call from Sun Zhou, who reported the clues he had found over the past two days and two nights.
Although the remaining clues still need to be investigated, it can be roughly determined that this was a premeditated murder targeting Xu Ningyan.
Before the Northwest Military Region personnel arrived, Aunt Xie did indeed know that Xu Changfeng had an accident; the person who delivered the message was Doctor Du.
Doctor Du is dead, but we don't know who the mastermind is.
Who is targeting Xu Ningyan? Who wants to kill her?
Jiang Zhiyuan took stock of the people who had conflicts with Xu Ningyan and whose relationship with her was not good. None of them had such means and strength.
unless?
Jiang Zhiyuan realized something! His face darkened, and he immediately made a phone call.
At 11:45 p.m., Jiang Zhiyuan, along with Xu Ningyan and a group of others, boarded the express train, while the soldiers from the military region were left behind.
On the train, Jiang Zhiyuan used his connections to reserve two soft sleeper compartments.
Seeing the oppressive aura emanating from Jiang Zhiyuan, the others tactfully moved to another private room, leaving the space to Jiang Zhiyuan and Xu Ningyan, who was lying quietly there.
After everyone had left, only Jiang Zhiyuan remained in the private room. He relaxed slightly, revealing a look of exhaustion and self-reproach.
Holding Xu Ningyan's icy hand, Jiang Zhiyuan's tone was filled with murderous intent: "Yanyan, don't worry, none of those who harmed you will escape! No matter who they are, I will make them regret harming you—"
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