Zhou Zhixin felt very embarrassed. Li Hongmei was not only a doctor, but also a virgin. How could she come to the ward at night to take care of him, a married man?
Unfortunately, Li Hongmei was a stubborn person. Once she made up her mind to do something, she would stick to it until the end. No matter how Zhou Zhixin tried to drive her away, she would not leave.
Coincidentally, on the last night of Zhou Zhixin's hospitalization, he suddenly suffered an acute appendicitis attack. Zhou Zhixin rolled around in pain on the bed and didn't even have the strength to call for help.
If Li Hongmei had not been in the ward and performed an appendectomy on Zhou Zhixin overnight, Zhou Zhixin might have died.
After Zhou Zhixin's surgery, Li Hongmei became even more attentive to him. She not only cleaned him but also helped with his laundry and other chores. Zhou Zhixin objected several times, but Li Hongmei insisted, even justifying her actions as a gesture of camaraderie and urging him not to take it too seriously.
Frustrated, Zhou Zhixin had no choice but to go along with Li Hongmei. After all, Li Hongmei was his "lifesaver," and if he kept harping on the issue of sex, it would appear petty and unhealthy. Zhou Zhixin spent nearly a month in the hospital, and from that point on, they became close friends in the eyes of outsiders.
Li Hongmei once told Zhou Zhixin that she learned her medical skills from a doctor in Kyoto. Having attended high school, she was considered an educated person. At that time, medical universities had stopped accepting students, and Li Hongmei was unable to attend university. Instead, she studied medicine with an old friend of her father, seeking a better path forward.
After completing her apprenticeship, Li Hongmei declined her master's offer to keep her at the hospital and instead joined the army. Li Hongmei had studied medicine and came from a well-off family, so she easily landed in a military hospital.
Li Hongmei was actually 25 years old when she met Zhou Zhixin. Seeing that Zhou Zhixin was already a company-level cadre at such a young age and had a good appearance, Li Hongmei became attracted to him.
Why else would a doctor like her go to the ward and promote unity and camaraderie among comrades? With so many officers hospitalized year-round, does Li Hongmei have to promote unity and camaraderie to everyone? Isn't that just mentally ill?
Li Hongmei inquired about Zhou Zhixin's situation. Zhou Zhixin told Li Hongmei in person that he had been married for five years and had two children, one four years old and the other two years old.
Li Hongmei didn't believe it. In her opinion, Zhou Zhixin was so young, how could he be the father of two children? To be honest, Zhou Zhixin didn't look old at all. A 26-year-old man looked like he was 22 or 23.
Li Hongmei thought Zhou Zhixin was joking with her, and from then on, she visited Zhou Zhixin's company even more frequently. Even his own soldiers joked with him, asking when he would get married and if he was dating Dr. Li from the military hospital.
Zhou Zhixin was anxious. How could the innocent friendship between him and Li Hongmei have changed so drastically in the young soldiers' mouths? No wonder the battalion commander and the political commissar had been looking at him strangely these past few days. They must have known Zhou Zhixin was married; it was the battalion commander who had approved the marriage application on his behalf.
After being teased by the young soldiers, Zhou Zhixin realized that his relationship with Li Hongmei seemed a little unusual in the eyes of others.
He's a married man, and he's having an affair with a female doctor? It's outrageous no matter how you look at it!
After Zhou Zhixin found a time to reassure Li Hongmei that he was married, he never saw her again. Even when she approached, Zhou Zhixin would tell the guard to tell him he wasn't there. He feared being called "ungrateful" by the battalion commander more than being called "unfaithful."
In this way, Zhou Zhixin gradually distanced himself from Li Hongmei. Not long after, Li Hongmei was transferred. Zhou Zhixin had no idea where she was transferred to. He didn't ask anyway. Since he didn't want to be involved with Li Hongmei, he couldn't do something like flirting with her while claiming they weren't suitable.
Li Hongmei followed the military medical team to the rescue site and was obviously surprised to see Zhou Zhixin, who had been promoted to colonel.
Li Hongmei left City N because Zhou Zhixin had rejected her, which was embarrassing. On the other hand, the man who had taught Li Hongmei medicine went to her home and told her not to blame him for ruining her if she didn't transfer back to Kyoto.
Li Hongmei was still very wary of her teacher. Although his medical skills were good, his medical ethics were abysmal. If Li Hongmei's parents hadn't trusted him so much, she wouldn't have fallen into his clutches.
If it weren't for avoiding that person, Li Hongmei wouldn't have left Kyoto and gone to City N. You know, for thousands of years, people who lived in Kyoto had a natural sense of superiority, thinking that the whole of China, except Kyoto, was the countryside.
Li Hongmei had feelings for Zhou Zhixin, and she also wanted to use him to get rid of that man. Unfortunately, the good cabbage already belonged to someone else; Zhou Zhixin was already married. In the military, marriage is more than just a marriage certificate. If the woman is not at fault, and the soldier wants to divorce his wife and marry someone else, he will be expelled from the People's Army.
Li Hongmei had no choice but to return to Kyoto.
When she saw Zhou Zhixin again, Li Hongmei felt he was more mature and masculine than he had been three years prior. Of course, Li Hongmei didn't deny that she was impressed by the speed of his promotion. To rise from company commander to deputy battalion commander, and then from deputy battalion commander to full commander in just three years was no ordinary feat. Even if Zhou Zhixin were talented, his ability to cross military regions and transfer from City N to the renowned "Ace Team" guard company was something someone without a background couldn't have accomplished.
Three years ago, Zhou Zhixin had clearly told her he was from the countryside! Could it be...he had lied to her? Li Hongmei wondered.
Filled with questions, Li Hongmei approached Zhou Zhixin again. Over the past few days, Li Hongmei had frequently sought out Zhou Zhixin's presence, using the excuse of several seriously injured soldiers in his battalion as pretexts. Even yesterday, regarding the hospitalization of the injured, when it was clear that only a young soldier could accompany Li Hongmei to handle the paperwork, and Zhou Zhixin didn't need to run around the hospital, Li Hongmei dismissed the idea with the remark that the young soldier might not understand the hospital's rules and regulations.
Zhou Zhixin didn't want to embarrass Li Hongmei in front of everyone, so he had to go out and work all day. In the evening, just as Zhou Zhixin was about to go home, Li Hongmei stopped him again.
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