At lunchtime, Li Chu and Ding Qiunan got some food from the cafeteria and went home.
The news of Dean Yang's demotion and transfer had spread throughout the hospital, and Ding Qiunan also knew about it.
"Li Chu, why do you think Dean Yang was transferred away like this?"
After thinking it over, Li Chu decided to explain things to his wife so that she would understand the seriousness of the matter, in order to avoid any trouble if she said or did something wrong in public someday.
"I heard that someone sued them..."
Li Chu explained the whole story to Ding Qiunan clearly, including what Uncle Wang had told him, continuing until they got home for dinner.
Aunt Wang, after all, came from the war years. Back in Nanniwan, the internal struggle over policy was very serious.
This was one of the reasons why Aunt Wang was suspended from teaching for the past few years. In fact, Aunt Wang has now been reinstated, but she feels that it's nice to help take care of the children and enjoy being with her grandchildren.
Although Li Chu is not her child, over the years she has felt that he is no different from her own child.
During the meal, Aunt Wang gave the young couple, especially Ding Qiunan, a lot of advice on things to be careful about when they were out, because Ding Qiunan sometimes had some naive ideas, after all, she was not yet twenty-three years old.
The two had just entered the hospital in the afternoon when they heard some shocking news.
After returning home from get off work at noon, Dean Yang jumped from the roof of the staff dormitory building, ending the life of a man in his sixties.
A suicide note was found on his body, the contents of which are unknown. Both the body and the note have been taken away by the relevant authorities.
Sitting in the consultation room, Li Chu felt a tightness in his chest, as if he couldn't breathe properly; a storm was brewing.
The entire hospital seemed to have been suddenly put on pause; looking into the hospital from the main entrance, one was filled with a sense of desolation.
The usually bustling outpatient hall was unexpectedly deserted, as if people outside knew what had happened and no one came to see a doctor all afternoon.
As more and more people were called away for talks, the atmosphere in the hospital suddenly became tense.
Li Chu was also called in for a talk. He arrived at the small conference room in the administration building with a slight sense of nervousness.
There were soldiers standing at the entrance, with pistols at their waists.
After Li Chu arrived, the soldiers at the gate checked the personnel roster in their hands before letting him in.
There were five people in the meeting room, sitting on one side of the desks that were surrounded by walls. None of them were colleagues from the hospital.
Li Chu's tense mood only relaxed when he saw an old man sitting in the middle smiling at him.
He recognized the old man; he was his parents' comrade-in-arms, and Ding Qiunan had visited his home when she had just given birth.
The conversation proceeded quickly, and the questions asked were quite simple, giving the impression of going through the motions.
After the conversation ended, as Li Chu was about to leave, the old man who hadn't spoken since he came in finally said, "Little Chu, wait for me at the door."
Li Chu looked at the old man who was speaking and nodded with a smile.
After Li Chu left, the person sitting next to the old man asked, "Director Liu, do you know this doctor?"
As Director Liu got up and walked out, he said, "This is Quan You and Chen Ya's youngest son."
After saying that, Director Liu walked out.
The four people left in the meeting room looked at each other. The one who had just asked Director Liu threw his pen on the table and said, "Hey, this Director Liu is really something. Why didn't he say anything when he first came in? Why did he have to ask now and make me remember it for so long?"
Another person spoke up, "Who would have thought that the old bureau chief's son is now a doctor?" He then looked down at the personnel roster in his hand and said, "Wow, a university graduate with a high technical level, he's quite a talent."
The two younger men sat silently to the side. They had only been with the unit for a short time and had never met the old director they were talking about, but they were still very clear about his deeds.
Outside the conference room, Li Chu looked at Director Liu in front of him and said, "Hello, Uncle Liu, it's been a long time since I've seen you."
Director Liu patted his shoulder with a smile: "When we went to see the children last year, you were at work and didn't come to find us. We had Qin lead the way."
"You and your wife both work now, so who takes care of the child?"
"Aunt Wang is taking care of me now. When I turn one, I plan to send me to the nursery at our hospital."
When Director Liu heard the name Aunt Wang, he paused for a moment before realizing who he was talking about. He nodded and said, "We old men have been keeping an eye on you. You've done a good job, keep it up. If you need anything, come find us. Don't be so shy and hesitant like a young lady."
"Understood, Uncle Liu."
"Alright, go back to work. Don't worry too much about what happened today. Don't listen to or believe anything you shouldn't when you go out. Just live your own life. We old men will take care of the rest."
"Thank you, Uncle Liu," Li Chu said gratefully.
Director Liu waved to him, then walked to the soldier at the door and told him to notify the next person to come over.
Stepping out of the administration building, although the shadow of Dean Yang's suicide still weighed on his heart, Li Chu still felt a sense of relaxation.
Li Chu did not return to the consultation room, but went directly to the traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy where Ding Qiunan worked.
Clearly, Dean Yang's suicide and the fact that relevant departments were talking to people one by one made Ding Qiunan very nervous.
When Li Chu saw her, he could sense that his wife was a little scared.
When Ding Qiunan saw her husband standing at the door calling her, she hurriedly came out.
"Why did you come here? I was just about to look for you, but there was no one around in the yard, so I didn't dare to go over."
Li Chu took her hand, squeezed it gently, and then let go, smiling as he said, "Don't worry, it's alright. You've met the person who came to talk to you; he's a comrade-in-arms who visited your parents' home to see the children. Just tell them whatever they ask you, the truth. Don't worry."
Hearing Li Chu say this, Ding Qiunan finally felt a little relieved: "How could such a thing happen? Why did Dean Yang...?"
Shrugging, Li Chu shook his head and said, "Who knows? Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. You can go in now; I need to go back to my clinic."
"Yes, you should go back now, in case someone is looking for you and can't find you."
Near the end of the workday in the afternoon, the hospital gathered everyone except the nurses and doctors on duty in the inpatient department in the auditorium for a short meeting.
They didn't specify the investigation results, only telling everyone to focus on their work and not to discuss it privately.
No one expected that when the department was dissolved, the relevant authorities took away a deputy director of the surgery department in front of everyone. No one knew why he was taken away, and the hospital leaders sitting on the stage were also completely dumbfounded.
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