Seeing that his wife had calmed down, Yi Zhonghai looked at Li Chu and asked, "Xiao Chu, is everything alright? Are you sure?"
Li Chu smiled and said, "It's a pregnancy pulse, no problem, sir."
Yi Zhonghai suddenly covered his face, squatted down, and choked out, "I have an heir, I have an heir..."
An older woman also started wiping away tears.
Li Chu sighed, "Oh, sir, you can't let auntie cry with you now!"
An old man stood up, wiped his face with both hands, and comforted an old woman.
Seeing that they had both calmed down, Li Chu took out paper and pen from his bag and started writing.
He handed the written prescription to the old man and said, "This is the prescription I gave you to help with the pregnancy. Take it to your mother tomorrow to get the medicine. She only needs to drink it once a day after meals. You need to take good care of her from now on."
Then he said to the older woman, "Auntie, you can't do any of the heavy or strenuous work around the house anymore. Also, whatever you do, you can't make any big movements. After all, you're getting old, so you have to be careful in everything you do."
The two nodded in agreement.
After saying that, Li Chu stood up and said, "Uncle, please let Auntie rest. I'm going back now. I just got back and haven't even gone inside yet."
Yi Zhonghai said embarrassedly, "Thank you, Xiao Chu. I'll cut some meat for you tomorrow, and we'll have a drink together."
"Goodbye, sir. Remember this drink. Once you have a baby, you won't be able to leave without treating me to a drink. Alright, don't bother seeing me off. We're just neighbors, so please take care of me, auntie." Then she added, "Auntie, you get some rest. I'll be going now."
"Hey, Xiao Chu, take care!"
Li Chu lifted the curtain and went to the front yard. Back home, he rushed to the bathroom, exclaiming, "Phew, I almost choked!"
Lying on the sofa, I thought of an elderly man and woman. I had changed their fate, but I wondered what would become of them in the future.
Then I thought about how I finally have a girlfriend, and I just lay there grinning like an idiot. She's going home the day after tomorrow, so I'll go to my older sister's and talk to her about what I need to bring when I go to her place. Then I'll ask my brother-in-law if there's any way to get her transferred over. Yeah, that's the plan!
I washed up, lay in bed and read. Seeing that it was getting late, I turned off the light and went to sleep.
After a while, Li Chu sat up in the dark again, turned on the light, and sighed. He couldn't sleep. When he closed his eyes, all he could think about was the scene of Miss Ding hugging him earlier, that damned touch.
What to do? I looked down and wondered, how about the Five Dragons Embracing the Pillar?
Forget it, I got up, went downstairs to the bathroom, filled a tub, and took a cold shower.
Okay, now I can fall asleep.
I got up early the next day, went for a run as usual, then came back, got ready, and left early.
I'm going to bring my girlfriend breakfast today. I took out a lunchbox from my phone and went to a restaurant near the hospital to buy four fried dough sticks and two bowls of tofu pudding, which were savory and had some chili oil added.
Ding Qiunan was already in the office when I entered; she was cleaning.
As soon as he walked in, he called out, "Wife, wife, stop fussing, let's eat first." He ran to the table, put down what he was holding, and realized his hands were a little hot.
His shout embarrassed Ding Qiunan: "What are you yelling about? We're at work."
"Alright, alright, I won't shout anymore. Let's eat first."
Ding Qiunan looked at the fried dough sticks and tofu pudding he bought and said to him, "Why did you buy these? You're wasting money again."
"Hey, Comrade Ding Qiunan, you're also studying medicine. You know you have to eat a proper breakfast for your health, don't you know that?"
Ding Qiunan rolled her eyes dramatically. Well, what could she say when her partner cared about her? "Eat up, it's already been bought."
The two were eating when, with a bang, the door opened, and when they turned around, Director Liang walked in.
When Director Liang came in, he saw the two of them eating from a lunchbox and his eyes rolled over them. "What's going on with you two?"
Ding Qiunan blushed and dared not speak. Li Chu, thick-skinned, didn't take it seriously and readily admitted, "Director Liang, it's exactly as you see it. We're currently dating."
Director Liang pointed at Li Chu and said, "You kid, watch your manners." He then glanced at Ding Qiunan and said, "Not bad, not bad." Then he said to Li Chu, "Hurry up and finish eating, clean up, and come to my office later." After saying that, Director Liang left.
"Look at you, you're so embarrassing."
"It's okay, we'll find out sooner or later."
Despite being annoyed with him, Little Ding still had to eat, so she continued eating.
Li Chu finished the fried dough stick in his hand, washed his hands, and said, "Qiu Nan, take your time eating. I'll go see what the director wants to see me about."
"Okay, you go ahead, I'll pack up in a bit."
After Ding Qiunan finished eating, washed the lunchbox, and cleaned the rest of the office, Li Chu returned just as she sat down.
Seeing him come in, Ding Qiunan asked, "What does Director Liang want with you?"
Li Chu walked to the table and sat down, then said, "Last time I wrote down the method of acupuncture to stop bleeding and gave it to Director Liang. He handed it over, and I was rewarded with twenty yuan, ten jin of grain coupons, and five jin of meat coupons."
"So many!" Little Ding's eyes lit up. "That's wonderful."
Li Chu took it out of his pocket. "You're going to keep it safe for us?"
"No way! We're just dating, not married yet. What would it mean if I took your money?"
Li Chu thought for a moment, then put it back in his pocket. "Okay, I'll keep it for now, and I'll give you all our family's money after we get married."
The next morning, Ding Qiunan was going home, and Li Chu got up early to take her to the station.
He took out a piece of meat from his spatial storage. Time stood still in that space, so the meat would always be fresh no matter how long it was stored there. He had accumulated quite a few pieces in his space. He then took out a piece of cloth and looked at it. It was enough to make clothes for her family. As for hers, he would take her to the department store to buy ready-made clothes later.
He picked up his things and went out. When he arrived at the hospital entrance, Ding Qiunan was already waiting for him.
"Here, take this back to your parents."
Why are you buying all this?
“You’ve been in the city for further studies and only go back once in such a long time. You can’t go back empty-handed.”
"So what? I'm just going home."
"Listen to me, take it quickly. You're going back this time to talk about us, right? It's not right for me to let you go back empty-handed without buying anything," Li Chu explained.
"Alright, I'll take it then," said Miss Ding after thinking for a moment.
"Come on, I'll take you to the station and then I'll give it to you."
The two boarded a bus on the roadside heading to the station.
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