Li Chu did not leave work early at noon today, but stayed at the hospital until he finished get off work in the afternoon before leaving with his wife.
"Hey, what's this? Is this the pager?"
As soon as Ding Qiunan sat in the passenger seat, she felt a cushion and reached out to grab the box containing the pager.
"Yes, it was provided by headquarters when I went to pick up the car this morning."
"Wouldn't that make it much easier for anyone to contact you in the future?"
"There are many places without signal now. It's okay in the city, but if you go to the suburbs, I think it'll be tough."
After the car drove out of the hospital, Ding Qiunan finally took a closer look at the new car.
"It looks better than that Volga."
"Of course! When was that car made? When was this car made? This one even has power steering, making it much easier to turn the steering wheel than that one."
Ding Qiunan knew nothing about cars; she was just expressing her feelings.
"What about the other two?"
"It's still in the headquarters parking lot. I'll take Jiadong and Xiaoyi there to drive it back after we finish eating."
"You keep talking about getting a car, but haven't you considered where to park it later?"
"Just put them in a row along my car. Anyway, our alley is wide, so it won't bother anyone."
Fortunately, the road here is relatively wide, with room for two cars to pass side by side. If it were as narrow as the road to the east, his car would have to be parked on the side of the main road.
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For the next twenty days or so, Li Chu used every trick in the book to keep Dean Liu's wife until today.
Twice, when Western medicine had pronounced him dead, he managed to bring him back to life by acupuncture. This caused everyone in the hospital who knew about this to look at him with a hint of fear.
If a person's abilities far exceed others' imagination, then people will naturally feel a sense of awe towards that person.
Dean Liu and the group of senior doctors in the health care team seemed to be used to his actions.
After all, he had done the same thing ten years ago, keeping an elderly person who had been declared dead by another full-time healthcare doctor alive for seven more days.
It was during these seven days that the old man was able to resolve many of his internal ailments.
It was precisely because of this that Li Chu established his current position.
"Xiao Li, is there any way I can say a few more words to the old woman?"
The old man sat by the hospital bed, holding his wife's hand tightly in both of his, and said in a low voice.
In the ward, apart from Dean Liu and his family, only Li Chu and a nurse were outsiders.
"Xiao Song, help me remove the blanket from the old lady's body."
Li Chu picked up the sterilized acupuncture needles from the table next to him and directed the nurse.
"Director Li, should I take off my clothes?"
"No."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Li Chu, who had already walked to the bedside, swiftly inserted five needles into the old woman's body.
"Old Liu, Aunt Liu will wake up in a minute or two at most, but that will be her last few words."
"I understand, thank you, Xiao Li."
"Xiao Song, come outside with me." Li Chu waved his hand, signaling the nurse to come out with him.
Let's leave those final moments for their own families.
Outside, the people who had been talking turned their questioning gazes toward the door when it opened.
Li Chu shook his head with a solemn expression.
Sure enough, a few minutes later, bursts of crying came from inside. Before the people outside could react, the door was suddenly pulled open, and Liu's youngest daughter's husband ran out.
"Director Li, could you please take a look at my father...?"
Upon hearing this, Li Chu immediately stood up and went inside.
Dean Liu was still sitting there, holding his lover's hands. The only difference from before was that his upper body was now lying face down on the bed, completely still.
Li Chu walked up to the old man, took his wrist, and touched it; he could no longer feel a pulse.
"Old Du, arrange for someone to report this to headquarters and the general manager. Oh, and over there too."
As one of the first recipients of ranks in 1955, Dean Liu was awarded a golden bean, and his affairs had to be reported to higher authorities, leaving no place unreported.
"Okay, I understand!"
"Old Qiao, and you guys too." After speaking with Dean Du, Li Chu looked at Dean Liu's students and children.
"You guys discuss how to notify Liu Lao's old comrades who have good relationships with him."
He wasn't surprised at all by the old man's quick passing.
The old man specifically told him yesterday that he was not allowed to attempt to save him.
This was the old man's last wish, and Li Chu naturally had to fulfill it.
Moreover, being able to pass away alongside his beloved partner with whom he had lived for seventy years must have been a very happy thing for the old man.
He no longer needs to worry about the rest. Both the funeral and the memorial service will be handled by designated personnel, and even his children will not be able to get involved. As for the scale of the event, it will definitely be much higher than when Uncle Lin was not around last year.
All the Liu family members could do was wait and see the eulogy, as it was the final verdict on a person's life, and they had to be extremely careful.
Last year, Li Chu personally read Uncle Lin's eulogy and even insisted on revising several inappropriate parts.
He certainly won't be able to attend Dean Liu's eulogy this time.
He silently withdrew from the inner room and walked straight out the door to the outer corridor.
"Old Li"
Dean Du followed him out, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and tossed one to him.
After taking the cigarette, Li Chu pointed to the stairwell at the end of the corridor.
"Let's go, let's go over there and draw some."
"Why didn't you try to save Old Liu just now?" Dean Du asked after lighting a cigarette.
Li Chu slowly shook his head: "Old Liu specifically told me yesterday not to try to save him. I can't go against his wish, can I?"
"Aren't you planning to take on a few more students?"
Dean Du's abrupt shift in thought startled Li Chu, who then shook his head: "Let me bring Wenxuan and the other two out first. Traditional Chinese medicine can't be taught systematically like Western medicine, and it's inevitable that we won't be able to take care of too many people."
"What, is Dean Du trying to recommend students to me?"
"I have this idea."
"How old are you? Have you been exposed to traditional Chinese medicine since you were a child?"
If someone truly has a strong foundation from a young age, Li Chu wouldn't mind taking on another student.
"He's preparing for the college entrance exam this year, and he probably has no experience with traditional Chinese medicine."
"Then let's forget about it. If the child wants to study medicine, let him study Western medicine. If he only plans to study traditional Chinese medicine at this age, he will never stand out and will just become an ordinary person."
Having worked in the hospital for so long, even if Dean Du doesn't understand medicine, he should still have some knowledge of it.
He knew that Li Chu wasn't saying this to shirk responsibility; he was just trying his luck.
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