Watching Director Yang leave his office, Li Chu let out a heavy sigh.
As he got older, he no longer had the idea of killing someone with a single blow.
Living in this society, there will always be many people who disagree with you, and some may even be quietly digging a pit for you to fall into.
You can only increase your friends and decrease your enemies by working hard to improve yourself. When you become strong enough, the malice from the outside world will naturally decrease.
Just like Director Yang just now.
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Time always slips away unnoticed.
The ten-odd days passed in the blink of an eye.
Early in the morning, Li Chu drove Ding Qiunan to the train station.
Yesterday, Li Wenxuan called home to confirm that he and Wang Yueyue would be back today.
After parking the car, the two found a shady spot outside the station exit and waited for the train carrying the children to arrive.
"Is Huihui coming back tomorrow?" Ding Qiunan turned her head to look at her husband beside her and asked.
"Yes, Xiao Yi brought her back. Huihui wants to do an internship at the Institute of Pharmacy."
"You've already contacted her?"
"I told Tang Yuan that it's just an internship, it won't be a big deal."
"You, the old squad leader, have finally become the mother-in-law after all these years of hard work." Ding Qiunan chuckled softly as she spoke of Song Tangyuan.
"Yes, he's had it so tough," Li Chu said with emotion.
Song Tangyuan, who is over fifty years old, was finally promoted to director of the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica a couple of days ago, removing the deputy title he had held for more than ten years.
In a moment of joy, he generously hosted a meal for his classmates in Beijing.
Then he was carried home.
It's rare to see such a self-disciplined person. That day at the dinner table, he accepted every drink offered and downed every glass of wine.
"Sigh, your classmate who came over yesterday, is her illness really incurable?"
"It was discovered too late. If it had been earlier, even if it couldn't be cured, it would have been possible to control it and prevent it from progressing further."
The female classmate Li Chu that Ding Qiunan mentioned works at the Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision. She is one of only two students in their class who have switched to a different major.
I felt unwell a while ago and went to the hospital for a checkup. It turned out to be late-stage liver cancer, and the cancer cells had already metastasized.
It's a very rare type of cancer where symptoms only appear after the cancer has progressed to an advanced stage.
Undeterred, she and her husband came to find Li Chu yesterday.
He hadn't seen his female classmate for just a few days, and she had lost a lot of weight, her eyes were sunken, and her complexion was sallow.
Li Chu was also helpless when faced with cancer that had progressed to an advanced stage. As he said, it was discovered too late, and there was no time left.
Seeing his classmate crying uncontrollably, even Li Chu, who had seen countless life and death events, couldn't help but sigh repeatedly.
Human life is so fragile; no one knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first.
In the end, Li Chu still prescribed some painkillers for his classmate. In his nearly 30 years of medical practice, this was the first time he had ever prescribed painkillers for a patient.
Although the pain wasn't on his body, and he couldn't truly empathize with it, he had eyes and could see it.
In the short time he spent in his office, his classmate's forehead was already covered in sweat.
But she kept gritting her teeth and enduring it.
At this moment, Li Chu felt a sense of powerlessness, for human strength has its limits.
Ding Qiunan looked at her husband and gently comforted him, "Don't blame yourself too much. It's just like you said, we found out too late. You are still a human being, and it's impossible for every disease to be cured."
"I know, I'm just feeling a bit sentimental. Don't worry, honey, I'm not going to get hung up on this."
No sooner had they finished speaking than the announcement came over the loudspeaker at the train station: the train Li Wenxuan and his companion were on had arrived at the station.
As the announcements were made, more and more people gradually gathered at the exit.
Some came to pick people up, but there were many more middlemen and pickpockets taking advantage of the situation.
However, these people are very shrewd; they know exactly who they can target and who they should avoid at all costs.
The old city of Beijing was the final stop of this train, and a large number of people poured out of the platform.
Almost everyone was carrying large and small bags.
Li Chu stood there watching with great interest. The scene before him gave him a sense of déjà vu, reminiscent of the Spring Festival travel rush in later generations.
Not long after, Ding Qiunan excitedly tugged at her husband's arm.
"They're out! They're out!"
"I saw it, what's there to be excited about? They've only been gone for less than half a month."
"Hmph, is it wrong for me to miss my son and daughter-in-law!"
"Okay, okay, you can think about it!"
Inside the exit, several thick iron railings divided the people who were in a hurry to get out of the station into four lines.
At each exit stood a ticket inspector, constantly shouting, "Show me your tickets! I'm talking to you, where are your tickets?"
Li Wenxuan held Wang Yueyue tightly in front of him, with two large bags slung over his shoulders.
There were too many people, so he had to keep an eye on his waist. The gun his father had given him was still tucked there. If anyone stole it, things would get really messed up.
"Brother Xuan, I see, Father Chu and Mother Qiu Nan are here."
Wang Yueyue, who was walking in front of Wenxuan, had been standing on tiptoe and watching the outside. When she saw the people who came to pick them up, she turned around happily and said.
Following the direction she pointed, Wenxuan saw his parents, which immediately put his mind at ease.
Wang Yueyue waved happily to the outside.
As the line moved slowly forward, the two of them finally emerged from the exit.
Yueyue couldn't contain herself any longer and skipped over to Ding Qiunan.
"Qiu Nan's mom, I miss you so much!"
"I think you're having so much fun that you don't want to come back. You think you miss me? Who would believe that?"
Ding Qiunan didn't hold back at all, raising her hand to flick Wang Yueyue's nose.
Wang Yueyue didn't care about being teased and immediately put her arm around her future mother-in-law's.
"Dad Chu, I miss you too."
"Okay, I believe you!"
"hey-hey"
Li Wenxuan, carrying two large bags, finally came over.
Seeing his son, who had gotten quite tanned, Li Chu patted him on the shoulder and then took a large bag from him.
Ding Qiunan had already pulled her son's arm and looked him up and down.
"Goodness, it's only been ten days, how did you get so tanned? Did you go to the beach or a coal mine?"
As she spoke, she glanced at her daughter-in-law beside her, who was still as fair and delicate as before she left.
"Aunt Qiu Nan, I asked Brother Xuan to put some of the medicine that Father Chu prescribed on his face and body, but he refused. As a result, he got a tan after just one day at the beach."
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