Seeing the glint in Su Ruyi's eyes when she said her ambitions lay elsewhere, Shen Heping couldn't help but ask, "Ruyi, what exactly are your ambitions in this life?"
Su Ruyi smiled and said, "Brother Heping, do you believe me?"
Shen Heping nodded: "Of course."
Su Ruyi said, "I want to become a good doctor, a traditional Chinese medicine doctor who can help people and save lives. I also want to become a successor of traditional Chinese medicine, train more good doctors, pass on more good prescriptions, benefit the people, and promote the development of traditional Chinese medicine."
Shen Heping looked at Su Ruyi, whose eyes were sparkling, and said with a wry smile, "Ruyi, you can just tell this to your brother Heping. Don't tell anyone else. You know what the outside world's attitude is towards traditional Chinese medicine right now!"
Su Ruyi nodded and said, "Brother Heping, of course I know that. If you trust me, you shouldn't give up on learning either—I believe that no matter what era it is, knowledge is always the best driver of social progress!"
Su Ruyi could only point this far.
She couldn't possibly say outright that the college entrance examination would be reinstated in three years.
That would scare her brother Ping to death.
As the two were talking, Ji Xuchang finished using the restroom and swayed over: "Ruyi, why are you all red like a boiled shrimp?"
Su Ruyi rolled her eyes at him, annoyed: "Brother Changzi, you can ride a bicycle under the scorching sun for more than an hour and still cook it!"
Ji Xuchang chuckled a few more times and looked at Shen Heping: "Heping, you're like a fallen phoenix, worse than a chicken! Back in the compound, you were always surrounded by girls, how come you've fallen on hard times in Dingjiatun?"
Shen Heping suddenly stopped Ji Xuchang with a look, as if telling him to stop talking.
Su Ruyi saw this and turned her searching gaze to Ji Xuchang again.
Ji Xuchang wiped his nose: "Heping's father has been reinstated. When the old man heard that Heping had encephalitis, he was extremely worried and called three times a day, asking Heping to come back."
Su Ruyi was overjoyed: "That's great, Brother Heping! When you get back, remember what I just said, don't slack off on your studies!"
Shen Heping looked strange and remained silent.
Ji Xuchang scoffed, "Our young master Shen is so deeply in love, yet he simply won't go back!"
Shen Heping reached out and grabbed Ji Xuchang's mouth: "If you don't speak, nobody will think you're mute!"
Ji Xuchang reached back and pinched Shen Heping's waist, and the two started arguing.
Shen Heping, still recovering from a serious illness, ran out of strength after a few scuffles and raised his hands in surrender, saying, "Ceasefire! Ceasefire! We'll fight again another day!"
Su Ruyi watched the two laughing and joking, her eyes scanning them back and forth, a faint, indescribable smile unconsciously appearing on her lips.
Ji Xuchang fled to within three steps of Shen Heping and continued, "Heping, your strategy of stabilizing Ruyi first and then gradually taking action will not work!"
Upon hearing this, Su Ruyi was both amused and exasperated—it turned out that Shen Heping had said so much just to lower her guard, while he was slowly plotting against her.
Damn it, a man's words are truly deceitful!
Su Ruyi could no longer laugh.
"Ji Xuchang, will you die if you don't say anything?"
Shen Heping cursed, then hurriedly explained to Su Ruyi, "Ruyi, listen to me..."
After saying that, he couldn't utter another word.
Su Ruyi smiled and said, "Brother Heping, take good care of yourself. Don't worry too much, it will affect your condition. Come, let me take your pulse again. Your prescription needs to be changed."
...
Su Ruyi rewrote the prescription for Shen Heping and then took her leave.
As they approached the hospital entrance, Ji Xuchang suddenly emerged from behind a stone pillar: "Ruyi, wait!"
Su Ruyi jumped up in fright: "Brother Changzi, don't you know that people can scare each other to death?"
Ji Xuchang asked with a strange expression, "Ruyi, do you secretly hope for peace and harmony?"
"Of course, would I want him to be bad?" Su Ruyi rolled her eyes at him.
This Ji Xuchang always seems to have a grudge against me. He speaks with such venom, I really don't know where he gets such a temper.
“His father knows about you, and he knows that Heping came here because of you. His family probably doesn’t want a daughter-in-law like you. Ruyi, I don’t want you to get hurt. You’re a good girl, you should know what to do, right?” Ji Xuchang said slowly.
"How can I? No, I'm not going to be their daughter-in-law!" Su Ruyi was a little angry.
“But you have never explicitly rejected peace,” Ji Xuchang said.
"How...how much more can I clarify?" Su Ruyi stamped her foot. "Or, shall I break his leg and see?"
Ji Xuchang hesitated for a moment: "This... isn't necessarily a bad thing."
Su Ruyi was taken aback: "It's not that it's impossible?!"
Ji Xuchang said, "If Heping breaks his leg, his grandfather will definitely take him back to recuperate. Ruyi, did you know that Heping actually has a fiancée he was betrothed to when he was a child?"
"Huh?" Su Ruyi was completely stunned. "He has a fiancée?"
"Yes, her name is Yi Lele. She grew up in the same compound as Heping. Before, Lele's family suffered a misfortune. Now that Heping's father and Lele's father have been reinstated, this matter has been put back on the agenda."
Ji Xuchang continued, "Ruyi, Lele's father knows about you too. You should know that he can send you to a labor camp with just a flick of his wrist! I advise you not to get involved in their mess!"
"A labor camp?" Su Ruyi gasped.
"Yeah, Lele almost went crazy when she heard that you risked your life to bring Heping to the hospital in the middle of the night!" Ji Xuchang sighed. "Ruyi, you have no idea how crazy Lele is! You definitely don't want to get involved with her!"
Su Ruyi felt a chill run down her spine from his words: "Brother Changzi, just tell me straight, what exactly do you need me to do?"
"Reject peace!" Ji Xuchang said through gritted teeth. "Reject him fiercely and mercilessly, and do it in public, so that everyone can see it!"
“But Brother Heping has already told me that we’re just friends. Even if I want to refuse, it’s impossible for him not to mention anything and I can just suddenly refuse, right?” Su Ruyi rubbed her temples; she was really at her wit’s end.
Ji Xuchang looked at her meaningfully: "Don't worry, there will be an opportunity soon."
Su Ruyi thought for a long time, then suddenly gasped – it turned out that Brother Changzi had asked her to come see Brother Heping to warn her of impending danger!
But where did this Yilele come from?
Why have I never heard Brother Heping or even Brother Si mention this before?
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