Ai Wenxing sat up, his face ashen: "Everyone, I want to... be alone for a while."
As he spoke, he took off the thumb ring from his left hand and handed it back to Su Ruyi: "Dr. Su, thank you, thank you for everything you've done for me."
Ai Wenxing didn't know how to face Su Ruyi, but he still maintained basic politeness.
Su Ruyi took the ring without saying anything more.
Lan Yu stopped arguing with Ai Wenxing, knowing that he needed time to process the whole thing.
The group then took their leave.
When Su Ruyi returned to Tingquan Street, she saw that the gate of Huichuntang branch was wide open, and patients were constantly lifting the curtain to go in and out, which clearly indicated that it had resumed normal business.
Jin Xingqiu, wearing a white coat, sat behind her medical desk, explaining her condition to a patient in a gentle voice.
After Fang Hong's outburst, Su Ruyi felt she had to quickly establish Jin Xingqiu and the other two's reputations as well.
After all, the three of them were trained by the teaching materials she personally compiled. They would be capable of standing on their own anywhere, and each of them had some outstanding special skills.
Jin Xingqiu spoke eloquently, and the patient nodded in agreement from time to time.
Su Ruyi looked at all of this, but felt as if she had been in another world.
Her mind was filled with Ai Wenxing's forlorn expression—she didn't know how to face Old Master Ai Wenxing in the future.
Just as she stood on the street corner lost in thought, Song Wenyu appeared not far away and shouted at her, "Ruyi! Come back quickly! Your fourth brother is calling!"
Why would Fourth Brother make a phone call?
Something must have happened!
Su Ruyi rushed forward, lifted the thick curtain of the clinic, and ran behind the screen.
The telephone was placed here because it is easily accessible from both inside and outside the city.
However, the call had already ended.
Song Wenyu, panting, said, "Your fourth brother said he'll call back in half an hour!"
"Did he say anything about it?" Su Ruyi was also sweating profusely from running.
"I told you, that something happened to your fourth sister-in-law! It seems quite serious, but there was noise from the line just now, so I didn't hear clearly." Song Wenyu spread her hands apologetically.
At this moment, Chu Liang'an, who was rolling herbs in the yard, heard the commotion and came in: "What happened?"
"Ruyi, if you had come back two minutes earlier, you would have received a call from your fourth brother. What bad luck!" Song Wenyu sighed.
“My fourth sister-in-law is three months pregnant, she…” Su Ruyi didn’t dare to think any further.
In his previous letter, Su Tong shared the news with Su Ruyi with immense joy.
The little life in Chen Yuanyuan's womb will be the first child of the third generation of the Su family.
Su Ruyi was overjoyed and immediately bought countless nutritional supplements and sent them back.
However, it had only been a month since Su Ruyi received this joyful letter...
During the half hour she waited in front of the phone, Su Ruyi was extremely anxious, having already considered all the worst possible outcomes.
The phone rang unexpectedly, and Su Ruyi jumped, grabbing the receiver: "Fourth Brother?"
"Ruyi, your fourth sister-in-law has gone missing." Su Tong didn't waste any words and said it directly, "Could you come back for a visit?"
"Okay, I'll head to the train station right away. I can still catch the No. 13 express train tonight!" Su Ruyi glanced at her watch. "Fourth Brother, is there anything I need to bring back from Beijing?"
Su Tong paused for a moment: "No need, just come back quickly and be careful on the road."
The No. 13 express train from Beijing to Haicheng was the fastest railway line in the country at the time, taking only one day and one night.
The following evening, Su Tie and Wu Lili met Su Ruyi and Chu Liang'an at the platform.
The three people from Beijing were worried about Su Ruyi returning to Haicheng alone, so they drew lots and chose Chu Liang'an to accompany her back.
The four of them gathered together, all looking anxious.
Su Tie took the two small leather suitcases from Chu Liang'an and shook hands with him.
It was the first time for all of them to meet Chu Liang'an, so they quickly introduced themselves.
After exchanging pleasantries, Su Ruyi asked anxiously, "Why did Yuanyuan suddenly disappear?"
"It was really sudden. The day before yesterday afternoon, I made plans to see a movie with Yuanyuan. Everything was normal at first, but I waited for her at the movie theater for more than an hour and she didn't show up. I thought something had happened to her and was planning to go to her house that night to check on her."
Wu Lili began to speak at length, "But when I got to her house that night, I knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered. I waited outside until after eight o'clock before Su Tong came back. The first thing he did was tell me that Yuanyuan was missing."
"When did it disappear?" Chu Liang'an asked.
Wu Lili recalled, "It's very likely that it disappeared after I went out in the morning."
Isn't Yuanyuan on leave at home during this period?
After Su Tong asked his supervisor to get me back to the city to work at the food factory, I've been working overtime a lot lately because it's close to the Spring Festival.
I finally had a day off yesterday, and I managed to get two movie tickets, so I thought I'd go see a movie with Yuanyuan. We made plans by phone the night before last.
Anyway, the last person to see Yuanyuan was Su Tong before going to work in the morning.
Yuanyuan said she planned to buy preserved plums and melon seeds after the supply and marketing cooperative opened, and take them with her to the movie in the afternoon.
Wu Lili started crying as she spoke, "When Su Tong brought her lunch back at noon, she wasn't home. Su Tong went to the police station to report her missing that afternoon, but the police said they couldn't file a case until she had been missing for three days and three nights. So Su Tong contacted his factory, and they sent three people to help him look for her and put up missing person notices. It's been two days now, and there's still no news..."
"Where is my fourth brother now?" Su Ruyi asked again.
"Xiao Tong is in the hospital. He hasn't eaten anything for two days and collapsed, so he was taken to the hospital for an IV drip," Su Tie said. "Ruyi, I think this is very strange! Xiao Tong and Yuan Yuan are the kindest people you've ever met. Did you offend someone, and they're taking it out on Xiao Tong and Yuan Yuan?"
Su Ruyi's face turned pale instantly.
"What's wrong with you?!" Chu Liang'an's face turned red with anger. "How long has it been since Ruyi returned to Haicheng? Yes, she has enemies, but her enemies aren't even in Haicheng!"
“I asked my comrades to investigate. Su Yin and his wife went back to Haicheng a while ago and even rented a house.” Su Tie didn’t care about Chu Liang’an’s attitude; he only stared at Su Ruyi. “Furthermore, they also asked someone to investigate you, Ruyi. Are you aware of this?”
“I know Su Yin has returned to Haicheng, but I’ve been too busy in Beijing to keep up with the news. Fifth Brother, how can you be so sure that Su Yin is looking for revenge against me?” Su Ruyi’s face was grim, and she had a feeling that her fifth brother was right.
Su Yin has always been someone who can't stand seeing others doing better than him, especially his own siblings. How could he stand that?
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