Chapter 323: My dear brother?
"Captain Lu." Ling Sheng's steady voice came from the receiver, "Captain Lu, Lin Ya is discharged from the hospital today. I would like to invite you to my home for a simple meal. Thank you for your concern during this period! It is inconvenient for her to call, so let me convey the above content for her."
Lu Chen put down the documents in his hand, and spoke with a hint of guilt in his voice: "I'm ashamed. I really didn't fulfill my responsibility to take care of you. I failed to live up to your promise. I think we won't eat this meal...?"
"Your job is special, and we all understand that." Ling Sheng's tone was gentle but firm, "But Lin Ya insisted on treating you to a meal, and wanted to express her gratitude in person."
"What time exactly?" Lu Chen asked, his eyes sweeping over the duty roster posted on the wall.
"Just tonight, everything is ready."
He doesn't have to be on duty tonight, so he has free time, but...
Lu Chen hesitated for a moment: "Can it be postponed for two days? Wu Yue has gone on a mission, I want to wait for him to come back together..."
Ling Sheng interrupted him: "Deputy Captain Wu also took good care of Lin Ya, she is very grateful. As for Deputy Captain Wu, it won't be too late to get together again when he comes back."
After a brief silence, Lu Chen finally responded: "Okay, I will definitely be there."
After hanging up the phone, Lu Chen stood in front of the window, looking at the poplar trees swaying in the wind on the regiment's playground, and smiled and shook his head.
Wu Yue...your luck is just a little bit off.
After explaining the work in the morning, he asked Xiao Wei to prepare a car to go to the military hospital.
In the ward, Lin Ya was undergoing the final discharge assessment.
Seeing Lu Chen appear at the door, her eyes lit up and she waved at him.
Lu Chen smiled and nodded at her. After the doctor left, Lu Chen walked to the bedside and looked at her face: "How are you recovering? I haven't seen you for a few days. I see that you look better."
"The doctor said there's nothing serious and I can be discharged." Lin Ya gathered the hair around her ears and sighed softly, "But I still need to go home and recuperate for a while. I'm afraid the work in the department will be piled up like a mountain."
"The body is the capital of revolution." Lu Chen's voice softened unconsciously, "Only by healing your wounds can you save more people. You are a doctor and need to perform surgery on patients. How can you better serve patients when you are injured yourself?"
Lin Ya looked up at him with a faint smile on her lips: "Brother Lu Chen, you are right. Thank you for comforting me."
Lu Chen said: "I am seeking truth from facts."
Lu Chen handled Lin Ya's discharge procedures. He took the documents and ran up and down the stairs several times.
He strode through the noisy corridor, his straight back in military uniform standing out in the crowd.
Lin Ya looked in his direction, with a look of guilt and confusion in her eyes.
She really had no choice. Her brother's life was very important to her and she couldn't give up.
Doing this would be unfair to Brother Lu Chen and Sister-in-law Xu Nuo.
However, Qi Yue didn't give her any chance to choose.
Lin Ya closed her eyes, the sin in her heart growing silently.
Ling Sheng came to see Lin Ya, and just happened to see her expression, so he asked her: "What's wrong?"
Lin Ya opened her eyes and smiled, "Nothing, just resting my eyes. The department is so busy, why did you come here?"
Ling Sheng said: "Come to see you. Have you completed the formalities?"
Lin Ya said: "Lu Chen is doing it."
As he was speaking, Lu Chen came with the completed discharge form in his hand.
"We can go now. Have you packed everything?" Lu Chen asked.
Lin Ya said, "There's nothing to pack, just one bag. Aunt Qin came this morning and took it away."
"Then let's go home." Lu Chen said.
"Captain Lu." Ling Sheng glanced at his watch and said apologetically, "Captain Lu, I have an operation coming up soon, so I have to leave first. I'll trouble you to take Lin Ya home."
Lu Chen nodded: "Don't worry, leave it to me."
After Ling Sheng left in a hurry, Qin Huayun hurried over and frowned when she saw Lu Chen: "Is Lin Ya's house tidied? She has difficulty walking, she can't go back without a place to stay."
Lu Chen paused and said in a low voice: "Not yet, I will send her back later and clean up by the way."
Qin Huayun couldn't help but raise her voice: "It's been a few days? We are the only ones she can rely on here, how can you--"
"Aunt Qin." Lin Ya interrupted softly, reaching out to tug at her sleeve, "Brother Lu Chen has a special job and is busy to begin with. Don't blame him."
Qin Huayun snorted coldly, turned away and said nothing more.
Lu Chen had a cold face and his lips were tightly closed, but he didn't say anything.
Anyway, after the mother and son had completely fallen out, she was too lazy to even pretend.
It doesn't matter, he doesn't care.
Lin Ya's legs had just undergone surgery, and the incisions had not yet healed. Every step she took caused her fingertips to tremble in pain. She held onto the handrail of the stairs, sweat oozing from her forehead, and her breathing became slightly rapid.
Qin Huayun couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so she said to Lu Chen, "Carry her down."
Lu Chen glanced at her sideways with a stern look in his eyes.
"What are you looking at?" Qin Huayun raised her eyebrows. "You are here to help, not to be a hands-off boss. Have you ever seen a patient who has just been discharged from the hospital, who is obviously injured, but has to bite his teeth and go downstairs by himself?"
Lu Chen frowned slightly and said in a low voice: "I don't need your instructions, just do what you should do."
Qin Huayun: “…”
He is worthy of being her son. He can choke people to death just by opening his mouth.
Lu Chen was too lazy to pay attention to her, and turned to ask Lin Ya: "Do you need my help?"
Lin Ya bit her lower lip, her cheeks slightly red, and looked at Lu Chen hesitantly: "Brother Lu Chen, I know you are afraid that your sister-in-law will misunderstand, but I...maybe I really can't do it."
Lu Chen was silent for a moment, and said in a steady voice: "Your sister-in-law is not a stingy person, you worry too much."
He paused, then half-knelt down in front of Lin Ya, "Come up, I'll carry you downstairs."
Lin Ya nodded slightly and carefully lay on his back.
The man's back was broad and solid, and his muscles were taut under his military uniform, revealing a calm sense of strength.
She put her arms around his shoulders and could clearly feel his even breathing and body temperature, mixed with the faint scent of soap, which made her feel inexplicably at ease.
She thought of her brother, who once carried her on his back like this and who also always smelled of soap.
Unfortunately... Lin Ya tightened her arms unconsciously, but was afraid of strangling him, so she quickly loosened her grip.
Lu Chen supported her knees, stood up steadily, and walked downstairs with steady steps.
Along the way, many doctors and nurses cast curious glances at her. Lin Ya had recently translated English books and shared them with colleagues from other departments, so she had accumulated a lot of good relationships. Seeing this, someone quickly laughed and joked:
"Doctor Lin, is this your boyfriend? They are such a perfect match!"
"Oh, when did you talk about it? You hid it so well!"
Lin Ya's ears felt hot, and she quickly shook her head: "Don't talk nonsense, this is..."
"I'm her brother." Lu Chen took over the conversation calmly, his tone leaving no room for doubt.
"Brother, brother?"
"Hahaha! I think it looks like..."
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