Chapter 55

Xiao Chen arrived at the hospital and entered the VIP ward to see Li Mother and Li Hanhou.

"Brother Chen, why are you here?" Li Hanhou saw Xiao Chen and grinned, "I just finished breakfast. If I had known you were coming, I would have saved some for you."

Xiao Chen shook his head helplessly. In the world of food lovers, everything is always about eating!

"You brat... why don't you quickly let Ah Chen sit down!"

Li Mother leaned against the bed, her complexion much improved compared to a few days ago. Her originally pale face had become rosy.

"Auntie, how are you today?"

Xiao Chen sat by the bed and asked with a smile.

"Much better. Now I feel like my body is changing every day, getting lighter and lighter..."

Li Mother looked at Xiao Chen with kindness, her heart full of gratitude. If it weren't for this young man, she might still be suffering from her illness, or even have passed away in her sleep.

"That's good. Let me check your pulse again, Auntie."

"Okay."

Li Mother nodded with a smile and extended her somewhat thin arm.

Xiao Chen placed a finger on Li Mother's wrist, closed his eyes slowly, and carefully felt the pulse.

Li Hanhou stood beside him, occasionally rubbing his large hands, slightly nervous, even though he knew his mother was getting better every day!

But as a filial son, his mother was everything to him!

Li Mother noticed her son's nervous expression and gave him a reassuring smile.

Click.

The ward door opened, and Yao Qihuang and Li Sheng came in, the latter carrying an insulated bucket.

This was brought by Yao Qihuang. The herbal cuisine shop had been responsible for Li Mother's meals for the past few days, but usually, the staff from the shop would deliver them.

When Yao Qihuang saw Xiao Chen checking Li Mother's pulse, his eyes lit up. It had been several days since he last saw this young man!

Li Mother nodded at Yao Qihuang, who waved his hand, signaling her not to speak, and then sat on the sofa beside her.

A few minutes later, Xiao Chen opened his eyes, stood up, and greeted him with a smile, "Old Master Yao, you're here."

"Xiao Chen, let's not chat for now. How is the pulse?"

"Heh heh, better than I expected. In about a week, she can be discharged."

"Um, let me check."

Yao Qihuang said, holding Li Mother's wrist and carefully checking the pulse.

His expression changed continuously. Indeed, apart from being a bit weak, the pulse was almost normal!

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that Li Mother, who was weak and on the brink of death a few days ago, could have such a good pulse now... It was hard to tell that she was a late-stage lung cancer patient.

"I've seen many miracles in my life, but this one is the most extraordinary!"

Yao Qihuang let go of Li Mother's wrist and said.

"Heh heh, it's not that exaggerated," Xiao Chen smiled and shook his head, thinking to himself that if he wanted to leave this morning, it would be difficult!

Sure enough, Yao Qihuang started chatting with Xiao Chen, discussing everything from ancient to modern times, from Chinese to foreign, as long as it was related to medicine.

Li Sheng stayed for a while and then left, as he was the hospital director and had many things to attend to!

However, before leaving, he insisted that if Xiao Chen came, he would receive the highest treatment...

This made Xiao Chen smile helplessly, and Yao Qihuang roll his eyes, saying that if Xiao Chen was willing, he could choose any hospital in the country, even be a director!

The whole morning, Yao Qihuang repeatedly said, "A conversation with you is worth ten years of medical study," and Xiao Chen also benefited greatly!

Although he had read many medical books, his experience was not as extensive as Yao Qihuang's. Through their conversation, he gained a lot of knowledge!

"Xiao Chen, do you have time tonight? I'm leaving for Beijing tomorrow..."

Yao Qihuang said, holding Xiao Chen's hand as he was about to leave.

Xiao Chen thought for a moment and nodded, "Sure, Old Master Yao, you tell me the time and place, and I'll be there!"

"Ha ha, great, that's great!"

Yao Qihuang was delighted, agreed on the time and place, and then left the hospital.

Xiao Chen returned to the ward, took out a black plastic bag, and called Li Hanhou out.

"Brother Chen, what's up?"

"Here."

Xiao Chen threw the black plastic bag to Li Hanhou.

"What is it? Something to eat?"

Li Hanhou caught it and asked in a deep voice.

Xiao Chen rolled his eyes, "Open it and see!"

"Okay."

Li Hanhou opened it and took out a stack of money, "Brother Chen, what's this for?"

"It's for you, take it."

"For me?"

"Yes, we made some money last night. I took out 400,000, and you and Dingzi each got 200,000. He felt guilty and only took 100,000, so he said to give you 300,000..."

Xiao Chen explained briefly.

"I don't want it..."

"Take it. Your mother will be discharged next week... You don't have a place to stay in Longhai yet, right? So you need to rent a house. With the high cost of living in Longhai, you need money."

Li Hanhou lowered his head, remembering what his mother had once told him: a penny can make a hero helpless!

"Big Han, when you rent a house, find a quiet place suitable for your mother to rest... Forget it, I'll help you find one." Xiao Chen shook his head, taking the responsibility upon himself, as Li Hanhou had only been in Longhai for a short time and didn't know the area.

"Thank you, Brother Chen."

"Heh heh, no need to thank me, we're brothers! I have some things to do, so I'll leave now!"

"Okay, I'll see you off."

"Sure."

A few minutes later, Xiao Chen drove away, and Li Hanhou, holding the black plastic bag, felt a bit troubled.

He didn't know how to explain the 300,000 to his mother...

In his view, what happened last night was somewhat illegal, and his mother didn't want him to do anything illegal, so he was in a dilemma.

He hesitated for a long time, then took a deep breath and walked towards the ward, deciding to tell the truth!

"Ah Chen left?"

Li Mother saw her son return alone and asked softly.

"Yes, he left."

Li Hanhou lowered his head, his voice much softer than usual.

Li Mother looked at Li Hanhou and noticed the black plastic bag in his hand, "What's this?"

"Money."

"Money?"

"Yes, Brother Chen gave it to me."

Li Hanhou nodded and poured the money from the bag onto the bed, stack by stack.

Li Mother wasn't as surprised as expected, nor did she show the shock a typical villager would have at seeing so much money. She was just a bit puzzled, "Why did he give you so much money?"

"Because..." Li Hanhou lowered his head, hesitating, unsure how to explain.

"What did you do last night?"

"Ah?"

"Even though you changed clothes when you came back, there was still a strong smell of blood on you... Tell me, what did you do last night? Or what did you do with others?"

Li Hanhou recounted the events of last night from start to finish, and Li Mother fell silent after listening.

"Mother, please don't be angry, okay? Those people were bad, they were gangsters... I didn't hurt any good people..." Li Hanhou saw his mother's silence and became anxious.

Li Mother looked at her son and sighed, wondering if this was their destiny.

"Mother, I was wrong..."

Li Hanhou knelt down, lowering his head, not daring to look into his mother's eyes.

"Get up."

Li Mother sighed again, thinking that if this was their destiny, there was no point in avoiding it. This was their fate!

"Mother, you're not angry?"

Li Hanhou looked up, asking nervously.

"No, I'm not angry, get up."

"Okay."

Li Hanhou nodded and stood up.

"What do you think of Ah Chen?"

Li Mother didn't look at the money on the bed and asked gently.

"Brother Chen is a good person. He treats me sincerely, and most importantly, he saved your life!"

Li Hanhou said earnestly.

"Big Han, if he hadn't saved my life, would he still be worth following?"

Li Hanhou thought about it and nodded, still serious, "Yes, he would be worth it!"

"Good, since he's worth it, follow your heart, go ahead!" Li Mother smiled, "You're right, he is a good person..."

"Okay, okay!"

Li Hanhou saw his mother smile and also smiled happily.

"Heh heh, good, put the money away and deposit it in the bank!" Li Mother looked at the money on the bed again.

"Okay." Li Hanhou nodded and started to put the money away.

Li Mother looked at her son's happy face and sighed, hoping her decision was right!

...

Xiao Chen returned to the company, walked around, and after confirming there was nothing urgent, went back to his office.

This time, he didn't play games or visit Qin Lan's office. Instead, he asked Ding Li to get him a new notebook and started writing.

For the whole afternoon, Ding Li came a few times and each time saw Xiao Chen still writing, which made him admire him secretly. Brother Chen was indeed a man of both literary and martial talents!

When it was time to leave, Xiao Chen finally looked up, stood up, stretched, and threw the pen on the table.

"Damn, I'm exhausted... I only copied half, but it's enough!"

Xiao Chen muttered, picked up the notebook, checked it, and put it away after confirming there were no errors, then left the security department.

Ten minutes later, he left the company with Su Qing, dropped her off at her villa, and drove to the place he had agreed to meet Yao Qihuang.

"Ha ha, Xiao Chen, you're here!"

Yao Qihuang was very happy to see Xiao Chen and laughed heartily.

"Heh heh, Old Master Yao, I'm not late, right?"

"No, no, I came early because I was eager to talk to you!" Yao Qihuang held Xiao Chen's hand, "Come, come, we need to drink a lot tonight!"

"Sure!"

Xiao Chen agreed readily.

Tonight, Yao Qihuang didn't invite anyone else, not even Li Sheng. It was just the two of them!

The dishes were simple, just six home-style dishes.

The wine was Maotai.

"Xiao Chen, I used to think that traditional Chinese medicine was becoming more and more marginalized, even facing a shortage of successors... Few young people were willing to spend more time and effort learning traditional Chinese medicine than Western medicine... But after meeting you in Longhai, I realized my worries were unnecessary!"

"Heh heh, Old Master Yao, with a great master like you in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, how could it be marginalized?" Xiao Chen said, took out the notebook he had copied in the afternoon, and handed it to Yao Qihuang.

"What's this?" Yao Qihuang took it, and when he opened it and saw the content, he almost jumped up, exclaiming, "The Yin-Yang Medical Canon?"

"Yes."

"You're...?"

"Giving it to you!"

Yesterday, I updated a chapter, but it was locked at 9000 words. It was almost midnight before it was released. I was about to update, but I couldn't log in, so I went to sleep... In the morning, I still couldn't log in, and I had to contact the editor and others. It turned out that some Shandong Unicom users couldn't access the website... I was so anxious, but fortunately, I'm smart and used my phone's data to update (Damn, why didn't I think of that last night? I wasn't that smart then...)

These two chapters include one from yesterday and one from today... I'll continue writing. Happy May Day, everyone!