Chapter 523 Zheng Juan meets Xu Kai

In 74, Xu Kai's father fell seriously ill. After going to the hospital for a check-up, it was found that he had cancer, which had already spread.

The hospital issued a critical illness notice, saying that he would not live more than three months.

Su Mingzhe had just returned from Mulan County. After learning about the situation, he went to the hospital to visit.

Xu Kai's father was lying on the hospital bed, with all kinds of wires and tubes inserted into his body.

For Xu Kai's sake, Su Mingzhe took her father's pulse.

His idea at the time was very simple, which was to let Xu Kai's father pass away with more dignity in his last moments.

To this end, he took out some of his treasured old mountain ginseng and refined some Peiyuan Pills and Yangqi Pills to regulate the body of Xu Kai's father.

With these pills, Xu Kai's father's condition improved a little, and he was even able to get out of bed and move around.

At that time, the doctors in the hospital thought that Xu Kai's father's condition had improved.

Afterwards, Su Mingzhe explained that the medicine he prescribed could not cure the disease, but could only replenish vitality.

It was after taking these pills that Xu Kai's father miraculously lived for another year.

Because of this incident, Xu Kai's family regarded Su Mingzhe as a great benefactor.

Xu Kai was about to give up on pursuing Su Mingzhe, but because of this incident, he decided to confront his family and pursue Su Mingzhe to the end.

Now, Lin Yuting introduced herself and said that she was Xu Kai's aunt.

Su Mingzhe then noticed that Lin Yuting and Xu Kai's mother were 70% similar, both looked like beauties from the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River.

However, thinking of his relationship with Xu Kai, he could only bite the bullet and greet him again:

"Hello, Auntie."

Lin Yuting waved her hand gently and said with a smile:

"Xiao Su, don't be nervous. I know everything about you and Xiao Kai. It was Xiao Kai who kept pestering you, and you are a good kid, so I asked someone to use his connections to transfer you to my place."

"..."

Su Mingzhe forced a stiff smile on his face, but he was actually smiling bitterly in his heart.

It was true that Xu Kai had been pestering her, but it was also true that she had delayed Xu Kai's marriage.

To be honest, it’s all because my relationship with Xu Kai is so shallow.

If I had not been so outstanding at the beginning, or if I had not been obsessed with the two heroines, Zheng Juan and Zhou Rong, and had given in to Xu Kai earlier, things would not have come to this point.

"sit down."

Lin Yuting didn't seem to notice Su Mingzhe's worry. She smiled and asked Su Mingzhe to sit down again and started chatting.

During the chat, Lin Yuting took the initiative to introduce some of the situations of her and Xu Kai's family.

In 49, Xu Kai's parents were assigned to the then Jichun City.

It happened that a plague broke out in Lin Yuting's hometown, so Lin Yuting followed her parents to Jichun City to seek refuge with Xu Kai's parents.

With the help of Xu Kai's parents, Lin Yuting went to college, got a job in the government, and married a very powerful man.

Unfortunately, Lin Yuting's man and Xu Kai's parents belong to two factions.

Therefore, when Xu Kai's family fell into difficulties, Lin Yuting and his wife could only secretly support Xu Kai's family.

This is also the reason why Su Mingzhe often went in and out of Xu Kai's house for a while but never met Lin Yuting.

After Lin Yuting introduced herself and Xu Kai, she smiled and said:

"Xiao Su, you won't blame me for arranging your work randomly, right?"

"No, no, it's my honor to be arranged by you, Auntie. How could I blame you?"

Even if Su Mingzhe felt guilty in his heart, he would not say it out loud.

"Okay, don't be nervous. Our family won't make things difficult for you regarding Xu Kai and you. In fact, my sister and I are both very open-minded. We won't interfere too much in Xu Kai and you. However, we also hope that you can all live happily."

Lin Yuting's words were a bit confusing.

Su Mingzhe understood the meaning and smiled bitterly.

This aunt said she would not interfere, but she also said she hoped "you all can live happily".

Who is this 'you guys' referring to?

After finishing his first day at the Agricultural Office, Su Mingzhe returned home almost covered in dust and dirt.

The school is on vacation, and Zheng Juan will not go to the school to complete the start-up procedures until the end of August, so she has been taking care of the children at home during this period.

Seeing the man coming back from get off work, Zheng Juan came up to him:

"Honey, are you getting used to your first day at work?"

"It's OK. I met Aunt Xu Kai, who is also my new boss. With her taking care of me, no one dares to bully me in the office."

Su Mingzhe tried to use a calm tone to talk about work.

In fact, he thought about it for most of the day while he was at work, wondering whether he should tell Zheng Juan the truth after returning home.

In the end, Su Mingzhe decided to tell the story, so as to avoid being exposed later and making it even more difficult to explain.

"Aunt Xu Kai is your new leader?"

When Zheng Juan heard the name "Xu Kai", her expression became a little unnatural.

During the three years in college, although Zheng Juan and Su Mingzhe were not in the same major and sometimes only met on weekends, she often saw Xu Kai coming to school to visit Su Mingzhe. You know, among the female educated youth who left Baiyashan, Yu Hong and Wang Yafang got married, but Xu Kai was the only one who remained single and was determined to find Su Mingzhe.

Zheng Juan was originally willing to believe Su Mingzhe.

But as time went by, from the changes in Xu Kai's demeanor when interacting with her man, Zheng Juan had already realized that something must be going on between her man and Xu Kai.

Fortunately, Zheng Juan is a gentle, kind and generous woman. She also knows how many years of his youth Xu Kai has wasted in pursuing Su Mingzhe.

Therefore, before she actually saw the two of them together, Zheng Juan pretended to be deaf and dumb and did not expose the matter.

Now, her man was actually working under Xu Kai's aunt, and Zheng Juan began to feel a little nervous.

She couldn't continue to play dumb.

Otherwise she is not kind and generous, but stupid.

On the second day.

After sending her husband to work, Zheng Juan sent her son to her mother's home in Taiping Hutong. Then she dressed up and headed towards the municipal hospital.

The Municipal Hospital is located near the busy Central Avenue. As it is one of the most famous hospitals in Heilongjiang Province, it has a large number of patients and their families coming and going.

Zheng Juan came to the outpatient building and asked several medical staff who passed by which department Xu Kai worked in.

The result is either 'not clear' or 'don't know'.

After walking around, Zheng Juan saw an acquaintance at the nurses' station, Guan Ling, who had also been an educated youth in Baiyashan. Only then did she find out the truth.

It turned out that Xu Kai did not work in the outpatient building, but in the rehabilitation department.

"Sister Juan, let me take you to the rehabilitation department. The rehabilitation department where Sister Kai works is the Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Department. If you don't know the way, it will be very troublesome to find it."

Guan Ling was particularly enthusiastic towards Zheng Juan, which was the result of their friendship which they had developed over the several years they had spent together at Baiya Mountain.

"Thank you for your help, Lingling."

Zheng Juan took a look at Guan Ling's name tag and said embarrassedly:

"I heard before that you also work in a hospital. I didn't expect that you and Xu Kai work in the same hospital."

"I can't compare with Sister Kai."

Guan Ling felt a little helpless when she talked about this:

"I had poor test scores and studied nursing. After graduation, my family used connections to get me into the city hospital. I thought there would be more opportunities in a big hospital, but I never expected that there would be more opportunities and more talents here. People like me could only be a nurse. Sister Kai was different. She had good test scores and was assigned to pediatrics in college. Later, she taught herself Chinese medicine nursing, rehabilitation and other subject knowledge. Less than two years after she came to the hospital, she was transferred to the Chinese medicine rehabilitation department."

"so smart?"

When Zheng Juan heard Guan Ling praising Xu Kai, she couldn't help but feel a little inferior.

She couldn't even keep up with the teacher's teaching progress in school. She could only rely on the man to help her find learning materials and take private tutoring lessons. Only then did she barely graduate from college.

Compared with Xu Kai, I am simply useless.

The two chatted and soon arrived at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Department.

There was only a young nurse in Xu Kai's outpatient reception room.

Zheng Juan asked and the young nurse told her that at this time, Xu Kai, as a doctor, was making rounds with the department director.

"Sister Juan, please wait here. I'll go back first."

Guan Ling is a warm-hearted person and has a good relationship with Zheng Juan, so after they met, she sent her all the way here.

However, as a hospital nurse, she also has her job and cannot be away from work for too long.

"Thank you, Lingling."

Zheng Juan watched Guan Ling leave, and sat down at the young nurse's enthusiastic invitation.

"Little sister, I want to ask, when will this Doctor Xu...come back?"

The nurse thought Zheng Juan had something urgent to do, so she smiled and said:

"Sister, Doctor Xu is on rounds with the department director and won't be back for at least half an hour. If you have something urgent, you can go to the inpatient department to find her. She should be on the second floor at this time."

"I'm not in a hurry. By the way, if I wait here, it won't interfere with your work, right?"

What urgent matter did Zheng Juan have? She just wanted to talk to Xu Kai.

"I'm fine. When there's no doctor around, my job is to stay here."

The young nurse was quite talkative and had no ulterior motives. Seeing that Zheng Juan looked friendly, she poured her a cup of hot water.

Seeing how enthusiastic the young nurse was, Zheng Juan also wanted to know more about Xu Kai's condition, so she started chatting with her.

Xu Kai went to university in 70, started his internship in a hospital in 73, and transferred to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Department in 75.

By the summer of 77, Xu Kai had been promoted to resident physician and was earning the salary of a third-level doctor, more than yuan a month.

Most of the doctors who entered the hospital at the same time as Xu Kai only received the salary of first- and second-level medical assistants.

It was past ten o'clock.

When Xu Kai returned to the office, he saw Zheng Juan chatting enthusiastically with her assistant nurse. His expression of surprise flashed across his face, and he immediately smiled in the next second:
"Sister Juan, why are you here? Why didn't you tell me in advance so I could pick you up?"

"Xiao Kai, I don't have anything to do. I just suddenly wanted to come and see if you are busy at work and how the environment is..."

Zheng Juan acted like a sister, which frightened Xu Kai, but he had no choice but to continue chatting.

Fortunately, the young nurse was quite perceptive. She quickly picked up the water bottle and used the excuse of getting some hot water, leaving the two women some private space.

(End of this chapter)