Great Doctor Without Borders

Chapter 1456 Focus

"Are there any kissing scenes?" Xu Chunliang's focus is different from that of ordinary people.

Several people were stunned for a moment, and Yang Linlin was the first to laugh: "Mr. Xu, we are shooting a costume drama, not an urban romance. Even if there are kisses, there are not many. You may not know that many of the kissing scenes you see in movies and TV shows are shot with stand-ins, not all of them are real kisses."

Hua Zhuyue said: "Ms. Yang misunderstood. I think Director Xu wanted to experience a kissing scene. He doesn't like to play tricks."

Everyone laughed at the same time.

Cheng Yuwudao: "Director Xu has outstanding appearance and superb skills. If you are willing to enter the entertainment industry, I can help you develop into an action star, and it is also possible to become a first-line star."

Su Qing looked at Xu Chunliang and thought that he would most likely not develop in this direction. Perhaps she had already adapted to Xu Chunliang's past career, and Xu Chunliang had always been doing well in the system, so Su Qing never thought that he would change his career path.

Xu Chunliang asked: "Is there a role suitable for me in this play?"

Cheng Yuwudao: "Yes, the heroine's first love, a young general, has about one and a half scenes."

“There’s not much drama.”

Hua Zhuyue said, "It's the kind of movie that gets you killed right off the bat, but it's suitable for people like you who are just playing around. What? Are you interested? We can discuss the pay."

Xu Chunliang glanced at Su Qing and said, "If Su Qing wants to act, I would be willing to make a cameo appearance."

Hua Zhuyue said: "Su Qing, please think about it carefully."

Su Qing said: "I studied broadcasting and hosting, not a professional actor."

Hua Zhuyue said: "Even better. I hate stereotyped performances. Anyway, I have confidence in you, and I won't take risks with such a large investment."

After dinner, Hua Zhuyue asked Xu Chunliang to send Su Qing back to the hotel first. In fact, it was to give them a chance to be alone together. Xu Chunliang was also quite pleased with Hua Zhuyue's understanding. If they wanted harmony in the backyard, they had to understand and accommodate each other. Hua Zhuyue had already set an example in this regard.

The dining place was not far from the hotel where Su Qing was staying, so Su Qing suggested walking back.

After walking a short distance, Su Qing saw that there were no familiar faces around, so she quietly took Xu Chunliang's hand. Xu Chunliang held her slender hand in his palm. Su Qing looked around uneasily, afraid of meeting a familiar face.

Xu Chunliang smiled and said, "What are you worried about?"

Su Qing said: "I'm worried that it will have a bad influence on you."

Xu Chunliang said: "There is nothing to be afraid of. I am not a high-ranking official, and I don't plan to stay in the system forever."

Su Qing said: "If you work harder, you can become a deputy director. It would be a pity to give up halfway."

Xu Chunliang said: "With my temper, I can't go very far. By the way, are you going to accept Sister Hua's role or not?"

Su Qing said: "I have a contract with the provincial TV station, but it shouldn't be a big problem."

"You didn't seem to answer my question."

Su Qing said: "If you pick me up, I'll pick it up."

Xu Chunliang said: "I am quite picky about the scripts. I won't accept any without kissing scenes."

Su Qing chuckled, took his arm and said, "If you don't answer, there are plenty of people who will."

Xu Chunliang said: "We have an agreement in advance. You can film, but you can only act in kissing scenes and bed scenes with me."

Su Qing said: "Then I will write you in the contract."

"No problem. Why do I feel like I'm selling myself into slavery?"

Su Qing was just joking. She tilted her head and rested it on Xu Chunliang's shoulder: "Chunliang, I don't ask for much. It's enough for you to spend more time with me."

Xu Chunliang secretly sighed that these female confidantes were all very smart. They clearly saw through his nature and were willing to give him full freedom and bind him with invisible threads of love.

Xu Chunliang said: "What if... I mean what if, I stay single for the rest of my life?"

Su Qing bit her lip. She was prepared for this and said softly, "If you don't marry me, I won't marry you. But one day in the future, I want to have a child. Are you willing to help me?"

Xu Chunliang looked at Su Qing's affectionate eyes and suddenly felt guilty. This was the second woman who asked him for a child. Help! I must help, but Xu Chunliang now doubted his reproductive ability. He took advantage of this trip to Beijing to find a good hospital for a check-up. It shouldn't be like this. I am obviously very strong.

The next morning at ten o'clock, Meng Jinglai arrived at the hotel where Xu Chunliang was staying on time to pick him up.

Meng Jinglai does not care about ostentation in his life, and the car he drives is just an old Audi Q7.

Xu Chunliang got into the car and said with emotion: "Your car is old."

Meng Jinglai smiled and said, "I'm so used to it that I don't want to change it." Xu Chunliang asked, "Is it far?"

Meng Jinglai said: "It takes about an hour by car."

Xu Chunliang understood what he meant. The distance was far enough. With the financial resources of the Meng family, they must have a lot of properties in the center of Beijing. However, Meng Jingyuan lived so far away. There were probably two possibilities. One was that she liked quietness, and the other was that the Meng family did not want her to attract too much attention in the city.

Since Xu Chunliang was asked to help with the diagnosis, Meng Jinglai had to show some sincerity. On the way, he introduced some of his sister's conditions.

Meng Jingyuan, 43 years old this year, is the youngest of the Meng family. Her elder sister Meng Jingyun married Wang Zhengdao and gave birth to a son, Wang Jiancheng. When Wang Jiancheng was five years old, Meng Jingyun died of illness. Meng Jingyuan had the best relationship with her elder sister. Because of this incident, she was stimulated and suffered from depression.

Xu Chunliang listened very carefully. Meng Jinglai only explained the cause of the illness as being that Meng Jingyuan was overly sad because of her sister's death. However, another version Xu Chunliang had heard before was that Meng Jingyuan had developed feelings for her brother-in-law Wang Zhengdao.

Whether it was true or not, the Meng family would definitely not tell anyone. After all, it was not a glorious thing for a sister-in-law to like her brother-in-law. If you want to know the truth, it is better to ask the person involved. Xu Chunliang thought to himself that he would find time to ask Wang Zhengdao. Maybe Wang Zhengdao would tell him the truth.

“Does your family have any genetic mental illness?”

Meng Jinglai shook his head: "No, we don't have any family diseases. My brothers and sisters are all healthy. My parents are still alive and well."

Xu Chunliang asked: "When did Meng Jingyuan first become ill?"

Meng Jinglai thought for a while and said, "It should be the seventh day after my sister's death. My sister was too sad... Alas..." He sighed.

Xu Chunliang didn't take it seriously. He didn't know Meng Jingyuan and he couldn't empathize with other people's family tragedies. He just felt that this matter was not that simple.

Meng Jingyuan lives in a villa area in western Beijing, where the occupancy rate is very low. The Meng family's single-family villa is located on a hillside in the northeast corner of the community, far away from other buildings and looks isolated.

Although it was a little after eleven in the morning, it was cloudy and everything looked foggy and wet.

Meng Jinglai fell silent after entering the community and drove directly to the parking area in front of the detached villa.

The yard is so large that the parking area can accommodate eight cars parked side by side.

Xu Chunliang estimated that the yard was about ten acres of land and sighed, "If this villa was located in the city center, it would be worth a lot of money."

Meng Jinglai said: "This community was developed by my brother-in-law. This villa is different from the others. It was specially designed for our own use. Later, my sister got a strange disease and it was inconvenient for her to live at home. My parents didn't want her to go to the hospital, so my brother-in-law provided this place for us to use."

Xu Chunliang deliberately said: "Boss Wang is very generous."

Meng Jinglai did not respond to his words and continued, "At the beginning, my parents came to accompany her, but as her condition worsened, it caused great pain to the two elderly people. I had a hard time persuading them to go back. Now my parents are old and my father is paralyzed, but he still insists on coming once a week."

Xu Chunliang could understand the psychology of these elderly people. He felt sorry for the parents in the world and could not bear to see their daughter's miserable condition, but he was also extremely distressed if he could not see it.

"Who is taking care of us now?" Xu Chunliang had already seen a burly man walking towards them.

Meng Jinglai said: "A driver, three nurses, a nanny, and a gardener. There are currently six people serving her. The nurses work in twelve-hour shifts. The doctor comes once a week. It's just a routine procedure."

He raised his chin and said, "He is Xiao Chen, the driver here, and he also shoulders the responsibility of bodyguard."

Xu Chunliang nodded: "Does she still wake up occasionally?"

Meng Jinglai sighed and said, "Ten years ago, he would occasionally be lucid for a while. Although he didn't talk much when he was lucid, he still recognized his family. In the past ten years, he has completely lost his ability to recognize people. He has been crazy and mad, either crying and howling or committing self-harm. We have consulted almost all the psychiatric experts at home and abroad. We have tried every possible method and treatment plan, but there is no effect at all."

Xu Chunliang asked: "What's the situation now?"

Meng Jinglai said: "You will know when you take a look."

The driver, Xiao Chen, came up to them and said respectfully, "Mr. Meng."

Meng Jinglai asked: "How is the situation today?"

Xiao Chen said, "She woke up early today and started crying at seven o'clock. I didn't give her medicine as you instructed."

Xu Chunliang was still observing the surrounding environment until Meng Jing came to remind him, then he walked with them towards the gate of the villa, saying as he walked: "The yin energy here is a bit heavy."

Xiao Chen glanced at Xu Chunliang. Although he knew in advance that Meng Jinglai had invited a doctor, he still felt that Xu Chunliang was too young. He had been taking care of Meng Jingyuan for five years and had seen many famous doctors and experts in these five years. This was the first time he had seen someone so young like Xu Chunliang. Moreover, he felt that Xu Chunliang did not look like a doctor. Could it be that Meng Jinglai had invited a feng shui master this time?

Xiao Chen said: "It's cloudy today. When it was sunny in the past, the sun was very bright here."

Xu Chunliang asked, "The patient's room can't see sunlight, right?"

Xiao Chen nodded.

An expression of surprise flashed across Meng Jinglai's face, because he had never mentioned to Xu Chunliang that his sister was afraid of light. Even the medical records provided to Xu Chunliang did not mention this. How did Xu Chunliang know this?

Meng Jinglai said: "She is afraid of light."

Xu Chunliang looked at the tightly closed windows of the villa. Most of the south-facing windows had curtains drawn, but he did not make this inference based on this point.

(End of this chapter)