Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 178 Coincidence?

"Xinmei, I forgot to ask you this morning. I want to ask you about someone. Do you know him?"

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the middle-aged man arrived at the internal medicine outpatient department of the instrument factory hospital as agreed, and found the woman he called Xinmei in the morning.

Although this is the factory hospital of the instrument factory, it is open to the public as usual, so it is normal for outsiders to come here to see a doctor.

When the middle-aged man came and saw that Xinmei was the only one there, he asked the question he forgot to ask in the morning.

"Who?"

After hearing the middle-aged man say he wanted to inquire about someone and asked him to sit down, Xinmei asked curiously.

"He used to work at the First Hospital of East District. I heard he also graduated from your Red Star Medical College. He's about your age, about 26 or 27, 28 years old. His last name is Li, and he's also an internal medicine doctor. I don't know his specific name, I just heard about him from others."

"Chengdong First Hospital? His surname is Li? And he graduated from our school? Why are you asking about this doctor?"

"You know I have chronic cold legs." The middle-aged man hammered his left leg in distress. "It hurts so much when the weather changes. I heard from others that Doctor Li in the First Hospital is very good at acupuncture. One acupuncture will last at least half a year. I also want him to give me acupuncture..."

"Wait a moment..." The woman named Xinmei's eyebrows were raised to the sky, and she interrupted the middle-aged man before he could finish his words.

"You just said that he and I graduated from the same school?"

"I also heard that he graduated from Red Star Medical College."

"Impossible. We are Western medicine practitioners. How could we possibly have someone who is exceptionally good at acupuncture?"

Xinmei denied it directly.

The middle-aged man was also stunned after hearing this. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Do you know anyone in the First Hospital?"

"Yes, I have a junior college classmate who is a doctor in the Department of Surgery at the First Hospital."

"Then please ask for me. Maybe I remembered it wrong."

"I'll ask for you..." The woman looked back at the clock on the wall. It was eleven twenty. She nodded and said, "Okay, I'll call and ask for you. But if my classmate isn't here, I can't do anything."

"Just ask, just ask. I'm in so much pain, there's nothing I can do."

Hearing him say this, Xinmei said nothing more. She opened the drawer of her desk, took out a notebook, and after searching for a long time, she finally found the work phone number left by the classmate.

"Please sit on the bench in the hallway and wait for me. I'll go to the medical office and make a phone call to ask for you."

The woman said as she stood up with her notebook.

"it is good"

The middle-aged man stood up very quickly, holding the table. There was no one in the other clinics, so it seemed a bit strange that he was still there.

The woman named Xinmei came to the medical office on the second floor and dialed the number written in the notebook. The call was picked up quickly.

"Hello, could you please help me find Qi Minchao from the Department of Surgery to answer the phone? I am his classmate, Yu Xinmei."

……

A few minutes later, the woman returned to her clinic on the first floor with a strange look on her face.

"How is it, is there the person I mentioned?"

Seeing her come back, the middle-aged man asked anxiously.

The woman didn't say anything, but just looked the middle-aged man up and down, took out the key from her pocket and opened the door of the clinic.

"Let's talk after you come in."

"Old Song, you just said you wanted to ask that Doctor Li to give you an acupuncture?"

"Yeah, is there such a person?"

"Yes, there is. You heard it right. He really is a graduate of our Red Star Medical College, and he is my classmate." As she said this, the strange look on the woman's face became even more intense.

The middle-aged man saw through it this time. He frowned and said, "Xinmei, finish what you want to say at once and stop being so sarcastic."

"Haha, I don't mean to be sarcastic, I'm just confused. Old Song, you are very lucky. You can find out the truth about the Social Affairs Bureau by asking anyone."

???

The middle-aged man was completely stunned.

"Social Affairs Bureau? Isn't he a doctor? How come he is from the Social Affairs Bureau?"

"The doctor you're asking about is called Li Yancheng. He was my classmate in technical secondary school. I never thought he knew acupuncture.

After graduating from secondary technical school, he joined the army and served as a military doctor. In the 17th year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was demobilized and assigned to work in the First Hospital.

In July last year, for some unknown reason, he was first transferred to the Public Security Hospital for further studies. I guess he had already been seconded to work in the Social Affairs Bureau at that time. In January this year, he was officially transferred to the Social Affairs Bureau's Operations Department's Health Center.

He is still a doctor now, but he is a full-time doctor in Operations Division 1. Do you still want to see him?"

When she said the last sentence, the woman's face was full of teasing.

The middle-aged man seemed not to notice the teasing look on the woman's face. He sat there for a moment before asking, "Xinmei, you just said that you and this Doctor Li were classmates?"

"right"

"How was your relationship before?"

"Not very good. He was a rather solitary person and had average relationships with his classmates. Later, he joined the army and was not there for several years. I don't even know if I would recognize him if I saw him now."

Yu Xinmei pouted and shook her head. As soon as she finished speaking, she realized something and continued, "Old Song, don't have those bad ideas. We agreed at the beginning that I would find a way to establish a relationship with Cai Shaocheng and get what we want from him. Don't think about asking me to seduce others again."

It must be said that Yu Xinmei, who is about the same age as Li Yancheng, is like a ripe peach, looking so fresh and juicy.

The middle-aged man nodded casually, "I didn't ask you to seduce this Doctor Li. I just wanted to see if you could use your classmate relationship to get him to treat my illness. Leave the rest to me."

"Seek him for treatment?" Yu Xinmei frowned tightly, and after a long pause, she said, "You can try, but I can't guarantee it. But Old Song, I want to give you a piece of advice."

"what?"

"Even if I can use our classmate relationship to get him to treat you, if you want to build a good relationship with him and hope to get some information from him about the social affairs bureau in the future, it is almost impossible.

Didn’t I just say that he has a rather solitary personality and is not easy to get along with? "

"It doesn't matter. Everything depends on human effort. You just need to find a way for me to get to know him."

"That's no problem. How about this? Today is worse than tomorrow. You treat me to a meal at the restaurant, and then we'll go find him during lunch break."

"it is good"

……

Of course Li Yancheng didn't know that someone was targeting him again.

He was sitting under the eaves at the door of the clinic at the moment, leisurely enjoying the drizzle falling from the sky.

Compared to other people involved in the case, he was feeling extremely comfortable at this moment.

Because he didn't have to write any case closing report, while other people involved in the case, even the members of the action team responsible for arresting the suspects, had to write down their work in written form and submit it to their leader.

The two people who give you the most trouble are Su Xiaotong and Lao Xu.

Didn't it say that the case is over and can be closed? Why am I still giving it a headache?

Because strictly speaking, the cases they handled were not considered truly solved.

Just like the material channel that was seized, more than a dozen provinces and cities arrested hundreds of people. Yes, this secret channel was destroyed, but who was the final recipient of their goods?

Sorry, with the death of Pan Youzhi and the "death" of Li Xueyi, this question no longer has an answer.

Sun Yide, Qi Jilin, Chen Guangyao, and Chen Guangyao's son Liu Guangliang, who are they working for? Sorry, there is no answer to this question. Who gave Ren Yunyun the order to poison Li Yancheng? Sorry, there is no answer now.

The leaders above only said to close the cases, but how should these cases be closed? Should they be counted as one case or put together? No one will tell them what to do.

The director and deputy director sat in silence in the director's office on the second floor. Apart from smoking, they had no idea what to do.

Su Xiaotong felt that this was the most infuriating time in his ten years of working in the industry.

Just as he was about to say something after exhaling the cigarette in his mouth, he heard someone downstairs calling Doctor Li, saying that someone was looking for him outside.

He had an idea and stood up, walked to the window and looked downstairs, only to see Li Yancheng walking out with the attendant on duty at the gate.

"Director, call Yan Cheng up and ask him later. This guy is smart, and he might have some ideas."

Hearing Su Xiaotong's words, Lao Xu also stood up and left his desk and walked to the window, just as Li Yancheng turned the corner.

"Didn't you say he couldn't understand why the case had to be closed? He thought Li Xueyi must not be dead."

"He was right to think so, and I thought so too. I would never believe that the person in the car was Li Xueyi.

But this does not conflict with the closure of the case. Judging from Yan Cheng's expression this morning, I think he has accepted this result."

"Okay, let's call him up later and ask for his opinion. I really don't know how to write this case report."

"Hehe..." Su Xiaotong shook his head with a wry smile. Who isn't?

On the other side, Li Yancheng followed the attendant to the gate. When he saw a man and a woman standing at the gate, he was stunned for a moment. After seeing the woman's appearance clearly, he remembered through his inherited memory that the woman at the gate was indeed his technical secondary school classmate.

"Old classmate, long time no see!"

When Yu Xinmei saw Li Yancheng, she was stunned for a moment. She regretted it at that moment. She even wanted to turn around and tell the middle-aged man to take back what she had said. She planned to seduce this old classmate.

Although Li Yancheng was tall when he was in school, he was also very thin. He stood there like a telephone pole. In addition, he was dull and had a rather independent personality, so he was not very popular. None of the female classmates in the class were interested in him.

But now his appearance has changed a lot. He is now dignified and handsome, which is completely different from before.

Yu Xinmei herself might not have noticed that when she saw this old classmate just now, her eyes lit up and she even licked her lips, as if she was hungry and just happened to see some delicious food.

Her tiny movements and shining eyes certainly did not escape Li Yancheng's eyes. Although these seemed a little greasy in his eyes, this woman was his old classmate after all. She came to him, so even if he didn't know her purpose, he still had to give her a smile.

"Hello, classmate Yu Xinmei. It's been a long time since we last met."

"I didn't expect you could still remember my name." Seeing Li Yancheng called out her name right away, Yu Xinmei's smile became even wider, especially her eyes, which were very charming.

Seeing Yu Xinmei extending her right hand, Li Yancheng smiled faintly, stretched out his right hand as well, touched her fingers lightly and then retracted it, while also setting his gaze on the middle-aged man.

"Old classmate, let me introduce you. This is my cousin, Song Yongan. We came here today to see you for medical treatment."

"You want me to treat you?"

Although Li Yancheng had thought of countless possibilities in his mind for half a day, he was still stunned for a moment after hearing Yu Xinmei say the purpose of her trip.

"That's right. I want to see you. My cousin has chronic cold legs. His left leg hurts a lot when the weather changes. He heard from a friend that you are very good at treating this disease, so..."

So that's what it is. Li Yancheng suddenly realized what was going on. He was wondering why a classmate whom he hadn't seen for many years came to him for no reason.

People have come to your door and it would be a bit inhumane if you still refuse to treat them.

After a brief hesitation, he nodded and said, "Come to my office. It happens to be lunch time now."

"Thank you, old classmate."

"Thank you, Doctor Li. I am sorry to bother you."

Seeing that he agreed, Yu Xinmei breathed a sigh of relief, and the middle-aged man Song Yongan was so happy that he kept thanking him.

Regardless of whether he had other purposes in coming to the house, his excitement did not seem fake after hearing that he was promised to treat his leg.

It can be seen that his old cold legs have indeed tortured him a lot.

"Come on, let's go in. Do you have your work ID with you? We need to register at the door."

"Take it, take it."

The two took out their work ID cards and handed them to Li Yancheng.

Beijing Scientific Instrument Factory Staff Hospital?
Seeing Yu Xinmei's workplace, Li Yancheng raised his eyebrows calmly. Is it such a coincidence?

Song Yongan's situation is relatively normal. He works in the Yangchao District Government Office. At his age, he is still an ordinary clerk and seems to be just trying to get by.

The first meeting was uneventful. To Li Yancheng, he was just helping out his old classmate since he came to visit him. It was just an injection, not a big deal. Half an hour later, he sent the two of them out of the office gate.

Standing at the gate, he took out a cigarette and gave one to each of the guards on duty at the gate, then lit one for himself. Just as he was about to enter the gate, he glanced at the backs of the two people who had already left to the west.

This sight made him squint his eyes.

He couldn't remember where he had seen it in his previous life, but it said that when people interact with each other, as long as they are not particularly close, even if they are relatives, two people walking together will consciously or unconsciously maintain a certain social safety distance.

Just now Yu Xinmei said that Song Yongan is her cousin, but weren’t the distance between them when they were walking a little too close?

In this era, even if a couple went out on the street, they would not be too close to each other, unlike in later generations when they would hug each other, hold each other's backs, and be as close as possible.

When a couple walks together, they will keep a distance of one or two fists. They are cousins, of the opposite sex, and although there is an age difference between them, but... walking with their arms touching is still a bit too close.

Li Yancheng stood there until the two men's backs disappeared from his sight. Then he turned around thoughtfully and walked into the duty room at the unit's gate.

Just now Yu Xinmei said that she found this place through Qi Minchao. He planned to contact this old classmate from the previous unit and ask him about this female classmate who suddenly appeared today and was full of coincidences.

He himself may not have noticed that he has only been working here for more than half a year, but he seems to have gradually become suspicious of everything that happens around him.

"Minchao, it's me, Li Yancheng."

The person who answered the phone happened to be Qi Minchao, who came to work after lunch.

"Did Yu Xinmei bring her cousin to see you? I'm sorry, Dacheng. When she first asked me, I didn't pay much attention. She just said that you are good at treating diseases like cold legs and rheumatism. Later, she said she wanted to bring her cousin to see you. It was too late for me to say anything."

"It's okay, it's just an injection, and she happened to come here during her lunch break, so it won't interfere with anything.

Minchao, do you know when Yu Xinmei started working at the Instrument Factory Hospital? I remember she didn't go here when she graduated, right? "

"You're not wrong. When we graduated, the staff hospital of the instrument factory had not yet been built. The instrument factory was still a new factory, and she was assigned to the affiliated hospital of the scientific research institute.

She hasn't been promoted to a full-time employee yet, but the Instrument Factory established a staff hospital and she was assigned there. Doesn't the Instrument Factory belong to the Research Institute? "

So that’s it!
Qi Minchao continued on the other end of the phone: "Dacheng, why are you asking this? Are you interested in Yu Xinmei? I can tell you, you definitely have a chance."

"What do you mean? What do you mean by having a chance?" Li Yancheng was still pondering the previous words. He didn't realize what Qi Minchao was asking at all. He just responded subconsciously.

"Yu Xinmei's husband suffered a myocardial infarction two years ago and couldn't be saved. They don't even have a child. I haven't heard that she is dating someone now. Don't you have a chance? This old classmate of ours is quite good..."

Li Yancheng finally reacted, and the expression on his face suddenly turned into a dilemma.

This is nothing.

"Stop, stop, stop... just stop it."

He quickly interrupted Qi Minchao before he finished speaking.

"I'm just curious about how she found me. Whether she's single or not is none of my business. I have a lot of things to do here, so I don't have the time to date.

Okay, Minchao, I'm just asking casually, I don't mean anything else, go do your thing, I have other things to do here, and when your new family compound is built, you have to treat us when we move in."

"Hahaha, no problem, no problem."

(End of this chapter)