Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 680 Made a Mistake
"Has the gun theft case at the West City Sports School been solved? Was the information provided by Sister Zhang useful?"

Seeing her husband hang up the phone for the second time, Luo Min, who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, asked curiously.

She knew very well how much effort her husband had put into this case over the past two months, so naturally she would show concern for it.

Li Yancheng walked over with a smile, picked up his wife, and then stepped out of the house into the yard, where he plopped down on a recliner under the big tree.

School has already started summer vacation, and the two children went to stay with their maternal grandparents as soon as the vacation started. Now, only the two of them are in the huge backyard, while Wang Qihua, another security guard who is now with Li Yancheng, lives in the front yard.

This Wang Qihua is 27 years old this year. He only came here in April. Before that, he had been in the army and was one of Luo Lao's security guards. He had been with Luo Lao for six years.

This year, he voluntarily requested to be transferred to civilian work so he could go back to be with his wife and children. That's why Old Luo recommended him to his youngest son-in-law.

After Wang Qihua was transferred to civilian work, his personnel file was registered with the Internal Security Department of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. The two of them served Li Yancheng together. He also brought his wife and children to Beijing, where he could work shifts with Xiao Guan, who was also married.

It's his turn to be on duty today, so he's staying in the front yard. He usually doesn't go into the back yard unless there's something important to do.

If no one disturbs them, it's fine for the couple to be affectionate in the yard, and Luo Min has always liked to snuggle in her husband's arms.

She always felt that her man was like a human air conditioner, keeping her warm in winter and cool in summer, so even in the hot summer, she didn't feel hot when nestled in his arms.

"It's too early to say that the case is completely solved; we can only say that we have some leads."

Li Yancheng wouldn't make any definitive statements until he saw the five guns and ammunition, not even to his wife.

"The message Sister Zhang sent this afternoon was crucial. Please thank Sister Zhang for me when you go to work tomorrow, and tell her that we'll treat her and her husband to dinner this Sunday."

"no problem."

Seeing that her husband was in a good mood, Luo Min's heart, which had been hanging in suspense for more than two months, gradually relaxed. She reached out and put her arms around her husband's neck, giving him a light kiss on the lips.

Li Yancheng tightened his grip on his wife's arm, but did not deepen the kiss. He knew his wife was shy, and this was already the limit for her in the yard.

But what his wife said next made him regret it immensely. He should have just carried her inside and had sex with her for three hundred rounds.

"Da Cheng"

"Ok?"

Li Yancheng had already settled into the recliner, closed his eyes, and when he heard his wife call him, he responded in a muffled voice. He gently stroked her soft waist with his arm around her, enjoying the tranquility of the summer day.

"I have something to tell you."

"What is it? Speak," Li Yancheng replied instinctively, still without opening his eyes.

"Ningning likes you, do you know that?"

"I know, I'm her brother, of course she likes me."

His wife's words made Li Yancheng's heart tighten, but he didn't show it on his face. He didn't stop what he was doing, but he opened his eyes and looked at his wife, wondering why she would bring this up out of the blue.

Speaking of Ningning, both Jin Zhihai and he felt extremely helpless. This girl... no, they couldn't even call her a girl anymore. She was already a 29-year-old young woman. After graduating from university, she could have worked in the foreign affairs department, but unexpectedly, she chose to stay at the university and become a proud teacher.

That's all fine. When you have a choice, you can do whatever job you want. Besides, whether you go to the foreign affairs department or stay at the university as a teacher, they are both very good jobs.

What frustrated Li Yancheng and Jin Zhihai was her love life.

This girl only dated a boy, who was also her classmate and whose father was the director of a police station under the jurisdiction of the Chengdong District Public Security Bureau, for a few months when she was in college. Then she thought he was immature and decisively chose to break up with him.

Since then, she has stopped dating any boys. After starting work, she refused any introductions from her two sisters-in-law, neighbors, or colleagues.

In fact, Jin Zhihai, his wife Xing Lihua, Li Yancheng, and Luo Min gradually realized that this girl did not not want to date; she had a man she liked, but the man she liked was married.

She tried to see if she could fall in love with someone else, but she found that she couldn't have normal contact with other men at all. All she could think about was that incredibly tall and imposing figure in her eyes.

Ningning's behavior greatly troubled Li Yancheng. Ever since he discovered her little hint of something, he has tried his best to avoid being alone with Ningning, and even hardened his heart to forbid her from coming back to stay except for holidays.

If you can control someone's body, can you control their heart?
He had spoken openly with Ningning, but it had no effect. At first, Ningning remained silent, only looking at him with her big, watery eyes. Later, she only said one sentence: "It's my freedom to like whoever I want. Even if they are my parents, or even the Emperor himself, it's none of my business."

Well, now that we've said all that, what's the point of talking about anything else?
Xing Lihua even talked to her sister-in-law about it, but it didn't help.

In the end, she and Kim Ji-hae decided to let things be, since she was already such a grown woman, and they wouldn't interfere anymore.

This was a topic that everyone was aware of, but Li Yancheng had never discussed it with his wife. He didn't expect that his wife would bring it up today, which left him feeling somewhat at a loss. He could only pretend not to know what she meant and give a vague reply.

Upon hearing her husband's words, Luo Min sat up straight in his arms, her hands still around his neck, her big eyes fixed on his eyes, and said with a half-smile, "You know what I mean by asking, don't play dumb."

“Sigh…” Looking into his wife’s eyes, Li Yancheng sighed deeply.

He didn't know how to answer the question, so he could only purse his lips and shrug his shoulders.

"Puch..."

Seeing the helpless look on her man's face, Luo Min immediately laughed.

"Isn't it good that someone likes you? Ningning is so beautiful."

"Honey, you know me. I've always treated Ningning like a younger sister. There's no way I could have any other feelings for her. She probably only feels the same way about me as a younger sister feels for her older brother. She just hasn't figured it out yet."

"Alright, do you even believe that yourself? Ningning is already thirty this year, not twenty-three, and certainly not thirteen. How could she not understand her feelings for you?"

I'm sure you talked to her, but it didn't seem to work. If I'm not mistaken, it was at your request, so Ningning hardly ever comes back to stay now, instead living in the single dormitory provided by the school.

Seeing that her husband was about to say something, Luo Min pulled one hand back and covered his mouth, signaling him not to speak and to listen to her finish.

"Dacheng, doing this is just escaping the problem and doesn't solve the fundamental issue. Or do you want Ningning to grow old alone like this?"

“How could that be?” Li Yancheng turned his head away, avoiding his wife’s hand covering his mouth, and blurted out. “Since you don’t want it to be like this, then you need to have a proper talk with Ningning, instead of preventing her from coming back.”

"I didn't stop her from coming back. This is her home, how could I..."

"Da Cheng, do you think Ning Ning will feel like this is her home?" Luo Min interrupted Li Yancheng before he could finish speaking.

"From Ningning's perspective, she has no home now. She could have used this place as a haven, but you made her live in the school's single dormitory to avoid suspicion. That's a dormitory, not a home."

Zhihai isn't her home either, and she can't come back here often now. Dacheng, Ningning has no parents; she's a child without a home.

"I...sigh..."

Li Yancheng opened his mouth as if to say something, but after opening and closing his mouth a few times, he sighed dejectedly and closed his mouth again.

He knew, of course, that it was unfair to Ningning, and he felt sorry for her, but he also understood that he couldn't give this girl any hope, because that would only hurt her.

He hoped that this would help Ningning understand his feelings, so that she could date a boyfriend in a normal way, build her own family, get married, and have children.

But he didn't consider how much harm his actions would cause Ningning.

Luo Min raised her hand and gently stroked her husband's face, saying softly, "Dacheng, I understand your heart, and I know you want to cut the Gordian knot quickly, but you're using the wrong method."

Zhihai's older brother is a bit of a scatterbrain. Lihua feels sorry for Ningning and wants to help her, but her house is so small that even if she wanted her sister-in-law to move back, there's nowhere for her to stay.

Their family wants to buy another courtyard house, and Lihua is also considering it. She told me that no matter whether Ningning gets married in the future or not, she wants Ningning to have a home, a home forever.

After hearing his wife's words, Li Yancheng felt even more distressed. He had only thought of himself, but had not considered Ningning, a girl who had lost her parents at a young age and must be extremely insecure inside.

Thinking of this, his guilt intensified, and he even wanted to go find Ningning right now and apologize to her.

As if she could read her man's mind, Luo Min smiled faintly and said, "Alright, I'll talk to Ningning tomorrow. This is her home, and it will always be her home. She is our family, no matter what."

Looking at the smile on his wife's face, Li Yancheng suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

"Honey, don't do anything reckless."

What are you afraid I'll do wrong?

Luo Min suddenly seemed like a different person. She stretched her head forward and stopped less than a centimeter in front of Li Yancheng, their noses almost touching.

She stared intently into her husband's eyes, then seductively licked her lips.

Seeing this scene made Li Yancheng feel a sudden heat in his lower abdomen, and he unconsciously swallowed.

What a goblin!
He muttered to himself, completely forgetting to answer his wife's question.

Seeing her man's dazed expression, Luo Min pursed her lips and smiled again, then turned her head and whispered in his ear, "I want to take a shower, carry me inside."

Alright, so this is a challenge. What else is there to say? We must accept.

Without saying a word, Li Yancheng put one arm around his wife's waist and supported her bottom with the other. He first sat up straight on the recliner, then stood up with a little effort and turned to walk into the house.

His wife is thirty-four this year. In previous years, she would never take the initiative in this kind of thing. Although she would never refuse him, she almost always accepted it passively.

But everything changed starting last year; his wife seemed to have awakened to something.

However, he liked this change.

The only thing that worries him is that he hopes his body will remain healthy, otherwise he might have to start taking supplements in a few years.

What? A doctor can't heal himself? Nonsense...

Li Yancheng found these words utterly despicable.

The saying "a doctor cannot heal himself" has become a fig leaf for many people's lack of medical knowledge and skills. Some traditional Chinese medicine doctors secretly take Western medicine when they have a cold, but pretend to treat others with Chinese herbal medicine. Isn't this misleading people?

In fact, many famous TCM doctors believe that healing oneself is the prerequisite for healing others. Only by healing oneself and understanding one's condition can one better heal others. This is the basic principle of learning TCM. How can one heal others if one cannot heal oneself?

In the past, when medical resources were scarce, learning medicine basically started with self-study and self-treatment. By tasting hundreds of herbs, one could clearly understand the effects of each herb, and then treat difficult diseases. Through continuous accumulation of experience, one could eventually become a renowned medical expert.

……

Around 11 p.m., Luo Min was already fast asleep in bed with the fan blowing. Li Yancheng gently removed his wife's arms and legs from around him, tiptoed out of bed, went to the study, lit a cigarette, and fell into deep thought.

He was waiting for a call, confident that no matter what, someone would call him before midnight to report on the details of the arrest operation.

Sure enough, when the long hand pointed to nine, the telephone on the desk rang.

Before it rang a second time, he hurriedly reached for the receiver.

This phone line was a dedicated line for their public security system, and there was an extension in the bedroom. His wife was a heavy sleeper, so one ring was fine, but repeated rings would definitely wake her up. Business was business, and he didn't want to disturb his wife's sweet dreams.

"Hey"

"Director, it's me, Cai Boming."

"Director Boming?" A look of surprise flashed in Li Yancheng's eyes as he answered the phone. He hadn't expected that the person calling him would be Deputy Director Cai.

"Director, I rushed over after General Manager Jin informed me and participated in the arrest operation. I'm currently in Director Jiang's office at the Yangchao Branch."

The entire arrest went smoothly. The "Four Great Kings" mentioned by Zhang Shun and Zheng Tian—namely, Mao Hongwei and three others—were all apprehended. Most of the five air pistols and one thousand rounds of ammunition stolen from the Chengxi Sports School were recovered.

(End of this chapter)