Sent to the countryside, I turned the health center into a top-tier hospital.

"Uh..." Chen Ping was stunned. "It's getting late, it's time to go to sleep."

After saying that, Chen Ping got up and walked towards the dormitory.

Cui Ying watched Chen Ping's retreating figure, a slight smile playing on her lips.

After Chen Ping entered the dormitory, Cui Ying also got up and walked towards her own dormitory!

Hearing the door to Cui Ying's dormitory open, Chen Ping finally breathed a long sigh of relief and quietly lay down on his bed.

He began to seriously consider his relationship with Cui Ying.

Does he like Cui Ying?

I can say with certainty that I like it!

Young, beautiful, well-educated, and a lady from a respectable family.

He was also certain that Cui Ying liked him.

But are two people who like each other really necessarily suited for marriage?

That's not necessarily true.

Goodwill, liking, and love can lead to marriage or sustain a marriage for a period of time.

However, a marriage that lasts a lifetime and lasts for decades cannot be sustained by love alone.

The daily grind of married life, along with the responsibilities of raising children, can wear down a couple's love.

A true marriage is not entirely about passionate love; it's more about two independent individuals willing to live together and support each other.

A marriage cannot last if only one party is making sacrifices.

The reason Chen Ping hasn't responded to Cui Ying or established a relationship is precisely because of this concern.

Perhaps as time goes by, Cui Ying's feelings for him will fade.

It's like someone who likes to eat braised eggplant, but if they eat it every day and face it every day, can they still maintain that liking?

As he pondered these thoughts, Chen Ping gradually drifted off to sleep...

…………

Early the next morning.

After washing up, Chen Ping slowly walked into the cafeteria.

He had just sat down, picked up his bowl of porridge and taken a sip when a shadow blocked the light from the doorway.

He looked up and saw Li Fang standing at the entrance of the cafeteria, wearing a clean coat, her hair neatly tied up, and the bruise on her face had faded a bit from yesterday, its color changing from dark purple to yellowish-green edges.

She saw Chen Ping sitting inside, grinned, and said in her usual carefree tone, "Good morning, Dr. Chen!"

Chen Ping put down his bowl of porridge. "Good morning. Why didn't you rest for another day? Your injury hasn't fully healed yet."

Li Fang walked in, sat down at a nearby table, and took a bowl and chopsticks for herself. "I'm not taking a break. Staying at home is even more uncomfortable. I might as well come to work. At least I have something to do."

As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Tao poked his head in from the doorway. Seeing Li Fang sitting there, he rushed in, shouting, "Sister Fang! You're here!"

The noise was so loud it almost blew the roof off the cafeteria.

Wang Tao ran up to Li Fang, bent down to look at her face, his gaze lingering on the bruise for a moment before his expression darkened. "Sister Fang, tell me the truth, did that bastard hit you again?"

"If you agree, I'll go find him right now and beat him up first!"

"If my master hadn't stopped me yesterday, I would have led a group to your house and crippled your husband."

Li Fang chuckled, then slapped Wang Tao on the back of the head. "Are you stupid? Hitting someone goes to jail. Do you think I don't have enough trouble already?"

Wang Tao didn't flinch when he was slapped; he just stood there looking indignant.

Li Fang patted him again, "Alright, alright, I'm fine. Don't stand here like a fool, sit down and eat."

Wang Tao then sat down sullenly beside him, muttering, "I just feel sorry for you."

"What's the point of whether it's worth it or not? You'll understand once you're married. That's how it is for couples to live together!" Li Fang said with a smile.

Although Li Fang spoke lightly, Chen Ping could tell that deep down, she still harbored some concerns and worries.

Others also arrived at the cafeteria one after another, and when they saw Li Fang arrive, they all gathered around her.

"Sister Fang, you're here?"

Zhou Jie greeted Li Fang, and when she saw the bruises on Li Fang's face, her eyes were full of heartache, but she didn't say anything.

Liu Wei and Wang Jianguo both looked at Li Fang with heartache.

They've worked together the longest, been colleagues for many years, and are practically family.

Surrounded by a group of people, Li Fang felt a little embarrassed. "Alright, alright, stop looking at me like I'm a monkey. I don't have any flowers on my face."

"Everyone, hurry up and eat, it'll be time to go to work soon."

"Alright, everyone stop crowding around and hurry up and eat!" Zhao Guosheng said.

The crowd then dispersed.

Chen Ping sat to the side, and only after everyone had dispersed and sat down to eat did he move closer to Li Fang.

"You thought about it all night yesterday, did you figure it out?" Chen Ping asked in a low voice.

Li Fang hesitated for a moment, then bit her lip, as if making a final decision and struggling.

"I've thought it through. I want a divorce. I'm taking the child with me. He doesn't deserve to be a father."

"I've worked at the health center for so long, I can still afford to raise a child."

"It's better to break up with a jerk sooner rather than later than spend my whole life with him. I'm still young, I have a long life ahead of me, I can't afford to waste my time on him."

After saying these words, Li Fang let out a long sigh of relief, as if she had been relieved.

After listening, Chen Ping nodded. "It's good that you've thought it through. We'll figure out a solution for the child together. We'll find a lawyer if needed, and collect evidence if necessary. You don't have to shoulder this alone."

"You can focus on your work at the health center; we'll always be there for you."

Li Fang looked up at him, her eyes slightly reddening, but she didn't shed a tear.

She lowered her head and took another sip of porridge, suppressing her emotions. Only her eyes peeked out from above the rim of the bowl, and she gave a soft, nasal "hmm."

After breakfast, everyone dispersed to go to work.

When Li Fang returned to the pharmacy, Sun Xiaoyan was squatting on the ground, putting several boxes of medicine that she hadn't had time to put back on the shelf yesterday.

She heard footsteps, looked up, and saw Li Fang standing at the door. She stood up, dusted off her hands, and said, "Sister Fang, you're finally back! These past two days, keeping an eye on the pharmacy almost killed me."

"You wouldn't believe how long the line was yesterday. I was frantically trying to get the medicine by myself, and the line of patients waiting to get their prescriptions was incredibly long. Even Dr. Chen came to help."

"If you don't come back soon, I don't think I'll be able to hold on today."

Li Fang smiled, walked over and took the box of medicine from Sun Xiaoyan, glanced at the label and put it back on the shelf. "Alright, alright, you've worked hard these past two days. I'll take care of the rest. I'll treat you to dinner after I've finished taking care of things at home."

"good!"

Sun Xiaoyan nodded happily and ran out of the pharmacy in a flash.

Li Fang stood in front of the medicine shelf, rolled up her sleeves, picked up a newly arrived list of medicines and started checking it from the beginning, returning to her previous work mode.