Chapter 91

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Yuan Ling didn't ask any more questions about why he was so depressed recently. That was his privacy.

"Do you want me to prescribe some Chinese patent medicine for you? Qing Yao has been taking it recently. Just for some conditioning, but these are all auxiliary. The key is to be able to think positively. However, the so-called 'positively' statement is actually easy to say. If it were so easy to be positive, modern people would not have nodules and cysts. Especially women." Yuan Ling talked freely.

Chen Pu only grasped one key point: Li Qingyao has also been taking Chinese patent medicine to relieve liver and depression recently. He was moved, unable to describe the feeling, and replied: "Okay, thank you Aunt Yuan."

Although they only took his pulse, the two of them felt much more familiar and close than at the beginning. Yuan Ling looked at him sitting on the simple and old chair in the hospital. He was also upright, upright, and clear-eyed. The more she looked at him, the more she liked him. The seven-year gap seemed to disappear in an instant. He was still the child who was inseparable from Li Jincheng and couldn't be closer to their family.

Yuan Ling looked at him lovingly: "Why didn't you come to see me and your uncle Li earlier? We all missed you so much."

Chen Pu's nose felt a little sour, and he said, "I'm sorry."

"What's the point of saying sorry? We are the ones who should say sorry. There are things I have wanted to say to you for a long time. Jincheng's matter has delayed you for so many years. Your best youth has been wasted on it. Don't we know? Can we accept it with peace of mind?

Uncle Li has been looking for her these years, and he also said that it is true... he may not find her. His meaning is the same as mine: don't look for her anymore, just concentrate on your life. You have already paid too much for Jincheng, if he... knew, he would definitely hope that you would let go of everything and move forward. Really, don't delay yourself in our family affairs anymore, listen to Auntie, okay?"

Chen Pu raised the back of his hand, wiped the corner of his eyes quickly, lowered his head and said: "We still have to look for it, don't think too much, it really won't delay anything. Anyway, besides work, I don't have anything else to worry about in life." He pulled the corner of his mouth again and said: "I have already made an agreement with Li Qingyao, we will look for it together. I am a brother, how can I go back on my word to my sister?"

His tone was very relaxed, but Yuan Ling's eyes welled up with tears. She sighed, "You are so straightforward." She also knew that she couldn't persuade him at the moment, so she could only give up and talk about it later.

At this time, Li Qingyao had already paid the fee and received the things. She sent Xiao Luo back to the clinic to work. From a distance, she saw that the doctor had not come yet, and her mother and Chen Pu were talking. Li Qingyao stopped and stood in the corridor about ten meters away from them, with her back against the wall, looking forward, and silent. She couldn't hear their voices, but she didn't go over to disturb them.

"Come to my house for dinner in a few days and ask Uncle Li to make your favorite stir-fried pork with chili and braised spareribs." Yuan Ling said.

Chen Pu sighed and asked, "Is Uncle Li doing well?"

"What's wrong with him? He always says that he is still strong despite his age. He has trained three or four apprentices and he always follows the young people to the front line."

Chen Pu smiled and said, "Uncle Li is a practical man, how could he bear to leave the front line?"

The two chatted for a while and unknowingly turned the conversation back to Li Qingyao.

Yuan Ling asked: "Is Qing Yao doing well in your team? Is there anything he is not used to? This kid doesn't tell us anything."

Chen Pu immediately said that he did a great job and was the best newcomer in the whole company. Of course, this was the truth. Chen Pu also mentioned some of Li Qingyao's characteristics at work, such as being very meticulous and able to endure hardships, and being very quick to react and learn things, which made Yuan Ling smile.

Seeing that Chen Pu was so familiar with Li Qingyao's situation and could tell her everything right away, Yuan Ling felt relieved. With him taking care of her, she probably didn't have to worry about her daughter anymore.

So Yuan Ling looked in the direction where Li Qingyao went. There were many people in the corridor, so she didn't see Li Qingyao hiding in the corner. She lowered her voice and asked, "Is Qingyao unhappy recently? Otherwise, her liver meridian has been so blocked in the past week or two. She hasn't been so angry for a long time. Do you know the reason? Is it about work or interpersonal matters?" Chen Pu opened his mouth but didn't speak.

He had been away for a week, and in the past few days since he came back, she had indeed been giving him the cold shoulder. He also understood that he had brought it upon himself. He was ignoring her, and with her temper, how could she stand that?
But was she so, so angry about his escape? Unprecedented, her liver meridian was blocked?
A subtle feeling arose in Chen Pu's heart.

But he dared not let Yuan Ling know that he was the instigator. He coughed lightly, pretending to think seriously, and said, "Maybe the work pressure is too great. There is a case that has been suppressed and the investigation is not going smoothly. I will pay more attention to her and give her some advice. Don't worry, Aunt Yuan, her business is my business."

Yuan Ling was very satisfied with his attitude of taking on the responsibility.

Looking into his sincere eyes and listening to his firm words, Yuan Ling really wanted to talk to him more about her daughter.

When he was hanging out with Li Jincheng at home, he got along better with Yuan Ling. If he hadn't been away for seven years, Yuan Ling would have vented all the pain and distress she had been holding in her heart for all these years to this person who was like her godson.

But there are some things that involve Li Qingyao's privacy, and Yuan Ling will not tell them without her daughter's permission. She just sighed and said vaguely: "In fact, Qingyao had a hard time in the past few years. Her senior year of high school was a huge blow to her. She couldn't recover for a long time, which made us very worried."

Chen Pu said, "I know."

Yuan Ling said, "No, you don't know. In fact, in a sense, Qing Yao is the same kind of person as you. She also wanted to take on the responsibility of finding Jin Cheng. But she was only 18 years old at the time. She didn't know anything except studying. How could she take on the responsibility? So during that time, her pressure and pain were beyond your imagination."

She paused and said with tears in her eyes: "There was a time when I even thought I was going to lose my daughter."

Chen Pu's heart was shocked.

Yuan Ling smiled with red eyes and said: "Fortunately, in the end, she was strong enough to come out and did so well. She will always be our pride and Jincheng's pride. At that time, I told your uncle Li that no matter what path she chooses in the future, we will support her. Later, she told me that she joined the provincial department because she wanted to find the fastest shortcut to get more help and find her brother.

But after working for a year, she found that she was a newcomer with no background or connections. No matter how hard she worked and how well she performed, she was bound by administrative matters all day long. It was impossible for her to move up to the upper level in just a few years. She said she didn't have the patience to wait any longer. Do you know why she went to your bureau?"

"Because of her brother." Chen Pu replied.

Including him, everyone who knows the inside story thinks that it is because the second team is the police team where Li Jincheng worked in the past. This is probably some kind of emotional sustenance. Back then, Chen Pu also applied to be transferred from another branch to the second team.

Yuan Ling shook her head: "No, it's because of you."

Chen Pu was stunned.

"At first, we thought the same as you. But after she completed all the formalities, she said to me, Mom, I want to find Chen Pu. I asked her why she wanted to find you, and she said that besides her family, you were the only one she had been looking for for seven years. She had no other choice, and she would do whatever you did in the future. Wherever you go, she will follow you. Because she knows that you will never let her down."