Chapter 99

Ye Songming was born in a rural area, the only child in his family. Although the economic conditions were poor, his parents did their best to support him in his studies. He has always been very filial and motivated.

After graduating from a medical university in Xiangcheng, Ye Songming wanted to take the postgraduate entrance examination to a better school. While preparing for the examination, he worked in Sun Yuanan's clinic to accumulate clinical experience. As a result, he failed the postgraduate entrance examination for two consecutive years.

Ye Songming worked in the clinic for two and a half years. In July 2017, he left Xiangcheng and returned to his hometown. Ye Songming no longer mentioned the postgraduate entrance examination. After a few months, he raised money and partnered with others to open a small clinic in the county.

Five years later, Ye Songming's clinic was on track. In addition to himself, he also hired two doctors to see patients. The revenue was stable and the reputation was good. He also brought his parents to live in the county town.

Until two years ago, he was driving on the highway late at night and encountered a fatigued truck driver, and died in a car accident. His parents were heartbroken, closed the clinic, gave up the house, and returned to their hometown.

Before arriving at Ye Songming's hometown, Chen Pu verified with the local police that there was nothing strange about Ye Songming's death, it was just an accident. The driver was innocent and a native of Henan. He drove for ten hours straight and fell asleep, which cost a life. The driver himself was also seriously injured and regretted it.

After Chen Pu and Li Qingyao got off the train, the local police drove them to Ye Songming's hometown in the town. The road was difficult to walk on. When they reached a dirt slope, the car could not drive through and they had to walk. There were bumpy loess roads everywhere. According to the two policemen, there were not many people left in the village now. Not only was the transportation here inconvenient, but the conditions were also difficult. So it was quite sad that Ye Songming was able to go to college from such a poor place, and then died young, leaving behind a lonely old couple.

When they arrived outside the Ye family's yard, the police called out and someone inside responded. Two elderly people received them.

The Ye family had only three red brick houses, one living room and two bedrooms. The group sat down in the simple and old living room. Ye's mother brought them tea and Ye's father gave them cigarettes, but the police politely declined.

Although the two old men were polite, they both gave people a sense of decadence. They were actually only in their fifties, but looked like they were in their sixties or seventies. Their hair was gray, and it seemed as if all their energy had been drained away long ago.

The local police explained the purpose of Chen Pu and the others' visit, saying that the clinic where Ye Songming used to work had some patient information that might be related to the case, so they wanted to come here to look for clues. The two old men did not comment.

At this time, it is natural for Li Qingyao, the well-behaved girl who is deeply loved by middle-aged and elderly people, to appear.

Chen Pu glanced at her, and she understood and said, "Uncle and aunt, we took the train from Xiangcheng overnight. We heard that you were at home, so we rushed over as soon as we got off the train. We came so suddenly and caused trouble for you."

The two old men hurriedly said that it was okay and that the police comrades were the ones who had worked hard.

"Then let's just chat. By the way, when Ye Songming came back from Xiangcheng, how do you think he felt?"

Both old men were stunned for a moment.

Li Qingyao immediately knew there was hope.

Ye's mother wiped her tears and said, "I remember very clearly that Song Ming was very depressed in the first few months after he came back. He was unhappy all day long. He must have encountered some difficulties outside. But he was a sensible child since he was young. He would not talk to his parents when he encountered difficulties."

"Who said it wasn't true? To be honest, I was about the same age as him back then. I couldn't tell my parents about any difficulties I encountered at work. Auntie, Ye Songming didn't tell them because he was afraid you would worry. This is filial piety. But... do you know what it was because of?"

Li Qingyao's words comforted the two old people. Looking at her and Chen Pu, they were not only police officers, but also young people of the same age as their son. Ye's father hesitated, but thought that the person was dead, so there was nothing to say. He said, "In fact, at that time, we suspected that... he did not work in the clinic at all, but was deceived into a pyramid scheme fraud group."

"Why do you think so?"

Father Ye recalled a night seven years ago.

Less than a month after Ye Songming returned home, that night, his father prepared a plate of peanuts and edamame, drank some wine and watched TV. His mother was out visiting relatives.

During that period, Ye Songming often locked himself in his room. When he came out to go to the bathroom, his father called him, "Come here and have a drink with me."

Ye Songming walked over silently, filled a glass for himself and drank it all in one gulp.

Father Ye knew that his son was unhappy recently, so he didn't try to persuade him to drink less. He asked, "Are you really not going to take the postgraduate entrance examination?"

"No more exams."

"It's been two years since we took the exam. It would be a shame to give up. Just stay at home and prepare for it. Your mother and I can afford it."

Ye Songming shook his head, smiled bitterly and said, "I don't have that ambition anymore. Haha, a scholar is useless."

Later, Ye’s father said, son, what difficulties have you encountered? Although your parents are not capable of helping you solve them, it is better to speak them out than to keep them in your heart.

At that time, Ye Songming lowered his head and smiled again. Ye's father couldn't describe what kind of smile it was, but he could clearly feel that although his son was smiling, he looked extremely sad.

He said, Dad, I helped others and did some very bad things, and there were more than one. At first, I thought the consequences were not that serious, just normal gray area things that anyone would do. Later I realized that those things might have harmed innocent people for life. But I... just couldn't open my mouth and say these things. Do you think I am too selfish and useless?

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Li Qingyao asked again: "Uncle Ye, what other belongings does Ye Songming have? Can we take a look?" She didn't even use the word "relics" to avoid upsetting the old man.

Father Ye opened the door of another closed room and said, "His things are all in there, you can look around."

As soon as Li Qingyao and Chen Pu walked in, the first thing they saw was seven or eight silk banners on the wall, which read "Skillful Doctors and Kind Heart", "Healing the World", etc., and the names of the patients were all signed.

Ye's father said with red eyes: "Song Ming in our family has not been a very smart child since he was young. But he can endure hardships, study hard, and is kind-hearted. He said to me, Dad, I have little experience and my medical skills are not great, but as long as I treat every patient with my heart, I will definitely be able to run the clinic well.

The banner was for an old lady who had a fever but felt she was in good spirits. She didn't take it seriously and came to the clinic to get some medicine. Song Ming was responsible and insisted on testing her blood oxygen, blood pressure and blood sugar. The result was that her blood oxygen level was only in the 70s. The old lady didn't understand and refused to go to the hospital. Song Ming finally snatched the old lady's cell phone to contact her family and asked them to send her to the hospital. She was taken to the emergency room as soon as she arrived at the hospital. The old lady was saved. This banner was sent by the old lady's daughter."