Chapter 209: Chapter 209: My Father Shouldn’t Have Suffered Such Humiliation

Huo Chi touched his nose and obediently stepped forward to push his brother, showing a rare docility.

Huo Zhenqing was a bit bewildered, standing dumbfounded to the side, making way for them.

Then, he saw his normally rebellious son pushing his elder brother into the ward, and he followed with some confusion. Had his second son taken the wrong medicine? Whatever he’s asked to do, he just does it.

Even if it’s his own brother, this shouldn’t be Huo Chi’s normal reaction!

In the ward, Dr. Xu herself brought over the medicine and medical instruments. After personally inspecting them, she nodded and signaled the nurse to apply the medication to Huo Zui.

After dripping for about three to five minutes, Xu Qinghuan’s two gentle and cool fingers unexpectedly touched Huo Zui’s wrist, startling him to the point he almost had a reaction.

With complicated feelings, he looked at Xu Qinghuan’s profile. Her distant-mountain-like brows were slightly furrowed, and her clear doe-like eyes showed a bit of fatigue. Her perky nose was like jade, and her rosy lips were like flowering weeping crabapples in February, delicate pink and charming.

Waiting outside the door, Jiang Xingye saw Huo Zui staring at his fiancée and was so furious that he punched the wall hard, feeling like this guy was utterly lacking in martial ethics. If it weren’t for seeing him lying there disabled, his leg injured, he would have pulled him up and beaten him up.

Fortunately, Xu Qinghuan didn’t even give Huo Zui a half-glance. Seeing that the pulse was normal, she got up and instructed her assistant, “Arrange for a doctor to be on duty. If there’s any issue, come find me at the guesthouse.”

The guesthouse was very close, just a five-minute quick run from here.

Seeing Xu Qinghuan wanting to rest, Shao Lizhong hurried over to stop her, “Doctor Xu, you’ve been busy since dawn. You must be hungry. We’ve arranged some food. Why not join everyone for a bite?”

The Huo father and sons were still waiting by the side, hesitant due to their status, so they hadn’t come over.

Xu Qinghuan’s stomach was indeed hungry, thinking that Jiang Xingye must not have eaten either. Besides, she had things to ask of the Huo family.

“Then I’ll disturb you!” Xu Qinghuan nodded towards Huo Zhenqing’s direction.

In the hospital cafeteria, Shao Lizhong had specially arranged a meal for them. And speaking of a meal, in these days, it’s impossible to have lots of meat, the best dishes were a plate of roast duck and some braised pork.

The half-meat dishes were green pepper with shredded pork and fish-flavored shredded pork, the rest were all vegetables: a plate of potato and eggplant stew, and a pot of old cucumber soup with pork fat crumbs, which tasted quite good.

No alcohol was allowed, but there was rice and steamed buns on the table.

Having been hungry the whole day, nobody really had the energy for pleasantries. Once Huo Zhenqing picked up his bowl, Jiang Xingye served a bowl of rice for Xu Qinghuan, ladled some soup in, and handed it to her, “Eat up!”

He had asked her earlier, and his wife hadn’t even had lunch. Thinking of how he’d had five big buns at the state-run restaurant at noon, he felt a sense of guilt.

“Yes, you eat too!” Xu Qinghuan handed him a steamed bun and also gave him a piece of braised pork with chopsticks.

The couple displayed their affection as if no one was around. After eating a bowl of rice, Huo Chi finally had some energy, coughed, and cast his eyes over at the two.

Xu Qinghuan looked up and gave him a faint glance, showing obvious disdain.

“Doctor Xu, how is my brother’s leg? To what extent can it recover?” Huo Chi asked the question his father had been holding in.

Before Xu Qinghuan could speak, Jiang Xingye glared at him and pulled Xu Qinghuan protectively into his arms, speaking lowly, “You eat your meal, don’t mind him.”

Don’t you have a bit of tact? My wife hasn’t even finished eating yet.

Huo Zhenqing’s old face turned red, and he lightly coughed, “Ah Chi, let Doctor Xu fill her stomach first, what’s the rush!”

Huo Chi was quite annoyed, wasn’t it the old guy who wanted to ask? Now he’s pretending, making him look like the bad guy!

Huo Chi lowered his head and devoured his meal, keeping silent.

Xu Qinghuan ate till she was seventy percent full and then set down her bowl.

Seeing she was finished, both taste-indifferent Huo Zhenqing and Shao Lizhong also felt satisfied.

Xu Qinghuan then said, “Chief, Dean Shao, as it stands now, this surgery was very successful. After the surgery, I gave the patient my specially made pill to aid bone growth and development.

Earlier, you also heard the patient mention that he has feeling below the knee, which normally wouldn’t happen.”

“Indeed, indeed!” Shao Lizhong was equally surprised and chimed in, “In general, with such a serious injury, the patient shouldn’t be able to sense anything below his knee. Earlier, Huo Camp Commander mentioned itching and sharp pains, which I found very strange.”

“Yes, this is a special medication. Such reactions are normal.” Xu Qinghuan didn’t say much more but addressed Huo Zhenqing,

“I know the patient’s identity and the expectations he and his family have. I also don’t want our country to lose such special talents;

If nothing unexpected happens, the patient should be able to return to his pre-injury condition, so there’s no need to worry!”

Huo Zhenqing couldn’t believe it. Despite holding a high position, he was an extremely accommodating and humble man. Even though anxious, he never exerted any pressure on Xu Qinghuan.

“Doctor Xu, if that truly happens, I thank you!” He said, intending to stand up and bow to Xu Qinghuan.

Xu Qinghuan stepped aside to avoid it, “Chief, I understand your urgent feelings as a father, but such gestures, I really cannot accept.”

This was a good opportunity, so she thought about it and said, “I’ll be here for a few days. By then, you could see how Huo Camp Commander is recovering, and if all goes well, I’d like to make a small request.”

“What request? Just say it now,” Huo Chi disliked having his curiosity piqued.

Huo Zhenqing also nodded, “No need to wait till then. Just say the word now. As long as it is within my capabilities, I will do my utmost to fulfill it.”

Xu Qinghuan wanted to get it as soon as possible, so she said, “It’s a personal matter for me. Could I speak to the chief in private?”

Huo Zhenqing nodded and got up, heading to the courtyard outside the cafeteria.

The early-blooming osmanthus flowers faintly filled the air with fragrance, and a bright moon hung on the branch tips.

Xu Qinghuan followed him out. Once no one else was around, Huo Zhenqing said, “If there’s anything I can help with, just say the word.”

Xu Qinghuan said, “My birth mother is Song Wanlin, the current wife of Mr. Lu Ranglian. She was once married to my father, Xu Jing’an, but even before my father had passed, they were involved with each other.

I heard someone took photos of them and that Song Wanlin had written letters to Lu Ranglian. At the time, that person wanted to use your hands to retaliate against Lu Ranglian and gave all those things to you.”

Huo Zhenqing squinted his eyes, thinking for a bit. He could not recall it, and honestly said, “I’m sorry, I really can’t remember such a matter.”

In the book, the evidence packaged in the dossier of Song Wanlin and Lu Ranglian’s extramarital affair still lay in some corner of Huo Zhenqing’s study, but she couldn’t say that.

Otherwise, it would arouse Huo Zhenqing’s suspicion of her.

However, she wasn’t disappointed. As long as those things were still with the Huo family, they would eventually come into her hands.

“It’s been over ten years now, so it’s normal if you don’t remember. Chief, these things are very important to me, and if nothing’s changed, they should still be in the Huo family. If one day, these things see the light of day, I hope you could give them to me!”

She paused for a moment, tears in her eyes, “My father should not suffer such humiliation!”

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