Xu Jiawen said, "He's tidying up the study upstairs." She was a bit baffled herself. She had spoken so loudly just now, logically, the old man should have heard it, but he didn't say a word. After a little thought, she realized that he was pretending not to hear.
Xu Jiaxuan laughed, "Take to find him."
How could Xu Changshan not hear his daughter's voice? From the first ti his daughter called out "brother," he knew his son had co back.
The first thought Xu Changshan had was to rush out and give his son a hug. He wanted to! How could he not want to? It had been three years, three years since he last saw him. But whenever he thought about this matter, Xu Changshan would feel a bit angry. Did that boy forget his father? If it weren't for this unwarranted disaster, he probably wouldn't have co back.
Xu Chunliang ca to his grandfather's side. The old man was holding a book, pretending to read. Xu Chunliang knew he was acting and said with a smile, "The police have already cleared your na."
Xu Changshan said, "I told you long ago, no need to rush, the innocent will be vindicated."
Xu Chunliang thought to himself, after the incident, who was it that couldn't eat or sleep well? The old man wasn't lacking composure; it was mainly because he felt stifled by the false accusations.
"Dad!" Xu Jiaxuan's figure appeared in the study. He thought he had long passed the age of easily getting emotional, but the mont he saw his father, Xu Jiaxuan's eyes instantly welled up.
Xu Changshan glanced at his son without speaking, but his heart was already in turmoil.
Xu Jiaxuan went forward and knelt down with a thud, "Dad, I'm back!"
Xu Chunliang watched and thought that this father had quite the acting skills when in fact Xu Jiaxuan was full of genuine emotion.
Xu Changshan said, "You're back, so you are. Why are you crying? I'm not dead yet."
Xu Jiawen helped smooth things over, "Exactly, brother, don't cry."
Seeing his father's indifference, Xu Jiaxuan suddenly hugged his father's legs, "Dad, I'm sorry, it took so long for to co back to see you..."
Xu Changshan's heart instantly softened, and he patted his head, "You're a grown man yet still crying, making your son laugh at you. Get up, get up! Chunliang, help your dad up quickly."
Xu Chunliang was too lazy to help, always feeling that Xu Jiaxuan was deceitful, "Get up, stop pretending!"
Xu Jiaxuan sniffled, looked a bit resentfully at his son, thinking to himself, 'I'm your father, is that how you talk to your father? Can you cut so slack?'
It was still Xu Jiawen who gave him a way out, pulling his arm to help him up from the ground. Of course, with Xu Jiawen's strength, if he didn't cooperate, she wouldn't have been able to get him up.
Xu Jiawen handed him a tissue, and Xu Jiaxuan wiped away the tears and snot on his face. He really was moved just now.
Xu Changshan heard it was his eldest daughter Xu Jia'an who notified him about the incident, complained, "This Jia'an too, what's going to happen to ? You're all busy with work, flying back from so far away, it's unnecessary, really unnecessary."
Xu Jiaxuan said, "Dad, I actually wanted to co back to see you long ago, just been too busy with work..."
"How busy?" Xu Chunliang butted in.
Xu Jiaxuan glanced at him, feeling strange, was he a bit afraid of him? Suddenly rembering sothing, "Oh right, I brought you all gifts." He opened the suitcase and took out the ginseng and two bottles of Maotai liquor he bought for his father.
The gift for Xu Chunliang was a Rolex Panda Daytona, which was recently hyped up in the market, far exceeding its official price.
Xu Jiawen noticed the father-son relationship wasn't that harmonious and chid in, "Panda dial, huh? This watch is really hard to get. Chunliang, look how much your dad cares about you."
Xu Jiaxuan took the opportunity, "Son, try it on and see if it fits."
Xu Chunliang said, "I have a watch, Aunt gave one last ti."
Xu Jiaxuan said, "For n, watches are just like won, the more the better..." He realized he had misspoken halfway.
Xu Changshan coughed heavily aside and gave his son a glare, still the sa irresponsible bear as before.
Xu Jiaxuan chuckled, "I was just joking, haha, hahaha..."
Xu Chunliang found Xu Jiaxuan quite amusing, but it seed a bit insincere.
Xu Jiaxuan gave Xu Jiawen a handbag, and Xu Jiawen noticed he had bought several bags in the suitcase, sowhat puzzled, "Brother, why did you buy so many bags?"
Xu Jiaxuan said, "Since I'm finally back, I have to bring gifts for the family."
Xu Jiawen said, "Is there one for our family Zhen Chun?"
"Truly not, the kid is still in school, can't spoil her."
Xu Jiaxuan quickly closed the suitcase, encountering Xu Chunliang's mocking gaze. Xu Jiaxuan felt a chill in his heart, feeling like his son saw right through him, and laughed, "Chunliang, do you have a girlfriend?"
Xu Chunliang said, "Where are you staying tonight?"
Xu Jiaxuan said, "Of course, I'm staying at ho."
Xu Changshan said, "You two should stay together. Later, we'll set up a sofa bed in Chunliang's room for you."
"Dad, I can stay with you too," Xu Jiaxuan didn't know why, but deep down he had a bit of apprehension about this son.
Xu Changshan said, "Chunliang, take your dad to the room to rest for a while. He just ca back from North Arica and needs to adjust to the ti difference."
Xu Chunliang nodded and walked towards his room, while Xu Jiaxuan thought to himself that he would definitely have to stay with him, dragging his suitcase along.
Xu Changshan and Xu Jiawen were watching. Xu Jiawen couldn't help but laugh and whispered, "Dad, why do I feel like my brother is a bit afraid of Chunliang?"
Xu Changshan smiled and said, "It's not fear, it's guilt. He's wandered around for half his life, it's ti he had sothing to be afraid of."
At this mont, the police handling the Huichun Hall case ca over. They officially inford them that based on the current situation, Xu Changshan was no longer a suspect, and Huichun Hall could resu normal operations tomorrow.
In Xu Changshan's view, this matter was satisfactorily resolved, but Xu Chunliang did not think so. Li Tingjun made it clear that there was soone behind Han Tianchi giving orders.
The person who reported Huichun Hall and provided ointnts containing tiger bone to the police was very problematic. The police screened recent patients who purchased ointnts from Huichun Hall and tested the ointnts currently for sale at Huichun Hall, confirming they contained no tiger bone.
The ointnts provided as evidence may have been modified from Huichun Hall's base ointnt by adding tiger bone powder, but the formula matched that of Huichun Hall's tiger bone ointnt from the 1980s. Xu Chunliang asked if the ointnts ca from Renhe Hall.
Xu Changshan said it was possible but couldn't determine if Renhe Hall was behind it. The old man didn't want to pursue it, and after this ordeal, he felt sowhat disheartened and even planned to retire from the business.
In the afternoon, Xu Chunliang received a phone call and left.
Xu Jiaxuan took a nap, and upon waking, saw his father sitting by the bed watching him. He quickly sat up, "Dad, when did you co?"
Xu Changshan smiled, "Just now." He handed the glass of water on the bedside table to his son.
Xu Jiaxuan took it with both hands and drank a few sips, "The house is quite warm."
Xu Changshan said, "Chunliang is very filial. He specifically hired soone to install a wall-mounted boiler. It's over twenty degrees indoors."
Xu Jiaxuan said, "When I first arrived, I almost didn't recognize him."
Xu Changshan said, "He's a young man now, capable, sensible, and handso."
Xu Jiaxuan sighed, "Just a bit lacking in education."
Xu Changshan said, "I don't think a high education is particularly useful. When things happened at ho, none of my three highly-educated children were there for . It was my less-educated grandson who stayed by my side."
Xu Jiaxuan felt a bit ashad, "Dad, I'm sorry."
"You haven't done anything wrong to , and I've never blad you. On the contrary, I'm very grateful to you. Thank goodness you left Chunliang with . Without him by my side, I really don't know how I would've gotten through these years."
Xu Jiaxuan said, "Where's Chunliang?"
"He went out. Now he's the director of a branch of Changxing Hospital, and they've sent him to Nanjiang Party School for training. He's quite impressive."
Upon hearing about his son's success, Xu Jiaxuan felt quite pleased, "I never thought he'd enter the system. I always thought he'd grow up to inherit your business."
Xu Changshan said, "I thought so at first too, but his ambitions lie elsewhere. Jiaxuan, I've decided to close down Huichun Hall."
Xu Jiaxuan nodded, "That's probably for the best. Now that Chunliang is doing well, you should genuinely retire and enjoy life."
Xu Changshan said, "Chunliang is a good kid in every aspect, but he has a bit of a fierce temper, especially when it cos to seeing family mbers suffer any grievance. Today, he kept asking about Renhe Hall. I'm worried he wants to cause trouble for Renhe Hall."
Xu Jiaxuan asked, "Was it really Renhe Hall behind this incident?"
Xu Changshan sighed, "I'm not sure. Logically, Zhou Renhe wouldn't stoop so low, but few know the formula for Huichun Hall's tiger bone ointnt. He relied on our ointnt to establish Renhe Hall after being released. Your aunt has been gone for so many years; even our Xu Family has moved on. What can't he let go of?"
Xu Jiaxuan said, "I'm ashad that so much has happened at ho, and I didn't know about any of it. Dad, I'll stay a few extra days this ti."
Xu Changshan said, "That would be good; it's a chance for you to nd the relationship with your son." In reality, their father-son relationship also needed so nding.
Xu Jiaxuan said, "Although this place is nice, it's still a comrcial residence. I'm thinking of buying a house for you two."
Xu Changshan said, "I don't need one. If you're genuinely thinking about it, buy one for Chunliang. He'll need it when he gets married."
"Does he have a girlfriend?"
Xu Changshan bead, "He does, and she's quite beautiful, also a governnt official. Changxing Hospital's business has been booming recently. Speaking of which, it's quite strange. Since the restructuring, the hospital's business has improved day by day, and the outpatient volu continues to increase. This has caused many employees who initially opposed the restructuring to reconsider. Perhaps their worries were unfounded.
When Xu Chunliang arrived at the Acupuncture and Physiotherapy Departnt, Zheng Peian was performing acupuncture on a patient. He told Xu Chunliang to sit for a mont and that he'd co over after he was finished.
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