In the end, Lu Yui let out a sowhat relieved sigh of a smile, with even a hint of a wry, speechless grin to it.
"Zhao Han, this life, who knows what might happen on any given day, right? Look at your little sister, hehe, the distance between her and us just keeps getting wider! I kept saying, how co she's been out of touch for so long without a word—turns out, she went off to be a princess… Do you think she still rembers , this mother, and you, this older sister?"
To put it bluntly, deep down Lu Yui was still soone born and raised in the Great East Pot, who grew up here, ca of age here, went through family and officialdom here; her experience was rich, but the traditional stuff in her bones wasn't sothing that could be changed overnight.
Since ancient tis, ordinary people's fawning over power has always existed.
Of course, ordinary people's longing for power has also always existed.
Once upon a ti, in this ho, Lu Yui saw herself as the head of the family, fancying herself as the one holding the power.
But now, with Zhao Yan suddenly making a gorgeous about-face and becoming a princess of the Wang Family, her own heart unconsciously sank into a sense of lowliness.
Zhao Han was still doing relatively well; worthy indeed of being a new woman who had long lived in Singapore.
Though she had also mixed around in the dostic officialdom and even held so leadership positions big and small, as a younger person she had a strong ability to take in new things.
These days, ideas of freedom and democracy were deeply etched in Zhao Han's mind.
Zhao Han smiled slightly and said, "Mrs. Lu, why talk about yourself so humbly? Zhao Yan has always yearned for fairness, justice, and freedom. She's not the kind of person who'd beco a princess and then forget you, her foster mother, or , her sister. I'm only afraid that the high walls of the dostic rich clans won't let her out. For the mont, there's just no way for her to contact us. If one day there's a chance, she'll still acknowledge us, don't you think?"
"Mm, let's hope so. As long as she's not a heartless ingrate, I'll just give her my blessing."
"Hehe… How could she be? Let's just get ourselves ready properly, go to Valle for a visit, and maybe buy so property or sothing…"
"Hehe, fine, fine, fine…"
"..."
anwhile, Liu Zhizhong had arrived at Chief of Staff Ruan Juhai's ho, and sure enough, it really was a private dinner!
At the chief's residence, aside from the service staff, there wasn't anyone else—just one other guest, Grandpa Lou.
Grandpa Lou could be considered President Liu's lifesaving benefactor, couldn't he?
Back then, Ong Xingyu and Ruan Yu were the ones who actually rescued Liu Zhizhong at the first scene.
As for the second scene, it still took Grandpa Lou's dical skills and dicines to truly save Liu Zhizhong's life!
Toward this old military doctor, Liu Zhizhong had always felt respect and gratitude.
After the Wale Republic was established, Grandpa Lou actively took part in building the new republic's dical service system; he really did contribute.
To say nothing else, the Wale Republic's mobile top-tier "Class A" hospitals—this kind of convenient service—travelled all over the country; in every remote village and town you could see their shadow, bringing the people real health security and tangible benefits.
What's this called?
This is called sending dical care to the countryside!
If you put this in so other Pot Family, who's going to send dical care to the countryside—what they'd rather send is ho appliances and new-energy cars to the countryside!
As for most "dical care to the countryside," in so places isn't it just about pushing health supplents on the elderly? Free checks for cardiovascular issues, and once they find a "problem," when you ask how to fix it, they just sell you health supplents, hahaha…
What Grandpa Lou and his people were doing was sending top-tier dical services to the countryside—doesn't that rank several levels higher?
And the Wale Republic really had practical universal dical insurance and universal free healthcare, truly achieving "free"!
These past few years, Grandpa Lou had been following these mobile Class-A hospitals, traveling across Valle's hundreds of cities, thousands of towns, and tens of thousands of villages.
He was happily busy; minor ailnts and injuries he could treat himself, and for serious illnesses he'd have the team handle them or arrange for patients to be treated in the nearest big city.
As for the level of treatnt, though the mobile Class-A units weren't the most cutting-edge, their service was absolutely top-tier.
Throughout the process, Grandpa Lou acted both as doctor and as a sort of work supervisor, very much like a Disciplinary Committee Secretary, flying the banner of the mobile Class-A hospitals loud and clear.
Liu Zhizhong really didn't get to see him often, but whenever he had ti he would still call this lifesaving benefactor to say hello and such.
The relationship between this old-and-young pair of friends had always been a close one.
This ti, seeing Grandpa Lou at Chief of Staff Ruan's ho, of course the two of them sat down with endless things to talk about!
As it happened, the reason Chief of Staff Ruan had invited Grandpa Lou over was very clear: he wanted the president's lifesaving benefactor to help sound out this marriage between the president and Ruan Yu.
Once Liu Zhizhong arrived, Ruan Juhai said he was going to the kitchen to personally stew a soup, leaving Liu Zhizhong and Grandpa Lou to sit in the garden, drinking tea and chatting.
Liu Zhizhong was quite happy amusing himself, delighted to smoke a bit with Grandpa Lou, drink so tea, chat; it all felt very warm and familiar.
Only, before long, Grandpa Lou rembered his mission and steered the conversation toward the relevant topic.
"Zhongshui, you're really doing well now! Back in the day, in our Vallebang, who could have imagined we'd have such happy days as we do now? Look at our global rankings, they're getting better and better, be it in welfare or economic developnt. Without you, how could we have any of this?"
"Look at Xingban and little Yu, they've both found careers that suit them. They're no longer that pair of pitiful youngsters from Chishui Village."
"Speaking of Xingban, he used to always like little Yu. Of course, later on his marriage turned out very good, very happy! The Republic's War God, now also the embodint of justice and civilization, returning to the battlefield once again—he's the pride of Chishui Village, the pride of the Valle People!"
"But as for little Yu, she's no spring chicken anymore either. She's my prized disciple—pretty and smart—and now she's also the daughter of the Republic's Chief of General Staff; it's about ti she talked marriage, don't you think~~~"
Hearing this tone, Liu Zhizhong groaned inwardly: this was bad, really bad. He'd just reunited with his wife, and here Chief of Staff Ruan was probably using an old acquaintance to co and propose on his daughter's behalf!
He'd been wondering: Grandpa Lou had always loved the work with the mobile Class-A hospitals and rarely ca back to Kachin, so how co he was here waiting tonight?
Oh, so he was entrusted by Chief of Staff Ruan?
Of course, on the surface, Liu Zhizhong still smiled and nodded, politely echoing him.
Grandpa Lou then went on, "Zhongshui, you're thirty-three now, right? Getting on in years! We Valle People, what we're all hoping for is when we'll finally see a First Lady appear, so that the great perfection of family and country can be achieved, hehe…"
Liu Zhizhong's heart gave a heavy thump—hamred, completely hamred; the proposal was happening!
How was he supposed to face this now?
"Hehe, thank you for keeping in your thoughts, Grandpa! The Wale Republic is thriving in all respects, but the road ahead is still long. Zhongshui doesn't dare slack off for a mont; I really don't have ti now to take a wife—I feel I'm letting the people down, hehe…"
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