"Hehe, well about that..."
Liu Zhizhong smiled warmly, his face was filled with an aura of trustworthiness and approachability.
For a mont, Lin Juan was so dazed she could hardly associate him with the dirt-covered poor kid that he had been in their childhood.
How ti flies, and how much the world changes!
Liu Zhizhong's voice softened, calmly, he continued, "I said I'm the Mayor of Yangzhou City, is that okay?"
"Ah? You..."
Lin Juan was completely stunned, unable to believe her own ears.
"Sister Juan, I know you must have countless questions. Let's go, we'll find a place and just wait for your bag. If a Mayor can't handle a bag issue, then that mayor is really worthless, right?"
"Ah? You..."
Lin Juan was shocked once again.
Daring to talk like that about a mayor?
She was just a humble woman, a small town woman who had suffered a lot in life, truly intimidated by high officials like the mayor.
But from another perspective, this didn't this show Doggy's current capabilities?
Indeed, this managed to comfort Lin Juan, stabilize her emotions, and fill her with hope.
Liu Zhizhong gently patted and pulled on Lin Juan's shoulder, speaking warmly, "Let's go Sister Juan, that's a long story, we can chat about it slowly. Oh, right..."
As he spoke, Liu Zhizhong saw a nurse from a private room walking towards them, her badge clearly displayed! Fortunately, this was the nurse who was at the nurse station when they were admitting Lin Youyou.
He quickly waved his hand, signaling the nurse to co over.
The nurse, recognizing the distinguished-looking family mber waving at her, rembered him well. After all, he, this woman, and that poor little girl who needed a heart transplant surgery, were all very morable.
Liu Zhizhong took out the beautiful flowers and imported fruit basket from his car, asked the nurse to take them to Lin Youyou's room, saying he had so matters to attend to and couldn't go up just yet.
The nurse happily accepted the task, ntioning that Lin Youyou would be delighted to see such beautiful flowers upon waking up and that the fruit was really nice too, she would peel so for her when she woke up.
Soon after, she left with the flowers and fruit basket.
Lin Juan really felt a great change in Liu Zhizhong, his deanor so refined and his actions so considerate, which made her feel comfortable, secure, and warm.
She couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed as she said, "Zhizhong, you really shouldn't have spent so much, why did you buy all this? It's such an expense!"
"Oh, it's nothing Sister Juan, it needed to be done! Actually, I ca to the hospital to visit a leader today, but he was transferred to another hospital. So these flowers and fruits shouldn't go to waste, just right!"
Liu Zhizhong thought to himself, worried about what to do when he got ho as his mother-in-law might get angry seeing such high-grade flowers and fruits, how should he deal with it then? Wouldn't fewer issues be better?
His words further eased Lin Juan's worries. It seed Doggy really had beco formidable!
Thus, Lin Juan confidently got into Liu Zhizhong's car and went with him to the Shangpin Cafe not far from the hospital.
However, sitting in Liu Zhizhong's car, she still felt a bit puzzled. This car was quite nice, certainly better than her own car, clean and tidy. Yet, for soone as impressive as Liu Zhizhong, it seed a bit mismatched. Hopefully, his capabilities were strong and he was just being modest. If that was really the case, then his family's enemies could also be dealt with, sigh...
A woman's thoughts can often be extraordinary. Of course, it was also because she had encountered her old neighbor, Sister Juan, that Liu Zhizhong's life was about to touch upon the truth once again and embark on a different journey...
Upon reaching the Shangpin Cafe, it really was a nice place with a top-notch environnt. Liu Zhizhong reserved a private room facing Yangjiang, with a very nice view.
As they sat down, Liu Zhizhong ordered two Blue Mountain coffees and so snacks. In the comfortable air-conditioned breeze, he looked at Lin Juan with a sigh and smiled, "Sister Juan, life is like a dream. I never imagined we could et like this. Thinking back to those years, Doggy received a lot of kindness from you…"
Liu Zhizhong's voice was full of magnetism as he reminisced about the past, narrating it like an extraordinary story which also evoked Lin Juan's mories. The sound of his voice alone was enough to make Lin Juan bask in it, montarily forgetting the bitterness and sweetness of life.
Back then, Liu Zhizhong's foster father, Old Liu, had picked him up and they had lived in Yingxi County, which was quite remote from Yangzhou City.
Yingxi, like Shadong County, was a remote county of Yangzhou. However, Yingxi was about ten kiloters closer to Yangzhou City.
The county, over twenty years ago, was unspeakably disordered and ssy. Old Liu lived in a welfare apartnt distributed by his unit before he was laid off.
Their neighbor was Lin Juan's family. However, Lin Juan's father was a minor leader in the sa unit as Old Liu and they never got along well.
Liu Zhizhong was six years younger than Lin Juan, but Lin Juan was quite kind to him, often secretly doting on the poor little brother behind her father's back.
She would give him candies, fruits, erasers, new pencils, and such. In the dead of winter, she even sneakily brought Liu Zhizhong to her house when her father was not around and gave him a warm bath.
The first ti he took a hot bath at Lin's ho was when Liu Zhizhong was six years old and Lin Juan twelve. She thoroughly washed him clean.
Liu Zhizhong once recalled, "That was the warst bath of my life. Sister Juan, you were the beautiful big sister and tender as a mother. I could never forget it. Even though that day, your dad threw out naked into the snow…"
Lin Juan blushed in embarrassnt, also feeling a bit guilty, because her father was too rough, and she felt sorry for poor little Doggy.
"I couldn't forget it either, because of that bath, you got a severe beating from your dad, sigh..."
"I couldn't forget it either..."
"..."
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