Fire Chief vs. Surgeon: A Tale of Relentless Pursuit
Chapter 56: We Lost a Child

Chapter 56: Chapter 56: We Lost a Child

Jiang Ye glanced up and when he saw the surveillance camera above, a flicker of irritation passed through his mind:

"Next time, next time I’ll definitely hack their backend system first."

Lu Jing was unaware of the thoughts in the mind of the person beside her, otherwise, she might have personally called the police.

Self-righteousness destroys kinship!

...

After getting into the car in the underground garage, Lu Jing asked again,

"Where are we actually going?"

The man started the car and said casually,

"Don’t worry, I’m not going to sell you."

Thinking to himself: I couldn’t bear to part with you.

Lu Jing’s mouth twitched a few times, but she didn’t press further.

Obviously, even if she continued to ask, this man wouldn’t speak if he didn’t want to.

The car slowly drove out of the garage, and soon it was on the main road.

Throughout the drive, Lu Jing didn’t interact much with him, her gaze stayed fixed out of the car window.

Jiang Ye actually enjoyed this sort of atmosphere, so he just let the woman beside him be.

It wasn’t long before the car stopped in front of an antique-looking old house.

Without even getting out of the car, one could smell the scent of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs in the air, instantly enlightening one’s mind and spirit.

Lu Jing thought Jiang Ye had come to pick up medicine, after all, his hand hadn’t healed yet, and he had no shortage of hidden ailments within his body, usually managed through traditional Chinese medicine.

But upon entering, Lu Jing was stunned.

"Young Master Jiang has arrived?"

"Mm."

"This is Miss Lu, right? Please come this way."

???

Lu Jing furrowed her brow slightly, her gaze shifting to a certain someone in confusion.

The man gently squeezed the small hand held in his own,

"Go on, I’ll wait here for you to come out."

So, it wasn’t him who needed the medicine?

"I will not."

"Be good, listen."

"Jiang Ye, I’m not sick!"

She was furious. How could this person not even give her a heads-up?

Moreover, Lu Jing had always been extremely averse to seeing doctors.

So, upon realizing what was happening, she immediately became resistant.

But who was Jiang Ye?

When it came to a woman’s health, how could he possibly indulge her caprices?

Without further ado, he wrapped an arm around her waist,

"I’ll accompany you inside!"

Hisss!

"Jiang Ye, I said I won’t go! I’m not sick!"

Jiang Ye could see the sudden change in the woman’s emotions, but still resisted his softer impulses and dragged her inside.

In the house, an old man with a white beard was already sitting and waiting, with a tea table laid out in front, and boiling water bubbling away.

"Jiang, is this how you treat a lady? Can’t you show a little tenderness? Do you think everyone is as stubborn as you?"

After saying this, he turned to Lu Jing with a smile,

"Come, come, young lady, come to this old man. Let’s have some tea, no need to be nervous."

Now that things had come to this, Lu Jing refrained from putting on airs in front of an old man, releasing the grip from his hand.

"Hello, Master."

"Don’t call me Master, I am an old friend of Jiang despite our ages!"

The old man’s eyebrows, hair, and beard were all completely white, he must be at least eighty years old, right?

Jiang Ye was only thirty this year, could they be friends despite a fifty-year age difference?

The facts were: indeed, they were.

"Come, come, sit, have some tea."

A small delicate cup of tea was already being passed to Lu Jing.

Lu Jing hurriedly took it,

"Thank you, Master."

If not Master, then what? Big Brother?

Better not.

"Try it, how does it taste? This tea was from the batch Jiang brought last time."

Lu Jing took a delicate sip,

"It’s indeed good."

Of course, it was, several hundred thousand RMB per kilogram for Da Hong Pao tea.

The old man nodded with a smile, took another sip of tea, and then slowly said,

"Young lady, you tend to worry a lot, don’t you?"

Lu Jing was taken aback for a moment, then nodded,

"Yes, it’s due to the nature of my job."

But the old man shook his head,

"This old man sees it’s not just your job that’s the cause. Your spleen and stomach aren’t in good shape either, lacking in blood, qi, with liver stagnation and general debilitation. You don’t seem very old, how did you become like this?"

Lu Jing was quite surprised; the old man hadn’t even taken her pulse and could diagnose so much?

It seems he truly was a deeply-hidden Master!

She didn’t respond to the question.

Instead, it was Jiang Ye who tightened his lips for a moment before speaking,

"We lost a child."

At these words, Lu Jing was the first to clench her fist tightly.