Lu Ming took a taxi and arrived at Tongren Hospital. The place had already returned to normal. Doctors and patients inside were walking back and forth in the corridors and various consulting rooms, as if nothing had happened.
Thinking of the desperate situation I found myself in that day, it really felt like a dream.
He went to the gynecological clinic area on the second floor and asked a nurse to find Yan Xiaohui as usual.
When Yan Xiaohui saw Lu Ming, he almost jumped up with joy: "Lu Ming, are you here to see me?"
Lu Ming rubbed his nose and smiled: "I can't just ask you to see a doctor, can I?"
"You can come to me for medical treatment. I'm not only good at gynecology, but also men's medicine. But there's nothing wrong with you." Yan Xiaohui said, his face turning red.
Lu Ming also knew what she was thinking, and he was a little embarrassed.
"Come with me." Yan Xiaohui led him to a dressing room. There were no tables or chairs here, so the two of them relied on the closet to talk.
Doctors and nurses naturally have rest rooms, but there are also other doctors and nurses there, making it inconvenient to talk.
"You don't really miss me, do you?" Yan Xiaohui said with a blushing face.
"It's quite a bit. I don't think it's too much. Just think about it moderately." Lu Ming said honestly.
"This is enough. I would be satisfied with half of Miss Yuan's treatment." Yan Xiaohui said with emotion.
Lu Ming was stunned. Does he usually miss Yuan Mingzhu?
It seems that it really hasn't happened. He just missed Mingzhu a lot during the years when he went abroad. After coming back, they were often together. There was nothing that he didn't think about. Even if he didn't see her for a few days, he wouldn't think about it.
Zhang Ziyang, on the other hand, if he doesn't see this bastard for a few days, he will really think, if for no other reason than that he is afraid that this guy will cause trouble again. As a detective of the police station, he has to deal with all kinds of people on the beach every day.
Bumps and bumps are inevitable.
"By the way, I heard that the Japanese Concession is going to hold a welcome reception for me, Zhuang Chang. Is it the banquet you mentioned last time?" Lu Ming asked.
"Are you here just for this?" Yan Xiaohui was a little disappointed.
"Well, if it weren't for this, I wouldn't have found an excuse to come see you." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Come whenever you want, why do you have to make excuses?" Yan Xiaohui wondered.
"I am a man who is engaged. I have lost the qualification to pursue other women. I have lost it permanently. In this case, if I always come to see you when I have nothing to do, what does that mean?" Lu Ming said with a bitter smile.
"Thanks to you for studying abroad and returning to China, your thoughts are so feudal. Can't friendship between men and women be possible?" Yan Xiaohui has his own theory.
"Do you believe this? What is friendship between men and women?" Lu Ming asked.
If a man and a woman have been together for a long time, they will definitely develop feelings for each other and break through the boundaries of friendship. This is the attraction between men and women created by the Creator. Sooner or later, this will be the outcome.
"Of course I believe it, but the friendship I am talking about is different from what you think. We have all studied abroad and received higher education from foreign countries. Why should we still adhere to those feudal ethics like our ancestors?" Yan Xiaohui said.
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Lu Ming didn't say anything. He really didn't understand what Yan Xiaohui meant, and what kind of emotion she meant by friendship.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it for now. Let's discuss it when we have coffee together one day. Why do you suddenly want to attend the welcome banquet? Weren't you not enthusiastic before?" Yan Xiaohui said.
"I have a hunch that those people who trapped us a few days ago may also show up at the banquet." Lu Ming said.
"How is that possible? The people who will be invited to the banquet are all selected by our family." Yan Xiaohui didn't believe it.
"Japanese personnel, do you know who is participating?" Lu Ming pointed his finger at the Japanese.
Yan Xiaohui was silent. Although the banquet was hosted by his family, the Japanese attendees were not invited by her family, but were determined and invited by the Japanese side.
"How did you know that those killers would attend the banquet, and what was the reason?" Speaking of the killers, Yan Xiaohui couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"They are very capable. I think if I go to Shanghai, the security will be strengthened. They may be among the security personnel." Lu Ming's analysis makes sense.
"Even so, we can't recognize them. We have never seen the faces of those people?" Yan Xiaohui's face changed.
"Although I have never seen it, I can recognize the voice of the leader among them. As long as he speaks a word, I can lock it in." Lu Ming said confidently.
"If you really recognized him, you wouldn't kill someone at the banquet, would you?" Yan Xiaohui asked worriedly.
"I'm not that stupid. This is Shanghai, not Japan. There are plenty of ways to deal with them." Lu Ming nodded, confident.
"Okay, I will send someone to deliver the invitation to you, but you should be careful." Yan Xiaohui said.
"I also want to bring one or two friends with me. Can you give me a few more invitations?" Lu Ming didn't explain much.
This was obviously a fuzzy approach. Under normal circumstances, Yan Xiaohui would definitely think that he would bring one or two helpers in to deal with the gang of killers, so he would not ask any more questions.
"I'll try my best. It's a bit difficult to get invitations. Although the banquet is hosted by my family, the Japanese side is very strict about the number of invitations. They must also consider safety." Yan Xiaohui was really afraid of Lu Ming's impulsiveness.
Lu Ming nodded.
At this time, a nurse called her outside. It turned out that there were patients waiting for her to come for a consultation.
"I can't accompany you anymore. Let's go drink coffee together when I get off work?" Yan Xiaohui invited.
"Okay, I'll wait for you." Lu Ming readily agreed.
He now wants something from Yan Xiaohui, so he can't just cater to him, he must at least lower his profile.
Yan Xiaohui walked a few steps and suddenly felt reluctant to leave. He walked back to Lu Ming, stood on tiptoes and kissed him on the lips before leaving reluctantly.
"What am I doing? Aren't I asking for trouble?" Lu Ming couldn't help but ask himself after Yan Xiaohui left.
He knew there would be trouble if this continued, but he didn't have the money to offend Yan Xiaohui yet. An Gonggen was waiting for him eagerly. How could it be so easy to sneak one or two killers into the venue?
How to bring weapons in is a difficult problem, but if you don't bring weapons in, the success rate of An Gonggen's plan is too low. If you go in, you will almost die.
If you know the address of the banquet, you can plant weapons in the venue in advance. The Japanese will never bring mine detectors to carefully check every inch of the ground.
He didn't ask Yan Xiaohui where the banquet was held just now, because he didn't want to make Yan Xiaohui suspicious.
Forget it, why bother with so much? This is An Gonggen's business, let him worry about it himself. It's a big deal to help them bring one or two people into the venue.
As for how to place Du Juan and how to develop with Yan Xiaohui in the future, he didn't dare to think about it now. There was really no good way, so he could only take it one step at a time.
After he went out, he went to a teahouse across the street to drink tea and wait for Yan Xiaohui to get off work.
Before the pot of tea was finished, Yan Xiaohui had already changed his clothes and came out. Lu Ming looked at his watch. It was obviously not time to get off work yet. It seemed that Yan Xiaohui was looking for an excuse to get off work early.
He left the teahouse, got into Yan Xiaohui's car, and the two of them went to the Star Cafe.
"Why don't you buy a car? Are you short of money?" Yan Xiaohui asked.
"No, I bought the car and Yuan Mingzhu drives it every day." Lu Ming said with a smile.
He knew that Yan Xiaohui meant to give him a car, which was absolutely unacceptable, but he couldn't say it clearly, otherwise it would hurt the other person's feelings. Using Yuan Mingzhu as a shield was the only way.
The Yan family is indeed very wealthy, and can be regarded as the leading rich man in the Japanese Concession.
Lu Ming didn't know and couldn't ask, whether the Yan family got their current status in the Japanese Concession because they got rich doing business with the Japanese, or whether they got their status in the Japanese Concession first and then really got rich.
The secret hidden here determines the fate of the Yan family. In fact, the results of many things have been decided long ago, and reaching that point is inevitable.
Lu Ming always maintains a certain distance from the Yan family, which is based on intuition and instinct rather than rational judgment.
For example, in the Sheng family, although Lu Ming didn't want to get too close, the feeling of intimacy always existed. After Sheng Muyi disappeared, he unconditionally agreed to all Sheng Youde's requests. This should be a direct reaction from his heart.
People are like this. Some things cannot be faked. After some things are faked, sooner or later they will rebound and the effect will be worse. Expedient measures can only be used once, not twice.
"By the way, what's going on between you and Miss Yuan? I heard that a wedding was going to be held a few days ago. Why did you run away from the wedding again?"
Yan Xiaohui was chatting with Lu Ming while driving, ignoring the sideways glances of people on both sides of the road.
"What you heard is correct. Our family is going to hold a wedding for us. Neither of us wanted to get married so early, so we ran away together." Lu Ming laughed. This matter did sound a bit ridiculous.
"At first I thought you were rebelling against your parents' arranged marriage, but that's not the case. Since you have no objection to this marriage, you might as well fulfill the wishes of the elders in your family." Yan Xiaohui spoke the truth.
"I can't tell clearly, maybe it's a fear of marriage." Lu Ming smiled calmly.
"In my opinion, you two just want to have enough fun before getting married." Yan Xiaohui joked.
"Don't tell me, it's really the reason." Lu Ming admitted generously, this was not a reason not to meet people.
He didn't want to get married early because he didn't want to be locked up by his family, children, and marriage. His career hadn't even started yet, and he felt that he had accomplished nothing and that he had to achieve some success in his career and then build his own family.
Yuan Mingzhu is afraid of marriage because she doesn’t want to get pregnant and give birth to a child immediately after getting married. Then she will have no freedom at all.
Although their parents and grandparents lived this way, they don't want to live this way. They want their own lives, not living for their children.
It sounds very selfish, but before they had children, they themselves were still children, so selfishness is understandable.
There are many rich kids in Shanghai who get married very late. They are different from Lu Ming. They first live a dissolute life for more than ten or twenty years. When they are around 40 and can no longer play, they find a well-matched man to get married and have children.
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This kind of person is not afraid of marriage, but he really wants to live out his life for twenty years first.
This is somewhat like the style of Russian aristocrats in the 18th century. Most of those Russian aristocrats only got married after middle age. If you marry too early, you will be laughed at and have no future.
Arriving at Star Cafe, Lu Ming was grabbed by someone's shoulder as soon as he entered the door: "You brat, why don't you go to my house to play? Where have you been hiding these days?"
Lu Ming turned around and saluted hurriedly: "Hello, Uncle Yan. I wish you well."