Afternoon.
As the cold wind eased, it carried a faint touch of warmth.
In a single hospital room on the fifth floor of County People's Hospital, Dong Xuebin, who had been sent back in a special vehicle by the Discipline Inspection Commission, calmly pushed open the door. Inside, his uncle and aunt, eldest aunt, second aunt and second uncle, and his younger cousin Tang Jin were still there, chatting and laughing with Luan Xiaoping beside the hospital bed. Several half-eaten meal boxes lay on the table nearby, with rice and stir-fried dishes inside. They had evidently just finished eating.
"Mom, how are you feeling?" Dong Xuebin walked in.
His uncle smiled. "The doctor drew blood again just now and said there's nothing wrong."
Luan Xiaoping looked at her son. "What were you doing this morning? Why are you only getting back now? You didn't even call."
"Oh, there was something going on at work. I went over to deal with it, and it's okay now."
Afraid that his mother would worry, Dong Xuebin naturally didn't tell her that he had been taken away by the Discipline Inspection Commission. At that moment, Liu Li, dressed in a police uniform, walked in from outside carrying an X-ray film and several lab reports. He had probably arrived long ago and had just gone to get things for Luan Xiaoping. Liu Li was Tang Jin's boyfriend. He used to work as an auxiliary officer at Wutian Township Police Station, and Dong Xuebin had been the one to help him become a regular officer. Dong Xuebin had a fairly good impression of him.
"Director Dong." The moment Liu Li saw Dong Xuebin, he became restrained.
Dong Xuebin smiled. "Why are you still calling me Director? Call me Brother. We'll be family soon enough."
Liu Li