The man thanked Director Chi again and again for going to the trouble.
As soon as he hung up, the doorbell rang. He clutched his head in distress.
He had considered staying at his older brother's place for a while.
But he was worried the old couple might go there too.
It wouldn't be good if they said anything to Qiqi.
His sister-in-law had just called him yesterday to say Qiqi was doing well and had even learned to play the harmonica.
His daughter had played a short tune for him over the phone.
It had been a little halting, but it sounded lovely.
He could almost hear the girl's lighthearted excitement in it.
He was happy.
If his daughter was happy, then he was happy too.
He wouldn't let anyone ruin her mood right now.
Besides, avoiding the problem for now wouldn't solve it. In the end, he'd decided to "hold his ground."
"When Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on someone, it first tests their resolve, strains their muscles and bones, and starves their body..."
The man recited a few lines to himself, giving himself a pep talk.
Meanwhile, Director Chi stared at Yuan Yuan's medical records in his hands, lost in thought.
Her situation seemed strangely familiar.
An inexplicable abnormality...
He tapped his fingers against the wooden tabletop.
"Knock... knock... knock..."
The tapping stopped abruptly.
Director Chi remembered.
There had been a problem in the hospital's pediatrics department.
The children had all become inexplicably listless, and no matter how thoroughly the doctors examined them, they couldn't find the cause.
Before things got out of hand...
Director Chi had thought of Master Xiao.
As it turned out, he'd made the right choice.
Master Xiao had quickly solved the problem that had left the entire