After leaving Jiang Chengshi, Song Ning returned to her office.
First, she called the Military District and got hold of Lei Ming.
She did not say much over the phone, only asking Lao Lei to bring Meng Yu to the hospital in the next few days.
Then she asked him to bring Little Hongyan's twin brother, the young Lei Hongyuan-her uncle, whom she had never met in her later life-back to Capital City as soon as possible.
She knew where things stood with her grandmother's illness. The sooner they operated, the faster she would recover.
Her uncle's condition was more serious. She could perform the surgery, but the special medicine he needed still had to be developed.
Now that the hospital had opened, she could get preparations properly underway.
After finishing the call, she did not go home.
Instead, she took out a fresh stack of manuscript paper and began writing furiously from memory.
While she worked, Yu Qiuye heard that she was still at the hospital working overtime and brought her a bowl of chicken noodle soup.
After that, the light in her office stayed on until dawn.
At six in the morning, Zheng Chang'an rubbed his sleepy eyes and pushed open her office door.
He saw Song Ning sitting at her desk, still wearing yesterday's clothes, her eyes bloodshot as she wrote. A stack of manuscript paper lay before her.
He froze for a moment, then asked in surprise, "Sister Ning! You-you didn't go home last night? I saw Han Xiao and Chen Liang at the hospital this early and was wondering why!"
Song Ning did not even look up, and her pen did not slow.
"You didn't go home either!"
"I-I had a lot to deal with yesterday. By the time I finished, it was ten, so