477: Chapter 470 Toyota Comes Calling 477: Chapter 470 Toyota Comes Calling Xiangnan Province, Liuyuan County, New Sports Square.
Chen Hai had joined Ye Qingqing in square dancing for a while, and while Chen Hai was fine, Ye Qingqing had worked up quite a sweat.
They both sat down on a bench to take a short rest.
In Capital City, they had only stayed for a day or two.
Afterward, they headed straight back to Chen Hai’s hometown, Liuyuan County.
The dance halls and gaming arcades of years past were long gone.
Nowadays, in Liuyuan County, if one were to talk about entertainment venues, there were mostly internet cafes and KTV lounges.
Such places obviously weren’t suited for Chen Hai and Ye Qingqing.
Having nothing better to do, on ordinary days, they just took walks, strolled around, and occasionally danced a square dance to pass the time.
At home, when they were by themselves, Chen Hai could do whatever he wanted!
But once they were in public spaces, perhaps because of the noticeable difference in their outward ages, Ye Qingqing was always somewhat reserved, maintaining a certain distance from Chen Hai.
Like now, as they sat on the bench, there was a gap wide enough for another person to sit between them.
Honestly, her concerns could be understood.
After all, she wasn’t just featured on the news broadcast once or twice.
Now that she had restored her single status, being with Chen Hai—who looked like a young man—if someone recognized her…
Others might not care about what people said, but Ye Qingqing inevitably had some reservations in her heart.
The Capital City was, after all, the emperor’s domain.
Staying there was mainly for Ye Qingqing’s sake.
Now that they had reconciled, Chen Hai naturally felt that returning to Liuyuan County would be more comfortable and pleasant.
“By the way, Qingqing, when are those Imperial Physicians you mentioned, with the old traditional medicine expertise, coming?”
“Can they really treat conditions like dementia?” Chen Hai suddenly asked after they had chatted idly for a while.
They had been back in Liuyuan County for three or four days.
His mother, Jiang Meixian’s illness, was still the same as before, without any improvement.
Although it was true that dementia was common among people of Jiang Meixian’s age and wasn’t directly related to Chen Hai,
seeing his mother like this, Chen Hai’s heart ached, filled with an indescribable sense of guilt.
Seeing him like this, Ye Qingqing suggested they invite an Imperial Physician to come and give Jiang Meixian a check-up.
Of course, this would undoubtedly involve some favor from the higher-ups towards Chen Hai.
Chen Hai’s question made Ye Qingqing hesitate for a moment.
After a brief contemplation, she said, “According to the reply from the authorities, those Imperial Physicians won’t arrive in Liuyuan County until the day after tomorrow.”
“Western medicine has yet to find a good treatment for dementia.”
“As for traditional Chinese medicine, it’s based on yin and yang theory, which can be considered a branch extended from Taoism.”
“Old traditional Chinese doctors knew many peculiar and ancient things.”
“However, much of that knowledge has been lost in modern times.”
“Whether they can cure Auntie, nobody can guarantee.
We will have to wait until those Imperial Physicians arrive, examine her, and see the specific situation before we can determine the outcome.”
Her words reflected the reality of the situation.
The practice of traditional Chinese medicine is individualized; treatment varies from person to person even for the same illness.
Even if those Imperial Physicians had successfully treated dementia in the past, whether they could cure Jiang Meixian was still an unknown.
“To have even a glimmer of hope is a good thing!” Chen Hai sighed and managed a wry smile.
In the eyes of others, he possessed divine skills, akin to a real god on earth, unaffected even by a nuclear explosion.
But his strength lay solely in himself.
The so-called mastery requires focus, and when it came to medical skills, Chen Hai really wasn’t adept!
He’d contemplated methods for his mother’s illness but found that what he knew was truly useless against dementia.
“Are you getting used to life in the small town of Liuyuan County?” Chen Hai changed the subject instead of dwelling on his mother’s illness, and asked Ye Qingqing.
“It’s alright, just living a plain and simple life like any ordinary person.
Other than being a bit boring, everything else is pretty good!”
Ye Qingqing smiled as she responded.
She was certainly not ignorant of Chen Hai’s abilities.
Following Chen Hai back to Liuyuan County, besides genuinely loving him, her presence was also a bridge between him and those above.
“Remember what you promised me.
Use your abilities sparingly unless absolutely necessary.”
“Otherwise, seeing you soaring through the skies and vanishing into the earth will make me feel uncomfortable, as if I don’t match up to you!”
After some thought, Ye Qingqing sighed and spoke up.
Though she and Chen Hai had reconciled and were now living together,
whenever she saw Chen Hai’s youthful face, her heart ached, feeling slightly amiss.
The so-called divide between immortals and mortals is greatest in terms of time.
Chen Hai might not yet be truly immortal, but his appearance remained ever young.
And what about her?
Bound to age and die, an ordinary person; every year passing by, she could distinctly feel herself aging a bit more!
“What nonsense about matching up or not?
You’re saying silly things!”
“Haven’t I told you before, in this life, there will be no woman for me but you, Qingqing!”
“I know you care about what others think, and you’re conscious of their gazes!”
“I promise you that once my mother has passed away a hundred years from now, you and I will retreat to the mountains to live together in seclusion, with the trivial matters of the world no longer concerning us!”
“Don’t they say on the internet that there’s a host of hermits in Zhongnan Mountain?
When the time comes, we’ll go there, and I will accompany you until we both grow old together…”
After some thought, Chen Hai smiled and made his promise.
Making Ye Qingqing forever young and eternally youthful was something he simply couldn’t achieve; all he could do was stay by her side and walk with her to the end of their lives.
“Hai, I love you!”
“I love you too, Qingqing!”
“It’s getting late, let’s head back.”
In public places where she had always tried to keep some distance from Chen Hai, perhaps due to being emotionally moved on their way back, Ye Qingqing rarely interlocked fingers with him.
The apartment they lived in was also located in the Wenchang Pavilion Community.
In the same building but not on the same floor as Jiang Meixian’s apartment.
The next day, in the morning.
After breakfast, the pair took Jiang Meixian out for a walk and basked in the sunshine for a while.
Suddenly, Chen Hai’s phone rang.
Not many people knew his number; it was just a few.
The caller was Xiang Dong, that guy.
He was in Capital City, busy with a lawsuit against the Toyota Group.
The process of taking over shares from several other massive corporations was not going smoothly either.
Those corporations seemed to be waiting and watching.
Perhaps they wanted to see how Chen Hai’s Four Seas Holding would manage the share transfer with the Toyota Group before making their final decision.
“Boss, the Toyota Group has sent representatives over, led by a woman named Inoue Keiko.”
“She has requested to meet with you personally, what do you think…” As the call connected, Xiang Dong reported to Chen Hai.