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The patient lying on the bed, with wide-open but vacant eyes, seemed to hear the cries of the two people. Tears flowed from his eyes down to the pillow, and gradually, life returned to his gaze as he began looking around.

"...Mom........Sara.........Sara........." When he saw the person crying over him, his lips moved a few times, stuttering out these words towards them.

"Ah.......Ah........." Upon hearing the patient's voice, the two wiped away their tears. Although they were weeping, their excitement could not be concealed.

Xiao Yu stood behind watching this scene and smiled faintly. However, he did not disturb the family; instead, he turned around and left the room, heading down to the ground floor. Three years was neither short nor long, especially when it felt like an eternity. Xiao Yu knew that they needed a release.

"Son, son, come here, come, thank the doctor well! If not for Doctor Xiao, you might never have woken up in your lifetime!"

Seeing her son, Wang Sasan's mother quickly wiped away tears and said to him.

"That’s right, that’s right, really thank Doctor Xiao. You've been unconscious for three years; if not for him, we might never have seen each other again!"

Hearing her mother-in-law's words, Wang Sasan quickly added.

Both of them helped the patient up from the bed and wanted to thank Xiao Yu who was standing behind them. However, when they turned around, they found that he had already left; both were stunned.

"What a good person... really such a good person..." Wang Sasan's mother, seeing that Xiao Yu wasn't in the room, went out and looked into the living room but saw no sign of him. She then peered through the window towards the ground floor, where she saw Xiao Yu walking outside the residential area. At this sight, she couldn’t help but exclaim her praise.

When Xiao Yu returned to Mansheng Hall, there were already quite a few patients inside, mostly suffering from colds, fevers, and coughs. After observing these patients, he found that most of their illnesses were caused by an imbalance between heat and cold in the body. With such drastic temperature differences day and night recently, people often caught colds without noticing.

It was not until after 6 PM when Xiao Yu finished seeing all the patients. After treating the children who came to see him, he gave each of them a packet of medicine, instructing their parents to make sachets with it at home.

Due to weather conditions, there were many sick people, making Mansheng Hall very busy. Xiao Yu’s days passed in this manner, filled with constant work and busyness.

It wasn't until late in the year that the weather gradually improved, and the temperature difference became more bearable. As a result, the number of patients at Xiao Yu's Myriad Life Hall began to decrease.

Xiao Yu was heading back to the capital today, and everyone else had gone on holiday. Only Erxi and Lao Dai remained in the clinic. Fortunately, Xiao Yu had already made all necessary arrangements beforehand.

After saying goodbye to Lao Dai, Xiao Yu headed to the top floor of the antique market. After several days of recuperation, Jin Xianglin's health had improved significantly, allowing him to go out for walks.

Xiao Yu then took Jin Xianglin's pulse and prescribed a new remedy. Since Myriad Life Hall would remain open, there was no issue in obtaining the medicine.

After informing Jin Xianglin and Xiao Jingru of important precautions, Xiao Yu left Myriad Life Hall to head towards the airport.

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, despite the arrival of spring, Beijing's weather remained bitterly cold, with flakes of snow still falling from the sky.

After deplaning, even though Xiao Yu wasn't afraid of the cold, he instinctively pulled his collar closer.

"Xiao Yu... Xiao Yu..." Just as Xiao Yu was about to leave the airport with his luggage, a familiar voice called out from nearby.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu turned around and saw Song Hushan waving at him from outside a black car not far from the airplane.

"Uncle Song, how did you know I was coming back today" Curious, Xiao Yu asked as he approached Song Hushan. He had returned home without even informing Xiao Jianying; it was surprising that Song Hushan knew and was waiting for him at the airport.

With a hearty laugh, Song Hushan said, "That's a secret!" After seeing Xiao Yu's puzzled look, he added with a chuckle.

Xiao Yu sighed and shook his head but didn't say anything. He simply got into Song Hushan's car, which quickly left the airport.

Actually, it wasn't difficult for Song Hushan to find out Xiao Yu's schedule from the airline company. Therefore, Xiao Yu was not overly concerned about how he knew and instead began discussing fund matters with Song Hushan.

After listening to Song Hushan's explanation, Xiao Yu learned that the Myriad Life Hall Fund had already been established, complete with a headquarters in one of his newly developed buildings in Beijing. Moreover, the personnel required were basically all in place now.

Xiao Yu happened to come back for the New Year. Before returning to the deep sea, he officially opened his foundation and started accepting donations. Xiao Yu's goal with this foundation was to help disabled children.

The car quickly arrived at the back gate of Beihai. As soon as their car entered this street, a festive atmosphere came upon them. The entire street was adorned in red decorations, and it was bustling with people; Song Hushan's car could not proceed any further halfway through.

No one knew whether it was due to the fact that most of the residents here lived in traditional quadrangle courtyards or something else, but the local residents still retained old New Year customs.

The streets were filled with large red lanterns, and stalls on both sides sold New Year paintings and window paper. There were even several elderly people there who wrote couplets for free; this strong New Year atmosphere made it very lively here, as many people came by subway or taxi to buy some New Year supplies.

Because of the thick New Year atmosphere, this place also became a must-visit spot for foreigners experiencing Chinese New Year.

Seeing everything around him, Xiao Yu felt very happy. He could only remember seeing such scenes when he was young; after growing up, the feeling of the New Year gradually faded away, and Xiao Yu no longer felt as excited about it as he did in his childhood.

But now that he was experiencing all this again, Song Hushan saw Xiao Yu's smiling face but didn't say anything. He seemed to understand Xiao Yu’s feelings.

Every Spring Festival, Song Hushan would also take some time out to bring his son here for a half-day tour; in such an expansive city as Beijing, there were only a limited few places with strong New Year atmosphere, and these places had been specially preserved by the country to attract tourists. Many things were organized by the government.

In other areas, people lived in high-rise buildings, firecrackers weren't allowed, which made the New Year atmosphere thinner every year. As Xiao Yu walked along, he thought back on how his mother used to bring him and his sister to the market for new clothes before the Spring Festival, and how his grandfather would take him out to buy fireworks; Xiao Yu's eyes gradually became moist.

Now that he had grown up, his grandfather was no longer around, leaving a sense of melancholy in his heart.

Xiao Yu and Song Hushan pushed through the crowd until they reached his quadrangle courtyard gate. At this moment, Xiao Yu's quadrangle courtyard was also filled with festive atmosphere—there were large red lanterns hanging at the entrance, while several middle-aged people and youngsters hung small colored lights on rooftops and walls.

On the left side of the main gate of his courtyard stood three garages, while a branch store of Wan Sheng Hall was already open on the right. At this time, Xiao Yu could hear children's laughter coming from inside the quadrangle courtyard intermittently.

Xiao Yu and Song Hushan entered the courtyard, where about eight children dressed in thick clothes and wearing hats were playing hide-and-seek.

"Hanghang..." Seeing Xiao Yu enter, all the kids rushed over to look at him. When Xiao Yu saw these children, he suddenly spotted a familiar little figure standing among them, so he called out to the child.

After hearing Xiao Yu's shout, the child looked at him as if he were beckoning and timidly gazed at Xiao Yu without daring to approach. A little girl of eight or nine years old quickly pulled Lu Yuhang behind her and warily watched Xiao Yu.

Suddenly, a few middle-aged men and young adults who were installing lights on the roof heard that the children in the courtyard had suddenly become silent and hurriedly ran over with anxious expressions.

The elderly people living in the first inner courtyard also came out of their rooms. When they saw Xiao Yu standing in the yard, they all sighed with relief.

At this time, Xiao Yu's aunties—Xiao Yu and Xiao Jianying, along with a few other women—also noticed something amiss outside. They emerged from another room, still covered in flour on their hands.

The moment these people saw Xiao Yu, they all let out long sighs of relief and showed slight smiles of joy.

"Xiaoyu is back, great..."

These folks greeted Xiao Yu as he stood in the courtyard.

"Yes, I'm back. Are you guys comfortable staying here" Xiao Yu nodded at them and asked when he heard their greetings.

"Haha, we are... We are... Who would have thought that after living in a quadrangle residence for two years under the old commander-in-chief decades ago, we'd be back here again!"

The elderly men laughed heartily upon hearing Xiao Yu's words.

It turns out that this quadrangle courtyard was where his maternal grandfather resided when it had just been liberated. He lived there for two years until the whole country was liberated, after which his maternal grandfather retired, leaving the place empty. No one dared to occupy the house because of the presence of Li Laoshi and others, so it remained vacant until now.

Only now did Xiao Yu realize that this place used to belong to his maternal grandfather. However, he felt even more at ease knowing that he had no psychological burden in living here.

"Mom, sister..." Xiao Yu greeted Xiao Jianying and Xiao Yu as he turned around (To be continued...) public cemetery. Meanwhile, Ms. Meng Li Ping’s two brothers and their families separately followed Xiao Yu's car in different vehicles towards the cemetery.After arriving at the cemetery, they went t...