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Xiao Yu smiled faintly without saying a word. In his view, there was no need to argue with them about this matter. Besides, these were Yun Xi's classmates; as for their relationship with her, he believed that Yun Xi could handle it herself. He didn't need to worry about it.

When Wu Yali saw Xiao Yu smile and stay silent, she felt bored too. After all, Xiao Yu was here to accompany his girlfriend Yun Xi. They couldn't be too pushy either. With this in mind, she ignored Xiao Yu and turned her head towards Luo Jiao, smiling fawningly.

Seeing the classmates who were smiling at her before her eyes, the current Luo Jiao felt like a queen looking down on her subjects. Suddenly, Luo Jiao saw Yun Xi standing不遠處，淡然地看著自己的模樣。站在那裡的雲溪一臉淡然，但對於羅嬌而言，此刻的雲溪就像是一個挑戰女王權威的叛逆者。

"Yun Xi, Director Chu from the Health Bureau is also going to attend today's wedding feast. Shouldn't you go and offer a toast to him This is a rare opportunity! If your director knows that we are classmates, he might give you some consideration," Luo Jiao said with a disdainful smile, but her words were laced with arrogance.

Luo Jiao was indeed from an official family. Under the influence of her upbringing, she could effortlessly employ cunning schemes.

In fact, what Luo Jiao had just said to Yun Xi could be broken down into two meanings: if Yun Xi went to offer a toast, it would lower her in the eyes of these classmates; you claim to be aloof and independent So much for that! Then why aren't you so aloof when dealing with your superior

On the other hand, if Yun Xi didn't go to offer a toast, she would appear as though she was disregarding her superiors. If this message reached their ears, even those with broad-mindedness might make life difficult for her on a daily basis, while those with narrow minds would definitely do so. Even if Director Chu didn’t know that Yun Xi was here, Luo Jiao would create opportunities to mention it inadvertently.

"No, I don't want to go! I don't know him!" Yun Xi didn't expect there to be so much subtext in a simple sentence and thus directly told Luo Jiao.

"Jiaojiao, Qingzhi, hurry up, we need to toast the wine at the main table!" Suddenly someone hurriedly pushed open the compartment door and said to Wu Qingzhi and Luo Jiao.

"Understood, Uncle!" Upon hearing what the person had said, Luo Jiao turned around and looked at them as she said. After saying that, she turned her head towards her classmates inside the room and said: "Classmates, eat well and drink well. Wait for me to finish toasting the leaders before I come back over."

Luo Jiao had a smug look on her face when she mentioned going to toast the wine for the leaders.

After Luo Jiao left, Yun Xi's classmates returned to their seats and gathered in groups, talking about how many city officials attended Luo Jiao’s wedding, what positions they held, who was close with whom, or which one of them was more influential, etc., street gossip.

Xiao Yu sat there drinking tea by himself while Yun Xi remained sitting next to a group of female classmates listening to their school anecdotes.

Suddenly Xiao Yu’s phone rang melodiously. He took out his phone and saw that it was Wan Hongguang's secretary Li Chuan, wondering if something had happened at the hospital Thus he quickly answered: "Hello, Brother Li, what's wrong What happened"

After a few days of contact, under Li Chuan’s intentional efforts to befriend him, Xiao Yu and Li Chuan started addressing each other as brothers.

"Little brother, didn't I tell you the other day about my mother's cough Right now, I've brought my mom to Ancient City. Where are you I... " Suddenly a loud fit of coughing came through on the phone, interrupting Li Chuan’s words.

A while later, the coughing sound on the other end of the phone diminished, and Li Chuan then asked again: "Little brother, where are you now"

"I'm at the Ancient City Hotel!" When Xiao Yu heard that it was about his mother's persistent cough, he remembered what Li Chuan had said earlier; his mother has been suffering from this condition for half her life. While she was younger, it wasn't as severe, but now in her old age, a bout of coughing can leave her breathless.

A few days ago, when Li Chuan deliberately befriended Xiao Yu, he mentioned his mother's persistent cough and asked him to take a look at it. Xiao Yu had suggested bringing his mother to the Ancient City Hotel for easier treatment.

"I'm also at the Ancient City Hotel; I'm in the first-floor lounge!" Upon hearing that Xiao Yu was at the Ancient City Hotel, Li Chuan heaved a sigh of relief. He had been running around all morning trying to pick up his mother today. If Xiao Yu wasn't there now, he would have to go through another折騰 (torture), but his elderly mother couldn’t withstand such折騰 due to her age and the persistent cough that left her breathless.

"Alright, Brother Li, wait for me a moment, I'll be right over. I'm currently at a wedding; just wait for me in the lounge!"

When Xiao Yu heard that Li Chuan was downstairs in the lounge, he got up and told Yun Xi briefly before leaving. Yun Xi was momentarily stunned when she heard that Xiao Yu was going to leave, mistakenly thinking that Xiao Yu didn't want to stay after hearing his classmates' taunts.

However, when Yun Xi realized that Xiao Yu was going to help someone with their illness, her eyes lit up; ever since childhood, Yun Xi had dreamed of becoming a doctor. But circumstances did not allow it as her personality wasn’t suitable for the profession, so she reluctantly worked hard and became a civil servant at the Health Bureau, which could be seen as a step closer towards being a doctor.

Therefore, when Xiao Yu left the banquet hall, Yun Xi told her classmates that she would return momentarily and followed him. At the Ancient City Hotel’s first-floor lounge sofa, a man in his thirties wearing glasses was patting the back of a sixty-year-old woman to help soothe her coughing.

"Brother Li, I made you wait for a long time!" Xiao Yu walked out from the depths of the first floor.

"I just arrived too. But sorry to interrupt your meal," Li Chuan spoke very politely without putting on any airs, because he knew it wouldn’t work with Xiao Yu; hadn't he seen that even his boss didn't put on airs around Xiao Yu

"Auntie, hello! Extend your hand out for me to feel your pulse," As Xiao Yu walked towards the old lady and observed her complexion, he said this to her.

Cough... cough... cough...

Just as Xiao Yu was about to extend his hand to take her pulse, a sudden fit of violent coughing erupted from the old lady, which continued for five minutes before gradually subsiding. After the old lady had stopped coughing, Xiao Yu reached out and grabbed her wrist. A moment later, he said, "Auntie, you're from Northeast China, right"

"Oh! How did you know that I'm originally from Northeast China and have lived here for nearly twenty years; my accent has blended in with the local dialect to a degree where it’s hard to tell. So how could you possibly know that I’m from Northeast China" The old lady was momentarily stunned upon hearing Xiao Yu's words before her face lit up with amazement.

"Director Li" At this moment, a man in his forties walked out of the hall where Xiao Yu had emerged. Upon seeing JI Chuan sitting on the sofa, he approached him in confusion and said this.

Li Chuan heard the voice and looked up to see who was speaking; it was Secretary General Luo Bingyang from the Municipal Committee and Government Office whom Li Chuan recognized.

Seeing the man approach, Li Chuan quickly stood up and greeted him with a smile, "Secretary General Luo, hello!" parents probably wouldn’t be able to.Approximately two hours later, Xiao Yu, who had been sitting cross-legged on the bed, opened his eyes. His gaze was somewhat bewildered but quickly cleared as he...