Chapter 89 Show off your skills

Li Jiandong smiled slightly: "Don't worry about it. Anyway, I'll show you my skills and you'll know if what I said is right or not. First, give me your hand and I'll take your pulse."

Li Jiandong's medical skills include both Chinese and Western medicine, and also include all subjects at the same level. Ye Xiaoning raised his hand with some doubt. After all, since he was here, he had to give it a try.

Li Jiandong held up her wrist with one hand to let her relax, and with the other hand he placed his fingers on her pulse.

A few seconds later, Li Jiandong asked:

"Have you been having trouble sleeping lately? You always wake up in the middle of the night with weak legs and swollen calves, and you only feel back to normal after getting out of bed and walking for a few minutes?"

When Ye Xiaoning heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, because she did have this symptom.

She would wake up in the middle of the night almost every night, and then it felt like her legs were not her own. She couldn't use them, and they felt very uncomfortable as if they were swollen.

If she didn't get out of bed and walk a few steps, her legs would remain like this, sometimes for the entire night.

"Do you really know medical skills?"

Ye Xiaoning asked in surprise, if Li Jiandong didn't know medical skills, how did he know that he always got out of bed and walked around in the middle of the night?

Even Li Huaide didn't know about this, because she always woke up and walked around in the middle of the night, when Li Huaide was sleeping soundly. As for other people, it was even less likely that anyone would know.

Li Jiandong did not answer her, but said:

"Sister-in-law, you are very weak. It's probably because you have been staying at home since the operation and lack of exercise. To be honest, with your body, let alone a terminal illness, even if you are not sick, you are probably not very healthy. With such a weak body, if you use Western treatments, I'm afraid you will die before the disease is cured."

When Ye Xiaoning heard this, he suddenly felt sad.

"Jiandong, what you said is the same as what the doctor said, but what can I do? My body is weak and I get tired as soon as I move. If I get too tired, it will hurt my body even more. I can only rely on taking some tonic medicine from time to time, but medicine is three-quarters toxic. Don't take too much, or you will get angry."

Unconsciously, Ye Xiaoning's way of addressing Li Jiandong had changed.

She now believes that Li Jiandong has medical skills, but she has a terminal illness. If it can be cured, can it still be considered a terminal illness?

"Sister-in-law, don't worry. I said I can cure you, and I will do my best to cure you. So give me a few days to prepare. I will let you know when I am ready. Then you can come to my house for treatment."

Li Jiandong's medical skills have not been upgraded yet, so even if he wants to treat Ye Xiaoning, he doesn't have the ability to do so.

After saying that, he added, "Also, don't let Wilder know about this."

Ye Xiaoning frowned. This was the second time that Li Jiandong emphasized that Li Huaide must not be allowed to know that he was treating her.

Although there are conflicts between the two due to their competitive relationship, he is saving his own life now. He would not think that Li Huaide would disregard his own life in order to compete for leadership.

Maybe he was just exaggerating to scare me on purpose and destroy the relationship between me and Wilde. In fact, he was only a half-baked person and couldn't cure my illness at all. He just wanted to trick me into letting him go. After he got promoted, it wouldn't matter to me even if I knew he was a liar.

After all, he had a terminal illness. Ye Xiaoning thought about it again and again and still felt that the second possibility was more likely.

But the same thing goes, no matter how small the first possibility is, she is willing to give it a try.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your news."

Seeing that Ye Xiaoning agreed, Li Jiandong said goodbye and left.

That evening, after Li Huaide came home from get off work, Ye Xiaoning told him that Li Jiandong had come to see him today and said that he could cure her terminal illness.

"Huaide, I think this Li Jiandong is really capable. He was able to tell my physical condition just by feeling my pulse. Why don't we let him be the director of the Political Affairs Office this time?

I'll ask my dad to transfer you back to the department, first give you a promotion, then transfer you back, and then you can directly become the deputy factory director, it will be the same."

When Li Huaide heard that Li Jiandong had come to see his wife, he suddenly became nervous.

But he said earnestly:

"Xiao Ning, how could you believe such nonsense that is meant for children? The doctor said that choriocarcinoma is a terminal illness. Although I also hope that you can get better, we have to believe in science and experts."

Li Huaide’s concern for Ye Xiaoning was fake, but the real reason was that he didn’t want to give up his position as the director of the Political Affairs Department.

Although what Ye Xiaoning said was a progressive approach, compared to being promoted to director of the political department and then to deputy factory director, this approach had great risks.

Moreover, even if he was parachuted in as deputy factory director, he would only have power but no real resources, and would have to develop capable subordinates from scratch.

Logically speaking, a healthy Ye Xiaoning could give Li Huaide more support.

Li Huaide's current behavior is a bit like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs, but don't forget that Li Huaide is a playboy. A healthy Ye Xiaoning can only help him go further and more steadily in his career, but if there is no woman, what's the point of having power?
And even if Ye Xiaoning is gone, her father is still Li Huaide's father-in-law.

Ye Xiaoning has younger brothers and sisters, but none of them are as good at dealing with people as Li Huaide. This is also the main reason why his father-in-law is willing to train Li Huaide. Otherwise, some children would be like A Dou, who is really hopeless.

Ye Xiaoning and her father have invested a lot of thought and expectations in Li Huaide, so even if Ye Xiaoning really died of a terminal illness, her father would not give up on Li Huaide and would continue to help him improve.

By then, Li Huaide will have both power and women, which will be much happier than guarding Ye Xiaoning's tree.

So no matter whether Li Jiandong really has the ability to cure Ye Xiaoning's terminal illness, Li Huaide will not let Ye Xiaoning go to him for treatment.

In fact, if Li Jiandong could really cure the disease, he would definitely prevent this from happening.

However, Ye Xiaoning was confused by the situation and coaxed him:

"I didn't believe him, but there's nothing to lose by giving it a try. At most it's just a wasted trip, so I can just take some fresh air."

"No, Xiao Ning, I'm telling you, this Li Jiandong is clearly trying to take advantage of your desire to get treatment and destroy the relationship between us. Anyway, I'm making my position clear. If you dare to go to him for treatment, don't blame me for getting angry."

After Li Huaide finished speaking, he slammed the door and walked out, leaving Ye Xiaoning standing there in a daze.

She thought Li Huaide would be happy for her, and even if he didn't believe in Li Jiandong's ability, he would not object to her giving it a try.

However, unexpectedly, just as Li Jiandong said, her husband would rather watch her die of illness than let her treat Li Jiandong.

At this moment, Ye Xiaoning suddenly felt a little blocked in his heart, but became more determined to find Li Jiandong.

Since no one loves her, she can only love herself. She has had enough of this life of lying on the kang every day waiting to die.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Jiandong's medical skills have not been upgraded yet, but the annual meeting has arrived first.

With the more efficient self-developed rolling mill equipment, the rolling mill's work tasks were exceeded this year. At the year-end summary meeting, Director Yang commended all cadres and employees, and awarded outstanding cadres and employees with big red flowers.

After the summary meeting, there was a dinner.

Just like in previous years, after queuing up for their meals, the workers and cadres took the food home to eat, and their annual holiday began from then on.

Li Jiandong cooperated with Liu Haizhong and Jia Dongxu again this year. The three of them ordered 12 dishes, just enough for them to try each one. Then they returned to the courtyard. As soon as they entered the compound, they saw Yan Bugui grabbing Yan Jiecheng's ear and scolding him.

"Old Yan, what's going on?"

Li Jiandong saw that Yan Bugui was very angry, so he couldn't help but step forward and ask.

Yan Bugui's beard was shaking with anger. He pointed at Yan Jiecheng and shouted, "Ask him, little bastard, why did I raise a son like you who doesn't know distance?"

Li Jiandong looked at Yan Jiecheng again.

"Jie Cheng, what bad things have you done to make your father so angry?"

Yan Jiecheng grabbed the back of his head and said awkwardly, "Master, I think Yu Li is very pitiful. There are only two people in her family, her and her sister, and her sister is only 12 years old this year, and it is the time for her to grow up, so I gave her the dinner ticket, and then my father was very angry."
Yan Bugui kicked Yan Jiecheng in the buttocks.

Cursed:

"You little bastard, shouldn't I be angry? Look at what I've done to you. Your own father and mother have never eaten at the banquet hosted by your company, and yet you gave it to others."

Yan Bugui was really angry. One banquet ticket included four dishes, two of which were meat dishes.

He had been looking forward to this dinner for several days in advance, but he didn't expect that when the time came, Yan Jiecheng actually gave the dinner ticket to someone else.

In the past, only Yan Bugui took advantage of others, but no one else took advantage of him.

But his son was not ambitious enough and was taken advantage of by others. How could he not be angry?

"Okay, Old Yan, you're so angry about this little thing, why don't you come to my house for dinner?"

Li Jiandong smiled and said, no wonder Yan Bugui was so angry today, Yan Jiecheng's behavior was equivalent to touching his reverse scale.

He is a man who can accept a few insults with a smile. But if you take advantage of him, it is no different from asking for his life, especially this time the advantage is very valuable. Yan Bugui has been eating such good food all year round, how can he not be angry if you give it away?

"Yes, Old Yan, look at how stingy you are. It's just a few dishes. Why don't you come and eat with us? Old Li, Dongxu and I brought back 12 dishes, which is enough for you."

Liu Haizhong also followed suit.

Originally, he planned to take the food home to eat with his wife and children, but since Li Jiandong wanted to share it with Yan Bugui, he of course had to follow his leader's pace.

"Oh, really? That's great, Lao Li, Lao Liu, I'm welcome."

When Yan Bugui heard that Li Jiandong and Liu Haizhong wanted to treat him to a meal, his mouth immediately stretched from ear to ear.

Li Jiandong smiled and said to him, "Look at how little you have accomplished. Just go home and tell me and I won't call you again."

"Okay, then you guys go back first, I'll be there in a minute."

Yan Bugui agreed and went home to tell his third aunt that he would not be home for lunch.

The third aunt was a little unhappy. Yan Bugui had good food to eat, but she got nothing. However, she couldn't blame anyone else. If she had to blame someone, she could only blame her son for not living up to her expectations.

Jia Dongxu also came over to have dinner together.

For Li Jiandong, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui, Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu, 12 dishes was a bit too much for five people.

Li Jiandong asked Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui to each take some of the dishes on a plate and take them back home.

As for Jia Dongxu, forget it. His family is a working family, and he and Liang Ladi both have meal tickets. One portion is enough for Jia Zhang and Liang Ladi at home, so they didn't bring any extra home.

After eating and drinking, Li Jiandong sent everyone out and walked out of the compound.

During this period of time, I don’t know if it’s because I was in a restless mood after the holiday, but Ding Qiunan’s medical skills have not gained any experience for a week.

If she hadn't gained experience, Li Jiandong would naturally not have been able to get a hundredfold return.

Therefore, his medical skills are still stuck at 12 experience points, and he only needs the last 700 experience points to upgrade.

Ding Qiunan had a holiday on the 12th day of the twelfth lunar month.

The steel mill had not stopped operating at that time, so she came back for a few days of internship. After receiving the lunch at noon today, she returned to the tavern dormitory building.

Li Jiandong planned to go over and see if she had been slacking off in her studies recently. If not, he would spend some time to guide her and improve her medical skills first.

When I walked to the dormitory building, I saw Ding Qiunan walking out with a bowl and a pair of chopsticks.

"Qiu Nan, why did you just finish your meal?"

Li Jiandong asked.

He, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui and the others had already finished drinking, but Ding Qiunan was a little abnormal after just finishing his meal.

When Ding Qiunan saw that it was Li Jiandong, he felt an inexplicable palpitation in his heart.

"Master, are you here to see me? There was a child in Yard 98 who had a fever. I just used physical methods to cool him down."

"Oh, I see."

Li Jiandong coughed dryly and said, "I came here to see how your studies have been going recently. You seem a little absent-minded recently. Are you missing home?"

Ding Qiunan's home is in a remote village in the eastern suburbs, about two hours away from the courtyard, so every time she has a holiday, she will go back to the steel rolling mill to work for a while, otherwise it will be very troublesome to go home and then come out.

Working at the steel mill also pays wages, and she even received paid tuition during her schooling. However, the steel mill was closed for holiday today, so Ding Qiunan was also on holiday.

"Master, don't you know why I am absent-minded?"

Ding Qiunan's tone suddenly became resentful.

Ever since I confessed my feelings to Li Jiandong last time and was taught a lesson by Li Jiandong.

Ding Qiunan hadn't spoken to Li Jiandong like this for a long time. When he suddenly said this today, Li Jiandong didn't know how to respond.

After a long time, he changed the subject:

"Today is a holiday. I'll take you to the station tomorrow to take a bus home. There are a lot of people going home right now, so it's hard to find a seat on the bus halfway."

"Have a good rest, I'll come pick you up tomorrow."

After Li Jiandong finished speaking, he planned to leave and didn't even plan to teach Ding Qiunan about medical skills.

Ding Qiunan looked at his back as he fled away, her mouth pursed in displeasure, and she went back to the room and sat on the bed in a daze. She was now even less in the mood to study.

The next day, Li Jiandong brought some gifts to Ding Qiunan and asked her to take them home to her parents.

When sending her to the car, Li Jiandong told her to go home and study hard.

Although we should let each other have fun during the New Year, it is very frustrating that we are just 100 experience points away from being able to level up.

Ding Qiunan said "oh", but it was unclear whether he heard it or not.

Li Jiandong originally thought that he would not be able to upgrade his medical skills during this winter vacation. However, the next day after Ding Qiunan returned home, he heard the long-lost system prompt sound.

[Your apprentice Ding Qiunan has completed 100 treatments, and you will be rewarded with 100 medical experience points.]

[Medical skill level has been upgraded, current level is LV6. ]

[Experience: 0/25]

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When the system prompt sounded, more information about medical skills appeared in Li Jiandong's mind. This information was usually vague, but when Li Jiandong needed to use it, it would automatically become clear.

For example, when Li Jiandong thinks of choriocarcinoma now, information about choriocarcinoma immediately emerges in his mind.

Including the characteristics of choriocarcinoma, various cases, clinical reactions, advantages and disadvantages of traditional Chinese medicine treatment and chemotherapy, etc.

"Just as I thought, choriocarcinoma can indeed be cured after level 6."

Li Jiandong breathed a sigh of relief. Although the upgrade was a little later than expected, at least the effect after the upgrade was exactly what he expected.

With the ability to treat choriocarcinoma, I can naturally continue to contact Ye Xiaoning.

At this moment, Ye Xiaoning was also waiting for news from Li Jiandong.

More than half a month has passed since Li Jiandong left her last time.

Ye Xiaoning waited every day for Li Jiandong to give her news when he was ready. She was even thinking about what she would do if she was discovered by her man when she went to Li Jiandong for treatment.

Finally, she figured it out. She didn't go there to steal anyone, so if she was caught, she was caught. She hadn't said anything about Li Huaide fooling around with the female workers at the steel mill.

Before, because of her poor health and knowing that she would not live long, she did not care about Li Huaide’s nonsense. Now that Ye Xiaoning has hope of survival, she begins to feel uncomfortable with this kind of thing.

However, she did not plan to announce it in advance. After all, she had a terminal illness. Even though Li Jiandong was so confident, she still did not dare to fully believe that the disease could be cured.

So, she has been waiting these days, waiting to see what methods Li Jiandong has. If he can really cure her disease, even if Li Huaide doesn't cause trouble for her, she will ask Li Huaide what he has done during this period of time.

But more than half a month had passed and Li Jiandong had not contacted him yet.

"Could it be that he has already contacted me, but was blocked by Li Huaide?"

This idea suddenly popped up in Ye Xiaoning's mind, so she decided to go to him directly without waiting for Li Jiandong to contact her.

It happened that on that day, Li Huaide invited Song Ming, the director of the Party Building Office of the steel rolling mill, to dinner. After Ye Xiaoning waited for him to leave, she called a person passing by the door to help her open the door, and then called a rickshaw and drove towards Yard 95.

In the courtyard.

He Daqing, Xu Fugui, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bugui were playing mahjong.

Originally, Yan Bugui didn't want to play. He was heartbroken after losing so much money last year that he hadn't touched mahjong for a year. However, Li Jiandong took Xu Damao to Xujiatuan this year. Ever since Xu Damao went to the countryside in Xujiatuan, he would go to Xujiatuan every time he came back from vacation in the past few years.

(End of this chapter)