Chapter 2091: 2018 Discussion, How to Win Over the Mother-in-Law

2018 Discussion, How to Win Over the Mother-in-Law

"Old Lin, what's the matter?" Seeing him put down the little girl's phone, Lin Yuanzhang's partner began flipping through his phone and asked curiously.

"They say there's a difficult miscellaneous case, asking me to take a look. Your family's pesky little girl is giving me a tough problem, wanting me to embarrass myself." Lin Yuanzhang glanced at the case summary, frowned, and said.

"You two are seriously ill, looking at cases this early in the morning." Lin Yuanzhang's partner complained, "One never sees a person; by the time they come back at night we're already asleep, and in the morning they're off to work again. Playing a game with the little girl of looking at case files, you say you're not sick?"

"There's no helping it; young people always have to endure some hardship." Lin Yuanzhang had long grown accustomed to such things.

"What's good about being a doctor!" Seeing Lin Yuanzhang looking at his phone, his partner was unhappy and kept nagging, "Going to bed late, getting up early, and you haven't even started night shift yet. If I may say… Old Lin! I'm talking to you."

"Wait a moment, I'll first look at the task the little girl assigned." Lin Yuanzhang glanced at the case summary and also froze.

Lin Yuanzhang's partner, helpless, muttered a couple of sentences under his breath.

Green urine—Lin Yuanzhang tried to recall, only after more than ten years of practicing medicine did he go to that agency. Over ten years of time, his clinical experience is considered rich.

But he had truly never seen green urine appear.

There was nothing he could do; Lin Yuanzhang could only start making phone calls for consultation.

……

……

Leaving the Community Hospital, Zheng Ren felt refreshed and invigorated.

The patients were all stable; he felt that the Medical Team's surgery and treatment had gotten on the right track.

"Boss, I have a serious matter to discuss." Su Yun walked solemnly beside Zheng Ren and said earnestly.

"Huh?"

"Ning Shu is coming back tomorrow; I'm not trying to scare you, but you should really think about what preparations to make today." Su Yun said.

"……" Zheng Ren suddenly started walking with a limp.

"I'm really not trying to scare you; your father-in-law is coming back, so I think you ought to prepare in advance—for example, by buying some gifts…"

As he spoke, Su Yun burst out laughing.

Zheng Ren instantly recalled the embarrassing incident of dragging Ning Shu along to buy him a gift last time.

He let out a deep sigh; Zheng Ren completely failed to notice his own limp.

Walking mechanically forward, he faintly felt some worry in his heart.

Although he had many flaws, Xie Yiren could overlook them, but that didn't mean her parents wouldn't mind.

Zheng Ren had always been clear-eyed about his own strengths and weaknesses, which could be fairly evaluated.

Trying to please others is exactly where his shortcomings lie; even if he forces himself to do it, it won't be perfect, and might even become a laughingstock.

"I know you don't like it, but even if you dislike it, you still have to do it." Su Yun said with a smile, "Right now you have 36 hours to think it over."

"What suggestions do you have?" Although Zheng Ren knew Su Yun was unreliable, he couldn't help but ask for advice.

"There are many suggestions, but few that you can actually put into practice."

"For example?"

"Have you seen those people selling health supplements in the residential area who trick old men and women? They're very earnest." Su Yun said: "To deceive people, you still have to put in a lot of effort. They treat others' parents as their own—that's what being warm-hearted means."

"Hmm, that's one of the marketing tactics." Zheng Ren nodded.

"Could you treat Yi Ren's parents like that?"

"Once we're familiar, it should be possible." Zheng Ren said anxiously.

Just thinking of Ning Shu made his heart tremble badly.

Atrial fibrillation, ventricular fibrillation, bigeminy—Zheng Ren wanted to use a defibrillator on himself.

In Pengxi Township, Ning Shu was his steadfast comrade-in-arms.

Back then, if Ning Shu hadn't been there, the Pengxi Township Hospital, as a forward base, would have descended into chaos—Zheng Ren could guess what that would look like.

Although one person can't change the overall situation, with Ning Shu present at least another hundred or eighty lives could be saved.

However, upon returning to the Imperial Capital and realizing he was his father-in-law, Zheng Ren's perception of him completely changed.

He was meticulous as a hair, which was an advantage when managing the Pengxi Township Hospital's rescue efforts. But right before his eyes, Zheng Ren felt all his shortcomings were laid bare before Ning Shu, with no way to escape.

Life, it's really so hard.

Zheng Ren was wailing in his heart.

"Boss, I've thought about it for a long time; given your personality, it's more practical to first win over the mother-in-law." Su Yun laughed as she voiced her idea.

Mother-in-law……

Is that the woman who looks very much like a sister to Xie Yiren?

Zheng Ren still felt somewhat distant from his father-in-law and mother-in-law, yet in his heart he actually used that woman to describe Xie Yiren's mother.

The mother-in-law is truly young, her skin full of luster, showing no sign of being in her forties.

Only her eyes have a bit of fine tiny wrinkles, especially when she smiles, which makes a fairly noticeable difference from Xie Yiren.

If those tiny wrinkles had a incision, suturing them would require attention.

But to Zheng Ren this is a distinction, whereas others might not even notice it.

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing Zheng Ren lost in thought, Su Yun immediately asked.

"I'm thinking about the mother-in-law." Zheng Ren said, "What do you think about buying some cosmetics?"

"Can't you stop talking nonsense? When we ate last time and saw your mother-in-law, she was really young!" Su Yun said disparagingly, "People throw a fortune on their faces every year… forget it, I'm telling you, you wouldn't understand."

"It doesn't look like she's had hyaluronic acid injections or the like." Zheng Ren recalled.

"Maybe it's a newer technique; I haven't had any exposure to cosmetic procedures, how about you?"

Zheng Ren felt helpless, looking at Su Yun.

He hasn't had any contact either; could he possibly have some?

The domestic cosmetic market remains at the simplest, lowest-threshold stage of hyaluronic acid and botulinum toxin injections.

Surgery, most of the time it's just getting double eyelid surgery.

Unlike neighboring countries, cosmetic plastic surgery is almost universally done.

Originally, that side was southern men and northern women, but after plastic surgery it became a different concept altogether.

Even netizens jokingly call it one of the major evil arts.

Every year people go there for plastic surgery, forming an industry chain, with huge sums of money flowing daily.

Wait... Zheng Ren suddenly thought of something and stopped dead in his tracks. An idea popped into his head, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

"Boss, cosmetics definitely won't work." Su Yun kept nagging, "You can fool Xiao Yi Ren with radish shreds, but you can't fool your mother-in-law."

As he spoke, he felt Zheng Ren pause, then turned his head in surprise to look.

Su Yun didn't believe Zheng Ren's brain could come up with any way to please his mother-in-law.

Of course, if the mother-in-law happened to fall ill, Zheng Lao Ban's miraculous healing hands might still be possible.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Don't talk, let me think for a moment." Zheng Ren had an idea pop into his mind, then immediately entered the System Space to check the Skill Tree.