Chapter 2004: So that's how it is

Ye Chen's words gave Auntie Li a start.

She said in surprise, "Ye Chen, you... are you serious?! A large-scale welfare institute for ten thousand people, this... this would probably require investing a lot, a lot of money?!"

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said seriously, "Auntie Li, I am half an orphan myself, and the little friends I grew up with were all poor children without fathers or mothers. Now that I have some ability, I should do what I can for the orphan community. As for the money, it's not important."

As he spoke, Ye Chen sighed lightly and added, "Actually, when I first considered this matter, I thought about asking you to go back and be the director. But once I thought about how you have already retired and settled in Canada, and it was not easy for you to adapt to the environment here, I really couldn't bear to ask you to go back and work hard..."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen added, "However, I have seen the situation here in Canada now, and there are indeed some risks in terms of safety, so I still hope you can return to the country to settle down, and by the way, help me get the welfare institute up and running."

Upon hearing this, Auntie Li said with great excitement, "Good! That's great! Ye Chen, Auntie is willing to go back!"

Li Xiaofen, who was on the side, was particularly excited when she heard this. Just as she was happy, she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said to Ye Chen, "Brother Ye Chen, Auntie Li and I are both willing to return to the country, but regarding the director position, I am afraid Auntie Li's body might not be able to handle it. After she had her kidney transplant surgery, although her body has recovered, she still needs to take anti-rejection medication regularly. The doctor also instructed that she must pay attention to maintenance and not work too hard..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Auntie Li, were you... were you really sick back then?"

Ye Chen remembered that when he first recognized Gu Qiuyi, he had specifically gone to Auntie Li to verify it.

At that time, Auntie Li told him that she had actually always been following Steward Tang's orders to take care of him at the welfare institute, and that even her illness was a deliberate bitter-meat trick.

At that time, Auntie Li's body had already recovered, so Ye Chen didn't notice anything unusual.

Now hearing Li Xiaofen say that Auntie Li still needed to take anti-rejection medication for a long time, he couldn't help but ask immediately.

Auntie Li also said with some shame, "Ye Chen... when you came to the welfare institute to find me, it was Steward Tang who specifically instructed me to say that. I might have known the truth of the matter only a few minutes earlier than you. The reason Steward Tang wanted me to tell you those things was to stimulate your desire to avenge your parents, so that you would return to Yanjing..."

Speaking of this, Auntie Li couldn't help but sigh and said with emotion, "Actually, you are not the only one who has been kept in the dark about the entire welfare institute. I am the same. Of all the staff at the welfare institute back then, I was the only one who was recruited. Everyone else, without exception, was arranged by Steward Tang, and most of them were your father's old subordinates..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but sigh and said, "So that's how it is... Auntie Li, thank you! For taking care of me for so many years, you and Steward Tang have gone to so much trouble!"

Auntie Li hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Please don't say that. Taking care of you was my job duty; it was what I should have done. And after I got sick, if it weren't for you and Steward Tang helping, how could I have had the chance to go to Yanjing to receive the best treatment... And, for uremia, people usually transplant one kidney, but I transplanted two. Actually, I am the one who should be thankful!"

Ye Chen remembered something and hurriedly said, "Auntie Li, let me take your pulse! Let me see how your body is doing now."

Li Xiaofen on the side asked very strangely, "Brother Ye Chen... when did you learn to take a pulse?"

Ye Chen laughed, "I know so many things; how could I report them to you one by one."

When Auntie Li was in Jin Ling before, she had vaguely heard that Ye Chen had some abilities, and some people even called him Master Ye, so she didn't doubt it and handed her hand to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen gently placed his fingers on Auntie Li's pulse point, and with a little spiritual energy infused, he sensed that Auntie Li's overall physical condition was no different from a healthy person, and the state of her two kidneys was also very good.

It was just that, under the perception of spiritual energy, he could vaguely feel some subtle rejection between her body and the two kidneys. It seemed that this was the rejection phenomenon of the transplanted organ, but this rejection was very slight, and it should be that the anti-rejection medication was working.

Ye Chen originally wanted to give Auntie Li a Rejuvenation Pill, but after thinking about it carefully, taking out the Rejuvenation Pill now would be somewhat abrupt, and the effect of the Rejuvenation Pill was fierce, which would bring a relatively large shock to Auntie Li and others.

Moreover, for someone like Auntie Li who had never known about the Rejuvenation Pill, this shock would probably take her a long time to digest.

What's more, Auntie Li's overall physical condition was relatively healthy now, unlike Gu Yanzhong who was terminally ill back then, so there was no need to rush to use fierce medicine. ===== CHAPTER 2005 =====