Chapter 25

Because the old woman was Yu Maode's old patient, he just asked about her situation after the last treatment, took her pulse, looked at the affected area, and began to perform acupuncture on the old woman.

Yu Maode's acupuncture was one of his unique skills. Many difficult and complicated diseases could be treated with acupuncture combined with medicine. Rheumatoid arthritis was a disease very suitable for acupuncture treatment because the essence of this disease was the blockage of meridians. Using acupuncture to regulate the meridians and supplementing it with medicine was a practice that achieved twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, Yu Maode's acupuncture method wasn't something ordinary people could learn; it had to be assisted by internal energy. Yu Maode had practiced martial arts for decades, which was why his acupuncture was particularly effective.

Seeing the old woman's tightly furrowed brows slowly relax after Yu Maode inserted a few needles, Lu Xiaoya finally breathed a sigh of relief. She turned around and started chatting with Su Xinghui.

"I heard you returned to work in your county. Where were you assigned?"

"I was assigned to the Meng Hu Ling Township Government."

"How could you be assigned to a township government? You are such a top student, and a Student Union cadre, so talented. It wouldn't be difficult to stay in Jiangcheng. Your county actually assigned you to the township?" Lu Xiaoya found it unbelievable.

Su Xinghui said, "I requested to go to the township myself."

"Why?"

"I don't want to always stay in the county as a pen-pusher. I want to go to the real grassroots to exercise. As the ancient saying goes, what you learn from books is always shallow."

This wasn't Su Xinghui gilding his own lily. In his past life, he had this idea before going to Meng Hu Ling. Twenty years later, this idea would definitely be laughed at by everyone, but in that era, some idealism still remained.

As it happened, Lu Xiaoya was a girl who still carried idealism.

She said to Su Xinghui with admiration, "You are truly amazing!"

Su Xinghui smiled indifferently and didn't feel smug because of Lu Xiaoya's praise, but this made Lu Xiaoya have an even better impression of him. You must know that around her, there were many boys scrambling to curry favor with her. To get her favor, they were almost ready to fight. How could there be anyone as calm as Su Xinghui?

Lu Xiaoya asked again, "You went to the township, what about Jiang Ting?"

Jiang Ting was the girlfriend Su Xinghui dated at university and also his classmate. Su Xinghui didn't tell anyone about his breakup with Jiang Ting.

Now hearing Lu Xiaoya mention Jiang Ting, although more than twenty years had passed, Su Xinghui's heart still felt a slight sting. After all, Jiang Ting could be considered his first love.

Su Xinghui's voice was a bit low. "She has already returned to her hometown."

Seeing Su Xinghui's face look somewhat dejected, Lu Xiaoya said in surprise, "You didn't...?"

Su Xinghui nodded.

Lu Xiaoya fell silent. She didn't know what to say. After a while, she said indignantly, "How could Jiang Ting be like this? If it were me, I definitely wouldn't break up with you."

Su Xinghui shook his head. "This can't be blamed on her. After all, we are too far apart, and I don't have the ability to let her live a good life now. Breaking up early might be better for both of us."

Seeing that Su Xinghui didn't have any resentment toward Jiang Ting, Lu Xiaoya said, "Then I can only wish you find a better girlfriend soon."

Su Xinghui smiled freely. "Thank you!"

The freedom on Su Xinghui's face, along with the maturity, steadiness, and some vicissitudes of life that had been precipitated over decades, made Lu Xiaoya fascinated. Compared with the current Su Xinghui, Lu Xiaoya's classmates were simply children.

Discovering her loss of composure, Lu Xiaoya blushed all of a sudden. She lowered her head quickly, but in her heart, she was secretly wondering: she hadn't had much contact with Su Xinghui before, so why hadn't she noticed he was so tasteful?

Seeing Lu Xiaoya blushing and having crystal-clear sweat on her forehead, Su Xinghui quickly turned on the electric fan and fixed it so it blew toward Lu Xiaoya.

Lu Xiaoya's grandmother had rheumatoid arthritis, so even in summer, she had to wear long clothes and trousers and couldn't blow the electric fan, so only Lu Xiaoya could enjoy it.

Su Xinghui's thoughtfulness made Lu Xiaoya feel happy for no reason. ===== CHAPTER 27 =====