Great Doctor Without Borders

Chapter 1335 Seeing through but not telling through

Not long after helping Xu Chunliang hype up the Qingshan Han Tomb incident, Pu Jian returned to the capital, mainly to avoid the limelight. Of course, his base was still in the capital, not Dongzhou, as he had many businesses here that he could not give up.

During this period of time, Pu Jian basically helped out in Linzhengtang. Huang Wanglin had officially accepted him as his apprentice. In the beginning, he accepted him reluctantly out of face and was not optimistic about Pu Jian's future. However, Pu Jian was indeed talented in collecting cultural relics, and he was eloquent, which won Huang Wanglin's favor. Now, Mr. Huang Sanye has focused on training him as his successor.

After the last theft, Linzheng Hall has been under internal renovation. The damaged parts have been newly decorated and the latest security system has been installed and debugged. However, there is no decision on when it will be reopened to the public. This is mainly because Huang Wanglin was left with a trauma due to the last theft.

He has already planned to quit the underworld completely and is currently waiting for Xiahou Mulan to officially take the position of the sect leader. After completing this mission, he will step down from the position of elder and cut off all ties with the underworld.

Pu Jian completed all the work for the day, and from today all the employees of Linzhengtang officially had a holiday.

Xu Chunliang did not inform Pu Jian in advance that he would come to Beijing, and Pu Jian was quite surprised to receive Xu Chunliang's call.

Xu Chunliang invited him to have dinner at Dongzhou BBQ in the evening.

Fu Guomin’s Dongzhou BBQ business was as prosperous as ever, and he reserved a private room for Xu Chunliang in advance.

After not seeing each other for a while, Fu Guomin has become visibly richer, and his wallet has grown as fast as his waistline. He told Xu Chunliang that he had just opened a branch in Dongcheng District, which is three times bigger than this one and is doing equally booming business.

While Xu Chunliang was happy for him, he found that this old boss no longer had the flavor of the system. He didn't know whether he should admire Fu Guomin's adaptability or the powerful assimilation ability of the money-oriented society. When he met Fu Guomin this time, he generally felt that he was more cheerful, but also became a stranger.

Fu Guomin told Xu Chunliang to just order and all the consumption would be free of charge. He was busy with his business and just chatted with Xu Chunliang for a while before leaving.

Pu Jian came in with two bottles of Maotai. Seeing that only Xu Chunliang was sitting inside, he was a little curious: "Oh, you are alone, without your lover to accompany you?"

Xu Chunliang glared at him and picked up the wine he brought and looked at it: "The sun is rising from the west today, and you are willing to bring me some straw."

Pu Jian said: "What are you looking at? It's the real stuff, the old wine I bought a few days ago."

Xu Chunliang laughed and said, "You do all kinds of business."

Pu Jian said: "If you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you are a bastard."

Xu Chunliang asked the waiter to serve the food.

Pu Jian opened the wine and poured it: "Didn't you call me your beloved today?"

Xu Chunliang said: "I just arrived and wanted to have a drink with you."

Pu Jian grinned and said, "You have finally realized the truth, women are like clothes, brothers are like limbs. Now you finally understand my goodness, right?"

Xu Chunliang said: "Why do I want to slap you so much?"

Pu Jian raised his wine glass and said, "I've heard about your story. It's not a big deal. Do you plan to stay in that crappy place called Dongzhou forever? If you stay in a third-tier city for too long, you will become stupid. You should come to Beijing more often to improve your outlook."

Xu Chunliang said: "You stay in the capital all day, you have a big picture."

Pu Jian said: "You have been a bit angry recently. By the way, you should first explain the matter of your rekindled relationship with Mei Ruxue."

Xu Chunliang said: "That's not the case."

Pu Jian said: "I admire you for your stubbornness. Who am I? I downloaded all the photos and videos as soon as the scandal between you two came out."

Xu Chunliang stared at Pu Jian with a fierce look in his eyes: "I'm saying, are you sick?"

Pu Jian said: "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it. I was looking forward to it, but after watching it, I realized that it was a complete waste of traffic."

Xu Chunliang couldn't help laughing when he heard this. Those photos and videos were definitely different from what Pu Jian wanted to see.

Pu Jian said: "Those things are only harmful to those in your system, but you are capable of climbing up the balcony on the 16th floor just to see Mei Ruxue."

Xu Chunliang said shamelessly: "I warn you, don't spread rumors. The public security organs have already done an appraisal and those videos and photos are all fake."

Pu Jian smiled and said, "Okay, I believe whatever you say."

"You have to trust the official appraisal results."

Pu Jian raised his glass and clinked it with his: "We are still good friends even if we see everything but don't say it out loud."

Xu Chunliang said: "You are a bad friend."

Pu Jian ate a bite of the skewers and sighed, "It can be said that Fu Guomin's business is getting bigger and bigger, but the taste is not as good as before. This is not Dongzhou barbecue at all."

Xu Chunliang said: "It should be improved for the local people in Beijing."

Pu Jian shook his head and said, "Dongzhou barbecue uses local kid goats, or at most Boer sheep. Now they use mutton. It wasn't like this in the past."

Xu Chunliang said: "It's expensive to open a barbecue restaurant in Beijing, so please be more considerate. As long as the ingredients are healthy, it's fine."

Pu Jian said: "If you hadn't decided on this place, I would definitely not come. Old Fu has completely become a businessman now."

Although Xu Chunliang also felt the same, he knew the hardships Fu Guomin had gone through. Times were like this, and if he didn't change, he would be eliminated. Xu Chunliang didn't want to continue discussing this topic: "Any news about Lao Chen recently?" "Chen Qianfan? I haven't seen him for a while. Don't you think it's strange? In the past, he came to see me every now and then, but he suddenly disappeared during this period. I called him, but the phone didn't go through, and he didn't reply to WeChat. Could something have happened?"

Xu Chunliang said: "Old Chen sold Qianfan Group."

"Sold?" Pu Jian was shocked. He really didn't know about this.

Xu Chunliang briefly recounted what he had learned.

Pu Jian said: "I thought so. It seems that the business is not going well. Could this guy be hiding from his debts?"

Xu Chunliang said: "I don't know either. I thought you were in contact with him all the time."

Pu Jian said: "I will go to his office someday. After all, we are friends, so it is only natural for me to show some concern for him."

Xu Chunliang nodded.

Pu Jian said: "Seriously, are you and Mei Ruxue getting together again?"

Xu Chunliang said: "No, she has a bright future. Please don't drag me and her together."

Pu Jian said: "I know you don't like to hear it, but as a friend, I have to tell you. Only you know the truth. Others don't care. Everyone only wants to believe the news they think is correct. This is human nature."

Xu Chunliang said: "Don't pretend to be profound. If you have something to say, just say it now."

Pu Jian smiled and said, "Take the cancellation of the engagement between the Wang and Qiao families as an example. The outside world believes that it was because of your intervention. Anyway, I heard that both the Wang and Qiao families lost face, and many people regarded this matter as a joke."

Xu Chunliang said: "You just don't do your work all day long, and just gossip about these rumors."

Pu Jian said, "Brother, I'm just concerned about you. Why are you pretending to be so?" He lowered his voice and asked curiously, "They didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"

Xu Chunliang said: "Who dares to make things difficult for me? If you really make me unhappy, I will just walk away."

Pu Jian said: "That's right, with your ability, you can make a name for yourself in anything."

Xu Chunliang nodded with satisfaction: "Finally, you said something human."

Pu Jian said: "I just praised you for being fat and you gasped."

Xu Chunliang said, "To be honest, I'm a little conflicted right now. If I continue to stay in my original unit, I'm worried that someone will continue to make a fuss about my past relationship with Mei Ruxue. I'm fine with it, but Mei Ruxue is at the peak of her career, and I'm worried about affecting her."

Pu Jian smiled strangely: "It's exposed, you still consider her in every way, proving that you have feelings for Mei Ruxue."

Xu Chunliang said: "People are not plants or trees, so how can they be heartless?"

"No one asks you to be ruthless, but being promiscuous is wrong."

Xu Chunliang asked: "Do you really think of me like this?"

Pu Jian said: "I envy you, jealous and hate you. To be honest, if I were you, I wouldn't know which one to choose. Spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums each have their own merits. It's really hard to give up. Sometimes I feel worried about you. You have incurred so many debts of love. How are you going to pay them back in the future?"

"What do you mean?"

Pu Jian said, "Don't play dumb with me, you can't not get married in this life, right? If, I mean if you marry one of them in the future, what about the others? Will they go their separate ways and find someone else to marry, or will they continue to follow you wholeheartedly as lovers without any status?"

Xu Chunliang said: "I don't plan to get married."

Pu Jian gave him a thumbs up and said, "You are really ruthless. If you don't get married, you will give them hope and make them continue to compete and fight for you. In the end, you have delayed everyone."

Xu Chunliang said, "I can't explain it to you. Do people have no other choice but to start a family? Let's not talk about this."

Pu Jian said: "By the way, Xie Dayanpai has a terminal illness."

Xu Chunliang was slightly startled. Xie Boxiang was fine when he came to Beijing last time. Although Xie Boxiang's background was not very clean, he was generally a man who valued the code of conduct. His character could be seen from the fact that he took on all the troubles for his old friend Huang Wanglin last time.

"What terminal illness?"

Pu Jian said: "It is said that he has lung cancer, but he refused to see a doctor. My master went to see him and his condition is not optimistic. He may not survive the first month of the year."

Xu Chunliang said: "I want to go see where he lives now."

Pu Jian said: "You have to ask my master. By the way, Zeng Yuanqing should know that he is currently taking care of her."

Xu Chunliang knew Zeng Yuanqing and called him directly. Zeng Yuanqing told Xu Chunliang that Xie Boxiang was currently living in the courtyard house sold to him by Xiahou Mulan. If Xu Chunliang wanted to go, he could accompany him. The two then agreed to visit Xie Boxiang together tomorrow morning.

Pu Jian didn't understand why Xu Chunliang wanted to visit Xie Boxiang. After all, they knew each other through Huang Wanglin, and Xu Chunliang and Xie Boxiang didn't seem to have a very deep friendship.

(End of this chapter)