The Young Urban Doctor

Capítulo 2023: Chapter 2023: Open and Hidden Struggles Remain

In the evening, Luo Ziling and Yang Qingyin finally parted ways and each returned home.

Although Qingming Festival is a special holiday, it is also a day to pay respects to ancestors, and inevitably involves family reunions.

Chen Qiaoyu called several times, asking Yang Qingyin to return home for dinner.

Luo Ziling’s original plan to take Yang Qingyin to Ling Ruonan’s villa for dinner fell through.

When they parted, Yang Qingyin told Luo Ziling that she would ask her grandfather again when it would be convenient to go over and check on him.

“No need to rush,” Luo Ziling didn’t mind, “If you’re so anxious to ask him, it might look like we’re eagerly seeking him out, and he might misunderstand.”

“I know,” Yang Qingyin nodded, understanding what Luo Ziling meant, “I won’t let Grandpa misunderstand.”

“Alright then, I’ll wait for your update!”

When Luo Ziling returned to the villa, Ling Ruonan had already come back and was busy preparing for dinner.

Luo Ziling encountered Wuyue in the yard, and Wuyue said he had something to discuss with him.

During this period, Yang Xiaodong and Wang Zhenjun didn’t follow Luo Ziling because Luo Xusheng was coming to Yanjing to take up a position, and they went to do things for Luo Xusheng. The main people handling things around Luo Ziling were Wuyue, Zhu Yijun, and Shi Yidan.

Seeing Wuyue waiting outside, Luo Ziling knew that what Wuyue wanted to say should be something he didn’t want Ling Ruonan to know about.

Wuyue quietly told Luo Ziling, “Young master, Chen Yihe just contacted me, saying he wants to meet you one day. Do you want to agree?”

“Chen Yihe?” Luo Ziling was a bit surprised, thought for a moment, and didn’t refuse: “Okay, when I have time, I’ll meet him!”

“Chen Yiping also contacted me, saying he wants to have tea with you.”

“It seems like these brothers are also fighting among themselves.” Luo Ziling grinned, “Otherwise they wouldn’t each contact us separately.”

Wuyue thought for a moment, then said, “Your mom should have met with them!”

“I’ll ask my mom about it later.” Luo Ziling nodded, “They must have discussed something. What exactly happened, we’ll only know after engaging with them. My grandpa is their uncle-in-law and has a good relationship with the brothers. How to get along with them, I need to ask my mom and my grandpa.”

“Understood!” Wuyue said no more.

Luo Ziling went inside and went to the kitchen to help Ling Ruonan with the work.

Ling Ruonan told Luo Ziling that Luo Yuqing would come over later and suggested that Wuyue join them for dinner to make it livelier with four of them.

“I haven’t seen Yuqing for several days, and she hasn’t messaged me, it’s strange!” Luo Ziling thought of his convenient older sister and felt that Luo Yuqing’s behavior had been a bit odd recently.

Previously, whether she was busy or not, she would always contact him, and it was possible for her to send dozens of messages a day. In the past couple of days, he hadn’t received any messages from Luo Yuqing. Since he returned from the South, Luo Yuqing hadn’t appeared, nor had she called or sent messages.

Ling Ruonan addressed Luo Ziling’s confusion: “She’s probably been quite busy lately. The public service advertisement is about to launch, and the newly invested TV series is about to start filming. She’s likely in charge of negotiating with investors. She’s a bit upset that you don’t care about her, saying you don’t treat her like a sister.”

“I see,” Luo Ziling suddenly understood, “I’ll explain to her properly later. By the way, mom, today Qingyin and I visited the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall.”

“I saw your post on Weibo.” Ling Ruonan looked at Luo Ziling with a complicated gaze, “Your popularity is quite high now, any random message you post gets a lot of attention and resharing. So, you should be more aware of how big the impact would be if negative news spreads.”

“Mom, I know, I’ll be careful in my actions.”

“Today I went to see Great Grandfather and also visited your grandfather.” Before Luo Yuqing arrived, Ling Ruonan discussed important matters with Luo Ziling, “Great Grandfather praised your performance on the recent trip with him, but he was not completely satisfied with your performance. He said you’re much more scheming than your father and I were at your age.”

“Mom, do you think so too?” Luo Ziling was quite curious.

“It does seem that way.” Ling Ruonan nodded, “However, back then we had less experience, your father was naturally taciturn, and I was always in such an environment without setbacks. Many things didn’t require me to think, and I lived a carefree life. It wasn’t until later that I needed to use my brain to handle matters.”

“You become like this after going through hardships.” Luo Ziling nodded, expressing his helplessness, “I often get plotted against and hunted, if I still acted innocent, being alive now would mean heaven is particularly kind.”

Ling Ruonan said no more about Luo Ziling but changed the subject: “Someone reported Phoenix to the military headquarters.”

“I’ve heard about this, there were rumors long ago!” Luo Ziling asked Ling Ruonan curiously, “What’s the result now?”

“Li Haiyang has already taken up his post at the military department and is personally monitoring the matter. With his attention, Phoenix should be fine. If your dad arrives and there is no further reaction on this matter, then Phoenix should be able to continue in her position.” After saying this, Ling Ruonan added a compliment: “This woman is pretty good after all.”

“It’s just that her temper is a bit strange, everything else is fine!”

“After seeing so much life and death, everyone’s temper changes, isn’t it the same with your dad?”

“As for my dad, he’s just an oddball, I really can’t understand how he conquered you back then!” Luo Ziling said this with a face full of curiosity.

Ling Ruonan immediately blushed and glared at Luo Ziling with annoyance, “Don’t talk nonsense about this!”

“Oh, I get it. It should be that you were captivated by my dad’s coolness, became curious, and then showed affection first, right?”

“If you keep talking, do you believe I won’t hit you?” Ling Ruonan raised the knife in her hand, her pretty face very red, threatening Luo Ziling.

Luo Ziling quickly surrendered, saying he wouldn’t pry into this matter anymore.

Ling Ruonan was only briefly embarrassed and quickly returned to her normal demeanor, she continued talking about serious matters: “Another thing you must understand, Lin Zeping and Wang Zhengqiang both do not want the Yang Family, our Luo Family, and Ling Family to improve relations.”

“Is this something Great Grandfather and Grandpa told you?” Luo Ziling looked curious.

“It’s a conclusion I came to after communicating with them,” Ling Ruonan did not deny, “It’s quite understandable actually, no one wants these prominent families to unite, if they do, they’ll have control over everything.”

“There’s no way they’ll unite,” Luo Ziling shook his head, “Anyway, I know overt and covert battles between these families will continue endlessly. They existed before, and they’ll become more intense in the future. Right, mom, Lin Lan gave me some black materials on other families today, let’s look at them together later.”

Ling Ruonan was quite surprised but in the end didn’t refuse and nodded slightly.