The sky collapsed, and in the blink of an eye, I found myself transported to Nanluoguxiang.

Just as Li Kaixin walked away, a middle-aged man and a woman approached Political Commissar Chen.

Political Commissar Chen's elder brother, looking puzzled, asked, "Guodong, as a high-ranking leader, why would you go to the transportation station and make things difficult for a driver?"

"Brother, it's like this." Political Commissar Chen sighed and slowly recounted the ins and outs of his struggle with Liu Hongtao for several leadership positions.

After listening to what Political Commissar Chen had said, his elder brother was slightly moved and gained a deeper understanding of the young man.

He patted his younger brother on the shoulder: "Guodong, you know the old man's temper. I don't think that young man really forgave you. You'll have to figure this out yourself."

After saying that, he walked straight into the courtyard.

After his elder brother left, Political Commissar Chen turned his gaze to his elder sister.

"Don't look at me. Although that young man speaks modestly, I can tell he's arrogant at heart, and there's nothing I can do about it," said Commissar Chen's older sister, following in her brother's footsteps.

She turned around suddenly halfway there, "Oh right, Guodong, wait for the children at the door and tell them that Grandpa is better."

Political Commissar Chen nodded, standing still with his brows furrowed.

Just as my older brother and sister said, this is indeed a difficult matter.

If someone else were in their position, giving them some resources or a helping hand in their career would be considered repaying a favor.

But then they encountered someone like Li Kaixin, who not only had close ties with the Liu family, but also didn't seem to want to pursue a career in politics. Otherwise, given the Liu family's power, they would have already arranged for him to get in.

......

After Li Kaixin returned to Liu Jianming's place, they went into the courtyard together and started chatting.

"Happy Brother, who taught you your medical skills? They're amazing!"

Chen Weidong sat down next to Li Kaixin, his eyes filled with admiration. "Even Dr. Xu was helpless with Old Master Chen's illness, but you solved it in no time."

Li Kaixin smiled and said vaguely, "Brother Weidong, I just learned it casually from an old Chinese medicine doctor, I'm not that good at it."

As soon as he finished speaking, he regretted it and glanced at Ye Ling.

Ye Ling, sitting opposite, didn't hear any of this. She rested her chin on her hands and just kept staring at Li Kaixin.

The moment their eyes met, she snapped out of her daze, hurriedly looked away, and her face flushed red to the roots of her ears.

Li Kaixin was a little confused and asked, "Miss Ye, what's wrong?"

It would have been better if she hadn't asked; as soon as she did, everyone at the table turned their attention to Ye Ling.

Seeing her blushing and guilty expression, the young people at the table exchanged glances and both wore maternal smiles.

"Don't worry, Happy Brother, Lingling is just having a crush on someone," Hong Guozhang joked with a smile.

"Who did it!" Ye Ling exclaimed, somewhat embarrassed and angry, then turned to Liu Jianming and said, "Cousin, I'm going to check on my mother!"

Then he immediately stood up and ran into the house without looking back.

Seeing this, everyone laughed again, but this time the laughter was unrestrained.

Zhao Weidong moved closer to Li Kaixin: "Kaixin, it seems you've won over my little sister Lingling!"

"Yeah yeah!"

Hong Guozhang immediately chimed in, winking at Li Kaixin, "Kaixin, how old are you this year? Let us see if you and Lingling are a good match?"

Upon seeing this, the others at the table, both men and women, joined in the commotion.

Li Kaixin finally understood and waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no, no, brothers and sisters, please don't joke with me. I'm not an adult yet."

"Alright, alright! Stop fooling around." Liu Jianming saw that Li Kaixin's face was red and laughed to help him out: "Lingling and Kaixin are still young, what are you two doing making such a fuss all day long?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone gave him face, chuckled twice, and then shut up.

Just then, a loud voice came from inside the house: "Everyone, please come in and take your seats, the banquet will begin soon!"

Upon hearing this, the people in the courtyard stood up and walked into the house in twos and threes.

Liu Jianming patted Li Kaixin on the shoulder: "Come on, Kaixin, you have to have a good taste today. The chefs are all from the Qianmen Restaurant."

Li Kaixin smiled and agreed, then stood up and followed Liu Jianming into the house.

The first floor of the house is very spacious, with more than a dozen large round tables already set up.

Grandpa Liu and his group naturally sat at the table in the middle. In addition to the elderly people that Li Kaixin had just met, there were two more people sitting together chatting and laughing.

Old Master Liu, with his sharp eyes, spotted Li Kaixin coming in and waved to him with a smile, "Kaixin, come here quickly!"

Li Kaixin hesitated for a moment and glanced at Liu Jianming beside her.

Liu Jianming gave him a push and whispered, "Go on, my grandfather wants to see you. What are you being so polite about?"

Li Kaixin then walked over, stood beside Grandpa Liu, and asked with a smile, "Grandpa Liu, you were looking for me?"

Grandpa Liu shifted to the side and patted the chair: "Come on, Kaixin, sit here!"

"No, no!"

Li Kaixin waved his hands repeatedly, "Grandpa Liu, it's not appropriate for a young person like me to sit here. I'd rather sit with Brother Jianming and the others."

As he spoke, he gave the elderly people at the table an apologetic smile and then immediately walked away.

"Commander, is this the young man you and Commander Chen were just talking about?" An elderly man whom Li Kaixin had never seen before suddenly asked.

"That's him." Old Master Liu nodded with a smile, picked up his teacup and took a sip. "Old Chen was unconscious just now, but Comrade Kaixin woke him up after a few injections."

"Is it really that powerful?" The old man was still somewhat skeptical.

"Of course!" another old man immediately chimed in, "Old Wang, you don't need to doubt young Kaixin's medical skills."

Upon hearing this, Old Master Liu asked with some curiosity, "Old Xie, did you know Comrade Kaixin before?"

"Sir, my youngest son works at the transportation station!"

As he spoke, Grandpa Xie mysteriously pulled a medicine bottle from his pocket. "You don't know, I took half of the medicine made by Comrade Kaixin, and now I feel much better than before."

"Great! Old Xie, you've got such a good thing and you're keeping it hidden from us." Upon hearing this, Old Master Wang reached out to grab it.

"Old Wang, what are you doing, stealing from me!"

Grandpa Xie quickly withdrew his hand, saying, "Today is the leader's birthday, and this is a gift I specially gave to him."

Grandpa Liu waved his hand and said with a smile, "Alright, Lao Xie, you can keep it yourself! I don't need you to worry about it."

Grandpa Hong and the others also laughed.

Grandpa Xie was clearly taken aback. He could understand Old Zhao, but why were these old friends acting the same way?

Grandpa Hong noticed his confusion and explained in detail how Li Kaixin had promised to help prepare the medicine when they arrived.