After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety Chapter 703 - 693 Xu Maochun Calls

The person who interrupted Jiang Lingxi’s silent gratitude in her heart was an account that had almost gathered dust in her friend list.

[Xixi jie, do you have ti now? Grandpa wants to say a few words to you.]

Jiang Lingxi stared at the profile picture for several seconds before typing a reply: [I have ti.]

The next second, a video call request ca through.

Jiang Lingxi quickly sat up straight from the recliner and hastily checked her attire before accepting the call.

An aged face imdiately appeared on the screen.

"Mr. Xu."

"Miss Jiang, long ti no see."

"Indeed, since the last ti I consulted you for a prescription to regulate my health, it’s been about eight months."

"Have you been taking the dicine seriously?"

Jiang Lingxi nodded earnestly, "Yes. Are you, requesting a follow-up consultation?"

Even as she posed the question, she didn’t quite believe it herself.

After all, it had been over six months, and a follow-up wouldn’t be this delayed.

But to say there was another reason, she genuinely couldn’t think of one.

"Then I’ll be direct, I want to see your hands, specifically the backs of your hands."

Jiang Lingxi paused with the phone in her hand before raising the one adorned with Buddha Beads to the front, "What do you an by this..."

"I just glanced at Xingyuan’s phone and saw the car advertisent you shot. This old man here suspects, the markings on your hand, they’re not so kind of tattoo, right? And these Buddha Beads, they’re not just for decoration, are they?"

The two of them gazed quietly at each other through the screen for a few seconds before Jiang Lingxi smiled and spoke up, "What have you noticed, sir?"

"To not hide anything from Miss Jiang," Xu Maochun sighed, his face showing more bitterness, "this ti I reached out to Miss Jiang is indeed out of personal interest."

"Xingyuan’s father was also an excellent doctor back then, and I intended to pass on my knowledge to him. But eight years ago, he had an accident. When the police found him, the skin exposed on him had the sa markings as on Miss Jiang’s hand—no, the color was even darker. But until the case was closed, they couldn’t figure out how the markings appeared. I always felt these markings might be the key. All these years, apart from healing and saving lives, I’ve been secretly conducting research in the family lab. Until," he paused to clear his sowhat choked throat, "until I saw your hand. It looks too similar, I just couldn’t hold back."

"And Xingyuan’s father?"

"After that accident, he was gone. Xingyuan has never seen his father."

"Let’s arrange a ti to talk in person, Mr. Xu."

Although suspecting this might be another misdeed from Wu Hua during her lifeti, her intuition told her such things shouldn’t be discussed over the internet.

"Alright, Miss Jiang, you’re in the Imperial City now, aren’t you? I’m also in the Imperial City, I’m available at any ti. Whether you co to find , or I go to find you, I’m fine with both."

Jiang Lingxi could understand the old man’s eagerness.

The child he had high hopes for died in an accident, and as a doctor, he couldn’t even determine his son’s cause of death. For eight years, he had silently explored without giving up until now, finally seeing a hint of a possible clue.

"I’ll co to see you, let have your address. I’m free in the afternoon."

"Okay, okay, when we hang up the video, I’ll have Xingyuan send you the location. Or should I send a driver to pick you up?"

"No need for that trouble, I’ll drive over."

"Then I’ll be expecting Miss Jiang."

Just before heading to the Xu family, another person joined the car last minute.

Jiang Lingxi glanced at Shen Yunqing, who had comfortably taken the front passenger seat, "Mr. Xu won’t have a problem, I bumped into him by chance while recording a program shortly after I arrived and he prescribed dicine to regulate my health."

Shen Yunqing nodded, "Mm. But the old man, having not given up investigating his son’s ’accidental’ death for eight years, has a very deep attachnt. He might be very emotional when he sees you."

Especially with Your Majesty sporting those markings on your hands, yet living well.

While the other man, Mr. Xu’s son, was already dead.

Thinking so, as a relative, deep down there might be so feelings of unwillingness.

Ultimately, Jiang Lingxi brought Shen Yunqing along with her.

Half an hour later, she parked the car in front of the gate of the Xu family courtyard.

Turning her head, she saw the grandfather and grandson already waiting at the gate, seemingly waiting for so ti.

She pushed the car door open and got out, "Mr. Xu."

"Miss Jiang is here." Xu Maochun pulled his grandson and walked up, and upon seeing Shen Yunqing getting out from the front passenger seat, "Mr. Shen?"

Shen Yunqing: "Doctor Xu."

Jiang Lingxi stood in the middle, glancing at the two, "You know each other? Wait, I rember He Zhu ntioned during one of my inquiries that you consulted a Doctor Xu for your health. Could it be this man, Mr. Xu?"

Shen Yunqing: "..."

He nodded silently.

"It seems we have quite the tacit compatibility, seeking out Mr. Xu for health adjustnts."

Even if Xu Maochun wasn’t aware of the relationship between Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing earlier, the conversation between the two now made it apparent.

"You two..."

Jiang Lingxi held Shen Yunqing’s hand, smiling and nodding to the elderly gentleman.

It’s indeed the relationship you’re guessing.

"Co on in!"

Xu Maochun was accepting—after all, standing together, anyone would think they matched very well, and neither would overshadow the other.

Yet Xu Xingyuan couldn’t help but lift his head to look at Shen Yunqing a few more tis, finally having to admit silently, this person indeed looked better than Wei Ke.

Seeing Xixi jie actively holding this Mr. Shen’s hand, it was clear she liked him a lot. It seed like Wei Ke no longer had a chance.

The Xu family courtyard is a three-entry courtyard.

The first entry is for receiving guests and visiting patients.

Upon entering, one is greeted with a distinct herbal dicine scent.

The second entry is for residence, and the third entry is the storage room.

However, this ti Xu Maochun first sent his grandson to the study curtain and then directly took Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing to the third entry.

"No one is allowed to co here without my permission, everyone in the family knows this rule. Miss Jiang couldn’t explain in the video before, so please, enlighten this old man."

Jiang Lingxi held the Buddha Beads from her wrist in her hand, "Given Mr. Xu could tell the Beads aren’t re decorations, you must have had so progress in researching these things."

Xu Maochun nodded, handing over a notebook with worn edges, "It’s my research notes. I’ve always wanted to understand what causes these markings to appear on people, so... I conducted so experints."

Jiang Lingxi opened the notebook, looked through a few pages, then lifted her gaze towards the already gray-haired old gentleman, "Pardon for asking, Xingyuan’s father’s body..."

"I’ve secretly preserved it. Although resting in peace is ideal, he died without clarity, so how can putting him to rest bring peace? Later, when the research hit a wall, I even tried what was once considered vague taphysics, surprisingly finding so things quite effective, such as the Peach Wood Sword representing righteousness, and items like these Buddha Beads that have been blessed by monks that Miss Jiang owns."

Jiang Lingxi closed the notebook, glanced sideways to exchange a look with Shen Yunqing.

Indeed, availing herself of the opportunity, she found Mr. Xu’s obsession ran incredibly deep.

For soone to secretly keep his son’s body for eight years, not everyone could do that.

"May I ask another bold question, how have you preserved it?"

"Freezing. Before freezing, I drew so of his blood, which is what I later used for experints. Rest assured, Miss Jiang, not a single drop of that blood was leaked—I understand the gravity of this issue."