Li Xu didn't rest after he returned.
Instead, he made a few phone calls.
Soon, a few patients began arriving at the clinic one after another.
These were the pediatric anorexia patients Professor Gao had recommended a few days ago.
Some had come from the provincial capital, others from out of province.
There were four patients in total.
The one who had been waiting the longest had been here for four days.
"My apologies. I thought I'd be back the same day..."
Li Xu apologized to the patients.
The patients' families had been a little upset, but when Li Xu brought out the special rice, their complaints instantly turned into delighted surprise.
They left one by one, beaming with joy.
But Li Xu didn't feel much joy.
He knew the truth himself.
His treatment for pediatric anorexia relied on the special medicinal rice.
Once the medicinal rice was gone, he would be back to square one.
And the next harvest for the medicinal rice was nearly half a year away.
