"Lin Jie!"

As Li Ting walked out of the teaching building, she immediately spotted Lin Jie waiting for her in front of the building, his signature oversized down jacket almost wrapped around his entire body.

Today was the last day of Li Ting's final exams. Once today's exam was over, the joyful winter holiday would officially begin.

Li Ting shouted and jogged into Lin Jie's arms, put her hands into his pockets, and asked with a smile, "Have you been waiting long?"

"Not too long. I timed it right to come from the clinic!"

Lin Jie pinched Li Ting's ear and helped her put on the hood of her down jacket, "Do you need to go back to the dorm to get anything?"

Li Ting wrapped her arm around Lin Jie's, nodded, and said, "Yes, I need to get some change of clothes, let's go!"

Just as the two were about to leave, Lin Jie suddenly noticed about ten meters ahead, a stylishly dressed, elegant lady in a woolen winter dress and long boots with a somewhat flamboyant long scarf, smiling while watching him and Li Ting.

Lin Jie could confirm he didn't know her, so he turned Li Ting's head slightly and asked softly, "Someone's been watching us. Do you know her?"

Following Lin Jie's guidance, Li Ting turned her head and saw the lady, her eyes lighting up before she ran over to her, releasing Lin Jie.

Seeing the two embrace enthusiastically, Lin Jie knew it might be one of Li Ting's relatives, so he quickly approached.

"Lin Jie, Lin Jie, let me introduce you. This is my aunt; she's been so good to me!"

Laughing happily, Li Ting hugged the lady's arm and introduced Lin Jie, "Aunt, this is my boyfriend Lin Jie. After the Spring Festival, he'll be a medical graduate at this university."

Only then did Lin Jie notice that this aunt indeed bore a resemblance to Li Ting's mother, Zhou Xuehui.

Li Ting had mentioned to him before that this aunt was named Zhou Xuemei and had stayed in the United States after going to university there.

Zhou Xuemei had opened several authentic Chinese herbal stores, mainly selling prepared Chinese patent medicines and assorted brewed tonics.

With the support of the Zhou Family in Binhai City, although the prices are high, the products are genuine, making the Chinese medicine business quite successful and well-received by local Asians and some Westerners!

Lin Jie, observing Zhou Xuemei, couldn't help but be impressed by how good the Zhou family's genes were. She didn't look old at all—she was older than Zhou Xuehui by a few years, yet looked like a woman in her thirties.

"Hello, Aunt!" Lin Jie greeted obediently!

Zhou Xuemei looked Lin Jie up and down, nodded, and smiled, "Hello, Lin Jie! I've heard quite a bit about you lately. There's plenty of news about you online!"

Li Ting, delighted yet puzzled, asked, "Aunt, why did you come back from the United States so early this year? Is there something important you need to handle?"

"It's because of you!"

Zhou Xuemei pinched Li Ting's nose affectionately and said, "Everyone said you successfully lost weight, making me curious, but you wouldn't send me any photos. And you stopped video-calling me too."

"So, after finishing up work, I came back as quickly as I could to see you first!"

She released Li Ting, stepped back, and looked at her with a bit of excitement, "If I didn't remember what you looked like when you were little, I almost wouldn't recognize you now."

"It's like your old self split into two people, and you've become even more beautiful!"

Li Ting spun around, posed gracefully, and boasted, "Aunt, I only weigh one hundred and nineteen pounds now, less than half of what I used to weigh! Hehe..."

After saying this, she affectionately linked arms with Zhou Xuemei again.

Zhou Xuemei sighed, "You're the only one in the family who became unexpectedly chubby, yet no one realized it was due to a pituitary tumor causing abnormal growth hormone secretion. We really owe Lin Jie a lot for this realization!"

"Lin Jie, thank you!"

Lin Jie humbly replied, "Aunt, it would be too polite to thank me! It's cold here. Let's grab the stuff from Tingting's dorm and find a warm place to have tea and chat!"

"Alright!" Zhou Xuemei laughed!

With one arm linked with Zhou Xuemei and the other with Lin Jie, Li Ting chattered happily all the way to her dormitory building!

"I'll go pack up my room real quick, be right back!" With that, Li Ting jogged into the dormitory building.

Turning to Lin Jie, Zhou Xuemei's face grew serious, and she said in a solemn tone, "Tingting has told me a lot about you. I know she genuinely likes you. However, I feel that you might not truly like her!"

Lin Jie was taken aback and said, "Aunt, why do you say that?"

Zhou Xuemei spoke softly, "I know you have good medical talent, so you must have a clear understanding of your situation! I believe in true love; if you can't give her lasting happiness, you should learn to let go!"

Before Lin Jie could respond, she continued, "Tingting has complained to me before: she didn't receive a gift from you on her birthday, Christmas, or New Year's."

"If you truly like and love her, you'd naturally keep her in your heart at all times. How could you forget to give her gifts on these important days?"

"This..." Lin Jie was momentarily speechless,

He really couldn't explain or refute her words, as he indeed hadn't given Li Ting gifts on those three days.

Li Ting's birthday was in August, when they were only friends. Plus, Lin Jie was quite sensitive about birthdays, so naturally, he didn't think of giving her a birthday gift.

As for Christmas and New Year's, Lin Jie was excited, preparing some romantic plans, but Li Ting unexpectedly had other plans, which frustrated him.

Regarding gifts, over the years, the Lin Family siblings had received clothes, food, and such from neighbors but almost never any dedicated holiday gifts.

Moreover, the two siblings never had the habit of giving holiday gifts to others.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Jie said, "Aunt, I know you're all concerned about my lifespan! I can't say I'll live a long life, but living for another twenty or thirty years shouldn't be a problem!"

This assertion had some confidence behind it.

Other organ transplant patients often died due to various illnesses or organ issues, mainly because the body rejected the organ, causing slow organ failure.

Secondly, long-term medication caused toxic side effects, damaging other healthy organs and weakening the immune system.

However, Lin Jie's body didn't reject the transplanted heart now.

He's reduced his anti-rejection medication to once every four days, and if this trend continues, he might not need medication at all one day!

"As for the gifts, that was indeed my oversight. I'll work on it. Please believe me when I say I truly love Tingting!"

"Truly love her?"

Zhou Xuemei scoffed, "Well, you have a chance to prove it now!"

"Let me tell you, I've already secured Tingting an OFFER from the University of California, Los Angeles. After the Spring Festival, she'll be going to the United States to study."

"If your love for her can last through these four or five years, I'll believe you!"

Lin Jie was thunderstruck, momentarily stunned!

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