Lin Jie, using the buoyancy of the water, pushed himself up with effort and sat on the edge of the pool, gasping for air like a bellows.

He looked at the 50-meter standard pool at Qingniao Fitness Center and sighed at his own poor physical condition. He had only swum a lap, and his body was already struggling to keep up.

Feeling a chill, he shook his body vigorously to shake off the water droplets. But his right hand involuntarily touched his chest, where there was a vertical scar about 20 centimeters long along the sternum.

Lin Jie also understood that nineteen years of frailty, even with a powerful new engine, could not be transformed into physical strength overnight.

After resting for about ten minutes, Lin Jie swam another lap, dried himself off, and left the pool.

Last night, he discussed with Lin Miao about the Xiang Family's gratitude event after returning from work. He also informed Lin Miao about the conflict between Xiang Haobo and Han Wenbin, as well as some information about the Han Family.

Although Lin Jie believed that he and Lin Miao would have no further involvement with the Han Family, considering the huge gap in their social status, it was still necessary for Lin Miao to be aware of the Han Family's situation.

After discussing it, they decided to give an Apple phone to Zhang Xiaoxiao as a token of appreciation for her generous help.

This morning, after sending Zhang Xiaoxiao and Lin Miao off to work, Lin Jie returned to the Qingniao Fitness Center.

The body is the foundation of all endeavors. Now that the most dangerous month post-surgery has passed, Lin Jie was eager to get back in shape.

He changed his clothes in the locker room and prepared to practice aerobics. Just as he opened the door, he saw Hu Mingxuan blocking the entrance.

"I'm here to settle our bet. My uncle said you won yesterday!"

As he spoke, Hu Mingxuan shook his phone in front of Lin Jie and continued, "Give me your WeChat ID, and I'll transfer the fifty thousand yuan to you!"

After securing the money, Lin Jie intended to chat with this chubby guy to see if they could become friends, but unexpectedly, right after the transaction, the guy turned around and left immediately.

This thwarted Lin Jie's plan.

Last night, he researched Hu Family's Kangning Hospital online. It's a private specialist hospital with strong capabilities in neurosurgery and cardiac surgery.

Besides wanting to provide Lin Miao with a secure material life, Lin Jie had another wish, which was for Lin Miao to see the light again.

Lin Miao's old medical records had long been misplaced.

Based on Lin Jie's examinations and hypotheses, Lin Miao's current condition likely stemmed from early blood clots in the brain due to a car accident, which hardened and pressured the optic nerves.

It seems now that only through brain surgery can Lin Miao regain her vision.

However, since the blood clot has been in the brain for so many years, it might have adhered to brain tissues, demanding extraordinary caution in surgery.

Last night, Lin Jie gauged Hu Yuanqing's surgical skills through three surgery plans. Although they were good, there was a certain gap compared to international top levels.

Lin Jie didn't want any mishap to occur to Lin Miao, but with his own capability, inviting several internationally renowned neurosurgeons to operate on Lin Miao was highly unlikely.

Another possibility was for Lin Jie to perform surgery on Lin Miao himself.

Performing surgery on one's relatives is a taboo for surgeons.

But handing Lin Miao to neurosurgeons less skilled than himself and risking anything happening to her, Lin Jie would never forgive himself.

Surgeries involving the brain and nerves are major surgeries, often lasting several to even over a dozen hours, requiring the main surgeon to have good stamina and endurance, as well as very precise surgical equipment.

While actively exercising, Lin Jie harbored a wishful thought—could he establish a good rapport with Kangning Hospital and secretly borrow their operating room at the time?

Yet now, with Hu Mingxuan leaving without any pause, Lin Jie felt somewhat disheartened.

It seemed that last evening's performance didn't impress others much; he needed to think of other ways.

Feeling a bit downhearted, Lin Jie exercised aerobics for an hour and then left the fitness center.

Half an hour of swimming plus an hour of aerobics already counted as a heavy workout for Lin Jie now; he understood the principle of gradual progress.

Just as he left the fitness center, his phone vibrated and rang in his pocket.

Seeing it was Luo Shanshan's call, Lin Jie wearily answered, "What challenging medical issue have you encountered again? Just say it."

"Today is my day off. I want to buy you lunch to properly thank you for your guidance. Is it convenient?"

Since Lin Jie was having lunch alone, it was convenient indeed, so he said, "I'm at Henglong Plaza now. If it's convenient for you, you can come and pick me up. If not, just tell me where we're eating!"

"Then wait for me, at most half an hour!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Jie found a shady stone bench in the plaza to sit and wait.

He had just sat down when a plainly dressed woman approached with a little girl of about seven or eight.

The woman pleaded pitifully, "Kind-hearted man, my daughter and I came here looking for her father, who has switched to another job, and we couldn't find the old place."

"We've been searching for three days now, and we've run out of the money we brought. Kindly help us!"

"Xiao Hua, quickly kowtow to the kind-hearted man!"

Though Lin Jie detested this veiled form of deception and begging, he couldn't bear to see a little girl kowtowing to him. He hurriedly stood up to stop her.

Looking at the little girl, even though her face was covered in dust and her eyes lacked spirit, she was rather pretty, very different from the long-faced, big-eared woman.

Taking another comparision of their appearances, Lin Jie's brow furrowed as he asked, "Are you sure she is your daughter?"

Confronted by Lin Jie's question, the woman's expression changed slightly, "Of course, she is my daughter whom I carried for ten months. How could I possibly lead someone else's daughter to find her father?"

"If you don't want to help us or have no money, just say so. Why insult us, mother and daughter!"

Saying this, the woman no longer sought Lin Jie's money. She tugged the little girl and moved toward the next target for alms.

Watching the two leave, Lin Jie pondered.

Even if parents and children don't look alike, there should still be some dominant genetic traits visible in the children.

Like skin color, which follows an "average after multiplication" feature: if both parents have darker skin, the children cannot have fair skin.

Similarly with obesity, which is one of the easiest traits to inherit.

If both parents are obese, about 53% of children would also be; if one is obese, the rate is around 40%.

As for height, 35% of a child's height comes from the father, 35% from the mother, and the remaining 30% is influenced by the environment.

The most common are facial features like double eyelids, big eyes, high noses, large earlobes, long eyelashes, and jaw shape, which are dominant genetic traits.

This little girl had coincidentally avoided the mother's dominant facial traits, making such a situation very unlikely.

Thinking this, Lin Jie noticed two patrol officers checking on the far side of the plaza and headed towards them.

"Officers, I have a situation to report!"

He discreetly pointed to the begging mother and daughter and explained what had happened along with his suspicions.

The older officer glanced at Lin Jie and asked directly, "Are you a medical student?"

"Sort of," Lin Jie nodded perfunctorily.

"Thank you for your concern and responsible reporting. We will go over and ask them now!"

With that, the two officers separated, making a deliberate detour, then quickly closed in to stop the mother and daughter, who were about to rush off upon sensing something wrong.

From afar, Lin Jie saw the officers separate the mother and daughter and question them individually.

The older officer crouched in front of the girl and appeared to be speaking to her.

A few minutes later, the girl clung to the officer's neck and began to cry, after which the officer picked her up and gestured to the other officer.

The woman was promptly apprehended.

Seeing this, Lin Jie realized his hunch had been correct, leaving him with a sense of accomplishment!

Just then, a red MINI car came into Lin Jie's view!

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