The wedding banquet at the Yan siblings' table ended at 1:10 PM.

Afterward, Yan Ziruo stayed behind at Xinfeng Restaurant to help her maternal uncle and aunt see off the guests and handle the remaining tasks.

Meanwhile, Yan Feifan, Yu Suye, Yu Chuanbai, and his fiancée accompanied Yu Yopeng and Su Ru to the Affiliated Hospital's Little Red House to visit the patient with the blood clots in his brain.

The patient was, after all, a subordinate from Yu Yopeng's office. Since he was in Binhai, it was only right for a leader like him to pay a visit.

The group went to a private room, number three on the tenth floor. As they entered, Yu Yopeng, who was leading the way, locked eyes with the patient, Xv Heng. He was a man approaching thirty, propped up in his hospital bed.

Following the puncture surgery, a solvent had been administered via drip for two days and two nights to dissolve the blood clots in Xv Heng's brain. A subsequent CT scan confirmed that the three clots had almost entirely disappeared.

Just that morning, Yu Beihua had sealed and bandaged the three puncture wounds on his head, and he had been moved from the sterile ward to this private room.

Yu Yopeng looked at Xv Heng, whose head was wrapped in a gauze net. He still appeared dazed and listless, his face devoid of energy and his gaze vacant.

Yu Yopeng felt a pang of disappointment.

'He's already had the surgery, but he's no different from before.'

A smile appeared on Yu Yopeng's face. He strode to the bedside and grasped Xv Heng's hand. Just as he was about to offer a few words of concern, he saw Xv Heng's lips twitch.

"Mr. Yu?"

Hearing the slightly slurred words, Yu Yopeng's face lit up with delight. He immediately turned to Xv Heng's parents at the bedside.

"Xv can recognize people now?"

Mrs. Xv nodded emphatically, replying in an excited voice, "Sir, he started recognizing people this morning."

"The doctor said his mind is still a bit muddled from the anesthetic and painkillers."

"His condition should get much better in a day or two."

Yu Yopeng let out a long sigh of relief. "That's good, that's good. He's too young to spend the rest of his life like that."

He turned to Yan Feifan and said with genuine sincerity, "Feifan, I truly have to thank you for this."

Yan Feifan replied politely, "Mr. Yu, it's my duty as a doctor. You don't have to thank me."

"The main thing is that Xv Heng hadn't been injured for long, so the permanent brain damage caused by the clots was relatively minor."

After calling out "Mr. Yu," Xv Heng said nothing more, but his eyes were now fixed squarely on Yu Suye.

This irritated Yan Feifan, and he took a step to the side to shield Yu Suye behind him.

Yu Yopeng exchanged a few more words with Xv Heng's parents. On behalf of his department, he gave them an envelope containing a gift of money and set down the fruit basket and supplements he had bought at the hospital entrance. He then departed, followed by the parents' profuse thanks.

Next, Yan Feifan took Yu Yopeng, Su Ru, and the others on a tour of his medical research lab.

It was really just two offices, one large and one small. The tour was over in a glance; there wasn't much to see.

The group sat down to rest in the seating area of Yan Feifan's small, private office, drinking tea and making small talk.

Yan Feifan patiently tried to keep them company, but after only a few pleasantries, he found he had nothing more to say.

Yan Feifan wasn't good at this sort of social interaction in the first place.

If the topic was medicine, he could go on for three days and three nights without repeating himself. But this was just small talk, and with Su Ye's parents, of all people. They had already talked quite a bit at the banquet table, so Yan Feifan genuinely didn't know what else there was to discuss.

After a moment of rather awkward silence, Yu Suye finally broke it.

"Dad, Mom, you rushed all the way from Jingcheng so early this morning. You must be exhausted."

"How about this? I'll take you to Zuimo Court to see our apartment, and you can get some rest there."

Yu Yopeng gladly agreed.

Yan Feifan breathed a quiet sigh of relief and quickly added, "Su Ye, I have that appointment at three o'clock, and I'm not sure how long it will take."

"If I'm not back by seven tonight, please go ahead and arrange dinner for your parents."

Yu Suye laughed softly. "Feifan, don't worry, just focus on your work. I'll take good care of my parents."

Yan Feifan's Cayenne had been vandalized during the last incident and was still at the dealership getting repaired.

For the past few days, they had been using Yu Suye's new MINI for their commute.

On the way back to Zuimo Court, Yu Suye left the MINI for Yan Feifan while she and her parents rode in the Audi driven by Yu Chuanbai.

Once they were in the car, Yu Yopeng said to Yu Suye, who was squeezed in beside her mother, "That kid, Feifan, he's not bad. It's obvious he isn't great with words, but he still braced himself and tried to find things to talk about with us."

"That shows he really has you in his heart."

Though she felt sweet inside, Yu Suye grumbled in mock protest, "Dad, you've worked in the public sector for so many years. You have no problem spouting nonsense all day long."

"You could've just pulled a few interesting topics out of thin air."

"But you knew perfectly well that Feifan isn't good at socializing, and you deliberately waited for him to awkwardly scramble for something to say."

"Dad, what were you trying to do?"

Yu Yopeng smiled faintly. "I'm your father, and I'm his future father-in-law. He's supposed to be the one catering to me, not the other way around."

Even as he said it, Yu Yopeng felt his confidence waver, so he quickly added, "I was also just trying to train him. Interpersonal skills are fundamental to a successful career, you know."

Yu Suye scoffed and said smugly, "My Feifan doesn't need all that schmoozing. As a doctor, having strong medical skills is all he needs."

"I was just asserting my authority a little," Yu Yopeng said, a bit abashed. "It will make him value you more, Su Ye."

Noticing his daughter's expression had soured, Yu Yopeng changed the subject. "Su Ye, what about you two getting married? Since we're here, maybe this is a good opportunity to discuss it?"

"Absolutely not! Don't bring it up!"

Yu Suye quickly stopped him. "Feifan's parents divorced when he was young and basically abandoned him. He's afraid of marriage."

"Talking about marriage will trigger him. The way things are now is perfect!"

Yu Yopeng opened his mouth, but seeing the adamant look in his daughter's eyes, he could only concede, "Fine, we won't talk about it."

"But Su Ye, you two can't stay like this forever. You're the woman in the relationship; you can't afford to wait indefinitely."

After a pause, he sighed. "I don't know what those parents of his were thinking. How could anyone just abandon a child as brilliant and outstanding as Feifan?"

After sighing with emotion, Yu Yopeng instructed Yu Chuanbai, who was driving up front, "Chuan Bai, take me to that Academician District first."

"I want to see what kind of villas our country's pillars of science and technology—the academicians—live in…"

Back on Yan Feifan's end, he didn't stay idle after seeing off Yu Yopeng and the others.

Forcing himself to socialize for the better part of the day had left him feeling drained. He needed to do something he enjoyed to feel better.

Zhu Jian and the young nurse, Xv Shuang, were now on duty in the ward area, having rushed over right after the wedding banquet.

When Yan Feifan reached the tenth floor and saw Zhu Jian, an idea for a teaching method tailored for him came to mind.

"Zhu Jian, do you know why the mask you sutured yesterday was so different from a real face?"

"Please enlighten me, Professor!" Zhu Jian said, the very picture of an obedient student.

"It's mainly because you only know the surface and not what lies beneath. Your understanding of the underlying muscles and facial bones isn't thorough enough."

As he spoke, Yan Feifan called Xv Shuang over. "Xv Shuang, you're going to be our facial model for a while. Later this evening, I'll have Zhu Jian treat you to dinner."

"Okay, no problem!" Xv Shuang chirped in response.

Next, Yan Feifan carefully palpated Xv Shuang's entire face with his hands.

"Zhu Jian, I'm giving you the rest of the afternoon to examine Xv Shuang's face. Afterward, I want you to draw a diagram of her facial musculature by hand."

Zhu Jian nodded silently.

Yan Feifan then added, "Tell Berry as well. This will be an assignment for both of you."

Xv Shuang then chimed in, asking with a grin, "Chief, can I get Dr. Berry to treat me to dinner as well?"

Yan Feifan gave her an "OK" sign.

He returned to his office downstairs, took out a sheet of A4 paper and a charcoal pencil, and began drawing a diagram of Xv Shuang's facial muscles.

When he finished the drawing, he felt much more relaxed and his mind had quieted considerably.

He glanced at the time and saw that it was already 2:45 PM.

Just then, Duan Yu approached and reported in a low voice, "Professor, Zhang Run and his ex-wife are waiting in the office next door…"

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