Sunday arrived in a flash. Accompanied by Duan Yu, Yan Feifan headed to Jingcheng Baining Hospital to perform a freelance surgery.

Yan Ziruo was traveling with them as well.

The creative home decor company that Zeng Ni had been working on was about to open after several months of preparation.

As one of the main investors, Yan Ziruo had been invited to Jingcheng to inspect the company and its factory in person and to attend the grand opening ceremony on Monday.

Also today, their younger maternal uncle, Shu Lei, would be taking an international flight to Malaysia to verify whether that little boy was truly his child.

After arriving at Shoudu Capital International Airport, Yan Ziruo was picked up directly by Zeng Ni.

As usual, Yan Feifan and Duan Yu got into the Cadillac that Baining Hospital had sent to pick them up.

Upon arriving at Baining Hospital, Yan Feifan didn’t go directly to operate on the patient. Instead, the first thing he did was have his pulse taken by the elder Mr. Yu…

This time, the pulse diagnosis took slightly longer than the previous two occasions. Afterward, the elder Mr. Yu not only remained silent in contemplation but also let out a soft sigh.

This made Yan Feifan’s heart jump into his throat.

“Sir, is it very bad?”

“It can’t be, can it?”

“I feel pretty good, physically. I’m eating well and sleeping soundly!”

“Sir, just tell me straight.”

“As a surgeon, I’ve seen a lot of life and death. I’m quite stoic about my own mortality, so no matter how serious the result is, I can take it!”

“Sir, just say it. Tell me directly, how much time do I have left? I can really take it…”

As Yan Feifan continued to ramble on, the elder Mr. Yu sighed softly again and finally spoke.

“I’m just lamenting that course of Chinese medicine. Many of the herbs can’t be bought even with money. Every bit used is a bit gone forever.”

“And what was the result? The effects were far from what was expected.”

The elder Mr. Yu looked at Yan Feifan with an expression of pity and regret, saying, “Ah, Xiaoyan, your body’s recovery has barely passed the minimum standard. It’s still a long way from my expectations.”

These words made Yan Feifan let out a huge sigh of relief.

“I’m telling you, Sir, you’re going to scare someone to death one day. With your bedside manner, you must have gotten beaten up quite a bit when you were young, right?”

The elder Mr. Yu chuckled. “When I was young, no one could beat me in a fight.”

Yan Feifan was left speechless and could only cup his hands in a gesture of concession to the old man.

The elder Mr. Yu’s smile vanished, his expression turning serious. “Xiaoyan, you’ve made it over that hurdle, but you can’t let your guard down. Your body still needs to be slowly nursed back to health.”

“Otherwise, even if you manage to avoid a premature death, you won’t escape an unkind fate.”

Yan Feifan gave a mischievous grin. “Sir, I have been diligently taking care of myself.”

“The Chinese medicine you prescribed for me is so bitter and awful-tasting, but I’ve drunk every single dose down to the last drop.”

The elder Mr. Yu rose slowly and said, “Extreme wisdom invites self-injury. You should take it easy.”

He paused for a moment, then added, “When you finish this course of medicine, I’ll have someone deliver the new prescription to you…”

Around 1:00 PM, after finishing an intraspinal tumor puncture and injection surgery, Yan Feifan went to a private room in the cafeteria for lunch and found Vice President Yu Youhai waiting for him.

“Vice President Yu, is something the matter?”

Yu Youhai chuckled. “I’ve been so busy I haven’t had a chance to eat lunch yet. They treat you to the good stuff here, so I came to mooch a meal. You don’t mind, do you?”

Yan Feifan made a welcoming gesture and couldn’t help but laugh. “You’re a vice president. Are you really short on lunch money?”

Yu Youhai said self-deprecatingly, “What can I do? The wife keeps a tight rein on me. While I don’t need to ask for permission to spend money, I do have to report it. It’s not easy to save up a little pocket money to spend as I please.”

After a pause, he changed the subject. “Xv Jiande flew out today. He went to Japan as a visiting scholar.”

“Some people are saying that now that he’s left, there’s a good chance he’ll never come back.”

Yan Feifan let out a soft “Oh,” and said sarcastically, “Let’s hope that once he’s over there, he can just do his job honestly and not let his choices be dictated by ambition and greed anymore.”

“When that time comes, he won’t have a son to take the fall for him anymore.”

Yu Youhai sighed softly. “If time could be turned back, I’m sure he wouldn’t make the same choice.”

“A moment of folly, and a lifetime of good reputation is ruined.”

After this lament, Yu Youhai’s tone became formal. “Mr. Yan, regarding the dual-lead surgeon heart transplant method and the infrasound stimulation trial therapy for waking patients from deep comas, we at Baining Hospital would like to send our best doctors to the Affiliated Hospital to study them, so that we can implement them at Baining as soon as possible…”

Yan Feifan cut him off. “Vice President Yu, I have no objection. Just have your people contact Mr. Liang and Mr. Qiu directly.”

Yu Youhai said with a broad smile, “Mr. Yan, you are the core innovator behind these two new technologies. Seeking your approval first is an absolute necessity.”

He then added with a look of admiration, “Mr. Yan, for your dual-lead surgeon method, no fewer than ten top cardiac surgeons from Europe and America have publicly published commentaries.”

“They all stated that this is the most significant improvement to heart transplant surgery in the last twenty to thirty years.”

“I’m certain that the surgical observation seminar in November will be a grand event for international cardiac specialists.”

Yan Feifan gave a faint smile and said with a hint of smugness, “I didn’t expect it would cause such a huge reaction either.”

“The National Cardiac Surgery Branch of the Chinese Medical Association has gotten involved. They’re co-hosting the observation seminar with the Affiliated Hospital’s cardiac surgery department and the Binhai University Journal of Medicine.”

“Mr. Liang told me that the number of registered attendees from within the country alone has already exceeded three hundred.”

“And more than fifty have registered from abroad.”

Yu Youhai looked at Yan Feifan’s young and slightly flamboyant face and said with a smile, “When you publish the research results for waking deep-coma patients with infrasound, the sensation it causes in the medical world will be even more intense than this.”

“Mr. Yan, I’m more and more convinced that you have the ability to change our world.”

Yan Feifan swallowed the food in his mouth and waved his hand. “Vice President Yu, please stop putting me on a pedestal.”

“I might actually get arrogant!”

He took a large gulp of soup and asked, “Vice President Yu, is there something else you wanted to tell me?”

Yu Youhai gave an embarrassed smile. “Mr. Yan, you’re right. I do have a rather presumptuous favor to ask of you.”

“Oh? What is it?” Yan Feifan asked casually.

Yu Youhai sighed heavily. “Mr. Yan, as you know, I’m only the vice president of the hospital. I told you before that our president went abroad for a study tour.”

“The truth is, he’s abroad receiving treatment for cancer. Pancreatic cancer!”

After this explanation, Yu Youhai added somewhat awkwardly, “We claim to be the best-equipped private hospital, but our own president went abroad for treatment. It wouldn’t sound good if word got out, so we’ve been keeping it a secret.”

Yan Feifan met the other man’s gaze and nodded in agreement. “I can understand.”

“So, the old president’s condition isn’t very optimistic now?”

Yu Youhai nodded. “The tumors have metastasized to multiple parts of his body. The medical facility abroad can’t do anything more.”

“We learned that a researcher named Zhang Run at the Su Province Pharmaceutical Research Institute has developed an anti-cancer drug that specifically targets late-stage cancers…”

Hearing this, Yan Feifan already understood what he was getting at.

He nodded. “Vice President Yu, no problem. I can help with this!”

“Mr. Yan, thank you! Thank you!”

After thanking him twice, Yu Youhai continued, “Honestly, with the old president’s condition, we all know it’s just a matter of extending his life for a little while.”

“Researcher Zhang Run said that with your help, he can make the old president’s body recover for a period, like a final burst of life.”

“At that time, we can have the old president return to Jingcheng from Binhai in a relatively healthy physical and mental state, appear before the public, and smooth over the lie about his ‘study tour’ abroad!”

Hearing this, Yan Feifan grimaced.

‘Those bastards… even in a situation like this, they’re still obsessed with protecting Baining Hospital’s reputation. Is reputation really more important than anything?’

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