Time quickly moved to Thursday noon. Liu Jin, who was looking at reports and documents in his office, finally saw Hao Junpeng arrive. The faint smell of alcohol wafting from the man made Liu Jin frown involuntarily.

Liu Jin didn’t say anything; he just kept a dark expression and handed over a few A4 papers from his desk.

Hao Junpeng took the papers and flipped through them quickly.

“Oh? Aren’t these the explosive rumors about the genius doctor Yan Feifan that are going viral online?” Hao Junpeng casually walked over to the sofa in the reception area, sat down, and tossed the papers onto the coffee table. “Say, Mr. Liu, what do you mean by showing me these rumors?”

Liu Jin scoffed coldly and said, “Mr. Hao, look closer. The original source of the leak is written at the bottom of each post.

“Four of these posts came from four computers registered under your research center.

“Another three came from the phones of your three students and assistants: Yin Ke, Dai Wenli, and Xu Yanfeng.

“Mr. Hao, you need to give me a good explanation!”

Hearing this, Hao Junpeng hurriedly picked up the papers from the coffee table again. At the very bottom of the pages, he saw a few lines consisting of numbers, letters, and Chinese characters, resembling a computer operation log. Hao Junpeng couldn’t understand them. However, he also knew that with today’s technology, tracing an IP to find the original source of an article on the internet was entirely possible. Since Liu Jin was confronting him like this, the evidence couldn’t be faked.

Hao Junpeng thought quickly, then tossed the papers back onto the coffee table, looking completely nonchalant.

“Mr. Liu, you know as well as I do that my student, Yin Ke, has some history with Yan Feifan.

“It’s understandable that she took advantage of Yan Feifan’s surgical mistake to vent her frustrations with her close classmates and friends.

“Don’t worry, Mr. Liu. I’ll reprimand her when I get back and let her know this was wrong.”

“Just a reprimand?” Liu Jin looked at him with sheer mockery.

Hao Junpeng chuckled and said, “Mr. Liu, these posts are at most a bit exaggerated, but they are all based on facts. Even if we took this to court, a judge wouldn’t be able to classify it as spreading rumors or fabricating lies. Yin Ke and the others just let their emotions get the better of them. They were a little impulsive. A good scolding is more than enough.”

He then asked rhetorically, “Or could it be… Is telling the truth no longer allowed in our country?”

“Telling the truth is naturally allowed, and heavily encouraged,” Liu Jin nodded, his tone carrying a deeper meaning. “Mr. Hao, what you’re looking at was actually sent to me by Feifan early this morning. Since he could dig this up in such a short amount of time, he can surely find a lot more information.”

Meeting Hao Junpeng’s gaze, Liu Jin said mockingly, “Mr. Hao, if your students and assistants can speak the truth online, Feifan naturally can too.”

Noticing Hao Junpeng’s expression change, Liu Jin stopped beating around the bush. “Some people are covered in their own filth yet still dare to provoke others. They really don’t know how to spell ‘death’. When a certain someone’s true deeds are exposed online…”

Hao Junpeng could no longer sit still. He knew his own affairs best, well aware that some of his actions were highly inappropriate. He dreaded to think what would happen if the hospital stopped covering for him. Feeling a sudden wave of panic, Hao Junpeng hurriedly interrupted, “Mr. Liu, what do you want?”

Liu Jin said coldly, “A public apology to eliminate the negative impact. Yin Ke, Dai Wenli, Xu Yanfeng, and anyone else involved in this matter must be fired. The hospital doesn’t need troublemakers!”

“No! They are my students and assistants, and they are responsible for important R&D tasks,” Hao Junpeng exclaimed in shock. “If you fire them, my research will be severely affected.”

With a dark expression, Liu Jin said, “You want to protect them? No problem. Then you can step forward yourself and take full responsibility for this.”

Pausing for a moment, he slowly piled on the pressure. “Mr. Hao, you need to understand something. Our country has a total of nearly two thousand academicians, but there is only one Feifan.

“I believe you know Feifan just as well as I do.

“Ask yourself: if you and Feifan were placed on a scale, who would weigh more in the eyes of the higher-ups?”

Looking at Hao Junpeng, Liu Jin noticed the man’s face growing uglier by the second, fine beads of sweat breaking out on his forehead.

“Mr. Hao, have you suddenly realized that your opponent has grown into an unshakable, towering tree in the blink of an eye?” Seeing the other party remain silent, Liu Jin gave him a gentle wave of the hand. “Mr. Hao, go back and think about it carefully. I hope this matter is handled well by tonight.”

“Mr. Hao…” Liu Jin called out again, stopping Hao Junpeng as he turned to leave. Half-warning and half-advising, he said, “Focus on your scientific research.

“The hospital is still protecting you mainly out of respect for your past contributions. But over these last few years, you should know very well that you haven’t produced any decent results.

“Without R&D capabilities, and being this much of a headache, the hospital’s patience is limited…”

At this moment, Yan Feifan was administering resonance stimulation therapy to Patient No. 6, the only deeply comatose patient who had yet to awaken. Patient No. 6 was a thirty-five-year-old man who had gotten into an altercation with someone after getting drunk. He was knocked down and suffered an injury to his brainstem. He had been in a coma for a hundred and thirteen days.

Based on various examinations, his brainstem injury was neither the mildest nor the most severe among the six patients. But the fact that he was still not waking up left Yan Feifan and Qiu Ge completely unable to find the reason.

The two had already decided that if Patient No. 6 did not wake up by the end of next week, they would transfer him to Baining Hospital for a high-precision brain MRI. They needed to see if there were any unnoticed injuries in his brain.

Once Yan Feifan finished the resonance stimulation therapy for Patient No. 6 and shifted into an observational phase, Qiu Ge asked, “Mr. Yan, the screening for the second batch of deeply comatose trial patients starts tomorrow. Will you be participating?”

Yan Feifan shook his head and said, “I have to go to the cardiac surgery department tomorrow for a heart deformity repair surgery. I won’t have the time.”

He chuckled and added, “Dr. Qiu, you have plenty of money and manpower now. Your team is strong and well-equipped. You don’t need me at all.”

Historically, the rehabilitation of deeply comatose patients had always been categorized under the neurology department. The infrasonic awakening project led by Yan Feifan and Qiu Ge was equivalent to cross-departmental research. Now that such astonishing awakening results had emerged, the hospital’s neurology department could no longer sit still. Under the hospital’s coordination, and considering the subsequent expansion of R&D and the treatment of numerous patients, Yan Feifan and Qiu Ge agreed to let the neurology department join.

Four people from the neurology department joined the project, including the department director, Dr. Chen Boyu, and the expert-level chief physician, Dr. Sun Ya. Adding the two from Baining Hospital, another two newly joined from the neurosurgery department, and Qiu Ge herself, this R&D project now had a total of nine chief physicians. Combined with their respective assistants and students, the R&D strength of this team could be described as incredibly robust.

In addition, there was the fifty million donated by Mr. Bai. Right now, Qiu Ge practically had all the money and manpower she could ask for.

However, she sighed softly and said, “Mr. Yan, you might not believe me when I say this, but even with several experts joining us, I still feel much more reassured working with you.”

Yan Feifan smiled and said, “Dr. Qiu, you’ve done the vast majority of the work on this project. I’ve only done a very small part.”

Qiu Ge sighed emotionally. “But what you did was the most critical part. I can easily imagine that without your involvement, if we managed to awaken fifty percent of a batch of similar patients, it would be considered a massive victory.”

Yan Feifan waved his hand dismissively and said, “I’m not that much of a miracle worker. Dr. Qiu, don’t exaggerate my role too much.”

Just then, a faint groan suddenly echoed intermittently in the laboratory. Yan Feifan and Qiu Ge both froze, immediately shifting their gazes to Patient No. 6, who was lying prone on the treatment bed…

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