"No need. Give me five minutes, and I can find out everything about your ancestors for eight generations." Dean Wu sneered, picked up his phone, and made a call.
"I'll have my brother buy this hospital, and then I'll fire him first," Li Yijin said through gritted teeth. Ignoring Ye Xingchen's attempts to dissuade her, she picked up her phone and made a call.
Ye Xingchen was both amused and exasperated. The Li family would have to do almost nothing to buy it outright. After all, both public and private hospitals were profitable, so there was no real difference between them. He decided to let the little girl have her way.
Soon, Dean Wu called. As the hospital's director, his status was much higher than that of his peers.
After all, he was in charge of a hospital, and no one can guarantee that their relatives or family members will never go to the hospital, so he had a very strong network of connections.
"I can find out your background in five minutes. Let's see how long you can remain arrogant," Dean Wu said coldly.
"Five minutes, right? It doesn't matter, I'll wait." Ye Xingchen smiled slightly.
Soon, Dean Wu's phone rang. The caller was a high-ranking official in the public security system. As soon as he answered, Dean Wu said with a smile, "Old Zhang, have you found out anything? What's this kid's background? What does he do?"
“Old Wu, be careful. This person we’re dealing with isn’t an ordinary person.” The other person’s tone was serious: “On the surface, he owns a pharmaceutical company, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Most of the files are encrypted. Even our director needs to apply to access them.”
"This..." Dean Wu's smiling face immediately changed: "Old Zhang, you're not kidding me, are you? This kid looks ordinary to me."
“Old Wu,” the other party sighed helplessly, “how could someone of your status still judge a book by its cover? I did find out some of his relatives, but you’d never guess who his mother is.”
"Who is it?" Dean Wu asked urgently.
"Xia..." The other person only uttered one word and then fell silent.
"What do you mean, Xia? Explain yourself!" Dean Wu said impatiently.
The more hesitant and evasive the other party is, the more serious the problem is.
"I'm only telling you this because of our years of friendship. Don't get me into trouble. Think about it, how many people in Yanjing have the surname Xia?" The other party said helplessly before hanging up the phone.
Xia Jingyi—these were the three words that popped into Dean Wu's mind.
The Xia family was a proper scholarly family, a prestigious clan, and he knew better than anyone how important Xia Jingyi, the iron-willed wife, was.
This is the kind of person he would never even encounter, even if he prayed to burn incense for good luck. But today, Xia Jingyi's son was standing right in front of him, yet he threatened to kill him. This made him feel like dying for a moment.
Hearing the busy tone on the other end of the phone, his hands trembled slightly. He looked at Ye Xingchen and forced a smile that was more like a grimace. He didn't know whether to put the phone away or keep it.
"Have you found out where I came from?" Ye Xingchen asked.
"I understand, I understand everything, oh no, it's my fault, I didn't know you, you are..." Dean Wu was so frightened that he couldn't even speak properly.
"I am me, and my mother is my mother. What happens between us has nothing to do with her." Ye Xingchen shook his head. "Besides, it seems that my mother initiated the establishment of the laboratory. Naturally, I will not undermine her. The fact that this matter has been settled is indeed a good thing for China's pharmaceutical research and development, and will benefit the people."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Ye, you are magnanimous, unlike a petty person like me, short-sighted." Dean Wu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Ye Xingchen would not hold it against him.
"But you know how those hospitals in Yanjing made their fortunes, right? The policy is meant to benefit all people, but if it falls into your hands, it will probably become a means for you to amass wealth and obtain funding," Ye Xingchen sneered.
"No, I wouldn't dare, I really wouldn't dare." Dean Wu's face turned pale instantly.
“Actually, it’s not impossible that the final selection for the laboratory might fall to you,” Li Yijin said from the side.
"Really?" Dean Wu was both surprised and delighted, and quickly pledged his loyalty: "Mr. Ye, I will definitely not let you down."
"You? Forget it. I just had my brother buy your hospital. From now on, I'll be the largest shareholder." Li Yijin snorted. "As for you, I'm firing you right now."
In just a few minutes, Dean Wu's mood was like a rollercoaster ride, going up and down. But Li Yijin's last words sealed his fate, and he would have nothing to do with this hospital anymore.
But he was still unwilling to give up: "What kind of place do you think this is, where you can just buy it whenever you want?"
"I know that Yanjing has a very prestigious hospital, but money talks," Li Yijin sneered.
"And who are you?" Dean Wu asked through gritted teeth, wanting to know which kind of powerful figures he had offended today.
"Li Yijin, my brother is Li Tianqi, do you understand now? If you still have any complaints, you can say them now, and I will grant them."
"Your brother is Li Tianqi of Qiming Group?" Dean Wu's face paled. He deflated like a punctured balloon and didn't want to ask any more questions.
After all, everyone in Yanjing knows who Li Tianqi is. He's the richest man in Yanjing, so buying his hospital would be a piece of cake.
"Don't bother asking. They're all people you can't afford to offend anyway." Li Yijin glanced at him and said, "You should think about how you're going to get by after you step down."
Dean Wu was so frustrated he couldn't even cry. When he was in office, so many people praised him, but after he stepped down, so many people trampled on him.
The saying "when people leave, the tea cools" perfectly describes this world. But things have come to this point, and there's really nothing he can do to undo it. Who told him to be so blind as to offend someone he shouldn't have?
"I suddenly realized that you look quite handsome when you save people." After leaving the hospital, Li Yijin said with a grin, "Why don't you take me as your apprentice and I'll learn traditional Chinese medicine from you?"
"You? No way." Ye Xingchen glanced at her, and without even thinking, shook his head and refused.
"Why? You've already taken that foreigner as your disciple, why can't I? Is my aptitude inferior to his?" Li Yijin was somewhat unconvinced.
"He genuinely wants to study seriously, but as for you?" Ye Xingchen glanced at her: "You're probably just after my good looks, aren't you?"
"Hehe, it's all about the same. You know that, right? I'm incredibly smart. Are you sure you don't want to take me as your apprentice?" Li Yijin persisted.
"Go back and study hard. I'll consider our relationship again when you get into a good university. Otherwise, give up on this idea." Ye Xingchen glanced at her, thinking that things couldn't go on like this. He had to get this girl back on track.
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