Chapter 169: A Beijing tycoon snatches someone away!
The next morning, the letter was stamped with a red "Military Urgent" seal and sent to Beijing as quickly as possible.
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing.
The renowned physician, Dr. Zhang, was wearing reading glasses and looking at a medical record report with a furrowed brow.
A young doctor knocked on the door and came in, respectfully handing over a file folder.
"Old Zhang, this is an urgent letter from the Qiongzhou Military Region, addressed to you specifically."
"Qiongzhou Island?" Old Zhang was somewhat surprised. He took the document bag and tore open the seal.
When he pulled out the few sheets of paper filled with tiny characters, he was initially just scrutinizing and curious.
But when he saw the first paragraph, his pupils contracted slightly.
Upon reading the second paragraph, his hand holding the letter began to tremble slightly.
When he saw the three unbelievable yet logically sound improved prescriptions, he suddenly stood up from his chair with a "joke," his reading glasses almost slipping off his nose.
"Genius! What a genius!"
Old Zhang was so excited that his face turned red. He paced back and forth in his office with the letter in his hand, muttering to himself.
"A truly unique approach! A completely different path! No, this is no longer just a different path, it's practically establishing a new school of thought! This Su Yue, this Comrade Su Yue... her understanding of traditional Chinese medicine principles has reached such a level!"
He suddenly stopped and slapped his thigh.
"That's right! How come I never thought of that! How come I never thought it could be used like that!"
He has an important research project that has been troubling the country's top research team for several years, stuck at a critical bottleneck that has been difficult to overcome.
The idea Su Yuexin mentioned was like a lightning bolt, instantly cleaving through the fog in his mind!
What this project lacks is a "genius" who can break the mold and act unconventionally!
"No! I must see her! Immediately! Right now!"
Old Zhang could no longer sit still. He grabbed the phone on the table and dialed the military region's switchboard directly, his voice sounding somewhat urgent due to excitement.
"Get me to the home of Deputy Commander Gu Zhengfeng! Yes! Tell him that Zhang Qingyuan from Peking Union Medical College Hospital urgently needs to see him!"
The call was quickly answered at the Gu family compound.
When Mr. Zhang, on the phone, earnestly invited Su Yue to come to Beijing immediately as a specially appointed expert to participate in his national-level classified research project, almost in a "snatching" tone, everyone in the Gu family was stunned.
Happiness—no, excuses—came a little too fast, didn't it?
This is like having a pillow delivered to you when you're feeling sleepy—and it's a down pillow with gold trim!
"Don't worry, Elder Zhang! I'll make arrangements right away. Bei Chen and Bei Han will accompany Yue Yue to Beijing on the fastest military plane!"
Gu Zhengfeng made the decision on the spot, his voice filled with barely suppressed laughter.
After hanging up the phone, the whole family focused their attention on Su Yue, looking at her as if she were some rare treasure.
Su Yue herself was both amused and exasperated.
She just wanted an excuse, but unexpectedly, the excuse grew legs and was upgraded to a VIP gold-plated version.
Now, her trip to the capital was not only legitimate, but she was also carried there in a grand sedan chair carried by eight men.
...
The news spread very quickly.
The old Chu family residence in the western suburbs of Beijing.
A well-dressed middle-aged woman, but with a hint of meanness and neurosis in her eyes, was sitting by the window, slowly and methodically trimming her nails.
She is Chu Yanran.
A servant cautiously entered and reported in a low voice.
"Miss, it's being said that the Gu family's daughter-in-law from the countryside has caught the eye of Zhang Shengshou from Peking Union Medical College Hospital, who wants to invite her to Beijing to be a specially appointed expert."
Chu Yanran paused in trimming her nails, then let out a disdainful sneer.
"Zhang Qingyuan is really getting senile."
"What skills could a country bumpkin like her possibly have? She's just relying on the Gu family's influence to gain fame and reputation."
She looked in the mirror at her well-maintained but long-lost youthful face, her eyes filled with contempt.
"Just wait and see. Once she gets to Beijing, in less than three days, she'll be made to look like a clown by those real ladies from prominent families and experts and scholars."
In her eyes, Su Yue was just another woman trying to climb the social ladder and squeeze into the upper echelons of Beijing.
She didn't take Su Yue seriously at all.
...
Meanwhile, the military medical equipment factory on Hainan Island.
Inside the long-distance telephone booth, Huo Shouxin gripped the receiver tightly, his palms sweating, waiting anxiously.
The call was finally connected.
"Dad! It's me! I kept my promise!"
"Have you found out? Have you confirmed it? Is she really your older brother's daughter?"
On the other end of the phone, Old Master Huo's voice, though aged, was still dignified, with a slight, almost imperceptible tremor.
"It's confirmed! Dad! I've confirmed it with Chief Engineer He and the others! Su Yue's mother is Chen Shuting! Her age matches up! Most importantly, her face looks about 70% like my older brother when he was young!"
Huo Shouxin shouted excitedly.
There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.
After a long silence, Old Master Huo spoke again, his voice filled with determination.
"Book tickets! The whole family is coming with me! To Hainan Island! I want to personally pick up my granddaughter and bring her home!"
The entire Huo family was instantly in an uproar!
Just as the Huo family was scrambling to prepare to leave, a long-distance call came in from Hainan Island once again.
It was Huo Shouxin again.
But this time, his tone was filled with unprecedented anxiety and panic.
"Dad! Dad! Don't come to Hainan Island! Quickly! Go to Beijing instead!"
"What's going on?!" Old Master Huo's heart tightened.
"I just heard some news!" Huo Shouxin's voice was almost a shout.
"My niece's husband is Gu Beichen, the second young master of the Gu family! They just accompanied my niece on a military plane to Beijing! We're waiting for them to return."
...
The military transport plane roared loudly as it circled over the airport in the western suburbs of Beijing before finally landing smoothly.
The hatch opened, and a dry, biting wind from the north rushed in.
Gu Beichen immediately took off his military overcoat and wrapped the coat, still warm from his body, tightly around Su Yue before carefully lifting her up in his arms, his movements as steady as if he were holding a priceless treasure.
“I can walk by myself,” Su Yue protested softly.
"The ground is cold." Gu Beichen shut her up with just three words.
Below the gangway, two black Volga sedans were already waiting quietly, one with a military license plate and the other with a health system license plate.
The car door opened, and Gu Beihan, the eldest brother of the Gu family, and a bespectacled, refined-looking middle-aged man quickly came to greet them.
"Professor Zhang sent me to pick you up, Comrade Su Yue!" The person sent by Union Hospital was the director of the hospital office, whose attitude was respectful to the point of humility. "Professor Zhang is already waiting for you in the conference room. He said you are the most distinguished guest in our medical community!"
This pomp and circumstance surprised Su Yue.
She only replied to a letter, how did she become the most honored guest?
Once inside the Peking Union Medical College Hospital vehicle, the car sped along, heading straight into that medical mecca that countless doctors yearn for.
The welcome reception was held in the hospital's most prestigious conference room, where a long conference table was filled with prominent figures from Beijing's medical community.
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