Lin Jie returned ho and was surprised to find that An Kexin had co back early, and An Weize and An Keng were also there.
An Weize claid that he heard the invited Lu Juan was quite skilled in cooking, so he ca specially to taste it.
Knowing that this person doesn't show up without a reason, Lin Jie didn't expose it. After chatting briefly, Lin Miao ca to notify them that dinner was ready.
Tonight, Lu Juan prepared a very sumptuous dinner, with eight dishes and two soups.
After tasting a few dishes, An Weize didn't hold back his praise.
He put down his chopsticks, picked up the tea cup, took a sip of water, and said, "A-Jie, those parents of Liu Jun specially found you to bow and apologize. Did you feel moved?"
"Moved?"
Lin Jie shook his head and said, "Although those two old people are pity-worthy, in Liu Jun's end, they might not be completely blaless. But since the person is dead, let it go."
An Weize glanced at An Kexin and said helplessly, "A-Jie, their act of bowing and apologizing was reported online, which caused a major shift in public opinion with many sympathetic comnts and posts appearing."
"Should we, out of sympathy and humanitarianism, give so money appropriately as a gesture of consolation?"
Lin Jie didn't even think about it and directly refused, "No."
"I didn't do anything wrong, so why give him money as compensation?"
"It's not compensation, it's just a gesture of condolence," An Weize explained.
Lin Jie insisted, "No matter what the nature is, in my view, giving money equates to implicitly admitting that I'm sowhat responsible for Liu Jun's death."
"Dad, I also think it's better not to give money."
An Kexin expressed her opinion, "A-Jie made this public, and the other side's parents apologized. This should be the end of it. If we give money as condolences, what if they use this against us?"
"Better to let the matter end like this."
An Weize sighed and said, "Since both of you have this opinion, I won't insist. I just wanted A-Jie to appear more humane and sympathetic in the public eye."
He paused for a mont and continued, "A-Jie, even though Shu Yueze personally apologized to you, it doesn't an they have no objections to you."
"Your public disclosure of this matter has certainly caused a significant decline in Jun'an Securities Investnt's image and credibility, with considerable losses."
Lin Jie casually said, "If they have objections, so what."
"I estimate that the chances of them asking for help in the future far outweigh my chances of asking them."
Hearing this, the words An Weize intended to say were imdiately stuck in his throat, unable to co out.
Seeing Lin Jie's genuine indifference, he was slightly stunned, then couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
An Weize realized that he still held a businessman mindset of peace and wealth, but Lin Jie was different; he had the confidence to offend anyone without fear.
He suddenly felt that with a son-in-law like Lin Jie, who was both capable and influential, there was no need for him to be overly cautious or to overthink his actions.
Perhaps he could try to be a bit more assertive?
With a slight shift in ntality, An Weize began discussing amusing anecdotes, occasionally making Yao Henan, Lin Miao, and An Keng giggle.
Lin Jie also ntioned the intention to hold a matchmaking garden event.
An Kexin spoke with a hint of resentnt, "A-Jie, you're not that old yourself, yet you're busy like crazy, worrying about a lot of things, acting like a parent to those students, managing them from head to toe."
Lin Jie chuckled and said, "This has nothing to do with age; it's related to my job."
"Those fellows are busy with all day and barely have ti for romance. As their ntor, I should consider them appropriately."
An Weize lightly laughed, "This event doesn't require much effort and is worth doing. I can inform the Golden Tripod Building's committee, have them notify people, and gather so single n and won."
Lin Miao enthusiastically said, "I can also promote it at Xiangtai Apartnt and recruit so quality singles."
Lin Jie smiled and said, "I can gather so at the Affiliated Hospital too."
"In that case, we should be able to organize dozens to hundreds of participants for this event."
An Kexin couldn't help but laugh, "A matchmaking event with singles mainly from the Affiliated Hospital, Xiangtai Apartnt, and Golden Tripod Building, the average level should be quite high."
"Now, we need to determine the location for the garden event. It should be both attractive and conveniently located near the city center."
An Weize pondered for a mont and said, "Kexin, A-Jie, I do have a suitable location."
"Qushui Garden!"
Seeing Lin Jie's confusion, An Kexin explained, "A-Jie, you might not know Qushui Garden, but you surely know about Fengqing Group, right?"
Lin Jie realized, "The fundraising fraud group? Such a big event, of course, I know!"
The Fengqing Group CEO fleeing was a big news story in Binhai last year.
It was said that Fengqing Group raised over ten billion in high-interest funds, squandered the money, and then the person disappeared.
An Weize remarked, "Actually, this Fengqing Group wasn't intentionally fraudulent."
"It's just that their main business suffered severe losses due to anti-dumping from major export countries and tariffs. Their real estate investnts were also stagnant, unable to quickly recover funds, which led to a broken capital chain and collapse."
"This Qushui Garden..."
An Weize explained, "Fengqing Group bought it during their heyday a few years ago."
"They spent a lot of money and effort to refurbish it as a corporate reception venue, not open to the public and only for hosting clients and related parties."
"I visited once or twice."
"The flowing water pavillion, flower and tree courtyard, it's a very elegant and beautiful garden, perfect for hosting this garden event."
Lin Jie curiously asked, "Now, this courtyard?"
"After the boss of Fengqing Group ran away, the group's and personal assets were completely taken over by the governnt and banks. This Qushui Garden is currently temporarily taken over by Four Seas Bank."
"It is said that Qushui Garden still occasionally holds so events now."
"With your relationship with the Fu Family, borrowing Qushui Garden for a day to hold a garden party should be a very easy thing."
Lin Jie responded with an "oh," and said, "Wait a mont, I'll make a call to Fu Xiuyuan and ask him to contact them…"
After dinner, a few of them sat in the living room drinking tea and naturally started talking about Lin Jie's current research topic.
An Weize laughed and said, "There are ard guards and soldiers patrolling between floors in the annex of the Affiliated Hospital; many people say there are at least so high-level figures staying there."
"Quite a few people have asked which national leader is actually staying inside?"
He chuckled and said, "I always tell them mysteriously, I've been strictly instructed to keep it a secret and cannot reveal anything."
Lin Jie also smiled sowhat wryly.
However, he then thought about how tomorrow would start with injecting the inducer into the tumor sites of these important figures, comncing the substantial steps of the experintal therapy, making him feel trendous pressure.
An Kexin held Lin Jie's hand and softly asked, "A-Jie, are you worried?"
Lin Jie nodded and said, "I have to be concerned."
"The experintal therapy is like crossing a river by feeling the stones. Initially, the plan was to find a few cancer volunteers to test on."
"But the military suddenly handed so many patients, and they're extrely special cases."
"According to etiquette, no matter what the identity of the patient is, I should treat them all the sa."
"However, I really can't manage to treat them equally."
"Facing these special experintal patients, I can't act freely. To so extent, it restricts my thoughts and choices."
Lin Jie was speaking from the heart.
Using lab mice for experints allows for wild imagination.
To exaggerate a bit, any thod that cos to mind can be tested, and even if more mice die, it doesn't hurt; this is precisely their value and mission.
However, when it involves living patients, the experintal thods can't be so arbitrary.
Now, Lin Jie faces very special patients, and the choice of treatnt thods must be even more cautious.
An Weize understandingly advised, "The military likely had no alternative either."
"These individuals have already been given a prognosis of a suspended death sentence by dical experts, while you offer a glimr of hope that they must firmly grasp."
Lin Jie said with a headache, "They're clinging to like a lifeline, but it's certainly adding more than double the difficulty to my work."
At this mont, An Weize cautiously and eagerly said, "A-Jie, do you think… do you think… this experintal therapy can be used on ?"
His words instantly drew the attention of everyone present.
An Keng, who was secretly eating chocolate, hastily swallowed it and looked at Lin Jie without blinking.
Lin Jie thought for a mont and t the nervous eyes of An Weize, An Kexin, and An Keng, then said, "Theoretically, it's possible."
He then explained, "However, the fundantal aspect of my experintal therapy isn't for preventing the onset of tumors but for inducing their growth to relocate to appropriate locations after they're discovered, followed by surgical removal."
An Weize restrained his excitent and confird, "So you're saying, if my brain tumor relapses, it can be surgically removed again through your experintal therapy?"
Lin Jie nodded and said, "Theoretically, yes."
However, his old habit surfaced again, and he candidly said, "But every brain tumor surgery is a trauma to the brain; it's difficult to avoid generating new side effects."
An Weize further asked, "At least I can maintain a clear mind and have basic self-care ability, right?"
Lin Jie responded realistically, "That's hard to say; it depends on the location of your relapsed tumor, and…"
"Cough cough… cough cough…"
Suddenly, a fierce coughing sound from An Kexin erupted.
Seeing everyone's gaze directed at her, she explained, "I suddenly choked on water."
"A-Jie, continue speaking, please… continue!"
Lin Jie understood her intention and seriously said, "Uncle An, if this experintal therapy proves effective, the post-surgical recovery degree should be much better than normal second surgeries."
"Maintaining a clear mind and self-care ability is a high probability."
An Weize smiled contentedly, "So, I have a good chance to accompany the newborn child from swaddling, to babbling, to mischievously going to kindergarten and elentary school?"
Seeing An Kexin and An Keng looking at him with strange expressions, An Weize blushed and softly said, "Uh… um… your Auntie Zhai is pregnant…"
PS.
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