Millions in gift money were swept away by the criminal gang, and such an incident imdiately erased the festive atmosphere of the day.
Originally, after the wedding banquet, there were a series of activities planned, but now they can only be canceled.
Fortunately, Chen Shi's inco is quite substantial.
He holds a significant amount of shares in the Weize Group, earning annual dividends ranging from a few million to several million. In addition, he has salaries from both the school and hospital, research project inco, and various other supplentary incos.
Over the years, he has accumulated assets worth tens of millions.
The loss of this millions in gift money, while painful, is not enough to cause severe financial damage.
This incident, after being reported by the inquiring police, also alard the city bureau, which urgently dispatched more than a dozen police officers to start an intensive investigation and evidence collection.
After Lin Jie finished a brief statent, he ca out of a hotel room temporarily requisitioned as an investigation room and saw An Kexin waiting for him.
"Is there any new progress?"
An Kexin shook her head, smiling bitterly, "This gang must have had their eyes on this wedding banquet for a long ti; the plan was really ticulous. By now, they might have already run hundreds of kiloters away to so hidden location to hide."
"I got information that the bank's client manager confessed he was recently having an intense affair with a young woman, but now he can't contact her."
"It's speculated that the young woman secretly used the client manager's phone and, through a voice-changing app, impersonated the client manager to get in touch with the head uncle."
"The client manager also confessed that he was late today not because of traffic but because he unexpectedly overslept in a hotel. From the current situation, it seems this client manager was drugged."
Upon hearing this, Lin Jie couldn't help saying, "Damn, this is much less risky than robbing a bank, and even if you rob a bank, you probably won't get this much money."
"As long as they are bold enough and organized enough, it's very easy to exploit our cognitive blind spots to pull off this kind of case."
An Kexin nodded in agreent, saying, "Yeah, now that I think about it, this case didn't require much technical skill. If what the client manager said is true, then that phone call wasn't made by him, just the voice-changing app took so effort."
"This case also serves as a wake-up call for us."
Lin Jie seriously advised, "We must be careful when we get married. By the way, where are Uncle An and Keng, have they gone ho?"
"Dad took Keng to the hospital to visit Aunt. Aunt is fine, just needs so observation ti. After that, Dad will bring Keng ho."
After explaining briefly, An Kexin lowered her voice sowhat and said, "These days, Dad has been trying to persuade Cousin to give up that imitation drug. Now that this has happened, I suspect he's even more determined to get that imitation drug."
Lin Jie frowned and said, "Isn't he afraid that it's an even bigger scam?"
An Kexin sighed and said, "Everyone has a tendency to take chances. After such an unexpected incident, he might think that a bomb won't fall into the sa pit twice, that it's ti for his luck to turn, to make a fortune."
"Let's hope so!"
Lin Jie deliberated for a mont and said, "Kexin, if Chen Fanzhi still insists, then let's handle this matter according to the thod we previously discussed."
An Kexin silently nodded.
The two of them first went to see Chen Shi.
At this ti, he was chatting and drinking tea with so old friends. From his deanor and spirit, he seed to have recovered.
Seeing the two co together, Chen Shi said, "Lin Jie, Kexin, you don't need to worry about , it's just so money, if it's gone, it's gone, it's not like I'm going to starve or sell the house."
He waved his hand and said, "You two go back."
"I know Lin Jie, you have a major surgery to prepare for, and Kexin, you also have company matters to attend to. The wedding company will wrap up things here, and the police will handle the gift money matter."
"You can't help much here, go back."
Seeing Chen Shi say this, Lin Jie and An Kexin indeed had things to do and did not insist, so they bid farewell and left.
"Expert Lin!"
As the two of them reached the hotel's first-floor lobby, Lin Jie heard soone calling him, stopped, turned around, and saw Ren Maoshi quickly catching up.
"Professor Ren, hello, do you have sothing to discuss with ?"
Ren Maoshi nodded, hesitated for a mont, then said with so embarrassnt, "Expert Lin, I actually have an inconvenient request."
"I know that Doctors Jiang Hao and Lei Jun have received your detailed guidance and have identified so shortcomings in their surgeries they hadn't noticed themselves."
"Both are currently working hard on improvents, and as for the results..."
He said sowhat enviously, "In their own words, they thought they had reached their limits, but unexpectedly, they improved again and discovered a broader space."
Lin Jie was a bit enlightened and asked, "Professor Ren, would you like to give you so suggestions as well?"
"No, no, not !"
Ren Maoshi said earnestly, "I know my strength lies in theoretical research, and in terms of clinical surgical ability, among my colleagues, I am rely at a dium level with not much room for improvent."
"Yesterday afternoon, I passed by the hospital's video observation room and found several of your students watching surgical videos, with your targeted comntary."
"I watched for a while..."
Ren Maoshi admiringly said, "This gave a profound understanding of the gap between myself and Expert Lin."
"Although I could also see so problems in their surgeries, in many subtle areas where I was completely unaware, you were able to keenly identify the issues."
"In this aspect, I deeply admire him."
He suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "Expert Lin, my son Ren Jianzhong... I know he's done so things that wronged you, and his natural disposition, under my indulgence, has so shortcomings."
"However, he has now changed a lot."
"Expert Lin, as a father, I'm asking you to guide him a bit."
"I know my request might be a bit excessive. But as a father and a dical educator, I always hope he can advance further and beco more outstanding in the field of dicine."
Lin Jie gazed at Ren Maoshi's earnest and pleading eyes and suddenly felt an emotion called 'fatherly love.'
Thinking about how he had genuinely helped with his matters before, Lin Jie's heart softened, and he said slowly, "Ren Jianzhong should be very fortunate to have a father like you."
"Let him send a video of a surgery he's recently lead-operating on..."
An Kexin did not leave the Crown Holiday Hotel with Lin Jie. After sending him off, she returned to the office of Anlin Hospital set up at the hotel.
Most of today's wedding guests were professionals in the dical field.
Among them, more than a dozen people specially found An Kexin and discreetly expressed their interest in Anlin Hospital.
She needed to discuss with others how to handle the sowhat probing intentions of these dozen or so people...
Lin Jie drove directly to the University Affiliated Hospital, where he t Lin Xiaoxiao and her parents in the ward.
After several months, Lin Xiaoxiao seed unchanged, whether in height or her timid nature.
The dical examination data in Lin Jie's hand also confird this point.
Seeing that her height, weight, and other physiological data were similar to last ti's physical examination data, he knew that the arterial malformation in Lin Xiaoxiao's brain had seriously impacted her physical developnt.
Tian Xiangyu softly reported, "Teacher, we have only done so simple tests so far. More detailed examinations have been scheduled for each examination room, mostly arranged for tomorrow, with a few scheduled for the day after."
Lin Jie nodded, returned the tablet in his hand to Tian Xiangyu, and instructed, "You stay here and play with Lin Xiaoxiao for a while. I need to talk to Xiaoxiao's parents."
Lin Dongfeng and Miao Han followed Lin Jie out of the ward and into a doctor's on-call office.
The two doctors on duty tactfully gave up the room under the pretext of doing rounds.
"Before proceeding with treatnt, I need to clarify so matters for you both."
Lin Jie solemnly said, "The surgical treatnt thod for Lin Xiaoxiao, based on the results of animal trials at present, has been successful."
Seeing the joy on Lin Dongfeng and Miao Han's faces, Lin Jie had to remind them, "However, the difference between humans and test animals is vast. Successful animal experints do not guarantee success in Lin Xiaoxiao's case."
"There is a risk involved, and I hope you both understand this point."
"We are aware of the risk involved."
Holding Miao Han's hand, Lin Dongfeng earnestly said, "My wife and I have been closely following Expert Lin's research, and we are aware that your research paper was published in a prestigious international journal."
"Several doctors have inford us that Xiaoxiao might not live past ten. Your experintal treatnt thod seems to be the only way for Xiaoxiao to grow up healthily and survive."
"We are willing to take on this risk."
"Actually, this is not the only thod..."
Out of professional ethics, Lin Jie did not want to lie with his eyes open and continued, "There is another type of large-scale bridging surgery, which theoretically can also treat Lin Xiaoxiao's condition well."
"However, this is a highly complex major surgery."
Lin Jie hesitated and said, "I only have a thirty to forty percent success rate, and even if the surgery is successful, I cannot guarantee there will be no brain damage afterward."
"Moreover, if the operation fails, Xiaoxiao might leave us forever."
"And there's one more thing I need to tell you truthfully."
"If you choose this large-scale bridging surgery to treat Xiaoxiao, the cost of this surgery will need to be borne by yourselves and will not be covered by the research project."
The issue of the surgery cost, Lin Jie was speaking the truth. If another treatnt thod is used, the project indeed cannot reimburse the expenses.
This is also a common asure used by hospitals and so research institutions to entice patients into choosing the treatnt thod they prefer to use.
To be fair, Lin Jie, who prides himself on being very responsible towards patients, also showed evident bias and inducent in this explanation.
Miao Han gently inquired, "Expert Lin, approximately how much will this bridging surgery cost?"
Lin Jie estimated in his mind and said, "If a large-scale bridging surgery is perford, the operation might take about fourteen to fifteen hours, and the treatnt cost should not be less than three hundred thousand."
This figure clearly surprised both Lin Dongfeng and Miao Han.
After a mont of silence, Lin Dongfeng spoke, "Expert Lin, this experintal surgical thod, though with unforeseeable risks, also holds much potential for complete success in the surgery, correct?"
Lin Jie nodded, "Based on current animal experintal results, the probability is quite high."
Lin Dongfeng glanced at Miao Han, took a deep breath, and decided, "Expert Lin, we choose to use the experintal surgical thod to treat Xiaoxiao!"
"Expert Lin, we trust you!"
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