Yera contemplated if she should inform Xander about the dinner that her team had arranged for her, as her welcoming party this evening.
In the end, she decided to tell him because she felt a strong urge to do it and she couldn’t fight it.
Xander was in a eting for their hospital’s annual fundraising event when his mobile phone beeped.
His eyes widened when he saw whom the ssage was from, and he naturally broke into a smile.
[ From: My Darling.
Will have dinner with the team as a welcoming party later. Please inform Father-in-law that I won’t make it to dinner. Thanks. ]
’Did she just make a ssenger to relay her ssage to Dad?’ He complained. But that simple text ssage from Yera had managed to make his day. The fact that she told him about the dinner party ant that Yera had thought of him sohow. It was a good progress.
As soon as the eting ended and everyone was dismissed, Xander looked at assistant Ron and said, "They will have a welcoming party for Yera tonight. Find out where it is."
In all actuality, Xander was worried. It wouldn’t be much of a welcoming party if there was no alcohol involved. And having been introduced to his wife’s other personality when she transford into the drunken version of herself, he was afraid. Very afraid...
"Sir, I actually received a ssage from Dr. Gong earlier. He has invited you to the dinner party as well... But you were still in the eting, so I didn’t..." Assistant Ron tried to explain, but got nervous when he saw his boss staring at him with a crumpled face.
"Ron... My wife always cos first... Do you want your yearly bonus to be cut by half?" Xander asked in a threatening voice.
Assistant Ron quickly shook his head and said, "No. Sorry, Sir. I will definitely keep it in mind. The young mistress must always co first. No matter what..."
"Good. Make sure you don’t forget that. Now, please inform my dad that my wife and I won’t be having dinner with him at ho," instructed Xander.
"Yes, Sir. One more thing, Sir. Ralf and his team arrived a few minutes ago. Dr. Rui has already made the arrangents, and they are now on basent six."
"Alright. Where’s my wife? I’ll go to her."
....
Yera was in the middle of performing her first major surgery after her long absence from the operating room.
Every surgeon had their own unique routine when they perford a surgical procedure. Hers was to play a piece of soft music as she humd along with it. That was what she did this ti as well.
Dr. Gong, several other doctors, and a few dical students were observing her performance, from an adjacent room that was separated by a wide glass window, through which they could look. There was also a widescreen TV in that room where they could watch the live streaming of the surgery.
The operation Yera was currently performing was that of an acutely inflad gallbladder that needed imdiate surgical removal.
"She’s fast and very precise. I can sense another Hand of Midas in our surgical team..." marveled Dr. Scott, the Chief of Neurosurgery, who also ca to watch the surgery upon hearing that the much anticipated new general surgeon would perform it.
Dr. Gong smiled and nodded in agreent. As he witnessed Dr. Song’s skilled performance, his suspicion grew stronger. As a seasoned surgeon, young surgeons generally didn’t impress him. But there was one young surgeon that he had always admired. And that was the one they called the ’Witch Doctor.’ The forr and deceased CEO of the Life Hospitals group, Dr. Yera Han. He had watched many videos of Dr. Yera Han’s surgeries, and the similarities that Dr. Deyna Song shared with her were just too striking to be ignored. Including the soft music and the humming.
He felt a sudden chill run down his spine but quickly brushed it off. These were affairs that should not concern him at all.
At that very instant, Xander entered the room. Everyone greeted him by slightly bowing their heads as a sign of respect.
Xander sat beside Dr. Gong and asked, "How is she?"
"She’s doing great, Dr. Yang. Very impressive, indeed," answered Dr. Gong.
"By the way, I’ll co to my wife’s welcoming party later. But I’ll need to borrow her for a bit after this operation. Don’t worry, it won’t be long," whispered Xander.
After the surgery, Yera checked her phone and read Xander’s text ssage, asking her to co to his private elevator as soon as she was done. She imdiately excused herself.
Her heart was racing hard as she walked toward the private elevator, where Xander was already waiting. As soon as they stepped inside the elevator Xander instructed, "Have Yera’s identity added to the system, so she could use this elevator anyti she wants."
"Noted, Sir," replied assistant Ron.
Xander looked at Yera and explained, "The only people authorized to use this elevator are Ron, Rui, Ralf, the hospital’s head of security, and ."
He then inford Yera about the situation on basent six.
"It’s a private ward..." said Xander as they walked along the corridor.
"You have to confirm if he is one of the culprits from that night," Xander told Yera as they entered the room. Rui and another man were already inside. The other man slightly bowed his head to Xander and her.
"This is Ralf, the head of my personal security team," introduced Xander.
Yera greeted him back before her eyes landed on the man lying unconscious on the bed, with a lot of tubes attached to him. Obviously, the machine was the only thing supporting his life.
Yera drew in a long breath as she saw his familiar face. He was the man who had accompanied her to the restroom.
"He’s one of them..." She confird. Her eyes were still fixed on the motionless man who was as good as dead as she asked, "What happened to him?"
"He was shot to the head. And his body had drifted in the river, just like you. But unfortunately, the bullet hit a vital nerve in his head, causing him to be comatose," Rui answered.
"We suspect the leader was the perpetrator. He is the only one left missing now. He must have shot the other three to kill them. The two dead culprits had a bullet in their heads as well," explained Ralf.
Yera felt a bit anxious. She could not rember the leader’s face, but she rembered seeing a red dragon tattoo on his arm when he abducted her from the yacht. She had heard his voice before she totally lost consciousness, and Yera was sure he was the leader because she had recognized his voice again when he gave the other three his instructions.
Xander moved closer to her and put his arm on her shoulders as he whispered, "Don’t worry... We’ll find the last man soon..."
Rui tried his best not to laugh when he saw Yera subtly squirm her body out of Xander’s hold while she countered, "I’m not worried at all..."
It looked like his buddy still had a long way to go before he could reach that finish line.
Xander noticed the teasing grin on Rui’s face, so he provoked as he flashed him a charming smile, "Dr. Rui... We’ll soon have our fundraising event, so I’m counting on your hard work to make it successful..."
Rui gave Xander an astonished look... ’What the hell?’ He complained silently as he wondered what his buddy was planning to make him suffer again.
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