"Ani, how is she?" Xie Xinlian asked, taking the thermal container.
"Twenty hours of surgery. She’s tired and fell asleep on the lounge chair in the practice chamber," Yan Aohan replied.
"Being a doctor is truly not easy," Xie Xinlian sighed again.
"It is indeed difficult," Yan Aohan nodded in agreement. "But I believe Ani is happy to have saved a life."
"Hmm." Xie Xinlian nodded, feeling proud in her heart that her daughter possessed such skilled medical arts.
Huang Meiying said, "Little Yan, go take care of Ani. There isn’t much to do here." Although it was her granddaughter’s duty, seeing her so exhausted, Grandmother Huang Meiying felt deeply sympathetic.
Yan Aohan agreed and left.
Zhu Yanyi slept for four hours. Upon waking, she drank a bottle of Spirit Spring water and sat in meditation for a while, fully restoring her energy.
"It seems she has recovered." Yan Aohan, waiting outside, sensed the moment Zhu Yanyi woke up. He entered and saw that she was indeed awake.
"I slept for four hours, drank Spirit Spring water, and meditated. Naturally, I recovered," Zhu Yanyi answered with a smile.
"Gu Jingtian is still resting. He hasn’t left the director’s practice chamber yet," Yan Aohan smiled gently.
Although Gu Jingtian had worked fewer hours than Zhu Yanyi, she was older and had lower internal energy, which is why she was so tired. However, according to Zhu Yanyi’s estimate, six hours of sleep would be sufficient for her.
"Is there anything to eat? I’m hungry again." After sleeping for four hours, the chicken noodle soup she had eaten earlier was long digested.
"Yes." Yan Aohan poured egg rice cakes from a new thermal container and handed them to Zhu Yanyi.
Zhu Yanyi finished them quickly, then stretched lazily. "Finally feel alive again." She moved to wash the container, but Yan Aohan took it from her to wash it first.
Zhu Yanyi didn’t mind and shrugged. "I want to check on that patient. Are you coming?"
"Let’s go. I’ll take you there." Yan Aohan didn’t feel his presence was necessary here, so he decided to walk with Zhu Yanyi.
Zhu Yanyi didn’t object. She led Yan Aohan to the intensive care ward. She entered, took the patient’s pulse, confirmed there were no issues, and then left.
"Who is this person? Why did this happen? Have you found out?" Zhu Yanyi asked Yan Aohan as they walked out of the ward.
Yan Aohan glanced at Zhu Yanyi before speaking slowly. "This person is Dan Wolf from the Red Wolf Mercenary Group. She met Qingmu Wolf, who had defected. Qingmu Wolf feared Dan Wolf would reveal her whereabouts, so she brought people to attack her. Dan Wolf had no choice but to crush a thunder bomb she had obtained from somewhere. Fortunately, there were no others nearby at the time. So, Qingmu Wolf and her accomplices died, while Dan Wolf was injured."
Zhu Yanyi paused. "Dan Wolf has always been looking for a chance to get close to me. Now I’m right in front of her, and she hasn’t even woken up. Isn’t this a case of getting what one deserves?"
Yan Aohan coughed lightly. "Ani, don’t put it that way. Perhaps the Heavenly Dao felt pity for him and allowed him to see you one last time."
"And then? Seeing her disfigured, with her internal organs nearly turned to pulp… was it to test my medical skills?" Zhu Yanyi asked with a grin, clearly feeling a sense of speechless absurdity about the situation.
Yan Aohan said calmly, "It can also be seen as a warning. Let’s see if he dares to harm you again in the future."
Yan Aohan continued, "However, since Dan Wolf is in trouble, we can use this. For example, spread rumors that Dan Wolf has defected or gone missing, or even that he is dead. This will draw all the Red Wolf members to the capital, where we can eliminate them."
"Does one Dan Wolf really have that much influence?" Zhu Yanyi looked at Yan Aohan. "Even if Dan Wolf defected, it wouldn’t have such a huge impact, would it?"
"Dan Wolf and Qingmu Wolf were once partners. They turned against each other because they obtained a treasure map. Qingmu Wolf wanted to keep it all for himself, while Dan Wolf had his own selfish motives. They schemed against each other and eventually became enemies. It must be said that Dan Wolf was more skilled back then, and he remains so now. At least Dan Wolf is still alive, while Qingmu Wolf is dead," Yan Aohan said seriously.
"If I had known this person was Dan Wolf, I wouldn’t have saved her. I don’t want to save a villain," Zhu Yanyi said dissatisfied. Saving a villain meant harming countless good people, which was something Zhu Yanyi refused to do.
"Don’t be too angry. If saving Dan Wolf leads to the destruction of the Red Wolf Mercenary Group, it actually adds considerable karmic merit for you," Yan Aohan said with a smile.
"Although I feel very unhappy about it, the person is already saved, so there’s nothing more to say. Anyway, it’s just like that. I saved her, but once she’s transferred to a regular ward, I won’t care anymore. With Senior Brother Gu there, she won’t die," Zhu Yanyi stated directly.
Yan Aohan hummed. "Then tell me, if I spread the rumor that he and Qingmu Wolf have teamed up again and are going to find the treasure, what do you think will happen?"
"The Red Wolf side will naturally panic," Zhu Yanyi confirmed. "By the way, as you said, Dan Wolf and Qingmu Wolf both obtained the treasure map initially. Did they split it, each taking half?"
Yan Aohan looked at Zhu Yanyi with approval. "How did you guess that?"
Zhu Yanyi glanced at Yan Aohan. "It’s not hard to guess. If Qingmu Wolf had the treasure map, she would have gone to find the treasure alone and fled far away with her people. She wouldn’t have stayed in the capital, because China is definitely not a place for her to enjoy life. But she came to China, which means she had to come. In other words, some circumstances didn’t allow her to go elsewhere. What circumstances? Nothing but running out of money.
With no money, he had to come to China. His main goal in coming to China was to hide from people.
If he wanted to fight, having no money wouldn’t work. And when he met Dan Wolf, his first thought was to kill him, likely to silence him. Of course, the most important thing was to get the remaining half of the treasure map. Similarly, Dan Wolf chose a low-probability survival path, mostly likely for that half of the treasure map. He just never expected the thunder bomb to be so powerful."
Hearing Zhu Yanyi’s deduction, Yan Aohan gave a thumbs-up. "Ani, you’re getting better and better. You guessed it all."
She nodded seriously. "Actually, your guess is completely correct. It is exactly like that. They schemed against each other, and each took half of the treasure map. This is also why the Red Wolf group has been secretly looking for Qingmu Wolf. However, Qingmu Wolf used water escape techniques, making her hard to find. Moreover, they didn’t expect Qingmu Wolf to come to China, as China is actually not a good place for her to hide."