Chapter 321: Chapter 316: Phoenix Man
There has been quite a buzz within Changfeng Hospital over the past couple of days, and it is all because the head of the gastroenterology department, Li Xiumin, along with his wife from the procurement department and their daughter, who had been a surgical doctor for less than a year, resigned together.
Li Xiumin is a veteran doctor of the hospital, and because he had a good relationship with the hospital director, he had always enjoyed smooth sailing. Now that the entire family resigned together, everyone is speculating whether they had offended the director.
Later, a colleague from the procurement department revealed that during her tenure, Li Xiumin’s wife repeatedly took advantage of her position to receive kickbacks. Although the director did not report her to the police, he pressured her to return the illicit gains of these years.
The hospital staff felt somewhat pensive. Although Changfeng Hospital is part of a private group, its benefits are no less than those of big hospitals, and they hadn’t expected Li Xiumin’s family to act against their conscience this way.
Two days later, another insider revealed that the resignation of Li Xiumin’s family was not only because of his wife’s greed for kickbacks but also because his daughter, Li Xin, had delusions about seducing the director’s son-in-law.
This insider described vividly, and it’s unknown where they got the information about Li Xin confessing to Ye Qiu, saying that it’s not considered being a mistress if not married. Previously, Zhang Meng and Li Xin were considered two beauties of the hospital. Since coming back from that banquet, Li Xin resigned, and Zhang Meng no longer mentioned her, validating many people’s suspicions.
This also led to increased disdain for Li Xiumin’s family within the hospital. Usually, his family took advantage of their good relationship with the director to throw their weight around, yet they turned out to be ungrateful in the end.
Speaking of which, it seems their director is indeed a decent person. Even though he made them return their kickbacks, he didn’t withhold their severance pay at all. After this incident, Zhang Changfeng’s authority and the solidarity of the hospital only increased.
Meanwhile, Ye Qiu and Zhang Meng were not affected at all by Li Xin’s actions. Li Xin remained busy, while Ye Qiu actually found himself with more free time since the responsibility for the cancer cure was entirely handed over to the nation. Other than occasionally serving as a technical advisor, he spent most of his time preparing for his wedding.
They needed to prepare the wedding house and schedule the time for their wedding photoshoot, along with arranging the venue, setting up the site, planning the wedding banquet, and more. Even though the wedding was still three months away, Ye Qiu always felt pressed for time.
Especially since they had to spare about a week to go to Ye Qiu’s hometown for a wedding banquet, and in January, they had to attend several award ceremonies in Jing City, making time even more scarce.
On January 10th, Ye Qiu was awarded China’s Science News Figure of the Year.
On January 19th, Ye Qiu was conferred the National Highest Award for Science and Technology of the Year.
On February 14th, Ye Qiu received the Inspirational Person of the Year Award in Hua Country.
This New Year, Ye Qiu’s figure was seen across all news and TV stations in Hua Country. His outstanding achievements and selfless dedication moved countless people, and from then on, he became the exemplary figure all parents mentioned to their children, evoking both admiration and envy.
On February 18th, Ye Qiu went back to his hometown in D City with Zhang Meng. Thanks to Ye Qiu’s outstanding accomplishments, the once barren and impoverished village had gained fame, with the government spending a considerable amount of money on its development.
The uneven rocky roads turned into flat, wide concrete roads. With the government’s strong support, a logistics area was established in the town. The mountain goods were now being purchased, and the mountain people became wealthier. In just over half a year, there were transformative changes here.
Although the development of the mountainous area was eventually inevitable, it wouldn’t have progressed so rapidly if not for Ye Qiu. All the people of D City knew that their city had produced a genius who could save millions of cancer patients, and who had forsaken his own wealth to benefit the general populace, making countless D City citizens proud.
Even when they go out and talk to others, they proudly say that Ye Qiu is from their hometown and that they even attended the same school.
Very few people knew about Ye Qiu returning to his hometown for a feast, but the local folks were all well-acquainted with each other. Everyone came to share the joy, and some superstitious elders even said that the children in their families could become as smart as Ye Qiu if they ate his wedding banquet food!
These days, Granny Liu is living very comfortably. Which of her neighbors doesn’t praise her for raising a good son? Even the city officials are very respectful towards her!
The old house at home was torn down, and a new-style small villa was built on the original site, complementing the green water and hills. It was very beautiful. The appliances that Zhang Meng bought in the past also finally did not seem out of place in the new house.
Every time she goes out, people congratulate her. Granny Liu has never enjoyed such treatment from birth until now!
However, having a successful son can sometimes be troublesome, and people can also be too enthusiastic.
Although Granny Liu verbally complains, she is actually very pleased inside, and her smile never stops.
This time, when Ye Qiu returned to the village for the banquet, Granny Liu originally wanted to make it more grand, but because Ye Qiu said it would be troublesome if it was too grand, everyone would come to the wedding and there would be business pitching and requests – whether Ye Qiu should help or not?
Although he is famous now, he’s just a scientist who knows experiments. What could he help with? And if he spends all his time on interpersonal relationships, will he still do research later?
Ye Qiu slowly explained these reasons to Granny Liu, who truly wanted what’s best for her son, so she didn’t insist anymore. In the end, only people from the village and some close relatives were invited to the wedding banquet.
"Mom, why haven’t Ye Qiu and Mengmeng arrived yet?" Ye Mei stood at the door, anxiously looking outside.
"I warn you, behave from now on and don’t cause trouble for your brother," Granny Liu glared at her daughter and said undiplomatically.
Ye Mei’s face turned awkward, and she smiled stiffly: "Mom, why would you say that? Ye Qiu is my blood brother; how could I do anything to harm him?"
"Haven’t you done enough already?" Granny Liu felt disgusted inside, "Using your brother’s name to defraud money, and you have the face for that? If it were not discovered early by the family, Ye Qiu’s reputation would have been ruined by you."
"Mom, how can you blame me? It’s the people below who failed the quality check; I am also a victim," Ye Mei argued.
"Still trying to deceive me, an old woman? Blaming others for your own greed? Are legitimate products that cheap? I warn you, do not use Ye Qiu’s name to sell things anymore, otherwise, don’t blame me for disowning you as a daughter, even if you get arrested for fraud, I won’t let Ye Qiu rescue you."
Now, Ye Qiu is Granny Liu’s treasure, no one can touch him. Ye Mei has never been filial to her for a day, how could she be as important as Ye Qiu?
In Granny Liu’s opinion, it’s enough for Ye Mei to just quietly do some small business and earn a little money; she should not dream of coveting her son’s money or ruining her son’s reputation.