Yu Qing grimaced as she shook her head slightly. “I’m not. You are just teasing me!” She was not afraid of Su Shaoqing. It was just that she tended to conduct herself more ceremoniously around him. “Right. Is there something I can do for you?”
She assumed that Su Shaoqing was not one for random social calls. The last time he made an appearance at the ob-gyn department was during Shi Nuan’s pregnancy when he came for a visit along with his family. Yu Qing felt that Su Shaoqing must also have made this trip for similarly specific reasons as she did not think she would have crossed his mind otherwise.
Su Shaoqing grinned, “As a matter of fact, there is!”
“Please speak your mind!” Yu Qing was pleasantly surprised to see Su Shaoqing being this polite. “Might it be work-related?”
“You could put it that way!” Su Shaoqing nodded. He paused for a moment before continuing, “I assume that you are familiar with Shi Wei!”
Yu Qing blanked out momentarily as Shi Wei’s face suddenly surfaced in her mind. Even if Yu Qing did not pay attention to celebrities, Shi Wei had left enough of an impression on her that there was no chance that she could have forgotten her. Yu Qing nodded. “I suppose that I am. Do you know her well, Director?”
“More than well, I would say…” Su Shaoqing paused before he said, “Did she come by for a consultation with you the day before?”
Yu Qing was dismayed. “Director, this invokes doctor-patient confidentiality!”
Su Shaoqing pursed his lips. He then suddenly got up and closed in on Yu Qing, towering over her. Yu Qing’s neck jerked back in fright as Su Shaoqing’s face hovered in front of hers.
She blinked twice before backing away.
Yu Qing got to her feet. With her head held low, her expression cannot be read as it was shielded from view.
Her heart pounded fast and her face flushed red to the ears.
Su Shaoqing raised an eyebrow and retreated to his seat. “Dr. Yu, as director of this hospital, it is my responsibility to show concern for my doctors as well as my patients!”
Yu Qing kept her head bowed as her cheeks still felt warm. She could not catch the nuances of what Su Shaoqing was saying. “Director… what’s your relationship with Shi Wei?”
Su Shaoqing raised his head and regarded her placidly. “You seem to be showing quite a bit of interest in my personal life, Dr. Yu?”
“I just thought that the director might fancy Ms. Shi, that’s all!” Yu Qing replied. Then it occurred to her that both Shi Nuan and Shi Wei shared the same family name. Yu Qing’s eyebrows knotted as she looked upon Su Shaoqing. “But that Ms. Fu…”
“You need only tell me the purpose of Shi Wei’s visit here, or hand me her medical report!” Su Shaoqing rapped the table impatiently with his index finger. Apparently, Yu Qing’s words had struck a nerve with him.
Yu Qing was someone who knew her place. She quickly took the hint when she read Su Shaoqing’s expression. “This is Shi Wei’s file. She had declined to undergo surgery previously and had been coming to me using her friend Su Su’s name!”
Su Su?
The corner of Su Shaoqing’s lips twitched as the name mentioned seemed to ring a bell. “I’ll be taking this with me!”
“But Director…” Yu Qing spoke with mouth agape. “What would you want with this?” It contravened the hospital’s regulations to share patient information. It would arguably be acceptable for Su Shaoqing, as he was the hospital’s director. But what if he showed it to outsiders?
Should the information be leaked, Yu Qing would doubtlessly be the first to come under suspicion. Yu Qing took care to be thorough in doing her due diligence as she had considered that Shi Wei might not be someone she would like to mess with.
Su Shaoqing pursed his lip. “Relax. I’ll take good care of this. Even if confidentiality were breached, it would be more of a problem for me than for you, as this is my hospital. I wouldn’t want to put it to ruin!” He reached out to pat Yu Qing reassuringly on her shoulder. “Now, get back to work!”
After he stepped out, he went straight back to his office. Su Shaoqing shook his head in disapproval as he leafed through Shi Wei’s medical records. He then rang up Fu Chengyan. “I’d say. Your sister-in-law is quite something!”
Fu Chengyan’s eyes narrowed. “Get to the point.”
“Got what you want. Shall I have it delivered to you later?”
“Just send me some shots of them!”
Su Shaoqing took photographs of the documents and mailed them to Fu Chengyan. “If you are going to publicize them, be more creative with your approach. I still intend to continue operating my hospital!”
“Got it.” Fu Chengyan furrowed when he read through the contents of the medical record on his computer screen. It was as May described. Shi Wei was not only adept at creating problems for him. She was equally good at putting herself in a pickle. “I should be hanging on to this for a while longer, so no worries!”
“Thanks for your help.” Fu Chengyan said. “As for Qin Yanzhi, it has been verified that Qin Xiaoxiao is deceased. The parents of that child Bai are indeed both of them. The boy is only under Ling’s care because she took pity on him.”
Su Shaoqing’s eyes widened and he remained silent for some time.
“Would you be dealing with Qin Yanzhi, or should I?”
“I’ll see to it myself! Bai’s condition has stabilized, but he probably can’t hold out for much longer. I will settle this as soon as possible.” Su Shaoqing exhaled when he ended the call but did not feel much relief.
He doubted Fu Ling adopted that boy Bai purely out of plain sympathy.
Bai and her unborn child were very close in age. Fu Ling must have felt her past experience wandering far from home resonating with that of Qin Xiaoxiao’s. That may be why Fu Ling chose to keep Bai close to her after Qin Xiaoxiao’s passing. She may be raising Bai in place of the child she lost.
Su Shaoqing kicked himself whenever he thought of this, and cursed himself for making her undergo an abortion.
Fu Chengyan twirled a pen between his fingers. He had just completed the paperwork that he needed to sort out for the company and got back up after taking a short rest. “Zhou Zheng, come with me!”
Zhou Zheng immediately set aside his own work to follow Fu Chengyan. “Where are we going, Mr. Fu?”
“The investigation work on Shi Wei’s recent activities. Do you have what I’ve asked for?”
“Oh, it’s right here. She has been rather quiet of late. Wrapped up shooting for the drama and those few commercials she had lined up previously.” Zhou Zheng maintained eye contact with Fu Chengyan as he spoke. “She has attended a couple of receptions since then, and visited the hospital just two days ago!”
Zhou Zheng was still not certain of the purpose of Shi Wei’s hospital visit, so he spoke cautiously. “The appearances at receptions are usually part of the artiste’s contractual obligations to Xinhuang. Nothing out of the ordinary. Is there something irregular here that I should know about, Mr. Fu?”
Fu Chengyan pursed his lips. “Didn’t you dig deeper into what she went to the hospital for?”
“This… Wouldn’t she be at the hospital for medical attention? Or perhaps she had a little too much to drink and so…” The more Zhou Zheng went on, the more he felt something amiss. “Unless, Shi Wei did something?”
“What of Su Su? Hasn’t she been checking in with you for work?”
“This slipped my mind.” Zhou Zheng slapped himself on the forehead. “Things have been really hectic so I really haven’t paid much attention to her.”
Fu Chengyan glared at Zhou Zheng, and appeared rather unimpressed. Zhou Zheng stiffened his back as he felt stressed. “Mr. Fu, that was an oversight on my part. I shall go and question Su Su right away!”
“Forget it!” Fu Chengyan dismissed it. “Let them have their fun!” Internal strife could be amusing so long as they were kept within limits. He was not going to stand in the way of that.
Zhou Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, his esteem for Fu Chengyan grew. Allowing the two women to fight each other – To think he had always thought Fu Chengyan a decent man despite his ruthlessness. Zhou Zheng had not imagined that Fu Chengyan could be so cold-blooded.
Zhou Zheng probably forgot that Fu Chengyan had already shown this side of him when Shi Wei and Su Su plotted to harm Shi Nuan.
Fu Chengyan then organized a golfing session for a few of the corporate world’s prominent figures. These were the few men who had wanted to get in with him, but never had the opportunity before. No doubt they would be jumping at this unexpected invitation from Fu Chengyan himself.
Fu Chengyan was the last one to arrive. When the others saw him coming, they approached to receive him. “Mr. Fu!”
Fu Chengyan nodded as he surveyed the motley crew assembled before him. All of them were middle-aged males who looked thick in the head, with very little to differentiate between them. They looked quite prosperous with the beer bellies they probably acquired between one too many feasts.
Fu Chengyan mustered a smile before he extended an open palm. “Thank you all for coming!”
“You are too kind, Mr. Fu! It’s our honor to be able to receive your invitation!” One of the men moved forward quickly to shake Fu Chengyan’s hand. “I wonder what’s your reason for bringing us here, Mr. Fu?
“To play golf!” Fu Chengyan said as he glanced towards Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng stepped up immediately. “Mr. Fu is in a generous mood today. Whoever wins a game against him will secure the contract for Aureate Jade.”
The eyes of the men lighted up upon hearing that.
Information about that project had been kept under wraps for the longest time but everyone had been coveting it.
The few men present were all in the property trade. Though they have all done well for themselves, their achievements were easily dwarfed by that of Fu Chengyan.
Fu Chengyan asked, “So who wants to go first?”
“Allow me!”
Fu Chengyan raised an eyebrow. “Mr. Li!”
“You could just call me Li Sheng, Mr. Fu!” Li Sheng was cuffed and quickly moved to keep up with Fu Chengyan. “Mr. Fu, please go easy on me!”
Fu Chengyan held the golf club in his hand and smirked when he saw Li Sheng’s servile posture. “I heard that you visited Court Martins just a few days back?”
Li Sheng’s heart jumped, but he managed to eke out a smile. “Might Mr. Fu be interested?”
Though Fu Chengyan wore a smile on his face, his eyes were cold. “Was it fun for you?”
“It was indeed. If you must know, Mr. Fu, there are lots of wondrous things at Court Martins. The main attraction here is of course their women!” Li Sheng beamed.
“Really?” Fu Chengyan’s eyes were bitingly cold, but his lips were raised as if his interest was piqued.
Li Sheng happily started to share more. “Mr. Fu must not be a frequent visitor to such places. The women there are no ordinary folk. They are all… celebrities!”
