Chapter 501: Chapter 500: Take It Easy

Yan Feifan’s blast-proof helmet had a wireless microphone and earpiece.

The people waiting outside could hear his conversation with Yv Yunzhi crystal clear through walkie-talkies and other devices.

Yan Feifan walked out of the room and took off the heavy helmet, revealing a face drenched in sweat.

Just a few minutes of contact had left him feeling like he’d been steamed in a sauna for half an hour.

Yan Feifan took a few deep gulps of fresh air, looked at Zhang Yi, Mr. Yi, and the others who had gathered around, and said, "Take me to the Affiliated Hospital."

"And have someone send the medical files for Pan Hong, Cao Ke, and Tang Guosheng to my email as fast as possible."

Mr. Yi immediately replied, "Mr. Yan, our people are already running urgent background checks on those three. We should have a report soon."

Yan Feifan grunted in acknowledgment, then added, "Please contact Lo Jun, Zheng Ling, and Zhu Guoqing from the neurosurgery department at the Affiliated Hospital. Tell them to prepare for surgeries this evening and tonight."

Zhang Yi nodded. "I’ll personally contact the leadership at the Affiliated Hospital about this and ask for their full cooperation."

"Mr. Yan, if you need anything else, just say the word!"

Yan Feifan shook his head. "That’s all for now."

He turned his head to look at the newly closed door and said coldly, "It’s just three surgical plans in a short amount of time. It’s not enough to stump me."

As he spoke, Yan Feifan was already shrugging out of the cumbersome bomb disposal suit.

Accompanied by Mr. Yi, he took the elevator to the ground floor.

As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, Yan Feifan saw his sister, Yu Suye, Wang Chuan, and Zheng Libing waiting for him.

Before Yan Feifan could even explain the situation, his concerned sister grabbed him and started patting him down, checking him over.

"Sis, I’m fine. The guy was just using the hostages to threaten me into performing surgery on three people, so he wouldn’t have dared to actually hurt me."

"He caused such a huge incident just to make you perform surgery on some people?" Wang Chuan found it hard to believe.

Yan Feifan sighed. "I find it a little unbelievable myself."

"But I need to get to the Affiliated Hospital as soon as possible. Let’s talk on the way."

This time, Zheng Libing himself drove a police SUV, taking the Yan siblings, Yu Suye, and Wang Chuan to the Affiliated Hospital.

As for the Beetle, one of Zheng Libing’s colleagues drove it, following behind them.

In the speeding car, Yan Feifan briefly recounted his conversation with Yv Yunzhi.

"Yv Yunzhi must have reached some kind of agreement with the three patients. He guaranteed I would operate on them, and in return, they would pay off his debts or something."

Yu Suye asked doubtfully, "After something like this, would those three still have the guts to let Feifan operate on them?"

"Even if they are bold enough to go through with the surgeries, that bastard will be in prison. Isn’t that scumbag worried they’ll go back on their word and not pay his debts?"

At this point, Yan Ziruo spoke up with professional expertise, "They could set up a third-party escrow account. The money is deposited first and can only be withdrawn when certain conditions are met."

"Given the gravity of a hostage crisis, it would be best to set up this third-party account overseas."

Wang Chuan mused, "There’s another possibility. One or all of the three patients might have sought out this Yv Yunzhi and planned this whole thing with him just to get Feifan to operate."

"Yv Yunzhi, knowing he has liver cancer and not much time left, probably figured he might as well go big and get some money for his family and friends."

Zheng Libing interjected, "Don’t worry, the police will get to the bottom of this. We won’t let anyone involved in the planning get away with it."

Yan Feifan suddenly had a thought. "Mr. Zheng, what if the three of them really knew nothing about this? What if they just naively believed Yv Yunzhi had a way to get me to operate and paid him for it?"

"Would their actions be considered a crime?"

"Well..."

Zheng Libing mulled it over for a moment before saying, "If the three of them were completely unaware of the plan, my understanding is that it wouldn’t be considered a crime."

"However, how a judge would ultimately rule would depend on a comprehensive analysis of all the details uncovered by the investigation."

At that moment, Yan Ziruo suddenly cut in, "Alright, alright, let’s not speculate about this. We’ll let the police investigate."

She turned to her brother, her face full of worry. "Feifan, can you really handle performing three surgeries in such a rush?"

Yan Feifan put on a nonchalant expression. "Sis, I only need to perform three puncture injection procedures. Each one will take an hour at most."

"As for the time-consuming intraspinal tumor removal, it will be handled separately by Mr. Lo and Mr. Zheng."

"Three procedures, just three hours. I can totally handle it. It’s a piece of cake."

Hearing him say that, Yan Ziruo felt a wave of relief.

But out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that the expressions on Yu Suye’s and Wang Chuan’s faces hadn’t relaxed at all.

Yan Ziruo’s heart tightened again.

"Su Ye, Feifan isn’t telling me the whole truth. You tell me, what is he hiding from me?"

Yu Suye pretended not to see the look Yan Feifan was giving her and revealed, "Sis, Feifan is right. Performing the puncture injection procedure is simple and easy. One can be done in less than an hour."

"What he’s deliberately not telling you is that the most mentally exhausting part of this whole thing is designing the surgical plan for the puncture injection."

"In the past, it’s taken Feifan half a day or even a full day to design a single surgical plan."

Facing his sister’s suddenly sharp gaze, Yan Feifan explained guiltily, "Sis, it doesn’t really take half a day."

"It’s mainly because I’m busy with other things during that time. I mostly use fragmented bits of time to think about and optimize the surgical plan, so it just seems like it takes a long time."

"Sis, if I focus all my energy on planning, and with my growing experience, I can finish one in an hour at most."

Filled with heartache, Yan Ziruo opened her mouth, but what came out was, "Today is an emergency. I know it’s useless to try and talk you out of it, so I won’t."

She added a warning, "Feifan, you need to pace yourself."

"And after this is all over, you’re going to take a proper two-day break for me."

Yan Feifan obediently replied, "Sis, whatever you say..."

It took them forty-one minutes to get from Fanhualili District to the Affiliated Hospital.

During that time, the medical files for the patients never arrived in Yan Feifan’s email inbox.

The police car carrying them pulled up directly in front of the neurosurgery department.

As soon as Yan Feifan got out of the car, he saw another police car screech to a halt beside them.

Following that, a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties pushed open the police car door and scrambled out.

"Mr. Yan..."

The man who had just gotten out tried to rush toward Yan Feifan and the others, but his footing was unsteady, and he face-planted on the ground.

The large manila envelope in his hand went flying.

The man didn’t even bother to get up, shouting, "Mr. Yan, I swear I knew nothing about what happened today!"

"Really, I can swear on it..."

Yan Feifan simply bent down, picked up the thick manila envelope, ignored the man, and walked straight toward the neurosurgery department.

"I need to think about the surgical plans. Don’t let anyone disturb me..."

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