Chapter 447 — Rolling In
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Yang Huaijun wasted no time on pleasantries and went straight to the point. "Grandpa Guan, the main reason I brought Xiao Song along this time is that I'd like to borrow your connections to look into a few things."
"Xiao Yang, no need to stand on ceremony. Just say what you have to say." Guan Xuewen knew that Yang Huaijun would only come to him over something important, so he waved a hand and asked directly, "In future, if Xiao Song has business of her own, she can simply come to me."
"Thank you, Professor Guan," Qiu Lingshan said hastily.
"It's like this, Grandpa Guan. Recently there's been a gang trafficking organs illegally, running wild, seizing beggars, vagrants, even the disabled right off the streets, cutting out their kidneys or their corneas. They've grown utterly brazen!" Yang Huaijun said. "So I'd like to ask you to help me find out where the major hospitals are sourcing their organ transplants and corneal grafts. I'm hoping we can dig up some leads from that."
"That's easy enough to arrange. But all I can do is make inquiries. For operations already performed, even if the organs were obtained illegally, I have no way to demand that they be cut back out," Guan Xuewen said.
"Naturally. That would be too inhumane. But the parties involved in the illegal transactions still have to be punished," Yang Huaijun said. "I'm counting on your help, Grandpa Guan."
"I'll give Xiao Xiang a call. He's a shareholder in several hospitals and better informed than I am," Guan Xuewen said with a nod.
The Xiao Xiang Guan Xuewen spoke of was his youngest son, Guan Xiaopeng, Guan Xin's father, who held shares in a number of hospitals and also co-owned a private hospital in Songjiang City with Guan Xin's mother. He was, by any measure, one of the most renowned figures in the province's medical circles.
"Heh, with Uncle Xiang and Aunt Lan helping, we should be able to dig up some information," Yang Huaijun said with a nod. Aunt Lan, as he called her, was Guan Xiaopeng's wife and Guan Xin's mother.
Yang Huaijun had brought Qiu Lingshan along chiefly to ask for Guan Xuewen's help. Now that the matter had been laid out and Guan Xuewen had readily agreed, there was no reason to linger. Besides, it was plain that Guan Xuewen had other business with Wei Zhao, so Yang Huaijun rose to take his leave. "Grandpa Guan, we'll be going then. Things are rather busy at the bureau. I'll come and see you another day."
"Go on, then. Come for dinner some other time," Guan Xuewen said with a nod.
"Wait!" Wei Zhao called Yang Huaijun back. "I've already prepared the medicine for your second course of treatment, but I didn't bring it with me today. Tomorrow, why don't you come to my school to pick it up?"
"Fine. But lately I've been seconded to the neighboring city to help investigate a major case, so I may be very busy. If I can't find the time, I'll send Xiao Song over," Yang Huaijun said with a nod. "I won't waste words on thanks. It's all understood without being said."
"Then keep busy. Just don't work yourself to death," Wei Zhao said with a shrug. "Back before I started treating you, I never saw you this busy."
"Heh heh, a man should do as much as his abilities allow, and haven't I just about recovered?" Yang Huaijun said, a little sheepish. "Besides, aren't I also creating opportunities for you and Xiao Song?"
"Huh?!" Wei Zhao's eyes went wide, and so did Qiu Lingshan's.
Wei Zhao was somewhat at a loss for words. Why was Yang Huaijun always trying to push him and Qiu Lingshan together? As for Qiu Lingshan, what astonished her was how Brother Yang, in Wei Zhao's presence, had suddenly turned so flippant.
Hmph, that brat must have corrupted him. It had to be! One day, when she came out on top, she would make Wei Zhao pay! But for now, it seemed she could not turn things around just yet. She would have to keep working at it.