In the afternoon, Wan Yunting was already out of bed and moving around in the hospital room. After all, the gunshot wound hadn't hit any vital parts, and combined with his cultivation and healing practice at noon, the wound had basically recovered quite a bit.
"Old Wan, we've come to see you."
At this moment, Jin Xiuwen entered with his secretary Zhou Xiaomin, along with Xue Jianchao and He Chengping. Wan Yunting turned to them and asked with a smile, "Why have you all come?"
"Nonsense, of course we're here to see Ya Nan, and also to see if you're dead yet," Jin Xiuwen retorted, giving him a look. He placed the fruit basket on the table and quipped, "I think you're looking for a fight."
"I think you're the one looking for death."
Wan Yunting waved his fist, startling Jin Xiuwen, who quickly dodged. He Chengping and Xue Jianchao burst into laughter, saying, "It seems you're full of energy. You weren't injured badly enough."
"Damn it, you ungrateful bunch."
Wan Yunting glared at them and sat on the bed, peeling a banana from the fruit basket and eating it. He asked, "How is Ya Nan? Has she left the ICU yet?"
"Mmm, but her husband, Qin Yuan, said she can leave tomorrow," Jin Xiuwen replied.
"That's good then."
Hearing that Lin Ya Nan was out of danger, Wan Yunting finally breathed a sigh of relief. He planned to visit her himself tomorrow and also apologize to her husband.
"Hey, how's your mother doing now?"
Seeing Zhou Xiaomin there, Wan Yunting remembered to ask.
"Mr. Wan, my mother has already had her surgery. She was discharged a while ago and is recuperating at home," Zhou Xiaomin said with a smile. "I came to see you and to thank you for helping my mother last time. Thank you..."
Seeing the young woman bow to him, Wan Yunting chuckled while eating the banana, shaking his head slightly. "You're welcome. You're an employee of our company, and as bosses, it's our duty to help our employees solve their family difficulties. If you have any more problems, just go to Old Jin."
"Mmm-hmm..."
Zhou Xiaomin glanced at Jin Xiuwen and smiled gratefully.
"Speaking of the company, Old Wan, have you and Yan Xi sorted things out? When will the company's products be launched?" Jin Xiuwen walked over and sat directly on Wan Yunting's hospital bed, crossing his legs.
"You don't need to worry about it. We're doing great."
Wan Yunting shot him a sideways glance and threw an apple from the fruit basket to Xue Jianchao, He Chengping, and Zhou Xiaomin. "When the company's products will be launched is decided by you, the person in charge. Don't bother me with this kind of thing."
"Hey, you're really acting like a hands-off boss, aren't you? Believe it or not, I'll just quit if you keep this up," Jin Xiuwen glared and blustered, seeing him being so nonchalant.
"No, no, no, the company can't afford to lose you, Mr. Jin."
Wan Yunting immediately smiled sheepishly and patted his shoulder. This scene made Zhou Xiaomin and the others laugh.
"Tsk, if you guys are going to argue, don't drag the company down. The employees still need to eat," Jin Xiuwen said dismissively. It was precisely because Wan Yunting and Fang Yanxi had argued before that Yan Ting Beauty Co., Ltd.'s beauty products had been delayed in their official launch.
"How about this, I'll discuss it with Yan Xi later and give you full authority over the company. You decide," Wan Yunting said, waving his hand.
"Alright, I have no problem with that. If the company loses money later, it'll be your money anyway," Jin Xiuwen spread his hands, shrugging indifferently.
"Alright, alright, I'm recovering here and don't have the energy to deal with you guys."
Wan Yunting tossed the banana peel into the nearby trash can and leaned back against the headboard, adopting a lazy pose of a hands-off boss.
As for the company's affairs, he would let Jin Xiuwen handle it. As long as the beauty products manufactured met the strict standards, the sales issues could be left to them to decide.
At this moment, there was a knock on the not-fully-closed hospital room door. Standing at the entrance was Lucy, a tall foreign woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, dressed in a black suit and pencil skirt, her beautiful legs accentuated by black stockings and high heels. She had come with her assistant and said in English, "Mr. Wan, I've come to report on my work."
"Lucy, come in."
Seeing that it was Jiang Wenhao's secretary, Lucy, Wan Yunting nodded.
"Whoa, not bad, Old Wan. You've even hooked up with a foreign beauty."
As soon as Lucy entered, Xue Jianchao and He Chengping were captivated by her beautiful appearance. "You're right, she's grown up eating bread and milk. Her height is so impressive, and her figure is amazing..."
"Hey, isn't this your brother Jiang Wenhao's secretary?"
Jin Xiuwen recognized Lucy, as Wan Yunting had introduced him to Jiang Wenhao before.
"Jiang Wenhao? That name sounds a bit familiar?"
He Chengping was dazed, looking at Lucy as she entered. Xue Jianchao immediately recalled, "It's Jiang Wenhao, the chairman of Chaoting Group!"
"You two still don't know?"
Jin Xiuwen pointed at Wan Yunting, who was leaning on the bed. "The real chairman behind Chaoting Group is him!"
He Chengping, Xue Jianchao, and even Zhou Xiaomin, who knew nothing, were stunned by the news. "Old Jin, are you kidding? Old Wan is the chairman of Chaoting Group? You're exaggerating."
"Exaggerating? Look at this foreign beauty," Jin Xiuwen pointed at Lucy, who was coming in to report on the company. Xue Jianchao and He Chengping stared, then turned their heads in unison to look at Wan Yunting, who was comfortably leaning on the headboard. "Holy cow, it can't be true, can it, Old Wan?"
Wan Yunting was listening to Lucy's report about Wan Shi Da Group. Jiang Wenhao, in the United States, had already identified the chairman of Wan Shi Da Group through various channels.
At the same time, Chaoting Group also announced to the public that the Wan Shi Da Group incident was not caused by Fang Yanxi's fault, but rather by someone within the company deliberately framing her, which led to the incident.
However, due to this incident, Chaoting Group's stock market was also greatly affected, losing hundreds of billions in market value in the past two days. Fortunately, with Jiang Wenhao taking charge, the matter was quickly resolved, and the stock market began to stabilize today.
Furthermore, Chaoting Group did not dismiss Fang Yanxi, so she remained the Executive President of the company's headquarters in China!
This outcome immediately proved the outside world wrong. Those who had mocked Fang Yanxi before, and the chaotic news editors outside, no longer dared to write negative news about Fang Yanxi indiscriminately...
"Alright, I understand. I will arrange for her to return to the company as soon as possible," Wan Yunting said after listening to Lucy's report and waved her away.
Watching Lucy and the others leave, Xue Jianchao and He Chengping, still looking astonished, turned to Wan Yunting on the bed. "Old Wan, you've really been hiding your true capabilities! You've secretly started a company behind our backs, and it's one of the top groups in the financial world, with a market value of trillions. You're incredible."
Wan Yunting appeared nonchalant and said with a smile, "Actually, this company isn't mine. Jiang Wenhao built it from scratch. He just wanted to thank me, so he gave me this title. Honestly, I have no power in the company. At most, I get some dividends each year..."
...Jin Xiuwen, He Chengping, and Xue Jianchao silently watched him brag, grinding their teeth in annoyance, and picked up the apples in their hands. "Damn it, I'm gonna smash you to death..."
"Junior Brother Wan, my senior sister and I have come to see you."
After fooling around with Jin Xiuwen and the others for a while, Li Zihang entered with his senior sister Xu Lingwei.
"Old Wan, we have company matters to attend to, so we'll be leaving now."
Jin Xiuwen, Xue Jianchao, and the others had just come to see him. Seeing that he was perfectly fine, they were relieved.
"Go ahead."
Wan Yunting nodded and waved them off, then looked at Li Zihang and Xu Lingwei as they entered and said with a smile, "Thanks for last night."
"You're welcome."
Li Zihang went up, picked up an orange from the fruit plate, and tossed it to Xu Lingwei, who was sitting nearby. He then picked up another one and began peeling it, chuckling and saying to Wan Yunting, "This was our duty, senior sister and I. But if Junior Brother Wan really wants to thank me, he can give me another million or so."
"Hey, you greedy little brat," Wan Yunting glared at him.
"When are we returning to the Taoist temple?"
Xu Lingwei, sitting there, was wearing a simple white dress today, similar to a Taoist robe, but more akin to a traditional Chinese long robe in everyday life. Li Zihang had learned to use Taobao and bought it for her online.
"What's today's date?"
"November 5th. The 15th is our Wuliang Taoist Temple's ancestral worship ceremony!" Li Zihang said while eating an orange.
Wan Yunting glanced at Xu Lingwei and said, "Didn't we say we'd set off for your Wuliang Taoist Temple on the 10th? We'll see then."
Xu Lingwei lowered her head, peeling an orange, and didn't say anything more.
"But it seems it doesn't matter if I go now!" Wan Yunting said with a smile.
"Why?"
Li Zihang looked at him and said, "Uncle-Master Chang said that your body's Stone Gate acupoint is sealed with a malevolent energy, and he wanted to take you back to the sect for our master to help you expel it?"
Wan Yunting looked a bit smugly at the sister and brother duo, Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang, and said with a smile, "Because I've already expelled that malevolent energy myself, and my martial arts suddenly advanced to the early stage of Dan Jin!"
"What, you've broken through to the early stage of Dan Jin?"
Li Zihang immediately exclaimed in shock, unable to believe it.
Even Xu Lingwei couldn't help but look up, her eyes changing slightly as she looked at Wan Yunting, her orange-peeling motion pausing.
"How is that possible? How did you do it?" Li Zihang didn't believe it.
He and his senior sister had been learning martial arts at the sect for a long time. To this day, Xu Lingwei was only at the middle stage of Hua Jin, and he, Li Zihang, was only at the early stage of Hua Jin.
But this Wan Yunting, who was previously at the late stage of Hua Jin, had already made them feel discouraged. Now, he claimed to have broken through Hua Jin and advanced to the early stage of Wu Dao Dan Jin. Was he riding a rocket?
Moreover, breaking through from Hua Jin to the Wu Dao Dan Jin realm was an extremely difficult hurdle to overcome!
Among the many martial arts experts in the entire Chinese martial arts world, countless people were stuck at the Hua Jin stage, unable to break through to the Wu Dao Dan Jin realm.
Therefore, Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang were very eager to know how Wan Yunting had managed it.
"Because I was trapped in a cave, I encountered a large black snake that had become a spirit..."
Wan Yunting didn't hide anything. He told them about being trapped in the Ling Shan cave with Gu Luotang, encountering that large black snake, and drinking its blood.
"So, I slept for two days and two nights. When I woke up, I found that the malevolent energy in my body was gone, and I had broken through to the early stage of Dan Jin. Now, my dantian has expanded several times, and I'm slowly condensing an inner core," Wan Yunting said with a proud smile, then picked up his water cup to take a drink.
...But Xu Lingwei and Li Zihang were stunned and completely dumbfounded. It took them a long time to recover and exclaim, "Holy cow, that works too..."