The next morning, Wan Yunting woke up on time. After his morning run, he greeted his second sister-in-law, who was making breakfast in the kitchen, then went upstairs to wake Wan'er. After helping her wash up and change into a pretty dress, they went downstairs together for breakfast.
"Third brother, aren't you going to work today?"
Seeing it was already nine o'clock and Wan Yunting was still at home, Wan Dongming asked. He smiled and replied, "I'm going to Shenzhen later."
"What are you going to Shenzhen for?" Wang Chulin asked curiously.
"Making a house call for a patient!" Wan Yunting chuckled. Wan Dongming raised an eyebrow, seemingly guessing why he was going to Shenzhen.
"It's getting late, so I'll be going now."
With that, Wan Yunting got up, ready to find Gu Luotang and then travel to Shenzhen with her and the others, accompanying Gao Jiaming.
"Wan'er, be good at home."
"Mhm, Third Uncle, come back early."
Holding Wan'er, Wang Chulin saw Wan Yunting off as he left the villa complex by car, heading directly to Gutang Hall.
"Senior sister, hasn't Doctor Wan arrived yet?"
Qi Miaomiao, who was already at Gutang Hall, asked as Gu Luotang came out from the back.
"He's on his way. He'll be here soon," Gu Luotang replied with a smile, having just received a message from Wan Yunting.
"Okay, then I'll go prepare the things."
As Qi Miaomiao went to prepare for the house call, Gu Yuanbai, dressed in a white Tang suit, entered. Gu Luotang greeted him, "Grandpa, you're here."
"Zijin mentioned you're going to Shenzhen for a house call?" Gu Yuanbai asked.
"Yes."
Gu Luotang nodded. Gu Yuanbai continued, "Are you going with Wan Yunting?"
"Yes."
Gu Luotang nodded again, feeling a bit embarrassed. Only then did Gu Yuanbai nod, otherwise, he truly wouldn't have felt at ease with his granddaughter going for a house call in Shenzhen.
Just then, a Mercedes-Benz sedan slowly stopped at the entrance of the medical hall. It was Gao Jiaming coming to pick them up. "Doctor Luotang, we're ready to depart."
"Wait, Doctor Wan hasn't arrived yet."
Qi Miaomiao, having finished packing the medical box, came out and called out, making Gao Jiaming puzzled. "Doctor Wan? Weren't you the only ones going?"
"Doctor Wan has some business to attend to in Shenzhen, so we'll be traveling in his car!" Gu Luotang told Gao Jiaming, using the explanation Wan Yunting had provided.
Following this, a silver Toyota sedan slowly approached. It was Wan Yunting. Seeing him, Qi Miaomiao called out, "Doctor Wan, you're here."
"Mhm, hand me the medical box."
Wan Yunting glanced at Gao Jiaming beside him, then went up and took the medical box from Qi Miaomiao, placing it in the back seat of his car.
Gao Jiaming looked back at Wan Yunting, finding the young man somewhat familiar. He immediately recalled the previous day when he had dinner with Guo Liang, and the young man driving a Bugatti supercar worth hundreds of millions – wasn't it this very person?
"Mr. Gao, this is a physician from the Traditional Chinese Medicine department at our Southern Hospital in Hua Du City."
Gu Luotang walked over and introduced Wan Yunting to Gao Jiaming. "I'd like to ask him to accompany us to treat your family!"
"Oh."
Upon hearing that Wan Yunting was also a TCM physician, Gao Jiaming found it a bit peculiar.
Someone who could afford a supercar worth hundreds of millions, if not possessing assets in the trillions, must be from a powerful and wealthy family. Yet, this young man's profession was merely a TCM physician, which made Gao Jiaming think Wan Yunting was no ordinary person! Since he was from Shenzhen and had only recently come to Hua Du, it was normal that he didn't know about Wan Yunting.
"Are you Mr. Gao?"
Wan Yunting also came forward, pretending it was their first meeting, and asked with a smile, "Doctor Luotang mentioned that the patient is your younger sister?"
"Yes."
Uncertain of Wan Yunting's true identity, Gao Jiaming remained polite to him.
"It so happens that I'm going to Shenzhen for some matters. Perhaps Doctor Luotang and I can go along and be of assistance," Wan Yunting said with a smile.
Seeing that he was also a TCM doctor, Gao Jiaming didn't think much of it. "Then let's go together."
"Alright, Doctor Luotang, let's get in the car and go," Wan Yunting said to Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao.
Gao Jiaming watched as Wan Yunting opened his car door, letting Gu Luotang into the passenger seat and Qi Miaomiao into the back. He found it quite strange. Didn't Wan Yunting drive a supercar worth hundreds of millions last time? Why was he driving a regular sedan worth only around a hundred thousand today? However, seeing Gu Luotang and the others getting into Wan Yunting's car, Gao Jiaming naturally said nothing more and returned to his own car, telling his assistant to drive them back to Shenzhen...
At this moment, Gu Yuanbai came out. Upon seeing him, Wan Yunting politely greeted him, "Principal Gu, you're here too."
"Mhm," Gu Yuanbai smiled and said, "Little Wan, I'll entrust Luotang and Miaomiao to your care."
"Certainly, Principal Gu, please don't worry," Wan Yunting replied with a smile.
"Mhm, go ahead."
Gu Yuanbai waved his hand. Wan Yunting nodded, then got into his car, reminded Gu Luotang to buckle her seatbelt, and then drove off, following Gao Jiaming's car towards Shenzhen...
Southern Hospital, Emergency Department.
"Xiao Mei, where is Ke'er? Isn't she coming to work today?"
Jiang Tongxin had just finished operating on a patient and found that Su Ke'er hadn't shown up all morning.
"I don't know. I haven't seen her either this morning," the intern female doctor replied in confusion.
Jiang Tongxin raised an eyebrow. She had just texted Su Ke'er, but the girl hadn't replied. So, she asked another nurse, who also said she hadn't seen Su Ke'er. This made Jiang Tongxin very puzzled. She directly called Su Ke'er, but the call showed the phone was turned off, which made her even more perplexed and worried.
Thus, Jiang Tongxin went directly to Su Ke'er's dormitory. When she knocked on the door, she found it wasn't locked at all. After calling out a couple of times with no response, Jiang Tongxin pushed the door open. She found everything in order, but Su Ke'er was nowhere to be seen.
Unable to find Su Ke'er, Jiang Tongxin ran to the Traditional Chinese Medicine department and asked Sister Yan, the nurse, "Did Ke'er come here this morning?"
"No."
Sister Yan shook her head and said, "Perhaps Doctor Wan took leave today, so she didn't come." After all, Su Ke'er used to come every morning, either to bring Wan Yunting breakfast or just to hang out...
"Did Wan Yunting not come to work?" Jiang Tongxin asked.
"Mhm," Sister Yan nodded and continued with her work.
Seeing this, Jiang Tongxin didn't ask any further questions, assuming Su Ke'er was probably with Wan Yunting. However, she still found it strange that the girl wasn't replying to her texts...
Meanwhile, Su Ke'er was already in Shenzhen. After Wan Yunting left her dormitory last night, Su Ke'er had called her elder brother, Su Xing'an, to pick her up, and they had returned to the Su family in Shenzhen overnight...
At this moment, Wan Yunting was driving his car on the highway to Shenzhen, following Gao Jiaming's car. Gu Luotang sat in the passenger seat. Elegant and serene, she rarely spoke in the car. Fortunately, Qi Miaomiao was in the car, chattering away like a lark, talking about this and that. Otherwise, if it were just the two of them in the car, it would have been incredibly quiet.
It takes about two and a half hours to travel from Hua Du to Shenzhen. By noon, Wan Yunting and the others had entered Shenzhen's urban area. However, his sister lived in the affluent district by the bay in Shenzhen, so it would take another forty minutes to get there...
After one o'clock in the afternoon, they finally arrived at the semi-mountain private villa mansion in Shenzhen's bay area. Soon, Gao Jiaming's car slowly pulled up to the entrance of a villa compound. The large iron gate automatically opened, and Gao Jiaming's car and Wan Yunting's car drove in, parking slowly in the parking spaces next to the front garden.
"Wow, so many flowers."
Qi Miaomiao, before even getting out of the car, looked at the garden filled with various kinds of flowers, such as the lucky flower of October, red chrysanthemums, roses, and so on. The entire courtyard was filled with the scent of flowers. A swarm of bees was also buzzing busily, collecting nectar in the garden!
Wan Yunting and Gu Luotang got out of the car and surveyed the flowers in the garden. Then they looked up at the three-story villa, designed in a Chinese style. The entrance of the villa was flanked by flower and greenery arrangements on both sides, indicating how much the villa owner loved vegetation.
"Such a peculiar fragrance!"
However, amidst the pervasive floral scent, Wan Yunting detected a faint, peculiar aroma. Looking at the flower varieties in the garden, most of them were common, everyday flowers, with only a few less common species. But the peculiar fragrance wasn't emanating from these flowers, which made Wan Yunting confused. He couldn't help but rub his nose. Perhaps it was the mix of these flowers that produced the peculiar scent...