The time of new beginnings, the sun shining on the lake, the bright morning ushers in something new,
Minneapolis, somewhere downtown,
It is still an underground place where no information can be found by simply passing through the location. In an underground space like a bar, several figures with different but extraordinary characteristics sit together.
"It's only been two nights since we broke into the coastal base, and we're called again so soon,"
Still dressed in handsome black and aesthetically pleasing, the figure sitting on the main seat of the sofa is wild and loose, with slender legs upturned, exuding a sense of casualness,
Celica looked up and saw that there was only voice on the screen, and the agent who didn't want them to know any other information was the first to speak:
"What do you want to do this time?"
On the seats around the coffee table in the center of the bar, Annabella was beautiful and proudly embracing her hands, Ryder was calmly waiting for a response, and Xion's middle-aged face was smiling,
Leanne, who was sitting upright and covered her face, remained silent.
Last night, each of them received an emergency call from Fieseld, and they flew to Minneapolis from all over North America to gather again.
Although I have already learned about this commission in Los Angeles, it is a large commission that includes more than one mission,
But they really didn't expect the next mission to come so soon,
It's only been two days...
"Because of some emergencies, there is now an urgent task that needs to be entrusted to you."
The voice of the agent came from the TV that was usually used to play music, and when he heard his tense tone revealing that he was not optimistic, Celica asked casually without concern:
"Is it for your trump card again?"
"You don't want to pick up and no one is stopping you."
Snorting coldly, hearing Celika's words, Annabella looked at her sideways with bright eyes, and still spoke out with hostility,
Apparently the last time they acted together, the team hadn't cultivated the slightest sense of camaraderie.
Regarding the verbal confrontation between the top two women in the team, no one else made a sound, and listened to Annabelle's usual stinging words, and didn't care.
Celika leaned on the sofa, like the beautiful figure in the movie from the chaotic neighborhood that fits perfectly with the background of the bar.
"What is the mission this time?"
Speaking calmly, the most reliable figure among the crowd, Ryder looked at the screen and asked,
"Yeah, is it possible to break into the official base to contain the powerful enemies of the association like last time?"
With the appearance of a middle-aged and kind handsome uncle, Xi'an also smiled to ease the atmosphere,
The agent's voice was silent for a moment, and then he spoke slowly:
"Probably more difficult than that."
...
Surprised, arguing, discussing, confirming the plan, the several hours of pre-battle meeting ended, as the C-level identity did not say much, the last one came out of the underground bar,
Fangran looked at the dark and elongated luxury car parked in front of him at this moment, opened the door, got in the car and left.
"The relationship between Lufus and the Future Foundation has been confirmed, the location of the medical company's factory has also been found, and the actions with other participants have been successfully finalized,"
"The only thing left is to find the hidden dangers of the other party and recover the funds, and stop the association's plan to make the stock in the medical field fall..."
Seeing that Fangran finished meeting the participants and getting on the bus, talking about the progress of the matter one by one, Adeline looked at him and raised his hands on his lap, showing the soft space on his thigh,
"Master, do you want to sleep?"
"Um?"
Fangran was listening to her usual report, recalling the action plan for tonight at the meeting just now, and rehearsing and simulating in her mind to make sure there were no omissions.
Hearing this sudden turn of words, subconsciously looked at Adeline for a moment.
"The long-term tense spirit is not conducive to adjusting the state. Since the night before yesterday, young master, you have been like a high-speed gear."
"ah."
He was stunned by what she said, and Fangran blushed slightly introspectively,
Maybe it was the chase across downtown and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, or maybe it was more likely the stress of losing tens of billions of dollars,
It made him feel the urgency of the sudden change in the situation, and the sense of crisis was ignited,
Once he perceives a crisis or locks on a target, he will gradually become quiet, serious, and secure, focusing on his own goal regardless of other things and going all out.
That's his character,
It's also a bad habit he has had since childhood...
Fangran has already started to reflect on whether he was too heartless towards those two employees who might have just received some kickbacks...
Thinking that what Adeline said was right, for tonight's action, I really should relax a little and adjust my state, but that would be embarrassing to lie on her lap,
Fangran exhaled a long breath, relaxed his straight shoulders and leaned against the luxurious and soft seat in the car.
"Ha... I'm fine, the participants are very strong, but you sleep as short as I do, and you're running around, okay?"
"Sleeping with the young master who is very strong?"
Fangran: "..."
(///Д///╬ Don’t act like a foreigner who pretends not to understand Chinese at this time!
Looking at Adeline's cold and beautiful face, listening to her calmly and indifferently say such tiger-wolf words that completely run counter to her temperament, I feel that something has been run over on my face,
Fangran, who could only scream in shame and anger in his heart, finally let out a sigh of relief.
However, Ping Ping's heartbeat quickened when he heard Bingshan Beauty say such words to him, and being so "interrupted" by her, his mind, which had been busy for a moment for the past two days, suddenly relaxed a lot.
Fangran exhaled softly, pressed the button to lower the window,
Looking at the scenery outside the window while the tips of my hair are blown by the wind, I turn my attention to this brand new city that I have come to but have not had time to understand.
"What is that beautiful white building?"
"St. Mary's Basilica, a Roman Catholic basilica, is the seat of St. Paul and the Archdiocese of Minneapolis... ."
...
"Is that a city lake?"
"Well, Lake Calhoun, the largest and most popular lake in Minneapolis, with a surface area of 401 acres and an average depth..."
...
"What is that building?"
"The Walker Art Center, one of the most famous modern art museums in the United States, was built in 1879..."
Listening to Adeline's eloquent introduction of the special landscapes he was curious about along the way, Fangran looked at her and asked her curiously about how she knew everything:
"You come here often, why are you so familiar?"
"No, considering you may ask, young master, I have learned about this city before I came here."
I was slightly taken aback by this answer, and thought for a moment that Los Angeles and San Francisco are also the same. I don't know what to say about her powerful ability without omissions.
Fangran could only continue to look at the passing scenery outside the car window,
Then at this moment he saw a white cubic building occupying a rather large area.
"And what's there?"
"It's a nursing-oriented private hospital under Fisseld's name, and it's our property,"
After saying an answer that stunned Fangran, Adeline's calm eyes focused on his question:
"Master, do you want to go and see?"
"Is it okay?"
Hearing what she said, Fangran looked at her and asked back, and then heard Adeline's confident answer.
"Of course, you are the chief executive officer of Fiseld's entire industry. Whether it is to expand the scale or sell it directly can be decided by one of your ideas."
Following the words of the fair and indifferent beauty, the pitch-black and elongated luxury car stopped at the entrance of the hospital.
Get out of the car and look at a rather large hospital building in front of you. I don't know what Adeline is in contact with. The way is unimpeded. Fangran walks through the hall with her,
After passing the diagnostic building, the figure looking at the crowd came all the way to the interior of the hospital behind.
There is a clear and clean corridor with a unique taste of the hospital. Looking at the white-clothed figures who are checking shifts and working everywhere, and the environment is not a specific conversation, he presses the button on the ear device to translate the language floating in the surrounding environment.
Did not visit the hospital's various advanced equipment and performance achievements as high as the leader's inspection,
Fangran just followed Adeline's footsteps, looking at the scene inside the hospital along the way,
Then at the moment of hearing a cry from You Ye Xing Chen's earphone device,
He stopped suddenly and looked at one place.
"What's the matter, master?"
Also stopped, Adeline asked softly beside him,
There was no answer, Fangran just walked in one direction, around the corner of the corridor, and then he saw the source of the crying,
It was a woman.
She has blond hair and is probably in her thirties. It can be seen that she is a beautiful young lady, but she is standing in front of a doctor at the moment, and she has tried several times to show a smile to win the other person's favor.
But at the end of the hard work, there is only the reluctance and heartbreak of red eyes and tears falling from above,
She shook her head not daring to look away, afraid of hearing rejection and denial, she held on to the last line of defense against crying, and choked with a humble opening of prayer:
"Please, doctor, I beg you, I will sell the house to pay for the surgery, I can pay for anything, so... please, please save him..."
And listening to this uncomfortable request, the doctor's face flashed embarrassment and silence, and he was extremely cautious after being silent for fear of provoking the woman in front of him to speak with difficulty:
"I will do my best to find him a liver that can be transplanted..."
Even such an uncertain promise was regarded by the woman as the only life-saving straw. She tightly grasped the doctor's hand, held back her grief and lowered her head,
The only word was repeated weakly and gratefully amidst the torrent of tears.
"Thank you... thank you... .thank you...."
Fangran watched this scene from the corner of the corridor,
Watching the doctor leave, watching the woman take a long time to calm down the tears, drying her eyes as if worried about being seen, she walked into the ward with a smile on her face,
The footsteps unconsciously followed lightly, and finally stopped in front of the ward door, and he looked at the scene in the ward through the glass.
Pretty smiling woman talking to man on hospital bed,
They had a great chat.
But the man didn't seem to have much energy. After talking to her for a while, his voice slowly sank sleepily. His words gradually became less and less, but his eyes stayed on the woman's face.
After staring at her for a long time, he suddenly showed a weak but gentle smile, shook his head slightly at her, and spoke affectionate and serious words like love words:
"Honey, you can't sell the house, Theresa is young...she needs those..."
And hot tears rolled down from the eyes in an instant, holding his hand tightly, hearing this, the woman just smiled and was wet with tears,
"But I need you."
Then she grabbed his hand and put it on her forehead, fearing that he would disappear from the world in the next second, her shoulders trembled and she begged amidst the sound of tears breaking down.
"Please, don't leave me..."
...
Standing outside the door, Fangran stared at the scene with fixed eyes,
Do you always see too many life and death partings when you stay in the hospital
At this moment, I felt like I was caught by something, and I took the diagnosis report sent by a doctor at this time, and then watched him leave without asking more questions.
Adeline, who had been keeping quiet since just now, read out the medical records beside Fangran:
"Patient's history of hepatitis B, not taken seriously, today's jaundice, anemia, yellow urine, B-surreal liver shadow, diagnosis of primary liver cancer,"
"Currently, symptomatic treatment is mainly based on resection of jaundice and transfusion of red blood cells,"
"The doctor suggested a liver transplant, waiting for the source of the liver,"
"The matching result is blood type O, and RH negative blood."
Her calm and cold voice seemed to make the words feel extra cold when she read these words, but listening to Adeline's words,
Fangran just stared fixedly at the inside of the ward, and asked softly in a trance:
"Can't that man be saved?"
"Yes, but difficult,"
Adeline spoke truthfully with an answer that was not gentle.
"It is not easy to find a liver resource that can match, even if there is a suitable liver resource... ."
"You also need to line up."
The moment Fangran heard the last two words, Fangran's eyes widened slightly.
It wasn't until he knew such a fair and cruel reality that he suddenly realized that the scene in front of him didn't just exist before his eyes, and then he heard the voice of Adeline's plain statement.
"Livers and kidneys are the most in demand for organ transplants, but not everyone has the opportunity to have an organ transplant. I don't know how many people who can't wait for a matching organ die every year,"
"Can't make artificial organs, can only rely on body donations that are far from enough,"
"This is the limitation of the current level of human medical treatment."
The limitations of modern medicine...
Listening to her last words silently, at this moment, there seemed to be some unknown emotion surging in my heart,
"and,"
But before Fangran could figure out this feeling, Adeline heard a more cruel reality than before.
"The medical expenses for liver transplantation are very expensive, and she may not be able to afford them."
Silently, she glanced at the woman in the ward who was still holding her husband's right hand, then looked at Adeline and asked softly:
"How much?"
"The overall cost is about 600,000 U.S. dollars. Almost all of the 600,000 U.S. dollars is paid by the Ethan Medical Insurance Company that they purchased the insurance for, but the additional hospitalization expenses caused by nutritional drugs and waiting for liver sources..."
"All the expenses that are not covered by the compensation are still not a small sum."
Still answering Fangran's question omnisciently, Adeline finished speaking, and then added the patient's family information in the hospitalization file.
"They are just a slightly affluent family with an annual income of more than 100,000 yuan. This fee is very difficult for them."
Do you want to save even if you may go bankrupt...
"I read online information that one of the reasons why medical care in this country is so expensive is that many measures to reduce costs are always taken by a powerful and top-level medical interest group like Fisseld,"
"Through the powerful government lobbying ability and personal connections, it was disintegrated in advance, right?"
Listening to the sharp question that Fangran asked softly at this moment, Adeline lowered her eyes without any wavering.
"I do not deny."
"So am I helping the evildoers?"
It's not irony or self-deprecation, through the glass, witnessing such a sad scene,
At this moment, Fangran just really couldn't think of an answer from the bottom of his heart.
What the young man does is to help reality get rid of the invasion of the night battle, not to help someone become stronger in reality. Knowing such a difference in nature, he will not understand,
But able to understand his mood when he witnessed such a scene, Adeline also looked at the scene in the ward and said softly:
"Fisld is the largest financial consortium in the world. Its size has blurred the boundaries between capitalists and entrepreneurs. We are involved in various fields, from military to people's livelihood, from shipping to aerospace,"
"We make huge profits and support countless families," he said.
"As to whether its existence is good or bad, I cannot explain to you from my position,"
Looking back, she raised her calm eyes and looked at Fangran.
"This needs to be judged by yourself, young master."
Hearing Adeline's words, Fangran watched her for a long time before recovering, then remained silent for a while, raised his eyes again to look at the two figures in the ward and asked the last question softly.
"If the 10 billion from Essem cannot be recovered, will it affect their payment of surgery fees?"
"Yes, and not only them."
Listening to the answer I had thought of long ago, seeing the woman on the glass floor holding the man's hand tightly by the hospital bed, unwilling to let go,
Fangran stared at this scene for a long time,
Only then took a deep breath, then turned around and walked out without hesitation!
I came to North America to pursue the truth of the association god's plan and to help Fisseld get rid of the crisis from the night battle.
Tonight's action on that research institute factory is to find out the darkness hidden in it, recover the tens of billions of dollars of Essem, and prevent the medical field from falling and losing money on Wall Street.
But now, the pace became faster again, walking towards the outside of the hospital,
Fangran felt that he had another reason.