[Host, when did you learn medicine?]
The system, which had always kept itself in the background, finally couldn’t hold back its curiosity. It had never encountered a host like Ye Shaohua before—someone so mysterious that it felt it knew nothing about her.
To be honest, among all the hosts it had experienced, she was by far the most enigmatic.
Ye Shaohua hung up the phone and replied indifferently, “I forgot.”
Grandpa An stood in a daze, watching the doctors in the room suddenly spring into action. Some were whispering excitedly, while others were proudly preparing the operating room. The atmosphere had completely changed from before.
He had no background in medicine and didn’t understand what this meant.
The An family’s personal doctor, having heard the news, rushed over.
When Grandpa An voiced his confusion, the doctor fell silent for a moment before answering, “Grandpa, do you know what this technological breakthrough means? It means that our country’s medical expertise has reached the pinnacle of the world. It means that after lagging behind for fifty years, we’ve finally caught up to the leading nations.”
This was a milestone in their journey to greatness.
Fifty years ago, they had been begging others to sell them medical equipment. Now, those same people were coming to them, humbly seeking knowledge.
This was one of the reasons the higher-ups valued Ye Shaohua so much—though her own potential was an even greater factor.
Ye Shaohua arrived exactly half an hour later, not a minute early or late. Before Grandpa An could approach her, she was already surrounded by a group of doctors.
Grandpa An stood to the side, watching as Ye Shaohua donned sterile clothing and answered questions with concise precision. It all felt surreal to him.
“Grandpa!” An Tingjun and Mrs. An arrived just as Ye Shaohua and the others entered the operating room.
They waited outside for over four hours until the light above the operating room finally went out. The hospital director was the first to emerge, removing his mask. “Grandpa, Mr. An is out of danger.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a stream of doctors filed out one after another.
Grandpa An and Mrs. An breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that An Liguo was safe. When they saw Ye Shaohua emerge last, they tried to approach her, but she was immediately surrounded by the hospital director and other renowned medical experts.
They bombarded her with technical terms that the An family couldn’t understand.
These usually stern and dignified experts showed no trace of arrogance in front of Ye Shaohua. Instead, they were incredibly humble.
By the time the group entered the elevator, Mrs. An was left speechless, unable to process what had just happened.
In just three years, Ye Shaohua had become the president of the Global Medical Alliance. She frequently traveled between countries but returned to the An family every two months to check on Grandpa An’s heart.
Wherever she went, she was always surrounded by armed police, ensuring her safety.
No one knew who these police officers were, but outside of her identity as the An family’s heiress, many speculated that she had other powerful connections.
An Tongtong, on the other hand, did not fare well after leaving the An family and returning to the Ye household.
At first, Ye Guoqing and Mrs. Ye were thrilled to have such an outstanding daughter. But within days, conflicts arose. An Tongtong was nothing like Ye Shaohua.
Ye Shaohua, though quiet, had always ensured that there was warm food waiting for her parents when they returned home from work late at night.
The water heater in the bathroom was always set to the perfect temperature, and the house was kept spotless without them having to lift a finger.
An Tongtong, however, continued to live like a princess, refusing to lift a hand to help. After long shifts, Ye Guoqing and Mrs. Ye would come home to a messy house and have to do the laundry themselves.
Worse still, An Tongtong was obsessed with maintaining appearances. She pretended to live a lavish lifestyle and secretly drained the savings her parents had accumulated over twenty years.
In just three years, Mrs. Ye, who had once doted on An Tongtong, finally couldn’t take it anymore and slapped her.
The couple watched as An Tongtong stormed out of the house but made no move to stop her. They sat down on the sofa, lost and confused. The TV was still on, replaying Ye Shaohua’s global medical conference.
Mrs. Ye couldn’t hold back her tears.
If only she hadn’t insisted on switching the babies back then, Ye Shaohua would still be their caring daughter, wouldn’t she?
An Tongtong also witnessed all of this.
Her adoptive parents had completely given up on her. As she stared at the poster of Ye Shaohua on the big screen, her eyes darkened…
**
An Tingjun had a dream—a terrifying, horrifying dream.
In the dream, he and his parents had gone mad, constantly belittling Ye Shaohua and comparing her to An Tongtong.
They watched as An Tongtong led her step by step to the edge of hell, manipulating her into becoming addicted to drugs.
He wanted to shake his dream self awake, to tell him the truth about An Tongtong, but he was powerless.
In the dream, Ye Shaohua was isolated and helpless, with only Grandpa An by her side. Eventually, she died.
Then Grandpa An died too. An Tongtong married Yan Xu, and everything seemed perfect. He and his parents seemed to have forgotten that Ye Shaohua had ever existed.
But that was Ye Shaohua—a future leader in the medical world. How could someone so extraordinary die?