Great Doctor Without Borders

Chapter 1552 Strong Support
Even Buddha has anger. Qiao Yuanjiang had had enough of this kind of life. In his father's eyes, he was always a mediocre talent who could not be put to good use. The glory of the Qiao family was over. He could understand his father's helplessness and desolation at the passing of the family. But why couldn't his father put himself in his father's shoes and think about him?
If he could choose his life again, Qiao Yuanjiang would rather be born into an ordinary family. As the eldest son of the Qiao family, he carried too many expectations and pressures. He didn't want to stay by his father's side and listen to his reproaches. He wanted to go back to Nanjiang and return to his family.

After leaving his house, Qiao Yuanjiang remembered that he hadn't picked up his luggage yet. However, he couldn't go back now, so he decided to leave the compound for a while to calm down.

The sound of a car horn came from behind. It was his nephew, Qiao Rulong, who had driven up and was chasing after them. As he passed by Qiao Yuanjiang, he rolled down the window and said, "Uncle, please don't be angry."

Qiao Yuanjiang glanced at him without saying a word. His father's disappointment wasn't just directed at him, but also at this nephew. Looking at Qiao Rulong, he felt a strange sense of schadenfreude. His father had never had any expectations of him; he favored his younger brother, Qiao Yuanshan, and after his brother's disappearance, he placed his hopes on Qiao Rulong.

So what? In the end, didn't my brother still get ruined by a woman? My nephew Qiao Rulong and his father were the same; they couldn't escape the allure of beautiful women.

Qiao Yuanjiang thought of four words: "the sun is setting in the west."

"Uncle, where are you going?" Qiao Rulong asked again when he didn't respond.

Qiao Yuanjiang stopped and looked at Qiao Rulong with an impatient expression. When did it become someone's place to be told what to do by a junior?

Qiao Rulong said, "Uncle, would you like to get in the car?"

Qiao Yuanjiang waved his hand: "I want to be alone for a while, don't bother me."

Qiao Rulong nodded: "Alright, I'll be going now. Don't be angry with Grandpa, he's been in a bad mood lately."

Qiao Yuanjiang retorted angrily, "My bad mood isn't because of me!"

Qiao Rulong looked down on this old man from the bottom of his heart. He only stopped to greet him out of politeness. Seeing that the old man's attitude was unfriendly, he quickly stepped on the gas and drove away.

Qiao Yuanjiang walked out of the courtyard, took a deep breath, and then sighed, trying to dispel the frustration in his heart through this action.

A red ball rolled to his feet, and Qiao Yuanjiang squatted down to pick it up.

Not long after, a chubby little boy ran over and said timidly, "Grandpa, Grandpa, the ball is mine."

Qiao Yuanjiang smiled and patted the little boy's head, handing him the ball. He suddenly realized that he was already in his sixties and had reached the age to be a grandfather. Perhaps only in front of his father was he still an immature good-for-nothing.

So what if he's a waste? He's already lost his chance in this life. Qiao Yuanjiang straightened up and looked at the setting sun in the distance. Life is like grass that grows and dies in autumn. Even someone as strong as his father couldn't change the reality of growing old, let alone himself. He accepted his fate!
Qiao Yuanjiang suddenly noticed something was wrong. He looked up and saw a middle-aged man staring at him from across the street.

Qiao Yuanjiang had never met this person before and didn't understand why the other person was staring at him.

Feeling somewhat uncomfortable under the other person's gaze, Qiao Yuanjiang gave them a friendly smile to ease the awkwardness.

The other person remained expressionless, slowly raised his right hand, and made a gesture as if aiming a pistol.

Qiao Yuanjiang's smile vanished. His friendliness had only earned him malice. What a boring person! Just as he was about to leave, he heard the man shout, "Qiao Yuanjiang!"

Qiao Yuanjiang stopped again. He recognized him. The voice was so familiar. It was Tang Jingwei!

Qiao Yuanjiang looked up and saw that the middle-aged man had already walked into the crowded people on the other side. Qiao Yuanjiang shouted loudly, "Stop! Stop!"

When the green light came on, he quickly crossed the zebra crossing, trying to catch up with the middle-aged man who resembled Tang Jingwei, but the man had already disappeared into the crowd.

Standing amidst the bustling crowd, Qiao Yuanjiang felt an unprecedented sense of loneliness and bewilderment. He slowly walked to the railing and leaned wearily against it, his mind a jumble of thoughts. It took him a while to calm down.

He took out his phone and made a call to Wang Zhengdao.

The phone rang for a while before Wang Zhengdao finally answered, his voice tinged with impatience: "Hello!" He could hear Qiao Yuanjiang's heavy breathing.

Wang Zhengdao frowned slightly: "Hello? Is this Brother Yuanjiang?"

"Can you please let me go? Can you please stop pressuring me?" Qiao Yuanjiang's voice trembled.

"What's wrong with you? What did I do to you?"

Qiao Yuanjiang said, "I saw Tang Jingwei!"

"So what?"

"Did you send him to find me? Wang Zhengdao, so many years have passed, why are you still holding this grudge against me?"

Wang Zhengdao hung up the phone without hesitation. At that moment, he was discussing countermeasures with his nephew, Wang Jianming.

Although Wang Jianming didn't hear the conversation, he could tell from his uncle's expression that the phone call made him very unhappy: "Uncle Qiao is looking for you?"

Wang Zhengdao snorted coldly: "He's getting senile, talking nonsense all day long."

Wang Jianming said, "Things always change after someone retires."

Wang Zhengdao nodded: "Where were we?"

Wang Jianming said, "It was about my meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Huang Youlong."

"By the way, what did they say?" Wang Jianming said, "Huang Youlong didn't say much, but Li Changji seemed more emotional."

Wang Zhengdao thought to himself that it was normal for her to be excited, after all, Huang Yun'er was her biological daughter, while Huang Youlong and Huang Yun'er were not related by blood.

Wang Jianming continued, "They are convinced that Jiancheng is the murderer and have threatened to make Jiancheng pay with his life."

Wang Zhengdao tapped his hand on the table: "Have the lawyer sue them for threats and intimidation!"

Wang Jianming said with a wry smile, "Second Uncle, I think it's not advisable to escalate the conflict further now. His daughter has died, so it's understandable that he might say a few extreme things."

“What do you mean by ‘understandable’? In their country, they can say whatever they want. In our society governed by the rule of law, we are responsible for our words and actions. Just because of what they said, if anything happens to my son, I will hold them responsible.”

Wang Jianming said, "The current situation is very unfavorable to Jiancheng. A lot of evidence points to him, and the news has already begun to spread."

Wang Zhengdao picked up the cigarette case, but didn't smoke it. He just played with it for a few moments and said, "Don't worry about public opinion. I'll suppress it no matter the cost."

They all understood very well that once public opinion took hold, the situation would become uncontrollable.

Wang Jianming said, "As you instructed, I probed Huang Youlong and his wife to see what conditions they wanted, but they didn't say anything."

Wang Zhengdao nodded and said, "They'll tell sooner or later. You think they let their daughter get close to Jiancheng because they're interested in him? Impossible. They had ulterior motives from the very beginning."

Wang Jianming said, "They may have had a purpose, but they didn't expect Huang Yun'er to die, so things became uncontrollable."

Wang Zhengdao habitually rubbed his temples: "Relatively speaking, Huang Youlong is still quite rational. Find an opportunity to talk to him alone."

Wang Jianming said, "He may not be able to manage Li Changji's household."

At this moment, Xu Chunliang arrived, and Wang Zhengdao explained to Wang Jianming that he had called Xu Chunliang to help.

Wang Jianming felt a little strange. He wondered why his uncle and Xu Chunliang were so close. In any case, it was a good thing that Xu Chunliang was willing to help. This kid was definitely a strong ally.

After Xu Chunliang came in, he first greeted Wang Zhengdao and then called him Secretary Wang.

Wang Zhengdao gestured for Xu Chunliang to sit down: "Chunliang, we're all family here, so feel free to speak your mind."

Xu Chunliang said, "As you arranged, I just met with Jiancheng."

It wasn't actually arranged by Wang Zhengdao, but saying it in front of Wang Jiancheng didn't seem so abrupt.

Wang Zhengdao was of course aware of the situation, but he was still pleasantly surprised to hear the latest news about his son and couldn't wait to ask, "How is Jiancheng?"

Xu Chunliang said, "His overall mood is still relatively normal. I talked to him for a while and I can conclude that his consciousness has been controlled by someone."

"What?" Wang Jianming was a little confused.

Xu Chunliang briefly told them about his discovery: the person controlling Wang Jiancheng's consciousness should be the one impersonating Yang Yulan, who manipulated Wang Jiancheng to do some things unconsciously.

Wang Zhengdao was furious and said, "This is utterly despicable! They actually used such methods to treat my son."

Wang Jianming said, "Chunliang, according to what you said, that person is very likely to use mind control to drive Jiancheng to kill."

Wang Zhengdao glanced at his nephew with some displeasure and corrected him, "This debt can't be attributed to Jiancheng, can it?"

Xu Chunliang said, "Jiancheng would definitely not want to hurt Huang Yun'er. Of course, there is another possibility for Huang Yun'er's death: that the assassin who impersonated Yang Yulan killed her with his own hands and then framed Jiancheng."

Wang Zhengdao, protective of his own, said: "Yes, that must be it."

Wang Jianming was not as optimistic as Xu Chunliang. According to Xu Chunliang's analysis, Huang Yun'er was most likely killed by Wang Jiancheng, and the evidence held by the police also supported this possibility.

Xu Chunliang said, "The most urgent task is to find a few key figures."

Wang Jianming said, "The police are now making every effort to find the person who impersonated Yang Yulan."

Xu Chunliang said, "That's not enough. The conflict between Jiancheng and Huang Yun'er has been going on for more than a day or two. Before this, someone deliberately revealed Huang Yun'er's past romantic history to Jiancheng in order to provoke him. We need to find all these people."

Wang Jianming said, "That's right, it wasn't just one or two people who set this up, but a whole group of people."

Xu Chunliang said, "Also, we can't let Huang Youlong go. Did Jiancheng and Huang Yun'er get to know each other through him? What was his purpose in bringing Jiancheng and Huang Yun'er together? Is it possible that he orchestrated all of this himself? After all, Huang Yun'er is not his biological daughter."

Wang Jianming said, "No way, even if he's ruthless, he wouldn't lay a hand on his stepdaughter."

“What’s impossible? Huang Youlong is the kind of person who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals! I think Chunliang is right, it’s very likely that Huang Youlong is the one who orchestrated everything.”

(End of this chapter)