Great Doctor Without Borders

Chapter 1556 Which is bigger or smaller?
Just as Xu Chunliang was talking to Old Qiao, Qiao Yuanjiang returned.

Qiao Yuanjiang left home in a huff a day ago, intending to return directly to Nanjiang, but on the way he saw someone who looked exactly like Tang Jingwei.

Although the appearance is different, the voice is definitely the same.

Since Tang Jingwei hadn't appeared for so long, Qiao Yuanjiang thought he might be dead or had fled overseas and would never return. He hoped that his life would never intersect with Tang Jingwei again, but now his hopes were dashed.

Upon hearing that guests had arrived, Qiao Yuanjiang did not go to the study but went directly to his room. He quickly finished tidying up and left with his suitcase.

Just then, Xu Chunliang also bid farewell to Qiao Lao and left the study, and Qiao Yuanjiang met him in the corridor.

Qiao Yuanjiang was stunned for a moment, not expecting the guest to be Xu Chunliang.

Xu Chunliang smiled at him and greeted him, "Hello, Secretary Qiao."

Qiao Yuanjiang forced a smile and said, "I've retired."

Xu Chunliang said, "Retirement is good; it's free and unrestrained."

Qiao Yuanjiang thought to himself, "Which eye of yours saw me being unrestrained?"
Xu Chunliang glanced at the suitcase in his hand: "Are you going out?"

Qiao Yuanjiang nodded.

The two went out together. As they walked out the door, Qiao Yuanjiang subconsciously looked back and saw his father standing by the half-drawn curtains in front of the study window, looking at him.

Qiao Yuanjiang wanted to wave to his father, but in the end he did nothing. Whether he stayed or left, he didn't care at all.

As Xu Chunliang walked toward the car, Qiao Yuanjiang called out to him.

Xu Chunliang turned around: "Did you need something?"

Qiao Yuanjiang asked, "Have you seen Tang Jingwei recently?"

Xu Chunliang was taken aback, not understanding why Qiao Yuanjiang suddenly brought up this person: "Hasn't he been missing for a long time?"

Qiao Yuanjiang hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "I think I saw him yesterday."

Xu Chunliang thought to himself, "What's going on? Why are all the missing people starting to reappear lately? Is this some kind of big operation?"
Looking at Qiao Yuanjiang's worried face, Xu Chunliang suddenly remembered that Qiao Yuanjiang and Tang Jingwei had a very close relationship in the past, and Qiao Yuanjiang often stood up for Tang Jingwei.

If Tang Jingwei really comes to him, it proves that the Qiao family is about to be in trouble again.

Xu Chunliang asked, "Does Elder Qiao know?"

Qiao Yuanjiang shook his head.

After parting ways with Qiao Yuanjiang, Xu Chunliang went to Bureau 579, this time carrying a handwritten letter from Old Qiao.

Feng Mingjun was in a meeting, and Xu Chunliang waited for half an hour before she finally got to see him.

Feng Mingjun's expression was grim: "Didn't I tell you that if I didn't look for you, you didn't need to come over?"

Xu Chunliang said, "Director Feng, I didn't come here to see you."

Feng Mingjun asked, "Then who are you looking for?"

Xu Chunliang handed her the letter written by Old Qiao and reminded her, "Don't open it, just look at the cover."

Feng Mingjun rolled her eyes at him. This kid was clearly implying that she had no right to open the letter. She glanced at the envelope and frowned: "Go wait outside."

Xu Chunliang had no choice but to leave her office; she dared not neglect Old Qiao's handwritten letter.

More than ten minutes later, Feng Mingjun called him in and pointed out the window.

Xu Chunliang looked in the direction she pointed and saw a white-haired gardener pruning trees in the garden behind. Xu Chunliang recognized the old man clearly; he was the one who managed the files when he went into the underground secret base of Bureau 579 with Feng Mingjun last time.

Xu Chunliang asked, "Looking for him?"

Feng Mingjun nodded and handed him the letter.

Xu Chunliang went to the garden alone. The old man was sweeping the ground with his head down. Xu Chunliang grinned and went over to chat with him, but the old man didn't even look up at him: "Make way."

Xu Chunliang took a step back: "Old man..."

As the old man trimmed the flowers and trees, he said, "Where am I old?"

Xu Chunliang smiled and said, "Senior! Old Qiao asked me to deliver a letter to you." He handed over the letter.

The old man didn't take it, and snorted, "I'm busy right now, you wait here."

Xu Chunliang thought to himself that this old man had quite a temper, but since he had come to ask for a favor, he had to show sincerity and patience.

After waiting for another ten minutes or so, the old man finally finished his work, came to Xu Chunliang, took the letter from him, opened it, read it, and sighed, "Who exactly are you to him?"

Xu Chunliang smiled and flattered, "You're in charge of the files, how could you not know anything?"

The old man couldn't help but laugh: "Flattery will get you everywhere, no wonder he admires you so much."

Xu Chunliang said, "This junior is truly humbled and apprehensive."

The old man nodded: "What do you want to know?"

Xu Chunliang said, "Mei Xiqing's information." The old man said, "Mei Xiqing? Didn't you see it last time?"

"Not enough details. Is she alive or dead? What exactly is her relationship with Fang Boyan?"

The old man said, "Why don't you ask me whether Fang Boyan is alive or dead?"

Xu Chunliang was taken aback. He had never considered this point before. After all, Old Wang had said that he, Old Ye, and Old Qiao had worked together to find and eliminate Fang Boyan. Xu Chunliang believed that Fang Boyan was already dead.

Xu Chunliang asked, "Is Fang Boyan alive or dead?"

The old man shook his head: "I don't know!"

When Xu Chunliang heard his answer, he thought that he was deliberately teasing him.

The old man said, "Back then, we did expose his identity and capture him. He killed too many people and almost wiped out all the elites of Bureau 579, including your grandfather."

Xu Chunliang remained silent. The old man didn't know everything either, at least not about his relationship with Feng Mingjun. Of course, unless it was a very close relative, most people wouldn't be interested in such matters.

The old man continued, “Given the crimes he committed, he deserved to be executed eight hundred times over. The reason we didn’t execute him immediately was that we hoped to get some information from him and announce to the outside world that he was dead. Unexpectedly, after being imprisoned for more than ten years, he managed to escape.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Chunliang understood that Fang Boyan was not dead at all.

Xu Chunliang said, "With such tight security here, how could he possibly escape?"

The old man said, "Because of Su Tianyu, you should know him."

Xu Chunliang had already guessed about 70-80% of the truth. At that time, Su Tianyu was in Bureau 579. Because of work, he met Li Ruoxi. Li Ruoxi chose Su Tianyu to be her successor and passed on all her skills to him.

According to Su Tianyu, Bureau 579 treated him as a traitor lurking within their ranks and took him into custody.

The old man recounted the story in detail. It was indeed Su Tianyu's prison break that turned the 579 Bureau upside down, giving Fang Boyan, who had been imprisoned for many years, a chance to escape. During the escape, Fang Boyan was shot several times.

Based on the information available at the time, he had been shot in a vital area and had lost a lot of blood, so he shouldn't have escaped far. However, despite mobilizing all available resources, Bureau 579 was unable to find his body.

The old man sighed and said, "We always thought that Su Tianyu and Fang Boyan's escape was related, but we only recently found out that it was just a coincidence."

Xu Chunliang said, "After that, there wasn't even the slightest news about Fang Boyan?"

The old man shook his head: "There has been no news of him since. It's as if he has completely disappeared from this world."

Xu Chunliang asked, "Do you think he's still alive?"

The old man said, "I believe everything that has happened is related to him. If we can find him, everything will become clear."

Xu Chunliang asked, "Besides Su Tianyu, did anyone else escape at that time?"

The old man looked at Xu Chunliang with some surprise: "Why would you ask that?"

Xu Chunliang said, "Didn't you just say that Fang Boyan and Su Tianyu's escape was just a coincidence, meaning that the two had nothing to do with each other? You also said that Fang Boyan was shot and seriously injured at the time, and under those circumstances, he shouldn't have been able to go far unless someone helped him?"

The old man nodded: "That's right, there was indeed another person. That person was discovered together with Li Ruoxi. At the time, he was also imprisoned in Base 93, just like them. We don't know his name. We only know that he and Li Ruoxi were found in a certain arms factory. Their words and actions were very strange."

Xu Chunliang thought to himself, it seems that the nameless man mentioned by the old man was also a space traveler who came here with Li Ruoxi. Li Ruoxi chose Su Tianyu, while this nameless man chose Fang Boyan. With his help, Fang Boyan escaped from Base 93.

The old man asked, "Have you hidden Su Tianyu's daughter?"

Xu Chunliang said, "No!"

The old man couldn't help but laugh: "You're so young, yet you've got quite the temper."

Xu Chunliang said, "Since you already know that Su Tianyu is innocent, why do you still list him as a traitor and try to kill him?"

The old man sighed and said, "Didn't I just say that I only recently figured this out?"

Xu Chunliang said, "Can't we clear Su Qing's name?"

The old man said, "If you don't even know her whereabouts, how can we clear her name?"

Xu Chunliang said, "The real enemy is still at large, while our own people are suffering injustice and dying with resentment. I now truly regret joining your organization."

The old man said, "If you hadn't joined 579, you wouldn't have been able to get those secret files at all. Actually, there's nothing wrong with the organization; it's just that the people in charge have varying abilities. If the bureau were full of young people like you, there probably wouldn't be so much trouble."

Xu Chunliang said, "Don't try to fool me, I still have some self-awareness."

The old man said, "We can't solve the problem by relying on the people in the bureau right now. Do you know what the contents of Old Qiao's letter are?"

Xu Chunliang said, "How would I know if I didn't look?"

The old man smiled slightly: "That's true. Number 44, I have a suggestion, I wonder if you'd be interested?"

Xu Chunliang said, "I would like to hear the details."

"I can give you all the information you need, and I can also arrange and organize all forces for you to use. In other words, I will give you the highest authority of Bureau 579."

Xu Chunliang's eyes lit up: "How does it compare to Director Feng's power?"

The old man said calmly, "You represent me. What do you think is more important?"

(End of this chapter)