"Okay..."
With that, Dr. Gao fell into a deep sleep again.
Ke Lin was worried, "Isn't he okay now? Why did he fall asleep again?"
Shen Qingqing straightened up and said, "He's not unconscious this time, just a normal post-operative sleep. I remember Professor Liu's promotion assessment meeting is today, right?"
Fu Jingshu hummed in agreement, "It's about to start in an hour."
"Then there's not enough time," Ke Lin calculated the distance from the hospital to Dr. Gao's home. The round trip by car alone would take 50 minutes, and that's without traffic.
Not to mention how they would convince Dr. Gao's family to let them search the house once they got in.
"It looks like we'll have to split up," Shen Qingqing looked at Fu Jingshu, making a decision almost instantly, "You go to Dr. Gao's house, and I'll go to the promotion assessment meeting. I'll try to stall for time. Let me know immediately if you get any news from your end."
Fu Jingshu furrowed his brows, "Let's switch."
Going to the assessment meeting meant facing Director Liu, who valued the promotion assessment meeting above all else. What if he lashed out in desperation...
"I'm not that foolish, I won't confront him directly," Shen Qingqing had already figured out how to stall, and she wouldn't even need to show herself.
"Alright, then you be careful," Fu Jingshu held her shoulders, gazing into her eyes.
"Don't worry!"
Ke Lin stayed behind to look after the old man, the child, and Dr. Gao. Shen Qingqing and Fu Jingshu went their separate ways. One followed Ke Lin's directions to Dr. Gao's home, while Shen Qingqing headed to the promotion assessment meeting alone.
The meeting was being held at the hospital. She left the ward, took the elevator to the 32nd floor. As soon as she stepped out of the elevator, she sensed an unusually solemn and lively atmosphere.
People in suits hurried past, along with many doctors in white coats. These were all leaders of the hospital – the dean, vice-dean, and all department heads were present.
Someone saw her and greeted her, "Miss Shen, what brings you here?"
Shen Qingqing recognized the man as her son's attending physician and said with a smile, "I heard there's a promotion assessment meeting on the top floor today, so I came to take a look and join the excitement."
"Let me tell you, all the important leaders are here today," the attending physician lowered his voice. "According to inside information, Director Liu is likely to be the biggest winner of this meeting. I know you and he had some minor conflict before... but please don't cause any trouble today."
Shen Qingqing's smile faded slightly, "I didn't realize you and Director Liu were on such good terms."
"How could I be on good terms with him?" The doctor realized she had misunderstood and quickly said, "You don't know, this place is full of complexities. Several leaders are backing him. No matter what you want to do to him, today is not the right time."
As he spoke, someone approached, and the doctor had to cut himself short.
To have the support of several leaders...
Shen Qingqing mused, and at the same time, found the situation increasingly interesting.
It seemed Director Liu had more powerful backing than she had imagined.
The elevator door behind them opened, and a group of well-dressed men in suits walked out. These men were all prominent leaders.
Shen Qingqing subtly moved aside, watching them enter the meeting hall.
Then, the number of people in the hallway noticeably decreased as everyone gradually went inside. She followed suit. As she stepped through the door, she took out her phone from her pocket.
The meeting hall was crowded, but most people were silent. The person on stage was speaking, it was the hospital's vice-dean.
Director Liu stood next to him, looking smug and radiant.
Suddenly, he saw Shen Qingqing, and the smile on his lips froze for a moment.
However, with everyone watching, he couldn't show any unnatural expression, so he silently gave her a threatening look.
He had waited for this day for many years. If anything went wrong today, he would absolutely not let the troublemaker go, even if it meant his own death!
Shen Qingqing smiled at him, with a hint of provocation.
Director Liu's unease grew, and he couldn't help but swallow. Just then, the vice-dean finished his speech. He took a deep breath and stood before the microphone.
He was ready to present his meticulously prepared PowerPoint, detailing his treatment achievements over the years.
Shen Qingqing, in the audience, had a dark glint in her eyes.
She lowered her head, her slender, long fingers dancing rapidly across the screen, so fast that it was a blur. People next to her were drawn to her,
but they couldn't see clearly what she was typing.
Director Liu on stage pressed play, confident that he would show everyone the patients he had treated and his contributions to medicine over the years.
Suddenly, a picture of a beautiful woman appeared on the large screen. The woman in the picture was wearing a bikini and lying on the beach. Although only her back was visible, it was stunningly beautiful.
Her figure was graceful and her skin was like jade.
And surrounding the beauty were many equally attractive women in bikinis, shamelessly displaying their enviable figures.
This picture was undeniably pleasing to the eye, yet it appeared in such a setting.
In that instant, the air seemed to freeze.
Everyone's gaze turned to Director Liu, their expressions indescribably strange.
The vice-dean was also startled and asked in a low voice, "What's going on? Did you bring the wrong USB drive?"
Director Liu's face turned pale. He pretended to be calm, "It must have been a mistake. This USB drive was brought by my son. He must have swapped his USB drive with mine."
Upon hearing this, everyone seemed to understand.
"That makes sense. Director Liu's son is a photographer. It's normal for a photographer's USB drive to contain photos of beautiful women."
"So that's what happened... I was really startled just now."
"Don't mention it, I was startled too. I almost thought Director Liu secretly liked to look at such things."
It wasn't that looking at pictures of beautiful women was forbidden, but Director Liu's usual impression was that of a refined and steady person, dedicated solely to medical research.
He didn't seem like someone who would enjoy looking at such things.
Director Liu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing these remarks, but he still couldn't understand how his USB drive had turned out this way.
He quickly searched. The USB drive seemed unusable. How could he upload the originally intended material?
Shen Qingqing in the audience gave a cold smile. Her fingers tapped the screen a few more times. She then raised her head to look at the big screen and put her phone back in her pocket.
The pictures on the big screen changed again.
This time, it was even more explicit depictions of men and women embracing, with poses that were definitely not for polite company. The images stunned everyone.
"Do photographers like this kind of thing?"
Someone murmured.
The audience fell into a stunned silence.
These highly explicit photos could never be something a photographer would enjoy looking at.
Cold sweat broke out on Director Liu's forehead. He had just removed the USB drive, but the pictures on the screen were still playing.
And they were becoming increasingly explicit.
The color drained from his face. If he still couldn't understand that someone was targeting him at this point, he would truly be an idiot!
The vice-dean was getting anxious, "Quickly, take down this USB drive!"
Director Liu gritted his teeth, "It's useless!"