Masterful Miracle Doctor

Chapter 1174 - 1132: Shameless Relative

Riding in a stretch Cadillac Presidential One, Lin Jie, An Kexin, and others arrived in front of a shaded traditional courtyard.Nie Yuming introduced, "This is Brother Ye's place, a three-way courtyard, where Brother Ye entertains private friends. It used to be the residence of a Spirit Binder, and it's been quite well preserved."

"Brother Ye has been busy abroad recently and instructed me to take good care of Expert Lin."

"Expert Lin, and everyone, please!"

Lin Jie and others were quite interested in this "axial symmetry, front hall and back room, with left and right wings" layout of the courtyard.

With Nie Yuming's introduction, they toured this blue-brick paved, ancient-style courtyard, learning about the concepts of the first courtyard, second courtyard, and third courtyard, as well as what a street gate, inverted seating room, shadow wall, hanging flower door, cloistered side corridors, east and west wing rooms, east and west ear rooms, main rooms, and back rooms are.

After the tour, Lin Jie and others were led into the main room by Nie Yuming.

The group sat down around a rosewood round dining table that could accommodate twenty or thirty people, with only six seats placed, and were attended to by a few young women in cheongsams who helped them wash their hands and face, serving tea and pouring water!

Lin Jie noticed that the room retained Ming and Qing era decorations, with many exquisite porcelains and calligraphy and paintings displayed around!

Seeing Lin Jie's gaze on these objects, Nie Yuming timely introduced, "Expert Lin, these calligraphy, paintings, and porcelains are genuine artifacts left by predecessors, all cultural relics."

"Of course, they are not particularly precious treasures, they're just here for a touch of elegance!"

Lin Jie gently nodded.

He had no research on antique calligraphy and paintings, only glanced at them out of a momentary interest!

Just then, Nie Yuming continued somewhat bitterly, "Expert Lin, the chef here is a true heir of imperial cuisine, one of the few places in Capital City where you can taste the full set of 108 dishes of the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast."

As soon as he said this, An Kemeng excitedly asked, "Brother Nie, are we having the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast today?"

Nie Yuming nodded and chuckled, "Yes, it's the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast!"

"Knowing that Expert Lin would come to Capital City, I already had the kitchen here prepare. But of course not 108 dishes, that's too much, we couldn't finish them."

"Today we will have a scaled-down version of the Manchu-Han Imperial Feast, with a total of thirty-six dishes, all essence dishes."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the women in cheongsams began to serve the dishes.

After the dried fruits, candied fruits, and cold dishes came the hot dishes.

Each time a dish was served, Nie Yuming would give an introduction, such as "braised deer tendons in a clay pot," "shredded chicken with white fungus," "eight-treasure rabbit diced," "jade bamboo and bracken," "white stewed fish lips," "braised fish bones," "scallion-braised shark skin"...

Every dish was crafted as if it were a work of art, with taste being naturally impeccable.

Lin Jie, An Kexin, Lin Miao, An Kemeng, Guan Muhua, and others marveled at the vastness of Chinese culinary culture while also restraining their desire to indulge, sampling each dish sparingly.

They were well aware that with a total of thirty-six dishes, tasting just a few bites of each would be more than enough to fill them up.

Midway through the meal, during a break, An Kemeng commented, "This tastes better than the Imperial Kitchen at Binhai Grand Hotel!"

"Brother Jie, wouldn't it be great if we could open a restaurant like this in Qushui Garden? A new dish every day, it would take a week to get through them all."

Lin Miao also nodded in agreement, "I would definitely go there to eat every day."

Lin Jie laughed, "You two little foodies! A chef capable of creating such dishes is like a Nobel Prize winner in the medical field, an industry leader, not someone you can casually hire."

"Besides, aren't you afraid of becoming chubby eating like this every day?"

"Not afraid at all!"

An Kemeng said playfully, "In just three weeks, Binhai University will begin military training, then the official school term starts. With your strict requirements, gaining weight would be a miracle..."

At this moment, a man suddenly barged in.

He walked straight up to Lin Jie, extended his hand, and smiled familiarly, "Expert Lin, hello, hello! I've heard so much about you, and it's an honor to finally meet you today!"

Observing this man in his forties, with a shoebill face and a pot belly, Lin Jie turned his inquiring gaze to Nie Yuming.

Seeing this, the man immediately introduced himself, "I forgot to introduce myself."

"Expert Lin, I am Ye Peihua's cousin, Ye Lang. Just call me Uncle Ye."

Nie Yuming's eyes flashed with disdain, then he stood up and said helplessly, "Expert Lin, in terms of familial relations, he is indeed Brother Ye's uncle."

He specifically added, "He's a distant uncle, quite distant."

Lin Jie had a vague understanding, shook the man's hand, and said, "Uncle Ye, hello!"

However, Ye Lang warmly held onto Lin Jie's hand without letting go, laughing, "I've heard Peihua mention you more than once and often see and hear reports about you."

"Knowing you would be dining here today, I shamelessly came uninvited."

He then turned to a waitress in the room and instructed, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and get me a chair, set up the tableware, you lack insight. Be careful or you'll get fired!"

The waitress didn't move but looked inquiringly at Nie Yuming.

Nie Yuming frowned, his face darkened, and said, "Uncle Ye, you wanted to meet Expert Lin, and now you've met him. I have important matters to discuss with Expert Lin, and it's inconvenient for you to stay."

Ye Lang's smile vanished as he released Lin Jie's hand, approached Nie Yuming, and snorted, "Yuming, this place belongs to Peihua, you don't have the authority to kick someone out."

"Besides, I have important business to discuss with Expert Lin."

As he spoke, he bent down and moved Nie Yuming's chair beside Lin Jie, sitting down directly.

Lin Jie hadn't seen such a shameless person in the past year or two.

He shifted his gaze from Nie Yuming's angry face to Ye Lang's, and said, "Uncle Ye, do you have something to discuss with me?"

Ye Lang nodded slightly and said, "Expert Lin, I know your hospital just opened not long ago. I wanted to ask, does your hospital have the qualification for organ transplants?"

Organ transplants can't be performed by a hospital just because they want to; it requires applications and approvals.

Currently, there are less than two hundred hospitals nationwide that can perform organ transplants.

Thanks to Lin Jie's extraordinary capabilities, Anlin Hospital obtained the qualification to perform transplants of the heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, and other organs shortly after it opened.

"We have the qualification. Does Uncle Ye know a patient who needs an organ transplant?"

Ye Lang sighed deeply and said sympathetically, "A friend's daughter, only sixteen this year, is suffering from heart failure due to congenital heart disease. The doctors say she must have a heart transplant to survive."

"She's been waiting for a heart for over a year now, and it's still uncertain how much longer she'll have to wait."

"However, the doctors say she might not last another year."

Lin Jie thought of himself and said with emotion, "In this country, approximately 1.5 million patients need organ transplants each year, but only about ten thousand are fortunate enough to receive one."

"There's a severe shortage of organ donors, Uncle Ye. It's a problem I can't solve either."

Ye Lang lowered his voice slightly and said, "Expert Lin, to my understanding, your hospital treats many cancer patients."

"Cancer is a terminal illness, and there must be quite a few who succumb to it despite treatment, right?"

"Can you persuade them to donate?"

"It's a great deed to save a life."

Lin Jie shook his head and smiled, "Uncle Ye, aside from patients with primary brain tumors, cancer patients are not eligible to donate organs."

"Why? Isn't a liver cancer patient's heart still healthy?"

Lin Jie had to provide some clarification, "Uncle Ye, patients who die from cancer might not have cancer in other organs, but their blood, lymphatic fluid, and other parts of their body contain cancer cells."

"Transplanting an organ with cancer cells carries a high risk of developing cancer in the recipient. Therefore, tumor patients can only donate their bodies for medical research and experiments."

"Aside from malignant tumor patients, those with AIDS, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases or severe infections are also not suitable for organ donation."

Ye Lang responded with an "oh" and suddenly asked, "Expert Lin, haven't you pioneered an advanced international method for inducing tumor breakthroughs?"

"If she has a tumor, can't you just cure it with your method?"

Lin Jie was taken aback and said, "My new tumor therapy can't completely cure tumors; it only delays their progression to extend a patient's life by a few years."

Ye Lang hurriedly said, "A few more years is still something."

"My friend's daughter might not live a year without a heart transplant, and even with one, she'd only live ten years or so, right?"

"Expert Lin, can't you find a cancerous heart for her? Living even with difficulties is better than dying."

Indeed, Ye Lang's words touched Lin Jie, making him feel there was some truth to them.

With the new tumor therapy, under special circumstances, maybe it's worth considering transplanting an organ from a cancer patient.

After all, there's a small chance of not developing cancer with a transplanted organ containing cancer cells.

However, Lin Jie wasn't ready to agree to this.

"Uncle Ye, our country's health regulations clearly state that it's not allowed for malignant tumor patients to donate organs."

He then added, "Furthermore, after receiving a transplant, due to the immunosuppressive drugs, the patient's immune system is weakened, and if a malignant tumor develops again, there's a high chance they won't withstand my tumor therapy."

"Is there really nothing that can be done?" Ye Lang asked insistently.

Lin Jie shook his head and confidently said, "No way!"

Ye Lang gritted his teeth and said, "Expert Lin, I've heard that you have a need for a century-old ginseng. I can find you a century-old ginseng, can you think of a way?"

At this, Nie Yuming spoke disdainfully, "Uncle Ye, should this century-old ginseng not be something the patient's family is offering for Expert Lin's help? Did you have other motives by not mentioning it initially?"

Ye Lang scoffed, his expression unchanged, "Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

"Expert Lin, can you think of a way?"

Lin Jie felt amused and said, "Uncle Ye, there's really no way!"

Ye Lang let out a disappointed "oh," and without saying goodbye, stood up and left directly.

Nie Yuming smiled wryly, "Expert Lin, please don't be upset."

"Even Ye Bro finds this distant uncle troublesome. Over the years, Ye Bro has given him strict warnings, so he has somewhat restrained his actions."

"A few years ago, he used Ye Bro's name to deceive quite a few people."

Lin Jie said indifferently, "It's alright! Having one or two troublesome relatives is quite normal..."