Chapter 794 - Save Wang Yun? (1/2)

Frankly, Ren Xiaosu could already tell the girl named Meng Nan was not particularly interested in Liang Ce.

Or rather, most women were not particularly interested in men their age. That was because girls usually matured earlier while men tended to be more childish than girls of the same age.

But this did not mean there was no chance for Liang Ce. As long as he persevered, he might be able to move the other party when his luck got better.

Right now, Ren Xiaosu felt that Liang Ce stood no chance at all. After all, who could fall in love with someone so dumb?

Liang Ce walked back over to Ren Xiaosu sadly. He knew he was done for the moment he uttered those words, but he could not blame Ren Xiaosu for it since there was nothing wrong with what Ren Xiaosu had taught him. He was the one who did not execute the line.

Ren Xiaosu comforted him softly, “Don’t worry, there’s still plenty of time until we reach the Kong Consortium. You’ll get another chance.”

“I hope so.” Liang Ce gave a long sigh.

“I’m very curious about something.” Ren Xiaosu asked Liang Ce, “How often does the Trinity Institute go to the Kong Consortium for an academic exchange?”

“Once every three years, I think that’s how the name of Trinity Institute came about,” Liang Ce replied. “It’s been held for over three decades, and there’s always some medical takeaways gained after each exchange. It seems like this is the only way for the medical field to get past the consortiums’ technological roadblocks. In the early years, the consortiums did not allow such academic exchanges to be organized. Back then, Elder Wang’s father pushed for it to happen by staging a sit-in in front of the head of the Wang Consortium’s official residence. He said that any technology in the world could be clamped down on except for medical knowledge, because it involves the lives of hundreds of thousands of people to even millions of them. What could be more important in the world than the lives of people? Afterwards, he sat in protest at the entrance for three days and passed away after suffering a heart attack. That was what led to the medical exchange becoming a tradition and also how the Trinity Institute came to be.”

This was the academic freedom Wang Jing’s father had traded his life for.

Ren Xiaosu looked at Wang Jing. So that man had inherited his father’s will and spent his entire career working hard for this cause?

Was this why Wang Shengzhi assigned Ren Xiaosu to the medical exchange group? Because it would be a good cover for them to travel to the Kong Consortium since there was already precedence of the medical exchange program spanning back several decades, and it happened that it was time for it to be held again this year?

Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked, “I saw that y’all gave away the medicine for free to the patients. Is it all paid for by the Wang Consortium?”

“No,”—Liang Ce shook his head—”Elder Wang Jing raised the money through charity dinners. All of the donations received would be used entirely on purchasing medical supplies to treat the refugees outside the strongholds. That’s why everyone is getting such respect from the Wang Consortium refugees. But even so, the amount of medical supplies is still inadequate for the number of refugees.”

At this moment, Wang Jing went to check on the medical supplies they brought along. “How much medicine do we still have left?”

Meng Nan put down her boxed lunch and took out a ledger. “We still have two-thirds left.”

Wang Jing was taken aback. “There’s still so much of it left?”

Under normal circumstances, the medicine they brought along would be used up by the end of the morning. But it seemed they did not use much this time.

However, Wang Jing realized it was probably due to that young man’s contribution. Ren Xiaosu had used his own medicine to treat the patients’ injuries without having to draw from their inventory at all.

Some refugees had gathered outside the makeshift medical tents. All of them had rushed over from the various factories to see the doctor. As some of the factories were situated quite far away, it took them almost two hours to get back here.

Wang Jing turned around and saw Ren Xiaosu taking out a huge box from the trunk of the luxury off-road vehicle. He asked, “What’s in this box of yours?”

“Oh, it contains my family’s ancestral medicine.” Ren Xiaosu beamed as he looked at the patients waiting outside.

Wang Jing was touched. Even though the young man sounded really easygoing, Wang Jing knew his medicine was probably extremely valuable.

This person named Ren Xiaosu might be young, but he was so kind. How admirable!

Wang Jing said, “I would like to ask you something. Are you Mr. Cao Qingju’s student?”

Ren Xiaosu was stunned before saying with a smile, “No, no, I’m not qualified to be Mr. Cao Qingju’s student.”