Chapter 108 - Sooner than Expected 2 (1/2)
Professor Luo Xia was already seated in the private dining room with a menu in his hands. Chen Nan heard his dish orders and shook his head, ”Hold it on those orders.”
After taking a quick skim through the menu, he decided on a few vegetable dishes and switched out the greasy meat ones. Professor Luo Xia frowned on the altered order while Chen Nan ignored his displeased expression and settled on the seat next to Ariana.
While waiting for the food, Chen Nan lectured Professor Luo Xia about his meal choices and ideal diet list. ”Grandpa Xia, you should know better than anyone about your health and body condition. If I wasn't here to stop those dishes from being served, you would've ate all that grease and oil. Your open heart surgery was considered a miracle and your rate of recovery was impressive. Even then, you should hold back on those foods.
Being a doctor, Chen Nan had encountered countless patients who lied about their diets. There were many who were discharged in a decent condition and came back either too late or with their lives hanging on the line. When he first performed the surgery on Professor Luo Xia, he only had fifty percent confidence in saving his life. It took a long time, but he recovered up to this point.
Chan Nan continued explaining medical terms and complicated circ.u.mstances if Professor Luo Xia doesn't cut off his sneaky habits of eating behind everyone's back. After he said what he wanted to say all in one breath, he exhaled and chugged down the cup of tea that Ariana had poured for him.
Professor Luo Xia remained quiet the entire time, which made Ariana and Zi Yan think that he was angry at Chen Nan's words. Ariana even elbowed Chen Nan a few times, but nothing stopped him from lecturing the elder man. Finally, Professor Luo Xia's lips parted, and everyone was ready to hear his nonsense responses.
”Pfffft, Aahahahahahahaha!! That's why I treated you like my family! Hahahaa, that was just a test that I purposely set up to see if you were still the same, honest you from years ago. You haven't changed one bit.” Professor Luo Xia laughed heartily and sipped his tea.
”Huhh.....” Chen Nan and Ariana stared at the old man who finished up his tea.
”Now, for the real business. What did you two do today? Where did you go?” He already heard some information from the bodyguards, but they were kept outside the Chen residence and stayed in a different vehicle so they couldn't provide specific details.
”Ahhh, well, we went to Chen Corporations to meet my cousin, Chen Mu. After catching up with him about the recent years, we were going to head out for some lunch. Coincidentally, we ended up meeting Chen Mu's girlfriend, Yin Susu who was attacked by some dude from the Tian family. And a lot of things happened again, but Susu's best friend, what's her name? Lily? Yeah, she joined us at Chen residence after finding out something was wrong between the Tian family and Susu.”
”What about the Tian family and Susu?” Zi Yan's body leaned forward and palms laid flat against the table.
”Well.. uh.. from what we understood, the Tian family's heir tried to attack Susu by the dock and we saved her just in time. She realized that her medicine container was gone, but I was sure that there weren't any containers when I gathered the stuff that were spilled out of her bag during the attack. Later, her friend, Lily, found out that Shen Wen, the mistress of Tian family was at the hospital's lab.”
Chen Nan paused to swallow his saliva and inhaled another deep breath before continuing the story. ”Then, Lily found Susu's medicine container at the lab in the hospital, contacted Chen Mu and successfully switched the pills. And we gathered altogether to figure out what was going on. At the end, we came to the conclusion that the Tian family wanted something from Susu and thought that she had it in her medicine or something.”
”You mentioned medicine container...what is she..what does she have exactly? How come it didn't show on the investigation report?!” Zi Yan asked anxiously. Ariana was extra observant towards Zi Yan's reaction because she has never seen Zi Yan act so nervous before. Even when she waited for Professor Luo Xia's surgery to finish, she remained her composure.
”She has Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.” Ariana responded and made direct eye contact with Zi Yan.
”What stage?” Professor Luo Xia appeared to be calm, but his knuckles were already white and his nails were digging deeply into his palms.
”Most likely still in the early stage, but she had it for a while from what we heard from Chen Mu. She might be transitioning to the next stage,” Chen Nan answered with his attention focused entirely on the elder man. He could tell that Professor Luo Xia's breathing was inconsistent after hearing about their day.
”What about a donor? I heard that bone marrow transplant is one of the ways to treat that cancer.” Zi Yan's chest heaved heavily as she learned more about Susu that was somehow not mentioned in the investigation report.