The Rich Man's Life Begins with a Comeback

Chapter 295 The Genius Scholar (4k)

Three days later, in the VIP special care ward of Jilin University Ninth Hospital.

The pitch-black world shattered and vanished, revealing a pristine white ceiling.

Gu Heng, who had been transferred out of the ICU for a day, finally woke up from his coma.

What's wrong with me?

Where am I?

After being in a coma for four days, Gu Heng's brain was like a computer that hadn't been turned on for a long time. Looking at the white ceiling in front of him, his consciousness was a little hazy.

Gradually, Gu Heng began to "think".

He remembered the overturned Dream L9, how he braved the raging fire to save people in the snowstorm, and how he collapsed from exhaustion, his hands covered in blood.

Am I injured?

'Just woke up from a coma?'

Gu Heng was like someone who had blacked out after drinking too much alcohol. After regaining consciousness, he gradually remembered the last moment before he blacked out.

"hiss……"

As soon as he moved his body slightly, intense pain shot through his chest and abdomen, causing Gu Heng to gasp involuntarily. The sound he made drew all the girls around his bedside instantly.

"Brother Gu Heng, you're finally awake!"

"Gu Heng, are you feeling unwell anywhere?"

"Gu Heng, would you like some water?"

Xu Mo, Jiang Ruan, and Luo Xiwen surrounded the hospital bed. Each girl looked very haggard, and their eyes were full of concern and heartache.

Gu Heng blinked when he saw the three women in the same frame.

"What's wrong with me?"

"How long have I been in a coma?"

Gu Heng's voice was slightly hoarse as he asked the three girls.

“Brother Gu Heng, you’ve been unconscious for four days and three nights.”

Xu Mo burst into tears of joy, her voice trembling with sobs: "Do you know that the day you risked your life to save someone, you were hit by metal fragments from the explosion, causing two fatal penetrating wounds? One of them almost pierced your heart. When you were taken to the hospital, you were covered in blood. It really scared me to death."

Four days and three nights?

Two fatal penetrating wounds?
There was a spot that almost pierced his heart.
Gu Heng: "???"

Gu Heng: "!!!"

Gu Heng originally thought he only had minor injuries and that he would be unconscious for at most a day and a half, but he never expected to be unconscious for four whole days and almost lose his life.

"Help me up a bit..."

Gu Heng never expected that he would unknowingly have walked through the gates of hell, and he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

No wonder Tongzi's father repeatedly emphasized confirmation; it turns out that his words about "extremely high risk" and "life-threatening danger" were no joke.

I almost deleted my account and started over!
Upon hearing Gu Heng's instructions, Xu Mo, Jiang Ruan, and Luo Xiwen immediately sprang into action. Some helped Gu Heng by rocking the hospital bed, some fed him water, and others picked up the phone to inform Jiang Man that Gu Heng had woken up.

"I have to say, it's quite a coincidence."

"The traffic accident happened near Jilin University Ninth Hospital. After you were injured, you were taken to the emergency center of Jilin University Ninth Hospital by ambulance."

While feeding Gu Heng water, Luo Xiwen said softly to him, "After Dean Jiang learned that you were injured, he immediately gathered all the general surgery experts in the hospital to conduct a joint diagnosis and rescue for you. You were in the emergency room for more than five hours before you were out of danger."

At this moment, after the hospital bed was rocked up, Gu Heng could clearly see what he looked like. He was practically a human mummy, with his chest, back, thighs, and forearms all wrapped in white gauze.

"Have you been watching over me all these days?"

Gu Heng looked at the three girls bustling around, a hint of tenderness flashing in his eyes.

"For the first three days, you were under monitoring in the ICU."

“Jiang Ruan and I couldn’t get in, so Xu Mo stayed with you for those three days.”

Luo Xiwen said in a low voice, "After you were transferred out of the ICU last night, Jiang Ruan and I were able to come and stay with you."

Sister Xu Mo?

Gu Heng glanced at the pure and lovely Xu Mo, who remained silent, and guessed that the three girls must have interacted with each other during the days he was unconscious.

"Ta Tata..."

Before Gu Heng could think any further, footsteps came from outside the VIP ward. The person who came was Jiang Man, who had just received the news of Gu Heng's awakening and had rushed over with many experts from the Ninth Hospital.

"Ouch!"

"Chairman Gu, you're finally awake!"

When Jiang Man saw Gu Heng wake up, she was overjoyed and seemed to relax instantly, letting out a long sigh of relief.

"Dean Jiang, Xiwen and the others just told me about the situation."

Looking at the large group of subordinates following behind Jiang Man, Gu Heng said softly, "Great kindness needs no thanks, I will remember this favor."

"Chairman Gu, you flatter me."

"Saving lives and healing the wounded is the sacred duty of our hospital."

Jiang Man smiled and said, "Chairman Gu, let's talk about this later. Let me have someone check you out first."

"it is good."

Gu Heng remained silent, allowing the numerous doctors to conduct various examinations on him.

"Dean Jiang, Mr. Gu is recovering very well."

After a while, the doctor in charge of examining Gu Heng gave Jiang Man and Gu Heng the examination results.

"Row."

"Then you can all go and get busy."

"I'll chat with Chairman Gu."

Jiang Man gestured to the numerous accompanying doctors.

Upon hearing this, everyone tactfully left the ward.

"Dean Jiang, you and Gu Heng chat, we'll go out and buy some fruit."

Luo Xiwen exchanged glances with Jiang Ruan and Xu Mo, giving Jiang Man and Gu Heng enough space to talk.

"Buy more sweet ones."

My mouth tastes bitter.

Gu Heng leaned against the hospital bed and gestured to the three girls.

"Good~"

Luo Xiwen responded and left the ward with Xu Mo and Jiang Ruan.

One is petite and innocent, one is tall and aloof, and one is voluptuous and dignified. The sight of the three girls walking together is truly a feast for the eyes.

"boom……"

As the door closed gently, Gu Heng turned his gaze away.

"Chairman Gu is very fortunate."

"To have so many female confidantes."

"Not only do they all follow you wholeheartedly, but they also get along well with each other." "That's truly rare."

Jiang Man looked at Gu Heng and smiled with emotion twice, then suddenly changed the subject: "Chairman Gu, do you know who those people you risked your life to save from the car that day were?"

"I don't know."

Gu Heng shook his head.

Jiang Man observed Gu Heng's changing expression and, seeing that Gu Heng's expression seemed genuine, couldn't help but marvel at Gu Heng's good fortune once again.

"Do you remember who you saved?"

Jiang Man asked Gu Heng again.

"There should be four people."

Gu Heng recalled for a moment: "A young man, a young woman, an old woman, and a young child—are they all safe now?"

"Everything is safe."

"They were delivered with you."

"Of the four, the young man was the most seriously injured."

"Five fractures throughout the body—skull, hand, arm, ribs, and leg—none of them life-threatening, but once bandaged, they were far more dramatic than yours."

Jiang Man briefly summarized the injuries of the four people: "As for the other three, they only had superficial injuries and were all discharged from the hospital yesterday."

At this point, seeing that Gu Heng remained unmoved and showed no intention of pressing for details about the four people's identities, Jiang Man couldn't help but ask out of curiosity, "Chairman Gu, don't you want to know who they are?"

“I saved them not because of who they were, but because they were four living, breathing human lives. Within my power, I couldn’t bear to watch them perish in the flames.”

Gu Heng wasn't stupid. The results of deliberately doing something knowing the other person's identity versus doing it out of pure goodwill without knowing their identity are worlds apart.

The system is mysterious and unpredictable.

Only Gu Heng himself knew about his ability to predict the future.

In this situation, it's as if even the King of Heaven himself has arrived. If you ask him beforehand if he knew who the four people he rescued were, his answer will also be no.

This was a "reward" he had almost risked his life to obtain, so naturally he wanted to maximize its value.

"Chairman Gu..."

"The people you saved this time are all quite extraordinary."

Jiang Man spoke with a touch of emotion, but she didn't keep Gu Heng in suspense any longer.

"Chairman Gu, the young man you rescued from the driver's seat that day is named Tang Ziheng. He is 32 years old and is the secretary of Qi Guowei, the deputy governor of Jilin Province and secretary of the Public Security Bureau."

Gu Heng didn't say anything to disturb her, because he knew Jiang Man would definitely have more to say.

Although Tang Ziheng's status is already an unattainable mountain for ordinary people, it is still not worthy of the "reward of power" that Gu Heng almost risked his life to obtain.

"His father is Tang Jinghui, who is currently the Secretary of the Education Department of Jilin Province."

As expected, there was a follow-up.

The son of the provincial education department's heir!
With this additional identity, Tang Ziheng's value skyrocketed.

Throughout history, higher education resources have always been scarce.

In ancient times, these scarce resources were controlled by powerful families, as they were the foundation for their continued prosperity and hereditary succession.

In modern times, any family or clan that wants to maintain a steady upward social mobility attaches great importance to their children's education. Countless parents go to great lengths for their children's education, even sacrificing their own livelihood, rather than letting their children fall behind in education.

Many parents beg and plead for a spot in a good school during their child's primary, middle, and high school years. And once they get into a good school, they have to find ways to pull strings to get their child into a good class.

This phenomenon is particularly severe in the north.

Under these circumstances, it is easy to imagine the extent of Tang Jinghui's power, given that he controlled the province's educational resources.

"The old woman you rescued is named Yao Qinyu. She is 55 years old and used to be a judge of the provincial high court. Now she has resigned from her original position and is in semi-retirement, taking care of her grandson at home every day."

Jiang Man slowly spoke again, introducing, "The young woman and the child you rescued are Yao Qinyu's daughter-in-law and eldest grandson, and Yao Qinyu's husband is Qi Guowei, the deputy governor of Jilin Province and secretary of the Public Security Bureau whom I just mentioned to you."

"In other words, you saved Qi Sheng's wife, daughter-in-law, and grandson at the same time that day. Just think about how great your kindness to Qi Sheng really is."

Upon hearing this, Gu Heng finally couldn't help but gasp.

Qi Guowei!
A powerful official at the vice-provincial level in Jilin Province!
Compared to Tang Jinghui just now, this one is an even more powerful and influential figure.

After all, no matter how good one's pen is, it can never surpass the power of a gun.

Birthday!

Gu Heng suddenly remembered what the young woman had said to him when she grabbed his trouser leg at the scene of the car accident.

Secretary, wife, daughter-in-law, grandson...

Combining all the information, Gu Heng roughly understood why the four of them had ridden in the same car that day. It was probably because the Qi family was having a birthday party for their grandson and had asked Tang Ziheng to pick them up.

"As for that young woman, who is Qi Sheng's daughter-in-law, her name is Qiu Yuexin. She is 31 years old this year, a PhD in Engineering from Tsinghua University, a National Ten Thousand Talents Program Young Top Talent, and a National Outstanding Youth."

Jiang Man further introduced, "Currently serving as a doctoral supervisor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, she is extremely talented in materials and chemical engineering and is considered a very outstanding young scientific research talent at the national level."

"That is indeed very excellent."

Gu Heng nodded slightly, his voice tinged with a hint of surprise.

Although he only graduated from junior high school, he has been able to understand the professional terms such as "National Outstanding Youth" and "Ten Thousand Talents Program" that Jiang Man just mentioned through in-depth and easy-to-understand exchanges with many women college graduates and women college graduates from prestigious universities.

Simply put, Qiu Yuexin has earned numerous titles and honors at the young age of 31. Even the phrase "a dragon among men" is not enough to describe her.

What is a National Outstanding Young Scientist?

Its full name is the "National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars," which is a fund established by the National Natural Science Foundation of China to promote the growth of young scientific and technological talents.

Outstanding young talents selected for the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars will receive an annual grant of 4 million yuan from the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars for research projects over a period of four years. Only about 400 people are selected each year.

It's important to know that there are millions of outstanding young talents eligible to participate in the selection process for the National Outstanding Young Scientists Program every year; it's no exaggeration to say that the competition is one in ten thousand.

Some young talents start applying at the age of 30, and even when they reach the age limit of 45 for the National Outstanding Youth Project, they still find it difficult to be selected. This shows just how stringent the requirements are for successfully being selected for the National Outstanding Youth Project.

To borrow a phrase from the world of sports competitions, every outstanding young talent who is qualified to apply for the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund is a super genius in the eyes of their peers, school, and graduating class.

These exceptional talents are merely at the threshold of being included on the same list as those selected for the National Outstanding Young Talents Program.

You don't do scientific research, so you see me as a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky.

If you're into scientific research, seeing me is like an ant seeing the blue sky!

If the National Outstanding Youth Program is still a field that ordinary people can only dream of, then the National Ten Thousand Talents Program for Outstanding Young Talents is a field that ordinary people can never reach, even if they spend their entire lives trying.

The "Ten Thousand Talents Program," officially known as the "National High-Level Talents Special Support Program," aims to support local high-level innovative and entrepreneurial talents. Starting in 2012, the program aims to select approximately 1 outstanding talents, leading talents, and young top-notch talents in the fields of natural sciences, engineering technology, and social sciences over a 10-year period, and provide them with special support.

Qiu Yuexin's selection as a young top talent is in the third tier of the "Ten Thousand Talents Program". All selected individuals are young top talents under the age of 35 with great development potential.

The "Ten Thousand Talents Program" selects candidates every two years, using a one-person-one-policy selection process. The process is extremely complicated and rigorous, and only the nation's top talents can be selected. Their resumes and achievements seem almost like cheat codes to ordinary people.

Qiu Yuexin's ability to be selected for both the National "Ten Thousand Talents Program" for Outstanding Young Talents and the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund at the age of 31 demonstrates her exceptional talent; it would not be an exaggeration to describe her as a "seed of academicians."

With such outstanding qualities, it's no wonder that she was valued by a super big shot like Qi Guowei.

As the saying goes: A virtuous wife brings prosperity to three generations, which is better than thousands of acres of fertile land!
With a daughter-in-law like Qiu Yuexin, as long as Qi Guowei's son is not mentally disabled, his descendants, no matter how average they are, will probably be far more intelligent than ordinary people.

"Qiu Yuexin has achieved such great success at such a young age."

Jiang Man couldn't help but keep them in suspense: "Without a family tradition of learning, it would be impossible. So do you know who Qiu Yuexin's parents are?"

Gu Heng's expression shifted slightly upon hearing this:
"who?"

(End of this chapter)