The Rich Man's Life Begins with a Comeback

Chapter 296 The Trend Has Been Set (5k)

A dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and a mouse's son can make holes.

Compared to the probability of gene mutation, gene inheritance is obviously more stable.

For example, the Qian family of Wuxi alone produced ten academicians.

Qiu Yuexin is clearly not from a poor family, so her parents are most likely highly educated, and probably among the most elite.

Even geniuses need fertile ground to grow.

For many students from humble backgrounds who are destined for success, only when they step onto the campus of a top university do they find the right environment to grow.

However, compared to those born into a privileged environment who are destined to grow up in a suitable environment, they started too late.

The reason is simple: they have wasted too much time and energy in the compulsory education system that pursues the "barrel effect," while the top scientific research talents that the country needs have always been those who excel in the "long board effect."

Looking back, those great scientists who have made a name for themselves in history have almost all chosen one thing to pursue to the end, pushing one's strengths to the limit. Only a very few people can push two or three strengths to the limit at the same time.

Take Qiu Yuexin as an example. To achieve what Qiu Yuexin has at her age, while other peers are still "abandoning" every day, she has already found her "long board" that she wants to stick to and has truly stepped onto that "long board".

After Jiang Man searched for Qiu Yanfeng's Baidu Baike entry, she handed it to Gu Heng: "Qiu Yuexin's father is named Qiu Yanfeng. This is his Baidu Baike entry. Take a look for yourself."

Gu Heng's injuries were mainly bandaged on his chest and abdomen. Although the two burns on his arms were bandaged, they were small and did not affect his arm movement.

He took the phone from Jiang Man and looked up at it closely.

"Fuck!"

"My academician father?"

When Gu Heng saw the information about Qiu Yanfeng on Baidu Baike, he couldn't help but swear, his eyes widening instantly.

Qiu Yanfeng, born in 1964, holds a PhD from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and is an academician of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He currently serves as the director of the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is a pioneer in China's research on lithium batteries and related materials. He was among the first in China to conduct research on the physicochemical processes of lithium-ion batteries, all-solid-state lithium batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, lithium-air batteries, and room-temperature sodium-ion batteries, as well as the design, synthesis, characterization, physical and electrochemical properties, and applications of related materials.

Gu Heng stared at Qiu Yanfeng's profile on Baidu Baike, where his academic achievements and honorary titles were countless, making him feel dazzled.

When Gu Heng first learned Qi Guowei's identity, he subconsciously felt that the Qiu family was climbing the social ladder by marrying into the Qi family. But now, seeing the identity of Qiu Yuexin's father, he belatedly realized that it was actually the Qi family who was climbing the social ladder by marrying into the Qiu family.

"Search for Zheng Hanliu again."

“Zheng, meaning solemn; Han, meaning cultivation; Liu, meaning willow.”

"You can express your feelings after you've finished searching."

Jiang Man gestured to Gu Heng.

Upon hearing this, Gu Heng continued searching according to Jiang Man's instructions while tentatively asking, "You mean this person is Qiu Yuexin's mother?"

"Exactly."

Jiang Man nodded, her words tinged with emotion.

Recalling that day in front of the emergency room, she had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

Qi Guowei and Tang Jinghui do indeed hold high positions within the province, but strictly speaking, they do not belong to the same system as Chen Qiwen, who is the dean of the Bethune School of Medicine at Jilin University and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Not only did Chen Qiwen call her personally that day, but he also called her three times a day for the next three days, until Gu Heng was transferred out of the ICU, at which point he stopped calling her.

Later, through various subtle means, she learned about Qiu Yuexin's parents' identities.

Following Jiang Man's instructions, Gu Heng quickly found the identity of Qiu Yuexin's mother, Zheng Hanliu, on Baidu Baike.

"I'm so stupid!"

Gu Heng stared at the Baidu Encyclopedia entry in front of him, feeling utterly dumbfounded.

He still holds the standard doctoral degree and is a top scientific research talent in the fields of materials and chemical engineering. He is the Dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Yanjing Institute of Technology. He was awarded the title of Changjiang Scholar in 2018 and was selected as a leading talent in the "Ten Thousand Talents Program" in 2020. He has made significant achievements in scientific research fields such as electrolyte composites and high-energy cathode development.

"A true scholarly family."

"It is no exaggeration to say that Qiu Yuexin's parents have countless students."

Seeing the shocked expression on Gu Heng's face, Jiang Man sighed from the bottom of her heart.

"Oh……"

"correct."

"You may not know."

"You didn't actually save four people that day; to be precise, you saved five."

Jiang Man suddenly remembered something and spoke again.

"Five?"

Gu Heng was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened slightly: "You mean..."

"Yes."

"Qiu Yuexin is more than three months pregnant."

Jiang Man reported the situation to Gu Heng truthfully: "Fortunately, her belly is not too big yet, and the side of the heavy truck that crashed was not on Qiu Yuexin's side, so overall it was a close call and the fetus was not affected."

"That's really lucky."

“I was at the scene when it happened.”

Gu Heng said with some emotion, "I saw with my own eyes that after the Dream L9 was hit, it rolled around for more than ten times before finally coming to a stop. In the end, Qiu Yuexin was not only unharmed, but even her child was unharmed. It was truly a stroke of luck amidst misfortune."

"And you're the one talking about him!"

"You are truly the luckiest person in the midst of misfortune."

"Do you know that metal fragment in your chest, if it were just a little bit bigger, or if the angle or depth were just a little bit off, you probably wouldn't have made it to me. You would have been gone on the way."

Jiang Man felt inexplicably terrified whenever she brought up this matter.

"Momo just told me that this was really too dangerous."

Given this situation, if Gu Heng were given another chance to choose, he might not have the courage to take the gamble again.

To put it bluntly, Gu Heng was practically dancing on the death list of the King of Hell. Whether it was the situation Jiang Man just described, or if Gu Heng had been a few seconds slower at the scene of the car accident, his fate would have been certain death.

"Hey……"

You have no idea what it was like back then.

“When you were being resuscitated, the corridor where your resuscitation room was located was packed with people. There were at least five leaders of Tang Jinghui’s rank, because you needed to have open-heart surgery, which was quite difficult and had a very high risk.”

"Qi Sheng, Tang Ting, and Qiu Yuan made a lot of phone calls on the spot. Not only did they temporarily transfer the best cardiac surgery team in the province from the Seventh Hospital of Jilin University, but Qiu Yuan also contacted Academician Chen Qiwen, Dean of the Bethune School of Medicine at Jilin University, to temporarily convene a large number of general surgery and cardiac surgery experts for a remote joint video consultation."

"Even at the end of the corridor in the emergency room, there were police officers guarding the area, and unauthorized personnel were not allowed to get close."

Jiang Man still vividly remembers that day.

Let alone ordinary medical staff, even she, who has been a doctor and in a leadership position for so many years, has never seen a scene like that before.

"The people I just mentioned are just the individuals themselves."

Jiang Man slowly said, "But you should know that whether it's Qi Guowei or Qiu Yanfeng, we are basically in the fifty to sixty years old range. In terms of the current life expectancy and modern medical methods, there should be a generation above them, that is, their parents and relatives."

"Think about it, even if they are very capable, it would be difficult to achieve their current positions without connections. So their parents and relatives are probably not ordinary people either."

Just as the two were talking, footsteps came from outside the ward again.

"Dong dong dong..."

A knock sounded on the door, soft yet solemn.

"Please come in."

Jiang Man gestured towards the outside of the ward.

With permission granted, the door was opened.

The people who arrived were Qi Guowei, Tang Jinghui, Qiu Yanfeng, and others, who had rushed over from their workplaces or homes immediately after receiving news of Gu Heng's awakening.

Looking at the crowd in front of him, Gu Heng recognized Qiu Yuexin and Yao Qinyu, as well as the child Qiu Yuexin was holding. The others were complete strangers to him.

However, thanks to Jiang Man's prior notice, Gu Heng could roughly guess who was who by looking at the group of people in front of him.

For example, the middle-aged man with an imposing presence and broad shoulders is most likely Qi Guowei, the vice-provincial leader; and the middle-aged man with simple clothes and a gentle demeanor is probably Qiu Yanfeng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Gu Heng was sizing up Qi Guowei and the others, and Qi Guowei and the others were also sizing up Gu Heng.

Looking at Gu Heng's still pale and bloodless handsome face, and then at the white gauze wrapped around his body, the gazes of these important figures, who held high positions throughout the province and even the country, gradually softened.

"thump!"

Just as their eyes met, Qi Jiasheng, who had been standing next to Qi Guowei, suddenly stepped forward and knelt down in front of Gu Heng in front of everyone.

"Brother Gu!" "Please accept my bow!"

Qi Jiasheng stared at Gu Heng with red eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, he slammed his forehead heavily onto the marble floor, making a dull thud.

Qi Guowei and the others standing behind Qi Jiasheng did not stop him, and silently watched as Qi Jiasheng kowtowed to Gu Heng.

"Eh……"

"Brother, don't do this..."

Upon seeing this, Gu Heng instinctively tried to get up and reach out to stop him, but he forgot that he was injured and the slightest movement made him wince in pain.

"Young man, you are injured, so please don't move around."

Qi Guowei said gently to Gu Heng, "The five people you saved that day included his mother, his wife, his two children, and his best friend who grew up with him."

"It is only natural and right for him to kowtow to you."

"This is his attitude towards you, and it is also the attitude of our two families towards you."

"From now on, we will treat each other as family."

"If you have any problems in the future, just ask us. As long as it's something our two families can do, we will never refuse. Also, from now on, we will not treat you as an outsider. You are welcome to come to our home for dinner and as a guest during holidays."

As Qi Guowei spoke softly, Qi Jiasheng continued to kowtow solemnly.

Five lives lost, five kowtows performed.

After it was over, Qi Jiasheng's forehead was completely red.

"This is Qi Province."

"This is Qi Jiasheng, the son of Qi Sheng."

"This is Tang Hall."

"This is Academician Qiu."

……

Jiang Man then briefly introduced the identities of the people in front of her to Gu Heng.

Every time the other party introduced someone, Gu Heng would call out to that person.

"Little brother."

Qi Guowei said softly to Gu Heng, "If you don't mind, you can call me Uncle from now on, and we can address each other as uncle and nephew. What do you think?"

"Uncle Qi."

"Uncle Tang".

"Uncle Qiu."

"Aunt Zheng."

Gu Heng was not a pedantic person. Since Qi Guowei and the others had said so, he followed their instructions and shouted it out to them again.

"Eh!"

"What a wonderful child!"

Zheng Hanliu stepped forward and looked at Gu Heng, whose body was wrapped in gauze, and her eyes naturally revealed a hint of heartache.

"Brother Gu, thank you for helping me rescue Zhengzheng that day."

Wearing a blue and white hospital gown, Qiu Yuexin helped her husband up, then slowly walked to Gu Heng's bedside and bowed deeply to him: "I discussed it with Jiasheng a couple of days ago. Zhengzheng and the unborn child in my belly were both given a second life by you. If you don't mind, we would like them to recognize you as their godfather. What do you think?"

“Brother Gu, from now on we’ll address each other as brothers.”

Qi Jiasheng held Qiu Yuexin's hand and said solemnly, "After you recover, I'll find an opportunity to have a drink with you, and how about we become sworn brothers?"

"Hey, hey, hey!"

"Stop Stopp!"

"Count me in as a sworn brother!"

Before Gu Heng could even reply, Qi Jiasheng had finished speaking when a few noisy sounds came from outside the ward.

Everyone looked over at the sound and saw Tang Ziheng, who was wrapped in gauze like a mummy, being pushed in by a nurse in a wheelchair. The shouting had come from outside the door.

"Why aren't you resting in your hospital room? What are you doing out here?"

Upon seeing Tang Ziheng's appearance, Tang Jinghui's face darkened, and he whispered a rebuke to Tang Ziheng.

"dad!"

"Brother Gu is my savior!"

"When I heard he was awake, of course I had to come and see him right away!"

Tang Ziheng answered with great confidence, and then grinned at Gu Heng: "Brother Gu, I am Tang Ziheng, the one you rescued from the driver's seat that day. I just heard Brother Sheng say that he wants to become sworn brothers with you, so I have to be included in this!"

"Through this incident, we brothers have gone through life and death together."

"I will never forget the kindness that saved my life."

"Sheng and I weren't blood brothers before, but we were closer than blood brothers. But from now on, the three of us are blood brothers. What do you think?"

Compared to Qi Jiasheng's maturity and composure, Tang Ziheng's personality is somewhat outgoing, and he speaks frankly and directly, which suits Gu Heng's taste quite well.

Qi Guowei, Tang Jinghui, and the others standing behind Qi Jiasheng and Tang Ziheng watched the scene with smiles in their eyes, showing no intention of interfering or obstructing their proposal to become sworn brothers.

So many days have passed, and Gu Heng's identity and information have long been thoroughly investigated by Qi Guowei, Tang Jinghui, and others.

At such a young age, he is already an A10-level super-rich man with real assets covering multiple industries such as catering, entertainment, hotels, aviation, and Chinese herbal medicine planting. It is no exaggeration to describe him as a young talent with a promising future.

Besides, this incident is enough to prove that Gu Heng's character is beyond doubt. After all, someone who is willing to sacrifice himself to save several complete strangers, and who almost lost his life in the end, cannot possibly have bad character.

Under these circumstances, both objectively and subjectively, Qi Guowei and others were happy to see Qi Jiasheng, Tang Ziheng, and Gu Heng develop a close relationship.

Seeing the sincere looks in Qi Jiasheng and Tang Ziheng's eyes, Gu Heng smiled and replied, "I am naturally very happy that you two brothers think so highly of me."

"it is good!"

"Then it's settled!"

Qi Jiasheng smiled and said, "After you and Ziheng recover and are discharged from the hospital, let's find a time to become sworn brothers in front of our parents!"

"Don't bother looking for time."

"We'll use Ah Heng's discharge date as the standard."

"Everyone will come to my house on the day Ah Heng is discharged from the hospital."

"Let's have a good celebration and also give our three children a witness."

At this point, Qi Guowei looked at Tang Jinghui and asked, "Director Tang, you're usually very busy. Will you be able to find the time?"

"Old Qi, stop badmouthing people."

"No matter how busy I am, I have to make time to come over."

"I've gained two more sons for no reason. I'll be laughing in my dreams tonight."

Tang Jinghui glared at Qi Guowei, then looked at the mature and composed Qi Jiasheng and the handsome Gu Heng, his expression quite smug.

"Then it's settled."

Qi Guowei said with a smile, "Father-in-law and mother-in-law, you two must come too."

"I am very sure of that."

"Just let us know when you've set the time."

Looking at the harmonious scene before him, Qiu Yanfeng's smile was truly heartfelt.

During this process, after briefly introducing Qi Guowei and the others to Gu Heng at the beginning, Jiang Man quietly retreated to a corner and did not say another word.

Now, seeing Qiu Yuexin making her two children recognize Gu Heng as their godfather, and Qi Jiasheng and Tang Ziheng wanting to become sworn brothers with Gu Heng, and looking at the attitudes of Qi Guowei, Tang Jinghui, and others towards Gu Heng, she couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions.

From now on, Gu Heng will probably have no weaknesses at all.

They have money, power, and influence.

Anyone who tries to use their power to oppress or bully Gu Heng in the future will face a fierce counterattack from five families: the Qi family, the Yao family, the Qiu family, the Tang family, and the Liu family. If you also consider the previous generation relationships of these five families, the extent of their influence is terrifying to Jiang Man.

Gu Heng, the die is cast...

(End of this chapter)