Mr. Bigshot Is Obsessed with His Hidden-Marriage Wife
Chapter 49: Then I must thank you properly

Chapter 49: Chapter 49: Then I must thank you properly

Xie Yang said in a hushed voice when he was sure no one was around, "This is decided by the hospital’s board of directors. Doctor Bai has connections on the board, and Dr. Chai doesn’t care much about these things."

Everyone knew that Chai Chen came from a good family background, and aside from medical research, he seemed indifferent to such matters, especially pure and desireless.

"Dr. Ye, you must strive hard." Xie Yang made a gesture of clenching his fist and cheering, "I will definitely cast a vote for you."

The hospital’s annual selection of outstanding employees not only came with a hefty bonus but also ten days of paid leave, priority in evaluations, and priority in joining project teams... In short, it was an enviable award.

However, the candidates participating in the selection were decided by the board of directors, and then all the medical staff voted offline to determine the top three. The board of directors would then conduct the final assessment of the top three to decide on the final quota for outstanding employees.

Unique and sole.

Ye Yan quickly put the matter out of her mind. After taking two days off, she had a pile of backed-up work and was too busy to keep up with.

She received a phone call from Meng Tian during lunch.

Meng Tian, who was on leave, hadn’t dared to go far and went to soak in the hot springs on Luhuan Island. She was currently wearing a bathrobe from the hot spring resort and eating at the buffet.

"The guy with the surname Pei called me." Meng Tian speared a steak with one hand, "I sent him the surveillance footage from that night, and he obediently paid me fifty thousand Australian dollars. I’ll transfer it to you later."

"Why transfer it to me?"

"For medical expenses and emotional distress compensation, it’s what you deserve." Meng Tian said indignantly, "I still think it’s too little."

Ye Yan couldn’t help but laugh.

She had visited the hospital, and including imaging and stitches, the total cost was just over a thousand.

"Pei Ye isn’t going to accuse you of extortion, is he?"

"If he dares, I haven’t accused him of having a fiancée who intentionally caused injury, so he better count his blessings." Meng Tian put the steak in her mouth, "He even invited me to attend the engagement party, saying he wants to turn hostility into friendship and continue being friends in the future."

"His fiancée agrees?"

"That’s probably the idea of his fiancée."

"A trap? So, what did you decide?"

"I already agreed." Meng Tian smiled cunningly, "My parents will go too."

Pei Ye was interested in Xia Mengyao not just because her father was the deputy director of their hospital. What was really formidable was Xia Mengyao’s mother, Yao Huan—her maternal family, the Yao family, ran a medical equipment business and belonged to the upper echelons of Ao City society.

Pei Ye had only been dating Xia Mengyao for two months when he already got a promotion, and since the Xia Family only had Xia Mengyao as a daughter, everything of the Xia family would belong to him in the future.

Thus, between the rich girl Xia Mengyao and the little forensic doctor Meng Tian, he didn’t hesitate to choose Xia Mengyao.

But what Pei Ye didn’t know was Meng Tian’s background.

To stay low-key, Meng Tian only said her parents ran a pharmacy. Aside from the bureau chief, nobody else in the precinct knew she was the renowned heiress of the Guoda Group.

The Guoda Group owned six pharmaceutical factories, and the drugs they produced almost monopolized forty percent of Ao City’s market, not only in Ao City but also their drugs were sold inland.

"Ah Yan, what do you think Pei Ye’s expression will be when he learns about this?"

Meng Tian had an innocent face, and her eyes twinkled brightly.

Originally, she had given up the idea of attending Pei Ye’s engagement party, but he should not have allowed her best friend to be hurt. The pain Ye Yan suffered, she intended to return it to him twofold.

"I can’t talk anymore. It seems someone is drowning." Meng Tian hung up the phone and ran towards the direction of the crowd.

Not far from the restaurant was the hot spring swimming pool, and the noise was coming from there.

The lifeguard had already pulled the drowning person out and was now trying hard to force the water out.

But he was inexperienced, and both his posture and pressure were incorrect.

At this rate, the drowning person was sure to die.

Meng Tian pushed him aside and laid the drowning victim flat before stacking her hands to start chest compressions.

The drowning person was a young woman with an excellent figure, especially her chest, which was estimated to be 36D.

Because of the pressure exerted during the compressions, her bikini top started to slip, and many of the watching men were blatantly staring at those private areas.

"What are you dazing for? Get something to cover her up," Meng Yi’s voice snapped the lifeguard out of his trance.

Several lifeguards immediately brought over a blue cloth and surrounded the drowning victim with it.

"Is she gone?" one of the lifeguards said. "It seems like she’s not breathing."

Meng Tian, as if deaf to the comment, continued to repeat the compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

No one knew how much time had passed when the drowning victim’s chest suddenly began to heave, followed quickly by water being spit out from her mouth.

Meng Tian hastily turned her body to the side and started to pat her back with her hand.

With a large amount of water expelled, the drowning victim finally resumed breathing.

At that moment, someone hurried towards the cloth. As one corner was lifted, a man with a somewhat indifferent face appeared.

His features were delicate, with long, slender corners of his eyes, an initial glance might leave one inexplicably thinking he was a man with a very good temper.

He was followed by the manager of the hot springs resort and several professional medical personnel.

However, it seemed that the scene at hand no longer required these medical staff.

Meng Tian’s pinkish-white robe was already soaked through, and a drop of crystal sweat rolled down the tip of her nose, on the brink of falling.

She tried to stand up, but her legs had gone numb, and she fell backward uncontrollably.

Instead of the anticipated pain, her shoulder was caught by a pair of strong arms, while the man’s right hand gripped her wrist so tightly that it nearly sank into her flesh.

She turned around, about to say thanks, but upon meeting those deep, ocean-like eyes, she was left speechless.

How could it be such a coincidence.

"Mr. Tang," said the woman who had just been revived, weakly leaning on the medical staff, "it was this young lady who saved me."

The woman was profoundly grateful, for the feeling of being pulled back from the brink of death was something nobody would want to experience again.

"Then I really must thank Forensic Doctor Meng for saving my companion’s life," Tang Jingyao’s expression remained cold, and if one looked closely, there seemed to be some deeper emotion buried in his eyes.

Meng Tian wanted to pull her hand away, although her legs were still numb, she did not want to have any contact with this man.

Once, twice.

His grip not only showed no signs of loosening but instead became even tighter, as if he intended to break her wrist.

The companion hadn’t been with Tang Jingyao for long, but she had come to understand this man’s temperament to some extent; he was usually warm-faced and often had a smile on his lips.

At the very least, she had never seen him with such a gloomy face, with a fierce ruthlessness as if he wanted to tear apart the person in front of him.

"Manager Zheng, please take her to the hospital," Tang Jingyao’s gaze remained locked on Meng Tian’s face, showing no concern for his female companion.

Even if she had drowned in the pool that day, a box of condolence money would quickly solve the problem.

"Okay, Mr. Tang, you’re busy."

As Manager Zheng arranged for medical staff to take care of the drowning victim, Tang Jingyao dragged Meng Tian outside.

Meng Tian’s legs were still numb, and being dragged along by him this way, she nearly fell several times.

It wasn’t until they entered a private room that Tang Jingyao finally flung her in and kicked the door shut behind him.

Under the effect of inertia, Meng Tian fell directly to the floor, with a forceful impact that left her knees and elbows in intense pain, nearly as if they were dislocated.