Cao Yuan?

Ye Qiu muttered softly, “Why does this name sound so familiar? It’s like I’ve heard it somewhere before…”

Suddenly, it came to him.

The strange middle-aged man he had seen earlier at the entrance of the operating room—wasn’t he called Cao Yuan?

Could he be the Sect Leader of Dragon Gate, the Ninety-Thousand-Year-Old?

Ye Qiu quickly ran into the hospital, heading straight for the operating room. By the time he arrived, the room was already empty.

“Where’s the injured person who was here just now?” Ye Qiu hurriedly asked a nurse.

“He’s been transferred to a ward,” the nurse replied.

“Which ward?”

“301.”

Ye Qiu rushed to Ward 301. As he entered, he saw a nurse changing Han Long’s IV fluid. He couldn’t help but ask, “Where’s the middle-aged man who was with him?”

“He’s already left.”

“Left? Where did he go?”

“I don’t know.” The nurse saw Ye Qiu panting and thought he was worried about Han Long’s condition. She smiled and said, “Dr. Ye, you don’t need to worry. All his vital signs are normal. With some rest, he’ll be fine.”

“Oh.”

Ye Qiu absentmindedly responded and instructed, “Let me know when the patient wakes up.”

“Okay.”

Back in his office, Ye Qiu’s mind was still replaying the Dragon King’s words.

“Bai Yujing is the eldest grandson of the Bai family’s Old Grandfather in the Capital. Along with Champion Marquis Xiao Jiu, he is one of the two heroes of our time. He is also Bai Bing’s cousin.”

What kind of background does the Bai family have?

And who exactly is Bai Yujing?

Ye Qiu decided to investigate. He opened his computer and typed “Capital Bai family” into Baidu.

Instantly, thousands of news articles appeared.

The headlines were more shocking one after another:

“Record of the Oldest General Among the Founding Generals—Tiger General Bai Jingyao!”

“The Bai Family of Founding Generals: Three Generals in One Family, Two Commanders in Father and Son!”

“…”

There were countless similar news articles.

But without exception, all these news articles featured General Bai Jingyao.

Although Ye Qiu seldom paid attention to current affairs, he had heard of General Bai’s name.

General Bai Jingyao was over a hundred years old, one of the few remaining founding generals, with outstanding military achievements.

Could it be that Bai Bing’s grandfather is General Bai?

No, that’s not right. The Old Grandfather is over a hundred years old now. By age calculation, his son should be at least seventy, and his grandson at least forty or fifty.

Moreover, Ye Qiu didn’t find any information about Bai Yujing in these news articles.

He continued to browse through some more articles.

Finally, he found an article on a self-media platform titled: “Exclusive Reveal: The Bai Family in the Capital!”

Ye Qiu opened it and read it carefully.

The more he read, the more shocked he became.

General Bai Jingyao came from a poor family, later joined the army, participated in countless wars, and was conferred the rank of general after the founding of the country.

Later, he served through three regimes and became a pillar of the military.

Not only that, but General Bai Jingyao was still vigorous in his old age, having two sons when he was nearly sixty.

The eldest son, Bai Jianguo, once served as a commander in a southwestern unit. At the age of forty, he was already a general, the youngest in the military. However, he died in a car accident three years ago.

The younger son, Bai Jianjun, is now forty-seven and serves as a chief of staff in a southwestern unit. He was also recently promoted to general last year.

The article mentioned Bai Yujing.

Although the name Bai Yujing was replaced with letters, Ye Qiu figured it out.

There was little introduction about Bai Yujing, only that he was Bai Jianjun’s son and had a nickname, “White Jade in the Sky,” and was one of the two heroes of the time along with Champion Marquis Xiao Jiu.

At the end of the article, there was a family photo of the Bai family.

It was taken last year on General Bai’s 105th birthday when the highest authority, Elder Tang, visited him and took a group photo with the Bai family.

General Bai sat in the middle, wearing Tang-style clothing, looking very spirited. Elder Tang sat on his left, and his younger son Bai Jianjun on his right.

A group of people surrounded them from behind.

Among them, Ye Qiu saw a familiar face—Bai Bing!

As expected, Director Bai is General Bai’s granddaughter.

From the first time he saw Bai Bing, Ye Qiu sensed from her noble demeanor and stunning beauty that her background was not simple, but he didn’t expect it to be this significant.

Ye Qiu had another question in his mind.

With such a strong background and being a talented student who studied abroad, why would Director Bai choose to work at Jiangzhou Hospital?

With Bai Bing’s background and education, she could join any hospital in the country, yet she chose to stay at Jiangzhou Hospital.

Why?

Ye Qiu then took a closer look at the group photo, trying to see what Bai Yujing looked like.

However, apart from Elder Tang, General Bai, and Bai Jianjun, there were no other men in the photo.

“Strange! In such an important occasion, Bai Yujing shouldn’t be absent. Why isn’t he in the photo?”

Ye Qiu searched online for a while longer and was even more astonished.

There was no information about Bai Yujing online, not even a single photo.

This guy is very mysterious!

Closing the webpage, Ye Qiu began to see patients.

After seeing a few patients, Ye Qiu felt a bit restless and asked the nurse to stop calling numbers.

Ninety-Thousand-Year-Old didn’t stay in the hospital to accompany the injured person, so what could he be doing?

Could it be…

Ye Qiu suddenly stood up in shock.

His sudden movement startled the nurse beside him.

“Dr. Ye, what’s wrong?” the nurse asked.

“Please ask Director Bai for a leave on my behalf. Tell her I have something urgent to attend to.”

After saying that, Ye Qiu hurried out, hailed a taxi, and headed straight for Yunwu Mountain.

Ninety-Thousand-Year-Old came to Jiangzhou to subdue the underground forces. His first target would be the Dragon King.

Moreover, Ninety-Thousand-Year-Old was ambushed in Jiangzhou last night, and several of his guards were killed. Whether or not the Dragon King was behind it, he was highly suspicious.

Since Ninety-Thousand-Year-Old wasn’t at the hospital, there was only one possibility—he had gone to confront the Dragon King.

“Driver, please go faster.”

Ye Qiu was anxious and kept urging the taxi driver.

…

Yunwu Mountain.

The Dragon King’s residence.

“Dragon King, I’ve packed everything and we’re ready to leave,” Zhao Yun said.

The Dragon King held his grandson, Little Tiger, the boy who had fallen into Mirror Lake and was saved by Ye Qiu a few days ago. He patted Little Tiger’s head and said, “Little Tiger, you must listen to Uncle Zhao Yun, study hard, and strive to become a useful person in the future, okay?”

“Okay.” Little Tiger nodded and said, “Grandpa, aren’t you coming with us abroad?”

The Dragon King smiled, “I’m old and can’t move around much. When you grow up, come back and visit Grandpa.”

“But Grandpa, I don’t want to leave you.” Little Tiger hugged the Dragon King tightly.

At the moment of parting, even this formidable underground leader of Jiangzhou had tears in his eyes.

“Little Tiger, remember to always listen to Uncle Zhao Yun, no matter what.”

“Okay.”

“Zhao Yun, I’m entrusting Little Tiger to you.”

“Rest assured, I, Zhao Yun, will never fail you.”

“I believe in you. Take Little Tiger and go!” The Dragon King waved his hand.

Thud!

Zhao Yun suddenly knelt down, kowtowed three times to the Dragon King, then took Little Tiger’s hand and resolutely walked out of the courtyard.

At that moment, a faint voice came from the entrance.