Crossflow

After the two finished speaking in unison, they immediately looked at each other with the same blankness in their eyes.

"You don't know?" Sui Yuesheng asked suspiciously.

"I don't know." Tao Fengche was full of astonishment, "Zhao Jiayang moved out of the main house very early to live alone, so naturally he didn't need the family doctor at home. He is also an elder, and he seems to be concerned about medical care. , as long as he doesn't take the initiative to mention it, I won't ask; even if he mentions it occasionally, I won't pursue it."

The reason why I choose a private doctor instead of seeing a doctor in a public hospital is to protect privacy. It is taboo to listen to other people's doctors—as if the doctor who is preparing to bribe him is against him, or to check his medical report to understand his status. Like physical condition.

What's more, when there is a doctor who has cooperated with him for many years and has a stable relationship at home, who would go to the elders to inquire about his personal doctor for no reason?

Tao Fengche is well aware of these unspoken rules, and he will never take the initiative to touch this high-tension line.

Sui Yuesheng understood his subtext, nodded slightly to express his understanding, but Tao Fengche said again: "I thought you would know."

Sui Yuesheng frowned: "Why would I know?"

"Because you are the current head of the Tao family." Tao Fengche turned his eyes around the emerald wrench worn on Sui Yuesheng's thumb, and said confidently, "It stands to reason that everything in the Tao family belongs to you. All, including covert intelligence personnel. I thought they would report to you when you took office."

"Why should I care about such a small matter?" Sui Yuesheng was a little amused, and asked back, "Besides, Zhao Jiayang has been planning for so long. With his personality, it is also reasonable to secretly hire a private doctor by bypassing the Tao family's eyeliner." possible."

"……Too."

Tao Fengche thought for a moment, and had to admit that what Sui Yuesheng said was correct, and it was even the most likely option.

But he was really unwilling to watch things fall into a dead end: "Then what should we do? Could it be...the only option left is to call Xie Yushu and ask him for his contact information? Let's not talk about whether Zhao Jiayang will put this something to tell him..."

Tao Fengche's expression was a bit perplexed - even if Xie Yushu really knew, he wouldn't do it until he had no other choice.

Xie Yushu was pregnant and had just learned the news of Zhao Jiayang's death, so it would not be an exaggeration to say that there has been a sudden change.The phone call just now hung up suddenly, and the weeping in Xie Yushu's voice was too obvious, so it must take some time to calm down.

It seemed a bit too cold-blooded and inhuman to call him at such a time.

Sui Yuesheng pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Is it possible that Uncle Xu will know?"

Tao Fengche just wanted to deny Sui Yuesheng's conjecture, but then he thought about Xu Song's working years in the Tao family, and his usual state, which can almost be called an encyclopedia of the Tao family, and suddenly felt a little different. confirmed.

"...Then go and ask." Tao Fengche made a decision.

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"Master, do you want to ask Zhao... Zhao Jiayang's personal doctor?" Xu Song asked in confusion.

Ever since he learned that Zhao Jiayang had kidnapped Tao Fengche as a bargaining chip, was suspected of murdering Tao Zhixing, and finally committed suicide on the spot, Xu Song had aged a lot visibly since this period of time—he didn't even have the time to take care of the white hair that had already grown. The roots of her hair were dyed black, and even her normally straight back became somewhat hunchbacked.

These things hit him hard.

Tao Fengche saw all this, but didn't say anything.

—what could he say?

Xu Song has worked in the Tao family for more than 40 years and has no heirs in his life. Not to mention Tao Fengche, even Tao Zhixing, Zhao Jiayang and Chu Yin were all raised by him.To him, the Tao family is almost the whole of his life.When such a thing happened, Xu Song would never feel much better than Tao Fengche.

Tao Fengche wanted to persuade, but he himself was still trapped in a dead end, he couldn't even comfort himself, how could he comfort others?In the end, he could only pretend that he didn't see Xu Song's aging, and acted like nothing happened.

Just like now, he pretended not to hear "Master Zhao" that Xu Song almost blurted out.

How could he criticize Xu Song for his slip of the tongue?The habits developed over the years have long been deeply engraved in the genes, and cannot be easily changed overnight.

Even Tao Fengche himself would call out "Uncle" unintentionally when he occasionally thought of Zhao Jiayang.

During this period of time, the entire Tao family tacitly avoided talking about Zhao Jiayang's matter, as if this appalling thing had never happened.Today, it was suddenly mentioned so seriously, not to mention Tao Fengche, even Sui Yuesheng felt a little uncomfortable.

He lowered his eyes to cover his emotions, but at the same time restrained the urge to help Tao Fengche, and quietly listened to Tao Fengche say: "Well, there are some things I want to ask him."

In the end, Tao Fengche still didn't say anything about the possible existence of Zhao Jiayang's posthumous child.

Xu Song was a little puzzled, but he still didn't ask anything. After recalling for a while, he nodded and gave the answer.

"I have. That man's surname is Wu, he's an alpha, and he should be quite old now. He worked in a private hospital invested by the Tao family in the early years, and then he jumped out to work alone and opened a small clinic. Zhao Jiayang is actually a bit nostalgic, in my impression, his personal doctor seems to have never changed."

"I'll send his phone number to the young master later." Xu Song added.

Xu Song really knew!

Tao Fengche was overjoyed, he followed Yuesheng and looked at each other, both of them were happy.After thanking Xu Song, the two went to the study on the third floor together. Tao Fengche was half a step behind Sui Yuesheng, closed the door tightly and locked it, and glanced at the wall clock on the wall.

——At the beginning of four o'clock in the afternoon, a god-sent opportunity.

He leaned on the desk, glanced at Sui Yuesheng who was sitting upright on the chair, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and took another sip of water to moisten his throat.

"That's my cup." Sui Yuesheng said abruptly.

"Hmm." Tao Fengche shrugged nonchalantly, raised his head and drank the water in the porcelain cup, and blinked at Sui Yuesheng, "It's over, it's gone."

...He knew exactly what he meant!

Sui Yue was angry, and was about to clean up the child who started to be beaten again, but Tao Fengche had already put the refilled cup of tea in front of him with a smile: "Don't be angry, don't be angry, just kidding, brother drink tea .”

"..."

Sui Yuesheng glared at him, but drank it too.

Tao Fengche secretly heaved a sigh of relief, after following Yuesheng for a while, the depression and anxiety in his heart seemed to have disappeared a lot.He closed his eyes, finally took out his cell phone and dialed the number.

The regular ringtone of the phone echoed in the quiet study room, and also hit Tao Fengche's heart one after another.Before his patience ran out, an old voice finally came out.

"Hello, may I ask?"

"Good afternoon, Doctor Wu. My surname is Tao, and my name is Tao Fengche. I'm calling you today to ask you about Zhao Jiayang."

"Zhao Jiayang? I don't know anyone with that name, did you type it wrong?"

"Doctor Wu, don't pretend to be stupid, your acting skills are really bad. You used to work in a private hospital invested by Tao's family, and then you left to work on your own. For so many years, Zhao Jiayang has been your client." Tao Fengche In the.

Dr. Wu was silent for a long time, then suddenly asked: "You just said, are you...?"

"My surname is Tao. Zhao Jiayang is my uncle."

"So that's how it is." Doctor Wu suddenly laughed, and his voice became more kind, "This man, he tends to forget things when he gets old. Look at me, I'm really confused. Are you a child of Master Tao? Back then When you were born, I hugged you."

"Your father's matter... I heard about it." The old man sighed, "My condolences."

Tao Fengche pursed his lips suddenly, his lips were a little white due to the force, and his eyes were full of sinuses.Sui Yuesheng was about to hold his hand, but Tao Fengche's left cheek suddenly bulged out again.

——He touched his cheek with the tip of his tongue.

For this period of time, Tao Fengche has been working hard to pretend to be obedient in front of Sui Yuesheng, like a large beast that only takes the initiative to put away its sharp claws and sharp teeth, and only gently pats people with its soft elastic pads.Sui Yuesheng hadn't seen Tao Fengche do this kind of unruly movement for a long time.

...Maybe he doesn't need to be appeased by himself.Sui Yuesheng thought for a while, then withdrew his hand without leaving a trace.

He didn't look away.The next second, Tao Fengche spoke as usual, his voice lowered an octave, and the sadness and nostalgia in his tone were just right: "Thank you, but it's all over."

"Yes, yes." Dr. Wu sneered, and changed the subject, "Actually, it used to be..."

Maybe it's really because of his age, Dr. Wu is very fond of nostalgia, he babbled on and on about the things that happened many years ago, and the tone of his words, it seems that he really has a deep friendship with the Tao family.

But Tao Fengche was very sure that before today, he had never heard of Dr. Wu, and the family's personal doctor had absolutely nothing to do with him.If it wasn't for Xu Song who gave the call, he would have wondered if this person wanted to take the opportunity to have a relationship with the Tao family.

He patiently accompanied Dr. Wu around for a long time, endured and endured, and finally couldn't hold back, and took the lead to bring the conversation back to the topic, saying that he wanted to ask him something.

"You kid, what are you doing asking about the elders?" Dr. Wu laughed, with a friendly tone, just like an old urchin.

Tao Fengche was annoyed that someone was putting on airs like an elder in front of him, so he said in a deep voice, "Doctor Wu, stop rambling, I really have something to do."

"Alas." Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Dr. Wu stopped pretending to be stupid, and after sighing, he raised the banner, "You know, Mr. Tao, we doctors must never disclose the patient's condition. This is professional ethics. Question, if I tell you today, I won’t be able to get along in Jingpu tomorrow. Please be considerate of me, a bad old man..."

Tao Fengche's remaining patience was finally exhausted, he could no longer bear to continue playing Tai Chi with this old fox, and was about to threaten to report him for fabricating his illness, when Sui Yuesheng suddenly grabbed his hand.

Then he took a piece of paper from the table, picked up a pen and scribbled a few words - try playing the emotional card.

- Can it work?

Tao Fengche suppressed the irritability in his heart, and made a mouth gesture.

- try.

This conversation only happened in a flash. Although Tao Fengche was a little dubious, for the sake of Sui Yuesheng, he still followed suit.

"Doctor Wu, what are you talking about? I, I just want to ask." Tao Fengche stammered on purpose, then coughed in a low voice, as if he had something to hide, "How about this, since you are an uncle I will not hide it from you, I will tell you the truth first, and you don’t need to say anything when the time comes, I will ask you a question, and you can answer yes or no.”

"My uncle has a lover, and he has been unable to contact him. Today he just called me directly, and wanted me to help him pass the message. But how can I, a junior, intervene in the matter of the elders? I wanted to speak casually I sent him away, but he said that he was pregnant and the child belonged to his uncle. My uncle once showed me his medical report, which said 'non-obstructive azoospermia'. Then I checked the Internet, and this disease There is absolutely no cure."

"So my first reaction was that the man was lying, but he refused to admit it. I asked him about the medical report, but he said he didn't know, but you gave the report to your uncle. Isn't that contradictory? I really can't figure it out, so I just call you to ask about the specific situation, if he is lying, then I won't bother uncle with this matter."

"So that's the case." Dr. Wu was silent for a while, pretending to be suddenly enlightened, "It turns out that Young Master Tao asked this."

"So... Uncle's infertility, is it true or not?"

There was another long silence.

When he spoke again, Dr. Wu didn't go around in circles anymore, and simply gave a conclusion: "False."

really!

Tao Fengche's heart stopped beating for a moment, and he clenched his teeth.But Dr. Wu hadn't finished speaking.

"But, it's true that Mr. Zhao has no sperm, but it doesn't mean that there is no possibility of pregnancy..."