"..." Sun Suigong fell silent for a moment, then let out a long breath. "A year ago, I never would have imagined that a young man decades my junior could persuade me, or that I would be willing to entrust Northern Heaven Institute's safety to him. Perhaps I really am old... Your generation's courage and methods truly are astonishing."
Chen Xuan's heart settled. Those words meant the other man had accepted his plan.
"However... Young friend Chen, are you sure we can still leave? They can even control the network, so the roads down the mountain are likely blocked as well. There is only one rescue helicopter in the institute, and it can carry four people at most each trip. There are no fewer than two hundred doctors, experts, and family members still here." Director Sun paused. "...They are the precious assets that made Northern Heaven Institute what it is."
"I have my own way to take them away," Chen Xuan said without hesitation. "Director, please gift me one of the institute's courtyards."
"You want... Northern Heaven Institute's land?"
"Not the land. The building. And it cannot be a verbal gift—it must be confirmed in a contract." He emphasized, "That is a necessary prerequisite for the secret evacuation."
Fifteen minutes later, Chen Xuan led the director and You Chi to the entrance of a storeroom in a side courtyard.
Though the courtyard was not large, it had everything it needed. Besides artificial scenery such as pavilions, covered walkways, rockeries, running water, and flower pools, it also contained three VIP recovery wards and a temperature-controlled medicine warehouse. Yet from the outside, it looked more like a traditional Chinese residence than a hospital facility.
"Now we are the guests instead," Sun Suigong remarked, half-joking and half-serious. "Young friend, not only are your