Wang Xiaoming rode his electric wheelchair and led Yang Jian back to the hospital room where he had been staying.
"You all leave first. I want to be alone for a while," he told the nurses and doctors in the room.
No one lingered. They immediately set down what they were doing and quickly left. Before leaving, however, one of the doctors reminded him, "Professor Wang, your condition is very serious. You need more rest, and it would be best not to stay active for more than an hour."
"I understand." Wang Xiaoming nodded.
Only after the nurses and doctors had left did Yang Jian speak. "What did you want to discuss with me alone? The matter of that human-skin paper?"
He felt that Wang Xiaoming had long since learned something from the human-skin paper and wanted to use it as leverage to make a deal with him.
Wang Xiaoming did not rush to speak. He slowly peeled the tape off the back of his hand, pulled out the IV tube, and casually tossed it aside.
"No rush. I want to try persuading you to agree to Cao Yanhua's request." He looked at Yang Jian, his gaze calm.
Yang Jian said, "No one would be willing to do something like that. This matter offends too many people. If it was just inviting one or two people, I could agree, but asking me to invite all the rest? I don't have that kind of ability."
"You don't need to be modest. In fact, you are the most suitable person to invite those Captains to the meeting. You have dealt with many of them. Li Jun, Wei Jing, and Cao Yang are all old acquaintances of yours. You have also met Liu San, Li Lepeng, Wang Chaling, and He Yin'er. You even