That evening, Liang Jingyue drove Liu Hui home. Liu Hui felt dizzy until he got out of the car; the experience at Liang Jingyue’s home felt like a dream. Only after being hit by the night breeze did he fully regain his senses. His heart overflowed with joy.

Liu Hui had previously worried that Liang Bo and Qiu Yue would use their daughter as a bargaining chip in some family business arrangement, marrying her off to someone else; or that they would look down on him for lacking a career and forbid him from associating with their daughter. Thankfully, as open-minded parents, they never considered trading their daughter's happiness for anything. Their love for their daughter surpassed everything; they primarily considered things from her perspective. They wanted their daughter to be happy and did not impose any obligations upon Liang Jingyue. In this regard, Liu Hui was deeply grateful to her parents.

Liang Jingyue also appeared very happy. She had worried that her parents wouldn't accept Liu Hui, as, in the eyes of the average person, her beloved wasn't particularly outstanding. Although Liu Hui had gained her parents' approval, she understood clearly in her heart that they had accepted him primarily to consider her feelings.

With their worries resolved, the two young lovers embraced and kissed passionately in the room. However, just as Liu Hui was about to slip his hand beneath Liang Jingyue’s clothes, she stopped him.

Liu Hui, with a brazen look and blinking his eyes, pleaded, "Jingyue, your parents have already approved of our relationship. In ancient times, this would mean the parents' decree is settled. You shouldn't leave tonight, stay here with me!"

Liang Jingyue replied shyly, "But my parents specifically told me not to have any indiscreet behavior before marriage; we can only live together after we’re married! They said this would reduce the chances of making mistakes, and they don't want us to have regrets later. I follow my parents on this point."

"No way! How could we regret anything? Why would your parents think like that? They live together themselves; how can they not understand the feelings of us young people?" Liu Hui lamented, frustrated.

"Hehe, there's no negotiating on that point. You little rogue, work hard and strive to marry me sooner!" Liang Jingyue gave a playful smile before driving away.

Liu Hui watched the receding taillights with a wry smile. He felt agitated, teased and left hanging—it was truly agonizing. It seemed he needed to strive harder. Once he achieved success and renown, he would marry Liang Jingyue properly. Constantly suppressing himself wasn't a solution!

Liu Hui and Mei Peng arrived at Bashan Liren Hospital. After several days of processing, the paperwork was finally complete. Legally, the hospital now belonged entirely to Liu Hui.

Liu Hui and Mei Peng toured the hospital together. The third floor housed the operating rooms, the testing center, and the administrative area; the second floor was the inpatient department; and the first floor contained the outpatient clinics and the pharmacy. The hospital also had a basement. Because the patient volume wasn't very high, the basement hadn't been fully utilized and was currently only used as a warehouse, storing various odds and ends.

After understanding the hospital’s detailed situation, Liu Hui chatted with Mei Peng in his office. Mei Peng first reported on the acquisition progress. After paying the transfer fee to Director Chai and covering some procedural costs during the transfer process, and then settling the back wages owed to the employees, the total acquisition cost came to 11 million yuan.

Liu Hui quickly calculated, saying, "The total cost to acquire the hospital was 11 million yuan. Second Brother, I am very satisfied with your work. Now that we have the hospital, I will outline my plans."

"First, we must change the hospital's name. 'Liren Hospital' doesn't fit our future positioning. I plan to rename it 'Hantang Hospital.' Second Brother, you need to start this immediately—contact the relevant departments and complete it within ten days. Spending a little extra money doesn't matter; I only care about speed. Secondly, we should renovate the second-floor inpatient department. Our future clientele will be AIDS patients, and our treatment fees will be one million US dollars for foreigners and one million RMB for domestic patients. However, our current inpatient environment is too poor and doesn't match our high fees. Furthermore, patients who can afford this treatment are wealthy individuals, and they will also be potential customers for our future medical products. We must leave them with a good impression, making them feel that receiving treatment here is worth the price. Improving the inpatient environment will also elevate our hospital’s image."

"How should we improve the inpatient environment?" Mei Peng asked.

Liu Hui considered for a moment and replied, "Renovate it to the standard of a five-star hotel. Although the physical area might not meet the standard of a five-star hotel, the patients must enjoy five-star service."

Mei Peng did some calculations. "The funds currently in our account need to be reserved for hospital operations and the procurement of medicine and equipment, and we also need some contingency funds. That means there isn't much money left in the account. Renovating the wards might exceed our budget."

Liu Hui paused, surprised that they were running low on funds before the hospital had even properly started operations. He thought carefully and said, "How about this: postpone the ward renovation for now, but the design must be completed first. Once funding is available, we can start the renovation immediately."

Mei Peng nodded in agreement, though he was still somewhat worried. With such high pricing, would the hospital attract public criticism? If they didn't get a single patient, it would be disastrous, and all investment would be wasted, making ward renovations impossible.

"Second Brother, our hospital is about to open. You know what AIDS treatment drugs mean to this world—it's an immensely huge market, and we are the monopolists. This market belongs to us. To protect our interests, we need to find a way to prevent the AIDS drug formula from being secretly leaked. Otherwise, if someone else obtains it, we’ll be utterly ruined," Liu Hui expressed concern about the trouble that might arise once the AIDS drug officially launched. Although he didn't particularly care if others obtained the AIDS drug—given Earth's current capabilities, replicating the exact formula would be difficult—he was still serious about secrecy.

"That’s true; we must protect the secret to maximize our profits. But we aren't professional security personnel, and this is something we can't discuss with others," Mei Peng also wished to keep it secret but lacked effective means.

Liu Hui thought for a moment and asked Mei Peng, "Why don't we use a diversionary tactic?"

"Diversion? How would that work?"

"Aren't you from a traditional Chinese medicine family? Immediately prepare a rather obscure prescription for health maintenance—one that has no side effects when taken by patients. We will openly claim that this is the medicine treating the patients. Meanwhile, the real AIDS drug will be infused into the patients’ bodies via saline solution," Liu Hui slowly laid out his idea.

"That method is brilliant! This way, we divert their attention. They will only focus on researching the components of that traditional Chinese health tonic, ignoring the ordinary IV drip, when in reality, that tonic does nothing at all. We will only treat patients within our hospital, and we must make patients take the health tonic on site. As long as this tonic doesn't leave the hospital, they won't get a sample to study, and they won't uncover the secret," Mei Peng instantly grasped the brilliance of the idea and added some refinements.

"Agreed, we will proceed this way. We can research the specific details later. In short, we must divert the enemy’s gaze so they cannot notice the secret of our true medicine."

"Yes, I will prepare a prescription right away. Then we can apply security measures to this prescription to mislead their research direction and reduce the possibility of leaks, and it can also indirectly help promote Traditional Chinese Medicine to the world," Mei Peng found the method increasingly viable the more he thought about it.

"This matter must be kept highly confidential. When you go back, tell Liu Lin not to speak carelessly, as she knows Johnson used an injectable drug. I will speak with Johnson and instruct them to maintain secrecy," Liu Hui considered the broader implications.

"The fewer people who know, the better. I will talk to Liu Lin. I'll tell her that the previous drug was an essence extracted from TCM, which was injectable and experimental. Future treatments won't require such a high concentration; oral administration will suffice, though the effect won't be as fast—the previous one took a few hours, but this one will take two days to cure. Patients will be under closed management during treatment, and we only need to check the treatment effect after two days and inform the patient they are cured. Thus, the patient won't realize they were actually cured on the first day. And no one will discover the issue," Mei Peng, being more specialized in this area, quickly patched up the previous loopholes.

"Good, we'll do as you say. But Second Brother, I just realized today, you're a bit insidious," Liu Hui said happily, teasing Mei Peng. Before Mei Peng could react, he added, "Arrange immediately to clear out the basement and convert it into a secret preparation room. I need to start manufacturing some drugs right away."

"I'll arrange that immediately." Mei Peng inwardly grumbled, I am only perfecting the plan you proposed; you call me insidious? The person who thought up this method is the truly sinister one!

"Additionally, our hospital must have strict management, prohibiting unauthorized personnel from entering. This means we must hire some security guards. To ensure the guards are capable, we can hire them at high salaries. Twenty personnel should be sufficient. This hospital is our source of hope; we cannot afford any lapse."

"This is very important; I will handle the recruitment personally," Mei Peng affirmed.

Liu Hui sighed. He truly lacked capable personnel; in the entire hospital, only Mei Peng was truly useful. He needed to accelerate his efforts to recruit more staff. What he needed most right now was a Finance Director; neither he nor Mei Peng were professionals and were unfamiliar with financial matters.

In Liu Hui's residential complex, the thugs from the Kuanglong Gang had begun to withdraw. They had been staking out the area for several days but hadn't obtained any useful intelligence. No one had seen the whereabouts of the two large suitcases. After all, two large suitcases were conspicuous targets; anyone carrying them away would likely be noticed. However, no one suspected that Liu Hui had placed the two suitcases inside his spatial storage to bring them home, so they naturally found no useful leads. The Kuanglong Gang leadership, having no other options, could only retreat for now and focus on monitoring the drug sales market, hoping to spot the shipment and thereby identify the black hand who stole their goods.

Liu Hui called Liang Jingyue and told her he was taking her somewhere. When she asked where, Liu Hui mysteriously refused to say. Liang Jingyue quickly arrived. She was curious; she never knew Liu Hui could be so adept at teasing her.

Liu Hui got into Liang Jingyue's compact car and drove to the hospital entrance. He helped her out of the car, stood before the building, and announced, "Look, Jingyue, this is my hospital."

Liang Jingyue looked at the recently and simply renovated hospital. Beside it hung the newly installed sign: the four characters "Hantang Hospital" gleamed in golden light.

"This is your hospital; it's beautiful," Liang Jingyue said happily. Actually, her father had already told her about Liu Hui opening a hospital, but since Liu Hui hadn't told her himself, the clever girl pretended to know nothing.

"It just opened, so it’s a small hospital for now. But before long, it will be famous throughout the world!" Liu Hui boasted proudly.

"Oh, a small hospital—how will it become world-famous?" Liang Jingyue asked, intrigued.

"Hehe, this is the most important thing I wanted to tell you today. Come on, let's go up and talk," Liu Hui led Liang Jingyue toward his office.

"What? Your hospital can treat AIDS?" When Liu Hui revealed in the office that his hospital could treat AIDS, Liang Jingyue was stunned speechless.

Liang Jingyue could hardly believe it. She had just gone abroad for a trip, and somehow Liu Hui had managed to buy a hospital and one that could treat AIDS? But the shock passed quickly. Wasn't she hoping for his career success? The hospital was a perfect opportunity; if managed well, Liu Hui’s career could reach an unimaginable height.

She thought for a moment and said to Liu Hui, "Ahui, I want to come to your hospital to help you!"

Liu Hui scratched his head and chuckled, "I'm happy that you're willing to help me. The hospital is still in its initial stage, the conditions are poor, there’s a lot of work, and we’re short-staffed. But will your parents agree to you coming to work? What about your job at Juyixuan?"

Liang Jingyue laughed, "My job at my parents' place was established long ago; they can manage without me. You are so short-staffed here; if I don't help you, who will?"

Liu Hui nodded. "Then there's no problem. You worked in finance before; we need a Finance Director right now. You can manage the hospital's finances."

Liang Jingyue was overjoyed and spontaneously kissed Liu Hui. "You must not regret this! You are indeed the man my Liang Jingyue chose; you’re handing over the purse strings before we’re even married."

Liu Hui grinned slyly. "Jingyue, besides money, I have something even more precious that I need you to keep safe." As he spoke, his eyes glanced downward toward a specific area.

Liang Jingyue laughed. "Really need me to keep it safe? Then I'll take it off right now and put it in the safe." She made a scissor motion, causing Liu Hui to flinch backward in alarm.

While Liu Hui and Liang Jingyue were playfully teasing each other in the office, Mei Peng and Liu Lin heard the commotion and pushed the door open. The moment Mei Peng saw Liang Jingyue, he exclaimed, "Sister-in-law, long time no see! You've become even more beautiful. Boss missed you terribly while you were away."

Liang Jingyue, however, looked at Liu Lin, nodded to her with a slight smile, and said, "Mei Peng, this must be your girlfriend. Ahui often speaks of you; meeting you today, you are quite lovely. Ahui has good taste."

Liu Lin immediately stepped beside Liang Jingyue and smiled, "Sister Jingyue is so beautiful! I thought a movie star had arrived at our hospital! Mei Peng always talked about you endlessly, but I never imagined you were this stunning in person."

"Alright, stop complimenting each other so much. Since you’re here, let’s have a meeting," Liu Hui said, tapping the desk as the two women began praising one another.

The group quieted down, looking at Liu Hui. He surveyed everyone and slowly said, "Since Jingyue is joining the hospital, the four of us present are the founders and senior management of Hantang Hospital. I will start by assigning roles: Mei Peng will serve as the Director, managing the overall operation of the hospital. Jingyue will be the Finance Director, overseeing all financial operations. Liu Lin will be the Head Nurse, managing the entire inpatient department."

"And you?" Liang Jingyue asked.

"As for me, I am the boss, so naturally, I manage all of you," Liu Hui declared proudly, "and I'll also take on the role of a researcher."

Everyone collectively scorned him.

Liu Hui’s venture had taken its first steps; he now had all the necessary components, waiting only for the east wind. What kind of storm would Hantang Hospital soon unleash upon the world?