Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Identity Exposed, Shocking Everyone Chapter 75: Chapter 75: Identity Exposed, Shocking Everyone “Little… Little Uncle?” Lu Xuemei stammered so badly she nearly bit her tongue.
“Dr. Wan, you know my niece-in-law?” Meng Lian also asked in surprise.
Dr. Wan hesitated for a moment, showing no intention of standing up, instead maintaining a kneeling position, like a devout believer.
“Little Uncle, you actually got married? A year ago, when we were together at the World Red Cross, Master even joked that you should find a partner.”
As Dr. Wan spoke, he shook his head: “I thought Little Uncle would choose a prince or a duke, or at least one of the world’s top few richest men to match you. I never expected…”
“Dr. Wan, are you saying that my Zhou’er is not worthy of Jiang Man?” Lu Xuemei immediately bristled at the comment, raising her volume.
Dr. Wan was a world-renowned doctor, who would not have agreed to be the Lu Family’s personal doctor, even for an annual salary of a hundred million US dollars, if not for the sake of the old Madam Lu.
“Nephew, please get up now, you are too old to be kneeling like this.” Jiang Man immediately intervened, extending her hand to help Dr. Wan up.
Two assistants immediately came forward to help the white-haired old man to his feet.
Only then did everyone else regain their focus, their faces still showing shock, filled with curiosity.
“Dr. Wan, you’re seventy this year, aren’t you? You call Manman ‘Little Uncle’?” the old Madam raised her voice at the end.
“Manman, she…”
Just what is her background!
This was everyone’s thought.
“The grandmaster took Little Uncle as his closed-door disciple nine years ago. At the time, his health was failing, so he did not publicize it, and thus not many people know about it. Little Uncle is very talented; the grandmaster imparted all his life’s teachings to her, predicting that within twenty years, her accomplishments would surpass those of my master!”
“Manman was only eleven nine years ago, so are you saying that your grandmaster predicted Manman would surpass Divine Doctor McLaren by the time she was thirty-one?” the old Madam said incredulously, as if she had heard some fairytale.
“How is that possible!” Lu Xuemei’s lips twitched, her eyes glancing towards Jiang Man, utterly disbelieving her capabilities.
“Divine Doctor McLaren is now the president of the World Red Cross and the minister of the World Health Organization; he is the top authority in the field of cancer, having brought back countless people from death’s door! Even if Jiang Man had a hundred years, she couldn’t surpass him!”
“Dr. Wan, it’s fine to say these things in front of us, but don’t say them in front of your master, Divine Doctor McLaren,” Meng Lian suggested kindly.
By this time, Jiang Man had finished eating. She had no interest in proving her medical skill, and even less so in competing with her senior brother McLaren.
“Nephew, don’t bother explaining so much to them. I just didn’t expect that, despite the president of M-country offering you an annual salary of fifty million US dollars to stay at the White House, you declined, and yet you deigned to join the Lu Family?”
“Madam Lu once did me a favor,” Dr. Wan answered truthfully.
Jiang Man nodded, her demeanor that of a senior, composed and modest: “Grandmother is kind-hearted and always doing good deeds.”
“Then how did Little Uncle end up marrying into the Lu Family?” Dr. Wan couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity.
“It’s a long story; we’ll have a chance to talk more about it later. For now, you go on and get busy.”
“Yes, Little Uncle.”
As if nobody else was around, Jiang Man maintained her authority, while Dr. Wan was respectfully deferential.
The people of the Lu Family were all dumbstruck.
Dr. Wan wasn’t crazy; they were the ones who had gone mad!
Was Jiang Man really Dr. Wan’s uncle? McLaren’s junior sister?
“McLaren’s master… McLaren’s master…” Lu Xuemei muttered to herself, pulling out her smartphone to start searching online.
When she discovered who McLaren’s mentor was, she couldn’t help but exclaim, “Oh my God! Donald Ross, is actually your great mentor? He pioneered autologous lung transplants without the need for lifelong anticoagulation, invented the cryogenic custom oxygenator, the early cardiopulmonary bypass machine, performed what might have been the first heart transplant in 1968, and was the first to use homografts for aortic valve replacements…”
“This character that appears in textbooks, he actually took Jiang Man as his apprentice?”
Lu Xuemei’s shock made her eyes bulge like copper bells.
The record showed that Donald had died in 2014, by which time Jiang Man was indeed only 11 years old.
“Impossible, impossible, must be joking!”
“Madam, then I will go first to visit Miss Wen.” The Divine Doctor always listened to his junior uncle and nodded slightly towards the old lady.
The old lady nodded, instructing Uncle Fu to take good care of the Divine Doctor.
After the Divine Doctor and his two assistants had left, the old lady’s smile broadened immensely.
Grasping Jiang Man’s hand, she grinned, “Manman, you truly are a treasure the Lu Family has found! The Divine Doctor was right just now, my Zhou’er indeed doesn’t match you, but I hope you won’t look down on him, he still has many strengths.”
“…” Lu Xingzhou fell silent speechlessly.
The old lady, however, laughed so hard she couldn’t close her mouth, clasping Jiang Man’s hands so tightly she couldn’t bear to let go. “Manman, then do you have any title? Don’t all your divine doctors have titles?”
“My title…” Jiang Man thought about it, better to keep a low profile, less trouble that way.
“I don’t have a title yet.”
“Tsh, Donald Ross, the Divine Doctor, predicted she would become divine at 31, now she’s already 20, still unknown in the medical field, thinking to surpass divinity in a mere 11 years? Daydreaming!” Lu Xuemei rolled her eyes.
The medical field is different from other areas; becoming divine in this field requires a lot of clinical and surgical experience.
Many doctors intern at hospitals for several years and may not even get a chance to be at the operating table.
From intern to attending physician, then to director, and finally to a renowned doctor, many spend their entire lives without reaching it.
Moreover, in just 11 years?
“Xuemei, that’s a bit absolute, that Man, the Divine Doctor is rumored to be very young, it’s not entirely impossible for Manman.” Meng Lian laughed, intentionally teasing.
Lu Xuemei immediately scoffed, “How could she be compared with my idol?”
“Pfft.” Jiang Man choked, nearly suffocated by Lu Xuemei’s words.
So she was her aunt’s idol?
Just wondering, what would her aunt’s face look like when she finds out she is the Man, the Divine Doctor?
Would it be uglier than eating shit?
“Interesting.” Jiang Man snorted lightly, grabbing a handful of sunflower seeds and started cracking them. “Auntie, the Divine Doctor Man is your idol?”
“Yes!” Lu Xuemei instantly brightened up, her cheeks suddenly flushed, “If I were to marry, I’d marry such a legendary person!”
“Hmm, great ambition, auntie, I support you.” Jiang Man gave a thumbs up, casually spitting the seed husks onto the dish.
Lu Xuemei was surprised, giving Jiang Man a stunned look.
It was rare for Jiang Man to be so agreeable, truly bizarre!
“Auntie, if I told you that the Divine Doctor Man is me…”