Chapter 431 — Breakthrough in the Research: Mengyao was in no mood after what Bu Ruoming's family had done; she sat silent the whole way in the car, but Shen Yushu seemed unaffected. "Brother Arrowbrand, why a willow? Wouldn't it be nicer to plant fruit trees? When the fruit ripens, we could go..."
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"Still, there's a risk. Our main ingredient is dog shit. However hard we try to cover it up, someone sharp-eyed will discover it, won't they?" Divine Doctor Kang said hesitantly.
"Yes..." Kang Zhaolong nodded. "It seems I'll have to study how to keep the formula secret!"
"Grandfather, I have an idea!" Kang Zhaoming, who had had no chance to get a word in, stepped forward. He didn't want Kang Zhaolong to hog all the glory. "We shrink the proportion of dog shit in each pill, make it extremely scarce, and let the useless filler make up the bulk. When it's taken, the patient just takes several pills at once!"
It had to be said: when it came to dirty tricks, Kang Zhaoming was worth three of any man. Hearing his words, Divine Doctor Kang and Kang Zhaolong were suddenly enlightened. "Zhaoming's method will work!" said Divine Doctor Kang. "Excellent. You two brothers—one the scholar, one the fighter—and the Kang family will flourish!"
Kang Zhaolong was somewhat displeased that Kang Zhaoming had split off half the final credit, but he had to admit the method was good: dilute the dog shit until it seemed no more than an auxiliary ingredient, and people would overlook it.
"Heh heh..." Kang Zhaoming chuckled. "Grandfather, that woman—since my elder brother doesn't want her, why not give her to me?"
Kang Zhaoming had no grand ambitions. Sneaking and scheming were more his line; running a corporation was something he truly had no wish to do. As long as he got his shares, living as a carefree wastrel would suit him fine.
So when he saw that Kang Zhaolong had lost interest in Wang Xinyan, he wanted to take her for himself.
"You little wretch, what nonsense are you thinking? She's your sister-in-law!" Divine Doctor Kang glared helplessly at his grandson.
"Heh heh, I was only joking..." Kang Zhaoming felt it was a bit improper too, and quickly took it back.
Sniffling and weeping, Fatty Lai finally got Wei Zhao's phone number out of Guan Xuemin.
He had gone to Liu Tianyi first, but Liu Tianyi refused to give up Wei Zhao's number no matter what. In the end Fatty Lai grew desperate and threatened to make an enemy of him for life, and only then did Liu Tianyi reluctantly give him a hint: "Brother Lai, it's not that I mean to make things hard for you by refusing—I simply don't dare. I'm the one begging Divine Doctor Lin for help. How could I go around leaking his information to others? Here's what you do: Professor Guan Xuemin is on very good terms with Divine Doctor Lin. Go beg him, and he's sure to have a way. He's the one I begged back then!"
So Fatty Lai, as though he had received an imperial edict, ran to Guan Xuemin's house that very night. When Guan Xuemin wouldn't tell him, he knelt at the man's doorstep and began to sob.
Guan Xin came home from the night shift and saw a fat man kneeling at her own front door, crying. She jumped in fright. "You... who are you? What do you want?"
"You're... you're family of Professor Guan Xuemin?" Hearing that someone was finally paying attention to him, Fatty Lai hurriedly looked up and asked.
"You're looking for my grandfather? What are you crying here for? Are you here to see him about an illness?" Guan Xin asked, puzzled. Her grandfather was not the sort to stand by and watch someone die. This fat man was crying so bitterly—could it be that her grandfather had refused to treat him or someone in his family?
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