護花近衛 - 第549章 配方哪裡來？ - 墨香閣

Fatty Lai mounted the auction platform for the second time. Such a reception was not even granted the head of an ordinary great clan, yet the Yu family had bestowed that face — and naturally the courtesy was extended on Guan Xuemin's account. Only for Guan Xuemin would such transcendent treatment be accorded.

"Distinguished guests, good day. I believe everyone is wondering what exactly our company's Trauma and its deluxe edition really are." Fatty Lai spoke with unhurried poise. "Allow me to put your doubts to rest."

Of course, among the guests below, only Divine Doctor Kang's family looked on with utter scorn; every other great clan and wealthy merchant burned with keen interest. Even if it proved identical to Divine Doctor Kang's Gold Wound, they still watched closely — for with Doctor Guan there was now one more option, and they no longer had to go begging to the Kang family.

"Thank heaven our Beauty-Nourishing Gold Wound came out when it did; otherwise this business of ascending to great-clan status might well have gone awry!" Divine Doctor Kang gnashed his teeth in fury, and spoke with some bitterness. "How could they possibly have the formula?"

"Probably fiddled it out by blind luck," Kang Guifeng said. "Copycat products can't stand the test of the market."

"If it truly did nothing, they wouldn't dare put it on display." Kang Zhaolong saw the matter clearly. "Grandfather is right — we were a move ahead. Developing the Beauty-Nourishing Gold Wound came at exactly the right moment, leaving us ahead of everyone else."

Fatty Lai naturally had no idea what the Kangs were saying; had he known, he would have laughed his head off. "The purpose of this Trauma is to stop the bleeding and nourish the flesh. It lets a wound heal quickly and leaves no scar..."

Fatty Lai's words threw the entire hall into an uproar. Was this not the same curative effect as Divine Doctor Kang's Gold Wound? As for Divine Doctor Kang, his face had gone ashen — suspicion before was one thing, confirmation quite another; naturally his complexion would not improve.

"Anyone can brag. What matters is whether it works!" Kang Guifeng snorted coldly.

"Grandfather, does Kang **'s family have our formula?" It was something else entirely that occurred to Kang Zhaolong at that moment: had the formula been leaked?

"They shouldn't have... You suspect that they have the formula too?" Divine Doctor Kang grasped the meaning of his grandson's words at once.

"Yes. Kang ** is on very good terms with them, and I fear the formula was leaked by Kang **!" Kang Zhaolong frowned as he spoke. "Otherwise, why didn't they set up the Doctor Guan Medical Company sooner? Why only after meeting Kang ** did they found it — and come out with something identical to ours?"

"The head of the family shouldn't have seen the formula..." Divine Doctor Kang shook his head. Though he had fallen out with his eldest brother, it was precisely over this formula that they had quarreled: he himself had wanted to use it to make a fortune, while his brother insisted the formula must not be touched, nor even looked at — and that was how the rift between the two had come about. Had his brother seen the formula, there would have been no need to fall out with him in the first place; the two of them might have grown rich together, and everything would have been different.

"He hasn't seen it — but where in the world is there such a coincidence?" Kang Zhaolong was plainly unconvinced.

"That... I will go back and ask my eldest brother." Divine Doctor Kang frowned. If the formula had indeed been handed over by his brother, there was truly nothing he could do about it — after all, the formula was not his alone. But if it had not, then the matter warranted a thorough investigation.

Kang Zhaolong said nothing more, but raised his head to look at Fatty Lai, wondering what he would go on to say.