Chapter 431 — A Breakthrough in Research
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"But there's still risk. Our main ingredient is dog droppings. No matter how hard we try to mask it, someone with sharp eyes will surely notice, won't they?" Doctor Kang hesitated.
"Yes..." Kang Jinglong nodded. "It seems I'll have to study how to keep the formula secret!"
"Grandfather, I have an idea!" Kang Jingming stepped forward, having finally found a chance to get a word in. He didn't want Kang Jinglong to hog all the credit. "We shrink the proportion of dog droppings in each pill to make it extremely scarce, with the other useless ingredients making up the majority. When taking it, the patient just takes several pills!"
One had to admit that when it came to dirty tricks, Kang Jingming was worth three of anyone. Hearing his words, Doctor Kang and Kang Jinglong were instantly enlightened. Doctor Kang said, "Zhaoming's method is workable! Excellent. You two brothers—one the scholar, one the warrior—the Kang family will flourish through you!"
Though Kang Jinglong was somewhat displeased that Kang Jingming had claimed half of the final credit, he had to concede that Kang Jingming's method was good: diluting the dog droppings until they seemed to be no more than an auxiliary ingredient would make people overlook them entirely.
"Heh heh..." Kang Jingming chuckled. "Grandfather, that woman—since Elder Brother doesn't like her, how about giving her to me?"
Kang Jingming had no grand ambitions. Sneaking around and pilfering suited him fine; he truly didn't want the burden of running a conglomerate. As long as he got his shares, living as a carefree, idle rich man would suit him very well.
So when he saw that Kang Jinglong had no interest in Wang Xinyan, he decided to take her for himself.
"You brat, what kind of nonsense are you thinking? That is your sister-in-law!" Divine Doctor Kang glared helplessly at his grandson.
"Heh heh, I was just saying whatever..." Kang Jingming also felt it was somewhat inappropriate and quickly changed his tune.
Fatty Lai, with snot and tears streaming down his face, finally managed to get Wei Zhao's phone number out of Guan Xuewen.
The one he had approached before was Liu Tianyi, but Liu Tianyi absolutely refused to divulge Wei Zhao's number no matter what. In the end Fatty Lai grew frantic and threatened to become his sworn enemy, and only then did Liu Tianyi reluctantly give him a hint: "Brother Lai, it's not that I'm deliberately making things hard for you by withholding it—I truly don't dare. I'm the one begging Divine Doctor Lin for help here; how could I casually leak his information to others? Here's what you do: Professor Guan Xuewen has an excellent relationship with Divine Doctor Lin. Go beg him, and there's sure to be a way. He's the one I begged back then!"
So Fatty Lai, as if he had received a sacred edict, ran to Guan Xuewen's house overnight. When Guan Xuewen refused to tell him, he knelt at Guan Xuewen's doorstep and began to sob and wail.
Guan Xin came home from the night shift and saw a fat man kneeling at her doorstep, crying. She was badly startled: "You... who are you? What do you want?"
"You are? Are you family of Professor Guan Xuewen?" Hearing that someone was finally paying attention to him, Fatty Lai hastily raised his head and asked.
"You're looking for my grandfather? What are you crying here for? Are you here to see him as a patient?" Guan Xin asked, somewhat 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 his family?