"Of course, Young Master Wen, rest assured. I’ll have my people thoroughly investigate Lin Fan’s entire family tree!"
Hearing this, Mr. Wang Sr. nodded solemnly.
He was actually quite curious himself. What exactly was Lin Fan’s relationship with dical Sage Lin Aochang? How could he produce so many of the man’s unique secret prescriptions? Moreover, his mother also bore the surna Lin... He might not be a direct descendant, but what if they were from the sa family! If that were the case, Lin Fan probably had even more of the dical Sage’s prescriptions in his hands! Previously, they had been wary of Lin Fan’s thods and hadn’t dared to delve deeper, only wanting to find soone to kill him and be done with it. But things were different now. With the support of Iguchi Watanabe and the protection of an unparalleled expert like Master Feng, they just needed to find an opportunity to take Lin Fan down. Perhaps they could even force more valuable things out of him!
At this thought, Mr. Wang Sr.’s gaze turned fervent. He leaned in close to stare at Wen Zheyang’s phone screen. One second, two seconds, three seconds... The phone showed it was still dialing, but no one was answering.
"What’s going on? Is Mr. Iguchi still sleeping in?" Wen Zheyang paused for a mont, then hung up and imdiately dialed Iguchi Watanabe’s personal assistant.
The result was the sa—no one answered.
Wen Zheyang sucked in a breath. Don’t tell ... sothing really happened?
At this, Wen Zheyang’s expression changed. Mr. Wang Sr. and the heads of the nine pharmaceutical giants glanced at each other, their hearts sinking heavily.
"Lin Fan... surely Lin Fan hasn’t gone mad and... done sothing to Mr. Iguchi?" one person gasped, their eyes wide with horror.
Others swallowed hard, their expressions shifting rapidly.
"Let try. I have Chen Heihu’s personal contact information!" Mr. Wang Sr. clenched his teeth, forcing himself to remain calm as he took out his phone to make a call.
Instantly, all eyes turned to him. Even Wen Zheyang was visibly nervous.
"It’s useless. The call won’t go through. No one is picking up!" After a mont, Mr. Wang Sr. dejectedly put down his phone and shook his head gravely.
The room fell into a prolonged, deathly silence. No one dared to make a sound, each harboring an inexplicable sense of dread. It was one thing for Iguchi Watanabe to be unreachable; after all, he was a major figure who kept a low profile. But for an enforcer like Chen Heihu to also lose contact... this was surely no coincidence.
"Don’t panic. Maybe Mr. Iguchi has other urgent matters to attend to and can’t focus on us for now," Wen Zheyang said, his face stern as he waved a hand to calm everyone down. "In any case, the president of Iguchi Pharmaceutical Group, Miss Iguchi Tama, will be attending the Haicheng Pharmaceutical Convention in person. Everything will co to light then. There’s no need for us to make wild guesses."
At his words, Mr. Wang Sr. and the others were montarily stunned before quietly breathing a collective sigh of relief.
"Young Master Wen, Lin Fan is representing Yuandao Pharmaceuticals at the convention. Should we just revoke his entry pass?" Mr. Wang Sr. hesitated, having a bad feeling that Lin Fan was up to no good. Naturally, he didn’t want to see him at the convention and risk more trouble.
"No need. Didn’t you say he and that Yuan Ruoshan fellow signed a four-billion-yuan bet on orders?" Wen Zheyang sneered, baring his teeth. "I want him to be utterly humiliated at the convention, right in front of all the bigwigs of the northern and southern pharmaceutical industries."
His eyes brimd with confidence, betraying a hint of arrogance.
Dare to covet my woman? As the host of this convention, I’ll make sure Lin Fan doesn’t get a single penny’s worth of orders!
「Downstairs at the hospital」
Su ngqing stepped out of a taxi and looked up toward the inpatient departnt. Her eyes were red and swollen, and her makeup was a ruined ss from her tears. She looked utterly disheveled, attracting sideways glances from passersby.
Mom, Su Gang, what should I do? I’ve risked everything, even thrown away my pride... but Lin Fan still refuses to co, she muttered to herself, her eyes filled with a mixture of confusion, grief, and indignation.
Standing stunned for a mont, she bit her lip and steeled herself to walk into the hospital.
When she reached the ward, Su ngqing saw that Zhang ili had already finished her surgery and was sleeping fitfully, her head wrapped in bandages. After finding the attending physician and getting an update, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"The patient’s surgery was successful, but she shouldn’t be subjected to any major emotional stress," the doctor had told her.
Su Gang was nowhere to be seen. Su ngqing had no energy to look for him, feeling utterly exhausted and overwheld. She simply sat by the hospital bed, rested her head on the edge, and fell into a deep sleep.
"...ngqing, ngqing, wake up. Where is Lin Fan? Why isn’t he here yet?"
After an unknown amount of ti, a hoarse voice ca from beside her. Su ngqing was jolted awake, only to realize that night had already fallen outside.
Had she really slept from noon until late at night?
She rubbed her eyes and, in the dim light of the room, looked at her mother, Zhang ili.
"ngqing, our family’s stock has gone up! I just checked my phone, and it’s risen by a lot!" Zhang ili slurred, her pale, chubby face forcing a smile. She seed to have completely forgotten that Su Pharmaceutical had changed hands and that they no longer held any shares.
"Mom, when did you make such a large investnt? Why didn’t you tell or Su Gang?"
Su ngqing’s heart sank, and she felt a suffocating pressure. It had been barely ten hours, yet Su Pharmaceutical was already showing signs of reviving. Had I really made the wrong choice? Did I give up the family business and sell our stock for cash all because I’m incompetent?
Silently shaking her head, Su ngqing didn’t dare to dwell on it and quickly changed the subject. "That investnt fund crashed at the end of last year. If you’d told earlier, we might have been able to recover so of the losses."
"It was just a little money, wasn’t it? What’s there to talk about?" Zhang ili’s dull, sickly eyes were blank with confusion. It took a mont for the mory to surface, and then her face fell.
"Where’s Lin Fan? Did you go beg him? You only signed a divorce agreent; it’s not like you’re officially divorced.
"I think Lin Fan is just doing this to spite you. He just wants you to give in to him for once.
"As long as you go and properly beg that bastard to change his mind and return everything, our family can go back to being the Su Family we once were!"
She was growing agitated, which made her pull at the surgical incision on her head. She grimaced, sucking in a sharp breath of cold air.
"Mom, where did Su Gang go? I haven’t seen him at all." Su ngqing’s expression stiffened. Rembering the doctor’s warning, she quickly tried to change the subject again.
"Don’t you change the subject! Su ngqing, I’m asking you, why isn’t Lin Fan here yet? It’s already dark!" Zhang ili was furious, struggling to prop herself up. She had clearly noticed that Su ngqing’s mind was elsewhere and that she was deliberately beating around the bush.
"Mom, please, just stop asking, okay?" Su ngqing hung her head as tears of humiliation and indignation rolled down her cheeks.
In the days since her break with Lin Fan, she had cried more than she had in her entire life. Lin Fan, why do you have to hurt like this? Was all the love you showed just a pretense?
Su ngqing stared at the ground, letting her tears drip down unchecked. She found it impossible to understand or accept. Lin Fan was like a completely different person. Can you really beco so cruel and heartless just because you’ve stopped loving soone?
"Su ngqing, you... you obviously couldn’t persuade Lin Fan! You’re useless! Absolutely useless!"
At that mont, Zhang ili’s eyes flew wide as she let out a piercing shriek.
"If you don’t make Lin Fan give everything back, what’s our family supposed to do? What about your younger brother?
"Is it so hard to make that bastard co to the hospital and apologize to ?
"Or is it that you, Su ngqing, don’t care whether I live or die and have just been fobbing off this whole ti!"
BOOM!
The harsh accusations pierced Su ngqing’s heart like arrows. She looked up abruptly, completely enraged.
"Mom! What do you know? All you know is how to spoil Su Gang and how to force to go beg Lin Fan!
"I went! I even knelt before him! I shalessly tore up the divorce agreent in front of a whole crowd of people!"
Su ngqing glared at Zhang ili, her chest heaving violently. The frustration, grief, and indignation that had been pent up for days finally ignited, erupting all at once.
"I’ve already gone that far! What more do you want from ? Lin Fan is completely unmoved! Do you want to drive to my death before you’re satisfied?!"
"Useless! You wretched girl, you’re completely useless! How dare you... how dare you talk back to —"
Zhang ili also exploded in fury, her body convulsing violently. Her face was a contorted mask of rage. Gritting her teeth, she raised a trembling hand to point at Su ngqing, cursing wildly. However, before she could finish, she began foaming at the mouth and collapsed, unconscious.
"Mom! Mom, what’s wrong with you? Don’t scare !"
Su ngqing was stunned. She snapped back to her senses, rushing forward and shaking her mother desperately. But Zhang ili’s eyes remained tightly shut, showing no sign of waking.
And from the thick white bandage wrapped around her head, streaks of crimson began to seep through.
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