Huo Yao rubbed her sore wrists while sitting in the chair. “If they can’t get this to work, those people at the institute ought to be fired.”
She inhaled deeply and said firmly, “Liu, trust me. This will work just fine!”
“Don’t you think the system looks very different from the previous version?” Liu Qian felt puzzled. Even though it might hurt her feelings, it was the truth.
“It doesn’t matter. Just think of the system as shoes. No matter how good they are, if they don’t fit, they don’t fit, right?” explained Huo Yao.
Liu Qian did not know what to say in response. After some time, he replied. “Fine. We’ll send it over to the institute and let them test it.”
“Uh huh,” acknowledged Huo Yao softly. She lowered her head and checked the time before she stood up and packed away her things. “In that case, I’m leaving.”
She nodded to Dai Jie and the others and quickly left the laboratory.
She had to go and examine Chairman Wang at his place and ask about Mi Wei’s location.
*
She arrived at the Wang residence 30 minutes later.
Huo Yao pulled her hand back after taking his pulse. “Your condition has stabilized but you are in no condition to get agitated, so make sure you stay calm. If you can do that, I don’t see why you can’t make it.”
He Shu finally felt a little more relieved. Chairman Wang wanted to sit up, so He Shu hurriedly supported him and placed a pillow behind his back.
“After taking your meds, I no longer have trouble sleeping at night.” Chairman Wang smiled gratefully. He could not help feeling impressed. Sure enough, she came from a renowned family that was capable of creating incredibly effective medication.
Huo Yao pondered and said, “I’ll write the prescription for He Shu.”
She turned to ask him for a pen and a piece of paper.
He Shu was stunned.
He Shu was not alone. Chairman Wang was also dumbfounded. Since he was a lot older, he was more composed. After snapping out of his shock, he cleared his throat and said, “Shu, what are you waiting for?”
His disciple was such a stupid man. This was the perfect opportunity for him to learn from Huo Yao, but he was standing around wasting time!
“Oh yes. I’ll go get it.” He Shu nodded repeatedly. He hurriedly went over to the table nearby and retrieved a pen and a piece of paper.
He quickly turned back and handed them to Huo Yao.
As he watched Huo Yao write the prescription, He Shu could not help but shiver inside.
He finally snapped out of his daze and stammered. “A-are you really giving me the prescription?”
During the apothecaries’ exam at the association, she was forced to write her prescription. After she was done proving her abilities, she generously gave it to him. This time, she was writing the prescription for He Shu after Chairman Wang brought up the subject. He could not help feeling moved.
Since prescriptions meant a lot to an apothecary, she had every right to keep them a secret and refine them on her own without offering the actual prescription.
Huo Yao continued writing the prescription without so much as raising her head.
Before long, she handed the pen and paper back to He Shu. “I have written two prescriptions to aid Chairman Wang’s recovery. If you have any questions, just text me.”
He Shu took the prescriptions from Huo Yao. The moment he heard what she said, he swallowed his saliva nervously with trembling hands before he lowered his head to look at it.
The more he looked at it, the more impressed he was. Before he was even done looking at the paper, he raised his head and glanced at Huo Yao.
Even though she was just a young woman in her twenties, she had a deep knowledge of Chinese medicine.
Her knowledge of ancient prescriptions was far deeper than anyone he knew. Even though he had studied hard, she was completely out of his league. It felt as though he had wasted his time all this while and was studying completely different things from her.
He Shu cautiously held the prescription. He suddenly wished Deputy Chairman Qin was around to see this.
Deputy Chairman Qin wanted Huo Yao’s prescriptions desperately, but he was unable to get his hands on them. Now, Huo Yao was giving it to him without a second thought. If Deputy Chairman Qin was around to see this, he would probably want to kill himself.
