Wan Yunting and Li Yuxiu left the Zhenghai Pharmaceutical Group building directly. They got into the car and headed back to Heping Street. While driving, Wan Yunting asked, "Doctor Li, what do you think of this matter?"
Sitting in the passenger seat, Li Yuxiu's expression was serene. Her sharp, intelligent phoenix eyes narrowed, and she said calmly, "He's lying!"
Wan Yunting glanced at her, smiled, and nodded, saying, "And I think he might be the thief crying 'stop thief'!"
This made Li Yuxiu turn her head, her intelligent phoenix eyes looking askance at Wan Yunting, her brows furrowed slightly. She asked, "You mean, they also produced those fake drugs and put them on the market?"
Wan Yunting nodded with a smile and said, "It's an obvious matter. Zhenghai Pharmaceutical Group is an old enterprise. While there are indeed counterfeit drugs circulating in the market impersonating theirs, I don't believe such a large enterprise would be unaware of fake drugs tarnishing its reputation."
"So, they're shouting 'stop thief' to the outside world, but this thief might very well be themselves!"
Li Yuxiu listened and nodded. The logic held. She said, "But how do you plan to find evidence to prove all this?"
Wan Yunting glanced at her and smiled, "I'll send people to look for evidence. If those fake drugs were indeed produced by them, then Zhenghai Pharmaceutical is finished."
Li Yuxiu's brows furrowed, and she remained silent for a moment. Wan Yunting glanced at her again and asked with a smile, "Doctor Li, what are you thinking about?"
Li Yuxiu lowered her head in thought, her intelligent phoenix eyes gazing at the flow of traffic on the street outside the car and the pedestrians hurrying by. She said in a flat tone, "I suddenly thought of a saying!"
"Oh, what saying?" Wan Yunting became curious.
Li Yuxiu's phoenix eyes dimmed, and she said with a heavy tone, "Good medicine is not a good commodity!"
As soon as she said this, Wan Yunting's expression froze, and his heart skipped a beat. He slammed on the brakes to stop for the traffic light. The sudden stop almost made Li Yuxiu's head hit the dashboard. Wan Yunting quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, your words shocked me a bit. Are you hurt?"
Li Yuxiu looked up and waved her hand to indicate she was fine.
Wan Yunting's expression was still immersed in her previous sentence, unable to fully process it. After a moment, he sighed with a bitter smile, "Now I understand why you chose to develop your career abroad!"
Li Yuxiu's intelligent phoenix eyes dimmed. "There are too many enterprises in China like Zhenghai Pharmaceutical Group. In their eyes, medicine that cures immediately is not good medicine; medicine that goes bad if not taken is a good commodity. In the eyes of those capitalists, money is the top priority, and patients are only secondary."
Wan Yunting, who had gradually calmed down, wore an extremely solemn expression. He understood the essence of capital but had never imagined that the pharmaceutical field would be controlled by capital to such an extent.
Yet, this was the reality. For patients suffering from cancer or chronic diseases, who wasn't dependent on medication? Who hadn't been financially ruined? In the end, their illnesses weren't cured, and they ended up with broken families.
"Those profit-driven capitalists hold a large number of prescriptions. They keep them in safes, or even destroy some good prescriptions directly. The purpose is self-explanatory, you must understand why they do this!" Li Yuxiu's pretty face was grim. Although she appeared expressionless, her heart was filled with extreme anger and sadness.
Because she had seen through it ten years ago that those driven by profit cared nothing for patients. They were like vampires, sucking the money out of patients until they were satisfied.
Wan Yunting's face also grew darker and darker. Li Yuxiu's words ignited a raging fire in his heart.
In the past, he only focused on promoting Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and its revival. He had never paid attention to pharmaceutical companies, always believing that by prescribing medicine to patients, he could cure their illnesses.
However, he now realized that a doctor with excellent medical skills couldn't cure all diseases; ultimately, good medicine was essential!
"Human nature is inherently evil!"
After a long pause, Wan Yunting's eyes widened, spitting fire. He gritted his teeth and cursed, then continued driving back to Heping Street. He immediately turned to Li Yuxiu and said, "Doctor Li, I want to ask you, do you think all of this can be changed?"
Li Yuxiu turned her face, her intelligent phoenix eyes looking askance at him. She shook her head expressionlessly and said, "Whether it's now or in the past, it cannot be changed, because this is a matter of human nature!"
Wan Yunting's grim face became even more solemn. He remained silent, because Li Yuxiu was right; human nature couldn't be changed. He alone couldn't do it, and likely wouldn't be able to in the future.
"Even if I can't change everything, I should be able to change a part of it!" After a moment, Wan Yunting's eyes blazed, and his voice became more resolute.
Li Yuxiu's phoenix eyes looked at him blankly, without speaking. But looking at this man, she inexplicably felt that he might be able to change something.
Li Yuxiu shook her head slightly, retracting her gaze. She didn't know why she had this feeling. Perhaps it was from spending time with Wan Yunting at Xiuyuantang during this period, witnessing his superb medical skills and upright character, that made her feel he might be capable.
However, regarding Wan Yunting's personal life, Li Yuxiu couldn't compliment him.
Wan Yunting, having calmed down slightly, turned to look at her. The car had returned to Heping Street. He said, "Doctor Li, you give me a very different feeling. I can feel that you are a very pure doctor."
Li Yuxiu's expression was serene. Her calm and intelligent phoenix eyes always gave off a sense of calmness and steadiness. She paid no attention to Wan Yunting's praise.
Seeing this, Wan Yunting could only force a smile and say nothing more. He parked the car in front of the clinic and got out with Li Yuxiu. They happened to see Liu Yuan, Tian Xiangrong, and the others across the street at Liu Ping Tang clinic's entrance. Wan Yunting smiled and nodded in greeting.
Zhang Shunchang and Tian Xiangrong smiled back and returned the nod. After watching Wan Yunting and Li Yuxiu enter the clinic, they turned and followed Liu Yuan into the Liu Ping Tang clinic.
"Brother Yunting, Doctor Li, you're back."
Gu Luotang, dressed in a sheer gauze hanfu dress, always gave off a gentle, virtuous, and ethereal impression. She greeted Wan Yunting and Li Yuxiu and asked with a smile, "How did it go?"
Wan Yunting looked at her and asked, "Why are you back?"
"I called my senior sister back."
Qi Miaomiao ran over, her almond eyes looking askance at Wan Yunting. It was clear that this girl, because of Su Ke'er, had run back to get Gu Luotang.
"Tch."
Su Ke'er was at the cash register with Wang Zhuyu. Seeing Qi Miaomiao complain to the man, she rolled her eyes dismissively and didn't bother with Qi Miaomiao.
"Miaomiao, don't be silly."
Gu Luotang shot Qi Miaomiao a look with her gentle eyes, knowing what this girl was thinking.
Li Yuxiu watched this scene and went upstairs without a word.
Wan Yunting touched his nose with a slightly unnatural expression, then said to Gu Luotang, "You all go upstairs first, I'll come up to chat with you later."
"Okay."
Gu Luotang smiled and nodded. Qi Miaomiao still wanted to say something, but Gu Luotang glared at her and pulled her along behind Li Yuxiu upstairs, directly to the third floor.
"Yunting, how did it go?"
Du Hua came out from behind the counter and asked.
Wan Yunting said, "That Ma Qisheng denied that the drugs were produced by his company, claiming that someone outside was counterfeiting his company's drugs."
This made Du Hua, Mo Yaolin, and Huang Fuxiang exchange glances.
Wan Yunting said to Du Hua, "Senior Brother Du, unofficially inquire with those distributors. Contact a few more and see how many fake drugs there are. It would be best if you could investigate the source!"
Du Hua nodded, "Understood."
Wan Yunting then asked Huang Fuxiang and Mo Yaolin about the number of substandard drugs and instructed them to clear them all out. Mo Yaolin sighed, "The quality of medicinal materials has been getting worse year after year."
"Exactly. Take astragalus for example. The best astragalus is from Gu Mian Mountain, but in recent years, we've rarely seen it. I heard it's all been exported abroad," Huang Fuxiang shook his head and smiled. "Now all the good medicinal materials are going abroad, leaving the inferior ones for domestic use."
Du Hua said, "The main reason is that foreign markets require good quality and offer higher prices. Those medicinal material growers would rather export their products than sell them cheaply to domestic pharmaceutical merchants."
Wan Yunting was aware of the issue with Chinese medicinal materials. He frowned and said, "This problem must be solved. Otherwise, if this continues, all the good things will go abroad, leaving us with inferior medicinal materials. How can we treat illnesses and save people?"
After speaking, Wan Yunting instructed them to select all the inferior medicinal materials and asked Du Hua to find a way, even if it meant procuring medicinal materials from elsewhere, to purchase those that met quality standards. They must resolutely not use inferior medicinal materials for patients.
"Ke'er, how is your learning going?"
As he spoke, Wan Yunting went to the cash register and saw Su Ke'er learning the cash register procedures. She smiled and nodded, "I've almost learned it."
Wan Yunting smiled, "You'll be in charge of the cash register for now. If the number of patients increases, I'll have you help upstairs."
"No problem," Su Ke'er said happily. As long as she could work with the man, she was willing to do anything.
Of course, Wan Yunting wouldn't let her stay at the cash register on the first floor forever, otherwise, it would bury Ke'er's talents. After all, she was also trained in medicine, albeit Western medicine.
Going upstairs, Wan Yunting saw that Li Yuxiu was already seeing patients, although there weren't many. So he went to the third floor and found Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao sitting on chairs in the living room, still discussing Su Ke'er.
"Senior sister, we absolutely cannot let that Su Ke'er stay at the clinic!" Qi Miaomiao's attitude was firm, she absolutely refused to let Su Ke'er stay.
But Gu Luotang shook her head slightly and said sternly, "Miaomiao, can you stop fooling around? Doing this will only make Brother Yunting difficult, do you understand?"
Qi Miaomiao's face was full of reluctance, and she pouted her small lips and huffed, "But Senior sister, I really don't want to work in the same place as her. I get annoyed just looking at her."
Gu Luotang gave her a helpless glance with her gentle eyes and said with a strong attitude, "If that's the case, then go help your grandfather."
Qi Miaomiao's almond eyes widened, and she couldn't help but stand up and say, "Senior sister, why are you speaking up for an outsider?"
Seeing that this girl was so unreasonable, Gu Luotang said helplessly, "Miaomiao, you need to understand that Ke'er is already Brother Yunting's woman. If you make a scene like this, it will only make him uncomfortable, do you understand?"
Qi Miaomiao pouted, turned her head away, and stamped her foot, huffing, "I understand, but I just don't like her."
Just then, Wan Yunting walked in with an expressionless face. Gu Luotang stood up to greet him, "Brother Yunting..."
Wan Yunting smiled gently at Gu Luotang, "Luotang, go downstairs and help Doctor Li, otherwise, she can't handle it alone."
Gu Luotang's eyebrows slightly furrowed, showing some concern. Wan Yunting glared at Qi Miaomiao and then smiled at her, "Don't worry, go down."
Seeing this, Gu Luotang nodded, then turned back to warn Qi Miaomiao with her eyes not to upset the man, and went downstairs.
Qi Miaomiao saw her senior sister go downstairs. Seeing the man's stern expression, she felt a little nervous. But the girl still put on a tough front, "In any case, I just don't want her to work at the clinic. If Brother Yunting insists on keeping her, then I'll leave."
"Alright then, you can go downstairs and pack your things and go back later."
Wan Yunting sat on a stool, picked up the teacup Gu Luotang was drinking from, and drank the tea in one gulp, saying carelessly.
This made Qi Miaomiao anxious. Her almond eyes immediately turned red, and she said aggrievedly, "Brother Yunting, why are you like this? Is my place in your heart not as important as hers?"
Wan Yunting turned his head and looked at her askance, his face full of seriousness, "Do you want to hear the truth?"
Qi Miaomiao's red, tear-filled almond eyes widened, and she bit her lip stubbornly, huffing, "Tell me."
Seeing the girl's adorably aggrieved yet stubborn appearance, Wan Yunting reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulling her towards him. Qi Miaomiao cried out in surprise and fell directly into his arms. Wan Yunting stood up and held her as she sat on the table. He cupped Qi Miaomiao's stunned pretty face in his hands and smiled, "You silly girl..."
Saying that, Wan Yunting didn't give her a chance to react and sealed her tempting cherry-red lips with a passionate kiss.