Qiu Man felt rather complicated after hearing this.

Well, although he felt that General Li was being ridiculous, deep down he still hoped to get a treatment plan from Shen Yanming.

As it turned out, the other party contracted impetigo, thwarting his and General Li's plans.

You could say he was very disappointed, extremely disappointed.

But he can't show it, otherwise he'll seem too opportunistic.

Just as General Li said, Shen Yanming is, after all, a behind-the-scenes hero of the alliance, and he should be treated well.

Fortunately, listening to him speak was quite interesting, and after he finished telling a story, his mood improved a lot.

"How are you, and the big shots in the alliance? Are you all alright? Have you contracted abscesses?" Shen Yanming asked with concern.

"Fortunately, Chief Alliance Officer Li is not sick, and most of the other big shots are not either," Qiu Man said.

It's the same as saying nothing at all.

Lee Zongmeng frequently appears in the news, so everyone knows his current situation.

As for the other bigwigs, some, like General Li, managed to escape the situation by being busy, while others, like the guards, had no choice but to go out to work.

However, as big shots, they don't always appear in the public eye.

Shen Yanming didn't expect the other party to say anything; it was just a polite formality.

Then I remembered General Manager Li and said, "I just saw the news and noticed that General Manager Li looked a bit tired. Since you have access to him, could you please remind him to get some rest when it's convenient for you?"

Qiu Man smiled and replied, "Okay!"

Sometimes that's how it is; receiving a word of concern from someone makes you feel like it's all worth it.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while.

Qiu Man hadn't gotten the information he wanted and was about to hang up when Shen Yanming said, "Mr. Qiu, may I ask about the research progress of the institute on impetigo?"

Qiu Man didn't hide anything and told Shen Yanming everything he knew.

Still not giving up, he asked, "You really don't have a way to treat impetigo?"

Shen Yanming was taken aback for a moment, then smiled.

"Oh dear, what kind of person do you take me for? I'm just an economics major, how would I know anything about pathology and pharmacology? My wife is now a traditional Chinese medicine pharmacist in the Haishi Guard Team, all because of those few prescriptions passed down from our ancestors."

Our alliance has photocopies, right? Go take a look. The prescription is written so clearly; if you study it for a couple of days, you could probably become a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner yourself.

The ancestral medical book that Shen Yanming handed over was one he personally retrieved from Shanghai.

However, due to the obscurity and difficulty of understanding ancient characters, I only glanced at it twice and did not study it in detail.

Looking back now, perhaps Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan's achievements in traditional Chinese medicine really were based on a few prescriptions.

After all, he had heard that a certain mysterious pharmaceutical factory in the capital produced drugs with extremely strong effects, but its production capacity was limited and it could not be mass-produced.

Qiu Man nodded over the phone, "I was also in a panic. I thought that the HZ virus was solved by the Silver Heart Hundred Leaf Grass you gave to the Alliance last time, so I was desperate and asked if you had any clues."

Shen Yanming could sense the other person's urgency, but he couldn't say anything.

He has studied for so long, and apart from spiritual spring water and energy rainwater, no other medicine works.

He also tried to prepare medicines according to the medical books left by the Shen family patriarch, but none of the medicines he could concoct himself worked.

So Shen Yanming asked, "Has the research institute tried the prescriptions in my family's medical book? None of them worked?"

Qiu Man was a little confused by the question because he didn't know the answer.

He only heard Dean Xu say at the meeting that an inhibitor had been developed, but he had no idea how it was developed, what experiments were conducted, or whether the Shen family's medical books were consulted.

Seeing the other person remain silent, Shen Yanming knew what was going on. He said, "Although I don't know exactly how good our ancestors' medical skills were, we can still give it a try when all else fails."

I've done some research myself, but my foundation is too weak; I can't understand many of the prescriptions, and I can't prepare all the ingredients.

However, there might be experts and scholars who are very knowledgeable in this area.

Another point is that the world is changing so much that we may need to use some unconventional methods to solve problems.

"What do you mean?" Qiu Man was slightly excited, wondering if the other party would mention the matter of cultivating immortality.

Then Shen Yanming asked, "Did you study what kind of plants those bottles of seeds that went to the capital with the medical books were?"

"What?" Qiu Man's heart sank. She was filled with indescribable disappointment.

Why isn't this cultivation of immortality? Isn't this world fantastical enough?

But he was, after all, a bigwig in the capital, and he quickly adjusted his demeanor. "Those plants have been handed over to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences for cultivation. I don't know if the specific research institutes have started studying them. I'll go ask them in a bit."

"Well, who knows, there might be some unexpected gains." After saying that, Shen Yanming felt it wasn't quite right and tried to change the subject, "Haha, I was just talking nonsense. I don't know anything, please don't take offense."

Don't let your research end up yielding nothing and waste everyone's time; that would be a sin on your part.

Qiu Man was unaware of his true intentions and assumed he was just being polite. So she nodded and said, "It's alright, it's all going to be researched anyway, so what difference does it make what we research?"

Shen Yanming didn't reply after hearing this, because he really didn't know what to say.

Qiu Man checked the time and realized they had been talking for almost half an hour. Thinking there was nothing more to ask, he prepared to hang up.

Shen Yanming had been waiting for the other party to say goodbye, because the more he said, the easier it would be to expose himself.

Also, his wife was constantly eavesdropping in his ear, her breath light and shallow, spraying alluringly on his face.

He wanted to enjoy the moment a little longer, so he didn't turn on speakerphone.

But such close contact amplifies his senses, and he had long wanted to hold his wife in his arms and kiss and touch her.

The person on the other end kept talking and talking, and he felt too embarrassed to hang up.

Now that's great, before his wife could react, he pressed his red lips against hers.

Then they became entangled in a passionate embrace, just as Qiu Man had misunderstood, engaging in sweet and affectionate behavior in broad daylight.

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After hanging up the phone, Qiu Man sorted out the conversation and checked his WeChat Moments before opening the conference room door to report to General Manager Li.

He repeated Shen Yanming's words almost verbatim, and then he saw General Li smile.

"I don't know if he was telling the truth. But I just checked his WeChat Moments, and he did post a picture of his pus-filled face online in the early hours of the day after sunrise."

To the naked eye, the photo appears to be authentic and has not been photoshopped.

Alliance Chief Li tapped Qiu Man a few times with his hand: "You, you don't need to be so suspicious of him. From our few interactions, Xiao Shen doesn't seem to have any bad intentions towards the Alliance."