Zhou Xiang was unmoved. "Does this have anything to do with me? There are so many pitiful people in the world. Can I take care of them all? Is it my job to take care of them all? Everyone's destiny is in their own hands. How you struggle in the family has nothing to do with me.

Haven't you investigated my struggles? If it happened to you, you'd be heartbroken. But what if it happened to someone else? Would you offer any sympathy?

Kong Haoran shook his head. "I'm not asking you to sympathize with us. I'm just telling you that I want to protect my sister. I'm begging you for an antidote. Give me something else, even something that can disfigure her! She can't have any symptoms of a false pregnancy. Otherwise, she won't pass the physical examination and she'll be accused of having problems with her work style."

Zhou Xiang frowned. If the fake pregnancy drug was not taken too late, it would undoubtedly cause the loss of the membrane. This might not matter to an average pharmacist, as it was normal to lose something when testing the drug on oneself. However, this pair of siblings lived under the rules of a large family and were under the control of their stepmother, so what they lost was relatively important.

"What if my condition is that the fake pregnancy drug be used on you?"

Kong Haoran paused. Using fake pregnancy drugs on men?

At this moment, a person rushed in from outside the door. She pulled Kong Haoran, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Brother, get up. We won't beg her. At worst, we'll die. If you're given a fake pregnancy drug, you'll die too. I can't survive alone."

"Sister, I won't leave. I must get the antidote. Zhou Xiang, you can give me another medicine. As long as it doesn't kill me and I can walk normally, I will accept any medicine."

"Brother~"

Kong Youran couldn't pull her brother up, and she cried anxiously, "Brother, I've taken the antidote. It's definitely going to work. Hurry up and get up!"

Kong Haoran shook his head. "I'm not gambling, not even on the slightest bit of luck. I'm just asking Zhou Xiang for the antidote. It's not that I don't trust you, but we don't even know if the powder you're using is the same formula. How can the antidote be universal?"

Kong Youran was helpless. No matter how stubborn her brother was and how much he loved her, she knew that not a single bit of harm could happen to her, otherwise he would fight her to the death.

She simply knelt down in front of Zhou Xiang and said, "Zhou Xiang, I shouldn't use others to deal with your relatives. Put aside the grudges between our two families, and put aside other grudges. I only ask for this antidote. If you feel aggrieved, wait until I get married, and then you can use it on me. I really can't do it now at my age."

Zhou Xiang asked calmly, "If the person you drugged was a teenage girl from the Zhou family, would you give her the antidote?"

Kong Youran shook her head. "Ever since I learned about the harm fake pregnancy pills can do to unmarried girls, I haven't used them on them anymore."

"So, you used it when you were testing the medicine?"

"Yes, but she was the one who bullied my brother and me, and the family compensated her."

"So how do you feel? Happy? Or a feeling of grief?"

"happy!"

"That's it, isn't it?"

The brother and sister ultimately failed to find the antidote and left together, their proud backs turning into sadness.

Ling Ran walked in. "How long do you plan to keep them in fear?"

"Tomorrow! Give the antidote to Kong Xianxian tomorrow. It seems that the Kong family's medicine powder is not as good as mine! Their antidote can't cure it!"

Ling Ran pinched her nose lightly, "You are rich now, with so many magical herbs. I guess they are using herbs that can be bought nowadays. It would be strange if they can cure it."

"I can only sigh a few times at the plight of these two people. There's no need to sympathize with them. When she used the medicine, she didn't even consider whether they were pitiful or not. How long has the blind lady been waiting? In the end, it was all in vain. If there was no antidote, even An Wen would have lost his life. Forget it, let's not talk about them. Look at what dishes you have. The teacher is here, you have to show your true skills!"

Ling Ran pointed at the pork and cabbage sent by the captain and said, "A good cook cannot cook without rice. I can only stew pork and cabbage."

"No! The teacher has a weak stomach and can't digest meat well. You should make fish soup instead! Bring out some dried fish chunks."

"But, Captain..."

"Oh! He's taken so much. Why do you care about such a small thing?"

"Who asked him to come and eat for free? I didn't learn cooking for him."

"I understand! It's for me. Now, you have to show off your cooking skills for my teacher."

As he spoke, Zhou Xiang pushed Ling Ran into the kitchen and took out a dozen large, hard pieces of fish from the space.

Ling Ran quickly put it into his ring and said, "Just put two pieces outside for show. The captain will eat them. He doesn't care about these."

Kong Youran and Kong Haoran returned to Kong Xianxian's residence like defeated roosters. Kong Xianxian had already learned from Ying about their journey to seek medicine. She did not think Zhou Xiang was cruel, and no one could ask the winner to be soft-hearted.

However, seeing her nephew and niece in this state, she felt distressed again. She had promised her cousin's wife that she would take care of the two children, but her cousin was still alive and had married a new cousin's wife, so there were many things she could not protect.

"I will go and negotiate with Zhou Xiang. I must get the antidote. Youran, there are always people who are better than you. You can be arrogant and willful in your family because of your talent, but outside, many people who don't show their talents may be masters who are hidden.

Zhou Xiang had such a simple resume, but we investigated it so carefully and yet we couldn't find out where she learned the pharmaceutical skills.

She even tried her best to hide her other identity, which was being low-key, but if she was provoked, she would take revenge.

When Ling Ran was kidnapped, she didn't return it to you at that time. She probably endured it for the sake of the Zhou family and for this great achievement.

Yet, you guys revealed everything early on. You thought exposing her identity would show off your prowess? But she immediately bit you back and put you in solitary confinement for a few days. If it weren't for the Kong family's identity protecting you, if you were ordinary people, you would have been mistaken for spies.

From now on, talk less, watch more and think more."

Kong Youran nodded listlessly, "I understand, little aunt, but Zhou Xiang won't budge! Can you really get the antidote?"

"You have to try."

At noon, Professor Chu and Zhou Xiang both received a large bowl of fish soup. In front of the team leader was a small bowl with only half of the fish soup in it.

Professor Chu was going to share some of his own with Tang Ganwen, but Tang Ganwen waved his hands repeatedly.

"Professor Chu, you drink it yourself, and I'll eat the pork. Today, thanks to you, I got half a bowl of soup. I don't usually get that."

Ling Ran glared at him, "Eat it or not, what nonsense are you talking about? I'm not your cook."

"Look, look, Professor Chu, you have to talk to him. He glares at me every day."

Professor Chu laughed and said, "I won't say anything bad about him. He's busy all the time and works very hard. But I really can't finish all this soup."