Hearing Aunt Zhou's question, Zhou Yi's eyes darkened: "Aunt, ever since Grandma was hospitalized, I have hated my own powerlessness many times."
"So I've been secretly studying medicine and watching TCM videos online. I only know a little about these herbs. I'm sorry, Auntie, I've been keeping it from you."
Aunt Zhou shook her head, her face showing no sign of blame, but rather a smile of relief.
“I’ve always worried that you’ll be devastated by Grandma’s illness.”
"I didn't know you had secretly learned medicine."
"I noticed that you were able to guess all the ingredients in the product just by smelling it. I think you have a pretty good understanding of medicinal herbs now."
"His skill level is probably good enough to be an apprentice pharmacist at a traditional Chinese medicine shop!"
A touch of emotion swept through Zhou Yi's heart. Aunt Zhou never interfered with any decision he made; whatever he chose, Aunt Zhou would always support him.
Just like the lies he tells now, which are full of loopholes, as long as Aunt Zhou asks him when he learned them, who his teacher is, and so on, Aunt Zhou's intelligence will be able to tell that he is lying.
But Aunt Zhou never questioned anything and trusted him from the bottom of her heart. She never doubted anything he said.
Aunt Zhou carefully put away the two pieces of paper, and the more she looked at them, the more surprised she became: "I'll take these two pieces of paper to the research team to study them now."
After watching Aunt Zhou leave.
Zhou Yi opened the drawer again and took out a profile photo of Shen Bingyan. The warm yellow light shone on Zhou Yi's face, revealing a hint of confusion.
Shen Bingyan, why have you disappeared again?
Who exactly are you?
Where exactly is it?
Meanwhile, on the other side...
The Shen family of Kyoto.
After Shen Bingyan was out of danger of high fever, she was picked up by someone sent by the old master of the Shen family and taken back to the Shen family manor.
Although Shen Bingyan has woken up, her illness has progressed rapidly and requires constant medical attention to prevent a relapse.
The doctor had just come out of Shen Bingyan's room when he was called to the study by Old Master Shen.
"Dr. Ouyang, tell me the truth, is it possible to control my granddaughter's condition?"
Dr. Ouyang sighed and took off his glasses. "Old man, you know that your family has a hereditary disease, and there is only one person in the world who might be able to cure it!"
"Logically speaking, Miss Shen's illness shouldn't have manifested so early. This fire was the trigger, causing damage to her blood vessels."
"And because this is the first time the young lady has fallen ill, the symptoms came on suddenly and violently."
"This disease is a blood problem and cannot be cured. I can only help the young lady strengthen her body and temporarily stabilize the disease."
"But since Miss's hereditary disease has already manifested prematurely, you need to send more people to protect her, otherwise she could easily encounter danger once the disease flares up."
"Therefore, I suggest that for Miss's safety, we should not let her take over the Shen family's affairs for the time being."
Dr. Ouyang glanced at Old Master Shen discreetly, and thought to himself, "As expected of such a knowledgeable old man, he can remain calm even in the face of such a situation."
In reality, beneath the table where Dr. Ouyang couldn't see, Old Master Shen's hands were trembling slightly.
Shen Bingyan is his favorite junior!
She is calm, outstanding, and intelligent; she is the perfect successor.
He had taken Shen Bingyan under his wing since she was a child, teaching her to handle various matters concerning the Shen family, and she had always handled them exceptionally well.
This internal strife within the Shen family stems from Old Master Shen's excessive doting on Shen Bingyan. Everyone else in the Shen family can see that Old Master Shen intends for Shen Bingyan to take over the Shen family business.
That's what triggered this internal strife.
In order to prevent Shen Bingyan from being implicated, Old Master Shen sent her to Lucheng.
But who could have imagined that after he and Shen's father had finally stabilized the Shen family's situation and cleared all the obstacles in front of Shen Bingyan, they were just waiting for her to inherit the family in peace?
However, Shen Bingyan's hereditary illness in the Shen family broke out prematurely. The symptoms were fever and chills all over her body, and she became unconscious!
The hereditary disease in the Shen family will become more and more serious with age. Doctors say that the blood of the Shen family members contains the R virus.
Some people may develop narcolepsy at a certain age.
During this period of excessive sleepiness, it is impossible to wake the person under any circumstances, and it can happen suddenly, such as suddenly falling asleep while eating.
Moreover, the incidence rate increases with age, and the duration of drowsiness also increases.
Everyone in the Shen family knows that the old man even fell ill and slept for nearly a month before waking up. Especially in recent years, the old man felt that he was about to die, and he was really afraid that one day he would collapse and never wake up again.
That's why they conspired with Shen's father to set up a scheme to prepare for Shen Bingyan's succession.
Outsiders envy the Shen family's prosperity, but who knows that the Shen family has always been plagued by a hereditary disease?
Once the disease flares up, any danger could take their lives!
Imagine suddenly collapsing into a deep sleep at a crucial moment, regardless of the time or place. If your competitors find out, wouldn't they have your lifeline in their grasp?!
If the rest of the Shen family knew about Shen Bingyan's illness, they would probably be ineligible for the position of Shen family heir.
After all, the health of the Shen family heir cannot be compromised!
"Dr. Ouyang, please keep my granddaughter's condition a secret for me."
"We can only tell the rest of the Shen family that they were frightened by the fire."
The Ouyang family has been researching genetic diseases for the Shen family for generations, and they are quite familiar with some aspects of the Shen family's affairs.
He nodded. "Okay, I'll say that."
"But this matter can't be kept secret for long."
"The rest of the Shen family aren't fools. If Miss Shen were to suddenly collapse and fall into a deep sleep even once, the news would likely spread throughout the entire Shen family..."
Old Master Shen closed his eyes, as if he didn't want to accept this reality.
Seeing this, Dr. Ouyang simply sighed and turned to leave.
The quiet study was now empty except for Old Master Shen. After a long while, he finally opened his eyes.
The highest-ranking official of the Shen family, a general who struck fear into the hearts of his enemies on the battlefield, now had tears welling up in his eyes.
Even with his immense power, he still couldn't save the entire Shen family, nor his favorite granddaughter, and he couldn't change the inherited genes.
Old Master Shen felt a pang of sorrow.
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Luzhou, Sunday.
While all the students were on holiday, the school leaders held a meeting in the conference room with all the teachers to discuss the matter of the burned-down teaching building.
This incident had a huge impact, and the school used a huge amount of money to quell public anger and to compensate students for their injuries.
"The school's burned-down teaching buildings need to be repaired, but there are also quite a few students hospitalized this time. The school has already used all its working capital for the students."
"As for the school's teaching buildings, we'll have to rely on the teachers..."
The counselor was yawning in the last row; this kind of thing usually happens when the school's shareholders go looking for sponsorships.
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