In the following days, the only feeling for onlookers was that things were changing too fast; before they could even process one piece of gossip, another one had already surfaced.
First, a message caused an uproar among netizens around the world.
#According to Shanghai media reports, Lu Yan was attacked by unidentified individuals and seriously injured. He has been hospitalized and is suspected of poisoning. The attackers are believed to be from a foreign cult.#
Netizens who stay up late at night immediately went crazy.
Holy crap! My idol!! Who dared to lay a hand on Professor Lu?!
[What's with this so-and-so? Name him and we'll all wipe him out! Don't they know my idol is humanity's hope for the next hundred years?]
The following day, major Chinese state media outlets issued announcements confirming that it was an "accident".
Meanwhile, a series of news reports caught everyone off guard.
#Many of the Su family's businesses in China have been seized; except for those in cooperation with the Xia family, all others are currently suspended.#
#The Qin family patriarch announces his retirement, and the entire Qin family relocates. Lu Yan leads the newly formed Bai family, which, together with the Lin family, becomes the largest clan in China.#
#Lu Yan recovers and is discharged from hospital; tens of thousands of people post congratulatory messages online, including foreign media#
...
Lu Yan's status rose accordingly, and his net worth was approaching the top of the Forbes list.
And he accomplished all of this in just a few months.
In fact, the moment RP3 was launched, while solving cancer, Lu Yan was already at the peak of public opinion, which also laid the foundation for him to become a "god".
Not to mention anything else, Professor Hao and his research team have received invitations from various countries, and honors, bonuses, and awards have been pouring in like snowflakes.
Of course, for every person who is praised, there is someone who is criticized.
Media outlets led by Country A have been spreading propaganda overseas to demonize Lu Yan, but the people of Country A are not buying it and instead have sparked large-scale protests.
The outside world was in an uproar for three days.
Xia Yixin had already keenly sensed the crisis. Lu Yan would be injured? This all seemed like a staged drama, a pretext to wage war against Su Bei and the K Group, and judging from the current situation, the odds of victory were very high.
The hospital couldn't be stayed in for long. After Grandpa Xia's health improved, she moved him and his equipment to her temporary apartment. She would never go back to the ancestral home. The apartment was in the central CBD, where the crowds during the day provided protection, and the quiet at night was also suitable for the Dragon Guards to protect him. She had already contacted the relevant experts in the United States and would send Grandpa Xia there tomorrow. The United States is a neutral country, and Grandpa Xia could spend his old age in peace there.
As for her, she only has about six days left.
Since that day, Lu Yan seemed to have come to his senses, as he never contacted her again, and news about the two of them on the internet was quickly overshadowed by other news.
"Lu Yan is, after all, just a person. No matter how strong he is, he needs helpers and support. He needs to deal with the people left behind by Bai Chou, and he needs to balance the interests of various powerful families. Also, the potions he has are a hidden danger." Grandpa Xia analyzed when he saw the news, his eyes filled with admiration. If it weren't for what happened twenty years ago, China might be completely different today.
But Grandpa Xia remained unmoved. "I don't understand what he's trying to do. He's targeting the Su family, so he's definitely planning to target Su Bei and the K Group. He's just too hasty; I'm afraid the road ahead will be difficult..."
Grandpa Xia couldn't understand it, but Xia Yixin had already guessed his thoughts. The more anxious he seemed on the surface, the less Su Bei underestimated his opponent. Correspondingly, Su Bei's trust in the "Lin family" was higher. If it was just a matter of killing Su Bei, the K Group could still choose a replacement. Moreover, the group itself also had some secret information.
What he wanted was to control him.
But Su Bei was, after all, the protagonist of a small world, and he had already hidden himself away when he sensed the danger.
But with such a huge opportunity in China right in front of him, how long can he tolerate it?
The meeting between the Lin family and Su Bei will not be too late.
Xia Yixin didn't have to wait long.
At three in the morning, several gunshots suddenly rang out in the quiet night of the capital, waking Xia Yixin, who was already in a light sleep.
Outside the window, heavy snow was falling in the darkness.
Xia Yixin put on her bathrobe, sent Long Wu out to gather information, and hurried to Grandpa Xia's bedroom to check on his condition.
Unexpectedly, Grandpa Xia seemed to still be awake. He was sitting by the bedside with a small lamp on.
"Girl, you're awake?" The old man pulled his gaze from the window and pointed to the sofa stool by the bed. "Sit down. There's something I want to tell you."
Tonight, Grandpa Xia seemed unusually energetic, as if all the fatigue he had been feeling lately had vanished.
But the more this happened, the more uneasy Xia Yixin felt, because she had seen too many similar situations in the hospital in her previous life.
This is called a final burst of energy before death.
Xia Yixin felt a lump in her throat, a mix of regret, sadness, and guilt.
"I'm sorry, Grandpa..." It was because she was incompetent. While helping Lu Yan, she gradually forgot that he was always the villainous BOSS in the original work, an antisocial character.
He could so coldly exploit someone as innocent and selfless as Professor Hao who had given so much to him.
Moreover, it was Grandpa Xia, who had a grudge against him.
Grandpa Xia looked at her intently. At this moment, although Xia Yixin was dressed in home clothes, no one could question her calm and wise temperament, especially her almond-shaped eyes, which made her originally gentle features more angular.
If Xia Yixin were given another ten years, her growth would be astonishing.
Grandpa Xia knew that Xia Yixin hadn't been idle lately; she was trying to find a way to get the Xia family out of Yixin Medicine and prevent them from being controlled by Lu Yanfan.
All of Yixin Pharmaceutical's shares were sold to the "Justice Foundation," and the proceeds from the previous project in cooperation with Subei will also be invested in public welfare in the future.
Everyone outside thought Xia had gone mad, but this was a case of sacrificing a pawn to save the king, cutting off one's tail to survive.
At the same time, Li Rui, Zhao Jing, and the others in her team all received shares in Xia's company. They would be more than enough to live comfortably for the rest of their lives without having to work. In addition, she also invested in a cybersecurity company that Li Rui and Zhao Jing jointly established, which is developing very well.
She is still nominally the president of the Xia Group, but in reality, Vice President Li Rui has completely taken control of the company.
All of this was done in secret, and no one else knew about it except for Old Master Xia.
Grandpa Xia looked intently at Xia Yixin and asked, "Girl, let me ask you a question. You've arranged a way out for everyone, including mine, but what about your own?"
"I'll leave after you all leave," Xia Yixin said vaguely. "If I wanted to leave, there are too many ways. The key is that I must have no worries about the future."
Grandpa Xia didn't expose her words, but sighed and shook his head. "Girl, you are very smart, but your biggest flaw is that you carry too much responsibility on your shoulders. If I were you, I wouldn't care about anyone else. I would be the first to leave. In the past ten years, neither Wang Cheng nor your aunt Xia Ping would have done so much without my indulgence. Girl, you are not ruthless enough, so you are not a qualified businesswoman."
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