Chapter 432: None

Yuan Xiao clenched his fists, "It is precisely because of the rigor that we need to bring the medicine back and conduct scientific tests before we can draw a conclusion."

The woman sitting opposite Director Lian spoke in a calm voice: "So, what is Mayor He going to do?"

He Changlin pondered for a moment, "I will submit a report and apply to send a ship out to sea to go with Yuan Xiao and Doctor Liu to find medicine."

Director Lian was the first to object, "Now is the time to recruit people, where can you transfer people to go out to sea with them? Excuse me, you are wasting resources!"

He Changlin had just taken the position of mayor, and his foundation was not stable. Director Lian had long disliked him.

The woman glanced at Director Lian coldly and said, "That's not the case. We haven't found a cure for the disease for such a long time. If this medicine can really cure the disease, then it wouldn't be a waste of resources."

Director Lian looked at her with contempt and said, "Nan Yao, do you seem to be biased towards Mayor He?"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a hint of understanding in the eyes of the other people.

He Changlin knocked on the table. "It's decided. Since Director Lian doesn't want to talk about it anymore, let's stop here today."

Director Lian and several people around him stood up. "Mayor He, have you decided to act on your own?"

He Changlin frowned. "I'm trying to find a way to control infectious diseases, not act on my own."

"Few of us here support you. If this is not acting on your own, then what is it?"

Nan Yao looked at them coldly. "Do you think I'm dead?"

Director Lian sneered. "If this is useless and delays the prevention and control of the disease, will you be responsible?"

He Changlin glanced at Yuan Xiao. "If there is a delay, I will be responsible!"

"Very good. I hope that Mayor He will do what he says."

After they left, He Changlin lowered his head with a tired look on his face.

Yuan Xiao looked at Nan Yao, and saw the distress in her eyes, and was a little surprised.

He thought that Director Lian and the others were just talking nonsense, but he didn't expect that Nan Yao really had feelings for Director He.

"Xiaoxiao, you and Dr. Liu, get ready. I'll report in the next two days and have someone send you out to sea."

Yuan Xiao bit her lip, "Uncle He, I'm making things difficult for you, aren't I?"

"They're just taking advantage of this. Even if you weren't involved, they would still try to squeeze me. It has nothing to do with you."

He Changlin stood up and patted her head, "Go back."

Before Yuan Xiao walked out, she heard Nan Yao calling He Changlin, "Mayor He, I still have something to talk to you about."

He Changlin waved his hand, "My wife is still waiting for me to go home for dinner. Let's stop here today."

After that, he and Yuan Xiao walked out of the conference room one after another.

...

Two days later, everything was ready and ready to go.

The main personnel were Yuan Xiao and Doctor Liu. He Changlin also found an experienced captain to accompany them. Among the accompanying personnel was Gu Lanting's friend Peng Guande.

Yuan Xiao felt dizzy and wanted to vomit not long after she got on the boat. Only then did she realize that her body was seasick.

"Grandpa Liu, I'm going back to my room to rest for a while."

Doctor Liu saw that she looked pale and gave her a pill. "You will feel better after taking it. It's also good to sleep. I'll tell you when you get back."

Yuan Xiao nodded and went downstairs.

Peng Guande saw her go downstairs, thought for a while and followed her.

Yuan Xiao walked into the room, and before she opened the door, she saw him, "Is there something wrong?"

"No, I saw that you didn't look well, so I came to see you."

Yuan Xiao touched his face, "Just a little seasick, a good sleep will be fine."

Peng Guande nodded, "Okay, then you have a good rest, and tell me if you need anything."

Yuan Xiao didn't say anything else, opened the door and walked in, locking it by the way.

When she was half asleep, she seemed to hear the sound of someone turning the doorknob.

She was dizzy and didn't know how long she had slept, and then she heard Dr. Liu coming over and calling her.

She turned over and looked at the time.

They set out in the morning, and it was now two o'clock in the afternoon.

She slept for several hours without realizing it.

She got dressed, stood up and opened the door, "Grandpa Liu, are we there yet?"

"We are, the divers are getting ready to go in the water."

Yuan Xiao followed him up, feeling much better after a good night's sleep.

Peng Guande saw Yuan Xiao coming up and took the initiative to come over, "Are you okay?"

Yuan Xiao sensitively felt that he was a little too attentive, and nodded coldly.

At this time, several divers were already in position and started to go into the sea.

There was an endless sea all around, but fortunately the weather was good, so the sea water was only slightly turbulent.

Yuan Xiao flipped through the map, "Which point are we at now?"

Doctor Liu pointed to her.

Even if it is just a point on the map, it is actually a very wide area, and one can only find the direction roughly.

After waiting for about half an hour, divers began to come up one after another.

"Doctor Liu, I found these, can you see if there is anything?"

Yuan Xiao and Doctor Liu rushed forward.

Yuan Xiao didn't know what the wormwood looked like, so he could only let Doctor Liu identify it.

After Doctor Liu looked at them one by one, he shook his head and said, "None of them, the leaves should be purple, with sawtooth edges, and smell... Alas, I am getting old and confused, how can I smell underwater."

What's more, things picked up from the seabed must have a fishy smell.

Yuan Xiao comforted them, "The area is too large, and we will definitely not find it for a while, let's wait a little longer."

But after waiting for a long time, the rest of the people came up, but still didn't find the wormwood.

Although Doctor Liu only vaguely remembered the characteristics, the things these people found were completely different from the wormwood.

In a blink of an eye, it was five o'clock and the sun was about to set.

The captain suggested: "Let's forget about it today. Even the strongest people can't stand being in the water for so long in the middle of winter."

Yuan Xiao nodded, "Grandpa Liu, let's forget about it today. Let's continue tomorrow."

Doctor Liu put his hands behind his back, "Make them some brown sugar ginger tea."

He was still holding the things those people had found.

Yuan Xiao went down to make some brown sugar ginger tea and brought it up to them. A cold wind blew and dusk fell.

I thought it was normal that I couldn't find it at first, but I didn't expect that after three days, I couldn't find any trace of the wormwood.

Yuan Xiao felt a little lost. Looking at the sea, it was like an abyss that swallowed people.

The captain looked at the divers coming up one by one, and they were freezing.

"Why don't we go back? It's obvious that it's not here!"

Doctor Liu looked at Yuan Xiao.

Yuan Xiao's eyes were red from the wind. After being here for a few days, his skin had become rough.

"We can't go back. There must be something here!"

The main reason was that there were not enough people. It would take a long time just to search every spot.

It was winter and people couldn't stay in the water for too long, which delayed the time even more.

The captain spat, "Look at how frozen they are. You don't need to go into the water. You can talk while standing, right?"

"We have only been looking for three days. Isn't it normal that we haven't found anything? Keep looking, we will definitely find it!"

The captain snorted and turned into the cabin, "You shouldn't listen to a woman!"