My mosquito! That woman, Zhang Zhilan, actually killed my mosquito! Dead!! Utterly dead!!! Who knows when I’ll get another chance to catch An Yan alone. Most importantly, that woman, Zhang Zhilan, must have already been infected with the fungus. If An Yan finds out, she’ll definitely realize it was the mosquito. I absolutely cannot give An Yan any kind of leverage right now, not even a suspicion! I’m worried An Yan will trace things back and suspect my true identity. Compared to Brother Jiu, An Yan is just as formidable, if not more so! If she guesses that I’m Li Yanluo, she’ll definitely do whatever it takes to capture and lock up, just like last ti. An Yan doesn’t even care about evidence! As long as she suspects sothing, she’ll act! And this ti, Brother Jiu left all his resources to An Yan. In other words, if An Yan really captures , even if I’m from Country R and have a powerful background, it won’t be easy to escape. I might not be able to escape at all! No one knows Brother Jiu’s strength better than I do! This is infuriating!
Matsumoto Mina stood up and began pacing circles around the conference room.
At nine-thirty in the morning.
In the live broadcast room, comnts started to appear one after another:
[Is Matsumoto Mina too calm? From the start until now, she hasn’t visited the patient ward at all.]
[I noticed too. It seems they only administered the dicine once.]
[Right, just one dose.]
[She seems to be here to promote their Matsumoto Group’s dicine, constantly boasting about how powerful their drugs are, treating the competition as exclusive advertising!]
[Exactly, it doesn’t matter to us whether their drugs are potent or not since we’re not planning to buy them anyway.]
[Does she really have the nerve to promote here? Acting as if we in Country Z can’t produce their dicine! How boring!!]
[Guys, Miss An Yan’s team has put a bathtub in the skin disease ward!]
[A bathtub? Feels like the scene is about to get colorful! Haha. I hope they don’t switch the cara later. Is there anything I, a distinguished VIP, can’t see?]
[Although Wada Sakurako has bad skin, she has a great body!]
[Be serious, everyone! This is dicine! Aren’t you ashad of yourselves? Cue the BGM!]
"The five-starred red flag flutters in the wind, how resounding the songs of victory! Singing of our beloved motherland, from this day forward, marching towards prosperity and strength..."
As the song played, the netizens’ blood boiled with patriotic fervor.
Bathtubs? What bathtubs? They’d completely forgotten about them!
Modern netizens for you: their minds might be in the gutter, but their hearts are red with patriotism!
***
「Eleven-oh-five.」
Ya Zhuo knocked and entered the conference room where An Yan was.
"Professor An, as per your instructions, the dicine for Wada Sakurako has been prepared."
The Dong Xuelian had six petals. Ya Zhuo originally planned to use just one, but Su Siming ca over and insisted on using two. Su Siming even told him, "Relax, I’m going to get a new Dong Xuelian really soon."
"You sought help from your family?" Ya Zhuo asked.
"Is that necessary?" Su Siming tilted his head back and gave a mysterious smile. "I’ll get it through my own personal charm. Guaranteed success, no chance of failure!!"
Zhang Zhilan had said that if he could get the Dong Xuelian this ti, she would beco his girlfriend. For that goal, he had to give it his all.
Unfortunately, Ya Zhuo was not privy to this, but he was well aware of Su Siming’s capabilities. Thus, he took his advice and used two petals.
Seeing the bathtub in Wada Sakurako’s ward, Matsumoto Mina’s assistant couldn’t help but remind her, "Miss ina, did you notice that they placed a bathtub in Miss Wada Sakurako’s room? Are they planning to give Wada Sakurako a bath?"
"A dicinal bath!" Matsumoto Mina curled her lip. "A common technique in Country Z’s ancient dicine. It’s said to be effective! It’s just a bit slow, that’s all!"
An Yan wants to use this thod to attract attention and increase their popularity. But An Yan doesn’t know that the fungi inside Wada Sakurako’s body will multiply faster after being imrsed in hot water! This Wada Sakurako is about to die. Unless they have Dong Xuelian! Unfortunately for them, they won’t have it. Country R’s control over Dong Xuelian is so strict; the only one ever sold went to the Royal Family of Country Y. If Wada Sakurako dies, An Yan will surely be thrown into complete disarray. To prove her own abilities, she’ll definitely take personal responsibility for the next two patients! At that ti...
Matsumoto Mina’s face revealed a smile as she sweetly said, "I’ve only read about such treatnts in dical books. I never thought I’d get to admire it up close this ti! I’m looking forward to Miss An Yan’s performance."
***
Because Wada Sakurako was the first patient to be treated, the big screen exclusively showed the live footage from her room.
Many students from Luocheng University dical School rushed in to watch the live broadcast.
"A dicinal bath? It’s a common thod in traditional Chinese dicine, but the effects of a dicinal bath don’t seem to be imdiate!"
"Actually, I think Miss An Yan should use Western dicine at this ti—cure the disease first before dealing with the root cause."
"..."
On the screen, An Yan’s special assistant, Wen Ya, spoke up, "Miss, are you sure the patient doesn’t need to undress? If we’re worried about exposing the patient, we can request to cover the cara first."
An Yan nodded. "No need to undress; she can enter the water with her clothes on. Be careful not to touch her or the water! Watch out for fungal infection."
"Understood."
After responding, Wen Ya paused to think. Then, she reached out, grabbed the sheet on the hospital bed, and with a swift motion, wrapped Wada Sakurako and lowered her from the bed directly into the water. The entire movent was fluid and precise, without even touching Wada Sakurako’s skin.
"So cool!!"
"My goodness, now I finally understand why, despite my nurous applications, I could never get into Miss An Yan’s team! Compared to this young lady, what am I? What am I?"
"Finally, I see I’m the one who doesn’t asure up!"
"..."
Wada Sakurako, who had just been placed in the water, had actually given up all hope.
I’m just a country girl who managed to graduate from university and find a job in Kyoto. But all the other girls at the company were prettier than , one after another. Their clothes, the way they dressed, their speech and manners—every single one of them was outstanding. Only I seed like a simple Country Girl. I spent my salary on clothes, so I had no money left for costics. It was by pure chance that I saw the snails the company cultivated. They extracted snail mucin from them to make costics, and the effects were amazing. But even though I was a company employee, I couldn’t afford them. One day, I was accompanying my superior on a visit to the breeding facility. When I saw the tanks teeming with snails, a bold idea ca to : I could do my own skincare! So, when no one was looking, I stole a few snails and took them ho to raise. At first, it worked. My skin visibly beca whiter and smoother. But that’s just how people are—when things get better, you want them to be even better. So, I increased my skincare routine from once a week to three tis a week, and I went from just treating my face to treating my whole body.
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