Hating Iron for Not Becoming Steel

Inside the medicinal decoction room at Anshi Hall.

Yu Baiwei slammed the bottle in her hand onto the table with a 'bang.'

The liquid in the bottle was dark and incredibly viscous!

It was clearly ruined during the decoction process.

"Why is it still not right?"

Yu Baiwei flailed her arms in frustration.

After venting for a bit, she stopped.

"No, I need to ask Grandpa Xu if he gave me the wrong prescription!"

She took a few steps and noticed a black stain from the medicinal liquid on her right hand.

She quickly went to the sink, used her left index finger and thumb to turn on the faucet, and washed it with a 'whoosh.'

After washing, she brought her hands to her nose to smell them. She still detected a scent, so she continued washing.

After several rounds, she took the tissues from the table and dried her hands.

As she walked out, she pinched the clothes on her shoulder with her hand, brought her nose close to smell, and frowned.

"So disgusting!"

Yu Baiwei had originally planned to go downstairs to find Old Xu, but she changed her mind temporarily and decided to change her clothes first.

She couldn't stand the smell for even a moment.

However, after taking just two steps, she was stopped by a voice behind her.

"Miss!"

"Master wants you to go to him!"

Yu Baiwei turned and glanced back, waved her hand, and continued walking.

"Okay, I'll be right there!"

The young servant behind her said with difficulty.

"Master wants you to go immediately!"

Yu Baiwei stopped again and asked impatiently.

"What's so urgent?"

Before the servant could answer, she said forcefully.

"I'm going to change my clothes!"

"I'll be there shortly!"

"Just tell him it's me who said so!"

After speaking, without waiting for the servant to say anything, she quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Yu Jun had been waiting at his seat for over ten minutes and still hadn't seen Yu Baiwei, so he was getting impatient.

"Why isn't she here yet?"

The subordinate quickly went to inquire.

As he reached the doorway, he happened to run into the servant who had just returned and berated him.

"Didn't I tell you to go find the young lady?"

"Where is she?"

The servant weakly replied.

"Miss was just in the decoction room. She said... she said she'd come up after changing."

Yu Jun frowned.

"Didn't you tell her I wanted her to come immediately?"

The servant was terrified.

"I... I did!"

Yu Jun's breathing hitched, and he let out a sigh.

"Then we'll just wait!"

About ten minutes later, Yu Baiwei arrived fashionably late.

She had already changed into a new set of clothes.

Her hair was still damp, suggesting she had also taken a shower.

"Grandpa, you were looking for me?"

Yu Jun suppressed his anger and controlled his emotions.

"Mm..."

Then, he glanced lightly at Yu Baiwei.

"Xiao Wei, let me ask you, about three days ago, I saw you driving away a young man in the first-floor lobby!"

"Was he using the equipment in the medicinal preparation room to make a batch of medicinal liquid?"

Yu Baiwei was slightly taken aback, seemingly not expecting her grandfather to be asking about this.

She shot a glare at Professor Xu beside her, feeling a surge of anger.

Didn't I tell him not to tell Grandpa about this yet?

He just sold me out!

What a scoundrel!

Professor Xu didn't dare to meet her eyes and just stood quietly to the side.

"I'm asking you a question!"

Yu Jun noticed Yu Baiwei's subtle actions and grew even more annoyed, unconsciously raising his voice.

Yu Baiwei was startled and quickly said, "Yes! That person... that person..."

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She had originally intended to say that the person was a scammer, but as the words reached her lips, she felt it wasn't right! Since he could refine such effective medicinal liquid, he shouldn't be described as a scammer.

"That person did indeed use our facility to prepare medicine!"

Yu Jun took a deep breath. "And then? Tell me everything that happened during this period, word for word!"

"Don't leave out any details!"

Seeing that the matter was exposed, Yu Baiwei no longer concealed it. "After you scolded me that day, in order to prove that person was a scammer, I went to the medicinal preparation room!"

"Then I found a bottle with medicinal liquid residue in the trash can. To verify the toxicity of this medicinal agent, I went to find Professor Xu..."

Yu Baiwei roughly explained the situation to Yu Jun. This was basically the same as what Professor Xu had said.

"You know very well that we are researching the fourth-generation medicinal agent!"

"The first thing you should have done upon discovering a medicinal agent with better effects than the third-generation product is to tell me!"

"Why didn't you tell me?" Yu Jun asked, his expression grim.

Yu Baiwei said timidly, "I was thinking, Grandpa, aren't you looking for the fourth-generation prescription?"

"If I could analyze and test the components of this medicinal agent, it would be my..."

Hearing this, Yu Jun completely lost his temper. He stood up abruptly, hitting the chair.

"It would be your what? Your research?"

"Do you have a brain?"

"For this kind of medicinal agent, has the production process ever been simple?"

"Never mind you, even the top research teams of the three major pharmaceutical groups, if they obtained this medicinal agent, it would still take luck to replicate it!"

"Who do you think you are?"

Yu Jun was truly angry this time. Zhenyao Workshop and Miaofang Pavilion had already launched their fourth-generation products, but their Anshi Hall had no progress. He was already frustrated enough. Now, upon learning that his granddaughter had driven away someone who could have potentially collaborated with Anshi Hall, and intentionally concealed the news of a possible new medicinal agent, he could no longer hold back and exploded. If it were just ordinary mischief, he would have overlooked it, especially since she was his only granddaughter. However, this was a major issue concerning the family's development, and he couldn't help but be angry.

Seeing that Yu Jun was truly furious this time, Yu Baiwei's wronged tears immediately flowed. "Grandpa, I was wrong!"

Yu Jun looked at Yu Baiwei's pitiable appearance, opened his mouth as if to say something more. In the end, he sighed and waved his hand impatiently, "Alright, you can go out now!"

Yu Jun muttered as Yu Baiwei walked out of the room.

"We absolutely have to go to this auction!"

Time flew by.

The next evening arrived in a flash.

Jiang Fan, wanting to avoid the crowds, left an hour early. Around 7 PM, he arrived at the underground auction house on Seven Treasures Street.

To his surprise, when he got there, the underground hall was already more than half full.

And people were constantly coming and going at the entrance.

Most of these people were elegantly dressed upper-class individuals, with a very small number of ordinary people who looked relatively plain.

Since Jiang Fan was the consignor of the item being sold, a servant guided him.

Jiang Fan asked as he walked.

"With all this commotion, aren't you afraid of being investigated from above?"

In Jiang Fan's mind, underground auctions were for illicit dealings and should be extremely low-key.

When he first came, it had indeed seemed very discreet.

But why was it so lively and high-profile today?

Jiang Fan couldn't figure it out.

The servant heard Jiang Fan's question and smiled slightly.

"Although this is an underground auction house, the higher-ups know about it!"

"As long as there are no major problems, they basically turn a blind eye!"

"By placing some illegal channels here, they can keep an eye on them at all times, which makes them feel more at ease!"

Jiang Fan suddenly understood!

In simple terms, it was just another method of maintaining stability.

Jiang Fan followed the servant along the surrounding corridors. At a corner, someone suddenly rushed past him.

The two accidentally bumped shoulders.

"Ouch!"

The other person cried out in pain.

Jiang Fan's current body, tempered by Qi and Blood, was incredibly tough.

Hitting him was like hitting steel for ordinary people. Although he was passively defending, he had still injured the person, so he turned around and apologized.

"My apologies!"

But the moment he turned around, not only he, but the other person was also stunned.