It was a coincidence that Jin Fang Pharmaceutical was located on an old street just behind the Central Hospital, a mere ten-minute drive without traffic.
After hanging up the call, Chen Xiao made an immediate decision. He bolted out of the door, saying without looking back,
"Professor Pan, I have an urgent matter to attend to. We can discuss the decocting of medicine tomorrow."
If the Ye family had openly bid, Chen Xiao would have accepted losing all his wealth and still not being able to buy Jin Fang Pharmaceutical. However, the Ye family resorted to all sorts of underhanded tactics, which Chen Xiao simply could not tolerate.
More importantly, Chen Xiao was often ridiculed by his classmates for not having a father during his three years of junior high. They would gang up on him, isolate him, and bully him. Only Xia Qianqian was willing to help him.
Now that Xia Qianqian had been kidnapped, if he hadn't known, it would be one thing. But since he did know, how could he stand idly by?
He slammed the accelerator of the Maserati to the floor, driving straight towards Jin Fang Pharmaceutical. Fearing he might arrive to an empty building, he thought for a moment and called Jin Yongping again:
"Aunt Jin, no matter what method you use, I hope you can keep Ye Jinhuan there for a while. I need to see her!"
Jin Fang Pharmaceutical, now deserted, was no longer as bustling as it once was. From the management to the security room, everyone was gone.
In the general manager's office, Jin Yongping faced the representatives of the Ye family's pharmaceutical company alone, feeling immense pressure. Ye Jinhuan, sitting opposite her across the desk, made her feel suffocated.
Judging purely by appearance, Ye Jinhuan was flawless in both face and figure. Jin Yongping, a woman herself, could not comprehend how a woman in her early forties could be so incredibly beautiful. Apart from "ageless," Jin Yongping could not think of any other words to describe Ye Jinhuan.
As for Ye Jinhuan's commanding presence, Jin Yongping found it irresistible, as if she were negotiating with a supreme queen holding imperial power.
However, Jin Yongping had to heed Chen Xiao's words, as Chen Xiao held the lives of both Ye Jinhuan and Xia Qianqian in his hands.
Her hand, holding the pen to sign, trembled slightly. Jin Yongping gritted her teeth and said,
"Director Ye, could you possibly wait a little longer? My daughter's junior high classmate is on his way. He wishes to meet you."
Ye Jinhuan's seductive eyes turned cold. A portly middle-aged man standing behind her immediately said with displeasure,
"Director Ye's time is precious. Do you think your short-lived daughter's insignificant classmate can just meet her whenever he pleases? Sign the contract quickly!"
His name was Zhou Dazhong, a department manager at "Jiuding Pharmaceutical," a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ye family.
Jin Yongping gritted her teeth even harder, her lips bleeding. Her voice trembled with a thick tremor as she said,
"Director... Director Ye, my daughter's classmate is a Super Doctor King with extraordinary medical skills. You... you would certainly benefit from meeting him. After all... after all, no matter how powerful and wealthy you are, you might still fall ill and need medical attention..."
"Pfft—"
Before Jin Yongping could finish her sentence, Zhou Dazhong couldn't hold back his laughter and snorted,
"Jin Yongping, if you want to stall for time, you should at least come up with a decent excuse. If the person you're talking about is truly a Super Doctor King with extraordinary medical skills, why are you selling Jin Fang Pharmaceutical to raise money to take your short-lived daughter abroad for treatment? Moreover, Director Ye has vast resources and connections. What kind of divine doctor doesn't she know? Does it fall to you to introduce one..."
"Slap—"
With a crisp sound, as soon as Zhou Dazhong finished speaking, Ye Jinhuan turned and slapped him. Then, she coldly threatened the stunned Jin Yongping,
"Sign immediately! Otherwise, you'll never see your beloved daughter again!"
"You..."
Facing the extremely overbearing Ye Jinhuan, Jin Yongping was completely helpless. After thinking for a moment, she simply knelt at Ye Jinhuan's feet with a "thump" and pleaded,
"Director Ye, please, for the sake of mercy, wait a little longer. I didn't sell Jin Fang Pharmaceutical to that Super Doctor King for eight million, and if I can't even get you to wait for him, he might get angry and refuse to treat my Qianqian..."
Just then, the slightly ajar office door was kicked open with a "bang." Chen Xiao, dressed in a white coat, entered alone and unarmed.
The two burly men who had been shadowing Ye Jinhuan noticed that Chen Xiao was just a young man in his early twenties. They immediately became furious. Without a word, they lunged at Chen Xiao from both sides like wild horses, their fists and feet flying, intending to take him down.
Jin Yongping's face turned ashen with fear. Instinctively, she screamed a warning,
"Doctor Chen, run! Ye Jinhuan's two bodyguards are trained martial artists with inch-force. You can't beat them."