Chapter 14 Medicinal Book of the Bones of the Dead! Elixir of Revival!

• As the Mercedes-Benz drove slowly on the road, Bai Yi, who was riding shotgun, had a conflicted yet dazed expression on her face.
• Up till this point, she still felt like she was in a dream.
• Xue Meigui!
• Master Hu!
• The two infamous ruffians!
• All these were not characters a tiny general manager of the Bai Group could compare with.
• Yet all these big figures were all extremely respectful towards her husband.
• Bai Yi found that really hard to believe.
• She turned around to look at Lin Fan’s side profile while he quietly drove the car. The more she looked, the more she felt like her husband was covered in a veil of mysteriousness. She couldn’t see through him at all.
• “What’s wrong, Dear?” Lin Fan couldn’t help but ask with a smile when he sensed Bai Yi’s look.
• “Lin Fan, tell me honestly, did you really save Xue Meigui?” Bai Yi asked with a serious look on her face.
• They did not belong in the same world as someone like Xue Meigui. Bai Yi found it hard to imagine that Lin Fan was actually that woman’s life savior.
• Hearing those words!
• Lin Fan couldn’t help but smile as he replied, “That happened over ten years ago! I was just doing my own thing at that time, saving her was completely unintentional!”
• His words allowed Bai Yi to heave a small sigh of relief.
• For some reason, she was ultimately unwilling for her husband to be involved with some mysterious woman.
• “That’s good! Since Xue Meigui helped you this time, it can be counted as her returning the favor of you saving her life! From now on, you don’t owe each other anything anymore!”
• Speaking up till this point, Bai Yi wrinkled her brows ever so slightly and expressed her confusion, “As for Xu Ziheng and Zhang Tian, what’s up with them? Why do they seem so afraid of you!”
• Bai Yi found it hard to comprehend.
• After all, Lin Fan was the one who turned their Lamborghinis into a bunch of scrap metal. Based on the personalities of those two ruffians, they should already thank the heavens that those two didn’t go crazy trying to take revenge on them. How could they come to beg Lin Fan for forgiveness instead?
• As she pondered over it, Bai Yi expressed her queries once more, “Lin Fan, could it be that you know Xu Tianlong, the Chairman of the Tianlong Group?”
• “Nope!” Lin Fan replied with a smile, “How could I know people of that level!”
• Bai Yi nodded at his words.
• She knew that in Jiang City, Xu Tianlong belonged on the level of those that could cause earthquakes with the stomp of his foot. He was indeed not someone Lin Fan was qualified to know.
• However, what Bai Yi didn’t know was that Lin Fan actually meant that a small potato like Xu Tianlong was not worthy of knowing him!
• In Lin Fan’s eyes, Xu Tianlong was nothing more than an ant with a slightly larger head, that was all.
• Very soon, the Mercedes-Benz drove into a beautiful mansion, which was Lin Fan and Bai Yi’s home.
• The moment they entered through the door, Lin Fan noticed his mother-in-law, Shen Yumei, and father-in-law, Bai Shan discussing something with a long face.
• Seeing that the two of them had returned, Bai Shan could not help but welcome them back with a smile, “Fan, you’re back! Have you eaten?”
• In the Bai family, the one that treated Lin Fan with the best attitude was his father-in-law, Bai Shan.
• It was just that, before he could even reply, his mother-in-law, Shen Yumei humphed coldly and yelled at him, “Hmph! This good-for-nothing was definitely ostracized when he went to the class gathering with Bai Yi, how could he have eaten!”
• Then, she pointed to the dining room and spat of the words haughtily, “Lin Fan, we kept some leftovers for you. Go and eat it yourself! And wash up the dishes when you’re done!”
• Leftovers!
• Upon hearing that, Bai Yi’s face flushed red with anger. She was about to start a fight with her mother, but Lin Fan simply shrugged it off and said, “Alright!”
• Then, he headed to the toilet to wash his hand. But when he passed by the dining room on the way, he couldn’t help but take a glance inside.
• What he saw on the dining table were no leftovers. She actually cooked up two delicious-looking side dishes, one with meat while the other one was a vegetable dish.
• The dishes were even exuding some steam.
• Lin Fan knew, even without asking, that his mother-in-law was worried about him being bullied at the class gathering to the point that he wouldn’t be able to even catch a bite, so she specially made this meal for him.
• Seeing this sight warmed Lin Fan’s heart.
• He knew that Shen Yumei was a harsh and sardonic woman but she was really just someone with more bark than bite.
• No matter how mean the words that left her mouth sounded, she was extremely kind at heart and she truly regarded Lin Fan as family.
• “Don’t worry! I will make you guys proud!” Lin Fan muttered with a smile and proceeded to wash his hands.
• Just as he entered the washroom, he heard the conversation between the three members of the Bai family.
• “Dad! Mom! What’s the matter with you? Why the long face? Did something happen?” Bai Yu asked.
• And the moment they heard these words!
• Bai Shan simply sighed and made no reply.
• Shen Yumei, on the other hand, started getting really emotional as she spoke, “What else could it be? It’s about the company! Recently there’s been this new disease called AS Pneumonia, spreading in the cities around Jiang City! All the major hospitals and pharmaceutical companies have been trying to come up with a way to treat it! Your grandfather asked your dad and your two uncles to source for experts and try to come up with a prescription for this illness! The first to come up with a treatment for it will have a major boost in their position in the company! Today, I just heard that your eldest uncle found a master in Chinese Medicine and has come up with a prescription to treat it! Meanwhile, your second uncle invited an expert Western Medicine and has come up with a Western prescription! Your father is the only one with nothing to show at the Bai family meeting tomorrow! When the time comes, your father will surely be reprimanded by your grandfather!”
• Shen Yumei’s voice was filled with helplessness.
• The Bai Group was a company with stakes in various industries such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, fashion and many other industries.
• And within the Group, Grandpa Bai holds the most power!
• Followed by the three brothers in Bai Shan’s generation.
• However, Bai Yi’s eldest uncle and second uncle had control over basically 80% of the company’s resources while Bai Shan’s family had the worst treatment and was often subjected to ostracism and oppression.
• If it weren’t for Bai Yi’s keen business sense which helped the cosmetics company to thrive, Bai Shan’s family would probably have been expelled from the Bai Group long ago!
• But despite that, if Bai Shan is unable to produce an effective treatment by tomorrow, her eldest and second uncles will continue to oppress them like crazy and their standing in the family would be at risk.
• “AS Pneumonia?”
• Lin Fan’s eyes brightened up when he heard that while he was in the washroom.
• Naturally, he knew of this type of pneumonia. When it first started in the African Continent, it took over hundreds of thousands of lives and was since listed as the ‘Top Ten Deadliest Infectious Diseases’ by the international medical community!
• Back then, it caused widespread global panic and there were even quite a number of members from the Blood Prison that contracted the disease.
• At that time, countless top medical experts gathered in Africa for several months in a bid to develop a cure. However, they still weren’t able to come up with a complete cure.
• Finally!
• With the help of the book ‘Medicinal Book of the Bones of the Dead’ that the old guy taught to him, Lin Fan finally developed the ‘Elixir of Revival’ which was made of up 72 kinds of Chinese medicines. With that, he managed to wipe out the AS virus and saved countless people from the Blood Prison.
• It’s just that Lin Fan didn’t expect for it to start spreading in Jiang City after so many years!
• The instant he thought about this, he took out a brow pencil and started writing on a piece of toilet paper without a moment’s hesitation.
• After five minutes!
• Lin Fan walked out of the washroom after washing his hands.
• “Fan, come and have a drink with me!” Bai Shan, who was seated in the dining room, called out to him. He seemed to be in a terrible mood.
• Hearing his words, Lin Fan nodded his head and sat opposite Bai Shan.
• Then, the old and the young started having a whale of a time drinking together.
• Bai Shan had a weak and timid personality.
• In the Bai family, Bai Shan was constantly living in the shadows of his father and two elder brothers. He was subjected to ostracism and oppression virtually every day.
• Lin Fan silently listened to his father-in-law’s grievances as the latter gulped down cup after cup of alcohol.
• As Bai Shan started downing the alcohol more vigorously, Lin Fan shoved the toilet paper in his hand into the former’s pocket and said, “Dad, remember to check your pocket during tomorrow’s meeting!”
• Hmm?
• Bai Shan was stunned momentarily. All he saw was that Lin Fan gave him a wad of toilet paper but didn’t notice what was up with it.
• “You don’t have to worry about it, Fan! Even though I’m not very capable, I can still support you and Bai Yi! Don’t worry! Even if we’re kicked out of the Bai family, we can go back to running a steamed bun shop and we can still carry on with life!” Bai Shan said while smiling through his tears.
• However, for some reason, there seemed to be some strange magic in Lin Fan’s words and they were deeply embedded into his mind, constantly reverberating throughout.