Chapter 53: A Quick Comparison Makes It Clear

"What prescription?"

Lin Ziqing was momentarily stunned.

"It was that prescription I gave you a while ago, after I heard from Sister Shuyun that your pharmaceutical company was running into some trouble, and told you to put it into production. Didn't you use it?"

Xiao Nan reminded her.

"Oh! You mean that one!"

If Xiao Nan hadn't brought it up just now, Lin Ziqing would have completely forgotten about the matter.

Recalling what this guy had said back then when he handed her the prescription—claiming that a single piece of paper could reverse the downturn of her company—Lin Ziqing sneered inwardly.

"You don't seriously believe that the piece of worthless scrap paper you gave me could bring Lin's Pharmaceuticals back from the dead, do you? Can't you be a bit more pragmatic? Must you be so naive?"

"I'm asking you right now, where is that prescription?"

Why did this woman always persist in doubting him? Annoyance began to creep into Xiao Nan's tone.

"Ziqing, where is the prescription? Let me see it."

Lin Guodong quickly reached his hand out toward Lin Ziqing.

He knew that his daughter had always harbored prejudices against her husband.

Xiao Nan had cured both his illness and that of Mayor Xia.

Even if his daughter refused to trust Xiao Nan, Lin Guodong at least placed a great deal of trust in Xiao Nan's medical skills by this point.

Anyway, Lin's Pharmaceuticals was already destined for a bleak future with no hope in sight.

He intended to take Xiao Nan's prescription and have it thoroughly evaluated. If it truly turned out to be something valuable, they might as well put it into production—treating a dead horse as if it were still alive.

However, Lin Ziqing stammered, "I... I threw it away."

"Absurd!"

Lin Guodong glared at his daughter, then looked at Xiao Nan with an apologetic expression. "Xiaonan, don't hold it against her. Can you still write out that prescription?"

"If possible, could you write a new one for me?"

"It's useless now." Xiao Nan shook his head. "The 'Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill' that the Li family is currently selling is actually the exact prescription I gave to Ziqing back then. It must be that after Ziqing threw it away, the Li family had a stroke of blind luck and picked it up."

"What?" Lin Guodong froze for a long moment, then glared at Lin Ziqing with a face full of fury. "So, this 'Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill' originally belonged to our Lin family, but because of you... because of you..."

Thinking of the Li family's current arrogant and triumphant demeanor, contrasted with the Lin family's desperate plight, Lin Guodong was so enraged that he was left speechless.

"Dad, are you really going to believe whatever he says?" Lin Ziqing stared indignantly at Xiao Nan. "On what grounds are you claiming that the Li family's 'Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill' was picked up from your prescription?"

"Just because I threw my prescription away, you can just make up whatever story you like?"

"Why don't you claim that the chips in Apple phones were stolen from your design blueprints?"

"Ziqing," Lin Shuyun said, filled with deep regret that she hadn't snatched the prescription away to take a look when Xiao Nan first gave it to her妹妹. She asked Lin Ziqing, "Think carefully. When Xiao Nan gave you the prescription, did you look at what was written on it? Was it called the 'Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill'?"

"I wouldn't believe for a second that this guy could write anything useful, so why would I even bother looking at it!"

Lin Ziqing thought for a moment and bluntly replied, "At the time, Qianru and the others were waiting for me to go eat at Feiyun Pavilion, so I just threw it straight into the trash can."

She then looked back at Xiao Nan and said, "I remember it very clearly. I distinctly threw that worthless scrap of paper of yours into the trash can in the hallway of Feiyun Pavilion."

"So before you start bragging, couldn't you at least fabricate a plausible story? Do you really think Li Yadong and his people were that bored, with nothing better to do, to go rummaging through the trash cans at Feiyun Pavilion?"

"Exactly," Liailing chimed in, quickly stepping forward to back up her daughter. "Xiao Nan, are you even a man? Just because Ziqing and I said a couple of words to you earlier, you're deliberately spouting this nonsense and making Uncle Lin blame Ziqing?"

"I am now one hundred percent certain that the Li family's 'Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill' definitely uses my prescription," Xiao Nan said decisively.

Setting aside the fact that the efficacy of the Li family's "Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill" was virtually identical to his own, the very name "Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill" was something he had just made up on the spot.

That damn Divine Doctor Pan couldn't possibly share such telepathic synchronization with him, down to coming up with the exact same name by coincidence.

"Fine!"

Lin Ziqing was determined to stubborn it out with Xiao Nan. "Since you're so absolutely certain, write your prescription out right now! Our company's team is currently analyzing the components of the 'Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill'."

"Although we might not be able to completely break down their formula in a short time, analyzing the basic components of a medicine is still well within our capabilities."

"I want to see if the things you write down match the results of our analysis."

"If they don't match, it just proves you're talking utter nonsense."

Lin Ziqing widened her pretty eyes, glaring at Xiao Nan with an overbearing look. "Do you dare write it? Don't tell me you've already forgotten and can't remember the contents of the prescription you gave me."

"Why wouldn't I dare?"

Without a moment's hesitation, Xiao Nan stood up, retrieved a ballpoint pen and a sheet of blank paper, and said, "I'll write it right now. When will your analysis results be ready?"

Lin Ziqing refused to back down. "The results should be out already. You just write yours, and I'll call them to send it over right now."

With that, Lin Ziqing immediately pulled out her phone and dialed a number. "Director Liang, have you finished analyzing the components of the 'Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill'?"

"You're done? Excellent. Send a copy to my email right this second—now."

Lin Guodong sat quietly to the side without saying a word.

Although he believed that, given Xiao Nan's level of medical expertise, it was entirely possible for him to write a prescription like the "Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill," what his daughter said wasn't entirely unreasonable either. The Li family had no way of knowing there was a prescription in the trash can at Feiyun Pavilion; how could they possibly make a special trip to rummage through someone else's garbage?

For a moment, he found himself unable to figure out who was telling the truth.

Comparing Xiao Nan's prescription with the components of the Li family's "Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill" was indeed the best way to uncover the truth.

Xiao Nan had long since committed the Qi-Gathering pill formula to memory.

In less than two minutes, he once again wrote down the Qi-Gathering pill formula, complete with the minor modifications he had made.

Meanwhile, Lin Ziqing's progress was equally rapid.

After opening her laptop and waiting for just a short moment, Director Liang sent over the component breakdown of the "Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill."

Seeing that Xiao Nan had actually written out the prescription without the slightest hint of fear or hesitation about having it compared against the "Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill," Lin Ziqing felt a sudden flutter of nervousness in her chest.

Could what this guy said actually be true?

Did the Li family's "Qi-Gathering Youth-Preserving Pill" really come from picking up the prescription she had thrown away?

Was she truly in the wrong?

Even though doubt was creeping into her mind, she was the one who had demanded the comparison in the first place, leaving her no room to back down now.

With a fair, slender hand, she snatched the prescription right out of Xiao Nan's grasp and placed it side-by-side with the contents displayed on her laptop screen.

Lin Guodong, Lin Shuyun, and the others all hurried over to crowd around and take a look.