The Lin Pharmaceutical Company,
Research Lab, Conference Room,
Lin Bingxue sat in her chair, going over every possible option left to her.
The First person who came to her mind was Li Tao. But she ruled him out because of a number of reasons.
First, the Li Family has already announced the cancellation of cooperation with their Lin family after that day.
Second, he already has a fiance who is prettier than her, even if she plays with his emotions. It would not work.
Lastly, If he wanted to help, then he would not have waited till now. The news of their product not matching the parameters was already a topic of discussion among the rich.
For now, the only person who could help her… was Ye Feng.
Her so-called fiancé.
She sighed, put a smile on her face and said to Ye Feng, "Brother Feng can you please provide the prescription to the company? I can give you a portion of the profits."
Ye Feng pretended to be mysterious and sighed, "I want to help but..."
The Lin Family duo felt their heart in their throat. Lin Baitian stood up and asked, "But! But what?!"
Ye Feng looked at them and said, "I agreed with someone else to produce that drug, and it is already in mass production." he was shaking his head towards the end.
The Lin family duo was now desperate. Lin Baitian wanted to slap himself for not taking the offer when it was right in front of him. Lin Bingxue caught the words and asked, "What do you want?" she knew there were no eternal interests. Ye Feng was saying all this to raise the prices.
He smiled faintly.
"It's not impossible to help. I've already signed a production agreement with Soaring Dragon Group."
He paused, watching their expressions shift.
"But they only have manufacturing rights… not sales."
"How much for exclusive sales rights?" Lin Bingxue asked with a conflicted expression.
"Two choices."
Ye Feng raised two fingers slowly.
"First: I want 75% of the proceeds from the sale. I will sign an exclusive supply contract with Lin Pharmaceuticals."
Lin Bingxue was at the end of her wits so she stood up.
"What is the second choice?"
"Second choice is, Miss Lin can fulfill the marriage contract and I will give you the formula and finished product for free."
He was offering options…
but leaving her no real choice.
If she chose the first option, then they might be able to survive but they will not be able to recover the 2 billion RMB they have already burned in research. Not to mention further costs of sales and marketing will not be low.
The second option was like selling herself for the family.
Ye Feng knew that it was about time he took his leave and gave them privacy to discuss this matter.
He got up and left. "Let me know when you have decided."
Lin Bingxue collapsed back into her chair, her strength leaving her all at once.
Tears slipped down silently, one after another.
Lin Baitian did not pressurize her, he left with a sentence. "I will always be on your side but..." he did not finish the sentence and left as well. He wanted to consult his Old man.
Lin Bingxue was left alone in the room.
...
Ye Feng walked outside the company in a refreshed mood.
Ye Feng walked out of the company, his mood unusually light.
Everything… had gone exactly as planned.
He planned to visit The Shen Family's pharmacy and look for a few herbs to help him break through the grandmaster realm. He could use this excuse to meet and rekindle his relationship with Shen Yao.
...
Five hundred meters away, at the far end of the commercial street—
a barefoot figure sprinted through the crowd.
She was wearing a jumpsuit. At first glance, she looked like a child.
Behind her, two towering figures—each over two meters tall—charged forward, shouting for her to stop. Compared to them, her 150 cm tall petite body seemed like a baby running from bad guys.
Several people instinctively stepped forward—
then froze.
The weapons in those men's hands were enough to kill that impulse instantly.
People who practice martial arts noticed that the girl running in front was already a half-step grandmaster realm!! She already crossed 99.99% of the people in Fortune City, how strong would the people who were chasing her be?
Everyone gave way to them for the fear of getting involved.
She was Xue Ningli from the provincial capital's Xue Family. This family was a famous martial arts family in the land of lakes. Her father was Xue Tianhao, the head of the Xue Family. He was a genuine middle-stage Dan-forging expert.
One of the strongest in the province.
Her sister, Xue Diwei was a once-in-a-century martial arts prodigy who cultivated to the peak of the grandmaster realm at the age of 23. If Ye Feng was here, he would be amazed to hear this name.
She was one of the heroines who had a marriage contract with him. Not only that, he also conquered this petite sister-in-law of his later on.
Currently, she was running from these people from the enemy family called Qian Family. Their Young master Qian Furong took fancy of her and sent two grandmasters to capture her.
Co-incidentally she ran in Ye Feng's direction.
...
Ye Feng was still happily walking towards the Shen Famly's pharmacy not knowing he was about to meet his future wife on the way this soon.
"Help."
He heard a weak voice echoing from the front direction. He concentrated and heard it clearly,
"Help!!! Please Help!!"
He saw two giant men chasing after a little girl while shouting at her to give up. They were waiting for her to run out of adrenaline and energy before catching up.
Ye Feng felt his blood boiling and took a stance, then rushed forward at full speed while shouting "Stop!!"
The two men looked at each other and one of the left shot forward like an arrow from a bow. He easily overtook Xue Ningli and jumped towards Ye Feng and punched hard. He released all the energy of a half-step grandmaster.
Ye Feng heard wind howling in his ears, he looked up and saw him coming[1] at full force but he was at a disadvantage. So, he could only take it head-on. He clenched his fist and met his blow with an uppercut.
*boom boom boom*
In just a few seconds, the two exchanged multiple blows and Ye Feng was able to gain an upper hand. The guy who fought him was bleeding from the corners of his mouth while Ye Feng was only breathing heavily. Even fighting someone across a small realm, Ye Feng was almost invincible.
Xue Ningli hid in the corner while the other guy joined his brother and took a fighting stance. "Be careful, he is not simple," his brother reminded.
Then both of them released their energy without restraint. The one that did not attack was almost half-step inside the middle-stage of the grandmaster realm.
Ye Feng found it tricky so he stimulated his body using a secret breathing technique and fought hard. Xue Ningli was watching all this with reverence in her eyes. She was fascinated by this blow-for-blow combat.
10 minutes later there was no outcome visible, then a black van drove near them and the two men ran away in it.
For a brief moment—
the air around Ye Feng distorted slightly.
An invisible pressure spread outward.
Several nearby martial artists stiffened.
"...Grandmaster aura?"
"No… something else."
Then—
it vanished.
Xue Ningli walked out as well to check on his injuries. But Ye Feng brushed it off saying that he was just tired from the fight.
Xue Ningli was relieved and told the story of her chase.
The whole story starts with Patriarch Xue getting sick. He was too eager for success and tried to forcefully break through the next realm based on medicinal strength. The breakthrough was a failure and his heart meridian was hurt.
Typically you would hide such things because it causes instability but her personality is too immature and childish so she blurted it all in front of her hero.
Xue Ningli wanted to help him so she started searching for herbs and someone told her that there was a thousand-year-old ginseng in the fortune city. When she arrived she met the Young master of the Qian Family who fancied her and wanted to let her accompany him.
She hit him with a slap and ran away. Then Qian Fulong sent his men to hunt her down.
If it wasn't for him helping her, she might end up miserably. The whole plan was probably Qian Fulong's evil mind to lure her out of the provincial capital.
Ye Feng asked, "Do you have a sister named Diwei?"
Xue Ningli was shocked to hear her sister's name but after realizing he was a martial artist as well, she puffed up proudly and said, "Are you a fan? I can get you an autograph and even arrange a ticket to one of her fights if you want."
"Haha." Ye Feng started laughing after hearing all this.
"Hey! Why are you laughing? What I said is as real as 24-carat gold!" Xue Ningli felt wronged.
"I am not laughing at you, I am happy. "I have ties with the Xue Family… and I'm a doctor. Let us pay a visit to Patriarch Xue." He explained patiently.
"Let's go now." Xue Ningli was excited after hearing her grandfather could be cured.
"Not so fast, we need to collect some medicines for treatment." Ye Feng smiled and rubber her head. "Wait for me at the airport and arrange the tickets. I will meet you there."
Then he walked in the original direction.
[1] That's what she said.