Chapter 444 — Divine Doctor Kang's Plan

Hearing Kang Jinglong's analysis, Dr. Kang felt a pang of regret. Had he known this was how things would turn out, he should have gone and eaten it himself instead of letting Kang Jingming do it.

"Another possibility is that while the pill was being carried to the trash can, something happened that we're unaware of—it may have been mixed with dog shit, or inadvertently come into contact with it. That's certainly conceivable." Kang Jinglong said. "But regardless, dog shit is not the Life-Extending, Longevity-Promoting Detox Pill. Our entire line of research was wrong from the start!" Dr. Kang sat with a darkened face, not uttering a word. In truth, he had no idea what to say either. Fortunately, this fiasco had occurred within the Kang family itself and had not leaked to outsiders—otherwise, people would surely die laughing.

Every member of Dr. Kang's family—old and young alike—had collectively eaten dog shit. This was nothing short of the most absurd joke in the world.

Kang Jingming, having finished his business on the toilet, returned to the study. "How did it go? Any conclusions?"

"What you ate earlier probably wasn't entirely dog shit, but there's no way to verify that now," Dr. Kang said simply. "In any case, the Life-Extending, Longevity-Promoting Detox Pill is not dog shit. This matter ends here for now—no one is to breathe a word of it!"

Kang Guifeng, Kang Jinglong, and the rest all nodded vigorously. Of course they would—who on earth would voluntarily spread something so humiliating?

"Zhaolong, I think we need to expedite your marriage arrangements with Wang Xinyan of the Xiao family." With the Life-Extending Detox Pill research having failed, Dr. Kang immediately turned his thoughts to the proposed alliance through marriage with the Xiao family.

"Then I'll head to Yanjing in the next few days, present the betrothal gifts, and lock in the marriage?" Kang Jinglong was deeply disappointed as well. He had thought the Kang family was about to rise meteorically to greatness, but in the end, it had all come to nothing.

"Mm. It's only an engagement anyway—I won't bother going. Guifeng, you take Zhaolong there." Dr. Kang instructed his eldest son, Kang Guifeng.

"Yes, Father."

Kang Guifeng nodded.

"There's one more matter. Cuipu, I'm leaving it in your hands." Dr. Kang turned his gaze to Kang Cuipu.

Kang Cuipu was taken aback. By rights, he was the family's worthless playboy—someone who spent all day eating, drinking, and carousing and was incapable of anything of consequence. Why, for the first time ever, was his father entrusting him with something to do?

Still, he was quietly pleased. Though the Life-Extending, Longevity-Promoting Detox Pill had not been successfully reverse-engineered, Kang Jingming's earlier involvement had evidently earned both father and son a measure of Dr. Kang's regard.

"Father, just say the word—I'll do my utmost!" Kang Cuipu hastened to pledge.

"You have plenty of contacts out in society. Keep a close eye on news regarding Kang Xiaofeng's family. If that friend of Kang Xiaofeng's could procure the Life-Extending, Longevity-Promoting Detox Pill, then he must know someone extraordinary. See who they have been in contact with—if such a person truly exists, we must recruit them to serve us!" Dr. Kang said.

"That's right up my alley—leave the intelligence gathering to me!" The moment he heard this, Kang Cuipu pounded his chest in enthusiastic assurance.

And so the matter was settled. The farce of Dr. Kang's household attempting to reverse-engineer the Life-Extending, Longevity-Promoting Detox Pill drew to a close. Yet Dr. Kang had not given up. The pill represented money and status—if the Kang family could truly master it, they would never again be confined to their present stature.

That afternoon, Feng Xiaoxiao arrived at the school. To Wei Zhao's surprise, she was remarkably composed—at least, one could read little anger upon her face. Just as with the time he had doused her head in urine, nothing outwardly showed.

Wei Zhao figured she was brewing up her next scheme for revenge. He felt aggrieved—why did this girl insist on making his life miserable? If he couldn't afford to fight her, surely he could afford to run?

Since you're here, then I'm leaving! Wei Zhao simply skipped class that afternoon. He had just received a call from Guan Xuewen—Fatty Lai had already completed the paperwork for transferring the building's property rights, and all it needed was Wei Zhao's go-ahead to transfer it into Guan Xin's name.

Meanwhile, the drug applications Guan Xuewen had submitted for review had already been approved. With Guan Xuewen's connections in the pharmaceutical world, none of these were anything difficult—merely a matter of going through the motions. The pharmaceutical company's business license was within reach; all they lacked now was a professional manager.

Wei Zhao decided to take this opportunity to pay Guan Xuewen a visit and discuss the pharmaceutical company's affairs. As for Mo Xiaoxiao, he would just leave her to her own devices at school.

Watching Wei Zhao leave, a barely perceptible smile crept onto Feng Xiaoxiao's lips. She had wanted nothing more than for Wei Zhao to leave—now she could sit down with Kang Xiaofeng and have a proper talk about Wei Zhao's weaknesses.

Clearly, flailing about blindly like this was no solution at all. Wei Zhao's martial prowess had far exceeded her expectations, and the sheer swiftness of his reflexes bordered on the unbelievable.

To be able, after the firecracker's fuse had already been lit, to calmly take it off himself, tie it onto his own body, and pull the knot tight—a reaction speed like that left Feng Xiaoxiao stunned.

Sitting on the thick chair cushion, Feng Xiaoxiao poked Kang Xiaofeng in the back with her finger. "Got a minute? Tell me about the business with your boss?"

Kang Xiaofeng had witnessed the scene of Feng Xiaoxiao being blown up by the firecracker the day before, and had been puzzling over what on earth had happened, curious to get to the bottom of it, yet unsure how to broach the subject with Feng Xiaoxiao—and then she had come to talk to him of her own accord.

"Yesterday, what happened to you? How did you get blown up by a firecracker?" Kang Xiaofeng had not been standing with Wei Zhao the day before, so he had not seen the earlier scene.

"Just carelessness, that's all. Never mind that—tell me about Wei Zhao, won't you?" Feng Xiaoxiao plainly did not want to say more about the firecracker. "You saw it too. The moment I arrived, Wei Zhao left. He's obviously avoiding me!" Feng Xiaoxiao gazed at Kang Xiaofeng with deep resentment, looking as pitiful as could be, like a wronged wife who had been cast aside—impossible not to pity.

"He had other business—it's not that he was deliberately avoiding you." Kang Xiaofeng knew Wei Zhao had gone to look into the matter of the pharmaceutical company, but he could not tell Feng Xiaoxiao about that. The pharmaceutical company was still at a confidential stage, and Kang Xiaofeng was not a man who failed to see the bigger picture.