Chapter 494 — Kang's Pharmacy
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So it was hardly surprising that Yu Haitian was calling Lai Changshan at this very moment.
"Mr. Lai, the response to the Life-Extending Detox Pill has been truly remarkable. I wonder if you might still have a few of these treasures in your possession? As you heard, there are guests who never got the chance to bid." Yu Haitian asked, his tone easy and agreeable.
He had not thought much of Fatty Lai before, but now his attitude was markedly warmer.
"I'm afraid not, Mr. Yu. I have only three left here, and there is no way I can produce a fourth for this auction!" Fatty Lai said apologetically.
"Is that so? That really is a pity." Yu Haitian sighed. "It seems I shall have to go up on stage and explain the situation myself."
"Why don't I go and explain instead? It would be a good chance to say why this Life-Extending Detox Pill is so rare," Fatty Lai suggested.
"That will do nicely. I'll leave it to you then, Mr. Lai!" If Lai Changshan went up to explain in person, it would save Yu Haitian a great deal of trouble. Otherwise, if people came looking to him afterward for more Life-Extending Detox Pills, he might be the auction's manager, but he still had no extra pills to give them! Now that Fatty Lai had taken the responsibility upon himself, nothing could have suited him better.
After hanging up, Fatty Lai twisted his portly frame and, under the astonished gazes of the crowd, made his way onto the auction stage.
"Distinguished guests, greetings to you all. On behalf of Kang's Pharmacy, I offer you our most sincere apologies!" Fatty Lai said into the microphone, addressing the people below the stage.
"Huh?" The guests were struck dumb for a moment. This Fatty Lai was one of Kang's Pharmacy's people? Then why had he been bidding earlier? Were they selling to themselves and driving up the price?
In an instant, many of the guests below furrowed their brows, showing open contempt for Fatty Lai's conduct, for what he had done was really rather underhanded. Though no one could quite put a finger on what rule he had broken—after all, everyone knew the auction's rules, and the Yu family took a cut—Fatty Lai's behavior had nonetheless damaged his reputation.
The one most incensed was Miracle Doctor Kang. Liu Tianyi was less so; the price he had paid was comparatively cheap, so he was not overly troubled. But Miracle Doctor Kang was another matter entirely—that had been four hundred thirty million, and most of the family's liquid capital had gone into it, only for Fatty Lai to play him false!
"The raw materials for this Life-Extending Detox Pill are exceedingly scarce, and the refining process is extremely complicated. Professor Guan Xuewen spent nearly a full year to refine just five pills, three of which were put up for auction!" Fatty Lai went on, wagging his head as he spoke.
Fatty Lai's words restored a measure of balance to those present. Five pills in a whole year, with such scarce raw materials—this pill could truly be called a priceless treasure!
Had it been Miracle Doctor Kang who refined them, some present might still have doubted it, but since it was Guan Xuewen, everyone believed it! For in the eyes of these great families, Guan Xuewen was already a miracle doctor.
But wait—were there not two pills left? Where had they gone?
"Of the two remaining pills, one was given to Miracle Doctor Kang at his birthday banquet by another partner of Kang's Pharmacy! And the other was taken by my father!" Fatty Lai spun his tale straight off the top of his head, revealing the whereabouts of the other two Life-Extending Detox Pills. Naturally, he would not tell outsiders that the pill his father had taken was in fact the very one Miracle Doctor Kang had received!
"Ah!" Those who knew Fatty Lai finally understood why his father had recovered so quickly! The man had been comatose from uremia, at death's very door, and now his health was better than ever!