"I didn't expect that you, Old Xiao, and Professor He have been close friends for decades."
When Xia Sanghuan heard Old Xiao introduce their relationship, she wasn't particularly surprised.
"Haha, otherwise, do you think I would have recommended you to work under Professor He for no reason?"
"You're the Xia Sanghuan who's currently in charge of Young Master Leng's illness?"
The eccentric old man sized up the girl with a strange look in his eyes.
Apart from her outstanding looks, there was nothing else special about her.
"Hello, Professor He. I'll trouble you from now on."
Xia Sanghuan wasn't intimidated by the skeptical look at all. She calmly met He Jianyu's gaze head-on.
This little girl had an air of magnanimity. She was natural and graceful, and the calmness in her eyes was rarely seen in ordinary people. She did have the capital to make people sit up and take notice.
"My young friend here may be young, but her talent in medicine and pharmacology is so high that even I can't match it!"
"Oh?"
Even Vice Dean Xiao, who held a prominent position in the medical field, dared to make such a claim.
When Professor He looked at the little girl again, his eyes were filled with more curiosity.
"Alright, Huanhuan, come and sit here. Professor He is also one of the main researchers on Tree Man Syndrome. We don't need to be shy."
However, during the discussion, Xia Sanghuan found the professional terms rather difficult to understand, so she mostly kept silent.
"I think the most important thing right now is to figure out the components of the Black Bone Spiritual Treasure. Since it's said to be able to cure all diseases, it must be the effect of one or more components inside that has this miraculous effect."
Xia Sanghuan pointed at the data on the report and put forward her own idea.
Old Xiao had the same thought.
"Yes,"
Professor He also nodded in agreement.
"We can conduct this research at your Fernos College. They have a lot of high-tech machinery introduced from other countries, and the error in the results will be smaller."
"I think we should take a small part to the college and keep the other part here. If both sides conduct the research together, we may make new discoveries."
The main reason was that this spiritual treasure was highly sought after, and many people were eyeing it. If they took it all to the college, the protection there wouldn't be as secure as here.
Now Xia Sanghuan deeply understood how important the Black Bone Spiritual Treasure was for treating Leng Jingzhan's illness. She also knew that this was Leng Chuanjin's last hope.
"That makes sense. Let's decide it like this for now."
After the three of them reached an agreement, Xia Sanghuan decided to go and take a look at Leng Jingzhan.
In the ward, the thin young man was still lying quietly on the bed.
The spread of the patterns wasn't much different from the last time she saw him. It seemed that the speed had slowed down a lot.
Just as Xia Sanghuan was concentrating on observing other parts of the patient's body, the door behind her was gently pushed open.
Although the sound was very soft, Xia Sanghuan turned around immediately and stared warily at the person coming in.
"I didn't know your hearing was so good."
Since Leng Chuanjin was injured last time, they hadn't had many conversations.
When she saw that it was Leng Chuanjin, for some reason, Xia Sanghuan felt her heart skip a beat, and then it started pounding as if it was going to jump out.
"Second Brother is really humorous."
A cold sense of humor...
"Jingzhan just fell asleep. Let's go back."
Leng Chuanjin walked lightly and picked up the file he had left on the table beside the bed.
Xia Sanghuan remained silent and unconsciously followed Leng Chuanjin out of the ward.
"Um..."
From the hospital to the car, Leng Chuanjin walked in front all the time. There was an unusual silence between them.
Xia Sanghuan tried to break the silence, but she didn't know what to say after opening her mouth.
"How's your injury?"
After so many days, she hadn't dared to ask if the other person's wound had healed.
"It's almost okay,"
Leng Chuanjin's eyes were always fixed on the window outside. Then he changed to a gentler tone.
"You can stay at my place. It'll be more convenient for you to visit Jingzhan."
It turned out that the other person just wanted it to be convenient for her to conduct research on the illness. Xia Sanghuan felt a pang of disappointment in her heart.
"I've arranged for a special driver to pick you up and drop you off at school or the hospital. Here's the phone number."
Leng Chuanjin handed over a business card. The moment their fingers touched, they both quickly withdrew their hands as if they had been electrocuted.
"Okay, thank you, Second Brother."
Noticing that her body was starting to get hot again, Xia Sanghuan also awkwardly looked out of the other window. They maintained this posture until they got out of the car.
Since they had determined the research direction in Old Xiao's office, Xia Sanghuan and Professor He had been almost spending the whole day in the laboratory looking at a pile of data.
Unfortunately, after several days of research, there was still no progress.
"What on earth went wrong? Why are they all ordinary components?"
Professor He held the monitoring results of the fifth failed attempt. His already sparse hair seemed to stand on end.
"Since the results have been the same for five consecutive times, it means there's nothing wrong with the instruments."
So the problem must lie in their operation.
"Maybe we can try the methods of traditional Chinese medicine. What do you think, Professor?"
"The methods of traditional Chinese medicine? What do you mean?"
"Maybe we can try to extract the essence and then test the components inside."
"This is too risky! Moreover, this is the only spiritual treasure we have. If it doesn't work, all our efforts will be in vain."
Xia Sanghuan knew very well that this method was too risky.
"But now we have to change the research method. You should know this better than me, Professor."
Although Professor He had already had this idea, the risk was too high for him to bear.
This was the only Black Bone Spiritual Treasure left in the world. If they used it up, there really wouldn't be any more.
"I'll take responsibility for any problems that arise. I'll explain it to Young Master Leng."
Two more days had passed. Fortunately, Leng Jingzhan's condition hadn't relapsed during this period.
Her intuition told her that if they added the methods of traditional Chinese medicine, it would be a good breakthrough.
"Since things have come to this, let's give it a try, Professor! It's better than looking at a pile of repeated data."
"Moreover, we can use the samples from the previous tests for the extraction. In this way, we don't have to worry about using up the untested spiritual treasure."
The two of them carefully carried out the operation step by step. Finally, they took the extracted essence for testing. However, this time the testing took longer than usual.
But the result excited them. At least they were sure that there was a new breakthrough.
The professor went back first, but Xia Sanghuan wanted to wait for the result.
"Yo, isn't this our junior sister?"
Xia Sanghuan was the only one in the entire research room. Usually, only Professor He used this laboratory. Apart from the only instructor who was allowed to go in and clean regularly, Xia Sanghuan, who had just arrived, not only had free access but also a spare key.
This backdoor was too wide open.
Students from the same major had long been gossiping about this. However, because they were afraid of Professor He, no one dared to talk behind his back. Now that they finally caught Xia Sanghuan alone, they definitely wouldn't miss this opportunity!
"Who are you?"
"Sorry, this laboratory is not open to unauthorized personnel."
Xia Sanghuan didn't even want to know who they were. Seeing that they were about to come in, she had to speak up to stop them.
"Junior sister is really imposing. You've only been at school for a few days, and you've already managed to get in good with Professor He."
No matter how much Xia Sanghuan wanted to pretend to be stupid and get away with it, those people had already come in.
It would be bad if they touched the instruments.
"Let's talk outside. If something goes wrong in the laboratory, who's going to explain it to Professor He?"
Those who could work under Professor He had a bright future ahead of them. If they could establish a good relationship with him and have his name as the instructor on their thesis, it would definitely carry more weight.
However, if they offended Professor He...
Thinking of this, the group looked at each other and slowly backed out.