Chapter 151
Satisfied, Chase nodded Chloe didn’t let him down after all.
Chloe, however, had her heart in her moutha s she gave her answer.
It was as though she was a student picked by a teacher to answer a question.
If she answered correctly, she would receive a modest compliment.
If she failed, she would be so embarrassed that she could not even raise her head in front of her teacher.
F*ck!
That little b*stard was really holding everyone by their horns!
The answer Chloe gave was something or had already figured out previously.
There was absolutely no reason for the Zhao family to sacrifice half their wealth just to teach the Song family and the Helping hands Medical Center a lesson.
How would they benefit from it?
Wouldn’t they also suffer a loss in the process?
Lincon was a sly fox; there was probably another reason behind the Zhao family’s gambit.
In that case, there was only one possibility left!
The Zhao family was going to make the situation profitable for them!
Profit… this was the key word for this entse strife!
More than ten people were in the ICU due to overconsumption of the Heption Herbs.NôvelDrama.Org owns this.
Thus, Chloe had two hypotheses.
Her first hypothesis was about the first half of the Heption Herb thesis that the Zhao family got their hands on from Vinson.
However, if one were to look closely, the released photo was clearly cropped and doctored.
Only the upper half of the first page was shown to the public.
Brought into focus, everyone thought the first half of the page was the key.
This section irrefutably declared that the Heption Herb was poisonous!
However, Chloe had her reservations, What about the second half of the page?
Was it really irrelevant to the situation?
“I don’t think so!” Chloe thought.
The reason why the Zhao family did not disclose the second half of the page was not because it was irrelevant!
It was precisely because the second half was extremely vital!
What was the Zhao family hiding?
There was only one answer. The omitted section detalled the cure to the Heption section detailed the cure to the Heption” Herb’s effects!
The Zhao family kept the information under covers because it would become their greatest asset!
Her second hypothesis was even more straightforward.
The evidence from Sophia was related to the antidote for the Heption Herb, too.
At the present moment, the city was in a state of pandemonium; every pharmaceutical company in Golden City was in danger.
They were in need of a new leader, a shining beacon of hope to turn their eyes to.
Would the Zhao family give up such a great opportunity?
Of course, they would not! The turmoil in the city was but a set-up; part of their larger plan was to wait for the opportune moment to strike.
Oh the Zhao family, how cunning indeed!
“Unfortunately, were you aware who you have offended?” Chloe thought.
The Zhao family had provoked a demon of foresight that had the ability to subjugate anyone with a single move!
Chloe’s guess was spot on!
The next day, the Zhao family made their move Lincon personally went to Golden City Hospital.
More than a dozen patients were still battling the effects of the poison in ICU, They were on the verge of death.
Outside the ward, the crowd could be seen crying and cursing at the Song family.
Lincon, on the other hand, entered the ICU ward after obtaining permission. He exited the ward a little over an hour later. Sitting calmly on the bench, he waited patiently for the good news. Sure enough, wonderful news came from within the ward.
The dying patients were waking up at the same time.
All the health indicators showed that they were slowly recovering.
Everyone who was present knelt down before Lincon. He had performed a miraculous rescue that defied the god!
Naturally, many reporters who lay in wait for the freshest scoop were present too.
That moment had come, and they were frantically taking pictures, trying to grab an exclusive interview with Lincon.
Lincon maintained his unyielding and calm demeanor, speaking before the camera with assurance as though he was indeed a divine healer.
He spoke little of his deeds on saving the patients. For most of his speech, he was chastising the Song family on their false chastising the Song family on their false propaganda!
He even criticized the Helping Hands Medical Center for taking advantage of the other pharmaceutical companies during this uncertain time!
In an instant, the chaos befalling Golden City’s pharmaceutical companies seemingly cleared up under the influence of Lincon.
Not only were the patient’s families grateful to Lincon, the rest of the pharmaceutical companies also tipped their hats off to him!
The Zhao family was promptly cast in the limelight at Golden City, as their name soared above that of Helping Hands Medical Center.
On the other end of the spectrum was the Helping Hands Medical Center, which was also rapidly rising to fame.
They ushered in a group of people unlike any other to the clinic.
Dozens of elders from the Heption Village made their way to the Helping Hand Medical Center with the aid of their grandchildren.
Bella had gotten wind of their visit that morning. Deep down, she had never stopped worrying about those farmers.
She invited Chase to accompany her to the Helping Hands Medical Center, to see them with her own eyes.
She thought the clinic would be buying the Heption Herb at a price of 800 yuan per kilogram from the farmers
However, things were not what they seemed!
They refused to purchase the herbs from the farmers in Heption Village!
They wanted the farmers to sell the herbs as collateral instead!
“The Helping Hands Medical Center pledges to accept the herbs from Heption Village as collateral at a rate of five hundred yuan per kilogram, effective for three days. The herbs may be redeemed under the condition that the price of the herbs has increased to more than ten times the offered price. If the conditions cannot be met in a period of seven days, the ownership of the herbs be permanently transfened over to the Helping Hands Medical Center”
The notice aggravated everyone on the scene.
The contents of the notice was even spread on the Internet by a nosy passerby.
On one hand, was Lincon who selflessly saved the patients, and on the other, was the Helping Hands Medical Center who induced terror in the farmers.
Now that they had a comparison, it became evident who was better!
Thereupon, the Helping Hands Medical Center incurred the public’s wrath!
The notice clearly stated their intent to suck the farmers dry!
To rub salt in their wound! To add insult to injury!
Five hundred yuan for a kilogram of herbs?
And the redemption condition was for the price to soar beyond ten times the current price?
What a cruel joke was this!
Ten times meant five thousand yuan!
As of now, the Heption Herb would be rejected even as a gift, yet the Helping Hands Medical Center wanted to increase its price by ten times?!
This was insanity!
Wartturs of social justice took up arms against the Helping Hands Medical Center on the Internet in an instant, bashing them relentlessly!
The reputation of the Helping Hands Medical Center sank instantly, just like the hearts of the elders when they first saw the notice!
They did not even spare the elderly, these poor farmers!
This money was earned by these farmers so painstakingly, with their blood and sweat!
The Helping Hands Medical Center was neither genuine nor helping, unworthy of their name beyond doubt as they committed the most heinous of crimes!
Tears raced down their cheeks as the farmers read the notice.
Exhausted, many of them dropped to their knees in front of the Helping Hands Medical Center.
They were already at the end of their ropes.
Yet, beyond their wit’s end, they saw a slight glimpse of hope that led to the Helping
Hands Medical Center.
Only as they made their way over did they realize that the pathway was actually a gangplank.
They were so, so weary.
“I beg you, please help us, please! W-w-w really have no other options now… An elderly man pleaded.
“If there’s anything else we could have done, we won’t be on our knees here…” another farmer lamented.
“We will kowtow to all of you, okay? Please have mercy on us…” an old lady begged.
Tears flowed down the faces of those farmers.
In the middle, Bella saw Elder Li kneeling.
In his left hand, a worn-out bag; in his right, a worn-out bamboo hat.
He knelt alone, his children and grandchildren nowhere in sight.
Sorrow welled up within him Bella’s eyes turned red in an instant!
These were all a bunch of elderly farmers!
If not for the fact that they had no other options, they would not have knelt here!
“Why are you doing this, Helping Hands Medical Center?” Bella thought fiercely to herself.
For the first time, she resented the Helping Hands Medical Center.
She had always thought that Helping Hands Medical Center was generous and warm hearted.
But now, they were being selfish. They were harming others for their owirbenefit the turned to Chase with tears in her eyes.
“Why?! Why are they doing this? Giving false hope to them and then humiliating them like this!”
As Chase looked at the crowd kneeling in front of him, he felt his heart ache too.
He asked Bella abruptly, “Will you support me in everything I do?”
Bella was stunned. This question was what she posed to Chase previously.
At that time, Chase’s answer was a definite yes!
Despite bar reluctance Bella nodded bitterly Despite her reluctance, Bella nodded bitterly as she placed her trust in Chase.
A gentle hand covered Bella’s eyes.
“Then, don’t look at it anymore,” Chase intoned with sadness in his heart.