Money Over Love
Copyright© 2026 by RomanticDoaist
Chapter 4: He burned through a hundred billion!
“What? An investment of ten billion in Su Pharmaceutical?”
“This is going to make them skyrocket!”
As Chairman Wang’s voice fell, Su Gang, Zhang Meili, and Yang Tingting all trembled violently, their mouths agape in shock.
Su Mengqing’s eyes lit up, her body trembling with excitement.
Indeed, heaven rewards the diligent. Her four years of hard work had finally paid off.
Amid her wild joy, Su Mengqing suddenly froze.
Bixia Pill ... I’ve never heard of it, and it’s not a product of Su Pharmaceutical. Could this be some kind of mix-up?
“Director Su, you must have seen my sincerity. Just let me look over the complete recipe for the Bixia Pill, and we can sign the contract immediately, haha.” Chairman Wang rubbed his hands, his old eyes gleaming with excitement.
Last night, after he had passed by Lin Fan, he had unexpectedly picked up the torn fragment of the Bixia Pill recipe. After studying it all night, the old man had nearly gone mad with joy.
It can’t be wrong. This is absolutely the correct recipe for the Bixia Pill!
After all, the Bixia Pill was the creation of the Medical Sage Lin Aochang. It had only briefly appeared decades ago, but it caused a massive sensation. Back then, Chairman Wang was just a young man in his twenties, apprenticing at a pharmacy in the Imperial Capital, when he overheard the old shopkeeper mention it. He had never forgotten about it, searching tirelessly for half his life. Unfortunately, the Medical Sage was as elusive as a dragon, having been missing for far too many years to be found.
He never, ever expected to find the burned remnants of the Bixia Pill recipe right under his very nose.
This must be fate! It has to be!
“Director Su, if you think ten billion isn’t enough, I can double it!” Seeing Su Mengqing and her family just exchange glances without a word, Chairman Wang gritted his teeth and held up two fingers. “Twenty billion in investment, and I’ll only take a thirty ... no, a twenty percent stake is fine too!”
“Chairman Wang, you might be mistaken ... I-I don’t have the recipe for the Bixia Pill.”
Under Chairman Wang’s eager gaze, Su Mengqing finally bit her lip and shook her head, feeling both tense and helpless. The offer was incredibly tempting, but she simply didn’t have this so-called Bixia Pill.
“Director Su, stop joking. Wasn’t it you who burned the Bixia Pill recipe at the hospital last night?” Hearing this, Chairman Wang’s smile faded. He presumed Su Mengqing was trying to drive up the price.
“Hospital? I was at Young Master Chen’s dog’s birthday party all last night. I never left...” Su Mengqing slowly shook her head, but an ominous feeling inexplicably bloomed in her heart. The word “hospital” made her instantly think of Lin Fan.
“Director Su, my, Wang Tianchuan’s, reputation is not something to be trifled with.” Chairman Wang’s expression turned ugly. “I’ve had someone check carefully. The payment for that hospital room has always been made under your name, Su Mengqing!”
“Chairman Wang, please don’t be angry! Director Su isn’t lying. She didn’t go to any hospital last night, and she hasn’t made any hospital payments recently,” Yang Tingting hurriedly stepped forward, explaining with an apologetic smile.
“Right, right! No one in our family is sick, so why would we go to a hospital?” Zhang Meili and Su Gang added, nodding repeatedly.
“No, I did make a payment ... It was for ... for Lin Fan’s mother.”
At that moment, Su Mengqing’s face turned deathly pale, and her body began to tremble uncontrollably. Her hands shaking, she fumbled inside her small purse and pulled out Lin Fan’s payroll card. She had held onto this card for the four years of their marriage. Aside from the few hundred dollars she gave Lin Fan for pocket money each month, all his other major expenses were paid by her personally.
So, the one who burned the Bixia Pill recipe last night was Lin Fan? And it’s highly likely that the recipe, just like the Injury Ointment, was something Lin Suxin intended to leave for me?
BOOM!
Her mind exploded. Su Mengqing’s vision went dark, as if she had stepped off a cliff into an abyss.
What had she missed?
Just because she didn’t go to see Lin Fan’s mother one last time, she had let a twenty-billion-dollar investment contract slip through her fingers!
No, that wasn’t right. To get someone of Chairman Wang’s stature to come personally, the Bixia Pill had to be priceless. It was worth at least a hundred billion!
A heavy weight seemed to crush her chest, the pressure so immense it was almost suffocating. Su Mengqing swayed, struggling to stay on her feet, her face completely drained of color.
That bastard Lin Fan hadn’t just burned a recipe. He had burned the hundred-billion-dollar future of Su Pharmaceutical!
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