Zombie Bodyguard
Chapter 381 - 380 Prepare the Prescription (Part 1)

Chapter 381: Chapter 380 Prepare the Prescription (Part 1)

The needle tip pierced the fair skin, penetrating directly into the acupoint, as Lin Tian twisted the Golden Needle to stimulate it. This time, it was just a simple task of waking her up, which was fairly straightforward. After he manipulated the needle for a while, Ke Xinyan’s eyelashes began to flutter.

Lin Tian withdrew the Golden Needle and then rapidly inserted and retracted it at her Ren Zhong Acupoint. A tiny, reddish blood pearl immediately appeared.

With a soft moan, Ke Xinyan made a sound from her small mouth and then slowly opened her eyes.

"She’s awake, Xiao Yan is awake. What miraculous acupuncture, President Xiao’s friend is really amazing!" Xiao Tong and the others exclaimed excitedly, looking at Lin Tian with both admiration and curiosity.

In fact, this was just a simple acupuncture, which anyone proficient in the practice could do, but what they admired was Lin Tian’s mastery of acupuncture at his young age.

"What happened to me? Why am I in the office? I should have been working in the greenhouse just now," Ke Xinyan said groggily, rubbing her temples, clearly unable to remember her fainting spell.

Professor Xue explained, "Miss Ke, you inhaled the fragrance of the Black Mandala Flower in the breeding room just now, which led to hallucinations. It was this handsome guy named Lin Tian who rescued you, and he also revived you with acupuncture."

Only then did Ke Xinyan realize that aside from Professor Xue and her colleagues, there were other people around.

Her first sight was her boss, Xiao Manxue, and she tried to stand up, but Xiao Manxue held her down.

"Don’t be nervous, just rest easy for now. We can talk about your cold later," Xiao Manxue instructed.

Having no choice, Ke Xinyan continued to lie semi-reclined on the makeshift bed and then turned to look at Lin Tian with surprise and curiosity, softly saying, "Mr. Lin, thank you for your help. I’m sorry to have troubled you."

Being called Mr. Lin by a woman older than himself put Lin Tian in a quandary, but he couldn’t let her call him Brother Lin, for if she did, Miss would scold him for being a lecher.

"No need to thank me, it was just a small effort," Lin Tian said with a smile, then flicked his wrist and the golden thread rewound around it.

"President Xiao, did I do anything inappropriate while I was hallucinating?" Ke Xinyan asked softly, a bit embarrassed. After all, it was her who had violated the rules first, and if she had done something outrageous during the hallucination, that would be really embarrassing.

"Being under a hallucination is just like dreaming; basically whatever you dreamed about, you actually did," Professor Xue, of course, was very clear on what a hallucination was and explained as such.

Ke Xinyan tried hard to recall, and it seemed she remembered something, her cheeks burning hot, as it was obvious she remembered what she had "dreamed."

Throwing herself into someone’s arms, initiating a kiss—all these images surfaced in her mind. At that moment, Ke Xinyan really wished she could burrow into the ground.

She glanced cautiously at Lin Tian. If it was this handsome guy who had saved her, then he was the one she had thrown herself at. Ke Xinyan let out a sigh of relief—it seemed this young man wasn’t too bad. But how should she handle making a fool of herself in front of him?

"Mr. Lin, I’m... I’m sorry, I didn’t know that would happen," Ke Xinyan said, her face flushed with embarrassment.

This girl was too kind-hearted. Having such an incident yet still apologetically blushing, Lin Tian thought to himself in admiration. If it had been some unreasonable woman, after coming to her senses, she would surely have thrown a fit, and might even call the police, demanding compensation. It didn’t matter whose fault it was, as a woman, if I feel wronged, it’s the man’s fault!

"Hehe, Miss Xin Yan, no need to worry about it, let the past be the past," Lin Tian chuckled earnestly.

"Mr. Lin really is a good person," Ke Xinyan praised sincerely.

Back and forth they went, exchanging glances and smiling at each other, which displeased Xiao Manxue. Clearly, this jerk had taken advantage of the situation, and now he was receiving all the compliments from the beauty.

"Alright, let’s let Miss Xin Yan get some proper rest, and we can go handle our business," Xiao Manxue glared at Lin Tian and said.

Did I provoke the Miss again, or is she jealous? No way, this little girl hates agreeing with me on anything; how could she possibly be jealous? Lin Tian shook his head, dismissing the thought.

"You scoundrel, stop standing around, are you going to leave or are you too reluctant to leave that beauty?" Xiao Manxuan teased, tugging at Lin Tian’s clothes, her tone tinged with a hint of jealousy.

The little girl was simple-minded, with whatever she thought written all over her face. Lin Tian could even sense the jealousy, but these expressions only made her look cuter.

As they stepped out of the office, Lin Tian whispered to Xiao Manxuan, "Second Miss, I’ll tell you a secret. When the Miss asked me who I saw in my hallucination, it was you I saw."

"You..." Xiao Manxuan was stunned for a moment before she understood what he meant. The scene from earlier where they almost kissed came to mind, and her cheeks immediately flushed red, the tang of jealousy vanishing.

"You’re such a big bad boy!" No longer able to withstand Lin Tian’s burning gaze, Xiao Manxuan coquettishly rolled her eyes at him and scolded before hurrying to catch up with her sister.

This time they entered another office where Professor Xue turned on one of the computers, then said, "My young friend, now you should understand why I showed you the cultivation facility, right? The medicinal herbs listed in the prescription can mostly be found there."

"Oh, is it that easy? Aren’t the herbs in the prescription supposed to be rare?" Lin Tian expressed his surprise. After all, one of the reasons the Japanese agreed to share the recipe was because the ingredients were hard to find.

"Easy? Who said it was easy? Do you have any idea how much effort it took to build this cultivation facility?" Professor Xue retorted.

"That’s true, many of the rare medicinal herbs here were discovered by my master during his encounters and brought back. Some of the herbs need to grow in harsh environments, in places seldom visited by humans," Xiao Manxue added.

Indeed, the quick assortment of the herbs was based on the foundation laid by the Miss. However, Lin Tian suddenly thought of a problem.

Even if the cultivation facility here was large, its size was limited. They might have all the necessary herbs, but how would they solve the issue of quantity? Even if they used all the herbs from the cultivation facility, how many finished products could they produce?

To say nothing of meeting the national market demands, even satisfying the market demands of Xikou City would be impossible.

"Miss, I’m not sure about the supply capacity of this cultivation facility, but I’m certain the quantity won’t be enough. Also, such a cultivation method is too costly. The end product’s price will be high, and with the market price set to be sky-high, very few can afford it. In the end, we won’t even be able to recover the costs," Lin Tian pointed out the issue at hand.

"Hmm, what you just mentioned is the second challenge with the prescription: having enough herbs gathered. But we have thought of two methods to tackle this problem," Professor Xue pondered for a while before speaking.

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