Chapter 70: Bored Part-time
Li Yueru had just taken her medicine and was asleep. When Lan Yanran saw Lan Anran, he said quietly, “Sis, where did you go to play yesterday? I was worried to death, but I was also afraid of waking you and your classmates. I sat up worried the entire night.”
Lan Anran looked at her sleeping mother with a sense of warmth. Why didn’t she know that her mother cared about her so much in her past life?
“Anran, you’re back. How were the people in the Mo Family yesterday? Did anything happen?” Lan Tingyun asked worriedly. He heard that Old Mrs. Mo was not to be trifled with and all five of her granddaughter-in-laws passed away without her guidance.
“No, she likes me a lot. It was just fine.”
Lan Anran smiled.
Hearing this, Lan Tingyun was relieved.
He gave them a nod and headed to the hospital for work.
The Lan Family Villa…
Old Mrs. Lan was furious because of her second child, Lan Tingyun, and hadn’t yet recovered from her previous accident with them.
“Mom, don’t let it affect your health,” Xu Yanshan comforted her.
“How did Tingyun become like this?”
Lan Tingyi was a little dissatisfied.
“Alright, don’t talk about it anymore. Mom, are we going to let Tingyun and that brat bully us like this? Our family really has no way out. Tingyi’s mistake was made known to him, but Tingyun refuses to let it go. Where is he going to find a job at his age?” Xu Yanshan muttered worriedly beside Zhao Xiumei.
“Don’t worry, no matter how unfilial Lan Tingyun is, he is still my son. With me around, there will be food for you guys. I won’t starve you. Don’t worry, when I’m better, I will use my social connections. I don’t believe that Lan Tingyun can still run a big hospital if word spreads that he doesn’t provide for old people and mistreats them.”
Zhao Xiumei was furious.
“Mom, I don’t think that’s a good idea. If Tingyun’s hospital goes bankrupt, our family will have nothing. We wouldn’t mind, but your health definitely would suffer.”
Xu Yanshan was worried.
“Don’t be scared. The hospital is the lifeline of the Lan Family. I’m not stupid, I’m just teaching Lan Tingyun a lesson!”
Zhao Xiumei lay on the bed, her face yellow, but her eyes were bright.
“Don’t worry, I know what to do.”
Lan Tingyi smiled.
His mother had accomplished everything she wanted in her life and there was nothing she couldn’t accomplish. Hence, he wasn’t worried that his family’s income would be ruined.
Xu Yanshan smiled again and continued to feed Old Mrs. Lan her medicine.
“Oh right, the interview will be held next week. I want to find a teacher for Yaxin. It’s a friend of mine from many years ago. I’m ill and can’t teach her personally, but my friend is very capable. I have spoken to her and she will be coming to teach Yaxin tomorrow.”
Zhao Xiumei didn’t want Lan Yaxin to lose to that brat again, or she wouldn’t be able to maintain her reputation. She still wanted to rely on her granddaughter to win a round.
Xu Yanshan’s smile brightened. They couldn’t afford outside teachers. A class was expensive and there weren’t many free and experienced teachers around.
“Thank you, Mom, Yaxin will definitely live up to your expectations. Last time, it was Lan Anran who cheated. This time, let’s see how capable she is.”
Zhao Xiumei nodded, thinking the same thing.
Due to her loss to Lan Anran last time, Lan Yaxin didn’t dare to underestimate her again. Even during the weekend, she was studying hard, afraid that she would lose to Lan Anran in the next exam. In the past two days, she had finished reading Grandma’s notes. She wanted to develop a drug that could increase one’s immunity so that one wouldn’t catch a cold, but up till now, no one had been able to develop such a drug. If she could develop it, she would definitely be the champion.
Every year, the Pharmacy Competition would have many strange medicines. Some were long-haired reagents, while others were for cooling effects. There wasn’t anything new, so she had to create a miracle.
But these things took a long time to test, and she would need to conduct many experiments. There was still a week before the competition, so she needed to find suitable herbs.
She was browsing the Internet about herbs when a forum suddenly popped up.
The content happened to be a herbal forum, which had various herbal introductions. The most browsed post was written by an author named Sweet Smile. Lan Yaxin clicked on it with some interest and read it with relish, feeling that she would benefit greatly.
Hence, she sent the author a private message with a smile, wanting her to be her teacher and teach her how to make medicine.
On the other hand, Lan Anran had returned from the hospital and was making some herbal soup at home. There was a computer beside her which had a post about herbal medicine she had posted just now. In just five minutes, the number of views had exceeded 1 million and she had added many fans, most of which were herbal fans.
Lan Anran was making the soup and reading her private messages at the same time. She didn’t reply because she didn’t think there was anything interesting to see.
Coincidentally, Lan Yanran returned with his laptop and backpack.
“Sis, I’m back!” he shouted as he sat at the kitchen table.
“Why are you back? What about Mom?”
Lan Anran turned and looked at Lan Yanran.
“Mom is fine now and I’ve spoken to Dad.”
He glanced at her computer.
“What is this?”
He was curious.
“I was bored just now, so I wrote a post about Chinese medicine on the forum. I’ll earn 1,000 yuan if my likes exceed 10,000,” Lan Anran said calmly.