"Yes, I'm willing!" Liu Gensheng, who had been looking emaciated, suddenly burst out with great strength, rushed over and hugged Lin Yao tightly, causing Fei Fei in his arms to cry out in pain, "Doctor, please save my wife! Please! Let her take my place in the experiment, I don't even need the free drinks."
After saying this, the man, who had always been strong in the face of hardship, shed tears and knelt down on the ground. Ge Yong, who was next to him, immediately stepped forward to help him up, while Lin Yao, holding Fei Fei, turned to the side to avoid kneeling.
“As you can see, the participants in the experiment are one man and one woman from each age group. The spot for the middle-aged woman has already been filled. Give this plaque to your wife in the hall and tell her to follow the arrangements. I believe you and your husband will be reunited in good health soon.” Lin Yao handed the metal plaque to Liu Gensheng, his voice becoming strained. “Go, and come back quickly.”
Liu Gensheng snatched the metal plaque from Lin Yao's hand, rushed to the door, then suddenly remembered something, turned around, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, then rushed out the door.
Lin Yao handed Feifei, who was in his arms, to her mother, saying, "Wait a moment, I'll make arrangements for you later."
Stepping out of the room, Lin Yao instructed the staff to record this special situation. Families with limited financial resources should receive special treatment. Of course, this measure could only be carried out discreetly. He also emphasized that Minhong Pharmaceutical should advance the funds first, and the money would be reimbursed to Huarentang in the future. He reasoned that those who could afford the expensive drought-resistant beverages would not demand the same treatment, since the final treatment plan had not yet been determined. No one would want to cause trouble for Minhong Pharmaceutical over such a small amount of money. What they lacked was not money, but health.
When Liu Gensheng returned and signed the agreement, the 12 patients and their families were arranged to stay in the internal accommodation area of Minhong Pharmaceutical. Little Guli, who missed his father, dragged Ruan Lingling to the pharmaceutical factory. Nannan and Alina also came with them, of course, driven there by the veterans of the security team.
Children are happy as long as they can jump and play without feeling uncomfortable. The carefree, loud noise of four children of similar age slightly dispelled the gloom in the adults' hearts.
After calming Xiao Guli and Nannan down a bit, Lin Yao left the room. He was going to the quiet room arranged for him to find a treatment plan. Wu Jianwei had already purchased dozens of Chinese medicinal herbs as required, including Poria cocos, Alisma plantago-aquatica, Plantago asiatica, Lysimachia christinae, Lobelia chinensis, Rheum palmatum, Asparagus cochinchinensis, Eucommia ulmoides, Cornus officinalis, Poria cocos, Panax ginseng, Cuscuta chinensis, and Cistanche deserticola. The quantity was quite large, and they were all for researching treatment plans.
Although the little grass became more active than ever before after absorbing the medicinal energy of the Gu worm and mysteriously digesting it, Lin Yao never dared to let it leave his body, fearing that it would weaken again.
Lin Yao stuffed a handful of dried plantain into his mouth, frowning as he felt his tongue being scraped raw by the rough plantain.
"Ah!" The sudden sound in his mind startled Lin Yao. He jumped up and looked around. Apart from the sacks of medicinal herbs and a wide, low table, there was nothing else in the secret room, let alone anyone. The window was opened very high, more than two meters off the ground, so it was impossible for such a clear sound to come through. The sound seemed to be right next to his ear, or even right above his head.
Lin Yao spun around quickly a few times, unaware of the presence of the fox spirit and the like. He blankly chewed on a few plantains, the roots still sticking out of his lips, looking quite pathetic.
"Pah!" Lin Yao spat the plantain in his mouth into a huge plastic trash can, and then suspiciously grabbed a handful of Lobelia chinensis and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Ah!" came another shout, the voice clearly filled with joy.
"Who? Come out!" Lin Yao forgot about the small pieces of Lobelia chinensis in his mouth, and his loud shouts became indistinct. As he shouted, he kept spitting out the Lobelia chinensis, which spilled onto the ground.
Still nothing happened. After observing for a long time, Lin Yao had no choice but to give up and continue to grab a ginseng and stuff it into his mouth.
"Ah!" This time Lin Yao felt it; the sound came directly from his own head!
"What the hell!" Lin Yao felt numb all over, his hair stood on end, his scalp tingled, his neck spasmed, and his head shook rapidly from side to side a few times.
"Brother, are you alright?" There was a knock on the iron door of the quiet room. Ge Yong, who had been waiting outside, had obviously heard the commotion inside and was a little worried.
"Big brother, I'm fine, don't worry." Lin Yao was a little scared, but he decided not to tell Ge Yong about things he couldn't explain, lest he be seen as mentally unstable.
A secret? Oh, right, little grass!
Lin Yao reacted instantly. He suspected it was related to Xiao Cao and immediately called out to Xiao Cao in his mind.
The grass tendrils lazily stretched out as Lin Yao instructed. In Lin Yao's perception, the tendrils became softer, and their irregular twisting looked quite charming. Even the color of the tendrils seemed to have become greener, probably due to the change caused by the green embryo at the seed crack.
"Little Grass, say something to me," Lin Yao instructed Little Grass in his mind.
A cry of "Ah!" rang out again. This time, Lin Yao wasn't startled. He finally realized it was the little grass making the sound. A huge joy filled his entire body. The little grass was alive! The little grass could talk!
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Chapter 124 Solving the Problem
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The little grass could talk, but Lin Yao couldn't understand it. It could only say "ah" and "ah" at most, or "um" and "oh". Long sentences made up of monosyllabic words that sounded similar made Lin Yao even more confused, adding more trouble to his surprise.
Lin Yao knew that Xiao Cao could understand his thoughts, perhaps through brainwaves or some form of mental expression. Xiao Cao could quickly grasp his intentions, a much stronger ability than before. But he couldn't understand her, so they couldn't communicate. Although he could ask yes or no to determine things, this method was too cumbersome and time-consuming, definitely affecting future efficiency.
Lin Yao obediently left the quiet room and went to the office specially set up for him to search for information online. He quickly browsed through a large amount of information, including "Early Childhood Learning Network," "Infant and Toddler Education," "Early Childhood Learning Recess," and "How to Teach Children to Recognize Characters and Make Sentences." He needed to hurry and resolve the treatment of the poisoned patients as soon as possible; otherwise, it would be too late once the drought-resistant beverage lost its effect of preventing the condition from worsening.
The grass has changed. It can no longer store the medicinal vapors of various herbs to form small beads that hang on the seed shell. Instead, it either temporarily stores a small amount of the medicinal vapors or absorbs them directly. Even if the grass could understand Lin Yao's commands, it couldn't express which herbs and procedures were needed to form an effective medicine.
Fortunately, after Lin Yao recovered his health, his body was further modified by the grass, making his already excellent memory and reaction speed even stronger. He quickly learned and mastered these basic educational methods and began to put them into practice.
The free and pirated materials online were a great help. Since Lin Yao didn't have time to go to the bookstore to buy books, he started training Xiaocao according to the professional books on the Internet.
"I, I am Lin Yao. You, you are Xiaocao..." Lin Yao said aloud while sending the same message to Xiaocao in his mind. Xiaocao's tendrils stretched out at Lin Yao's throat and swayed slightly, as if they understood his teaching.
"Ah, oh, ah..." Lin Yao felt a headache coming on, as if Xiao Cao was talking to a brick wall.
The door opened, and Ge Yong entered the room, holding Lin Yao's phone in his hand. "Boss, Lili is making a scene and wants to see you. Have you seen her?"
"Oh," Lin Yao said dejectedly, standing up from his computer chair and rubbing his aching back. "Let's go, bro, let's go out."
"Boss, please call me Tianyi normally, or just Ge Yong if Zhiying hears it. I'll get in trouble again." Ge Yong's face was warm, but his tone was serious.
“Okay, let’s go see Lili. When we’re with the kids, we’ll still call you Big Brother.” Lin Yao didn’t insist; he agreed with Shen Ruohua’s management plan.
"Daddy, Feifei said they have such a big dog at home, it's so beautiful! Daddy, I want a little dog too, just as small as this." Little Guli was having a lot of fun, his rosy cheeks were covered with a fine layer of sweat, and he stretched his arms out to the sides as much as possible to make the shape of a puppy, making Lin Yao feel that Feifei's dog must be infinitely big.
"Uncle Yao, I want a puppy too. Chengcheng said he has a cute kitten, but I don't like kittens, I like puppies." Nannan let go of Chengcheng's hand, who was holding her, and pounced over to hug Lin Yao's leg and act cute.
“Well…” Lin Yao organized his thoughts, “My dear girl, you’re still getting treatment and can’t be around cats and dogs right now. How about Uncle gives you a puppy when you’re better? You can choose whichever one you like.”
"Lili doesn't want the puppies anymore, and we can't let Sister Nannan touch them." Little Guli, being sensible, gave up her wish and reached out to hug them.
With a soft "Ah!", the little grass cried out in Lin Yao's mind. Only then did Lin Yao notice that his face, which was crouching down, was being hugged and kissed by Nannan. The little grass's tentacles automatically probed into Nannan's body from the Yingxiang acupoint, reaching her heart, and kept making "Ah, Eh, Oh" sounds.
There's hope! Lin Yao's heart skipped a beat. This was the first time Xiao Cao had taken the initiative to examine someone else's body. Perhaps it was because he had just had a worry about Nannan's condition. This meant that Xiao Cao's intelligence had improved a lot.
"Is there any way to treat this?" Lin Yao asked Xiao Cao in his mind, and then received a frustrated "ah" in response.