"Yes, Father," Meng Zhuqing quickly replied.
However, Meng Zhuqing hesitated, as if she had something to say.
Meng Jingbai noticed Meng Zhuqing's unusual behavior and said calmly, "If you have something to say, just say it."
Meng Zhuqing then spoke, "Father, when the time comes, can you spare his life?"
Upon hearing this, Meng Jingbai sized up Meng Zhuqing. "What? Has my Qing'er truly fallen for this brat?"
Meng Zhuqing quickly shook her head. "Father, I haven't. In my heart, the family's interests always come first."
Meng Jingbai smiled. "Even if you have fallen for him, it's no matter. Who wouldn't like such an outstanding man?"
"But you must understand, behind him, there must be other forces. If he doesn't die, then we will."
Meng Zhuqing lowered her head and fell into silence.
How could she not understand the meaning of Meng Jingbai's words?
Once Chen Mo did not die, the people behind Chen Mo would surely emerge.
Thinking of this, Meng Zhuqing slowly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and clenched her fists tightly.
At this moment, perhaps no one's heart was more conflicted than Meng Zhuqing's.
Chen Mo arrived at the construction site by car.
On the way, Chen Mo had already called Third Master Huang to send a medicine cauldron.
When he returned to the construction site, the medicine cauldron had already been delivered by a truck.
Chen Mo directly carried the medicine cauldron into the medicinal field.
After closing the gate of the medicinal field again, Chen Mo excitedly asked, "Old Ancestor, can we start refining medicine now?"
"Yes," the Old Ancestor's voice replied.
Excitedly, Chen Mo pulled out some herbs from the medicinal field.
These were precisely the herbs needed to refine the Hunyuan Pill.
Moreover, the herbs he currently possessed could only be used to refine such a low-level pill.
However, even though the pill's grade was low, it still had immense value for Chen Mo at the moment.
Because Chen Mo had no spiritual energy and was still an ordinary person.
Therefore, he still had to use firewood for alchemy.
Chen Mo lit the firewood in the medicine cauldron with a lighter, and instantly, a smoky aroma filled the medicinal field.
"Old Ancestor, when should I put in the herbs?" Chen Mo asked.
"After the medicine cauldron has preheated."
"Preheated? To what extent?" Chen Mo couldn't help but ask again.
"Touch the medicine cauldron with your hand," the Old Ancestor instructed.
Chen Mo obediently placed his hand on it.
"Ouch!"
"Old Ancestor, it's so hot."
Suddenly, Chen Mo cried out in pain and quickly withdrew his hand.
"It's hot, that's right. You can put the herbs in now."
Hearing the Old Ancestor's words, Chen Mo's mouth twitched.
"Old Ancestor, besides touching it with my hand, is there no other way to test the temperature?" Chen Mo couldn't help but ask.
"Yes."
"Old Ancestor, then why didn't you say so earlier?" Chen Mo glared, looking incredulous.
"You didn't ask."
Chen Mo was speechless.
Then, under the Old Ancestor's guidance, he placed the herbs into the medicine cauldron bit by bit.
However, Chen Mo initially put too much firewood, and the herbs were burned to charcoal as soon as they were placed inside.
Chen Mo had to remove some of the firewood before he could control the temperature of the medicine cauldron.
Finally, after Chen Mo's countless efforts, the first batch of pills was successfully refined.
Looking at the silver pills in the medicine cauldron, Chen Mo's heart was filled with mixed emotions.
He didn't know how many times he had failed before finally succeeding.
Even his body was covered in soot, making him look quite disheveled.
He took out a pill and eagerly stuffed it into his mouth.
Immediately, a warm current spread from his stomach to his limbs.
Chen Mo could clearly feel his strength growing stronger little by little.
"Old Ancestor, the energy in this pill is so potent!" Chen Mo exclaimed, his eyes wide with shock.
"You're making a fuss over nothing. These pills, once discarded on the ground, no one would pick them up. It's only now that you consider them treasures."
"When your strength increases, I will teach you to refine true spirit pills. Their effects will be tens of thousands of times greater than these."
Chen Mo listened, dumbfounded.
He already felt this pill was very powerful, but he never expected there to be pills tens of thousands of times more potent!
If he were to consume one, he would likely explode from the sheer energy of the pill.
"Alright, refine a few more batches to increase your proficiency," the Old Ancestor instructed.
Chen Mo quickly nodded.
After consuming the pill earlier, all his fatigue had vanished.
Now, he could fight until dawn without any problems.
It was not until dusk.
Chen Mo refined a total of one hundred pills.
After packing all the pills into jade bottles, Chen Mo left the medicinal field.
Upon returning to the villa.
Chen Mo found that there were guests at home.
The visitor was none other than the executive vice president of the hospital, Jiang Hongwen.
"Director Chen, you're finally back." Seeing Chen Mo, Jiang Hongwen looked bitter.
He had arrived at the villa early that morning and had been waiting all day.
Tian Mengyao told Chen Mo, "Vice President Jiang has been waiting for you all day."
After speaking, she couldn't help but glare at Chen Mo.
Chen Mo smiled awkwardly, not daring to meet Tian Mengyao's gaze.
After all, he knew he hadn't returned home all night.
He quickly changed the subject. "Vice President Jiang, did you need something? Why didn't you call me?"
Jiang Hongwen gave a bitter smile and said, "Director Chen, wouldn't this show my sincerity more?"
The key point was that Chen Mo wouldn't answer his calls anyway.
"Vice President Jiang, please get straight to the point."
Jiang Hongwen then spoke, "You should know why I'm here. I want to invite Director Chen and Deputy Director Tian back. The hospital truly cannot do without you. Moreover, we have already dismissed that director and will strictly control the complaint mechanism in the future."
Chen Mo nodded. "Alright, we'll return to work tomorrow."
"Ah?" Jiang Hongwen, who had prepared a whole speech, was suddenly taken aback.
"What? Vice President Jiang, are you unhappy?" Chen Mo asked.
Jiang Hongwen quickly waved his hands. "No, no, no, Director Chen, is what you said true?"
"Of course, it's true," Chen Mo nodded.
"That's great, that's great! The院长 will definitely be very happy if he knows! You don't know, last night, the院长 and I didn't sleep at all." Jiang Hongwen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Mo smiled. "Vice President Jiang, have you eaten? Would you like to join us?"
"No need. I need to return to the hospital as soon as possible. There's a charity clinic at the hospital tomorrow, and there are many things to handle."
"Then please remember to notify other doctors. For tomorrow's charity clinic, we need a few doctors from the Respiratory Department as well."
"Okay," Chen Mo replied.
After that, Chen Mo and Tian Mengyao saw Jiang Hongwen off.
Watching Jiang Hongwen's retreating figure, Chen Mo turned to go back to his room.
"Speak, where were you last night?"
Tian Mengyao's voice suddenly sounded from behind Chen Mo.