Lu Fan was quite puzzled. Yan Mengxi was the eldest daughter of the Yan family, so why was she acting so sneakily early in the morning? It didn't make sense!
Yan Mengxi, who was walking towards him, slightly raised her head and suddenly saw Lu Fan standing by the window. She seemed surprised, then pleased. She made a shushing gesture to Lu Fan and then ran swiftly into the building where Lu Fan was staying.
Perhaps because Lu Fan was not part of the Yan family, or perhaps fearing Lu Fan disliked being disturbed, Lu Fan was the only resident in the entire building. There were no bodyguards or servants. As soon as Yan Mengxi entered the building, she ran directly into Lu Fan's room.
"Doctor Lu! Please save my mother!" Yan Mengxi suddenly knelt down before Lu Fan as soon as she entered. This startled Lu Fan greatly.
"Eldest Miss! Please get up! Get up! This is not appropriate." Lu Fan quickly reached out to help Yan Mengxi up.
"Doctor Lu! I won't get up unless you promise! I beg you, save my mother. No one else can save her but you!" Yan Mengxi said with tearful eyes, kneeling on the ground.
"Then you must get up and tell me what's going on. I need to know if I can even treat it! With Brother Yan's favor, if it's treatable, I will definitely help," Lu Fan said, his eyes darting slightly. It was difficult to predict whether matters within large families would be good or bad. Just like last time, when his single sentence, 'Someone was poisoned,' caused such a significant incident for the Yan family. So, he decided to bring up Yan Menghan to test the waters first...
"No... Doctor Lu, please don't tell my brother or my father about this. I beg you, as long as you agree to save my mother, I'll find any amount of money you want," Yan Mengxi pleaded anxiously upon hearing Lu Fan.
Damn it... this is going to be difficult! Lu Fan's head began to ache. While saving lives and healing the injured was a good deed, he feared it might turn into something bad. Yan Menghan's stepmother had almost killed Yan Yun last time, and almost killed him too. However, Yan Mengxi's earnest pleading made it truly difficult.
"Mengxi! Since I call Yan Menghan my elder brother, you are also like my sister! Get up and tell me about your mother's symptoms and the cause of her illness. If I can treat it, I will definitely find a way to help you!" Lu Fan thought about it but didn't dare to agree directly. He decided to understand the situation first.
"My... my mother was scared insane. But you know what happened last time, my mother was used by Uncle Dai and almost harmed my father. Therefore, my father still holds a grudge and is unwilling to treat my mother. So, he locked my mother in a building, preventing her from going out all day," Yan Mengxi said, her eyes flickering.
'I don't believe you! If it were that simple, why wouldn't Yan Yun treat her!' Lu Fan frowned slightly. He remembered that when Zhao Xiaoyun wanted to commit suicide last time, Yan Yun was eager for him to save her. Moreover... how was she scared insane?
"Scared insane? How long has she been like this?" Lu Fan asked abruptly.
"Two... twenty... twenty-odd days!" Yan Mengxi said, looking down.
"Twenty-odd days? That's after that incident last time... Could it be that after I left, something else happened in the Yan family?" Lu Fan's heart suddenly jolted. What could have scared Zhao Xiaoyun insane? The city's schemes were deep, and he didn't want to get entangled in any more trouble.
"Mengxi! I can't see her, and I don't know the exact cause of the illness! How about this, I'll prescribe a medicine for your mother first and let her take it for a few days to see the effect." Lu Fan was unsure if he should really treat Zhao Xiaoyun's illness, so he said thoughtfully.
Zhao Xiaoyun had poisoned her husband for half a year. Such a ruthless, or perhaps ignorant, woman, even though she was insane, Lu Fan felt no sympathy for her. However, he couldn't resist Yan Mengxi's desperate plea, as she was Yan Menghan's sister after all. So, he decided to deal with it for now.
"Okay! Thank you, Doctor Lu!" Yan Mengxi's face lit up with joy, and she quickly thanked him.
Lu Fan found paper and a pen, wrote a prescription, and handed it to Yan Mengxi. Yan Mengxi then hurriedly left.
Lu Fan also went downstairs and practiced a round of boxing.
"Lu Fan! Up so early!" At this moment, Yan Menghan walked over, holding a delicate jade bottle.
"Good morning, Brother Yan!" Lu Fan stopped his punches and said to Yan Menghan.
"Lu Fan! This is the new tea from last time, this one is for you!" Yan Menghan handed over the jade bottle.
Lu Fan reached out and took the jade bottle. As soon as it was opened, a rich tea fragrance was released. Lu Fan's heart was instantly filled with joy!
"Brother Yan! So much tea! This must be nearly a pound! And this jade bottle, it must be very valuable too!" Lu Fan said quickly.
"The jade bottle is made from leftover scraps from making jewelry! However, it's worth three to five hundred thousand yuan! As for the tea, as agreed, I'll only keep one jin, and the rest is yours. This you have is also close to a jin!" Yan Menghan said quickly.
"Wow! Brother Yan! I won't be polite then!" Lu Fan quickly put away the jade bottle. This was tea worth nearly a hundred million yuan. Haha! Who would have thought he would be able to drink such amazing tea! He remembered how cool it was to show off with it at the Bai family's hotel opening last time.
"Lu Fan! I have another piece of good news for you. Not only has that century-old Pu-erh tea tree grown many new branches, but it has also sprouted several small saplings from its roots. The future yield should increase!" Yan Menghan said excitedly.
"Really! Then let's go take a look." Lu Fan's heart stirred. If he could get a small tea sapling to plant back home, could it also grow such good tea?
"Okay! I'll take you to see it!" Yan Menghan immediately said.
The two of them went to the garden of the century-old Pu-erh tea tree, one after the other. As expected, they saw that the tea tree had not only sprouted new buds on its withered branches, but within a meter of its roots, four or five small saplings had also grown. They seemed to have propagated from the underground root system. Moreover, the saplings were growing very well.
"Brother Yan! Can you give me one of these small saplings? I want to take it back and see if our mountain is suitable for planting tea trees!" Lu Fan said immediately.
"Haha! Of course, you can! But I have to say beforehand, these are newly grown saplings, and they may not yield tea of the same quality as this century-old tree! Don't say I cheated you then! Haha!" Yan Menghan laughed.
Lu Fan immediately took out a dagger, carefully dug up a small sapling, and then stored it in his storage ring.
"Let's go! Let's go eat! After eating, let Mengxi take you to have a good time in Kyoto!" Yan Menghan said.
"Okay!" Lu Fan glanced at Yan Menghan and nodded. However, in his heart, he was secretly calculating. Yan Menghan actually wanted him to be alone with Yan Mengxi, which meant he still had to treat Zhao Xiaoyun's illness!