Masterful Miracle Doctor

Chapter 989 - 953: Friendship Medal

Xiangtai Apartment, close to seven in the evening.Lin Miao took a deep breath in front of the dishes on the table, and exclaimed in delight: "Steamed fish, stewed chicken pieces, egg pancakes, mushrooms with greens!"

"Brother, why are you being so nice to me today? Not only did you cook yourself, but you also made all my favorite dishes."

Lin Jie scoffed, served a small bowl of rice and handed it to Lin Miao, saying, "When was I ever not nice to you!"

Lin Miao snorted, exposing the truth, "When you weren't feeling well, you used to often be fierce with me."

"That was because you weren't behaving before!"

Lin Jie refuted, putting a chicken drumstick on her plate, "Here, drumstick for you, eat a bit more."

But Lin Miao pushed the drumstick back with a giggle and said, "Brother, you eat the drumstick. I need to maintain my figure now. I already ate a lot of chocolate today, so I can't have too much meat for dinner."

Looking at Lin Miao's rosy face, Lin Jie nodded and said, "Then you should eat more fish."

"And there are fresh shrimp in the egg pancakes, have some more."

Lin Miao picked up a piece of egg pancake, put it in her mouth, tasted it, and said: "Crispy on the outside, tender inside, with bouncy shrimp. Brother, your cooking skills remain as great as ever."

"This egg pancake was one of my favorite dishes before."

Lin Jie just smiled and said, "So you mean you have newer favorites now?"

"Tell me what new dishes you like, and I'll make them for you when I have time."

Lin Miao thought for a moment, then said: "I like a lot of dishes now, like steamed lobster, pan-fried large yellow croaker, crab yolk omelette, Eight-Treasure Soup, and so on, I really love them."

Lin Jie grinned and said, "Miaomiao, you're getting extravagant! These dishes are not cheap at all."

"Your taste is really going up rapidly."

Lin Miao chuckled and said earnestly, "As our material living conditions improve, people's needs should also rise. But your cooking, brother, remains stagnant, still at the level of ordinary home-cooked dishes without improvement."

"Who says so."

Lin Jie stubbornly pointed at the pan-fried egg and said, "I used to only add scallions or green peppers to this dish, but now I'm willing to add fresh shrimp."

Lin Miao nodded and commented, "Brother, although you've improved, your progress is not significant enough."

Lin Jie hmphed: "I'm steadily advancing, maintaining a simple and frugal style."

"You know, it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but hard to go back."

Lin Miao retorted, "Brother, will our living standards ever drop back to the way they were?"

Lin Jie paused slightly, shook his head, and said, "No, they won't. Even if we do nothing now, we can comfortably live the rest of our lives."

Lin Miao gave Lin Jie a piece of fish, persuading, "Exactly."

"Brother, you earn well and usually work hard, there's no need to restrain yourself so much."

"For instance, we could hire an auntie to clean the house and cook."

Hiring an auntie?

Lin Jie hadn't really thought about it, but now that he did, it seemed necessary.

Both he and Lin Miao had jobs. Coming home and cooking wasn't as convenient as coming home to a ready meal.

And Lele, most of the time, is also left home alone.

Lin Jie asked curiously, "Miaomiao, how come you've thought of hiring an auntie? Did Kexin suggest it?"

Lin Miao shook her head and said, "Sister Kexin didn't mention it to me."

"A few days ago, during a casual chat in the office, the topic just came up. They all said our family situation is quite suitable for hiring an auntie."

Lin Jie nodded and said, "I get it."

"We can look for an auntie. But finding a suitable one might not be so easy."

"I'll keep an eye out, you too..."

After dinner, after cleaning up the kitchen and dining room, Lin Jie didn't return to the study room, but instead sat on the sofa in the living room, using a laptop to read Zhou Ziyan's graduation thesis.

Lin Miao lazily rested on him, with one leg over Lele, watching TV.

Zhou Ziyan's doctoral thesis was on how oral traditional Chinese medicine supplements promote the recovery of muscle injuries in the human body.

In this thesis, he conducted a follow-up comparison study on over a hundred patients with muscle injuries, carefully recording their recovery conditions.

The comparative experiments and observational data showed that patients who took the Chinese medicine supplements recovered their muscle injuries on average two to three days faster than those who only took a placebo.

The probability of inflammatory infection was notably reduced by more than thirty percent.

Objectively speaking, Lin Jie wasn't particularly interested in this topic.

Zhou Ziyan used the observable condition of muscle injury recovery to vividly prove that traditional Chinese medicine supplements have a substantial effect on enhancing body resistance and immunity, not just a so-called psychological comfort effect as some criticize.

However, considering the price of Jian'an Hall's supplements, Lin Jie could be certain that most ordinary people wouldn't specifically choose to take herbal supplements just for the sake of recovering two or three days earlier.

Nevertheless, Lin Jie was intrigued by the molecular purification of herbal supplements and the injection trials mentioned in the thesis.

Traditionally, there have been two main methods of using Chinese medicine: oral administration and external application.

Using methods akin to Western medicine, such as muscle and intravenous injections, was almost unheard of.

Zhou Ziyan mentioned muscle injection in this thesis.

This involved injecting the purified herbal active ingredients near the wound to promote the healing of the muscle wound.

However, Zhou Ziyan's description in this aspect was somewhat vague.

This left Lin Jie a bit disappointed.

He felt that conducting research on the efficacy of injecting purified herbal active ingredients as a doctoral thesis topic could be more compelling and valuable than the original topic.

Lin Jie pondered whether he could give Zhou Ziyan a hint to have Anlin Hospital collaborate with the Zhou Family on research in this area?

If feasible, it would undoubtedly broaden the avenues for the development of Chinese medicine.

Additionally, it would provide new possibilities for treating various illnesses.

Due to drug resistance, some medical treatments are becoming increasingly insensitive.

Perhaps this method could help develop targeted, fast-acting Chinese medicine injection drugs...

Catching an exceptionally familiar scent, Lin Jie couldn't help but twitch his nostrils slightly, his scattered gaze gradually focused as he saw An Kexin eating chocolate while staring at him.

"Ah, Kexin, you're back!"

An Kexin nodded enthusiastically and asked, "Ah Jie, you were so engrossed in your thoughts that you didn't even notice me coming back first. Have you come up with another good idea or research topic?"

Lin Jie placed the laptop that was on his lap onto the table, stood up and stretched lazily, chuckling, "Not so many good ideas. Just thought of a rather immature possibility, I'll talk about it after this busy period!"

"Have you had dinner yet?"

An Kexin stuffed the chocolate in her hand into her mouth and said, "I've eaten too much chocolate today; I'll skip dinner."

"Ah Jie, I got a message that Cai Yanhe's case data has been transferred to a district court in Binhai, and he has been released on bail to wait at home."

Lin Jie responded with an "Oh," saying, "That's pretty quick, mobilizing over the weekend. Chairman Cai really has considerable influence."

An Kexin nodded and said, "In pharmaceuticals and hospitals, networks are wide once reaching a certain level."

"Our conditions have been fulfilled."

"Tomorrow is Monday; it should be time for the other party to fulfill other conditions."

"I'm quite curious to see what expression the director of Tiande Research Institute will have knowing the collaboration won't happen."

Lin Jie wiped the bit of chocolate at her mouth corner with his hand and laughed, "I didn't know our powerful woman could be petty too."

"You're the ultimate winner; to ridicule the losers would be rather tasteless."

An Kexin rolled her eyes at Lin Jie, saying, "No matter how strong I am, I'm still a woman, always with some petty thoughts."

"At the time, when collaborating with Tiande Research Institute, we were sincere and enthusiastic."

"Didn't expect the other side to drench me with a bucket of cold water."

She said fiercely, "This time, if I don't kick them while they're down, and poach the core technicians from the institute, I might as well not be named An."

Lin Jie no longer tried to persuade An Kexin, instead saying, "I'll have the bank transfer the two million compensation funds to the studio account. After paying off the credit card, the expenses for the villa renovation, wedding, and everything else can all come from there."

An Kexin chuckled, "You can rest assured; I certainly won't save you money."

"The speed at which you earn money really surpasses my imagination, so fast. After Anlin Hospital opens, maybe you alone can support the whole hospital."

Lin Jie rolled his eyes and scoffed, "Am I that foolish? After all, the hospital isn't just mine."

"Hey, Kexin, when I came back in the evening, I found that nearly everything we bought from Germany had been taken. Who did you give them to?"

An Kexin immediately wore a dejected look and said angrily, "Don't mention it, it's my mistake in making friends."

"Fei Xue shamelessly took a set of kitchenware, a set of skincare products, and a set of cosmetics, plus some wine, chocolate, everything she could snag."

"Manqing thick-skinned took a set of kitchenware, plus skincare and cosmetics, saying it was her wedding gift. Along with what Guan Muhua took to my house and the wine and chocolates I took to the company."

"That's all that's left."

Lin Jie responded indifferently, "We originally bought them to gift anyway, and buying things is convenient now; whatever you want can be easily bought."

At that moment, his phone rang; it was Meng Yang from Capital City calling.

"Expert Lin, under the commission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I'm here to convey a matter."

"The German Government will, on Friday evening, host an event at the German Consulate in Binhai. The German ambassador will award you, Cheng Xingguang, and others with Friendship Medals to commend your heroic rescue during the Heidelberg terror incident."