Moreover, since ancient times, all factions had tacitly agreed to an unwritten rule—no matter how they fought, they would not touch doctors!
The empress had yet to touch the Pharmacy a.s.sociation. How could their small Yu family jump the gun?
Zhong Yiliu knew what was going on, so he rejected them without giving them any face.
Yu Qingliu was not in the mood to see Yu Xinlan's miserable expression. He opened the window to take a breather and looked out with a frown.
Who was that Qiao?
"Let's go back."
Yu Qingliu planned to return to the royal family and tell the king about this.
"Since only the other party has this medicine, let's see what conditions they have."
Yu Xinlan gritted her teeth. She had a different idea.
* * *
The next day.
9:00 AM.
The morning sun had just risen when Qiao Nian was woken up by her phone ringing.
With bloodshot eyes, she got up impatiently, casually grabbed a jacket, and put it on to answer the call.
"h.e.l.lo." Her voice was hoa.r.s.e. It was obvious that she did not sleep well.
The person on the other end was stunned for a moment before quickly coming back to his senses. "h.e.l.lo, Doctor Qiao. We're from the royal family."
Qiao Nian rubbed her eyes. "Oh, why did you call me?"
She had changed her phone number, but her hotel room number had not changed.
The other party had contacted her through the hotel's landline.
Qiao Nian knew well.
"We tried the medicine you gave us. It was very effective."
Qiao Nian dragged a chair over and sat down. Still a little sleepy, she interrupted him impatiently, "Just say what you want to say."
The reclusive families were behind the royal family of Country M.
They were used to being arrogant and were not used to being treated like this.
Fortunately, the other party reacted quickly and politely asked, "Didn't Doctor Qiao mention that we have to satisfy your conditions to seek your treatment? What are your conditions?"
Here it came.
Qiao Nian's eyes darkened, and her tone slowly changed. "I want Lu Zhi."
"Huh?"
The other party did not recover for some time.
After a few seconds, he seemed to react to Qiao Nian's condition. "I'm sorry, Doctor Qiao. Say that again."
"I want you to let Lu Zhi go."
What sort of condition was this?
Qiao Nian did not wait for him and bluntly said, "I only have one condition. If you can satisfy it, I promise to treat your elder's illness. If you can't do it, our cooperation will fall through!"
The person in charge of contacting her from the royal family did not dare to make the decision. He stammered. "Doctor Qiao, your request…"
"You can discuss it before giving me the answer."
The girl's tone was lazy and not as irritable as before, but there was no room for negotiation. "… I'm not in a hurry."
In other words, if they couldn't come to an agreement, then forget it!
Her att.i.tude made him not dare to jump to conclusions. He could only tell her, "I'll report to Master."
"Mm."
Qiao Nian hung up.
Just then, someone knocked on the door.
She changed her clothes and walked over to open the door.
She did not expect to see Qin Si.
"Sister Qiao." Qin Si saw that the girl had just woken up and knew that he had come too early. He scratched his head and looked inside. "I'm going for breakfast. I heard that the hotel's breakfast is not bad. Do you want to come with me?"
He had stayed up all night playing games again. He had just taken a cold shower and came to look for Qiao Nian to have breakfast. He planned to sleep after eating.