Chapter 210: Chapter 210: The Thoughts of Ge Buqun_1
Qin Feng and Ge Buqun had signed their names on the life-and-death pledge, and then, the pledge was handed over to Ouyang Bingbing.
Ouyang Bingbing didn’t rush to sign her name but instead looked at Qin Feng with concern and asked, "Can you do it?"
"How could a man fail? Sign it! It’s okay, I won’t lose. I’ve never lost in my life, and this time won’t be an exception."
"Be careful, and don’t you dare have an accident! If something does happen, see how I’ll deal with you?"
After she finished admonishing Qin Feng, Ouyang Bingbing signed her name on the life-and-death pledge.
From the moment the two walked through the door, Ge Buqun had sensed that the relationship between Ouyang Bingbing and Qin Feng was extraordinary.
Now, seeing Ouyang Bingbing’s evident concern for Qin Feng, he was certain their relationship must be that kind.
Ji Jinpeng was slated to propose to the Ouyang Family on Ouyang Yi’s eightieth birthday, asking for Ouyang Bingbing’s hand in marriage.
Meanwhile, here was Ouyang Bingbing, showing affection with another man.
The relationships within wealthy families are indeed chaotic enough!
However, this was of no concern to Ge Buqun.
He was just a medicine seller, only interested in making money.
Still, Ge Buqun couldn’t help being a little gossipy and asked Ouyang Bingbing, "What is your relationship with this young man?"
"He’s my boyfriend," Ouyang Bingbing replied straightforwardly.
"Boyfriend?"
Ge Buqun pretended to be very surprised, then turned to look at Qin Feng and asked.
"To become the lady of the Ouyang Family’s boyfriend, you must come from no ordinary background, right? A boy from an average family could never possibly win the lady of the Ouyang Family’s favor."
"I am just a child from an average family."
"A child from an average family, at such a young age, dares to challenge me in a poison duel? I’ve been practising medicine for decades and have seen countless people.
Without learning some ancestral skills, how would you know about the Rejuvenation Pill and the Gentleman Pill? How could you have identified the herbs I used just now?
Traditional Chinese Medicine emphasizes lineage!
What is lineage?
Bloodline is lineage!
If you have no bloodline, who would impart the real skills to you?
It’s fine if you don’t reveal your background.
I’m not in a rush to pry.
After all, there’s plenty of time ahead!"
Having said that, Ge Buqun walked over to the medicine cabinet and began to prepare the medicine.
Qin Feng swept his gaze over the entire row of medicine cabinets.
There were a total of 163 medicinal ingredients, of which sixteen were highly toxic. Ge Buqun selected nine out of these sixteen.
The nine ingredients he chose were not only the most toxic among the sixteen but also exponentially increased in toxicity when combined.
In the end, Ge Buqun added one non-toxic ingredient to the mixture.
With this one ingredient included, Ge Buqun’s concoction wouldn’t kill a person.
However, after drinking this medicine, one’s bones and muscles would contract, and their entire body would shrink to half its size, turning them into a dwarf.
This wouldn’t be an immediate transformation but would happen gradually over time, an excruciating process.
For a man, most crucially, that part of the body would start to shrink first and would become incredibly small, like a bean sprout.
Of course, there was an antidote to this medicine.
After taking the antidote, one could slowly revert back to normal.
Ge Buqun must have been certain that only he could come up with the antidote.
So, he concocted this medicine, wanting to keep himself firmly within his grasp!
The clever Qin Feng saw through Ge Buqun’s intentions at a glance.
Seeing that Ge Buqun had stopped adding ingredients, Qin Feng asked with a chuckle, "Doctor Ge, are you done?"
"Yes, I’m done."
"The medicine you’ve prepared doesn’t seem quite legitimate, does it?"
Ge Buqun felt Qin Feng must have noticed something, so he asked teasingly, "What do you mean by not legitimate?"
The medicine he had just prepared wasn’t based on some rare secret recipe, but on a well-known prescription called Dwarf Soup.
However, he had modified Dwarf Soup slightly, making the small parts become even smaller, as tiny as an embroidery needle.
This modification was tailor-made for Qin Feng.
"This is Dwarf Soup, isn’t it? Or rather, a modified version of Dwarf Soup!
The extra two grams of lovesickness seeds you added were specifically for me, right?
With such a modification, do you want me to use an embroidery needle to pick your family’s lock?"
Since Ouyang Bingbing was there, Qin Feng didn’t feel it was appropriate to speak too bluntly and could only hint at it like this.
Ouyang Bingbing, feeling completely baffled, looked at Qin Feng curiously and asked, "What’s Dwarf Soup? What’s an embroidery needle?"
"Dwarf Soup is an ancient prescription that slowly shrinks a person after drinking it. A good Dwarf Soup can reduce a person’s size by half."
"And the embroidery needle?"
"Er... Since the body shrinks, naturally other parts would shrink as well!
Doctor Ge specifically added two grams of lovesickness seeds, which can cause the shrinking to be even more pronounced, by over a hundredfold.
In such a case, wouldn’t it turn into an embroidery needle?"
After Qin Feng finished speaking, Ouyang Bingbing instinctively glanced over.
Then, blushing, she scolded Qin Feng, "You shameless thing!"
"The Dwarf Soup was made by Doctor Ge; if anyone’s shameless, it’s him! What does that have to do with me?"
Ge Buqun took over the conversation, saying, "Many people know the recipe for Dwarf Soup. But, there are very few who know the antidote to the poison of Dwarf Soup.
My recipe has some variations from the original Dwarf Soup. It’s not difficult to spot the changes, but to find a solution to these changes, that’s definitely beyond you.
So, it’s not too late for you to admit defeat now.
Turning into a dwarf isn’t such a big deal, but for a grown man to be using an embroidery needle when it matters most—that’s not going to work!"
"You’re asking me to admit defeat? If I admit defeat, can I just go home?" Qin Feng asked.
"If you lose, then you have to pay the price. If you admit defeat, you don’t have to drink the Dwarf Soup, but you must stay and become my apprentice to test my medicines."
"Test your medicines? Wouldn’t that be like being your lab rat? I’d rather drink the Dwarf Soup and become a dwarf than do that!"
"If you won’t admit defeat, then please go ahead," Ge Buqun gestured toward the medicine cabinet, indicating that it was Qin Feng’s turn to prepare his medicine.
Qin Feng casually opened a few drawers and randomly selected several herbs.
These herbs were not only non-toxic but also quite nourishing; they could even be used to stew a nourishing chicken soup.
Qin Feng neatly packed up the selected herbs and handed them to Ge Buqun, saying, "Done!"
"You’re choosing just these? Don’t you want to add something else?"
"Right! Just these!"
"Will you boil it yourself, or shall I help you boil it?"
"This is your turf, you help me boil it! After all, this medicine will be drunk by you!
The medicine I’ve prepared, just as soon as you drink it, within three minutes at most, you’ll be begging me for mercy and admitting defeat."
Qin Feng’s confidence amused Ge Buqun.
"Ha ha! With this medicine, you expect me to admit defeat? I guarantee that after drinking it, nothing will happen!"
