The traitor, it was Qiao Qiong! Qiao Ling's cousin, Qiao Kaicheng's own grandson!
Who could have imagined that it would be a descendant of the Ren Zhi Pharmacy family who betrayed them? No one harbored any suspicion towards Qiao Qiong.
After reporting the situation, Catherine on the other end of the line remained silent for a long time.
If it were anyone else, Catherine wouldn't have believed that moldy geckos could be used as medicinal ingredients. However, these words came from Lu Ming, which warranted attention.
After all, Lu Ming was a divine doctor of Huaxia, who had created countless miracles.
Catherine could dismiss anyone else, but she could never underestimate Lu Ming.
Finally.
Catherine ordered, "We absolutely cannot let Lu Ming hand over the prescription to Qiao Kaicheng! No matter what means you use, you must steal the prescription!"
Qiao Qiong looked troubled, "How can I steal it? It's very difficult."
"It must be stolen, no matter how difficult!" Catherine reminded him, "Qiao Qiong, don't forget that you owe thirty million in gambling debts. Only by securing your position as the young master can you find a way to earn money to repay your debts! If Lu Ming succeeds, won't the position of young master likely go back to Qiao Ling?"
Qiao Qiong took a deep breath.
He steeled himself and decided to do it!
He absolutely could not give up the position of young master. Otherwise, if he couldn't repay the thirty million debt, the debt collectors would tear him to pieces.
"I will definitely steal the prescription!"
After hanging up the phone and returning to Ren Zhi Pharmacy, Qiao Qiong had been waiting for an opportunity to strike.
He waited until the dead of night.
After a grueling fourteen hours and attempting hundreds of medicinal ingredient combinations, Lu Ming finally 'created' the ancient prescription at 2 AM.
"It's done!" Lu Ming shouted excitedly.
Qiao Ling happily walked over, "You finished it?"
"Mm," Lu Ming nodded affirmatively.
Qiao Ling immediately said, "Grandpa is too tired. The old man isn't well and couldn't stay up any longer. He's already asleep. Wait here for a moment, I'll go wake him up so he can check the prescription."
"Okay, hurry up."
With that, Qiao Ling ran to the rest room to wake up the sleeping Qiao Kaicheng.
During this time.
Lu Ming placed the prescription on the table, weighted down by his phone.
Then he stretched and said, "After working for 14 hours straight, I'm suffocating."
Lu Ming hurried to the restroom.
Thus, this extremely important room was briefly left unattended.
Qiao Ling went to call the sleeping Qiao Kaicheng, and Lu Ming went to the restroom. The entire room was empty, with no one inside.
And that ancient prescription, which held the fate of Ren Zhi Pharmacy, was under the phone!
Immediately.
Qiao Qiong stealthily sneaked into the room, looking around to confirm no one was there.
He tiptoed, lifted the phone, took out the prescription, secretly stuffed it into his sleeve, and then quietly slipped away.
One minute later.
Lu Ming, Qiao Ling, and Qiao Kaicheng returned to the room simultaneously.
"Lu Ming, where is the prescription?" Qiao Kaicheng asked impatiently.
Lu Ming walked to the table and looked at the surface. Seeing that it was empty under the phone, Lu Ming smiled.
Calmly, he said, "The prescription is lost."
"Ah?" Qiao Kaicheng looked confused, "Lost? How could it be lost?"
Lu Ming explained, "There's a mole in the Qiao family. The prescription was stolen by the mole."
"Nonsense!" Qiao Kaicheng cursed, "Lu Ming, if you can't create the prescription yourself, just say so. What nonsense are you talking about? How could our Qiao family have a mole? Stop trying to sow discord!"
Heh.
Qiao Ling immediately said, "Whether there's a mole or not, we'll know soon enough."
Qiao Kaicheng looked confused, "What do you mean by that?"
Qiao Ling explained, "Actually, this was a trap set by Lu Ming and me. We pretended to have an ancient prescription that could turn moldy geckos into medicinal ingredients, but we didn't. We said this to attract the attention of the mole and leave a loophole, waiting for the mole to come and steal it."
Now that the prescription was stolen, it further solidified Lu Ming's suspicion.
The Qiao family undoubtedly had a mole.
Qiao Kaicheng asked again, "You two are quite cunning! Fine, even if there is a mole, who is it? And even if we catch the mole, what good will it do? Can it restore the Qiao family's reputation and reopen Ren Zhi Pharmacy?"
Lu Ming chuckled.
As he opened a drawer, he said, "Just catching the mole isn't enough, but if we can catch the foreign devil behind the mole, then it's another matter."
Subsequently.
Lu Ming took out a set of highly advanced military listening equipment from the drawer. This equipment was what Lu Ming had asked Shura to procure.
In fact, during those 14 hours, Lu Ming wasn't creating a prescription; he was hiding a wafer-thin 'listening chip' on that very prescription.
Whoever carried that prescription could be tracked, and all their conversations could be monitored.
"Now, it's time to witness a miracle."
Lu Ming adjusted the frequency of the listening device and began to monitor.
Qiao Ling and Qiao Kaicheng gathered around.
They were also very curious as to who had betrayed the Qiao family.
As a result, the first voice they all heard was: "Driver, to Ming Heng Grand Hotel, it's urgent. Please hurry."
Qiao Qiong's voice!
Qiao Kaicheng's blood pressure surged. He had guarded against external threats day and night, but he never expected betrayal from within his own family.
He couldn't believe that his own grandson had betrayed him!
"You scoundrel, you bastard!" Qiao Kaicheng angrily pounded the table, wishing he could rush over and slap Qiao Qiong twice.
"Grandpa, please calm down," Qiao Ling helped Qiao Kaicheng to sit down.
Lu Ming continued to monitor, recording all the conversations. With this evidence, they could completely expose the conspiracy of Qiao Qiong, Catherine, Liang Youde, and the others.
...
Ming Heng Grand Hotel, 16th floor, Presidential Suite.
Qiao Qiong hurriedly entered the room. Catherine and the others inside had been waiting for a long time.
"Miss Catherine!" Qiao Qiong happily ran over, beaming, "I succeeded, I stole the prescription!"
"Mm, let me see it."
"Here it is!"
Catherine took the prescription and examined it closely.
Liang Youde, standing nearby, remarked, "Well done, Qiao Qiong. You managed to accomplish something so difficult. Qiao Kaicheng and Qiao Ling would never have imagined that the one betraying Ren Zhi Pharmacy would be someone so close to them."
Qiao Qiong didn't forget to flatter Liang Youde.
He said, "I only did a small task. The real credit belongs to you. If you hadn't discovered the moldy geckos I prepared from the start, and if you didn't have absolute power to shut us down, our plan wouldn't have been so successful."
The few of them flattered each other, quite pleased with themselves.
Little did they know.
Their conversation was being transmitted through the listening chip, all the way to Lu Ming and the others.