Chapter 6: Song Jian's Position

  In the room, Xu Si stared blankly at a table of empty plates.

  "How can you eat so much?" Xu Si raised her head and glanced at Song Jian.

  Song Jian wiped his mouth, "I've been quitting drugs recently, I'm a bit hungry."

  Xu Si's beautiful eyes sized up Song Jian, as if at this moment, Song Jian was indeed somewhat different, although still very weak, but his eyes were full of spirit.

  "Hmm, it's best to quit naturally," Xǔ Sī stood up and started clearing the tableware. She knew how terrible addiction was and didn't believe Song Jiàn could successfully quit on his own.

  Song Jian thought for a moment and then said: "Xu Si, it's almost the end of the month. Can I get my salary in advance?"

  "Hmm?" Xu Si raised an eyebrow, "What's the hurry for money?" This was just a reflexive question from Xu Si, she was very afraid that Song Jian would use the money to take drugs again.

  "I need medicine." Song Jian said.

  Xu Sizhi suddenly stood up, his eyes fixed on Song Jian's, as if trying to determine whether Song Jian's words were true or false.

  "Never mind," Song Jian shrugged, "I haven't been working for many days anyway."

  Having said that, Song Jian walked towards his bedroom.

  Song Jian really needs this money, the medicine bath powder can only be used at most twice, and the third time it is used, its effectiveness will greatly decrease. And Song Jian estimated that he would need at least 15,000 more to cure his illness.

  Before long, there was a knock at Song Jian's door.

  "Hmm?" Song Jian opened the door and his eyes scanned Xu Si. He couldn't help but think that his fiancée was indeed very beautiful, although a bit cold.

  "I'll have the finance department advance you the money tomorrow, and it will be deposited into your salary card. Also, I'd like to ask a favor of you." Xu Si's hand lightly brushed against her long hair.

  "What's wrong?" Song Jian asked.

  "In a few days, my cousin is going to report to Suzhou University, and I want you to pick her up and drop her off from school. Of course, I will give you a raise, but on the condition that you must quit taking drugs." Xu Si said.

  Song Jian nodded and said, "Okay."

  "So it's settled then, she'll be living with us when she comes," said Xu Si, turning around and heading towards her own room.

  "Oh, right, Song Jian, can you not tell her about our relationship?" Xu thought of something and turned to look at Song Jian, with a hint of request in his eyes.

  Song Jian smiled and said, "Good."

  Xu Si nodded at Song Jian and made an "OK" gesture with his hand, then quickly went upstairs.

  Song Jian stood in front of the door, let out a sigh, he knew that his relationship with Xu Si was somewhat strange. Legally speaking, they were already husband and wife, as they had obtained their marriage certificate under the arrangement of both families. However, from the traditional customs point of view, since Song's family did not hold a wedding banquet and Xu's family did not formally send off their daughter, the two were only engaged, and in business circles, they were not considered to be officially married.

  Although Xu Si is very powerful in the business world, she is still a traditional woman who holds on to her values from start to finish. If Song Jian hadn't become addicted, it's likely that even if the Song family fell, Xu Si and Song Jian would have already formally become husband and wife.

  The next day, Song Jian did not go out and soaked in the bathtub for a whole day. As for his addiction, it only occasionally acted up, and Song Jian did not take any measures to get through it.

  On the third day, Song Jian went out, first withdrew money from the bank, and then entered Tongrentang.

  The pharmacist who grabbed the medicine this time was a round-faced girl, about twenty years old, wearing a pair of round glasses, showing a few points of cuteness.

  Song Jian handed over the prescription and said, "Take two doses and grind them into powder."

  "Wow, what is this prescription for? The dosage is huge." The woman looked at the prescription and asked in surprise.

  "For taking a bath,"

  "But what's the use of sulfur? Is it for bathing in sulfur? Sulfur is highly toxic, and heating it makes it even more toxic." The girl seemed to be very studious, asking about the effects of the medicinal ingredients as soon as she opened her mouth.

  Song Jian patiently explained: "Sulfur is an extremely yang medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, and it has a very good therapeutic effect on seriously ill people. Moreover, external treatment has fewer side effects than you think."

  Miss Mali was weighing the medicine for Song Jian, while inquiring about the effect of each medicine on this prescription.

  Song Jian had a good impression on people who liked traditional Chinese medicine, and he patiently explained the peculiarities of the prescription to the round-faced woman.

  The medicine was finished, and one prescription had been explained. The round-faced woman looked at Song Jian with both eyes, suddenly "heh" laughed and said: "You're bragging."

  "Huh?" Song Jian was taken aback for a moment.

  The woman, while sorting out the medicine, smiled and said: "According to what you said, this prescription of yours can not only cure addiction, but also treat neurogenic muscular atrophy, poliomyelitis, hemiplegia and so on."

  Song Jian nodded, "Right."

  "Heh heh, so this prescription of yours is a divine formula, isn't it? If you can cure so many terminal illnesses, you'd definitely be famous and rich by now." The woman chuckled to herself, then carried the medicinal herbs to the backyard to grind them into powder.

  Song Jian was stunned, and he secretly thought to himself: Ah, yes! Why not take out those extraordinary medical formulas from the second volume of the "Ancient True Man Book" and use them to benefit patients? This way, my Song family can rise again.

  Thinking of this, Song Jian couldn't help but laugh. Once his body recovers, he can try it out. The feeling of relying on others is really not good. As a renowned physician, I shouldn't always be acting as someone's driver.

  A round-faced woman came out with two large bags in her hands, and behind her was another person, who was Zhou Wen Yi.

  Zhou Wen had a deep impression of Song Jian, and when he saw him, he nodded and said: "Hehe, the five ginseng roots I bought two days ago are definitely genuine. There's no problem with either their appearance or their ginsenoside content."

  "Just in case," Song Jian concluded, smiling as he handed over the two bags of medicine and turned to leave. As for the five ginseng roots from two days ago, Song Jian wasn't very sure if they were genuine or not. However, having spent many years working at Taiyi Hospital, he had handled thousands of ginseng roots with his own hands. His first impression of those five ginseng roots was that they were fake, which is why he kindly reminded Zhou Wen.

  Zhou Wen pouted and said in a low voice: "Young man, you still don't admit defeat."

  "Grandpa, what's wrong?" The round-faced girl walked over and asked curiously. She was Zhou Wen Yi's granddaughter, Zhou Ting.

  Zhou Tian smiled and told his granddaughter about what had happened two days ago.

  This matter, Song Jian would not put it in his heart, he continued to treat his body, the medicine liquid combined with Wuji Qigong, nine days later, the poison evil in Song Jian's body was completely eliminated, not only that, after these eleven days of treatment, Song Jian's muscles also became plump, and his energy was close to that of a normal person.

  These days, Ma Teng has called several times to invite Song Jian to have fun, but Song Jian always made excuses to shirk. He must first have the ability to protect himself before going to see those people, because Song Jian understood that his last overdose and fainting were definitely related to those people.

  Before I knew it, it was already early September. Although it's still scorching hot at noon, the mornings and evenings have cooled down a bit.

  Xu Si's frown deepened, it was clear that she had encountered a huge problem. For the past few days, Xu Si left home early every day and only returned late at night. After returning home, she would go online to search for information in her room and didn't say much.

  In the morning, after Song Jian finished a set of Wuji Qigong exercises, Xu Si in the kitchen had also prepared breakfast.

  After finishing breakfast, Xu Si didn't leave immediately, but instead looked at Song Jian, his face somewhat embarrassed, and said: "Song Jian, let's discuss some things."

  Song Jian put down the book "Five Thousand Years of History" in his hand and said, "You speak."

  "Uh, recently our company's finances have been having some difficulties, I plan on laying off a portion of the employees," Xu Si looked at Song Jian.

  Song Jian smiled and said: "You want to cut me off as a deputy driver?"

  Xu Si shook his head and said, "Of course not. Originally there were four full-time drivers, I laid off two, leaving you and Xiao Wang, so in the future you may have to be busier."

  Song Jian shrugged his shoulders and said, "Mm, no problem."

  Xu Si nodded and tossed a key to Song Jian, saying: "The Passat in the garage is yours now. Give me a ride to work today."

  Song Jian finished his breakfast and nodded in agreement.

  The two went out the door, Song Jian inherited his predecessor's memory, naturally he could drive, not only could he drive, but his skills were also good. When he was studying in the United States, young people loved to play racing cars, and Song Jian had been infatuated with it for a period of time.

  Xu Si's company is located in the Gusu City New and High-tech Industrial Development Zone, about a 30-minute drive from where they live. The company name is Sifang Natural Technology Co., Ltd., mainly researching and developing some skincare products, food additives and other plant extracts. Sifang Company is not very big, with more than 50 employees, having R&D and production, the main slogan is "Green, Natural, Healthy".

  This company is just a small business of the Xu family, but for Xu Si, it has great significance because this company belongs to Xu Si alone and is also a test for Old Man Xu's granddaughter.

  The company originally had four cars, but due to financial constraints, Xu Si sold two of them and only kept a high-displacement Passat and a BMW business car. The BMW was probably used for some business negotiations to show off.

  All the way, Xu Si didn't say much, until they arrived at the company entrance, when Xu Si's phone suddenly rang.

  Seeing the phone, Xu Si exclaimed, "Ah, I forgot about Xia Lin's matter."

  Answering the phone, Xu Si quickly responded with a few words, then said to Song Jian: "My cousin is about to arrive at the high-speed rail station, would you mind picking her up? Train G315."

  Song Jiandao said: "Yes sir, but don't forget to give me a raise."

  Xu Si glanced at Song Jian and muttered: "Got it, go quickly, take good care of her."

  Song Jian said he understood.

  Xu Si stepped out of the car wearing high heels and hurriedly walked into the company, her slender figure evident under her professional attire.

  Song Jian smiled slightly, although in his previous life, the concubines and noblewomen in the imperial palace were all stunning beauties, Song Jian had long been accustomed to them, but Xu Si's beauty was undoubtedly more vivid than theirs.

  Song Jian turned around and drove the Passat towards Suzhou North Railway Station.