He Shen returned to the VIP ward on the top floor with a lot of doubts. As soon as he walked to the door, he heard Jin Qilin's pleading voice from inside: "I will definitely be able to collect enough money next month. Please be flexible and don't chase my mother away..."

He Shen paused, and then he heard a helpless voice: "Mr. Jin, you have been in arrears with your medical expenses for a long time, and we have no way to make concessions."

"Please, I'll go find someone to borrow money tomorrow, I'm sure I can get it!"

When He Shen pushed the door open, he saw a doctor standing face to face with Jin Qilin, both of them looked embarrassed.

When Jin Qilin saw He Shen coming, his face lit up with joy at first, but then he became dejected.

"It's a good thing that your friend is here today, and it's easier for the two of you to work together. Go and get your mother discharged from the hospital." The doctor looked reluctant, but still sighed.

"My mother will definitely wake up, just wait a little longer!" Jin Qilin was a little distraught and was about to kneel down to the doctor, "I beg you..."

"It's no use begging me. I'm just a small doctor and can't decide anything." The doctor quickly supported Jin Qilin, looking reluctant but helpless. He couldn't help but whispered, "This is a decision made by the higher-ups..."

Jin Qilin's whole body stiffened, as if he realized something.

"How much money did he owe? I paid it for him."

At this moment, He Shen suddenly spoke.

The doctor looked at He Shen in disbelief. He Shen's clothes looked ordinary, and he didn't look like someone who could pay so much money in one go. He couldn't help but remind him, "This is not a small amount of money..."

"To me, it's just small change." He Shenyun said calmly, "Take me to swipe the card."

Jin Qilin was hesitant and conflicted. His expression changed again and again. Finally, he said in a soft voice, "Sorry to bother you..."

"Don't worry." He Shen patted Jin Qilin's shoulder and followed the doctor out to swipe the card to pay.

The high hospitalization fee, especially for a VIP ward, is indeed not a small amount of money.

But He Shen paid without blinking.

The doctor's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at He Shen, and then he politely sent He Shen back to the ward.

Jin Qilin in the ward seemed to have prepared himself mentally, and mustered up the courage to say to He Shen: "I will go to borrow money from someone tomorrow, and I will definitely pay you back."

"Looking for someone to borrow money tomorrow? Who?" He Shen frowned. "Are you going to borrow money from a loan shark?"

"I don't dare to borrow money from a loan shark." Jin Qilin smiled bitterly. He hesitated for a moment before saying softly, "...I plan to go to my nominal...father to borrow money."

Jin Qilin spoke each word with difficulty, and it was obvious that he was reluctant to talk about this matter.

When He Shen saw that Jin Qilin allowed his mother to stay in the VIP ward, he knew there was probably a story behind it. He didn't ask any further questions, but just patted Jin Qilin on the shoulder.

Jin Qilin had an expression that was difficult to speak. After a long while, he said with red eyes: "Do you know the Jin family?"

He Shen paused. The Jin family was a wealthy family as famous as the He family, the Pei family, and the Li family. They were known as the four wealthy families in Ningcheng, but he had never associated Jin Qilin's identity with that.

The Jin family was once a family of traditional Chinese medicine, but they once fell into decline until twenty years ago, when the current head of the Jin family, Jin Shenglong, founded Longyin Pharmaceutical.

Longyin Pharmaceutical grew rapidly. Now most of the hospitals and pharmacies in Ningcheng are owned by the Jin family, and Ningcheng First Hospital is a high-end private hospital under the Jin family.

He Shen didn't know much about the Jin family. Due to the bad relationship between He Ting and Jin Shenglong, the He family and the Jin family rarely dealt with each other and had no business dealings.

However, he heard that Jin Shenglong and Mrs. Jin Yin Ling were deeply in love, and they treated each other with respect and equality. Jin Shenglong had no romantic scandals for many years, and he was considered a model of a good man in a wealthy family.

Some people even say that the word "Long Yin" in Longyin Pharmaceutical is composed of one character from each of the two people's names, and Long Yin is Long Yin.

"Are you from the Jin family? Who is Jin Shenglong to you?" He Shen was only surprised for two seconds and then calmed down.

Jin Qilin bit his lips and said reluctantly after a while: "He is my... nominal biological father."

He Shen understood instantly. It seemed that the well-reputed Jin Shenglong also had a secret that could not be told. So he joked, "So you are the illegitimate son of a wealthy family."

"I'm not! My mom isn't some...mistress!" Jin Qilin suddenly became emotional, "It was Jin Shenglong who deceived my mom! And he hurt my mom so badly!"

He Shen quickly comforted her: "Sorry, I was wrong, I apologize."

Jin Qilin was silent for a moment, then he shook his head: "No, you don't have to apologize, actually you are not wrong... I am indeed just his illegitimate child. Whether I admit it or not, I am indeed related to Jin Shenglong by blood, but I am not born to him and his wife."

He Shen intuitively felt that there was some wealthy family secret involved, but he did not continue to ask, and just patted Jin Qilin on the shoulder.

Jin Qilin was silent for a while. He turned his head to look at his mother sleeping on the bed and said in a hoarse voice, "My mother's name is Song Xiaoyin. Song is the Song of Song Shijing, and Yin is the Yin of Longyin Pharmaceutical."

"Song Shijing?" He Shen was stunned. "The famous doctor Song Shijing?"

Song Shijing was a famous doctor in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that he collected countless prescriptions throughout his life and compiled them into a book called "Song's Herbal Record", but it was unfortunately lost later.

Someone once said that Longyin Pharmaceutical's flagship product, "Longyin Pills", was very similar to the "Longyin Fengxiao Pills" recorded in the legendary book written by Song Shijing, but rumors are just rumors after all, and no one has actually read the legendary prescription book.

Jin Qilin nodded: "Yes, my mother is the descendant of Song Shijing, and the copy of Song's Herbal Record is in her hands. However, the Song family has been in decline for many years, and the descendants of the Song family did not know the value of the copy... until my mother met Jin Shenglong twenty years ago."

He Shen guessed the direction of the story and sighed softly.

"My mother was young and ignorant, and she made a mistake in her life. Jin Shenglong coaxed my mother to take out the Song's Herbal Record, and he founded Longyin Pharmaceutical because of it. But it was not until after my mother gave birth to me that she learned that Jin Shenglong already had a wife and children. She was not legitimate and could not even be considered a concubine."

Jin Qilin sneered and said, "My mother jumped into the lake in a rage. Although she was rescued in the end, her brain was deprived of oxygen for too long and she became a vegetable. She lay in bed for more than ten years."

He Shen sighed again, but subconsciously felt that something was wrong. Since Jin Shenglong had already gotten everything he wanted from Song Xiaoyin, why did he let Song Xiaoyin live in the Jin family's hospital for the past ten years?

Jin Shenglong is obviously not a sentimental person, so it is impossible for him to still have feelings for her... unless there is still something on Song Xiaoyin that he has not yet obtained.

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