Daily life of working as a substitute bride for a wealthy family

Sheng Yang's office is on the 29th floor of the Yixing Group's headquarters building.

Outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows is the wide Lanjiang River. H City is built by the river, at the end of the river and the beginning of the sea. Outside here is the vast ocean.

Sheng Yang stood by the window and called the driver, Xiao Chen. "Did she go to Minkangtang Clinic?"

Xiao Chen: "Yes, my wife has already entered the waiting room. I later went to the front desk to ask, and she was indeed registered to see the famous doctor, Professor Zhao."

Sheng Yang: "Okay, got it. I'll ask Mr. Zhao later... You wait in the car first, and I'll take her home later."

Minkangtang is a small part of the pharmaceutical business within the Sheng family's business empire.

About ten years ago, the Sheng family began to develop its pharmaceutical business, especially investments in Chinese herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.

If you weren't an insider, who would know that the Sheng family, which started out as an industrialist, also got involved in the pharmaceutical industry?

But that's the truth.

In addition to this clinic, the Sheng family is also the indirect controlling shareholder behind dozens of chain pharmacies in H City.

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Xiang Ran finally met Professor Zhao, the author of the popular medical science book she read when she was in school, in the clinic.

Professor Zhao looks the same as in the photo on the second page of the book, except that his hair is now completely white.

But that’s how Chinese medicine is, it becomes more popular as it gets older.

As he grew older, Professor Zhao, who had a kind face, began to have a certain immortal air.

While taking her pulse, Professor Zhao smiled and said, "Girl, don't be nervous. Calm down."

Xiang Ran's heart calmed down.

It turns out that good Chinese medicine practitioners have the power to soothe people through words.

"Miss, you've been worrying too much lately!" Professor Zhao sighed. "Give me your other hand so I can take your pulse."

Overthinking?

Pretending to be someone else, and worrying about being exposed every day, how can you not worry too much?

"I've been a little upset these past few months," Xiang Ran replied.

Professor Zhao looked through the information in her medical record: "Surname Su, married?"

"Yes."

"Your period is usually delayed. Sometimes it's two periods combined into one, meaning it only comes once every two months. When you have your period, there are blood clots, and it's sometimes very painful, right?"

"That's right, that's right." Xiang Ran felt that Professor Zhao was really a prophet.

He could know so much just by taking the pulse with two fingers.

"Have you ever taken any medication to regulate your menstruation before?"

Xiang Ran thought about it and replied, "No."

"Hmm." Professor Zhao lowered his head and wrote flamboyantly on the medical record. "Your period comes later than your peers, right?"

Amazing, he even knows this???

"I didn't get my period until I was sixteen, which is... late."

Xiang Ran was so nervous that her hand touched the medicine bottle in her pocket.

She had originally wanted to take this before going out, but Sheng Yang interrupted her and she didn't have time to take it.

"By the way, Professor Zhao, I've taken emergency contraceptive pills once or twice. Does that have anything to do with delayed periods?"

Professor Zhao paused and said, "Of course it does. This medicine may affect your normal menstrual cycle and may even cause irregular bleeding. Don't you plan to get pregnant after marriage?"

Xiang Ran lowered her head and said softly, "Yes."

"Birth control pills have significant side effects, so try not to use them in the future if possible. Do you understand? You have a cold constitution and it's not easy for you to get pregnant. Do you usually have cold hands and feet?"

Xiang Ran replied: "Yes, I am more afraid of the cold."

"You have a hot upper body and a cold lower body. Your upper body is easily inflamed, and you are impatient and anxious, so you are prone to pharyngitis and tonsillitis, but your lower body is cold..."

The symptoms Professor Zhao mentioned are basically correct.

"When I used to teach children, I did have a sore throat all the time."

"Are you a teacher? No wonder you are easily anxious." Professor Zhao looked at her.

"No, I don't want to do it now." Xiang Ran said.

"Girl, you're not naturally conceived. My advice to you is... since you're married and have a chance of getting pregnant, you should just let nature take its course. It's harder to get pregnant nowadays than it used to be. Men are busy with work and stay up late, and women are overly weight-loss-prone and have irregular diets..."

Xiang Ran smiled awkwardly after hearing this.

"Let me prescribe some Chinese medicine to help you heal. It can nourish your Qi and blood, and help soothe your anxiety. Once you've let go of your anxious thoughts, your Qi and blood will naturally flow smoothly. It's nothing serious, so just relax. Remember to take this medicine on the seventh day after your period. How many days have you had your period now?"

"Today is the fourth day," she replied.

"Oh, then wait two more days before taking it again. If you take it for seven consecutive days, it will almost be your ovulation period."

Xiang Ran herself didn't pay much attention to these things because her menstruation had been irregular since she was a child and she had never had a boyfriend before.

While Professor Zhao was prescribing medicine, I searched for relevant knowledge on Baidu.

After understanding what "ovulation period" and "safe period" are, I calculated that yesterday should still be within the "safe period".

Besides, Sheng Yang said he did it outside.

The side effects of this emergency contraceptive pill are so severe that it can also cause irregular bleeding, which is so scary.

Or should I not take this medicine for now?

Professor Zhao smiled and said to the intern next to him, "Hey, why don't young girls want to have children these days? No wonder our country's birth rate keeps dropping."

The intern was a female doctor. She clicked her ballpoint pen. "It's because the cost of raising children is too high these days. Men still act like babies after marriage, are poor and lazy, and often have conflicts with their mothers-in-law... Alas, there are so few good men like you, Professor, these days."

Professor Zhao listened to the intern's words and handed the medical record to Xiang Ran with a smile. "Okay, go home and boil the medicine yourself when you have time. The effect will be better. If you don't have time, you can have it processed here for you. It will cost five yuan more per application. Come back for a follow-up visit later."

Xiang Ran put away the medical records, stood up, and asked cautiously, "Professor Zhao, can I have your WeChat? I'm very interested in Traditional Chinese Medicine and I'm a fan of yours..."

Before she could finish her words, the assistant rudely answered, "No, miss. How could Professor Zhao possibly answer every patient's question? He's very busy!"

"I'm sorry, I really don't have time. Please understand." Professor Zhao answered sincerely.

Xiang Ran put away her phone and saw the next patient already peeking in at the door, seeming to be annoyed by Xiang Ran's nagging.

She quickly collected the medical records and took the prescription to the pharmacy to pay.

After the pharmacy calculated the bill, including the registration fee, it was about seven or eight hundred yuan.

I heard from the pharmacist that Professor Zhao is more restrained in prescribing medicine, while other doctors prescribe more than ten prescriptions at a time. By this calculation, ordinary people cannot afford Chinese medicine.

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But Xiang Ran never thought that the patient who had just disliked her nagging was unable to see a doctor immediately after she left.

Because Zhang Qun, the head of the clinic, came to see Professor Zhao.

They closed the door.

Zhang Qun rubbed his hands together and said, "Professor Zhao, the medical records of the young lady who just left are in the computer, right?"

Professor Zhao was slightly stunned: "What do you mean?"

"Oh, don't misunderstand me. The young lady just now is the wife of our director, the young mistress of Yixing Group. Mr. Sheng wants to know about his wife's situation."

"what?"

The intern and Professor Zhao exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?"

"It's not a big problem, it's just... It's okay, I'll pull out the medical records and tell President Sheng the details."

The reason why Professor Zhao is called "Professor Zhao" instead of "Doctor Zhao" when he is old is that in addition to his superb medical skills, he also has high emotional intelligence.

Even the intern doctor standing by was muttering to himself: If I had known this would happen, I would have added that lady’s WeChat.

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Before leaving get off work, Sheng Yang received a call from Zhang Qun, who was in charge of the daily operations of the clinic.

Zhang Qun had never met Sheng Yang, but he knew that the second son of the Sheng family was now the actual person in charge of the group, so he made detailed preparations before calling, and even kept Professor Zhao, who was originally going to return to City N, to prevent Sheng Yang from asking some questions.

According to the medical records sent by Zhang Qun and Professor Zhao's explanation, Sheng Yang fell silent.

As expected—she was feeling depressed.

So he planned to tell her at night the "nonsense" story about how he was hypnotized by the professor of the psychological clinic at HK Hospital and how he sealed away the memory of losing that period...

If that would make her feel more at ease.