Supreme Pharmacist System - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: The Promised Cure

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Zhou Wen first sought Wu Yan’s help to book an unoccupied laboratory from the third floor’s specimen preparation team. 

Then, he found over a dozen white mice for his clinical trial. This would allow him to skip a few of the experimental procedures. 

Zhou Wen administered the medication and then observed the reaction of the white mice attentively. 

He was surprised to find that the white mice that were in extreme agony after being originally injured had quieted down after receiving an intramuscular injection of Biotype Pain Relief Medication. There was no exception across all the white mice. 

“That’s awesome…” Zhou Wen was incomparably excited. 

He did not expect that his first attempt at producing a biopharmaceutical would be successful. 

Just as he was preparing to look for more animals for his clinical trial, a prompt sound was heard in his ears. 

[You have successfully produced Biotype Pain Relief Medication. It is the promised cure. You have received 200 Course XP and Biotype Hangover Medication X10]

Zhou Wen did not expect that he could actually gain XP points by producing a medicine; moreover, he was given ten portions of Biotype Hangover Medication. It was truly a marvelous day! 

He brought up the system interface and examined it for a while. 

It turned out that the XP points were not used to upgrade his course XP, but it was his pharmacist’s XP value. The XP value of his occupation as Apprentice Pharmacist turned into 200/1000. 

Zhou Wen disregarded it after taking a glance. The pharmacist rank did not feel that useful to him now, anyhow. 

Since the XP points could not be used to upgrade his course XP, some of the ideas that Zhou Wen came up with earlier in his mind had been shattered in an instant. 

He could only complete the missions obediently. 

Soon afterward, he brought up his inventory list and took a glance at the Biotype Hangover Medication. A strip of little blue pills was lying quietly in the inventory list. 

Since the Biotype Pain Relief Medication had already been determined as the ‘Promised Cure’ by the system, Zhou Wen did not continue to perform his trial anymore. 

Instead, he packed up his things in the laboratory and left. 

…

In the office of PCR Team’s team leader, on a Saturday morning. 

Zhang Shuguang was still reading the data analysis in his office when Wu Yan knocked on his door and entered the room. 

“Team leader, this is the experimental data of PTC-1057. The report shows that it is extremely effective and can be administered for usage.”

Zhang Shuguang received the report and screened through it. He cracked into a smile and nodded. “Hmm, sure, send the report to the outpatient department. 

“Alright, boss.” Upon saying that, Wu Yan was prepared to leave. 

“Hold on.”

Wu Yan turned around and asked, “What’s up, boss?”

Zhang Shuguang leaned against the back of his chair and asked smilingly, “What has the young boy been doing for the past few days? Why haven’t I seen him at all?”

Wu Yan replied with a smile, “I don’t know. He’s been bustling about all day every day and working on something that I have no idea about. He sought my help yesterday afternoon to book him a laboratory saying that he wanted to carry out an experiment.”

“Is that so?” Zhang Shuguang assumed an excited expression. “Okay, you should go back to work first.”

After Wu Yan left, Zhang Shuguang packed up the documents on his table before he got up and left too. 

In the inpatient department, Zhou Wen came to the ward floor where Guo Baichun’s room was located at eight in the morning. 

The elevator opened up just in time for Zhou Wen to see the old woman standing at the door. 

Zhou Wen greeted the lady, smilingly, “Aunty, do you still remember me?”

The old woman cracked into a kind smile and answered, “I do, I do. Are you here for something?”

Zhou Wen responded, “Not really; I’m just on the way to somewhere, so I figured I’d drop by to visit you.”

The old woman was delighted, so she thanked Zhou Wen repeatedly. 

They engaged in small talks for a while, and then Zhou Wen asked, “Where are you heading to?”

The old woman said smilingly, “He’s craving barbecued duck, so I’m going to get him some.”

Zhou Wen just wanted to tell her that her son was not supposed to have barbecued duck, yet he pondered the thought for a moment. Her son would not live long, so it would be best for him to eat anything that he wanted now. 

“Alright, then you should go back and take a rest. I’ll help you to get it.”

“There’s no need to trouble you; I’m just on my way to get some air downstairs, too, coincidentally.”

“I shall go with you then.”

“Alright…”

Zhou Wen accompanied the old woman downstairs and chatted as they walked. 

The old woman hardly spoke during their first encounter because she was just recently acquainted with him. However, she was certainly getting more talkative now that it was their second meeting. 

Through the conversation, Zhou Wen discovered that the old woman was very well-cultured. Her speaking mannerism sounded very classy, and he could tell that she was a very educated woman, only that her thought process was slower now that she was getting older. 

However, it was also precisely due to this reason that the old woman was quite reluctant to trouble her relatives. Instead, she singlehandedly took care of her son who was over 70 years old despite her being over 90 years old. 

Zhou Wen accompanied the old woman to purchase half a barbecued duck from a braised food restaurant near the hospital; then, he supported her with his hand to walk back to the hospital slowly. 

Zhou Wen stated, “Aunty, I have something to do today when I came to see you.”

The old woman replied, “Tell me, what is it?”

Zhou Wen pondered for a moment before he answered, “So, I saw that your son was in so much pain previously, and I couldn’t bear to see him like that. Therefore, I went to look up some information when I left and made some Biotype Pain Relief Medication according to an ancient formula. I’ve already carried out a clinical trial on animals, and the pain relief effect was excellent. You can even say that it produces instant results, so…”

Zhou Wen did not finish his sentence anymore because he believed that the old woman would understand his intention. 

The old woman asked in an extremely calm manner, “Did you bring the medication with you?”

Zhou Wen nodded. “Hmm, I have it with me! Don’t worry; you don’t have to pay for it. This is a biopharmaceutical, so its ingredients are all composed of probiotics and will not cause any toxic side effects.”

The old woman smiled kindly and said, “It’s fine. Even if it is poison, as long as you have the courage to give it to me, I’ll have the courage to feed him.”

Zhou Wen was rendered speechless. 

Zhou Wen did not expect that the old woman would consent to it so straightforwardly. He was under the assumption that he would need to persuade her with great effort. 

It was possible that this was the last resort in a hopeless situation for the old woman. 

As long as there was a gleam of hope, even if she obviously knew that it was just a temporary relief or placebo, she was willing to give it a try so that her son could suffer a little less. 

The old woman’s relatives were there when they arrived in the ward. 

There was an old man with gray hair and three youths. 

The elderly man was seated next to the bed taking care of the patient while the rest of the youths were sitting on the chair outside the ward, using their phones. None of them even bothered to take an extra glance at the ward. 

There was a saying of ‘no filial son could be found by the bedside of a parent who suffered a long illness,’ let alone relatives. 

The old woman and the old man engaged in small talk for a while. Zhou Wen did not understand them much because they were conversing in the local dialect in a swift and rushed manner. 

He roughly speculated it to be words of concern and also querying why the old woman did not employ two caretakers to help her out, among other things. 

The old woman remained smiling throughout the ordeal, and she would speak occasionally, but her answers would always make the old man heave a sigh. 

The old man stayed in the ward for about an hour before the few youths waiting outside grew impatient and urged him to leave. 

The two of them spoke for a while longer before they left. 

As for Zhou Wen, who had been constantly standing by the side, the old man assumed that Zhou Wen was a doctor because he was dressed in a lab coat with the words ‘First People’s Hospital’ embroidered on his chest. The old man did not speak to him at all throughout the time he was there. 

Zhou Wen took a seat in front of the bed and seized the opportunity when the others were not looking to flip over the blanket and pull down Guo Baichun’s hospital pants a little to reveal his buttocks. Then, he injected the Biopharmaceutical into his body. 

Zhou Wen noticed a sudden change almost immediately. When an ordinary person was taking an injection, and the needle was pierced into the person’s body, the person’s muscles would contract. Yet, Guo Baichun did not. There was utterly no reaction from his body. It felt as if the needle had pierced into a piece of dead meat. 

It was apparent that his physical bodily functions were almost close to having a complete breakdown. 

Later, Zhou Wen kept the syringe away properly and waited quietly by the side of the bed.

One minute later, Guo Baichun’s tightly furrowed brows were relaxing at a speed that could be noticed by the naked eye. Even in his sleep, his face was rarely relaxed due to the pain. 

The old woman seated next to Zhou Wen could see it too. She asked incredulously, “Is… Is it really effective?”

Frankly, she did not believe it fully in her heart when Zhou Wen told her about the biopharmaceutical drug earlier when they were downstairs. 

She was an educated woman, after all. How could she possibly believe that a medicine that was simply made from an ancient formula could be better than an advanced pain killer made using modern sciences?

Just as Zhou Wen had imagined, it was her last resort in a hopeless situation. Her son was already in such a state, how bad would it be if it was a failure anyway?

Moreover, she believed that Zhou Wen would not have the courage to simply administer any medication to her son. 

As for the possibility of money swindling, she really did not care much about that. 

What was the point of having money when the person was dead?

However, the reality was far more bizarre than her imagination. 

She retained a ‘hope for the best’ ideology in her mind, yet Zhou Wen gave her a 100% satisfaction surprise. 

“I believe that it’s effective.”

The old woman cried tears of joy. She grabbed Guo Baichun’s hand and called out to him softly, “Wake up… Wake up.”

Guo Baichun opened his eyes slowly and cracked into a smile that his mother had not seen in ages when he saw his old mother next to his bed. He called out ‘mother’ through his cracked lips!

“Oh… How do you feel?”

“Much… Much better…”

“Are you still in pain?”

“Not… Anymore…”

“Are you really not in pain at all?”

“Mmhmm!”

Tears of joy poured out of the old woman’s eyes. She grasped the back of Zhou Wen’s hand tightly with incomparable gratitude seeping out from her warm palm. 

Meanwhile, a prompt sound was heard in Zhou Wen’s ears. [The mission’s requirement has been achieved…]

…

Zhou Wen stayed in the ward for over half an hour and ensured that Guo Baichun was not having any other issues before he got up and left. As for the blood test, he decided that he would think about it tomorrow because he did not bring his blood collection needle today. 

The old woman got up and sent Zhou Wen to the door.

Zhou Wen passed his number to the old woman and asked her to call him up when the medication’s effect ceased. At the same time, he reminded her not to spread the word on Guo Baichun’s medication. 

The old woman understood, naturally. The consequences of producing medication without permission would make Zhou Wen lose his job if the hospital were to find out about it. 

She assured him repeatedly that she would never expose this matter. 

Upon saying that, the old woman remembered something and took out two bank cards from her pocket. She differentiated them for a moment before she stuffed one of the cards into Zhou Wen’s hand. “Keep this; the password is the first three numbers and last three numbers.”

Zhou Wen was startled and hastily rejected, “Aunty, what are you doing? I said that there’s no need to pay…”

The old woman stuffed it into his hand once again. “Take it. There’s not much money in it… Take this as a small token of appreciation from my son and me.”

Zhou Wen held the old woman’s hands and said, “Aunty, I really can’t take it. I did it because I can see that Uncle Guo was really suffering badly, not because… Please don’t give me money.”

The more Zhou Wen behaved like this, the more insistent the old woman became. “Be good, child. You must take it. This is my only hope; I hope that Uncle Guo can leave this world peacefully and suffer less… You’ve helped me to fulfill it, and I’m really grateful for your…”

As the old woman was speaking, tears streamed down her face once again. 

“Aunty…”

“Take it!”

There was nothing Zhou Wen could do. He thought about how he still needed to administer medication to Guo Baichun later so he could only nod and say, “I shall leave first then. I’ll return you the card later.”

“Don’t, don’t… You should get to work. I’ll go to the room now.”

The old woman patted the back of Zhou Wen’s hand again and returned to the ward with tears in her eyes and a smile on her lips…