Chapter 10 Laboratory of Chinese Medicine
Vanessa looked at Jacob and solemnly declared, "Zachary's internship certificate was personally signed by my grandfather. I can testify for it."
"Are you satisfied?" Zachary said to Jacob. He then turned around and grinned at Vanessa, "Thank you, Vanessa."
Vanessa blushed, "You don't have to thank me. In fact, I should be thanking you for saving my life. Please let me treat you to lunch this afternoon." "Well..."
The conversation between Vanessa and Zachary became more and more distant as they walked away together. Eventually, everyone returned to their senses. A loud noise was heard as a flurry of conversations broke out in the room.
Both the students and the teachers were discussing what had just happened. They didn't expect that Zachary's internship certificate had turned out to be real.
Furthermore, Vanessa, the most beautiful girl in the school, seemed to know Zachary personally. They seemed to have a good relationship, and she had even taken the initiative to invite him to the party.
Speaking of the party, someone suddenly remembered that the invitation card from Vanessa appeared to be different from the one in Vincent's hands.
The students who had been standing close to them had clearly seen that Zachary's invitation card was yellowish in colour, and it exuded a faint fragrance of herbs. Moreover, there was calligraphy written on the invitation card, and it seemed to be written by Maxwell himself.
The invitation card was a customized one, and it was much more exclusive than the printed version.
It was a clear indication of how much Maxwell respected Zachary. The principal of a medical college had only received a printed copy of the invitation, whereas Zachary, who was just a medical student, had received an invitation card specially written by Maxwell.
As soon as someone pointed it out, the discussion in the office became more and more heated and intense, while Vincent and Petty's faces darkened.
Petty, who had wanted to show off her new boyfriend in front of Zachary, was particularly displeased.
Unexpectedly, the poor and unassuming Zachary had been able to get Maxwell to sign his internship certificate. Moreover, he seemed to have a close relationship with Vanessa, and received a special invitation card that even Vincent had failed to get.
Such a stark contrast was a huge blow to Petty. She felt uncomfortable, as if her heart had been hit by a hammer.
As for Vincent, he couldn't bear to stay there any longer. He waved his hand angrily and walked away, livid. He didn't care about Petty at that moment, as she had caused him to be humiliated. Looking at Vincent, Petty's heart skipped a beat. She quickly chased after him.
Everyone else continued with their discussion. They even laughed at Vincent and Petty.
After having lunch, Zachary returned to the school. It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon when he arrived.
He hadn't really been able to enjoy his meal with Vanessa earlier, since people had been staring at them because of Vanessa.
Those people had started to gossip when they saw that Zachary, who was just an ordinary-looking boy, was having lunch with Vanessa. Their judgmental gaze and whispers almost drowned him.
In the end, Vanessa found a small private room for them to enjoy their lunch in peace. Everyone then gossiped about the fact that they had entered a private room for lunch.
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It was nothing to Zachary now. He didn't care about the rumours at all.
He took a stroll along the campus road. A gust of wind blew, and the bare branches by the road swayed in response. The buds that had just popped out of the soil were rubbing against each other in the wind, making a swooshing sound. The cold breeze in the early spring made Zachary shiver.
"I didn't expect that this body would be so weak," Zachary muttered as he wrapped his arms around his body. He frowned, "It seems that I'll have to think of a way to strengthen my body."
Zachary noticed a shadow in front of him as he was dwelling on his own thoughts. He looked up and saw a ten-story building with a few golden words on it, "Laboratory of Chinese Medicine".
Zachary had an idea. He smiled and quickened his pace, walking towards the building. He went directly to room 712. Then, he took out a key and unlocked the door.
As soon as he opened the door, the bitter smell of Chinese medicine wafted into his nose. The room was very large. There were more than a dozen various instruments in the room, with a big table in the middle of the room. Some documents and miscellaneous items were placed on the table.
Memories from the past flashed across his mind. He soon became familiar with the environment in front of him.
"Mr. Yan is not here! I don't have to waste time explaining anything," Zachary muttered under his breath.
Mr. Yan's full name was Jimmy Yan, and he was Zachary's mentor. The room was his laboratory. He would always throw some time-consuming basic tasks to Zachary whenever he was carrying out his experiments or writing some articles. Although Zachary suspected himself of being free labour for Mr. Yan, as a hard-working student, he had become the top student in the school because of those fundamental tasks. Therefore, Zachary would feel nostalgic every time he entered the laboratory.
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He took a piece of white paper as he leaned on the big table in the middle of the room, and quickly wrote down a prescription.
Then, he picked up the paper and read it again. After making sure that there was no problem with the prescription, he walked over to the herb storage on the left.
In the Laboratory of Chinese Medicine, there were many experiments being carried out. Therefore, there was herb storage on each floor for some commonly used Chinese medicine, so that the students and teachers could conduct their experiments conveniently.
Zachary went to the herb storage and handed over the prescription. The teacher on duty remembered him, and chatted with Zachary, "Zachary, are you back from your internship?"
"Yes!" Zachary replied briefly, without elaborating.
"Hey!" The teacher on duty let out a cry of surprise and stopped mid-action.
"What's wrong?"
"Two of the items in the prescription, Snow Ginseng and dried antler, are not available here. Is Mr. Yan looking for these?"
Zachary suddenly recalled that the herb storages in the building were meant for providing fundamental Chinese medicine for students and teachers to conduct basic experiments. It would be impossible for them to provide expensive ingredients such as the Snow ginseng or dried antler.
Generally speaking, the supervisor of the experiment would have to make a special application and request for the school's consent to get those expensive medicinal items. Therefore, the teacher on duty would have to ask Zachary to confirm the matter.
Zachary's prescription was in fact a formula to strengthen the body, that he had recalled from memory. It was known as a refining potion. Since he was currently in poor health, Zachary wanted to prepare the refining potion in order to nourish his body.
Unexpectedly, he couldn't even get all the ingredients for such a simple refining potion.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.