Chapter 309: Solution
Shi Lan gave her a long look before nodding solemnly. "Okay, I understand."
In truth, ever since hearing what Ye Ming said last night, Shi Lan’s impression of the Monarch had soured. ’But am I just being too sensitive?’ she wondered. ’After all, no matter what, the Monarch is still Ye Ming’s father. Even a vicious tiger won’t eat its own cubs.’
However, judging by the director’s expression, the Monarch was indeed not that simple.
A moment later, the director said, "Lanlan, this incident is my fault for not managing my team well enough. Someone on my team must have leaked it, and I will conduct a thorough investigation afterward. For now, if you want to keep your spiritual power hidden, I have a way. I just have to deny the existence of this spiritual power detector."
She kept the device in a separate room. Normally, only a few employees she trusted deeply were allowed to operate it and knew its true function.
The publicly available spiritual power detectors on the market could only measure up to Level S. Therefore, if she denied that such a device existed, no one would be able to verify the specific Level of Shi Lan’s spiritual power.
Shi Lan had thought of this as well, but it was a difficult subject for her to bring up. After all, this was the director’s passion project.
But if they did that, the director wouldn’t be able to release her research device to the public in the future.
Shi Lan raised this issue, but the director just smiled. "At my age, I don’t care about empty fame. My original intention in researching this device was my belief that, like potential, a person’s spiritual power can break through and improve in the face of certain hardships. It was impossible for a female’s highest spiritual power to be only S, and you have just helped me prove this."
"For me, I have no regrets."
Shi Lan thought about it seriously before finally shaking her head. "Rather than covering it up, it might be better to take this opportunity to announce your hypothesis to the public. The truth is, since you were able to develop this machine, someone else might develop it too a few decades from now. Besides, other doctors in the hospital already know about this device."
"If that’s the case, the lie could be easily exposed. The risk is just too great."
If she were just an ordinary person, it might be fine, but the director was a professor at Imperial Capital University and the head of this hospital. She was also Ye Ming’s mother. Her reputation was far more important, and they couldn’t easily destroy the public’s trust in her.
The director looked at her, her eyes filled with admiration and gratification.
’Ming’er’s wife really is wonderful.’
In the end, the two decided to go with Shi Lan’s plan. Downstairs, the soldiers sent by Ye Ming and He Hanshi had arrived. They worked together to maintain order and quell the noisy crowd.
However, the males in the crowd still didn’t retreat. "Eldest Prince, we just want to know if the things online are true or not!"
"We’ve tested it with our own equipment, and the audio file online shows no signs of being synthesized. How do you explain that? Why hasn’t the director come out to address us?"
...
The crowd stopped pushing forward, but their mouths never stopped running.
Ultimately, the people who had actually come to join the commotion or show their concern were either various news reporters or males with high Spiritual Power Levels. Since their own interests were at stake, they were unwilling to leave so easily. As for the males with low Spiritual Power Levels who didn’t need to worry about spiritual collapse, whether a 3S Female truly existed or not wasn’t something they would have a chance to verify anyway.
Ye Ming looked at them, his gaze icy. "Regardless of whether the news online is true or false, you have already committed the offense of creating a public disturbance by surrounding someone’s hospital today. If you continue to cause trouble, the Guard Team will escort you directly to prison for a few days."
At his words, the previously clamorous noise died down considerably. The crowd looked sheepish, afraid of actually being sent to prison, but they were still unwilling to leave.
Ye Ming paid them no more mind and hurried inside.
Inside, Mu Tangfeng had already flown in through a window with Jiang Xia.
As soon as the three of them were there, their first instinct was to check on Shi Lan. They breathed a collective sigh of relief only after confirming she was unharmed.
Jiang Xia looked at her curiously. "Lanlan, is your spiritual power... really that high?"
Shi Lan nodded. Mu Tangfeng started in surprise, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Ye Ming had suspected as much before, so he wasn’t as shocked, but his pupils still contracted slightly. He quickly composed himself. "Lanlan, have Mu Tangfeng get you out of here first."
Shi Lan shook her head. "No. I’m your wife now. You all hold high-ranking, powerful positions on Capital Star, and you represent too many interests. Just leaving would only cause more controversy."
She wasn’t just representing herself now. In a way, she also represented the stance of the Eldest Prince, He Hanshi, Jiang Xia, the Mu Family, Yan Huoshui, and the others.
Since the news online couldn’t be stopped and everyone was waiting for a response, it was better to just tell them openly.
And so, Shi Lan went downstairs with the director.
Downstairs, Yan Huoshui had also brought some students to help maintain order. He had also called over Mr. Lu Sr. When Lu Dinfeng heard that a crowd was blocking the entrance to his wife’s hospital, he had flown over in a fiery rush with Yan Huoshui.
He’d had a fiery temper back when he was an Admiral, and he wouldn’t hesitate to beat anyone who defied him. The retired soldiers in the crowd who had once served under him in particular felt a phantom ache in their bodies just from seeing him.
As a former Admiral, Lu Dinfeng’s fame and prestige were immense. Even in retirement, the public still held him in high regard.
The moment he arrived, the sporadic clamor vanished instantly. Lu Dinfeng’s sharp, hale eyes glared at them, his expression grim. "Who gave you permission to block the entrance to my wife’s hospital? She’s being delayed from treating her patients. Who’s going to take responsibility for the losses and consequences of that?"
"Kids these days... not a single one of you is calm and steady. What does some female’s Spiritual Power Level have to do with any of you?"
Lu Dinfeng launched into a non-stop tirade the moment he arrived. The retired soldiers wore expressions of people who had seen it all before, while the others stared wide-eyed, cowering and lowering their heads, not daring to utter a single word of rebuttal.
Just as Yan Huoshui saw that the situation had stabilized and was about to go inside to find Shi Lan, he saw her walking out with the director. Ye Ming and the other two stood behind her.
He strode over, his red hair fluttering in the breeze. "Lanlan, sorry I’m a bit late. These people didn’t scare you, did they?"
Shi Lan looked at him, amused. "Do I seem like the type to get scared so easily?"
Yan Huoshui’s red lips curled into a smile. Recalling how she had encountered the Insect Clan on multiple occasions, his worries subsided considerably.
The males who had been blocked by the guards heard his words and were left speechless. ’Do we look that scary?’
But then again, thinking about how such a large group of them was blocking the entrance, they had to admit it did look a bit like they were bullying others with their numbers.
However, they quickly remembered their purpose. Seeing Shi Lan and the director appear, the crowd, which had just quieted down, immediately grew agitated again. "Director, Director, is it true you’ve developed a detector that can test a female’s spiritual power above S?"
"Director, is Miss Shi Lan’s spiritual power really 3S or higher? That would be a record-breaking number. Is it real?"
"Director, some people online are saying this is just a publicity stunt where you faked the 3S result. They say that because your Zhenxin Hospital has fewer patients than the Imperial First Hospital, you’re deliberately using this tactic to drive traffic..."
The moment the crowd saw them, they were bombarded with a torrent of questions.