The appearance of the Heavenly Doctor threatened Lei Riquan, who dared not openly support Iokuchi Gorou and Long Nian anymore. He hastily declared the meeting adjourned, making no mention of Iokuchi Pharmaceuticals entering Donghai.
Iokuchi Gorou and Long Nian left with grim faces. They dared not push Lei Riquan further, fearing that if they did, Lei Riquan might completely turn to the side of Traditional Chinese Medicine, resulting in a loss for them.
Long Xiao rode back home in Lin Xuan's car. As soon as he arrived, he received a call from Luan Jiping.
"Little brother, your performance today was excellent, hehe, quite an achievement."
"Sister, I was just trying to scare Iokuchi and the others. Let's see what they do next before we decide how to deal with them."
Luan Jiping was delighted to hear Long Xiao admit that the Heavenly Doctor who appeared earlier was him.
She was pleased not only with Long Xiao's medical skills, which had far exceeded her imagination, but also that Long Xiao considered her one of his own. Long Xiao had kept this from his wife but had not hidden it from her.
Back at the Lin family residence, Lin Xuan excitedly told Long Xiao about the Heavenly Doctor, Long Xiaotian. This was the first time Long Xiao had heard of the old man being a Heavenly Doctor named Long Xiaotian.
In the past, when Long Xiao followed the old man around, the old man had been like a nanny, raising him.
From the time he could remember, he knew the old man had taken him to sell medicine. He had always thought the old man was selling fake medicine, the kind that wouldn't kill anyone but wouldn't cure anything either.
Thinking of the old man naturally brought to mind his adoptive father, Long Kui, and his sister, Long Yan.
In three days, Long Yan would be starting school. Long Xiao had already given her money and bought her clothes, a phone, and other necessities for school.
"Lin Xuan, I want to drive Long Yan away from Donghai for a few days."
Lin Xuan thought for a moment and said, "I'll go too."
"Can you get away? Lin's Group needs you."
"Long Xiao, I've made up my mind. No matter how well Lin's Group does, it's just making wedding dresses for others. I want to resign as CEO of Lin's Group and focus on expanding our pharmaceutical company."
Long Xiao naturally supported Lin Xuan's idea.
"Good, I support you. Let's go see Grandma today to resign, and tomorrow we'll send Long Yan to the capital together."
Lin Xuan nodded and said, "Okay, let's go now."
It was not yet dinnertime when the two of them walked out of the Lin family villa and ran into Nangong Yue.
If Nangong Yue knew Lin Xuan was going to resign, she would definitely oppose it, and a scolding was unavoidable.
"Mom, we're just going out for a walk. We'll be back for dinner," Lin Xuan said first.
Nangong Yue looked at them strangely. She sensed something unusual about them and asked, "Going out for a walk? It's almost dinnertime, what's there to walk around for?"
"Mom, we won't go far. You should go back; we'll be back soon."
Before Nangong Yue could respond, Lin Xuan pulled Long Xiao and left.
Nangong Yue looked back and saw Lin Xuan holding Long Xiao's hand, and she felt a pang of bitterness. The cabbage she had raised was being gobbled up by a pig. How dare an utterly useless live-in son-in-law hold her daughter's hand.
"Let go of her hand and come back here," Nangong Yue shouted angrily.
Long Xiao chuckled, turned and clasped Lin Xuan's hand, and they quickly ran out of the villa. They didn't even take a car.
As they walked along the road, they discussed how to resign. Resigning required a plausible excuse. In terms of ability, Lin Xuan was the most capable among the younger generation of the Lin family, so that reason wouldn't work.
After a while, they decided to use poor health as an excuse.
To ensure their resignation was successful, Lin Xuan called Lin Xin.
She called him "Brother" affectionately and told him that her health had been deteriorating recently and she really didn't want to continue as CEO anymore. She had decided to resign but was afraid her grandmother wouldn't agree, so she needed his help.
Lin Xin was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately asked for their location, planning to drive over and pick them up.
Earlier that morning, Ji Cheng had called to inform him that the manager of Lin's Pharmaceutical Company had been arrested. He was already worried about the poisoning of the factory being exposed, and now Lin Xuan was preparing to resign.
As long as he became the CEO of Lin's Group and gained absolute control, even if the factory poisoning was revealed, it wouldn't be a problem.
They hadn't walked far along the street when Lin Xin's car arrived.
Seeing Long Xiao and Lin Xuan together, Lin Xin became much more polite to Long Xiao.
"Long Xiao, Lin Xuan, get in, I'll give you a ride."
Seeing Lin Xin arrive, Long Xiao smiled and got into the car with Lin Xuan.
Soon, they arrived at Lin Xuan's grandmother's villa. When they explained their reasons and expressed their desire to resign, Lin Xuan's grandmother agreed without hesitation, not even trying to dissuade them.
This hurt Lin Xuan and further solidified her decision.
With Lin Xuan resigning, her grandmother immediately announced Lin Xin as the new CEO of Lin's Group.
To facilitate their trip to the capital to send Long Yan off the next day, Lin Xuan completed the handover with Lin Xin in front of her grandmother.
She also called her secretary, Shao Yu, to inform her of her resignation and Lin Xin's succession.
"General Manager Lin, I'm resigning too," Shao Yu said.
"Shao Yu, you're doing a good job. Why are you resigning?" Lin Xuan asked.
"General Manager Lin, I only want to be your secretary. If you're leaving, I'm leaving too."
Shao Yu was resolute, and Lin Xuan couldn't persuade her otherwise, so she informed Lin Xin of the situation.
Lin Xin's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Lin Xuan, you're not behind this, are you?"
Long Xiao looked at Lin Xin and said, "Brother, what are you thinking? She didn't want to do it, and I was even trying to persuade her. You heard that, didn't you?"
"Resign if you want to. Lin's Group will operate without her," Lin Xin said with dissatisfaction.
After leaving the grandmother's house, they walked onto the street. Long Xiao asked, "Lin Xuan, our company might not even get off the ground. Aren't you having any regrets?"
Lin Xuan looked at Long Xiao and said, "Of course not. Think about it, Lin's Group's total assets are only a little over a billion yuan, with less than two hundred million in liquid capital. You're investing six hundred million. I'm not afraid of lacking money."
"You're counting on me, aren't you?" Long Xiao asked.
Lin Xuan held Long Xiao's arm and said, "A wife relies on her husband for clothes and food. Since I'm marrying you, I'm naturally counting on you."
"Wife, don't forget, I'm the live-in son-in-law. I married you, not the other way around."
"That was in the past. Things have changed. It's now me marrying you."
Long Xiao looked back at Lin Xuan and said, "Since you're marrying me, you can sleep in my room tonight."
Lin Xuan glared at Long Xiao and said, "Don't even think about it. In the past, I married you. If you want to marry me, you need to give me a respectable wedding, with a formal proposal and a proper ceremony."
Long Xiao nodded heavily and said, "Okay, I will give you a grand wedding that will shake the entire city, and everyone in Donghai will come to celebrate."
Lin Xuan rested her head on Long Xiao's shoulder, nodding happily. "Okay, I'll wait for your grand wedding and the city-wide sensation."