"Really? I heard that the Ghost Doctor always appears and disappears unpredictably, and the requirements for an apprentice are extremely high. To this day, they are still looking for a satisfactory candidate."
Meng Yi showed a look of pleasant surprise, momentarily forgetting the swelling pain on her face.
"Do you really believe you can persuade the Ghost Doctor to take me as an apprentice?"
Nan Qingqing nodded, smiling, "Xiaoyi, a few days ago when I went to the main house, I happened to meet the Ghost Doctor who’s abroad through a video call. They said they’re returning in two weeks and wish to select a talented, hardworking apprentice to impart their lifelong knowledge to."
"Now that I think about it, you’re a top student at the medical college with exceptional talent, aren’t you the apprentice Ghost Doctor is looking for?"
"Besides, I will soon become the Nan Family’s heiress, and it will be easy for you to meet with them in advance. Maybe the Ghost Doctor, out of respect for the Nan Family, will directly accept you as an apprentice."
Meng Yi’s eyes glittered as she licked her lips, making up her mind, "Qingqing, since you’ve put it that way, I believe in you. I will lend you this one million."
"No, I’ll give it to you directly, as long as you can get me selected. Not just this one million, I can give you even more money."
A triumphant smile flashed in Nan Qingqing’s eyes, but on her face, she feigned being overwhelmed by the gesture, seriously saying, "Xiaoyi, consider this money a loan from me. I can’t accept it. Besides, we are friends, and it’s only right for me to help you."
Meng Yi’s brows rose in joy. She took out a card from her bag and stuffed it into Nan Qingqing’s hand, "Qingqing, consider this as me helping you. You don’t need to be polite with me; I’ll trouble you to help me out with this."
Nan Qingqing accepted the card, "Rest assured."
Elsewhere.
As soon as Nan Yu returned home, she received a barrage of calls from Sheng Ruomei.
"Nan Yu, Qingqing respects you so much as her sister. She was caring towards you in the bar and even humbled herself to apologize to someone for your sake. Where do you get the gall to bully her like that?"
"Since you’re married now, just dutifully take care of your crippled husband and that old woman, and keep away from Qingqing."
"If you interfere with Qingqing’s chance to become the Nan Family’s heiress, I will never let you off."
Nan Yu’s gaze flickered with hurt as she mocked, "Mrs. Nan, how could I possibly influence Nan Qingqing’s chance to become the heiress? Unless she’s a fake and you’re afraid I’ll tell the main family?"
The previously arrogant Sheng Ruomei fell silent for two seconds, then spoke with a bit of stammering, "Who—who says she’s fake? She is the daughter that the main house has been searching for many years!"
She then raised her voice, sounding even more ferocious, "Nan Yu, stop spouting nonsense, or don’t blame me if I come over to tear your mouth apart!"
Immediately after, she hung up the phone in a hurry.
Nan Yu noted her unusual reaction and the hint of guilt in her last warning.
She narrowed her eyes, feeling more and more that there was something fishy about Nan Qingqing becoming the Nan Family’s heiress.
"Yingqing, I just had a sudden thought. What if the three of them conspired to deceive the main house together?"
Song Yingqing’s pupils widened in disbelief as she looked towards Nan Yu, "Impossible, right? The people of Nan Family are not fools. I heard they did DNA testing twice. Once at a public hospital and once at a private hospital under the Nan Family’s ownership."
"They might have a way to falsify the first test, but the second one was on the Nan Family’s own turf. They can’t possibly have such a long reach to tamper with that one as well."
As she spoke, Song Yingqing paused, "Even if they managed to fake it both times, they would still need a sample from the real Nan Family heiress. Both tests used hair and blood samples. Hair might be easy to obtain, but how about fresh blood samples?"