The caller was Xia Yanyu.

This woman was different from others, given her relationship with him, she would not call to chat idly.

Now that Lingyan Pavilion was partnering with Xia Group, her calling at this time likely meant that there was some trouble at the pharmaceutical factory.

After greeting Guan Shimeng and Miaomiao, Xu Fan stepped aside and answered the phone.

"Xia Yanyu, what's the matter?"

"Xu Fan, I'm at the pharmaceutical factory now, there's a bit of a problem here, can you. . . can you come over..."

Through the phone, one could hear a commotion from the factory, as if a group of people were arguing.

In principle, Xu Fan, representing Lingyan Pavilion, was only responsible for providing the medical formula technology, and he had no responsibility for any issues that arose once drug production began.

But the situation there had probably exceeded Xia Yanyu's control capabilities, and her voice now seemed somewhat apologetic.

"Is Su Shouzi on the scene?"

One could vaguely hear Su Shouzi's voice amid the murmuring, and Xu Fan asked.

"Yes, they've been here for a while."

After a moment of silence, Xu Fan took a breath and said, "Okay then, send me the address, I'll come right now."

If Xia Yanyu could have explained the problem clearly over the phone, the situation wouldn't have escalated to this point.

The cooperation between both parties was ultimately for the military, and if there was a problem, resolving it was going to be very troublesome. Xu Fan did not dare to delay, and he agreed to come over personally to see exactly what had happened.

"Shimeng, I have a bit of trouble to take care of, so I can't keep you company anymore, sorry."

After hanging up, Xu Fan explained to the two women and his expression became stern, but they were both sensible and readily agreed.

Once he got into his car, he received the location details from Xia Yanyu and sped towards the pharmaceutical factory.

Xia Pharmaceutical Factory, a subsidiary of Xia Group, was not located in the city but in the southern suburbs of Jinling.

As a comprehensive pharmaceutical enterprise integrating the production of Western, ethnic, and chemical medicines, Xia Pharmaceutical Factory in the southern suburbs of Jinling City covered an area of nearly one hundred thousand square meters. Nearly more than half of the medicines in the Jinling area were produced here.

It took less than half an hour for Xu Fan to reach the factory gate.

Probably because Xia Yanyu had already informed them in advance, no one tried to block Xu Fan as he drove into the factory.

He could see from a distance that outside the largest workshop of the pharmaceutical factory, two groups of people were confronting each other.

With swords drawn, the atmosphere suggested they were on the verge of coming to blows. Xu Fan cursed internally at the nonsense happening, jumped out of his car, and rushed directly towards the crowd.

"Su Shouzi, what are you doing?"

The two groups had been shouting at each other for a good while and were already red-eyed, poised to start fighting, when suddenly, Xu Fan with a stern face walked toward them.

"Master... Master, how come you are here. . ."

Leading the way, Su Shouzi evidently hadn't expected Xu Fan to arrive at this time and quickly halted his group, shuffling over to Xu Fan with an embarrassed smile.

"Heh, hehe, Master, why... why are you here?"

Seeing Su Shouzi groveling beside him, Xu Fan snorted coldly and said, "If I don't come now, should I come later to collect your bodies?"

The contract was right before their eyes, and they were in the midst of cooperation, yet instead of helping, Su Shouzi had the nerve to lead people over for a fight?

"Aiyo, master, you've misunderstood,"

Chided by Xu Fan, Su Shouzi could not help but show a face full of grievance.

He stomped his foot and, pointing at Xia Yanyu not far away, said, "Damn it, the people from the Xia family are just too unreliable. We've given them everything, the medicinal formula and all. Guess what, the medicine they've produced is all unusable!"

"In such a short time, we've already suffered losses over ten million!"

For this collaboration, Lingyan Pavilion provided both technology and funding. Now, all the purchased herbs have been turned into what can only be described as trash, and as the financier, Lingyan Pavilion was forced to throw away tens of millions for nothing. No wonder Su Shouzi was feeling the pinch so acutely.

"Ah, fortunately we discovered the issue early on. Otherwise, we could have been completely ruined by these counterfeit drug makers."

Su Shouzi was full of resentment at this moment, speaking with considerable emotion. Listening to just his side of the story was not enough to clarify the actual situation. Xu Fan waved his hand to stop the chatter and started walking towards Xia Yanyu.

"Xia Yanyu, is what he said true?"

"..."

The incident occurred just a few days after the drug production had started, and Xia Yanyu's expression was far from pleasant.

She glanced at Xu Fan with guilt and nodded, then said, "Xu Fan, there indeed has been an accident."

"We haven't figured out what went wrong yet..."

The problem with the finished medicine could either be related to the staff and equipment at the pharmaceutical factory, or it could be that the formula itself was flawed.

The two groups had been arguing the whole time without determining the root cause of the issue.

"Heh, Xia Yanyu, what are you implying, that the formula we provided is flawed?"

Upon hearing Xia Yanyu's words, Su Shouzi couldn't help but burst into cold laughter.

He looked at Xia Yanyu coldly and snorted, "From where I stand, it seems like you're dissatisfied with the profits we're offering, and you're scheming to push us out so that later you can secure the military contract all for yourself."

This time around, Xia Group's profits amounted to only thirty percent, which was not low, but not much either. With the medicinal formula in hand, it was indeed possible for them to do as Su Shouzi had suspected.

"Mr. Su, my family, the Xia's, would never commit such acts of betrayal and dishonesty!"

Xia Yanyu took Su Shouzi's speculation very seriously, as it concerned the reputation of the Xia family.

"The foundation of Xia Group has always been our integrity. Indeed, taking it all for ourselves would be more profitable, but my family would never engage in such dishonorable conduct!"

"Xu Fan, please, trust me."

"Xia Yanyu, even if your side hasn't deliberately set a trap, the loss caused by issues with your personnel and equipment this time, do not expect us to shoulder this loss!"

"Our formula is flawless!"

Su Shouzi was still unrelenting, convinced that the fault lay with the Xia family.

Before, he might have suspected that the formula developed by his research institute might not be suitable for mass production.

But it's important to note that this time, the formula given to the Xia family had been personally improved by Xu Fan.

Su Shouzi gave Xia Yanyu a cold look, then turned to Xu Fan.

"Master, don't tell me you don't trust your own formula?"

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