Luó saw Xiǎo Bái for the first time and immediately grabbed his hand: "Is your injury healed? It's all because of me, dragging you into suffering such a serious injury."

  Bai Shaofeng smiled lightly and said, "My leg is fine now, I can even participate in the Olympics without any problem. Miss Luo doesn't need to apologize to me either, if anyone should be blamed, it's those bad people who wanted to harm you."

  Luo Xiao lightly sighed: "My brother Huang was injured, the doctor said he might become a vegetable."

  Xiao Bai felt something was off when he heard Luo Xue's words, and although it wasn't urgent, he didn't feel like going to visit him. Xiao Bai immediately guessed that the person who had secretly set a trap to harm Luo Xue was Huang Ya Su, and Luo Xue himself also understood. The first time Xiao Bai met Huang Ya Su was that night when he sat on the street and was mistaken for a fortune teller, and later they saw each other a few times at the He Luo Group, but Huang Ya Su didn't recognize him, and Xiao Bai didn't have a good impression of Huang Ya Su either. After thinking for a moment, Xiao Bai only said one sentence: "Let's go to the hospital to see him before Madame Luo returns."

  Huang Yashu is really dead, deader than dead, even though the doctor didn't send him to the morgue. Xiaobai understood at first glance that this person wouldn't wake up again, because in his heart's perception, this person was empty, a complete void, whether asleep or normally unconscious it shouldn't be like this. This feeling of emptiness Xiaobai had seen once before, when Qingchen was meditating silently at midnight while recovering from injuries at her home, Xiaobai thought she was dead and got startled. Now seeing the real vegetable Huang Yashu he finally understood the difference - Qingchen gave him a feeling of ethereal emptiness back then, whereas Huang Yashu now gives him a feeling of deathly stillness.

  Luò stood in front of the sickbed for a long time, not saying a word. In the end, it was Xiao Bai who gently held her hand and led her out of the ward. This was the first time Xiao Bai had taken the initiative to hold Luò's hand, her hand soft and slightly cool, Xiao Bai holding on like that until they got into the car outside the hospital before letting go.

  Back at the Luo Garden, it was still early in the day. Xiao Bai was summoned by Luo Bing to a guard duty room and the door was closed, clearly indicating that there was something to be said. Before Luo Bing could speak, Xiao Bai opened his mouth first: "Master, what have you done?"

  "Little Bai, you shouldn't have asked that. It was an ordinary traffic accident, the big truck didn't break any rules, Huang Yashu's driver is fully responsible, even if the Zhiguo National Secret Service Bureau comes to investigate, it will still be this result."

  Bai Shaoliu suddenly understood, and a chill ran down his spine as he felt an inexplicable thrill. He asked Luo Bing: "Do you still remember what happened at the wedding? At the back door of the hotel parking lot, there was a large truck that rushed out to hit Miss Luo's car."

  Lu Bing: "I remember, of course I remember, it's really retribution!"

  Xiao Bai sighed and muttered to himself: "Huang Ya Su's driver and two bodyguards were all seriously injured."

  Luò Bīng raised his head and stared straight into Xiǎo Bái's eyes: "That day, you were also injured!"

  Luobing only said one sentence, and Xiaobai understood everything. The car accident was arranged by Luobing, who had been designing it for a long time, and Huang Yusu finally found an opportunity to take action. The method used was the same trick that Huang Yusu had once used against Luo Xue. Huang Yusu's driver and bodyguard were inevitably implicated. Just like at the wedding, if Xiaobai had gotten on the carriage, the truck would have crashed into it too, and apart from Luo Xue, Luobing, Gu Ying, and Xiaobai would also have been unlucky. In a sense, they were bound together by their interests and misfortunes, and even if he didn't want to hurt innocent people, Luobing still had to do it this way.

  Xiaobai suddenly remembered Qingchen, Qingchen had also killed people through bulletproof cars, but her skills were superior to Zijin's gun breaking the window with one shot. What if it was herself? If she also had such great abilities, would she go and kill Huang Yusu? Speaking of which, killing people isn't a very fun thing to do, but if that's how Xiaobai felt, then at least three fewer people would get hurt.

  Xiao Bai is daydreaming about how to kill someone, and Luo Bing happens to ask: "Have you ever killed anyone?"

  Bai Shaoliu: "Me? No!"

  Luobing: "I do, I used to be a scout, special forces soldier, and member of a special operations team. I've not only killed people, but also personally cut someone's throat... When it comes down to it, thinking too much doesn't help. If there's a better way, that's great, but if not, you still have to do it. If Huang Yusu were still alive, the next one to die could be either of us."

  Bai Shaofeng nodded silently, acknowledging Luo Bing's words. Luo Bing continued, "What I'm saying today is from the heart. You're a good person with a sense of justice, but you're still too young. Tomorrow, Madame Luo will return, and if she sees her son in this state, she'll stop at nothing to tear him apart. Miss Luo will be in danger, and so will you. So, when faced with situations in the future, you must act decisively; having a good heart is not enough, one must also have a ruthless heart... Alas, I truly hope for a peaceful world."

  Luobing mentioned Luo Shuihan's wife Ai Si, and Xiao Bai asked with some doubt: "That Mrs. Luo..."

  His intention was that why didn't you find a way to deal with Madame Luo as well, wouldn't that be completely trouble-free? But this sentence was not suitable for Xiao Bai to say out loud, and even thinking about it made him feel a bit inappropriate. Luo Bing naturally understood, smiled faintly, and replied: "If there's anyone in this world besides Luo Xue whom Mr. Luo can't bear to part with, it would be that seductress! Without her, there wouldn't be the HeLuo Group, nor would there be today's Luo Shuihan... However, if we look at it from another perspective, if it weren't for such a large HeLuo Group enterprise, how would Luo Xue have encountered this kind of situation? The world is full of interconnected events, and it's hard to say what's cause and effect."

  Xiaobai didn't know much about Ai Si, only that this woman had once saved Luo Shuihan from a difficult situation and had also helped his career greatly. She was a very capable, resourceful, and well-connected woman. Luo Bing's words were a bit confusing, he couldn't make it clear, Xiaobai listened to him and felt a bit puzzled too. He shook his head secretly, thinking - what does it matter, as long as I protect Luo Xue, that's enough! Now there's Tou Ma helping out, who can teach me martial arts and also give advice.

  ……

  After Luo Shuihan and Ai Si returned, they rushed to the hospital to visit Huang Yasi. Luo Shuihan was afraid that Luo Xue would be "heartbroken" and specially asked her to stay in Luoyuan and not accompany them. The conflict and danger that Xiao Bai worried about did not come immediately, because after Ai Si returned to China, she put all her energy on Huang Yasi. In theory, Huang Yasi had no chance of waking up again, but there were always some miraculous events happening in news reports and folk rumors. Ai Si had a lot of money and was willing to spend a lot of it to buy back a glimmer of hope for a miracle.

  During this period, Ai Si sought medical treatment everywhere and invited various medical experts and even quacks to "treat" Huang Ya Su. Luo Shuihan also introduced several internationally renowned medical experts to her, all of whom told Ai Si: "Miracles may be rare, but they are not impossible." This idea captivated Ai Si, and for the time being, she didn't have the energy to deal with other things.

  But Luo Shuihan was very busy, and as soon as he returned to Wuyi City, he made three major decisions, all of which were related to Luo Xue. The first decision was to no longer serve as the chairman of the Heluo Group, and as the chairman of the board, he would not interfere with many things, and would hand over a large number of business matters to his long-time good friend, the new president Li Zhidong. The second decision was to almost command that in the future, Luo Xue must be present at major business decision-making meetings of the Heluo Group. She could choose not to speak or participate, but she had to sit there and listen.

  Third, taking advantage of the upcoming winter break, Luo Xue decided not to attend school and instead began learning two of the most important courses. Gu Ying stopped teaching Luo Xue's other courses, including horse riding, in order to focus on these two. The two courses were Qimen numerology and a course with a strange name called "Awakening of Power". Since Luo Xue often had to attend meetings at the Heluo Group, Gu Ying decided to set up her classroom in the Heluo Group's headquarters, the Luoyang Building, where Luo Bing specially arranged for half a floor.

  Luoxu was about to attend a meeting, and Xiao Bai had to follow suit because he was his bodyguard. Even if Luoxu was in the Luo Yang Building, he would have to follow him, which was an unprecedented situation. Fortunately, Bai Shaoliu had an identity as a "senior assistant", so he had a seat at the meeting. The first meeting Xiao Bai attended was the temporary board of directors of the He Luo Group. At the far end of the long conference table sat Luo Shuihan, with CEO and Director Li Zhidong sitting on his right-hand side, and Luoxu sitting on his left-hand side.

  Luo Xue's seat was originally supposed to be Ai Si's, as Ai Si is the second largest shareholder and a director of the He Luo Group. However, she didn't show up today, and Luo Shui Han didn't leave the seat empty, instead giving it to Luo Xue. Xiao Bai's seat was also special, being the second chair on the left hand side next to Luo Xue, making those who didn't know the situation think he was a big shot.

  This meeting discussed the issue of a new reagent developed by Kangran Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a holding subsidiary of Helo Group, being put on the market. This medical reagent is used for blood tests and can detect multiple diseases including malignant tumors with only 2ml of blood, with high accuracy and short time. In the past, similar products in the market did not promote due to accuracy reasons. This time, Kangran Pharmaceutical's new reagent made a major breakthrough in technology, and the product has broad market prospects. Of course, the company also invested years of R&D time and huge funds for this purpose. Kangran Pharmaceutical is a listed company, and as soon as the news was announced, various evaluation agencies immediately raised their earnings expectations for the company, and the stock price soared all the way.

  However, shortly after the new product was launched, a similar product suddenly appeared in the market, produced by a small company called Rio Pharmaceutical. The quality of this product is almost identical to that of Kangran Pharmaceutical. What's more, the ex-factory price of Kangran Pharmaceutical's blood test reagent is 20 yuan per unit, while Rio Pharmaceutical's reagent has an ex-factory price of only 5 yuan! The situation inevitably raises suspicions of possible technology theft. An investigation is not complicated, and it turns out that the current technical director of this company is Cheng Hui, the former R&D director of Kangran Pharmaceutical.

  The blood reagent project was originally managed by two people, Huang Yusu in charge of funding and Cheng Hui in charge of technology. However, when the project was halfway through, Cheng Hui left Kangran Pharmaceutical, he was half forced out and half angry because he had a falling out with Huang Yusu. Cheng Hui's girlfriend is very beautiful, at a gathering, she caught Huang Yusu's eye, and later on, she somehow ended up in bed with him. After finding out, Cheng Hui left Kangran Pharmaceutical without a word and also gave up the lucrative stock option incentives promised by Kangran Pharmaceutical.

  Kang Ruan Pharmaceutical also had technical experts take over the completion of the blood reagent project, and soon after the product was launched, a similar incident occurred. The person in charge of Kang Ruan Pharmaceutical reported on the situation at the meeting, Ai Si and Huang Ya Su were not present, he also spoke very euphemistically about the matter between Huang Ya Su and Cheng Hui, but everyone could understand. The atmosphere was very serious and no one spoke out of turn, but Xiao Bai felt that more than half of the people, including Luo Shuihan, had a strong urge to scold someone - scolding Huang Ya Su for being stupid!

  After listening to the report, Luo Shuihan asked the person in charge of the Ministry of Justice calmly: "What do you think can be done about the legal aspects?"

  The Minister of the Legal Department of the He Luo Group, who was also the groom Wang Rong, whose leg was broken at the last wedding, is still in the hospital. The deputy minister spoke at the meeting: "Actually, things are very clear. When Cheng Hui left Kang Ran Pharmaceutical, he took away a copy of the trial data and private original samples. Rio Pharmaceutical stole our technical secrets and production patents. If we want to investigate, it can be clarified, but evidence collection takes time, so the legal process will be lengthy. The opponent's lawyer can argue that it is independent research and development, and this debate and evidence collection process cannot be shortened. We have a great chance of winning this lawsuit, but the most important issue is not here."

  Luo Shui's face remained unchanged: "In what way?"

  "The legal environment in Zhiguon is very unfavorable for protecting intellectual property rights, especially in the pharmaceutical industry. Many pharmaceutical companies are copying foreign products and re-releasing them as high-priced new drugs. The existing legal system does not have severe enough penalties, so projects like Kangran Pharmaceutical's independent research and development are at a disadvantage in court... Even if we win this lawsuit, pursuing Chenghui's personal legal responsibility is quite certain, but the compensation awarded may be far from making up for Kangran Pharmaceutical's actual market losses... If we find a third-party evaluation agency to calculate the actual losses and have the court accept it, even then, execution will still be difficult. The controlling person of the opposing company can simply declare bankruptcy and shed their responsibilities, which is very hard to pursue in Zhiguon... In short, lawsuits are troublesome, and theoretically, we may win in the end, but protecting our interests is very difficult."

  Luo Shuihan smiled slightly: "That can't be ignored, the key is to make the parties involved pay a price. You go and help Kang Ruan Pharmaceutical handle it, follow the procedures as usual, and do the evidence collection work quickly, try not to alert outsiders... Let's talk about the market situation now, how big of an impact has this had?" This last sentence was directed at the person in charge of Kang Ruan Pharmaceutical.

  "The other party's shipment volume is not large, and they have not done too much promotion. I estimate that their production capacity is still limited, so the stock price of Kangrui Pharmaceutical has not been greatly affected... Their products do not have huge R&D costs, so we cannot compete with them in terms of price. Our current advantages are brand awareness, marketing network, and quality reputation. The countermeasure I am taking is to raise prices. I plan to increase the ex-factory price of a single reagent from 20 to 25, increasing the profit and rebate space for distributors and prescribers... Their sales price is too low at only 5 yuan, so in this regard, they are still unable to compete with us for the time being."

  Xiaobai was confused at first, wondering how a lawsuit could be won or lost, and whether following the law was better than breaking it. He also wondered why medical equipment could be sold at different prices, with the more expensive one being able to squeeze out the cheaper one. But as a graduate of a finance university, he thought about it for a moment and somewhat understood. He couldn't help but sigh that this world is complex and profit comes first, and he had never encountered such "high-level" things before. Looking at Luo Xue's expression, she was also deep in thought, with similar feelings to his own.

  Luo Shui nodded and continued to ask: "In the domestic market of Zhi Xugu, it will not be impacted for the time being, but this is not a long-term solution. As long as the other party's production capacity, product promotion, and distribution network are done well, Kang Ran Company's products have no advantage at all. With sufficient investment, these are not big problems. The key is the export link, if the other party's production capacity comes up, Kang Ran Company will lose the entire international market, which is the largest source of profit, at least tens of billions. At that time, Kang Ran's R&D costs cannot be recovered, and it will go bankrupt."

  Kangrui Pharmaceutical Company General Manager: "So we still have to pin our hopes on legal means. Under the same conditions, market losses are irreparable and can only be resolved through legal prohibition or legal compensation. But there is a big problem here!"

  "What's the big deal?"

  The general manager of Kang Ruan Pharmaceutical was already sweating, and the future bankruptcy of the pharmaceutical company could not shake Luo Shuihan's foundation. The He Luo Group could even sell Kang Ruan Pharmaceutical's stock at a high price in advance to make a profit, but for this general manager, it would be all over. He lightly wiped his forehead and said: "Kang Ruan Pharmaceutical has loopholes in internal control and technical confidentiality, and I have serious responsibility for such a big thing happening. I suggest that the directors of He Luo Group consider reducing their holdings while the stock price is high..."

  Xiaobai sighed again in his heart. When he used to work at the bank, there were not a few colleagues who invested in stocks and often studied this and asked about that, either mysteriously or nervously. But when it came to Luo Shuihan's level, how to buy and sell was completely another story. Is this legal or illegal? It's hard to say if you really investigate, and it's also difficult to actually investigate.

  Xiaobai sighed, and the general manager of Kangran on the other side continued to speak: "If legal means can solve it, that's better. But what I'm talking about is also related to this. The market for our medical test reagents has a cycle of three to five years. If the legal process drags on for one or two years, the market will be lost, and we'll have to rely on legal compensation. However, in today's environment... unless we think of another way to stop that company's production and sales."

  "What's the plan?"

  "If someone can now persuade Chenghui to surrender himself, everything will be easy!"