Why My Domineering Prince Regretted Filing for Divorce?-Chapter 667 - 529: Yu Wenye, How to Choose?! _3

Pei Xingyuan said, "In that case, out of those more than two thousand patients, can you not save at most only ten percent?"

Shang Ruyi replied, "But, it isn’t absolute."

"Oh? Is there another way?"

Shang Ruyi said, "Previously, in Fufeng, the medication was used, firstly because Feng Chen was the only patient, and secondly because She’er brought enough medicine, so we weren’t frugal in its use. However, with such a large number of patients, the medication naturally needs to be reduced. For his treatment, we used eight qian per person, but for these patients, five qian per person should suffice; the usual three doses per day can also be changed to two doses."

"..."

"Moreover, he drank the medicine for more than twenty days, with the last few days as a precaution against a relapse. In fact, at least five days of the medication could have been spared."

Yu Wenye, upon hearing this, glared at her.

Although he never showed any fear of the bitterness of the medicine while drinking it, bitter is bitter, and whose tongue wouldn’t taste it? Moreover, three doses a day made him lose all appetite, and in the last few days, he nearly couldn’t eat at all.

Unexpectedly, it was this young woman—

As he cast a glare, Shang Ruyi immediately felt guilty and lowered her head, then quickly said, "So in these calculations—"

Pei Xingyuan immediately said, "About three thousand jin of medicine is needed."

At his words, both Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi were somewhat surprised. Especially Shang Ruyi, who could explain it because she’d been calculating this matter since last night, was astonished that Pei Xingyuan had just come up with the number.

And he was right.

Shang Ruyi couldn’t help but look at him with fresh eyes, "Mr. Pei, you are amazing!"

Pei Xingyuan, hearing this, got even more smug, swaying his head and waving his hand, "It’s a small thing, even more, and this little student could easily calculate it."

Seeing him so full of himself, Yu Wenye couldn’t help but turn his head away, acting as if he hadn’t seen anything. But Pei Xingyuan knew that they were discussing important matters and quickly stopped showing off, continuing seriously, "But even with these calculations, it’s still not enough."

Shang Ruyi also nodded in agreement.

About two thousand jin short.

This time, even Pei Xingyuan frowned.

Though normally he seemed unserious, it was just in his nature, but he understood the gravity of major issues. Especially since the numbers they discussed might mean life or death for hundreds or thousands when applied to others, missing a single person would mean that person couldn’t survive.

That is the bloody reality!

He muttered, "Is there really no other way?"

At this moment, Shang Ruyi glanced at him and then at Yu Wenye before saying, "Actually, there is another way."

"...!?"

Hearing this, Yu Wenye looked at her with some surprise, seemingly puzzled by her hesitation and lateness in mentioning it. But Pei Xingyuan didn’t react and just anxiously asked, "What way?"

Shang Ruyi glanced at Yu Wenye before softly saying, "It’s an emergency now, so using medicine can’t compare to usual times. The dose Feng Chen took was naturally the best, but now with so many patients and insufficient medicine, the only way is to use some other medicine with similar effects as substitutes."

Upon hearing this, Pei Xingyuan’s eyes lit up, "Can it be done?"

Shang Ruyi replied, "For instance, grains of paradise and magnolia bark have similar effects, and white-backed root and plantain with talc have similar effects. If we’re really short, we’ll have to use these to make up the difference."

"..."

"With this, the medicine available at hand can at least be tripled!"

"...!"

Pei Xingyuan’s eyes brightened even more, saying joyfully, "In that case, we can treat at least sixty percent of the patients, that’s fantastic!"

The result was still less than ideal, but at least it was a vast improvement from before.

Although Pei Xingyuan was grinning from ear to ear, Shang Ruyi’s expression didn’t lighten much with finding the solution, instead, when meeting Yu Wenye’s deep, all-seeing eyes, her breathing grew heavier.

At this point, Pei Xingyuan seemed to sense something too, asking them, "We have a solution, why aren’t you two happier?"

Shang Ruyi replied, "This method also has a problem."

"Oh? What problem?"

"Medicine specific to the condition yields the best efficacy; the method I thought of, while it can save more people, reduces medicinal potency significantly."

"..."

"A decrease in potency means—"

Shang Ruyi lifted her head to look at Yu Wenye, and softly said, "It will take longer to cure those people!"