Chapter 1054
With Cedric''s verbal assurance, Sasha was immediately relieved.
She heaved a sigh of relief and immediately asked him, "Dr. Cao, I will be attending my family
meetingter. Some people may question and doubt me, so I would like to ask you to..."
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Just as Sasha was rushing home, Fade had received a message from Lily that said, "Sasha Li
invited a Chinese medicine practitioner from South Bay City. I heard that it''s someone from the
Acupuncture King''s Cao family. They are probably trying to target us and do something to our Life
Elixir Wine."
"Acupuncture King''s Cao family!" Hearing this name, Fade remembered that some time ago, Henric
had gone to Dragonville City for an acupuncturepetition with Caesar.
"Lily, what''s the name of the person who came?" Fade asked.
Lily answered, "His name is Cedric Cao. I heard that he is the son of Lamont Cao, the Acupuncture
King. He is also the cousin to Hayden Cao, who is the current head of the Cao family." "Cedric
Cao!" Fade could recall this name as he had heard Mr. Tu mentioning it previously when talking
about the situation of the Cao family.
Without a doubt, the most powerful person in the Cao family was Lamont Cao. As a National
Chinese Medical Doctor, he possessed outstanding acupuncture skills. However, the medical skills
of Lamont''s children were far inferior whenpared to his. It was not until one of his grandsons,
Henric Cao, held outstanding talents and managed to inherit his grandfather''s various skills. He was
then crowned the title of Acupuncture Prince.
Amongst them, as the current head of the Cao family, Hayden, hadpletely abandoned his
medical studies and ventured into the business industry. Using the name of Acupuncture King, the
Cao family managed to develop a major Chinese medicine brand in South Bay City, even expanding
their business to several parts of the country.
As such, Cedric was probably one of the several members from the younger generation who had
inherited Lamont''s medical skills. However, none of the younger generations managed to make their
name well known in the traditional Chinese medicine circle. From this, one could deduce that
Cedric''s medical skills were only mediocre at best.
Fade''s silence worried Lily as she asked, "Fade, what''s the matter? Will Cedric cause us any
trouble? I know that the Li family has always wanted to crack the form of our Life Elixir Wine."
Fade smiled and assured her, "Lily, don''t worry about this. It is impossible to crack my Life Elixir
Wine form, let alone have Cedric try. Even if Lamont tried personally, it would still be impossible."
"Since Sasha wants to put up a fight, just let her be. I would like to see how far she can go."
When Lily noted Fade''s confidence, she was immediately relieved.
On the other hand, Sasha had brought Cedric back to the Li family''s vi.
As soon as she returned, a group of cousins greeted her. Every one of them held different amounts
of animosity towards her that they hid skillfully under their expressions.
"Sasha, you are back!"
"Sasha, it''s been a long time! You''ve finallye back home."
"Sasha, since you''ve been quite busy, I guess the hospital''s business must be pretty good."
"Grandfather heard about what happened to you and immediately sat up from the hospital bed. This
is truly..."
Sasha listened to their words and just snorted coldly, "I will prove to grandfather my own career.
Don''t you all worry about it."
After speaking, Sasha led Cedric into the vi past the group of people.
Martin greeted her and saw a strange middle-aged man beside his daughter. He couldn''t help but
feel a little confused and asked, "Sasha, this is..."
Sasha quickly exined to her father, "Dad, this is Dr. Cedric, I am going to..."
After a while, a group of people gathered in the bedroom.
In the middle of the bedroom, there was arge hospital bed hooked up to all kinds ofplicated
equipment. On the bed sat a greyhaired elder. This was Fenrir Li, the billionaire of the town.
The Li family members were standing all around his sickbed.
Sasha rushed towards Fenrir and said with tears in her eyes, "Grandfather, you are awake. I am
here to see you."
The old man patted Sasha''s head lovingly and uttered gently, "Sasha, you''ve grown up."
"Grandfather, no matter how old I am, I will always be your granddaughter," Sasha had tears in her
eyes.
The expression of the people standing beside them immediately fell upon seeing Sasha and Fenrir''s
close interaction. Their hearts were filled with jealousy.
Immediately, someone coughed and said to Martin, "Father''s health condition is not that good.
Martin, you should ask Sasha to get straight to the point. It won''t be nice if father gets tiredter."
Martin nced at the eldest man who was speaking and said in a calm and indifferent tone, "I know,
so don''t you worry."
Immediately, Martin shed Sasha a look. She stood up and nced at her grandfather, tears
streaming down her face. She had an apologetic expression as she said, "Grandfather, I want to
apologize to you. The serious losses suffered by the hospital are all due to myck of experience,
so I will take responsibility."
Sasha''s move of taking the initiative to apologize had immediately surprised many present.
However, they soon noticed Martin and Sasha exchanging nces. They immediately understood
what was going on.
It seemed that the father and daughter had discussed it in advance, agreeing to take a step back
and apologize. First of all, Sasha would apologize and admit to her own mistakes, hence gaining
the sympathy of the Old Master.
Instantly, many people secretly cursed the duo for being so cunning.
Immediately, someone huffed, "Sasha, putting aside your apology, why don''t let''s talk about how
your business has been doing during this period of time?"
"That''s right, it is not toote for you to apologize after we rify the exact amount of losses you''ve
caused. We can follow the family rules after that."
Before Sasha could even respond, someone immediately stepped out with various data and
statistics.
"Old Master, this is the data from The Li''s Hospital during this period of time."
"Since the establishment of The Li''s Hospital for the past month, the amount of investments in the
hospital is more than 10 billion yuan. It has earned a total of 30 million yuan and umted
losses that add up to around 10 billion yuan. Moreover, the hospital has been experiencing a loss of
3 million yuan and above daily now..."
After a series of reports, even Fenrir''s expression was grim despite his love for Sasha.
After the data was listed, the others immediately began to bombard Sasha with criticisms, "Sasha,
do you have anything you''d like to say about this?"
Sasha''s face turned pale and her expression was unhappy. However, she bit her lip and admitted, "I
have nothing to say. It''s true."
Hearing this, everyone scoffed in disdain. They turned towards the Old Master and said, "Since
Sasha has admitted it herself, my suggestion is to shut down The Li''s Hospital immediately so we
can minimize the amount of losses suffered. At the same time, Sasha must reflect on herself and
make the necessary changes in order to prevent something simr from happening in the future
again."
It was obvious what they wanted. They wanted Sasha to admit to her mistakes and concede defeat.
Upon hearing those words, both Sasha and Martin''s expression immediately darkened. The failure
of this project and the loss of more than one billion yuan were not the main point. The main problem
was that this was the first project that Sasha was independently responsible for.
If the project was directly dered a failure, it would be a huge blow to Sasha''s image and status in
the Li family. It would also be a major obstacle for her if she wanted to take over the Li''s family
business in the future.