The person on the other end also said they had tried the loquat paste sold in Melody Summers’s shop and discovered it had a miraculous effect on respiratory and pulmonary issues.
Therefore, they hoped to get Melody Summers’s help in jointly developing this special medicine.
Melody Summers thought about it. ’If this is true, it would be a great service to the nation and its people.’ She replied, "How can you prove you’re a research institute that’s actually cooperating with the government? What if you’re scammers?"
Melody Summers wanted to do her small part for the country, but she was also afraid of being scammed.
Inside the research institute where Paige Walsh worked, an assistant saw Melody Summers’s reply and was overjoyed. He rushed to Paige Walsh’s office and said excitedly, "Professor Walsh! The owner of the Arcadia Shop replied to my message!"
They had only messaged her on a whim, because according to people who had shopped on the platform, the store’s owner was very aloof and never replied to any messages.
One researcher even said he had once tried to pay ten million to the owner for a custom order of honey, but even after a long time, the owner never acknowledged him.
They never expected Melody Summers to actually reply this time! It was a wonderful surprise!
Paige Walsh was also pleasantly surprised.
After seeing Zara Walsh off that day, Paige Walsh had immediately sent the jar of loquat paste to her researchers for analysis.
Paige Walsh didn’t believe a simple loquat paste could be effective against pulmonary problems. ’That’s utter nonsense.’ She believed there had to be some kind of drug mixed into it. If they could just identify that drug, their current predicament would be easily solved.
But the institute’s researchers analyzed it for a long time and, for the life of them, couldn’t identify any medicinal components within it.
Paige Walsh and her team of researchers tried using the loquat paste as an ingredient, adding it proportionally to their existing formula, and discovered the resulting medicine had a miraculous effect—
Adding a minuscule amount of the loquat paste to the drug formula could cure 70% of patients.
If the proportion of loquat paste reached 10%, the resulting medicine could cure almost 99% of patients.
The drug development project had reached a stalemate. After all, with current medical technology, it was extremely difficult to clear contaminants deep within the lungs. Melody Summers’s willingness to reply brought new hope to the entire project team.
Seeing Melody Summers’s reply, Paige Walsh called over the institute’s expert members and the government liaisons assigned to the project.
After a discussion, they photographed their ID cards and parts of the collaborative project proposal. They even took photos of themselves holding their IDs next to the chat screen, then sent all of these pictures to Melody Summers.
Melody Summers looked at the dozens of pictures she received in the chat window, patiently examining them one by one.
When she got to Paige Walsh’s work ID, she froze.
’I can’t believe the person in charge of this institute is Paige Walsh,’ Melody Summers thought with some surprise.
When Melody Summers was in high school, she had gone to Zane Simmons’s house to tutor him and had a strong impression of his mother, Paige Walsh.
Although Paige Walsh was the wife of a wealthy man, she had always been very gentle with her and never acted arrogant or looked down on her.
She had even offered to fund Melody Summers’s university education, but Melody wasn’t short on money at the time, so she declined.
All of the dozens of photos showed the documents next to the chat screen, providing ample proof.
Then, as if they were afraid Melody Summers still wouldn’t believe them, they added that they could meet in person at a government office or a local police station to discuss the details.
Seeing this, Melody Summers let go of her doubts and replied, "How can I help you?"
The other party quickly replied, "We need to purchase this loquat paste in large quantities. Can you supply it to us?"
Melody Summers thought for a moment and replied, "How much do you need?"
The process of making the loquat paste was too complicated. Last time, it had taken Melody Summers a long time just to make over 300 jars.
Melody Summers waited for a moment before the reply came: "For the first batch of medicine, we need at least five thousand jars."
Melody Summers’s vision went dark—

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