Chapter 235 - HUO KANG (2/2)

”Anyway, I was telling you about your father. When he returned to the Huo family, he connected with Huo Kang because they were both willing to explore all the possibilities in medicine. And your father was a genius, so Huo Kang was willing to teach him everything. Together, they came up with surgical techniques, new treatment protocols and even a couple of pharmaceutical formulas.” Dr Huo sighed.

”What happened?” Hu Lei asked.

”Your father began getting braver, and he started coming up with his own ideas. Most were pretty good, but some would have been dangerous in the wrong hands. For instance, his perspective on organ transplants, from what I heard from grandpa, was ground-breaking. But if his work was presented as is, it would cause more chaos. So, his research was always edited.”

”Your grandfather asked Huo Kang to stop Ming from coming up with crazy ideas. Instead, his brother said there was nothing wrong with coming up with new ideas. If necessary, they could just keep the research under wraps until the world was ready for it. After that, the brothers fell out.”

”How did my father end up leaving the family?” Hu Lei asked something that had bothered her since she had found out about the Huo can.

”Ming's ultimate interest was in genetics. And he always wanted to crack the code and find a way to heal the body by hacking it. Unfortunately, this is not an easy undertaking. His research trials were a little out of the norm, and the results seemed like they were from hell. I once saw the deformities that formed on the test rats, and I could not sleep. The more he failed, the more he wanted to succeed. He kept pushing and pushing in spite of your grandfather's warnings.”

Hu Lei remembered the test subjects in the Antarctic lab and shivered lightly.

”Finally, he was given an ultimatum. He needed to stop with his experiments, or he could leave the family. It was supposed to be a small threat to give him a wake-up call, but it didn't work as expected. At the time, he had already met Lu Liang. I don't know what happened, but they left and went to Supreme City.”

Hu Lei could not believe that there was such drama in the family. She knew what happened next from the story Lu Liang had told her. At least, he had not made her into a botched experiment.

”Unfortunately, that was not the end of the story. Huo Kang was deeply angry at your grandfather for forcing out Ming who had been helping him with his neuroscience research. He also packed up and left. No one heard from him until some years later when his body was sent to Herb Town.” Dr Huo sighed as she remembered these matters. She had also left the family after that because she could not bear everything that had happened.

”I'm sorry.” Hu Lei stretched her hand and touched her aunt's arm.

The older woman laughed. ”No, I am the one who should be sorry. I ruined our excursion with such morose tales. Come, let me show you the greatest secret of the Huo Clan.”

With that, she grabbed Hu Lei's arm and dragged her. After walking for a while, they stopped at a dark hardwood door with ornate designs of herbs. There was a regal feeling to it.

Dr Huo smiled at Hu Lei mischievously. ”Open it.”

Hu Lei's lips twitched, but she opened the door.

”Welcome home!” There were loud shouts and cheering from the large room full of people.

Hu Lei looked at Dr Huo in question.

”It's your welcome home party. It's time for you to meet your countless cousins, aunts and uncles.”