For busy people, time always flies. Le Yuan has settled in New York for a year. With his extraordinary cooking skills, his Cuixing brand in the United States is also extremely popular. At the same time, he will also affiliate Chinese-style restaurants opened.
The place where Le Yuan hangs out most is in the kitchen of the restaurant, and other times he spends time chatting with customers. On the contrary, Elaine becomes more famous as a secretary, attending various events on behalf of Le Yuan, promoting and expanding the influence of Cuixing.
Elaine complained more than once that Le Yuan was not doing his job properly and did not put any thought into finding Abraham Erskine. However, Le Yuan knew that he had found him, and at the same time, the future Captain America also appeared in front of him.
"Hey, isn't this our future soldier Steve? Why do you still want a power package today?" Le Yuan joked, looking at the thin but determined-looking Steve Rogers in front of him.
"Zack, when do you think my body will have the chance to pass the examination and truly enter the 107th Infantry Regiment." Faced with Le Yuan's teasing, the future Captain America asked eagerly, "The food you cook is really good." My body has improved, but I’m still far from the standard for joining the army. Can I speed up?”
Just half a year after Le Yuan's restaurant opened, by chance Steve Rogers and his friend Bucky came to Le Yuan's restaurant. Le Yuan also took the opportunity to prepare a medicinal meal for Rogers. After Rogers got the benefit, he begged Le Yuan to Yuan helped him strengthen his body so that he could join the army. Le Yuan, who had the opportunity to join the line, naturally agreed, but he kept it secret and only slowly improved through medicinal diet, without mentioning anything about traditional Chinese medicine.
"Hahaha, you can't rush this kind of thing. Besides, haven't you gotten better? But what makes me curious is whether you filled in Houston or New Jersey this time?" Looking at Rogers who applied to join the army for the fourth time, he asked. Le Yuan also had to express his admiration. Perhaps it was because of his perseverance that he was able to avoid being attracted by Abraham Erskine.
"Ah? How did you know that I filled out New Jersey this time? Did you also go over to look at my application?" Hearing that Le Yuan guessed where he filled in his application, Rogers couldn't help but ask, "Could this be oriental divination? Why don't you help me test whether I can be selected?"
Le Yuan placed the prepared medicinal meal in front of him and said, "Exercise well, I believe that day will not be long."
Rogers quickly finished the medicinal meal, then put the money on the table and said, "Zack, the food you made is still so delicious. I'm leaving first. In order to become a soldier, exercise!" After that, he ran out quickly. to the restaurant.
At the same time, Abraham Erskine happened to enter the restaurant and saw Rogers' passionate declaration. Looking at Rogers running out, he came to the counter and looked at the idle Le Yuan and asked: "Zack, that young man just now Do you know the person?"
"You mean Steve Rogers?" Le Yuan looked at Dr. Erskine, who was asking about Rogers' situation, and lamented the arrangement of fate: "His father was a soldier of the 107th Infantry Regiment and died of mustard gas, and his mother had tuberculosis. The nurse in the room was infected later and did not survive..."
"That's really a poor young man!" Dr. Erskine sighed. "What about him? Does he really want to join the army? He doesn't look like a strong soldier at all!"
"Don't mention his health." Le Yuan shook his head helplessly and said, "He is weaker than the average person. He suffers from asthma, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, chronic or acute typhoid. High blood pressure, palpitations, fatigue, heart disease and other diseases. An ordinary person might have been beaten down long ago, but he wants to insist on being a soldier with a body like that." Le Yuan handed a glass of brandy to Dr. Erskine
"It's impossible to pass with just one asthmatic," Erskine said, taking a sip of his wine. "Does he still want to keep trying?"
"That's natural. He has already tried to sign up in four different places. He is still trying even though he is illegally putting money on the recruitment list. He is a rare patriotic person." Le Yuan could not help but admire, " I am also helping him now. I use mild medicinal diet to help him regulate his body, hoping to help him realize his wish."
"Medicinal diet? You mean, China's mysterious wizard's potion and the like." Dr. Erskine seemed to have some disdain for traditional Chinese medicine. "Aren't those traditional secrets? Can they really help people strengthen their bodies?"
"How about I let you experience the magic of Chinese medicine now?" Le Yuan couldn't help but suggested as he wanted Dr. Erskine to fall into the trap.
"Is it okay here? Don't you need to prepare?" Dr. Erskine couldn't help but wonder.
"No, I just need to borrow your hand." After saying that, he took out a set of silver needles from his bag, then opened the clothes on Erskine's arm, and in Erskine's surprised eyes, he continued to needle more than a dozen times. It pricked up, which scared Erskine enough, and then he felt like he couldn't control his hand, as if he had never had it before.
"How about my silver needle local anesthesia?" Le Yuan looked at Dr. Erskine with a smile on his face and said, "This is not some witchcraft, this is another kind of medicine."
"It's amazing. It's amazing." Dr. Erskine adjusted his glasses and looked at his arm where the needle was inserted. "Can I regain consciousness after I remove the needle?" As he said this, he pulled out the needle in disguise.
Le Yuan grabbed Dr. Erskine who was about to pull out the needle with his hand, and said: "Don't move, there are certain things about pulling out the needle, so let me pull it out!" After saying that, he pulled the needle out of Dr. Erskine's hand like a whirlwind. The silver needle was pulled out. Then Yun Gong activated the Qi and blood in his arm.
Dr. Erskine immediately regained control of his arm, and then looked at Le Yuan with joy: "This is really amazing technology. You just held my hand for a while, and a warm current passed through my arm, and then it disappeared. It’s numb, is this also a Chinese medical skill?”
It happened that Elaine arrived at this time. She paid real attention to Le Yuan who was chatting, and then discovered that the person talking to Le Yuan was Dr. Erskine, whom she had been looking for for a long time. Her eyes were full of excitement.
When she was unable to control her emotions, Le Yuan pulled her over and said to Erskine: "Mr. Erskine, this is my secretary. Thanks to She."
"Nice to meet you, beautiful lady." Dr. Erskine greeted, "I am Abraham Erskine, currently engaged in scientific research." He extended his hand.
Elaine also shook hands with him and said, "Hello, Dr. Erskine, just call me Elaine. I have something else to do. You can continue chatting." After saying that, she glanced at Le Yuan and walked towards the inner room.
Dr. Erskine seemed to realize that this was not a good place to talk, so he pulled Le Yuan aside and said, "Let's talk somewhere else."
Le Yuan nodded and handed over the remains to the foreman, then took Dr. Erskine to the employee lounge of the restaurant. It was not break time and there was no one here.
Dr. Erskine locked the door as soon as he entered. He said solemnly: "I am the head of a special project in the United States. Now I think you are very helpful to our research. Are you willing to join us?"
"Special project? Does this restrict personal freedom?" Le Yuan couldn't help but ask, "You also know that I have such a chain of restaurants to manage, and I can't always do research for you."
"Don't worry about this. Our research project will not restrict your personal freedom. Besides, you are not a researcher. You are just invited by me to assist in the research." Dr. Erskine pointed at Le Yuan and said, "I am just doing some research. Your medical knowledge is needed, and this is research that could end wars."
Le Yuan first lowered his head and pondered, and confirmed in his heart: He must be talking about the research work on the "Super Soldier Serum". This is the opportunity I have been waiting for. Le Yuan raised his head and said, "I'll join you. Just let me know when you need me."
Dr. Erskine excitedly held Le Yuan's hand and said, "Thank you very much for your support. With your help, I believe this project will be successful soon."
"I don't know, how can I help you?" Le Yuan asked, "I don't seem to have any special research on modern medicine."
Dr. Erskine said softly: "Our goal is to create a serum that can enable people to reach the limits of the human body. I have completed the basic improvement work, but its side effects are still very strong and cannot be tolerated by ordinary people. I hope you There can be ways to weaken the properties of the medicine or enhance the resistance of the person being injected."
"Are there any special requirements for the injected person? And will the final strengthening effect of the injected person be the same?" Le Yuan raised his doubts.
"Of course there are requirements. The stronger the mind and the nobler the character, the more it meets our needs. It doesn't matter whether the body is strong or not." Dr. Erskine replied, "As for the strengthening effect, the weak and the powerful Naturally, the injection effects of soldiers are somewhat different, but the final limit of the human body is not too great. After all, the human foundation is there, and it is really a challenge to break through."
"So what do you think of Rogers just now?" Le Yuan suggested, "He is the person who best meets the requirements among the people I have seen. Besides, I have been recuperating him for some time. I think he may be the person you need." people."
Dr. Erskine held up his glasses and said: "That child? I want to continue to observe him. I will go back and take a look at his materials. After all, the debugging of the final serum has not been completed yet. I want to try to see if it can I can’t continue to perfect the serum, so please help me continue to observe the child.”
After finishing the conversation with Le Yuan, Dr. Erskine enjoyed a delicious meal at Le Yuan and left in a hurry.
Elaine watched Dr. Erskine leave the restaurant and wanted to go out to follow him. Before she could leave, she was grabbed by Le Yuan and pulled into the office.