409 Illness (1/2)
Heart Questioning House.
”Sorry... our boss is really not around! There's no more stock left for Opening Point Incense...”
Both Ding Qiuyu and Zhao Lihong smiled while accompanying their last customer away. As they looked at the ”deposit” he insisted on leaving behind, they could only give an awkward smile.
”Dear... I think there are at least 10,000 dollars in this stack of cash!”
Ding Qiuyu counted the cash and was at a slight loss of words, ”Little Boss is such a capable person, can't believe the Opening Point Incense he casually made would sell so well! I guess you can't even earn as much by selling antiques?”
”I know right!”
Zhao Lihong was a youthful university student too, with a mischievous smile on her face, she said, ”If you can get a guy like Little Boss, you would have no worries for the rest of your life... Sister Ding, you have to work hard!”
”Rude lass, it's not like you don't know my situation...”
Ding Qiuyu rolled her eyes and continued, ”Lately, Chen Bo has been acting all weird. He keeps saying he wants to breakthrough and reach a new height, it's like he's crazily obsessed... He even asked me for Opening Point Incense and he was prepared to buy a batch of it!”
”There are so many weird things happening lately!”
Zhao Lihong's expression turned mysterious and she continued, ”There are rumours that some people saw a ghost on the path behind our school!”
”Also, the fire at 2nd West Street, some people swore they saw the God of Fire...”
”Furthermore, many people also had odd sightings at the old pagoda trees at the west of the city and the Dragon King Well at the east of the city... This can't be good too, the world is changing, I better go to General's Temple on Green Phoenix Mountain to ask for an effective talisman to ward off evil!”
...
Zhao Lihong was making a big deal out of the events as she counted with her fingers.
”Miss Zhao, please... you are a modern university student, how can your brains be so feudal and filled with trash?”
Ding Qiuyu rolled her eyes and then asked curiously, ”Eh? General's Temple on Green Phoenix Mountain, this name sounds familiar...”
”It was originally a normal temple, but lately, I heard there's a new daoist elder there, he's amazing! He can do palm reading, stop your misfortunes, and if you ask for a son, he will grant you a son!”
”Cough cough...”
Ding Qiuyu was even more speechless, ”Ask for a son? This seems like the duty of the Goddess of Fertility, there's no link to the name of General's Temple at all?”
”Doesn't matter if the name has a link or not, as long as it's effective... Think about it, Boss was gone for so long and we have no news of him at all, we should go and pray for his safety! What if Boss was really met with some danger? At least we can still burn more paper money for him...”
As Zhao Lihong saw Ding Qiuyu slightly wavered, she immediately persuaded her.
”That's true... we should go together one day, I heard the sceneries on Green Phoenix Mountain is not bad!”
Indeed, Ding Qiuyu had a change of mind.
”Cough cough... I'm not dead yet, burn paper money for me?”
Fang Yuan stepped into the store with a sour face.
He was very disappointed to hear those words the moment he returned to the capital.
”You are fine, Little Boss! That's great!”
Ding Qiuyu went forward as though she wanted to take a good look at Fang Yuan. However, she suddenly saw Ye Yingzi and Zhao Daniu standing beside him and was alarmed, ”The two of them are...”
”My bodyguards!”
Fang Yuan scratched his head, ”Zhao Daniu, Ye Yingzi!”
”Wow! Boss, you are really rich! You even have bodyguards, just like in the movies...”
Zhao Lihong's eyes lit up. She was not interested in Ye Yingzi at all and instead, she was very interested in Zhao Daniu. Her eyes kept looking at Zhao Daniu.
”If I said these were just the bodyguards they could see and that I have eight more hidden around me, I wonder what will they expressions be like...” Fang Yuan thought to himself secretly.
Fang Yuan was then curious, ”Why are both of you around?”
”Oh, it's because business in the shop has been too good lately! Many are attracted by the Opening Point Incense!”
Ding Qiuyu took out the ledger, ”Boss, the stock you kept has all been sold out! Just now, there was even a customer who wanted to buy it for 1,000 dollars per tael! He even left tens of thousands of dollars as deposit!”
”Ah, you all have worked hard! You all can split the cash as your bonuses!” Fang Yuan said nonchalantly.
People nowadays were pure and honest.
If it was in Fang Yuan's previous realms, when the Boss disappeared for a few months and there was so much money left behind, it would not be out of the norm for anything to happen.
Of course, these two women might have to count themselves lucky for not having any ill-intentions with the money.
Else, Fang Yuan aside, the force represented by Ye Yingzi would definitely teach them a good lesson.
”It's most likely those cultivators who discovered the use of my Opening Point Incense...” Fang Yuan thought.
With the support of the country, Fang Yuan was no longer interested in these people.
”From now on, we will stop selling the Opening Point Incense and don't accept any more deposits. For those we have accepted, they can count themselves lucky! I will ask someone to bring over the stock!”
Fang Yuan looked around the shop and was very satisfied as the shop was running well. He then left the shop.
On the journey, Ye Yingzi left for a short while before returning and said, ”Major Fang, we investigated the surroundings of your Heart Questioning House and discovered traces of spy activities. It can be confirmed that at least half of those customers purchasing Opening Point Incense were intelligence officers from other countries... Also, the other half are cultivators from nearby! The social relationships are very complex!”
”I know, hence, this is the last time!”
Fang Yuan went back to the courtyard house he rented and asked Zhao Daniu to harvest the fully grown medicinal herbs and deliver them to Heart Questioning House. Fang Yuan then prepared to visit each of his friends one by one to return the favours.
He Tianming was obviously the first stop. Teacher He vaguely knew about Fang Yuan's whereabouts and when he met him, he was very glad and said many words of encouragements and blessings to Fang Yuan.
After Fang Yuan knew the other people in the Gifted Class were already in their new jobs, Fang Yuan did not ask about them further and left for Professor Tian's house.
Tian Family was not far from Xijing University and had their own decently sized courtyard house.
Fang Yuan visited the house once before and thus, he knew the way there.
As usual, Ye Yingzi was the one who went forward to knock on the door.
”Who is it?” An old granny came out and asked.