C100 (1/2)

”Be careful!”

Sun Chun grabbed Xia Li's slender waist and pulled her away from the place she was standing. With a crisp sound, Day Rui and his group crashed into a pillar behind them, and the two of them slid down the pillar.

”What's wrong with you all? ”He's not stable at all. How can I be at ease with letting you guys take care of my shop when it's like this?”

Xia Li calmed his heart down and scolded Day Rui and her.

Day Rui rubbed the big bag on his forehead, straightened his clothes and replied with his head lowered: ”Innkeeper, the dozen or so hospital s we have in the outside world urgently need to purchase a batch of medicinal ingredients to replenish our stock, but for some reason, the suppliers who had been cooperating with us previously all changed their mind in an instant, refusing to sell us the medicinal ingredients no matter what.”

”What are you saying? You've offended their big boss.” Day Rui didn't make a sound in the end.

”The two of you go back first. We'll do our usual practice and see to the patients. We'll pacify the various teams. I'll deal with the rest of the stuff.” Xia Li instructed the two of them without changing his expression.

”Yes, shopkeeper.” After they finished talking, they left the courtyard together.

”You're giving me a hard time already?” Xia Li felt a stifling sensation in his heart, the feeling of being suppressed was not pleasant at all.

”Then, are you going to lower your head to old man Hu Yong and hand over the prescription in your hands?” Sun Chun asked Xia Li.

”Of course not. If he wants to give me an all out deal, then I'll come to borrow an arrow from a boat.” Xia Li said confidently.

”Are you planning to buy medicine in large quantities from the south? After all, in the southern counties, although he has a branch title, he has yet to completely monopolize it. ” Sun Chun asked curiously, his handsome eyebrows staring straight at Xia Li.

”That's not certain, but he will not be able to do anything on the ship that is transporting the drugs. After all, the southern water route is mostly filled with water and there are too many variables. I think so.” Xia Li said, went close to Sun Chun's ear and told him what he had thought of.

”Then what if you continue to be like this for a long period of time? What if all the guests run over to the other party's place? No one is willing to run back and forth, and those who are sick don't have the patience to wait.”

Sun Chun thought that this method was not suitable.

”Their goal is to suppress me and force me to hand over the prescription, but this is impossible. There will always be a better solution.” Xia Li held Sun Chun's hand, ”Believe me, after experiencing so much, I'm no longer the Xia Li from the past who has met with problems and can only wail and beg for help.”

Sun Chun was pleased with Xia Li's calmness today. Having restrained her impatient nature, she had become much more mature.

”Alright, I'll do as you say.” He smiled and nodded, concealing the cold sternness that flashed past his eyes. Just who was backing Hu Yong up, why had he never heard of him before?

— —

Ten days later …

”Qing Ning, during this period of time, from the books, it seems that your performance in Red River Town and a few other hospital s have rebounded. You also broke the channel for Xia Li to purchase medicine from that silly little girl, you did a good job.”

Hu Yong sat in the pavilion, looked at the lotus flowers in the pond, and casually said.

”Thank you …” Before Qing Ning could even finish, he was interrupted by Hu Yong, and then his expression slowly darkened.

”However, her movements were still too slow and the results were too poor. My personal guard reported that the dozen or so hospital s she distributed in the other counties and prefectures were still operating as usual, and only wrote a prescription to come to our hospital to buy medicine. She was still selling painkillers normally, and other than increasing our performance, we did not get any benefits!”

Qingning's face turned pale and he kneeled on the ground in fear. His voice trembled as he pleaded, ”This subordinate has done something unfavorable. I beg …”

With a ”bang”, Hu Yong smashed the teacup in his hand onto Qing Ning's head, causing hot tea to flow down from his forehead and drip onto his neck. It was so hot that his face was completely red and swollen, and his forehead was smashed by the teacup.

”If you don't want to hear your nonsense, then show me the results. If you can't handle it well, then scram. I don't raise idle people here.” Hu Yong said as he clapped his hands. The lady in red, who was waiting at the side, walked in with a lute in her arms and bowed towards Hu Yong. Her red lips slightly curled as she sat on his lap and started playing the lute.

Qing Ning kneeled on the ground and clenched her hands into fists. She then loosened her hands and wiped the blood droplets on her forehead. Then, she stood up and left gloomily.

The lute in the woman's hand fell to the ground with a clang. It was more like his pride had been stepped on by someone, making him feel extremely sarcastic.

Xia Li stood at the hospital entrance and sneezed dozens of times. He looked at the bright sun hanging above him and said, ”Who is the one who is speaking ill of me!”