Actually, this was the first time he had ever heard of it and the first time he had ever bought it. He's not a very patient person.

Su Yueya: "..."

Sure enough, it was pretty much as she had guessed.

She had considered whether or not to reject Liu Dekai, but what good would it do to reject him?

Qiaorentang is open to everyone.

Even if she rejected Liu Dekai, he could still go to Qiaorentang to queue up and buy it, although he might not be able to buy it.

Since that's the case, why not just sell it to him directly?

As long as he pays, that's fine.

“Okay,” Su Yueya said.

Liu Dekai: "..."

He didn't react for a moment, because he was even prepared to ask Su Yueya for help, but she agreed so readily.

This doesn't even seem like the Su Yueya he knows!

"Really?" Liu Dekai asked doubtfully.

“Of course,” Su Yueya smiled and added, “However, Qiaorentang does not offer reservation services.”

"What do you mean?" Liu Dekai asked warily, afraid that Su Yueya might change her mind or that she had been toying with him from the beginning.

"What I mean is, I don't have any stock on hand right now. If you want it, the earliest you can wait is tomorrow. I can reserve one bottle for you, but Qiaorentang doesn't offer reservations. If you want it, you'll have to..."

Su Yueya looked at Liu Dekai and continued, "You'll have to pay double the price!"

Su Yueya had her reasons for saying that.

Firstly, many people now buy health-enhancing pills, but don't take them themselves; instead, they resell them at a high price and make a profit.

She is trying to avoid this phenomenon and has some ideas, but it will take time to implement them. She only earns two cents per piece, while some people make a fortune by reselling. Why is that?

She didn't want to let the space become a tool for unscrupulous people to benefit.

Secondly, she did not intend to help Liu Dekai for free. He could buy it at the original price, but that would require extremely good luck and long-term waiting, or he could buy it from someone else at a high price.

In short, no matter which path Liu Dekai takes, he will inevitably have to pay a higher price. So, since he wants to take a shortcut through Su Yueya, he should leave something behind.

Coincidentally, Su Yueya had no interest in anything except money.

So charging him double the price isn't unreasonable, is it?

"So, do you want to reserve any more?" Su Yueya asked with a smile.

Liu Dekai: "..."

Sure enough! He knew it!

This is Su Yueya's true nature. How could she possibly agree to help without taking a single penny?

So we were waiting for him here!

For money!

But Liu Dekai couldn't refuse.

Today, at the entrance of Qiaorentang, he heard more than just how difficult it was to buy the Qiangshen Jianti Pills. As he was about to leave, a man stopped him and secretly told him that he had a box of them.

"It's just one box. I originally bought it for my mom, but she got better after taking it, so there's an extra one. If you need it, I can sell it to you, but the price will definitely be..." The man smiled without saying anything.

Liu Dekai understood; the man wanted to make another profit from him.

As to whether it was truly an extra box that the other party's mother had left over, or a case of reselling, it's hard to say, since they said there was only one box.

Liu Dekai didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he just shook his head and left.

Therefore, although he was unhappy that Su Yueya wanted to charge him double the price for reserving the space, he knew the reason, but whether he understood it or not...

He didn't understand. He wished Su Yueya would give it to him for free, but was that realistic?

"Okay, double it is. Reserve one box for me," Liu Dekai decided, figuring he'd buy one box to eat first anyway. "Are you sure you can get it tomorrow?"

"I'm sure. Come to me tomorrow to collect it. Remember to bring the money," Su Yueya kindly "reminded" her.

There was no affection between them, only a transaction.

"Don't worry, you'll get your money back..." Liu Dekai realized his tone had been a bit too harsh again and immediately toned it down, since he hadn't received the pills yet. "It's only right, you should pay for things you buy, I didn't mean to renege on my promise."

Su Yueya smiled without saying a word.

Liu Dekai avoided her gaze, feeling as if Su Yueya could see right through him.

Once they had made their agreement, Su Yueya told Liu Dekai that he could leave, and he didn't linger, turning around and leaving immediately.

"Dr. Su, what's going on?" Xie Ziai asked casually, her eyes still fixed on the direction Liu Dekai had left in.

Xu Luxin put his arm around Xie Ziai's shoulder and looked at Su Yueya with curiosity.

Su Yueya: "..."

"Nothing's wrong," she said.

She didn't want anyone to know about her messy affair with Liu Dekai. Besides, now that she was married to Lu Zhengjun, she didn't want to have anything to do with scum like Liu Dekai.

"Impossible! In just a few words, I can tell you dislike him. You never treat people like this normally," Xie Ziai said with absolute certainty.

Su Yueya: "..."

They're quite good at analyzing!

“I do hate him, but I have nothing to do with him. At most… we’re just buyer and seller.” With that, Su Yueya left, not giving them a chance to continue spying.

The following day, the mini-store refreshed its stock with 100 bottles of health-strengthening pills right after midnight.

Su Yueya kept one bottle; the rest were all sold at Qiaorentang.

As for cracking down on reselling, she already has some initial ideas, which are to set up a registration process, such as who bought the product, when, and how many bottles.

Subsequent regulations stipulated that each person could only purchase one bottle per month.

This has already largely eliminated the practice of buying and selling for profit. If one wanted to completely avoid it, it would be almost impossible, and Su Yueya did not intend to achieve that level of control.

After finishing his work, Liu Dekai hurried to the medical department to get his medicine from Su Yueya.

"Did you bring it?" Liu Dekai asked.

Opening the drawer, Su Yueya took out the prepared health-strengthening pills, but did not hand them to him directly.

"Where's the money?" Su Yueya asked, holding out her hand to Liu Dekai. "Money in one hand, medicine in the other."

She had no trust in Liu Dekai whatsoever; what if he really took the medicine and ran away?

Liu Dekai is not incapable of doing such shameless things.

Of course, it's always best to be cautious.

"You really don't trust me that much?" Liu Dekai's tone sounded a bit aggrieved before he took out his uniform inner pocket, pulled out a wad of cash, and started counting it.

"One, two, three..."

Double the price, which is sixty yuan a bottle.

Liu Dekai counted to six, took out six ten-yuan bills, and handed them over.

"Can I get the medicine now?" Liu Dekai asked.

He felt a little uncomfortable. After all, with his current salary, was it really necessary for him to be so stingy over sixty yuan?

It's only because he "needs" Su Yueya now that he's doing this; otherwise, he would have made a sarcastic remark.