Chef Wang let go, and Doctor Hu fell to the ground with a "thud" again, wincing in pain.

"Everyone, please help me look for it. It's a white jade thumb ring, and it might have fallen into the yard," Chef Wang said, looking down as he searched, while instructing the older women.

"Stop yelling! What 'Four Olds' stuff? Let's just keep our heads down and look for it!"

The women muttered amongst themselves as they lowered their heads.

These middle-aged women, what kind of eyesight do they have? Let me put it this way—they can find even a single hair in the ground.

However, after searching for more than ten minutes, the group found nothing.

Seeing Chef Wang striding menacingly toward him again, Doctor Hu hurriedly said with a mournful face, "I know, he must have fallen into the well! I remember now... when I was thrown out, I felt the ring slip off!"

Upon hearing this, Chef Wang looked down into the well again.

His well is extremely deep, but the opening is very narrow.

Dr. Hu didn't have it on him, nor in the yard, so he must have fallen into the well!

Chef Wang sighed and walked up to Su Ruyi: "I had found you something good, but it seems you're not meant to have it!"

Su Ruyi's heart stirred—sure enough, this ring was destined for her.

She asked deliberately, "What kind of thumb ring is it?"

"It's a good thing, but I don't know the specifics. It's something only you traditional Chinese medicine practitioners would understand!" Chef Wang said regretfully, then added, "Dr. Su, did Dr. Hu cause you any trouble just now?"

Su Ruyi glanced at Doctor Hu and saw that his eyes were full of pleading.

Su Ruyi initially wanted to say forget it, but considering the troubles caused by her recent failures to kill snakes, she nodded emphatically.

Chef Wang shouted to the neighbors, "Didn't you all see that Dr. Hu was going to harass Dr. Su?"

"I saw it!"

The older women nodded in agreement.

Chef Wang is quite popular among the neighbors.

Dr. Hu's face immediately turned ashen.

Chef Wang's words greatly escalated the severity of Dr. Hu's actions.

Current policies show zero tolerance for hooliganism!

Chef Wang then said to a quick-witted middle-aged woman, "Could you please go to the back alley and invite Officer Chen over?"

"Hey! I'll run there!" The cheerful aunt felt honored to be entrusted with such an important task, and immediately swung her arms and rushed out.

Everyone waited in the courtyard.

Dr. Hu was already drenched in cold sweat from fright, but he still forced himself to remain calm and said, "Isn't it unnecessary to make such a fuss? You'll all need to come to our People's Hospital for treatment in the future! Who among you can guarantee that you'll never get sick in your life?!"

"What, you think you can stop the people's hospital from treating us?!" Chef Wang sneered. "You'd better behave yourself. You've gone this far, and you still dare to threaten and curse the people?"

"I didn't do that!" Dr. Hu said with a pained expression. "I was just trying to help you! I was worried your house would be burgled! It's all a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding!"

"Well, go tell that to the police!" Chef Wang said coldly, then ignored him.

The police arrived very quickly.

There were two people, an older man and a younger man. The younger policeman entered the room and shouted, "Where are the thugs?!"

Everyone pointed at Doctor Hu.

The older policeman looked over and couldn't help but curl his lip: "Isn't this Dr. Hu?"

Upon seeing the old policeman, Dr. Hu hurriedly said, "This is all a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding!"

“What misunderstanding? We watched him lay a hand on the young girl! And he even tried to search her!” The older women immediately came forward to testify.

"Dr. Hu, it seems your last case was settled in the end, but it didn't teach you a lesson!" the old policeman said meaningfully.

"Officer Chen, is this a repeat offender?" The older women realized what was going on.

"He touched the female patient inappropriately, and the young girl couldn't understand it afterward, so she drank pesticide!" the old policeman sighed.

"Fortunately, they were rescued!" the young policeman added.

"Hu Wenshan, you're going to get a heavy sentence this time!" the old policeman said, showing off his handcuffs. "Hurry up, put your hands over! Cooperate and it'll save everyone trouble!"

"That's right, hurry up! If we hurry, we might still make it into the batch next Monday!" the young policeman chimed in.

"The batch next Monday... what?" Hu Wenshan asked, his voice trembling as he was handcuffed.

"Those who were executed!" the young policeman said, grinning at him. "Let's go, you scum!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Wenshan felt as if his legs were no longer his own, as limp as noodles, and he couldn't stand up at all.

An older woman pointed at him and laughed, "Look, didn't he pee?"

The older women gathered around to watch.

The veteran police officer said seriously, "Neighborhood ladies, who would like to go to the police station to testify?"

"I'll go!" Several middle-aged women stood up at the same time.

"Thank you! Thank you everyone!" Chef Wang bowed to the crowd.

One of the older women said, "No need to bow and scrape, just have Juanzi give each of us two spoonfuls of your jar of good pickled vegetable brine!"

"I'll give everyone a bottle! Juanzi will deliver them to your homes tomorrow!" Chef Wang bowed again.

Two policemen escorted Hu Wenshan away, and the neighborhood aunties also left.

Su Ruyi then took her leave: "Master Wang, I have to go too. Grandpa is still waiting for me at the state-run restaurant! Oh, by the way, I'm going to Fangchi Hot Spring Sanatorium tomorrow. I'm opening a full-time TCM training course there. This is the switchboard number; call me if you need to find me!"

As she spoke, she handed a slip of paper to Chef Wang.

Chef Wang pulled her back, and together with his mother and wife, the three of them bowed respectfully to Su Ruyi.

Su Ruyi did not dodge and accepted the bow.

Chef Wang escorted Su Ruyi to the alley entrance, his eyes filled with tears: "I don't know what the future holds, but Dr. Su, you are destined for great fortune!"

Su Ruyi smiled: "Thank you for your kind words!"

...

At this moment, on the coffee table in the living room of a guesthouse, there is a brocade box with the lid already open.

Seven dark pills were clearly visible.

The positive integer is the box of pills that Su Ruyi gave to Chef Wang, who then gave it to Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan himself was sitting on a single sofa next to the coffee table, staring intently at the brocade box that had already been opened.

Wang Changping and Qi Yuan were practically brothers, so he naturally wouldn't doubt Qi Yuan's intentions.

However, when his daughter Qi Yaqin came to see him just now and saw the brocade box, alarm bells immediately went off in her mind: "Dad, you said this brocade box was given to you by Uncle Wang? Don't you think it's suspicious? This box is clearly made to look exactly like our family heirloom box! Isn't it just to lower your guard? Dad, haven't you suffered enough lately?"