Jiang Wan's suggestion to Shen Cang was not primarily about making money, but about controlling Shen Qiyin.

While he, as the father, was out in the wind and rain, she sat comfortably at home. If others saw this, wouldn't they point fingers at her and call her unfilial?

If she didn't want to be infamous, she had no choice but to obediently ask him to practice medicine at Guangrentang.

Alternatively, she could use the money to open another clinic for him.

With this in mind, even if it meant setting up a shabby stall and making a fool of himself in front of others, Shen Cang endured it.

However, for some reason, things didn't go as he and Jiang Wan had anticipated.

From the moment he set up his stall here, not only did passersby look at him strangely, but even the surrounding vendors would occasionally look at him as if he were an idiot.

Shen Cang was completely baffled.

Fortunately, he did manage to "provoke" Shen Qiyin into action.

She stood at the entrance of the clinic, looking puzzled: "What is Father up to?"

"Didn't you tell me to set up a stall to treat patients? I'm just listening to you. What? Setting up a stall in front of your clinic is stealing your business? Or do you think I'm embarrassing you?"

The sarcastic tone in those words was obvious to everyone.

A cold smile flashed in Shen Qiyin's eyes: "I never knew that Father would listen to his daughter like this."

"Then why didn't you listen when I asked you to break off the engagement with the Feng family because I didn't want to marry Feng Heng?"

“My elder brother is seriously injured and lying in bed, his life hanging in the balance. I kindly brought him some medicine, but why didn’t my father listen to me and give it to him? Instead, he threw the medicine away.”

"And another thing, before I became your disciple, I begged you to teach me medicine. Why didn't you listen and teach me?" She directly countered his words: "Were you afraid I would steal your business? Or were you afraid I would embarrass you?"

Shen Cang's face turned green.

He discussed it with Jiang Wan at home, thinking his words were flawless, but who knew that this girl would actually turn on him.

Just as Shen Cang was wondering how to defend himself, Shen Qiyin said again, "Father, we don't need to play dumb anymore. You set up this stall here today because you were upset when I said I couldn't let you come to Guangrentang to see patients. So you came up with this idea to make me bear the stigma of being 'unfilial'?"

"Hey, I didn't..."

“You don’t need to refute me. These neighbors aren’t stupid. Who can’t see what you’re thinking?” Shen Qiyin looked like she was chilled to the bone and didn’t want to talk anymore. She said, “Guangrentang is my master’s clinic. He set a rule that non-disciples of his sect are not allowed to practice medicine here. Otherwise, if they treat someone badly, it will ruin his reputation.”

“If you insist that I’m taking up your spot and not making room for you, then fine, I’ll give up my place for you today. From now on, I will no longer come to the clinic to practice medicine. Do you think my senior and junior brothers will agree to let you practice medicine here?”

Shen Cang couldn't laugh at all after hearing this.

She had seen through his intentions; how could he possibly return to Guangrentang?

Otherwise, wouldn't that be blatantly telling everyone that this was his plan?

That brat...

That's really amazing!

What made Shen Cang even more embarrassed was that as soon as the people around him heard that Shen Qiyin would no longer be practicing medicine at Guangrentang, they immediately surrounded him. At first, they just begged Shen Qiyin not to leave, but later they even started cursing him.

"Let's go, what are you still standing here for?"

"Even though Er Ya has been very considerate of you because you're her father, you can't be so brainless."

"Master Shen, don't think we don't know. You were kicked out of the Imperial Hospital. Even the Emperor doesn't dare to let you treat patients. We common people may not be as precious as the Emperor, but are we so lowly? Everyone's life is precious too. So please don't come out and cause trouble for others."

"If your medical skills are insufficient and you harm someone while treating patients, that's one crime; if you force Dr. Er Ya to stop treating patients at Guangrentang, that's another crime; if you set up shop here, what if..."

Before the man could finish speaking, a group of people suddenly rushed over from not far away.

The leader was Qian Chuan, a constable from the Jingzhao Prefecture.

He leaped off his horse, kicked over Shen Cang's stall, and called to his companions behind him to lift the injured man off the carriage.

In his haste, he didn't care about anything else and dragged Shen Qiyin into the clinic: "There is a tiger on Cuiming Mountain that is attacking people. We were ordered to go up the mountain to capture the tiger today, but Li Ji was accidentally scratched by the tiger and is bleeding profusely."

"Er Ya, you should take a look at him quickly and see if there's any hope."

With lives at stake, Shen Qiyin had no time to worry about Shen Cang's affairs and was only busy saving people.

The actions of the Jingzhao Prefecture were also for the purpose of protecting the people from disasters and calamities, so the people couldn't help but worry about it.

Then, turning his gaze, he saw that Shen Cang was actually cleaning up the broken stall while complaining, saying, "This is my stall. Even if I were an official, I couldn't just smash it up like that."

The other two constables were already anxious about Li Ji's situation and had nowhere to vent their anger. Upon hearing Shen Cang's words, they immediately became furious.

"What did you say?" One of the constables, who was particularly hot-tempered, kicked over the stall that Shen Cang had just set up again and shouted angrily, "To prevent delays in treatment, it is not allowed to set up stalls in front of the clinic. This was explicitly prohibited by the yamen on the day of the incident."

"You knowingly broke the law, you should be grateful I didn't arrest you, and yet you still dare to spout such nonsense!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Cang couldn't help but shudder.

He had been wondering why every shop had vendors setting up stalls in front of it, but the area in front of Guangrentang was clean and tidy, with no one occupying the space. That's why.

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