That evening, Song Yi returned to the clinic's courtyard in a daze and buried his face in cold water for a while before the throbbing sensation in his head gradually subsided.

Gambling is terrible!

Song Yi and Judge Qin almost cried when they spoke.

Seeing the child's aggrieved expression, Judge Qin tried hard to suppress a laugh: "To win people over, casinos will let them win at the beginning. You need to know how to manage that, and when it's about time, you should take control and decide what to do next. Only then can you know what the other party really wants."

Song Yi's grievances immediately vanished. He understood that Doctor Qin was teaching him how to do things!

After being given a shot of adrenaline, Song Yi immediately revived. The next day, without Zhang Sheng's help, he went to the casino on his own, looking every bit the part of someone who wanted to get rich through gambling.

The same tactic was used on Song Yi, who barely struggled and was even more frantic than Zhang Sheng. In just five days, he owed the casino five hundred taels of silver. When he was pulled off the gambling table, his eyes were bloodshot and he was in a state of madness.

His frantic struggles were to no avail. He was dragged like a dead dog into the inner room, and without giving him any time to react, he was forced to press his fingerprint on a huge IOU.

At that moment, Zhang Sheng was kneeling on the ground: "Mr. Dong, I have brought the person as you said. Can you return my IOU to me?"

Song Yi desperately pinched his thigh to regain his senses. Pretending to only now realize Zhang Sheng's ulterior motives, he lunged forward like a madman, gripping Zhang Sheng's neck tightly: "You're the one who ruined me! You're the one who ruined me! You'll die a horrible death..."

Zhang Sheng's guilty conscience had long been worn away by the endless IOUs, and he even felt that Song Yi was useless. He turned around and started fighting with Song Yi: "If you weren't so useless, would I have to owe so much money?"

"Yes, I brought you into the casino, but from the second day onwards, you were the one who wanted to come! You couldn't control yourself, what does that have to do with me!"

Both of them were like trapped beasts, fighting with all their might, wishing they could just beat the other to death.

After watching the show for a while, Mr. Dong had his henchmen separate the two: "Zhang Sheng, don't blame us for not keeping our word. You brought Song Yi with you, but we didn't earn that hundred taels from Song Yi. The most important thing is that you borrowed a lot of money from our casino these past two days in order to win money."

Accountant Dong seemed unwilling to speak further, and raised his hand to gently indicate: "Take these two IOUs to the steward of the Wen family and bring him their indentures."

After everyone left, Accountant Dong continued, "Now cut off their hands and send them to Quanzhou. We'll find a way to earn back the money we lost."

Song Yi's face turned pale. He never imagined that the casino people were planning to turn them into male prostitutes!

If he had known, he wouldn't have agreed even if Doctor Qin had offered to take him as a disciple!

Song Yi cried, Song Yi regretted it, but even so he did not betray Doctor Song. Subconsciously, Song Yi felt that this matter was not so simple.

Zhang Sheng's mind was racing. He didn't know why, but he suddenly realized that the person behind this casino was Li's Trading Company. Just as he raised his cleaver, he screamed, "We are from the Wen family! You can't treat us like this!"

The accountant finally managed a slight smile, and the thug, realizing what was happening, regretfully sheathed his knife.

"People from the Wen family?" The accountant squatted down, holding two IOUs, slapping them against his palms repeatedly.

Zhang Sheng's pupils constricted, his heart pounded like thunder, and he felt as if the IOU was lashing his own heart.

"You are indeed servants of the Wen family, but are you sure the Wen family can help you pay off these gambling debts?" Accountant Dong opened two IOUs. "Song Yi owes five hundred taels, and the interest will start from today, which is five hundred and five taels. Zhang Sheng owes less; the interest for this period, plus your loan, is three hundred and eighty taels."

Accountant Dong slowly rose and asked again, "A total of eight hundred and eighty-five taels. Are you sure the Wen family will pay it back for you?"

Even Song Yi wasn't sure what to expect right now.

After all, Doctor Qin meant to make the casino staff believe he was addicted, not to make him owe so much money.

Five hundred taels is enough for an average family's daily expenses for more than ten years.

Both of them fell silent...

Accountant Dong remained silent, pacing back and forth in the room. The room was so quiet that only the sound of his footsteps could be heard, and a suffocating atmosphere gradually spread.

Just when Song Yi and his companion thought they might not be able to leave the casino unscathed today, Accountant Dong suddenly spoke up: "I have a way that will allow you to avoid paying back the money and also avoid cutting off your hands to become male prostitutes in Quanzhou."

Song Yi's eyes shone as he looked at Accountant Dong.

Here it comes, the truth is finally about to come to light!

He used to think that Zhang Sheng had schemed against him, but now it seems that the casino had schemed against both him and Zhang Sheng!

When Zhang Sheng shouted that they were from the Wen family, the casino stopped trying to cut off his hand, indicating that the casino wanted to use them to deal with the Wen family.

In just a few moments, Song Yi had analyzed the situation thoroughly and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the bigger the casino's scheme, the greater the likelihood that the Wen family will be willing to pay the five hundred taels of silver!

Song Yi's gleaming eyes cleverly misled Accountant Dong, who nodded in satisfaction: "It's nothing serious. I have a few medicinal herbs here that aren't in the best condition, but they're very effective. All you have to do is swap these herbs with the ones in your pharmacy."

Poisoning is such a despicable tactic. They are a legitimate business; how could they do such a thing?

Therefore, Huang Fu rejected the proposal from the beginning, and his idea was even more vicious.

Replacing the original medicinal herbs with similar-looking but poisonous ones would not only hold the Wen family medical clinic accountable, but also completely destroy the Qin family doctor's so-called reputation as a divine physician.

Is a doctor who can't even distinguish between medicines really a miracle doctor?

Doctor Qin was unwilling to practice medicine outside the clinic, let alone supervise patients and dispense medicine. That's how these two apprentice doctors caught Huang Fu's eye.

Switching medicinal herbs is not only more discreet than poisoning, but it also ensures that Li's Trading Company will not be implicated if the incident is discovered. After all, these two apprentice doctors are still learning about medicinal herbs, so it's normal for them to mistake one for another...

Looking at the medicinal herbs that Accountant Dong brought out, Song Yi was a little confused. He really couldn't tell that these herbs were poison, so he couldn't understand why the people at the casino were making such a big fuss.

Having been ripped off by casinos before, Zhang Sheng had regained some of his senses: "Mr. Dong, why did you ask us to switch the medicinal herbs? And if we did as you said, would you really return the IOU to us?"