Chapter 16 The Ying family might not dare, but I still do.

She hated the Ying family's adopted daughter, especially after what happened yesterday.

He doesn't study well, has poor character, and is a habitual liar.

Even someone as good-tempered as Ying Luwei could get angry like that; she really felt sorry for her close friend.

Lu Zhi also saw today's Weibo post, but what does that prove?

She was certain that Ying Zijing harbored inappropriate fantasies about Jiang Moyuan.

Lu Zhi thought for a moment, then an idea came to her. She pulled Lu Fang aside and said, "Xiao Fang, come in with me first. If anyone comes in, you can keep an eye on things."

The next sentence was addressed to the store's cashier.

"Sis, what are you doing?" Lu Fang asked, bewildered. "Are we still avoiding her?"

In class, Ying Zijing always kept his head down and dared not face anyone. When did he become the one who backed down?

"What do you mean by hiding?" Lu Zhi pulled Lu Fang to the back warehouse without saying a word. "I'm going to embarrass her so she'll come begging to me."

Didn't you want to buy medicine?

Let's see if we can afford it or not.

Lu Fang was stunned for a moment, then understood and couldn't help but laugh: "Sis, you're really cunning. Do you think she'll be so angry that she'll cry in a bit?"

"Definitely." Lu Zhi looked at the surveillance footage on the computer. "I'll send the recording to Lu Wei and make her happy."

"Sis, give me one too." Lu Fang thought it was a great idea. "I'm going to put some in the classroom when school starts."

With the senior year of high school approaching and the academic workload increasing, we need some fun to relax.

A few seconds later, the girl pushed open the door and walked in.

She was originally heading towards the shelves, but suddenly stopped, raised her head, and looked straight in one direction.

Lu Fang was caught off guard and his breath caught in his throat.

With a bare face and light lips, without any embellishment, it's hard to look away.

His phoenix eyes were deep and dark, like a bottomless abyss, as if they could suck people in.

Lu Fang's heart skipped a beat: "Sister, she can't possibly know we're watching her, can she?"

"How could that be?" Lu Zhi scoffed. "Do you think she can predict the future?"

**

Ying Zijing withdrew her gaze, her face expressionless.

She was exhausted after waking up because of all the trouble that came her way.

She didn't have the habit of going wherever she wanted; before coming here, she didn't know that this was originally the Lu family's shop.

She had been giving Ying Luwei blood transfusions for a year, and her body was too weak, so Zhong Manhua found her a therapist.

But in reality, Lu Zhi was recommended by Ying Luwei.

Lu Zhi graduated from the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, majoring in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Zhong Manhua was very satisfied with her and hired her with a high salary.

The Lu family was just a small family in Shanghai, so they were naturally eager to get in touch with the Ying family.

However, none of this concerns her.

Ying Zijing looked at the Chinese medicine on the shelf and fell into deep thought.

Many medicinal herbs have become completely extinct, and it is difficult to find substitutes.

"Sis, it seems she really wants to buy the medicine." Seeing this, Lu Fang clicked his tongue. "Does she know him?"

If you can't even memorize English words, how can you recognize Chinese herbs?

Lu Zhi said impatiently, "Why do you care about her? Just watch her make a fool of herself."

In front of the shelf—

After looking around, Ying Zijing realized that she had overestimated the quality of the medicinal herbs here.

Even through the wooden board, she could smell that the herbs were no more than twenty years old.

But Wen Fengmian's illness was urgent, so she would use it for now and then, if necessary, she would go into the mountains to dig it up herself in a few days.

"Miss, what would you like to buy?" the cashier asked Lu Zhi. "Why don't you tell us your symptoms, and we can help you choose."

“No need,” Ying Zijing said casually. “Atractylodes lancea, Five-Spirit Powder, Moon-Gazing Sand, Ambergris…”

He rattled off thirty names of Chinese medicinal herbs, and finally said, "Ten catties of each."

"Pfft!" Lu Fang was initially surprised that a poor student could remember so many Chinese medicine names, but he laughed at the end, mocking, "Ten catties? Does she think she's buying groceries?"

He really is a clueless country bumpkin. Can you buy Chinese medicine by the kilogram?

"Anyway, she can't buy it." Lu Zhi winked at the cashier.

The cashier understood and said, "Miss, your quantity is too large, we need to prepare the goods. Please sign the order first."

"Hmm." Ying Zijing said calmly, "How much in total?"

Lu Zhi made a "five" gesture.

The cashier smiled and said, "Five hundred thousand."

Lu Zhi and Lu Fang were just waiting for the girl to be so embarrassed by her lack of money that she cried, but—

"Five hundred thousand?" Ying Zijing's expression remained unchanged. "Specially for supplying medicine to Laozi?"

The cashier's smile froze.

"Pah!" Lu Zhi's expression also turned ugly. "So what if it's an elixir? If you can't afford it, then get lost."

The cashier, sensing the signal, resumed her smile and said tactfully, "Miss, our medicinal herbs are all harvested directly from the mountains, so they are quite expensive. If you can't afford them..."

Ying Zijing looked up: "Sign it."

The moment those two words were uttered, everyone was taken aback.

"What tricks is she up to?" Lu Zhi asked suspiciously. "Would she dare spend money like this?"

The Winners wouldn't give that much money anyway.

Lu Fang analyzed: "She's a country bumpkin and doesn't know the market price. If she buys it, we'll make a profit."

Some of those medicinal herbs were expensive, but in total, they wouldn't amount to more than 50,000 or 500,000. That's a tenfold increase; only a fool would buy them.

Hearing this, Lu Zhi felt relieved and nodded to the cashier.

Once the order was approved, the cashier quickly printed out a receipt.

Ying Zijing glanced at it, took it, but did not sign it. Instead, she took out her phone and slowly dialed a number.

After three rings, the call connected, and the hands-free mode was on.

The girl's voice was clear and cool, unhurried: "I want to file a complaint. The shop at No. 148 Zhongshan South Road is selling Chinese medicinal herbs at ten times the market price. Yes, that's right."

"..."

Lu Zhi was stunned.

She simply couldn't believe that the girl dared to make a complaint call.

"Sis, she's so cunning!" Lu Fang blurted out. "No wonder she wanted to sign the contract; she's setting us up!"

The Lu family isn't as wealthy as the four major aristocratic families; if they really get a complaint...

Lu Zhi panicked and rushed out, yelling at him, "Do you want to die?"

The girl raised her eyes slightly, showing no emotion.

Lu Zhi, though outwardly fierce, was inwardly weak: "You still dare to complain? I'll go ask Madam Ying right now when did the Ying family dare to let an adopted daughter step on our Lu family's head?"

As she spoke, she was about to make a phone call, as if she were about to file a complaint.

Ying Zijing was a little sleepy: "If you don't want to fight, I'll fight for you."

"You..." Lu Zhi was furious and, in a fit of rage, raised her hand and slapped the girl across the face.

But it was intercepted as soon as it was raised.

"Click!"

A very faint cracking sound was heard.

Lu Zhi immediately felt the pain, lost her balance, and fell onto the chair with a "thud".

Ying Zijing stood with her hands in her pockets, her expression blank.

Oh, it's a conditioned reflex; I forgot to stop.

She needs to be more careful in the future; she can't cripple someone.

Lu Zhi gasped in pain, looked up abruptly, and was about to yell at him when her face turned deathly pale.

The man leaned against the door, his long legs bent.

His lazy posture and the nonchalant expression in his eyes and brows were also quite careless.

The words he spoke sent chills down one's spine.

He chuckled softly: "The Ying family wouldn't dare, but I certainly would."

Ying Zijin: New technology is really great.

Fu Yunshen: Kid, let's make a deal.

Ying Zijin: ?

Fu Yunshen: Give your brother a chance to be a hero and save the damsel in distress, hmm?

#The female lead's fighting skills are too high, so the male lead can never find an opportunity#

#The author is going bald from giving the male lead so much screen time every day#

(End of this chapter)