Upon seeing Chu Qiuyue, Shen Yuan's expression remained indifferent.
"What medicine do you need? Do you have a prescription?"
Chu Qiuyue took out a prescription from her bosom. Today, Aunt Zhao brought her brother Chu Yuning to the mansion, but Chu Yuning had been imprisoned for too long and had fallen seriously ill, suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. Aunt Zhao had asked a doctor to examine her brother and write a prescription, so she could come out and get the medicine.
She heard that a new, affordable pharmacy had opened on the street, selling medicines much cheaper than elsewhere. So she came looking for it, hoping to buy a few packets of medicine there and then secretly use the money she saved to buy some pastries and fruits.
But she never expected that the owner of this pharmacy was Shen Yuan.
She actually came to Jian'an City and even opened a pharmacy! Could it be that she stole the capital from her mother to open the pharmacy?
Chu Qiuyue slammed the prescription on the counter. "Get the medicine according to this prescription, three days' worth for now!"
She put her hands on her hips and couldn't help but add a sarcastic remark: "So that if we take too many, we won't find out that your medicinal herbs are bad and delay my brother's treatment!"
"If you're worried about the quality of my medicinal herbs, why don't you just turn right and buy your medicine from another store?" Shen Yuan pushed the prescription back to Chu Qiuyue, as if she had no intention of doing business with her at all.
Chu Qiuyue was furious. She picked up the prescription and threw it at Shen Yuan, "Is this how you do business? You actually tried to turn away customers! Just dispense the medicine when I tell you to! Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
"So, this is your true nature." Shen Yuan looked at the furious Chu Qiuyue and laughed, "Just like a little dog that likes to bark and howl!"
"you……"
Chu Qiuyue was so angry that she wanted to rush up and grab Shen Yuan, but she couldn't reach Shen Yuan at all because of the high counter.
Shen Yuan chuckled, turned around and found the medicine according to the prescription. She quickly prepared three days' worth of medicine and held out her hand to ask Chu Qiuyue for money: "Six packets of medicine, three hundred coins in total!"
Chu Qiuyue suddenly tiptoed, snatched the medicine packet from Shen Yuan's hand, and ran out.
"Trying to skip out on the bill?"
Shen Yuan's face instantly darkened. She braced herself against the counter with one hand, nimbly flipping over inside, preparing to chase after Chu Qiuyue. But Xiao Ling beat her to it, blocking Chu Qiuyue from entering the room.
Chu Qiuyue couldn't dodge in time and bumped into Xiao Ling's waist. The force of the impact caused her to fall to the ground. She clutched her nose, which was about to break, and glared angrily at the man who had appeared out of nowhere.
"Who are you? Why are you blocking my way? My nose hurts so much! If you hit me and injured me, can you afford to pay for it?"
Xiao Ling's wound was also aggravated. He frowned as he looked at Chu Qiuyue, who was crying and making a fuss, feeling extremely annoyed.
Seeing that Xiao Ling was clutching his waist, Chu Qiuyue quickly got up from the ground and tried to run towards the door.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Ling reached out and grabbed Chu Qiuyue's arm.
Chu Qiuyue immediately screamed, "You touched me, you pervert! You pervert! Everyone come quick! Someone's being a pervert! And he's being a pervert to a little girl!"
"What nonsense are you spouting!"
Xiao Ling released her grip as if she had been electrocuted.
Chu Qiuyue, freed from her restraints, smirked triumphantly and stepped out the door. But before she could take two steps, her wrist was grabbed again.
Shen Yuan grabbed Chu Qiuyue's wrist and dragged her to the entrance of the pharmacy. She shouted into the street, "All shopkeepers and owners in the neighborhood, come and see! This girl may be young, but she's not a clean freak. She stole six packets of medicine from me and tried to run away. All you business owners, come and recognize her face so she won't steal anything from your shops in the future!"
"You're lying, I didn't steal anything," Chu Qiuyue explained as she slapped her hand hard.
"Then why did you take my medicine without paying? Taking something someone is selling without paying, what is that if not theft?"
After Shen Yuan finished shouting, she looked at Chu Qiuyue, whose face was ashen, with a cold smile. She raised an eyebrow and said, "You think you're the only one who can shout nonsense? Do you think everyone else is mute?"
Shen Yuan called out to everyone in the nearby shops.
"She's so young and already stealing! I don't know what her parents taught her!"
“I think I saw her a few days ago. She even took an extra piece of pastry from me. I didn’t mind because she was young. I didn’t expect her to steal things again!”
"Luckily she was caught today! I'll remember her face; she'll never be able to step foot in my shop again!"
Chu Qiuyue had been stealing eggs from other people's hens and picking fruit from other people's trees since she was a child. Zhao would always praise her for being capable, so she got used to stealing. After coming to Jian'an City, she always liked to pilfer at the market.
But this was the first time she had been caught as a thief, and Chu Qiuyue felt utterly humiliated!
She clearly wanted to make things difficult for Shen Yuan, so how did she end up shooting herself in the foot?
Chu Qiuyue said unwillingly, "I didn't steal your family's medicinal herbs. These things originally belonged to me. The money you used to open the pharmacy all came from my mother. You even drove her to her death just for money..."
The words "my mother" were slapped back into Chu Qiuyue's mouth by Shen Yuan.
With a loud "slap," a resounding slap landed on Chu Qiuyue's face, causing her mouth to bleed and her cheek to swell up instantly.
They actually claimed that the money they owed her was money she forced them to give. I never expected that Chu Qiuyue, at such a young age, would be so good at distorting the truth!
No wonder he was able to win Xiao Yunyan's heart in his past life.
Looking at Chu Qiuyue's swollen right cheek, Shen Yuan felt it wasn't enough and raised her hand again.
Chu Qiuyue was slapped and, knowing the force of the slap, cried out in fright, "You can't hit me anymore! Hitting people is against the law! If you hit me again, I'll report my aunt! My aunt is the mistress of a wealthy family!"
Shen Yuan grabbed Chu Qiuyue by the collar, "Then you'd better pay me back obediently, or I'll report you to the authorities for theft! I'll make sure your good aunt takes money from your brother and then from you!"
Chu Qiuyue was young and inexperienced. When she heard that Shen Yuan was going to report it to the authorities, she was so frightened that she immediately took out all the money she had on her and didn't dare to mention the slap anymore.
Shen Yuan took the money and loosened Chu Qiuyue's collar.
Chu Qiuyue dared not linger any longer. Clutching the medicine bag, she turned and ran, disappearing in a flash.
The onlookers who had been gathered in front of the pharmacy dispersed.
Shen Yuan entered the pharmacy with the money in her pocket, and the first thing she asked Xiao Ling was, "Are you alright? Has your wound reopened? Let me take a look!"
As Shen Yuan spoke, she reached out to check Xiao Ling's injuries.
She was worried that Chu Qiuyue would reopen the scabbed wound on Xiao Ling's waist.
But before her hand could touch Xiao Ling's belt, it was captured by a pair of slender hands.
Xiao Ling grabbed Shen Yuan's hand and shook her head at him, indicating that she was fine.
Their palms clasped together. The man's skin was always slightly warmer than the woman's, and Shen Yuan pulled her hand back, feeling hot from the touch. She awkwardly put her hands behind her back and said to Xiao Ling, "Weren't you just in the courtyard? When did you come out?"
Xiao Ling pursed his lips speechlessly. In fact, he had followed Shen Yuan in when she came in, but Shen Yuan had not noticed him.
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