Chapter 251 Teasing
"What I tore up wasn't the agreement?" Doctor Qin's expression changed drastically. He quickly bent down to pick up the remnants of the paper and carefully examined the large characters on it. They were crooked and crooked, like spiders crawling. It was definitely not the agreement the two of them had made last night.
That damned little blonde brat, how dare she make fun of him!
Doctor Qin stepped forward, about to grab Lin Yuesha by the collar, but Bai Cha blocked his way, angrily saying, "Doctor Qin, you made a bet with my young lady, and you're trying to renege on your bet after losing? What, are you a sore loser?"
A conflict broke out at the entrance of Jishetang, immediately attracting a crowd of onlookers.
"What bet? It was clearly your young lady who tried to scam me, and that's why I fell for it. I haven't even settled the score with you yet, and you've got some nerve coming here!"
Relying on his status as a doctor, Qin Langzhong distorted the truth, turned the tables, and smeared Lin Yuesha.
"Fellow villagers, be the judge. Is there any place in the city with better medical skills than our Jishetang?"
Qin Langzhong spoke of this with a smug look on his face. He was just a low-level doctor, but Jishetang had a mastermind behind him. He used Jishetang's reputation to force Lin Yuesha to give up her bet and pretend nothing had happened.
"There really is."
Before Lin Yuesha could speak, a woman's clear voice came from behind the crowd.
The voice sounded familiar. Lin Yuesha turned around and saw Bai Youran arriving with her maid Ruyi.
Yes, Jishetang is not far from the prefect's residence. Bai Youran probably heard the commotion while passing by and came over to watch.
"Where did this little brat come from? The two of them must be in cahoots!"
Although Bai Youran was the daughter of the prefect, she rarely appeared in public, so Qin Langzhong had naturally never seen her.
Seeing someone speak up for Lin Yuesha, Doctor Qin thought he had found a helper and mocked Bai Youran, "How shameless! Aren't you afraid of biting off more than you can chew? In the prefectural city, there is no place with better medical skills than Jishetang."
Money is money, and Jishetang is a place that serves the rich, but its quality is still what it is.
"Miss Bai, what brings you here?"
Lin Yuesha didn't want Bai Youran to get involved; she could handle it herself. But doing so would inadvertently involve Bai Youran in a favor.
Debts of gratitude are the hardest to repay.
"I was just passing by."
Bai Youran blinked, a sly look on her face. Bored at home, she heard that a dispute had broken out at Jishetang, so she sneaked out through the back door to watch the excitement, only to run into an acquaintance.
"Oh well."
Lin Yuesha recounted her bet with Doctor Qin and thanked Bai Youran, saying that if Bai Youran hadn't taken her and Bai Cha to that small clinic, Da Niu would have been beyond saving.
"Saving a life is your good deed, how did it become my achievement?"
Bai Youran smiled broadly, telling Lin Yuesha not to worry about such details, "Doctor Yan is actually my cousin."
Lin Yuesha was taken aback, never expecting that the two of them had such a relationship. A relative of the prefect was actually willing to work as a female doctor in a small alley.
"My cousin is from Beijing, and she has a rather eccentric personality."
Bai Youran searched for an adjective for a long time, and in the end, she could only use the word "strange" to describe it.
Yan Yan was also the daughter of an official. She once had a childhood sweetheart fiancé. However, three years ago, when the two were about to get married, her fiancé suddenly fell off his horse and died, spitting blood.
At the time, the case caused a great stir, simply because Yan Yan saw black blood and insisted that her fiancé had died of poisoning.
However, the case reached the Jingzhao Yin's office, but no conclusion was reached.
"So after that, my cousin ran away in a huff, from Kyoto to the north, and stayed there for three years."
Yan Yan used to be quite normal, but after her fiancé died, her personality changed drastically, and she became withdrawn and unsociable. Bai Youran's mother was very worried about this.
The Yan family is a family of imperial physicians, and Yan Yan's medical skills are among the best in the next generation.
"Then Dr. Yan should know Lin Qian, right?"
Lin Yuesha thought of Zhang Qing'er's cousin, that scumbag named Lin Qian.
"What, Sister Yue Sha knows Young Master Lin too?"
Bai Youran was surprised; it seemed that neither the capital nor the prefectural city had a large social circle.
We met once.
Lin Yuesha didn't intend to say much about Lin Qian, only mentioning him briefly.
The two men chatted idly, leaving Doctor Qin standing there, which angered Doctor Qin. They were clearly not taking him seriously!
"Dr. Qin, I'll ask you one last time, do you not acknowledge our bet?"
Many people from Jishetang witnessed the bet last night, and no one stood up for Lin Yuesha now, which was within her expectations.
Jishetang, relying on being the largest medical institution in the prefectural city, bullied her, a young woman.
"Why would I make a bet with a young girl?"
Qin Langzhong's eyes darted around. Four hundred taels of silver was a considerable sum for him, even though he could afford it. How many wealthy men would he have to swindle to earn it back?
He would never let that little girl take advantage of him; not even a chance.
"Then let's report it to the authorities."
Lin Yuesha was too lazy to waste words with such a person. She had promised Doctor Yan that she would give her one hundred taels of silver, and she kept her word.
If Doctor Qin defaults on the debt, she will have to make up the difference in the end, which is tantamount to her losing a hundred taels of silver. Why should she pay for Doctor Qin's debt?
"No, there's no need to report it to the authorities; we'll handle it ourselves."
Bai Youran thought for a moment, then realized that filing a complaint with the authorities seemed like bullying Doctor Qin.
Moreover, such a shameless person must be made to accept defeat wholeheartedly in order to prevent future troubles.
“If I don’t report it to the authorities, he won’t give me the money.”
Lin Yuesha's mind was full of money. She figured she hadn't spent much money to get three hundred taels of silver, which would be perfect as capital for her family to open a shop.
The shop is already set up; she's already had the shelves modified, and there are plenty of ingredients. She needs to get everything ready before she goes to the girls' school.
"Don't you want to swindle even more money from him?"
Bai Youran winked at Doctor Qin. Jishetang had a clear price list for medical treatment, starting at a hundred or so taels of silver. If you didn't have money, they would just throw you out to die. They had no compassion that a doctor should have.
She had long disliked this unscrupulous clinic, and Bai Youran would be more than happy to have the chance to bleed them dry.
"The more you think, the better."
Lin Yuesha nodded honestly. Putting everything else aside, the feeling of ripping off the worst people was simply too good to be true. Moreover, with the daughter of the prefect backing her up, she had a powerful backer and was not afraid of anything.
"Listen to me, we're like this..."
Bai Youran gave Lin Yuesha some advice, roughly meaning to lure out the people behind Qin Langzhong and have a medical duel.
The doctor at Jishetang Hospital boasted of his superb medical skills, but he was like a frog in a well, unaware of the truth that there are always people more skilled than oneself and that there is always something beyond one's understanding.
For this medical duel, Bai Youran is willing to offer two thousand taels of silver. Whoever loses will give the winner two thousand taels of silver.
Qin Langzhong couldn't afford to take this gamble, so he decided to team up with the owner behind Jishetang.
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