At this moment, she felt even more strongly that although this man surnamed Chu was handsome, he was not a kind person at all.
She pointed to the door where he lived.
"They're here."
Zhang Xiaoquan stared at her in astonishment.
"You mean, those three people were in your clinic?"
"Yes, one of the three of them is injured and is recuperating inside."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaoquan looked at her, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"How dare you let just anyone in? What if these people are bad guys? Take me inside and let me see them."
After Zhiwan nodded, she took two quick steps, pushed open the door next to her, and Zhang Xiaoquan followed her inside.
At this moment, Hu Ke and Li Ping were not there; Leng Chuchen was dozing off on the bed with her eyes half-closed.
The sound of the door opening and footsteps rang out, and he opened his eyes alertly, only to see Luo Zhiwan appear before him with a man dressed in official robes.
Zhang Xiaoquan glanced at him, frowned, and questioned him.
"Where are you from? What's your name? What does your family do? What brings you to Phoenix?"
His barrage of questions made Leng Chuchen's face darken, and he retorted in a cold voice,
Why are you asking these questions?
"You stole someone's wooden cart yesterday, why haven't you returned it?"
Hearing this, Leng Chuchen sat up in bed, looking at him innocently.
"A wooden cart?"
Zhang Xiaoquan nodded solemnly.
"Yes, you robbed someone's wooden cart in the street and didn't return it, which caused them to be unable to sell vegetables yesterday and today, directly affecting their income. Now come with me to the yamen."
Leng Chuchen's eyes turned cold instantly. He guessed that it must have been Li Ping and Hu Ke who did it.
Why are those two so brainless? They stole someone's wooden cart and didn't know to return it? Didn't they know to pay them back?
Thinking of this, he quickly explained,
"Sir, it's like this. When I was injured, my two brothers might have used someone else's wooden cart in a moment of panic. How about this, we can compensate you double the price of the wooden cart."
"You can't just offer compensation. They've struck the grievance drum, so you need to go to court and explain the matter. Now come with me!"
Leng Chuchen's eyes turned icy cold in an instant, and his face turned ashen.
This official is really serious; isn't it enough that he pays compensation?
He immediately replied in a cold voice:
"I am seriously injured and unable to go out."
"you……"
Seeing his dismissive attitude, Zhang Xiaoquan was so angry that he wanted to draw his sword, but Zhiwan quickly stepped forward to stop him.
“Officer Zhang, what he said is true. He is indeed seriously injured. Otherwise, when those two men return, I will have them go to the government office to find you, and you can then decide how to handle the situation.”
Zhang Xiaoquan then rolled his eyes at Leng Chuchen and loudly reminded her,
"Let me tell you, if this matter is handled well, you'll only have to pay the other party for the wooden plank cart. If it's not handled well, you'll all end up in jail."
After saying those words, he glanced at Zhiwan one last time, then turned and left.
Just as Zhiwan was about to leave, Leng Chuchen called her back.
"Please wait, Dr. Luo."
She turned around, her eyes flashing slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"What's up?"
"Miss Luo, may we speak further?"
She furrowed her brows slightly and took two steps closer to him.
"What's the matter? Speak up."
Her tone remained icy whenever she was with him.
She will never forget the hurt he caused her.
He reached into his robes, took out the jade pendant, and held it up to her.
"Has Doctor Luo ever seen a jade pendant like this?"
He wanted to test her to see if she was really the same woman from back then.
Luo Zhiwan's heart skipped a beat, and her fingers nervously rubbed together. Then, she shook her head firmly.
"No, I grew up in poverty and have never seen such a rare thing."
As she spoke, her gaze seemed to dart away, giving Leng Chuchen the wrong impression.
He pressed on,
"Does Doctor Luo really not know these things? Take a good look. This jade pendant has the character 'Kang' on it, and the other one has the character 'Fu' on it. They're a pair..."
"Young Master Chu..."
She took a deep breath and raised her voice to retort:
"If I had seen it, I would have told you, Young Master Chu. I'm warning you, this jade pendant of yours should be quite valuable. You'd better keep it safe and prevent bad people from seeing it..."
After saying that, she frowned slightly again, turned around, and left.
Leng Chuchen glanced at the jade pendant again. Now that he was certain that she wasn't that woman, he felt a pang of disappointment.
After leaving Leng Chuchen's room, Luo Zhiwan's heart was still pounding wildly until she returned to the pharmacy.
She hadn't expected him to ask her this in person, which meant he also had some doubts about her. It seemed she had to completely dispel his suspicions.
"Big sister, what are you thinking about?"
Zhiruo stepped forward and called out to her.
"I see Officer Zhang is here. What brings him here?"
She snapped out of her daze, pointed to the door she had just come out of, shook her head, and gave a bitter smile.
“When they came yesterday, they stole someone’s wooden cart and probably forgot to return it. The person went to the government office to beat the drum and appeal for justice.”
"Huh? That wooden cart that was parked at the door yesterday? I saw Li Dazui push it away."
"That's not her car, why would she push it away?"
"I didn't know! I thought nobody wanted it, so I figured she could just let it go!"
"She's the kind of person who loves to take advantage of others; she'll bring anything she sees into her home."
She had barely finished speaking when she saw Hu Ke and Li Ping walk in from the doorway. She quickly stepped forward to remind them.
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