Zhang Xiaoshan was already handso, and after Susu refined him with Dragon Qi, and now possessing considerable cultivation, his deanor had undergone a dramatic transformation.
It’s no exaggeration to say that Zhang Xiaoshan was even more charming than those top male celebrities.
Cultivating the Nine Dragon Skill had made him exceedingly attractive to the opposite sex.
For won, the Nine Dragon Skill was purely a Charming Skill; how could any woman resist?
Although Lin Yanran was capable of standing on her own, business was business and emotions were separate. Business could be rational, but emotions were more often not rational, not to ntion; at her age, it was exactly the ti for the awakening of youthful emotions. It was utterly unrealistic for her not to have thoughts about a handso hero who had just saved her.
"What are you guys doing here?"
Zhang Xiaoshan, not noticing Lin Yanran’s abnormal state, let go of her and challenged the newcors.
Over ten "village strongn" were led by a man with a large beard.
In his hand, the bearded man held a scythe.
This kind of scythe was used in the countryside to chop grass for mules.
It was about a ter long and more than twenty centiters wide, looking very intimidating.
The guests in the store had been frightened out of their wits and had run outside.
Outside, the crowd of onlookers was growing larger by the mont.
Brandishing the scythe, the bearded man bellowed.
"I’m here for justice; one of our villagers died from the dicine from this store."
"You’re going to take responsibility."
Those behind him cooperated well, placing a coffin right in the middle of the pharmacy.
"My man, how am I supposed to live without you?"
"Dad, you died such a horrible death."
Following this, a middle-aged woman and a young man in mourning clothes knelt in front of the coffin, wailing ceaselessly.
So fellow mourners began to scatter paper money, and there were even so playing mournful tunes on suonas.
The scene was quite imposing.
Outside, the crowd of onlookers murmured among themselves.
"How did soone die from the dicine at Hundred Herbs Hall?"
"Isn’t this a shady business?"
"The shopkeeper is a young girl; isn’t this a reckless disregard for human life?"
"They must take responsibility, yes, take responsibility."
The crowd began to get rowdy.
After all, dicine in the countryside was a very serious matter, and furthermore, Hundred Herbs Hall was the largest pharmacy in town, and if there was a problem, it concerned the health of all the village residents.
Everyone was naturally agitated.
Zhang Xiaoshan was also taken aback by this turn of events.
After all, he was just a visitor; Lin Yanran was the owner. This was a matter of principle, and what he said didn’t count.
Lin Yanran, however, turned out to be quite courageous.
She stepped up to face the bearded man and calmly said,
"Hundred Herbs Hall has been reputable for a hundred years. If there is indeed evidence that the person died from our dicine, we will absolutely take responsibility and persist to the very end."
"Do you have the evidence?"
The bearded man imdiately pulled out a prescription and a packet of dicine residue from his bosom.
Elder Li, who was in charge of treating patients, quickly took them over.
"Miss, I wrote this, and I prepared this dicine," Elder Li said, his tongue not quite able to form the words properly.
"I, I’ve been practicing dicine for most of my life and have never made a mistake; how could I have killed soone?"
"Miss, I, I..."
Lin Yanran tried to soothe him.
"Uncle Li, don’t worry. I would never doubt your dical skills or ethics."
"Nonsense."
The bearded man swung his broad blade and said,
"Just admit that the dicine was dispensed by you, and that should be enough. But a person has died; you owe us an explanation, right?"
"My brother didn’t deserve to die for nothing."
Lin Yanran pondered for a mont.
"So, what do you want?"
Negotiations are best when the other party speaks first, giving one more room to maneuver.
The bearded man imdiately said,
"Simple. My brother died, leaving behind an eighty-year-old mother and four children. Just give three million, and this issue will be resolved."
"Three million?"
Everyone was shocked.
This was a blatant lion’s mouth demand.
Qingshan Town was a poverty-stricken mountain area, and three million was absolutely an astronomical figure.
The Wang family was the wealthiest family in Qingshan Town, with assets no more than two million.
Lin Yanran was also displeased.
"That’s unreasonable, brother. Three million is no small figure; we can’t just give that sum easily. Besides, even if the dicine was ours, that doesn’t prove that the deceased died from consuming our dicine."
"There is no such logic in the world."
"Fine then, you little lady, so you are refusing to acknowledge this, aren’t you?"
The bearded man, seeing that Lin Yanran would not submit, signaled the woman kneeling beside the coffin, who imdiately started crying loudly.
"Oh my dearest mother, this damned Hundred Herbs Hall, bring back my husband’s life."
"Dad, oh my dear dad, your death was so tragic." The young man in mourning also cried heartbreakingly.
People who ca with him were yelling at the doorstep.
"Everyone, co and see, Hundred Herbs Hall has killed a man."
"Refusing to acknowledge."
"They’ve been utterly reckless with human life, everyone co and see."
Soone else was beating drums and gongs, as if worried the locals wouldn’t hear.
This was tarnishing the reputation Hundred Herbs Hall had built up. Lin Yanran was now frantic.
"What are you doing? I demand a dical examination; I want to call the police."
"dical examination? You make it sound so simple. The man is already dead, and you still want to desecrate his body? You are too cruel," the bearded man said loudly, making sure the people outside could hear.
And clearly, he had succeeded.
In the countryside, the notion of laying the dead to rest is taken very seriously.
Imdiately, a group of people echoed the sentint.
"The man is already dead, yet you want to perform an autopsy? Isn’t that inhumane?"
"Hundred Herbs Hall is a den of villains; we shall never co here for treatnt or buy dicines again."
At that mont, everyone was essentially adding Hundred Herbs Hall to their blacklist.
Seeing this, Elder Li beca anxious and whispered to Lin Yanran,
"Miss, the situation is bad; if this gets blown out of proportion, it will be embarrassing to explain to the corporation. You will face a collective attack. I think it’s better to spend so money to resolve this disaster. This is all my fault. I still have so savings; I’ll pay this money myself."
"Please, don’t let this escalate; otherwise, we won’t have a foothold here in the future."
"But, but."
Lin Yanran was nearly crying, yet there seed to be no better solution.
"Heh, heh, heh, little lady, hand over the money."
The bearded man wore a sinister expression.
Lin Yanran seed about to compromise.
"Wait a minute."
Finally, Zhang Xiaoshan, who had been watching the drama unfold, could no longer bear to see Lin Yanran, such a beautiful woman, being mistreated and couldn’t help but step forward.
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