Chapter 24
At first, Ren Xiaosu was unsure whether the clinic's owner, Yu Tong, had really spotted him going out of town or if he was deliberately trying to frame him even though he did not see anything.
Later, he recalled that he had not seen Yu Tong at that time. Ren Xiaosu knew he would have to be wary of Yu Tong after stealing his business in case Yu Tong tried to take revenge on him. After all, it was always necessary to be cautious of scheming people in times like this. As such, if Ren Xiaosu did not have any impression of such "dangerous targets" appearing in his memory, it would surely mean that the other party had not witnessed him leaving town. Therefore, it was more than likely that Yu Tong was deliberately lying to frame Ren Xiaosu.
As for whether Yu Tong had considered the consequences of unsuccessfully framing him, Ren Xiaosu felt that he was not smart enough to have considered this scenario.
In the past, Ren Xiaosu could tolerate Yu Tong's antics. As he had stolen some of his business away, Ren Xiaosu could not bear to thoroughly break his living. Thus, he exhorted Yu Tong to return to his medical books and study them well. In the end, not only did he not take his advice, he even plotted against him.
Ren Xiaosu sneered as he looked at Yu Tong, who had turned tail and fled back to town. There was also a puddle on the ground where he had been standing.
Next to him, Wang Fugui laughed and said, "Looks like my intervention was not needed after all. You were going to be alright anyway."
Ren Xiaosu turned his head to Wang Fugui and thanked him earnestly. He would remember those who were willing to step forward and put in a good word for him in a situation like this.
"Hey, no need to be so polite." Wang Fugui smiled brightly. "If not for Boss Luo's appreciation of you, I would've been too scared to step forward and speak up for you. Boss Luo specifically sent someone to bring word to the town administrators to look out for you."
Ren Xiaosu was taken aback. "Who's Boss Luo? Does he know me?"
Wang Fugui winked at him and whispered, "That medicine of yours… Boss Luo likes it a lot!"
Ren Xiaosu was speechless. Ren Xiaosu realized that the black medicine that Wang Fugui purchased from him had been sent into the stronghold.
"Boss Luo has given his word that as long as you hand over a fixed amount of the black medicine on time each month, he will ensure that you'll be free from trouble here outside the stronghold," Wang Fugui said with a smile. In reality, he had an ulterior motive for doing this. After all, he could ensure his own safety by acting as the intermediary for Ren Xiaosu's black medicine that Boss Luo wanted.
Suddenly, Ren Xiaosu got an idea. "Is Boss Luo very influential and powerful in the stronghold?"
"You still don't know, do you?" Wang Fugui declared proudly, "He is the Qing Consortium's representative in Stronghold 113." Find authorized novels in Webnovel,faster updates, better experience,Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
"If he's the representative of the Qing Consortium, why isn't his surname Qing?" Ren Xiaosu felt that something was off here.
"Don't go shooting your mouth off after I tell you." Wang Fugui lowered his voice to a whisper. "It's said that he's the half-brother of some big shot within the Qing Consortium, an illegitimate son of the family."
"Then can you ask Boss Luo to help get us into the stronghold?" Ren Xiaosu thought that if an influential person like Boss Luo, who had great authority in the stronghold helped them, it wouldn't be too difficult to get them in, right?
"We're all contaminated, so how can we be allowed inside the stronghold?" Wang Fugui said with a sad frown. "Besides, if you get into the stronghold, who's going to pick the wild medicinal herbs for Boss Luo?"
Ren Xiaosu had a realization. The latter half of the sentence was actually the truth as to why he wasn't going to be allowed into the stronghold, right? For Boss Luo, there was no reason at all to bring Ren Xiaosu and the others in. He could leave them outside the stronghold and have Ren Xiaosu continue supplying him with the black medicine.
That same night, Yan Liuyuan suddenly ran a high fever. Ren Xiaosu exchanged a bottle of black medicine and tried applying it on Yan Liuyuan's forehead, but it did not make his fever go down.
Ren Xiaosu sat beside the bed and looked at the feeble Yan Liuyuan. He said with a sigh, "You didn't have to make a wish for this. Don't make any wishes without me asking you to do so in the future, understand? The fevers that you get as a result could end up killing you."
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