The crowd of onlookers naturally made way for them.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Yu Wantao strode into the pharmacy's main hall. Seeing the man still holding Doctor Liu's raised fist, he frowned and said:

"Put down Doctor Liu!"

The burly, dark-faced man sneered mockingly. Instead of lowering his raised fist, he delivered a powerful punch, sending Doctor Liu sprawling to the ground.

The poor old doctor, with his frail bones, was knocked to the ground by that punch and couldn't get up for a long time.

Yu Wantao pointed at the burly, dark-faced man, his eyes filled with suppressed rage:

"You~"

The burly, dark-faced man pointed at Yu Wantao and said viciously:

"What do you mean, 'you'?! I hit him, so what?"

"You've done this to my brother, even if I beat you to death, you deserve it."

Yu Wantao frowned deeply:

“I’ve already said it, your brother’s poisoning has nothing to do with us. There’s nothing wrong with the prescriptions and medicines in our pharmacy.”

The burly, dark-faced man sneered:

“I’ve seen shameless people, but I’ve never seen anyone as shameless as you. When my brother came to see me, it was just a common case of typhoid fever. He only took your medicine after going home, and this is how he got to this state. How dare you say it has nothing to do with you?”

Yu Wantao sighed:

"I'm not entirely clear on the specifics. So, I just asked you, after he went back, besides..."

"Have you eaten anything else after drinking our medicine?"

As soon as Yu Wantao finished speaking, the woman who had been wailing on the ground suddenly raised her head, stared at him with a face full of grief and indignation, and cried out:

"This is outrageous! I've already said it so many times, I haven't eaten anything except your medicine. And now you're still trying to shirk responsibility, do you have any conscience at all?!"

As she spoke, she exchanged a glance with the burly, dark-faced man, then clung to him and began to sob, wailing loudly:

"My poor men, because we are powerless and just poor farmers, we can be so easily harmed and deceived by these rich people. Is there no justice left? Everyone, please help us judge this! Is there no justice left?!"

Just then, the man on the ground spat out another mouthful of blood.

The white-clad man in the crowd, fanning himself, rolled his eyes, sighed deeply, and said loudly:

"Sigh, Boss Yu, you just said you'd go back and get the money to compensate them. Why did you go back to get the money and then start stirring things up again? Did you promise to pay just to buy time? Poor patient, they're practically dying. If you can't treat them here, hurry up and pay them so they can find a miracle doctor. Maybe they can still be saved!"

The woman, as if she had been waiting for this moment, suddenly kowtowed to Yu Wantao, crying and pleading:

"Boss Yu, we're asking you for money, not because we're trying to extort you. I just need the money quickly to find a miracle doctor to treat my husband. Please, have mercy and save my husband's life!"

"Wow~"

The surrounding area suddenly exploded.

"Miracle doctor?"

"It's already like this, is there any hope of treatment?"

"I just thought they might be trying to extort money, but it turns out they were trying to save someone?"

"What kind of miracle doctor? Do you know him?"

"I do not know!"

"Oh dear, the Yu family pharmacy is really something. They just agreed to compensate us and went back to get the money, but now they're still not compensating us. With a shop like that lacking integrity, it's hard to say whether they're selling counterfeit medicine!"

"I just want to know, who is this miracle doctor?"

······

The man in white seemed to think the time was right, and then, fanning himself with a folding fan, said with a look of surprise:

"The Divine Physician, you all don't know! The Divine Physician travels far and wide, and no one knows where he came from. However, since he came to our Lingjin, he has already saved several patients who were on the verge of death."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone echoed:

"Yes, yes, I've heard of it. Apparently, that miracle doctor has two rules for saving people. If someone catches his eye, he'll pay whatever he wants; if not, he won't treat them even for a fortune!"

The man in white nodded, feigning profound understanding.

"A miracle doctor, huh? Of course, he has his own temper."

Everyone agreed:

"Yes, yes, capable people all have tempers."

Someone said regretfully:

"In that case, even if they get the money, the miracle doctor might not necessarily treat them, right?"

The man in white said again:

"As long as there's hope, you should always fight for it. It's better than staying here and waiting to die."

Everyone nodded in agreement:

"Yes, yes, that makes sense."

People started pointing and whispering about Yu Wantao:

"Boss Yu, you've harmed someone, so you need to compensate them immediately. Don't be so greedy and disregard human life."

"Yes, yes, isn't it said that doctors should have a benevolent heart? If they don't even have this much benevolence, I really don't know if anyone will dare to come to your Yu's Pharmacy in the future."

"Exactly, exactly. I used to think you were a good person, Mr. Yu, but now I see you're all show and no substance."

"Hurry up and pay up! What are you waiting for!"

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As Yu Wantao listened to the crowd's discussion, his face grew increasingly grim, and his hands clenched tightly at his sides.

He knew perfectly well that the poisoning in that person had nothing to do with their pharmacy. And the prescription given by Doctor Liu was also perfectly correct.

However, I don't know how to explain it.

I felt extremely frustrated, but had nowhere and no way to vent my anger.

The silver notes tucked in his arms represented almost all of the Yu family's existing funds.

If it's sold off, Yu's Pharmacy will face an extremely difficult future.

Seeing that Yu Wantao was delaying in paying, the burly, dark-faced man rushed forward, grabbed Yu Wantao by the collar, and roared:

"Hurry up and give me the money, or don't blame me for being impolite. That banknote is a matter of my brother's life; for him, I'd do anything!"

Yu Wantao had never been treated so rudely before. He was a scholar by nature, and at this moment, his face turned red, and he was so uncomfortable that he almost fainted.

Finally, even though he was unwilling, under the guidance and urging of the crowd, and under the coercion of the burly man with the dark face, he trembled as he fumbled in his sleeve and pulled out a large stack of silver notes.

The moment the dark-faced man saw the silver notes, his eyes lit up with greed. He no longer cared about Yu Wantao, releasing him and reaching for the large stack of silver notes.

However, just as he was about to grasp the silver note...

The silver note was snatched away by a slender, delicate hand before it could be taken.

"I'll take this silver note!"

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