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Chapter 273: Harsh Words Hurt Like Cold in June

Chapter 273: Chapter 273: Harsh Words Hurt Like Cold in June

Li Dazhuang glared furiously, eyes filled with anger and helplessness. He turned back, waiting for Liu Jinsuo, and roared, "Stop making up stories to deceive others, it was clearly you who tricked me with counterfeit money."

Liu Jinsuo cried out, "I beg you, please let me go, go find rich people to extort. Earning money is really not easy for me, my wife is still bedridden, I really have no money."

"This man is shameless, even after being exposed he still threatens people, I think calling the police to arrest him is the right thing to do."

"If you dare to bully the elderly again, don’t blame us for being impolite. We have so many people we’re not afraid of you."

"Yes, when the police come, we’ll testify for the old man, you won’t be able to escape then."

The onlookers all voiced out their criticisms.

Li Dazhuang’s face was flushed with rage and finally, with a sense of defeat, he looked at Liu Jinsuo, "It’s not easy for you either, here’s a deal, you just give me ten thousand yuan and I’ll sell you the medicine at a cheap price."

"You might as well kill me, even if you sold me I wouldn’t have that much money. My wife is bedridden, we can’t even afford the hospital, where would I get money from?" Liu Jinsuo cried out.

The crowd became even more agitated, continuously berating Li Dazhuang.

Qin Yi sighed softly, "Li Dazhuang, I’ll buy your medicine."

Li Dazhuang was stunned, looking at Qin Yi with a bewildered face.

Then, he smiled bitterly, "I don’t even know where my medicine is now, what would I sell to you?"

Qin Yi slightly raised the corner of her mouth, looking at Liu Jinsuo, "You said you’ve never seen Li Dazhuang’s medicine, never gave him money, and never even met him, right?"

Liu Jinsuo nodded vigorously, crying, "This is really the first time I’ve seen him, he saw me, an old man, and immediately used his size to grab me by the collar for money."

Qin Yi sneered, turning to look at Li Dazhuang, "Describe what your medicine looks like?"

"This long..." Li Dazhuang gestured with his hands, roughly twenty centimeters, then continued, "It looks like grass, with three leaves, a bit like jade, very hard..."

"You can’t even lie properly, is this still grass?"

"He’s obviously making it up, says it resembles jade, why not say it’s made of gold?"

"I’ve lived so many years and never seen the kind of medicine he mentioned."

Before Li Dazhuang could finish, the crowd started laughing at him.

Li Dazhuang held back his anger, his face flushed red.

Qin Yi swept her cold gaze around at the people, frowning slightly, then looked at Liu Jinsuo, "Have you ever seen the medicine Li Dazhuang described?"

"No, absolutely not, my old man knows about herbs too, but he’s never heard of it, let alone seen it."

Qin Yi smirked, "Then it’s simple."

"Li Dazhuang, look under his stall."

Li Dazhuang was slightly startled, instinctively walking toward the stall.

Liu Jinsuo’s face changed dramatically, wanting to stop Li Dazhuang, "What are you intending to do? Want to overturn my stall?"

Li Dazhuang gently pushed and moved the small-framed Liu Jinsuo aside.

"Pay attention to underneath the boards." Qin Yi reminded.

The stall was set up with two stands, several wooden boards, covered with cloth which hung down to hide the sides of the stall.

Li Dazhuang lifted the hanging cloth, squatted down to take a look, and was suddenly overjoyed, "Found it, it’s really here."

He reached out and pulled, with a ripping sound, took out a small package from under the boards, wrapped with tape.

The onlookers were dumbfounded, really found it, all momentarily at a loss for words.

Li Dazhuang looked at Liu Jinsuo, "No wonder I couldn’t find it, it was taped under the board."

"What do you have to say for yourself now?"

Liu Jinsuo’s face was grim, but he showed no shame at all. It seemed this wasn’t his first time doing such things.

Qin Yi said, "Open it first, see if it’s your stuff inside."

Li Dazhuang nodded, untied the black cloth wrapping, revealing a twenty-centimeter-long item shaped like a three-leaf clover made of white jade.

"It’s mine, it’s my medicine..." Li Dazhuang said excitedly, then bowed to Qin Yi, "Thank you, if it wasn’t for you this stupid mouth of mine couldn’t prove my point. Not to mention finding the medicine."

Qin Yi smiled, "As long as it’s found. Is your medicine still for sale? If so, I’d like to buy it."

"It’s for sale, I came here to sell it, if it wasn’t for you I’d be at a huge loss today, for you, it’s ten thousand yuan, if not eight thousand would do."

Qin Yi smiled slightly, "This is no ordinary herbal medicine, it’s called White Jade Grass, and it’s very valuable. Twenty thousand is indeed too little, I’ll give you a hundred thousand."

Li Dazhuang was stunned, completely bewildered!

After a long while, he stammered asking, "You, you say my medicine is worth a hundred thousand?"

Qin Yi slightly nodded, "If you think it’s too little, we can still negotiate the price."

"No, no, not too little..." Li Dazhuang nervously waved his hands, "You’re a good person, without you I couldn’t have found the medicine, and you give me so much money for my medicine, I don’t even know how to thank you?"

Qin Yi smiled, "It’s what you deserve, I just happen to need this White Jade Grass, so I should be the one thanking you."

Li Dazhuang scratched his head with a silly grin.

"I really didn’t expect this old man to be a swindler, I was just speaking up for him."

"The world indeed has old people turning bad."

"Elderly folks, there’s not one decent..."

The people turned and began to accuse Liu Jinsuo again.

A single Liu Jinsuo made the crowd despise all elderly.

However, Liu Jinsuo was unfazed, not showing the slightest concern. People in their line of work, who hasn’t scammed someone, who hasn’t passed off the inferior as superior? Just getting caught, it’s just bad luck.

The only regret was that the herb was worth a hundred thousand, had he known he should’ve hidden it somewhere else, then those hundred thousand would have been his, such a miscalculation.

Qin Wan’er stepped forward, apologetically looking at Li Dazhuang, bowed deeply, "Brother Li, I’m sorry!"

Li Dazhuang was first stunned, completely confused, "Why are you apologizing to me?"

"I was just like them, thinking you were bullying someone, wrongly accused you, I should apologize to you." She said, bowing to Li Dazhuang again, "I’m sorry!"

Li Dazhuang was flustered, hurriedly said, "It’s alright, it’s alright, you don’t have to apologize, really it’s okay."

Qin Yi gently nodded, Qin Wan’er did the right thing, if wrong, one should apologize. One can’t pretend nothing happened just because she helped Li Dazhuang find his medicine, what’s right is right.

Then, Qin Yi slightly shook her head, the people around all owed Li Dazhuang an apology. But they seem to have forgotten how they had just harshly abused him, as if berating Liu Jinsuo a few times would make up for it.

Going with the flow may be a lifestyle, and Qin Yi had no right to dictate their lives. But hurtful words wound deeply. Not knowing right from wrong, swaying with the wind, how is this any different from those online keyboard warriors?

Truthfully, there’s no difference, both are equally repulsive.

This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺

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