Chapter 2326 - 2145: Assigning You a Bodyguard (Part 2)

And the herbal medicine sellers always think about passing off the inferior as the superior, deceiving those who aren't knowledgeable.

But Lu Yaobing studied medicine, she can tell the quality of the herbs at a glance, these small herbal medicine vendors can't deceive her.

Lu Yaobing wasn't in a hurry to buy, instead, she took a stroll around the second-floor herbal medicine wholesale market to get a general sense of the quality of the herbal medicines there. After that, she went to one of the larger herbal medicine shops, took out the herbal prescription Song Xiaodong had given her before, and told the owner she needed a few of the herbs.

Lu Yaobing was smart and didn't reveal all the herbs she needed at once.

If she revealed them all, wouldn't the prescription be exposed?

She even deliberately chose some herbs she didn't need but were relatively cheap, just to cover up the herbs she really wanted.

The reason Lu Yaobing chose these herbs was that the samples displayed outside the shop looked quite good. Lu Yaobing knew these were top-quality herbs.

The owner of the herbal medicine shop, in his forties, glanced at Lu Yaobing, nodded, and said, "Alright, miss, please wait a moment."

The owner went back to his warehouse and brought out a batch of sample herbs for Lu Yaobing to see.

When Lu Yaobing saw the herbs, she realized they were a grade lower compared to those on display.

"Boss, it's too obvious, the herbs you gave me and those on display here are of two entirely different grades!" Lu Yaobing told the herbal medicine shop owner.

"Miss, that's impossible. These herbs all come from the same batch and are the same, how could they be of different grades?" The herbal medicine shop owner denied.

"Boss, I'm a medical student, I might not claim my medical skills are superior, but I can definitely distinguish the quality of herbs. I came to ask you because of the grade of herbs you displayed here. If what you had on display was what you showed me, I wouldn't have even asked." Lu Yaobing said to the herbal medicine shop owner.

"Miss, they're all the same herbs, the difference is only in appearance. The efficacy is the same. Even within the same batch, there has to be some good and some bad. How could all the herbs be as good as those I displayed here?" The herbal medicine shop owner continued his sophistry.

"Boss, honestly, I'm here for market research. We are a tea company that needs large quantities of herbal medicines for production. To ensure our product quality, the herbs we select must be top-grade with potent effects. If you could provide top-grade herbs like the samples displayed here, I would consider a long-term cooperation with you. In other words, I'm a big customer, and if you mess with me, you'll just lose out in the end!" Lu Yaobing said to the herbal medicine shop owner.

The herbal medicine shop owner was clearly tempted and asked, "Approximately how much do you need?"

Lu Yaobing replied, "Our slimming tea factory has two production lines, and next year we'll be supplying the entire Minghe City to xxxx supermarkets. I don't know exactly how much herbal medicine we'll need, but if the quality of your herbs is stable, you won't have to worry about sales for the entire next year." Lu Yaobing said.

The herbal medicine shop owner was initially interested, but after hearing about the slimming tea factory, his expression changed abruptly, showing a very conflicted look. He sighed and said to Lu Yaobing, "Miss, you have a good eye. The herbs I have on display here were specifically selected by a Traditional Chinese Medicine physician to look like this; I don't have as many top-grade herbs as you need. Miss, you'll have to look elsewhere."

"Boss, what we need is not a small amount, are you really not going to reconsider?" Lu Yaobing couldn't believe the herbal medicine shop owner wouldn't earn this money.

"Miss, if I dared to earn all kinds of money, this herbal medicine shop would have closed long ago!" The herbal medicine shop owner's words seemed to imply something else.

Lu Yaobing had no choice but to inquire at a few other places, but she got the same answer; the top-grade herbs she was interested in, they refused to sell.

Feeling frustrated, Lu Yaobing sat on the stairs going down from the second floor of the wholesale herbal medicine market.

"Why am I so unlucky lately? Why can't I successfully complete a single task that Master has given me?" Lu Yaobing muttered to herself, forgetting about Dragon Three beside her.

"Miss, I don't think things are that simple. There must be other reasons why they're not selling us the herbs. Why don't we go back and discuss with Madam?" Dragon Three said to Lu Yaobing.

"Sigh, I guess we have to…"

On the way to the parking lot, Lu Yaobing suddenly heard someone calling her name from behind.

"Bingbing?"

"Bingbing?"

"Is it really you, Bingbing?"

Lu Yaobing turned around in confusion and saw four people approaching her: three girls about her age and a middle-aged man in his 40s, smartly dressed in a suit.

The three girls were dressed very flamboyantly, wearing fur coats, leopard-print tops, stockings, long boots, with brightly colored hair, large earrings, and heavy makeup.