Chapter 89 - 88: Let’s See How Long the Lord Can Endure! (Second Update)

Chapter 89: Chapter 88: Let’s See How Long the Lord Can Endure! (Second Update)

He really misjudged it because he was too eager for Miss Xu’s appearance.

But the Lord’s reaction was completely beyond his expectations!

Xiao Yi looked at him coldly for a while, then opened his thin lips, "When you return, add another hundred beatings."

Xianyun: "!!!"

Adding the previous hundred beatings for taking the young lord out without permission, he would have as many as two hundred beatings altogether!

The lord was really looking to beat him to death!

Xianyun felt like crying but had no tears, but he could only comply, "Yes, Lord."

After saying this, Xiao Yi pressed his mount forward.

Beside him, Dongli immediately gave Xianyun a secret glare, this reckless boy deserved Lord’s punishment!

But Xianyun could not help putting on a tragic expression as if a hero cutting off his own arm.

All right, for the young lord’s future happiness, he would take the beatings.

Young lord, you will have the mother you long for, and everything else you want!

Just now, besides taking such unexpected action, the Lord clearly did not notice anything wrong in that sentence.

He called her madam, not Miss Xu, yet the Lord didn’t find anything amiss; what does this mean?

He indeed wanted to see how long the Lord could endure! A beautiful and capable woman like Miss Xu certainly wouldn’t lack suitors. He only hoped their Lord’s wooden head would realize it early; otherwise, if Miss Xu were taken by another man, their young lord would be heartbroken again.

On the other side, Xu Jing originally thought that Xiao Huai’an’s departure wouldn’t affect her much.

However, judging from how she was absent-minded all day thereafter, it seemed she was indeed affected by that little guy.

Finally enduring until the end of today’s consultation, Xu Jing didn’t go back immediately, but sat in Xinglin Hall, waiting for Cheng Xianbai to calculate today’s revenue.

From the start of their cooperation, they agreed that when business was still not too complex, the daily revenue should be settled on the same day. It’s not that Xu Jing doesn’t trust the Cheng Brothers and Sisters, but even blood siblings need clear accounts, not to mention they’re just partners.

Moreover, settling the revenue in front of everyone daily was first proposed by Cheng Xianbai. Having ventured far and wide before, he understood the importance of mutual trust between partners, and since their bond wasn’t particularly deep in the beginning, he was willing to do more to maintain a friendly cooperation between both sides.

But later, if their business got too busy and complicated, it wouldn’t be realistic to settle all the revenue daily. Xu Jing had already been training Chunyang and Chunxiang in accounting, intending to let these two girls join the accounting work on her behalf when the business expanded.

While Cheng Xianbai was calculating, Cheng Qingqing, as usual, was organizing some daily tasks of Xinglin Hall. Suddenly, she frowned slightly and said, "Nine people came today to cancel their pre-orders for the Atractylodes Qi Pill! I already felt something was off today. Previously, some people also came to cancel orders, but it was usually only one every one or two days."

During this period, they had received nearly three hundred pre-orders for Atractylodes Qi Pill.

As Cheng Qingqing said, people who pre-ordered Atractylodes Qi Pill had medical needs and rarely canceled orders. Moreover, when they pre-ordered, they had to pay a five-cent deposit, and they were informed that if they canceled later, the deposit would not be refunded.

So unless there was some unavoidable reason, no one would cancel so suddenly.

Cheng Xianbai was taken aback, lifting his head temporarily from the account book, his brows furrowing as he said, "Nine people indeed?! I did have three people come to me today for cancellation, and those three had been patients visiting our Xinglin Hall for treatment since my father’s time. When I asked them the reason for cancellation, they hesitated without giving a clear answer, only saying they didn’t need it anymore.

Unfortunately, at that time, I needed to attend to other patients and couldn’t talk much with them."

When something is unusual, something is definitely going on; a few people immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Xu Jing furrowed her brow slightly and said, "Logically, if someone who pre-ordered medicine no longer wanted it, there’s no need to specially come to tell us since, whether they told us or not, they couldn’t get the five-cent deposit back anyway.

Those who would specially come to inform us are generally patients who trust us a lot or regular customers of Xinglin Hall. They feel a bit guilty about canceling, so they come ahead to tell us to reduce our loss.

However, those people should be the least likely to cancel. The reasonable deduction is if even they have so many canceling, among the patients with less connection to Xinglin Hall, the number of canceling individuals would only be greater."

They just wouldn’t bother to inform them specifically.

Cheng Qingqing’s face changed slightly and said, "How could this happen! Our first batch of pre-ordered Atractylodes Qi Pills is to be delivered tomorrow. Hopefully, not many people will fail to come tomorrow."

However, Xu Jing’s expression remained quite calm, turning to Cheng Xianbai and said, "Mr. Cheng, please check what reasons those people have for canceling.

We will know what tomorrow brings. Even if many people do not want our Atractylodes Qi Pill, we can deliver the pills to the next batch of pre-orderers in advance; Atractylodes Qi Pill isn’t something that doesn’t last long, so those cancellations won’t have a big impact on us."

She spoke this way, but if too many canceled, it meant an invisible loss of many customers, and the loss would be actual money!

Besides, the most worrying aspect was the reason for those sudden cancellations.

During the previous free clinic, the first batch of sold Atractylodes Qi Pills had received very positive feedback; everyone who used it praised the pill for having miraculous effects, better than previous medications for treating heatstroke and humidity injuries.

This proved the cancellations were not due to distrust in their medicine, so certainly something else had happened!

Due to this sudden situation, Xu Jing’s melancholic mood from Xiao Huai’an’s departure was at least slightly relieved.

Early the next morning, she arrived at Xinglin Hall earlier than usual. To her surprise, the Cheng Brothers and Sisters were already there.

Seeing their sullen faces, obviously filled with concerns, Xu Jing guessed Cheng Xianbai had found out something. After settling herself in her usual consulting seat, she asked, "Tell me, what happened?"

"That Guangming Hall is truly a bunch of scoundrels!"

Cheng Xianbai suddenly hammered the table in front of him with his fist and said, "I asked one of the patients I previously treated, who was also among those canceling yesterday, and he told me the truth. Guangming Hall recently launched a medicine exactly the same as our Atractylodes Qi Pill! And, they are selling it cheaper than ours!

During our free clinic, we sold Atractylodes Qi Pill since we couldn’t sell it too expensively, at thirty cents for six pills. After the free clinic, we slightly raised the price to forty-eight cents for six pills.

Since it wasn’t too much more expensive, all the patients knew we were forced to sell medicine during the free clinic, so no one thought anything was wrong.

However, do you know Guangming Hall sells their Atractylodes Qi Pill at what price?"

Cheng Xianbai said through gritted teeth, "That bunch of scoundrels are selling it for twenty cents for six pills, cheaper than our free clinic price!"

With this calculation, even if those who pre-ordered lost their five-cent deposit, buying Guangming Hall’s medicine was cheaper than buying theirs.

Most patients are just ordinary folks, so wherever they can save, they do. Upon hearing that Guangming Hall’s medicine was sold so affordably, they naturally flocked over in droves.