"This imposter has really made quite a show of it. If it weren't for the fact that she's not the real deal, I'd even consider making her acquaintance."
"Making her acquaintance? You'll regret it."
After Ye Zhinan said this, she turned around and walked away. Lu Yanlai looked at her determined back with a puzzled look in her eyes.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Zhinan had visited all the medicine shops. Just as she was about to find a teahouse to take a sip of tea to moisten her throat, she was called out.
"Brother, long time no see!"
Su Daqiang?
She hadn't seen him since the rabbit - head selling days, but how did he recognize her?
Su Daqiang seemed to see through her thoughts and pointed at the person beside her. "Miss Lu is as beautiful and charming as ever! May I have the honor of inviting you two to have a cup of tea?"
If it were someone else, Lu Yanlai would surely have taught them a lesson for their frivolity. But this Su Daqiang was different. She smiled, pulled Ye Zhinan, and followed him into the teahouse.
"I heard you two are here to sell medicine?"
As soon as they were seated, Su Daqiang was the first to speak.
Ye Zhinan and Lu Yanlai exchanged a quick glance.
"Boss Su is really well - informed."
Ye Zhinan picked up the teacup and took a sip, trying to hide her flustered expression. But in an instant, her brows wrinkled slightly. Just then, Su Daqiang's rough voice came slowly.
"In business, you have to have your ears to the ground. Only then can you avoid being eliminated."
"I really need to learn from Boss Su. It's an extra way to get rich, and this tea tastes really good."
After just one sip, Ye Zhinan tasted the peculiarity of this tea. It had the same flavor as the tea leaves Su Daqiang had given her last time.
Su Daqiang curved his lips into a smile and refilled their teacups. "We're old acquaintances. Let's not beat around the bush. Can you sell me some medicine too?"
So that's the deal.
"Boss Su has quite a wide range of business. Do you also do the medicinal herb business?"
"I do a bit of everything. I'll give you this much."
As he said this, Su Daqiang spread out his whole palm, making Ye Zhinan and Lu Yanlai gasp.
How generous!
Lu Yanlai couldn't wait to agree, but Ye Zhinan quickly grabbed her and said first, "We're just a small - scale business. We're afraid we can't handle it. Please give us some time to think about it."
"Sure, no problem."
Su Daqiang wasn't the type to force others. He still had a smiling face. Just as he was seeing them off, he suddenly said, "I'll send you a grand gift in a couple of days. You can answer me after that."
A grand gift?!
This sentence kept lingering in Ye Zhinan's mind for a long time.
What on earth was this grand gift he was going to send?
On the way back, Lu Yanlai kept asking Ye Zhinan why she didn't agree to Boss Su. According to their current capabilities, they could handle such a big order.
Ye Zhinan just shook her head and told her to be patient.
Lu Yanlai had no choice but to stop talking.
The medicinal herb business was going on in an orderly manner. Liu Ruonan was still able to make a living since she had bought the marinated - food shop. Lu Yanlai would go to help her when she was free.
One day, the two were serving customers when Liu Ruonan suddenly felt a swelling in her lower abdomen, followed by intermittent pains.
"Sister Yanlai, hurry up and find a midwife. I'm going to give birth."
Ye Zhinan had always told Liu Ruonan during the recent check - ups that if she felt intermittent pains in her lower abdomen and the time interval between the pains gradually shortened, it meant she was about to give birth.
Lu Yanlai nervously arranged her in the back, quickly closed the shop, and rushed out to find a midwife.
Liu Ruonan was alone, nervous and scared. Her breathing quickened. Suddenly, she felt a warm sensation in her lower body.
Oh no, the amniotic fluid had broken! What should she do?
"Ruonan, breathe, breathe!"
Liu Ruonan heard a familiar voice. She looked up and saw Ye Zhinan. At this moment, Ye Zhinan was holding her hands high. The sunlight was too bright for Liu Ruonan to see clearly. But the next second, she felt a soreness in her back, and then the labor pains in her stomach gradually subsided.
"Sister Nannan, this is..."
"Don't talk. Save your strength. Push only when I tell you to."
Liu Ruonan nodded and concentrated, following Ye Zhinan's instructions.
I don't know how long it had passed when suddenly a baby's cry rang out through the sky.
Lu Yanlai was dragging the midwife and running frantically. As soon as she reached the door, she was stunned by the sound.
"The baby's born!"
The midwife widened her eyes and rushed in three steps at a time. Before she could get close, a soft thing was stuffed into her hand. Looking closely, it was a blood - smeared baby.
"Go and clean it up. I'll take care of the parturient."
Ye Zhinan sent the midwife away, took out anesthetic and cosmetic needles from her space, and started to stitch up the wound.
A little while later, when the midwife came in with the baby in her arms, Ye Zhinan had already taken care of Liu Ruonan's wound and was feeding her water.
"Observe for an hour. Call her family to pick her up when she's okay. Remember to get out of bed and expel gas within two hours and rest well for a month."
She rambled on with a bunch of instructions. Liu Ruonan was in a daze, half - understanding. Even when Liu Dongxing and Wang Zhilan came, she was still immersed in the process of giving birth.
Wang Zhilan felt sorry for her daughter. But seeing that her daughter was refreshed and could even walk, she thanked Ye Zhinan a thousand times.
Liu Dongxing almost knelt down and kowtowed to Ye Zhinan.
Fortunately, the midwife brought the baby in time. As soon as the two elders saw the baby, they were so happy that they forgot everything.
From then on, Ye Zhinan gained another title, "The Avalokitesvara in the World".
All the expectant mothers and those seeking to have children in the village and the town came to Dr. Ye for treatment.
As Dr. Ye's reputation grew, that imposter became restless again. She started selling lucky charms for having children and giving birth under the name of Dr. Ye.
When Liu Ruonan heard that someone was using Ye Zhinan's name to cheat money, she was so angry that she almost rushed out during her confinement to defend Ye Zhinan, but was stopped by Ye Zhinan.
Not long after, Lu Yanlai rushed to Ye's house in a hurry. Without even bothering to tidy up her wind - blown hair, she shouted, "Do you know who that imposter is?"
Ye Zhinan looked calm, with a slight raise of her eyes to the side.
Lu Yanlai was stunned. "You already knew it was Wei Shiqi?!"
The first time she saw the imposter that day, Ye Zhinan had noticed the familiar figure and the cheap floral fragrance.
"Then you also know what happened to her, right?"
Seeing Ye Zhinan nodding indifferently, Lu Yanlai slumped onto the stone bench like a deflated ball.
"I still wanted to give you a surprise, but it turns out I'm the one who got the surprise."
"Sister, don't say that. I just guessed it. We should thank someone for the grand gift they sent us."
When Ye Zhinan mentioned the "grand gift", Lu Yanlai suddenly realized. "Boss Su?!"
"Yes. Come on, let's go and watch the show."
Saying this, Ye Zhinan pulled Lu Yanlai and climbed up the wall.
Their position was very tricky. They could perfectly hide themselves while still seeing clearly what was going on on the other side of the wall.
They saw Wei Shiqi kneeling in the middle of the Wei family's yard, with her head down, tearfully pleading with the person in front of her.