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Chapter 179 Not asking for trouble

Ye Xiaoxiao looked up at the sky speechlessly. Was this person an idiot?

She glanced at the other person sideways, a sarcastic smile playing on her lips.

"Manager Tang, I hope you understand one thing: doctors use their medical skills to treat and save lives simply because human lives are so precious and valuable! Not because it can be used to make personal profit!"

Upon hearing this, Tang Shi's face turned red with anger: "How did I seek personal gain? Don't talk nonsense!"

“If it were an ordinary shop, you could just say you’re a regular customer. But, Manager Tang, have you forgotten what kind of shop you run? It’s a clinic!”

"When I practice medicine, I, Ye Xiaoxiao, have always believed in only one thing: I would rather have three feet of dust in my medicine cabinet than have no patients in the world."

After this conversation, the difference in their social standing became immediately apparent.

"See, I told you we were right to support Dr. Ye!"

"That's right, that Manager Tang, all he cares about is money!"

"That's right. What kind of clinic would tell patients to come back often? Isn't that just cursing us to get sick more often?"

Tang Shi felt anxious and flustered as he saw everyone siding with Ye Xiaoxiao. This woman was indeed as eloquent as Lian'er had said.

"Don't listen to this woman's nonsense. She's a quack doctor, don't be fooled by her! Er Gouzi's matter isn't over yet! A doctor who prescribes the wrong medicine should be sent to the authorities!"

Before he could finish speaking, several constables appeared outside the crowd.

The leader was Zhou Quan, who had caught human traffickers last time. He was now the head constable of Qifeng Town for his meritorious service in solving the case.

His sharp gaze swept over the crowd before he asked, "Who wants to see the official?"

Upon seeing the officials arrive, Tang Shi felt a surge of smugness and quickly pointed at Ye Xiaoxiao, saying, "Sir! It's her! This is the woman! She's using her mediocre medical skills to harm the people in our town. You must arrest her immediately and throw her in jail to rid the people of this scourge!"

Zhou Quan waved his hand behind him, signaling his men to take him down.

Seeing this, Tang Shi raised his chin and glanced at Ye Xiaoxiao with a rather smug look. The meaning in his eyes was very clear: You're still too green to fight me!

Ye Xiaoxiao smiled faintly, looking at the clown-like person in front of her, a hint of mockery flashing in her beautiful eyes.

Tang Shixiang, like a victorious rooster, stood proudly among the crowd, waiting for Ye Xiaoxiao to be taken away in full view of everyone.

However, to his surprise, both of his arms were tightly held in his left and right arms.

He looked around. The two constables beside him had stern faces and looked very serious, while he was sandwiched between them.

Tang Shi's mind went blank for a moment. He swallowed hard, his voice slightly tense, and his tongue almost tied in knots: "Gentlemen... officers, you... you've arrested the wrong person, haven't you? Isn't this a misunderstanding? I was talking about that woman; you should have arrested her!"

Zhou Quan said matter-of-factly, "I've arrested you! Take me away!"

"Hey—sir, let's talk this out! What have I done wrong?"

"Colluding with others to commit fraud by feigning illness."

Zhou Quan had already heard Bai Qing explain everything on the way here. He knew that Doctor Ye was a kind and benevolent doctor, and he trusted his character.

"I'm innocent! I'm really innocent!"

Tang Shi was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he immediately burst into tears, looking as miserable as if he had really been wronged.

"Whether it's a case of injustice or not, we will investigate and find out. We will not let a bad person go unpunished, nor will we wrong any innocent person."

Seeing that their scheme had been exposed, the bearded man and Er Gouzi, fearing they would be implicated, crouched down and prepared to leave quietly.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Quan caught him red-handed.

"You two, stop right there! Where are you going?"

"Hehe... It's lunchtime, time to go home and cook!" the bearded man said with a sly smile.

“No rush. At this hour, we can still make it to the jail for a meal.” Zhou Quan squinted at the two men, his face darkening. “Take them both with us!”

"Sir, we didn't do anything! Sir!"

"That's right, we didn't harm anyone! Manager Tang just gave me some medicine that would cause stomach aches, and then told us to put on an act here and wait for him to come. We didn't mean to harm anyone!"

Tang Shi and the bearded man glanced at Er Gouzi, who had confessed everything, and inwardly cursed him as an idiot. How could someone be so stupid? If he had just stuck to his story, he could have gotten away with it, right?

He, on the contrary, directly confessed without being asked!