The Marriage of an Esteemed Supreme Healer, a Noble Ruler

Chapter 556: It’ll Be Too Obvious

Chu Liuyue looked up and saw a man in an ivory tunic—who appeared to be in his thirties—walking over. His personable and elegant disposition made him look more like a scholar than a shrewd businessman.

It turned out that he was Hundred Herbs Building’s person-in-charge—Yue Ling.

Yue Ling went up to her with a smile. “What a rare visitor! Why aren’t you entering the shop, Ms. Chu?”

She asked in surprise, “You know who I am?”

He nodded. “Your performance at the Wan Zheng Competition was brilliant.”

He had wanted to find an opportunity to meet and get acquainted with her, lest he failed to recognize her should they ever meet. Alas, she was staying at the Mu Residence, which made meeting her even harder since security was extremely tight there.

Thus, he could only go to Xuan Ji Square instead. It was only after a few days of waiting that he finally saw her, and she had even emerged as the competition’s victor. It was then that he became truly impressed with her.

His praise for her was thus sincere.

Chu Liuyue then lifted her chin. “I bumped into this scene just as I was about to enter the shop.”

“I’m sorry for causing you trouble, Ms. Chu. It’s all due to our carelessness that this matter happened. Why don’t I accompany you inside to select the herbs you want?” As he spoke, he shot a warning look in the direction of the guards and the pageboy, who immediately moved to drag those women away.

One of the women wanted to say something, but the moment she tried to do so, she felt an overwhelming pressure descending on her. Her chest became tight, and she couldn’t spit out a single word at all.

The same thing happened to the other two women.

One look, and Chu Liuyue could tell that the general manager had taken things into his own hands. She paused and then said, “I heard that this matter concerns me…”

“You’re mistaken, Ms. Chu. This matter arose because these ladies openly insulted the black gold card holders right in our territory. This isn’t only an insult to our VIPs but also contempt toward us. They only got what they deserved because they spoke carelessly, and they would end up in the same situation even if they were speaking about another VIP,” stated Yue Ling calmly in an irrefutable tone.

He then looked in those women’s direction. “You may continue making a scene here if you’re not afraid of being unable to buy any herbs in Xi Ling City in the future.”

The women instantaneously stopped struggling, while the crowd of onlookers fell silent upon hearing the blatant threat. None of them had any doubts about Hundred Herbs Building’s ability to do so.

Yue Ling naturally would do what he said since he dared to say it in public. Although Hundred Herbs Building had never taken the initiative to cause trouble, they wouldn’t be lenient when facing troublemakers.

Knowing that it was hopeless to continue making a scene here since things would only become worse for them, the panic-stricken women could only beat a hasty retreat.

When the pressure on them lifted after they walked some distance away, one of them couldn’t help but murmur, “Just what exactly did we do wrong? All we did was make some passing comments, so how did things reach this state…? How did things turn out this way?”

…

Yue Ling thus entered the shop with Chu Liuyue. “Ms. Chu, what would you like to get this time?”

Many people on the exhibition hall’s first floor looked over with envy at the sight of them because this was the first time Yue Ling had ever attended a customer in person, and a VIP with a black gold card at that.

“Five times the amount of herbs I bought previously,” said Chu Liuyue after a pause.

A hush descended over the people on the first floor. Apparently, they were all shocked into silence by her extravagant spending. It was at that moment that they suddenly understood why Yue Ling refused to do those women’s business when all they did was offend Chu Liuyue.

Even if they were to spend their entire family’s fortune, they wouldn’t be able to take out so much money like her. On top of that, this was just the amount of money she spent during a single visit.

Yue Ling turned to the pageboy—who was frozen to the spot—next to him. “Hurry up and go prepare the herbs Ms. Chu wants. Make sure to pick the best ones.”

“…Y-yes!” The pageboy snapped back to his senses and hurriedly went to pack her order.

“Ms. Chu, we’ve brought in some new items for the second floor. Do you want to go and take a look?” asked Yue Ling.

She nodded. “Sure.”

“Please, follow me.” He then brought her up to the second floor.

It was only some time after they left that the people on the first floor exhaled. “Oh my gosh… How much did she spend just now…?”

“I don’t know, nor do I want to know… Comparison will just make us angry! While we have to carefully pick out items on the first floor, she just went straight up to the second floor like it’s nothing… She sure has deep pockets!”

“That’s strange. Ms. Chu was accompanied by the people from the Mu Residence previously. Why aren’t they with her this time?”

…

The second floor was usually empty, and it was all the more so today. It was as if Chu Liuyue had booked the entire floor.

Yue Ling took a look at her before he said tentatively, “Feel free to choose whatever you want. As compensation for what you’ve gone through at the entrance earlier, we’ll offer you a 30% discount on your entire purchase bill today.”

He didn’t want to charge her at first, but it seemed that his superior didn’t want her to find out anything yet. Things would become too obvious if he overdid it.