The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 224 Crazy
Shang Wan guessed that Chu Zhao must have written something in his letter, but the child refused to say, so she didn't force him.

"Go ahead and find Doctor Yuan. Ask him what the medicine I gave him yesterday was."

"Okay." Chu Xu agreed, seemingly feeling ashamed that he had been found out he had cried, and quickly ran away.

Shang Wanchao waved to Yuanyuan.

She hopped over like a round little rabbit, looking up at her mother.

Shang Wan pinched her cheek and said gently, "Sweetie, if your brother Anian cries again later, you have to come and tell me."

"it is good."

"Good boy," Shang Wan said with a smile, "Go play with Xiao Hei."

After sending her daughter away, Shang Wan turned back to continue the interrogation.

After the first two confessed, the remaining three also confessed one after another.

The young man was also sent by Manager Qi to cause trouble at the Spirit Medicine Pavilion. His job was to shout "poisoned!" after the medicine powder took effect, inciting the shop's customers to attack the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.

"Poisoning?" Shang Wan stared at the young man. "Do you know what effect that powder will have on a person?"

The young man said, "That packet of medicine is itching powder. Once it gets on your skin, it will cause unbearable itching in no time, and scratching will cause a rash."

Shang Wan imagined what would happen if she hadn't caught the woman and let her smear the powder on the customers—wouldn't the shop be in complete chaos?
She shook her head, thankful that she had acted quickly.

She kicked the young man, making him stay with the other two.

Shang Wan looked at the remaining two men. Could these two also be sent by Manager Qi?

No.

The two men were pickpockets. Although they were in cahoots, they had nothing to do with Manager Qi. Their purpose in sneaking in was to steal money.

The reason they refused to speak yesterday was because they were afraid the Shangwan Daily would report them to the authorities. They had only been out of jail for two days and didn't want to go back.

But Shang Wan beat people too brutally, even more ruthless than the jailer in the county government, so they preferred to go back to jail.

Shang Wan naturally granted their request and sent Shi Tou to escort them to the county government office, where they were handed over to Shan Dajun.

"Aunt Shang, Dr. Yuan said that the powder in that packet contains oleander, which will cause unbearable itching if it gets on the skin, and in severe cases, it will cause patches of rashes." After asking, Chu Xu returned, and her cat-like eyes were no longer red, and she looked normal again.

Shang Wan nodded; this did indeed match what the young man had said.

Rat poison, itching powder—Manager Qi really has some ideas.

"Aunt Shang, don't laugh like that." Chu Xu hugged his arms fearfully. "It's creepy."

Shang Wan smiled. Manager Qi had given her such a generous gift, how could she not reciprocate?

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"Hey, did you hear that?"

"The matter of Jimin Pharmacy? Sigh, the whole city knows about it."

"What? What did I miss?"

"Manager Qi of Jimin Pharmacy has gone mad!"

"Crazy? How could that be! I saw him yelling at his shop assistant when I was taking a walk yesterday evening. He seemed perfectly normal."

"He went crazy last night. I don't know if his wife ran off with someone else."

"Who knows, maybe they'll find out the son isn't their own."

"How did he go crazy? Someone please tell us."

"Last night, Old Zhang, who was on night watch, saw Manager Qi running naked in the street, without a single piece of cloth on his body. He was not only scratching himself as he ran, but also jumping and shouting, crying and laughing, which scared Old Zhang half to death. With his hair all over the place, he thought he had encountered a ghost. Tell me, can a normal person do such a thing? Isn't he just crazy?"

"That fat shopkeeper Qi, his belly is bigger than a five-month pregnant woman's, and he's running around naked. Luckily it's the middle of the night, or he'd get a sty."

"Is Jiming Pharmacy open today?"

"No, can't you see everyone's waiting?"

"You guys just love to watch the show and make things worse. A madman is capable of anything, and I don't want to deal with a madman."

“I’m never buying medicine from Jiming Pharmacy again, because of that crazy shopkeeper.”

"Let's go, let's go. If you want to buy medicine, you should go to the Spirit Medicine Pavilion. They have a lot of fresh stuff there." "That multi-purpose ointment is really useful. I need to buy two more boxes."

"We couldn't buy any even if we went; they were sold out yesterday afternoon. The shop assistant said they won't have any more in three days, so we'll just have to wait."

……

Meanwhile, at the Qi residence.

After taking the antidote and recovering, Manager Qi was so angry that he smashed everything in the bedroom.

The servant responsible for gathering information ran back and saw the mess inside the house. He hesitated and dared not cross the threshold.

Manager Qi roared, "Come in!"

The servant hurriedly ran inside and bowed respectfully.

Manager Qi sat in his armchair, catching his breath before asking, "What are they saying outside?"

The servant cautiously glanced at him, carefully choosing his words to avoid saying anything too offensive.

Even so, it still infuriated the person in the chair.

"Sir, the rumors outside are just wild gossip. Don't we know whether you're crazy or not?"

The servant smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Master, please rest well. We'll open the door when you've recovered your strength and let everyone outside see that those who say bad things about you are just rumors. You're perfectly fine."

These words made Manager Qi feel a little better.

He was given an itching powder last night, and it was even more effective than the one he had on hand. The itching was so intense that he couldn't control himself at all.

He accidentally ran out and was chased by a big dog. The dog was so fierce that it almost killed him.

Although he didn't know how he got infected, Manager Qi was certain that the matter was related to the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.

He had just sent someone to cause trouble at the Spirit Medicine Pavilion with itching powder, and then he himself was poisoned by itching powder. What a coincidence!

Besides, none of those three good-for-nothings came back to report; they might already be in the hands of that guy surnamed Shang.

Hmph! He underestimated that woman.

Manager Qi beckoned to the servant, "Come here."

The servant was afraid of being kicked, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward.

Manager Qi whispered a few instructions in his ear and waved his hand, "Go and do it quickly!"

"Yes." The servant turned and ran away.

Manager Qi gripped the armrests of the chair tightly, a cold smile playing on his lips.

Women should stay home to cook and have children. He shouldn't have pitied that woman surnamed Shang before!
"Ah!"

While counting the silver, Shang Wan suddenly sneezed while looking up at the sky.

She rubbed her nose and said to the young man beside her who was keeping accounts, "That guy surnamed Qi is definitely cursing me."

Lu Chengjing raised his eyelids and asked seriously, "Shall we curse back?"

“No need for that.” Shang Wan chuckled at his words. “If he dares to provoke me again, I wouldn’t mind if Lingyao Pavilion opened multiple branches in the city.”

Lu Chengjing lowered his head and made a mark on the ledger, echoing, "My wife is right."

Shang Wan raised her hand and poked his cheek, then suddenly remembered something, "Has Constable Shan sent any message?"

"Never."

No sooner had Lu Chengjing finished speaking than the news arrived.

Shang Wan gave the errand runner twenty coins as a reward, then turned to look at Lu Chengjing and raised an eyebrow: "You guessed pretty accurately."

Those two pickpockets weren't telling the truth.

The two were just imprisoned yesterday, and today someone paid money to bail them out.

The person who paid the money was none other than Yuan Kang, the personal attendant of Qiao Yugui, the eldest young master.

(End of this chapter)