Romantic Medical Immortal-Chapter 277: A Story Triggered by Debt Collection (Part 1)
"..."
As soon as the words were spoken, Xiao Yuqi on the other end of the phone fell into silence and did not speak for a long time.
No one present said anything, and all eyes fell on Yang Cheng.
"Hey, Yu Qi, are you still there?"
Seeing the other party remain silent, Yang Cheng continued speaking.
"I’m here!"
Soon, Xiao Yuqi responded, her voice becoming much colder, and she asked, "Are you with that person named Lu Kun?"
"Yes, he’s right next to me."
Yang Cheng didn’t hesitate to respond immediately.
"Tell him that Herbal Pavilion doesn’t owe him any money. When he first approached me, I reviewed all the procurement records from the opening of Herbal Pavilion until now, and we don’t owe him a cent. Don’t let him pester me any further, or I’ll call the police immediately!"
Xiao Yuqi’s tone was filled with coldness, clearly displeased.
"No way, how can there be none..."
At this moment, Lu Kun became emotionally agitated, widened his eyes, and was about to argue with Xiao Yuqi.
"Don’t be impulsive!" Chu Xiaoyu reacted quickly and immediately glared at Lu Kun.
"Ah!!"
Lu Kun sighed silently, stepped back, and held back his impulse.
This scene was fully captured by Yang Cheng. He took a deep breath and continued, "Yu Qi, calm down. Although you have checked all procurement records now, you have just taken over the Herbal Pavilion after all. Perhaps you are unaware of what happened before!"
"What do you mean?"
Xiao Yuqi was stunned and asked in return.
"Don’t overthink it. What I mean is, can you contact the previous person in charge to inquire if there was this matter? I hope this matter can be thoroughly investigated. If Lu Kun is indeed talking nonsense, I will have him apologize to you!"
"If there is really some misunderstanding causing errors in the procurement records, we also need to give Lu Kun an explanation, don’t we?"
"After all, we are all friends!"
The last sentence was deliberately spoken by Yang Cheng, as perhaps saying it this way could make Xiao Yuqi take this matter more seriously.
"You and Lu Kun are friends?"
In response, Xiao Yuqi felt quite puzzled.
"Yes, I didn’t know before, but now I do. He is the son of a family friend of my father’s, so I hope we can investigate this matter clearly and prevent any estrangement, especially since we will be working together in the future!"
Yang Cheng smiled and said.
"What business?" Xiao Yuqi grew more confused as she listened.
"How about this, you investigate this debt issue first. Regardless of the results, let’s have dinner together at seven tonight. I will send you the location, and we can also discuss the business cooperation. You will definitely like this business."
Yang Cheng rolled his eyes, feeling that things could not be clearly explained over the phone and that it’s better to talk in person.
"Alright, wait for me then!"
Finally, under Yang Cheng’s persuasion, Xiao Yuqi’s attitude softened considerably: "I’ll investigate and get back to you as soon as possible."
After hanging up the phone, Yang Cheng put away his phone and looked at Lu Kun, saying, "Lu Kun, Xiao Yuqi has already reinvestigating this matter, we just need to wait for news."
"My father wouldn’t lie to me!"
Lu Kun looked serious and said, "Herbal Pavilion definitely owes the money, they are just deliberately not acknowledging it..."
At this point, he suddenly thought of something and continued, "Of course, I’m not referring to Xiao Yuqi, after all, she just took over Herbal Pavilion, perhaps there are many things she hasn’t figured out yet."
"I understand!"
After this incident, Yang Cheng’s attitude towards Lu Kun also changed significantly. He said, "If Herbal Pavilion is indeed deliberately withholding payment, I will definitely stand up for you, no, everyone will stand up for you!"
"Thank you!"
Lu Kun took a deep breath, bowed to Yang Cheng, and displayed genuine sincerity.
Upon seeing this action, for some reason, Yang Cheng’s heart trembled slightly. Initially, he despised Lu Kun, thinking the other was a lowlife with no principles, but now he had started viewing this seemingly fierce man very differently.
Perhaps, he isn’t a bad person.
"Alright, let’s go have a meal, tonight I’ll treat!"
Being the ’pillar’ of this project and now that the collaboration has been agreed upon, the meal naturally needs to be hosted by Yang Cheng.
Regarding this, everyone gladly accepted without any objection.
"You join us too!"
Yang Cheng looked at Lu Kun and said softly.
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On the other side!
Inside the office of Herbal Pavilion.
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yuqi immediately asked the finance department to bring over all the procurement records from these years. To ensure no mistakes occur, she also had the finance department retrieve all the account books for thorough examination.
Since Yang Cheng had personally made the call, the matter had become extraordinary to her.
A thorough inspection was necessary.
However, after quickly reviewing all procurement records and account books, she found no discrepancies.
Nor did she find Lu Kun’s ’two hundred thousand’.
"What’s going on here?"
Xiao Yuqi leaned on the boss’s chair, furrowing her eyebrows and began to think about the matter.
After a few minutes of silence, she suddenly thought of something, promptly took out her phone, found her father’s number, and dialed it.
Before she took over Herbal Pavilion, her father was in charge. Perhaps he likely knew about it.
"Hello, Dad, what are you busy with?"
Soon the other party answered the phone, and Xiao Yuqi immediately asked.
"Daughter, dad’s busy with work. Why call me suddenly, is something going on?"
Xiao Shan’s gentle voice sounded on the other end.
"Dad, there’s something I want to consult with you, do you know someone named Lv Dahai?"
Xiao Yuqi’s tone was filled with probing.
"What’s wrong with him?"
Hearing the name, Xiao Shan’s voice slightly changed and immediately asked.
Xiao Yuqi said, "His son came to see me, claiming our Herbal Pavilion owes his father two hundred thousand, and earlier he brought a promissory note to me with my grandfather’s name on it. Does my grandfather owe them two hundred thousand?"
"Yes, we do!"
Xiao Shan didn’t hesitate, answering immediately.
"What!!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuqi stood up abruptly from her chair and said, "Since we owe money, why not repay it? Moreover, why is there no payment recorded in our procurement and accounting books? What happened exactly?" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
"Your grandfather won’t let me repay!"
Xiao Shan sighed lightly and said, "When I first took over Herbal Pavilion, I considered repaying Lv Dahai, but your grandfather found out and scolded me fiercely, and afterward, he never let me repay him."
"Why?"
Xiao Yuqi frowned, full of confusion.
"Ah!!"
Talking about this matter, Xiao Shan heavily sighed and said, "It’s a long story and rather complicated."
"Dad, please tell me everything!"
Xiao Yuqi’s expression was very serious, mixed with a touch of guilt.
When Lu Kun first came to collect the debt, because of his bad reputation, she thought he was causing trouble and showed no good face, furthermore she believed the promissory note was fake, categorically scolding Lu Kun.
The last time, she was even severely beaten by Yang Cheng.
Now that the truth is out, how could she not feel guilty?
"Because, you and Lu Kun are cousins!"
Xiao Shan spoke astonishingly, slowly opening his mouth.
