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Chapter 686 A Different Business Model

Wang Yang immediately went over to check and found that there was indeed an extra medicinal herb.

"Xia, do you remember when you prepared these medicinal herbs?"

"Of course I remember. My memory has always been good, especially now that the situation is special. I remember every single herb clearly. I definitely didn't put anything extra in," Xia said confidently.

Wang Yang nodded. Since the anomaly had been discovered, it meant there was a breakthrough.

"Have you checked all the remaining medicinal herbs?"

"I've checked them all, but this is the only problem with the medicinal herbs," Xia replied.

Wang Yang nodded: "Okay, then let's go check the surveillance footage."

Back in the lobby, Wang Yang had just turned on his computer when Xia Xia exclaimed in surprise.

“I remember now, when I was getting these medicinal herbs, Xiao Yang came over and spoke to me.”

Hearing this, all three were stunned. Wang Yang remembered that when he was getting medicinal herbs for Old Liu last time, Xiao Yang had also chimed in to chat. It was too much of a coincidence that it was happening again this time.

"Wait a minute, recall what happened, and I'll pull up the surveillance footage," Wang Yang said.

Surveillance footage shows that when Xia was getting the medicinal herbs, Xiao Yang suddenly came over and started talking to her.

"He asked me what happened yesterday and why the clinic was closed. I told him that the clinic was undergoing a major inspection and we had to reorganize the medicinal herbs," Xia said.

"And then?" Wang Yang pressed.

"And that was it. He moved a little closer to me, and then my medicinal herbs started having problems," Xia recalled.

The surveillance footage doesn't reveal anything, because many Chinese medicinal herbs look quite similar, and it's impossible to tell them apart without careful observation, let alone through surveillance footage.

"It shouldn't be Xiaoyang, he's still a child, and he's Qin Tongtong's cousin, how could he do such a thing?" Old Wang said.

Wang Yang frowned and shook his head: "It's not certain yet, but what's certain is that Xiao Yang definitely has a problem. It's impossible that it's such a coincidence that both batches of medicine had problems and he happened to be near Xia both times."

"When he was talking to you, didn't you notice any hand movements? Like throwing something into the herbs?" Wang Yang guessed.

He believed it was impossible for Xiao Yang to have switched the medicinal herbs, because Xia gave them directly to Lao Wang after receiving them. The only possibility was that he added one of the herbs when he got close to Xia.

Moreover, each time it was something extra added to the medicinal herbs, rather than being replaced, which means that the person who was up to no good had the opportunity to replace the other medicinal herbs, so they could only add them in.

Xia thought for a while and shook her head, saying, "I really didn't notice. Every time he talked to me, I looked up at him. I'm rather short, and he's tall, so I didn't notice anything he was doing with his hands."

Moreover, he only spoke to Xia when he was getting the last batch of medicine, and Xia would immediately seal the bag after getting the medicine.

"This is too strange. Now we can be pretty sure that Xiao Yang is involved in this matter," Wang Yang said.

Fortunately, he hadn't let Qin Tongtong know about these things beforehand, otherwise she would definitely have been worried.

"But why would Xiao Yang do such a thing? Could it be that your family has some deep-seated grudge against his family?" Old Wang asked.

Wang Yang didn't actually know either; he wasn't sure if Qin Tongtong had any entanglements with her third uncle's family.

“Okay, it’s too late today. I’ll go back and sound out Qin Tongtong first. Don’t tell anyone about this yet. Xia, call Xiao Yang and tell him he has a holiday,” Wang Yang said.

"Won't this alert them?" Xia asked worriedly.

Wang Yang thought for a moment and said, "Just tell him that you take turns having holidays, let him have a week off first, and you can have your holiday next week."

"Forget it, I'll just call him myself. I'll think of what to say before I do it, so he won't get suspicious," Wang Yang finally decided.

On his way home, Wang Yang called Xiao Xuan in advance, thinking to himself that Qin Tongtong must not know about this.

"Xiao Xuan, are you asleep?"

"Brother Wang Yang, not yet, I'm watching TV."

Wang Yang smiled slightly and said, "Is that so? The clinic needs to make some temporary adjustments recently. You should rest at home this week."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xuan immediately stood up in a panic.

"Brother Wang Yang, is there something I did wrong? Tell me and I'll fix it right away!"

"No, no, don't be so nervous. Listen to me, you're off this week, next week it'll be Xia's turn, and the week after that it'll be Lao Wang's turn."

Xiao Xuan looked puzzled and asked, "Why is it arranged this way? It wasn't done this way before."

“We had a meeting a few days ago to discuss this. The clinic can't function without staff every day, but we can't have you working every day. There has to be a vacation system, right? That's why we came up with this solution.”

After hearing Wang Yang's explanation, Xiao Xuan finally relaxed her guard. But then she thought, if the clinic can't be left unattended for even a day, does that mean they don't get a break all year round?

"But what will happen to the clinic if we all take a holiday?"

"Don't worry, I'll stay at the clinic all day whenever anyone has a day off. And we'll hire more people later so everyone can take turns resting, otherwise, our bodies won't be able to handle this. Look at Xia, she hasn't been feeling well lately."

Xiao Xuan thought about it and realized it was true. When he came yesterday, he noticed that Xia had a cough, and two doses of medicine hadn't helped.

It's probably because he was too tired, and he knows that in his heart, which is why Wang Yang made this decision.

"Okay then, I won't come to work tomorrow!"

"Okay, you can rest well at home, or take Mom and Dad out for some fun. It's getting late, I'll hang up now!"

……

When Wang Yang returned home after hanging up the phone, he found Qin Tongtong still sitting in the living room waiting for him.

Why aren't you asleep yet?

"How can I sleep when you haven't come back? Have you eaten? There's leftover food in the kitchen, I'll heat it up for you."

As she spoke, Qin Tongtong headed towards the kitchen, but Wang Yang grabbed her arm.

"No need, I already ate with Xia and the others at the clinic."

"Wang Yang, tell me, what exactly happened?"

Seeing Qin Tongtong's worried expression, Wang Yang was even less inclined to tell her. He had just taken over as general manager and hadn't been managing the company's affairs much; he figured Qin Tongtong was probably too busy. "It's really nothing. I only realized after buying this company that a clinic needs to be run like a business."

The two walked into the room while talking, and Wang Yang was worried that their voices would wake his mother.

"What do you mean by that? How can a clinic be run like a company?"

“Think about it, companies have days off every week, but our clinic is open all year round. How can people stand it? Xia Xia has recently fallen ill from exhaustion.”

Upon hearing this, Qin Tongtong immediately became anxious.

"Xia is sick? Is it serious? Has she been to the hospital?"

"What are you saying? I am a doctor myself. If I send him to the hospital, wouldn't that make me a laughingstock?"

Qin Tongtong then realized, "Is it because he's too tired? He doesn't usually get much rest."

“Yes, that’s why I came up with a system that allows them to rest a few days each month. I saw that Xiao Xuan was also a bit overwhelmed, so I gave him a week off. He’s been working for more than two months straight.”

Qin Tongtong thought about it and felt that Wang Yang's words made sense; Xiao Xuan's health was not very good to begin with.

"So that's what you've been busy with lately?"

"Yes, so don't worry. I'm planning to hire a few more people so they can replace them."

Qin Tongtong frowned: "But it's hard to find replacements for such thoughtful people as Xia and Lao Wang, especially with Xia's talent."

"It's not easy to find someone like that, but the two of them won't be able to rest at the same time. Besides, I'm here too!"

Seeing that Qin Tongtong had relaxed her guard, Wang Yang continued to ask her questions.

"By the way, what's the relationship between our family and Uncle's family?"

"Why are you suddenly asking this?" Qin Tongtong asked, puzzled.

“I was just asking casually. I was thinking that if Xiao Xuan can’t find a job elsewhere in the future, he can simply stay at my clinic. If he wants to study medicine, I can teach him.”

Upon hearing this, Qin Tongtong understood immediately. She knew that Wang Yang wanted to know if there were any grudges between their two families. If they had always gotten along well, he could take Xiao Xuan as his apprentice.

"Actually, our family doesn't have much contact with my third uncle's family. The only family we have contact with is Xiaochun's family. My third uncle's family isn't very well-off either."

"Besides, my third uncle is somewhat materialistic and disdainful of the poor, so our two families haven't had much contact."
Wang Yang nodded slightly. He had already sensed something when he last saw his third uncle. His third uncle had previously looked down on their family, after all, he had always wanted to establish a connection with Xiao Chun's family, but Xiao Chun was quite disdainful of his third uncle.

"Has something happened to Xiao Xuan? Is it inconvenient for you to tell me?"

"No, no, don't be nervous. I was just asking casually. Don't worry, if anything really happens to Xiao Xuan, I'll definitely tell you right away."

Wang Yang is only speculating at the moment. He thinks that Xiao Xuan does have a problem, since things can't just happen by chance.

"Actually, Uncle San is quite pitiful. He and Xiao Xuan have been relying on each other since childhood, so it's understandable that he developed this kind of personality. It's just that I don't really know Xiao Xuan very well."

Qin Xuan was sent to study in another city when he was a child. At that time, his third uncle did not have time to take care of him, so he entrusted him to a distant relative.

Every time he came back, he was taciturn, and Lin Tongtong didn't talk to him much. She had no idea what kind of personality he had and thought he was just introverted.

"I heard from Xia and the others that Xiao Xuan and Xia usually get along quite well, but he doesn't like to talk most of the time."

Lin Tongtong nodded: "Actually, he's a pitiful child too, otherwise I wouldn't have agreed to let you help him. He lost his mother when he was young, and later he didn't grow up with his father. I don't know how the relatives who raised him treated him."

However, Lin Tongtong guessed that things probably weren't much better. After all, his father didn't have much money, and he didn't give much money to his relatives either, so they couldn't possibly treat Xiao Xuan sincerely.

"According to you, he is indeed quite pitiful. If he can really learn a skill, that would be good."

“Back then, my third uncle was hoping that he could get into a good university, and he worked hard every day to support his studies. But I never expected that after graduating from university, he couldn’t find a good job.”

Wang Yang chuckled. Nowadays, college graduates are everywhere, so finding a good job is indeed not easy.

"Alright, go to sleep now!"

Wang Yang lay on the bed, his eyes closed, deep in thought. Since his third uncle had no grudges against their family, it probably had nothing to do with him either.

Lin Tongtong said that Xiao Xuan had been sent to study in another city before, so they didn't know who he had been in contact with. Perhaps his personality had already been spoiled, but it just hadn't shown itself yet.

But why would he treat Wang Yang like this? Did he want the clinic to go bankrupt? But what good would that do him?

Could it be that he's jealous of Wang Yang? But if it weren't for Wang Yang, he'd still be unemployed at home, and his father would still have to support him. Logically speaking, this should be the best place for him to stay.

Wang Yang had previously mentioned, intentionally or unintentionally, that if he wanted to continue learning, Wang Yang could teach him medicine. Considering this, Wang Yang still felt it was unlikely that Wang Yang's motive was that.

Lin Tongtong, who was standing nearby, hadn't fallen asleep either. She felt that Wang Yang had been acting very strangely these past few days. First, there was the incident at the clinic, and then he inexplicably asked about her third uncle's family situation.

It's very likely that this matter is related to Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan was still awake at this time, and he went to a hotel alone.

"Mr. Wang, I have completed the task you assigned me."

Wang Dadong stood up and patted Xiao Xuan on the shoulder: "Xiao Xuan, you did a really good job this time. I'm really impressed with you. I used to think you were a gentle and weak person, but I didn't expect you to be so ruthless when it comes to getting things done."

"Mr. Wang, whatever you ask me to do, I will do it properly, even if it means going through fire and water."

"It's indeed quite good, but they didn't succeed this time. Did you add another ingredient yesterday?"

Xiao Xuan nodded: "Yes, but that medicine shouldn't be very toxic. It might just delay the treatment and won't be very effective. It's because we didn't succeed last time that they became wary, so I don't dare to act openly."

Wang Dadong thought for a moment and said, "You did the right thing. Protect yourself first, and don't let them suspect you. Otherwise, it will be difficult to make a move later. Here's what we'll do: after this, don't do anything else, and don't let them suspect you."

After all, Wang Dadong is now thinking of playing the long game. If Xiao Xuan is really suspected, then there will be no chance in the future.

"Mr. Wang, I understand. If there's anything else you need me to do, just let me know. They trust me a lot now and have even given me time off."

Upon hearing this, Wang Dadong narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Why are you suddenly given a holiday? Doesn't your clinic never close all year round?" He immediately became suspicious.

"Here's the thing, one of our clinic staff recently collapsed from exhaustion and fell ill. So, Wang Yang plans to implement a rotation system at the clinic, just like in a company, and we'll be hiring more staff later."

Wang Dadong nodded slightly: "They haven't already suspected you, have they? Are you sure?"

(End of this chapter)