Chapter 83: 83 - Dong Xuan Clinic
"Wow! Boss, this place looks ten times better than when I sold it to you!" Pao Lie cried out as he looked inside the new herbal shop.
Everything was brighter and cleaner than before. The new light fixtures had wood tone trim that blended in with the traditional style interiors and the medicine cabinets were stripped and re-stained to bring out its natural color.
Li Yun had originally wanted to hire Ersan, but Ersan looked a bit crazy working on his thesis, so Li Yun decided to have Rouxi pick out the design, hired a contractor to fix some things and did most of the work himself. It was mainly cleaning and cosmetic work, so Li Yun was able to put time during the weekend to work on it.
Rouxi picked out the colors and selected the furnishing. Most of the furniture was for the second floor, which he didn't even look at when he checked out the place originally. The space was unused even by the previous owner, but it was easy to convert it into a bedroom space and small work room.
Hanging above the small covered porch was a new wooden sign carved with the word, Dong Xuan Clinic. The hours of operation was written on a framed sign attached to the door, stating Saturday and Sunday.
Li Yun had wanted to open up on the first day of spring, but couldn't complete everything until the following week.
Pao Lie walked inside and noticed a familiar looking woman behind the counter while Li Yun was on the phone sounding very upset about something.
"Ah, Meimei!" Pao Lie finally recognized the woman. "Are you working here?"
She nodded, but then turned her attention back to Li Yun who was still on the phone with the wholesaler.
Li Yun had ordered medicinal products from a wholesaler to stock up his store. He also wanted to test the medicinal on his own and understand their properties. The best way to test them was to consume the products himself. That way, he was able to analyze the molecular structure. It was better than looking at it under a microscope.
The problem was, some of the products he had ordered weren't the correct products. After going through all the products, he called up the wholesaler and threatened them with a lawsuit.
"Look Mr. Li," the wholesaler said on the phone. "It's purely accidental. We handle hundreds of orders a day. Just a simple mistake doesn't warrant a lawsuit."
"That's b****** and you know it," Li Yun replied on the phone. "I ordered from your site because I know you're a local company. It doesn't take too much to have people go over there and investigate your warehouse."
"Mr. Li, I know you're upset, I could reimburse you on astragalus root."
"While you're at it, you better reimburse me for the licorice, it has been improperly stored and is pretty much worthless. The Chrysanthemum × morifolium you sold me is actually Chrysanthemum indicum. Don't get me started on the Lycium barbarum, it's Berberis vulgaris, which is completely unsafe if not used correctly."
"Uh, Mr. Li, did you test all our products?"
"Of course I f****** did after one of my customers got sick, if they sue me, you better hope your warehouse is emptied before I call my lawyer over there!" Li Yun screamed into the phone.
"I understand Mr. Li, I'll reimburse your complete order," the man on the line was sweating a bit.
After seeing the refund come through on his phone, Li Yun hung up the phone with his mood suddenly back to normal. Rouxi started laughing from behind the counter.
"You don't even have a real customer," Rouxi commented.
"Me, myself. I'm the sick customer. Besides, almost half the products they sent over are crap."
Li Yun had thrown out quite a bit of herbs that weren't up to his standards. He wouldn't resell them for human consumption. Although some them were slightly toxic, his body's ability to neutralize the toxin amazed him. Usually by the following day, he would be sweating it out or emptying it out via his rectum. The disadvantage was, he couldn't use his body to analyze the effect on a normal person.
Li Yun looked at Pao Lie.
"Mr. Pao, why are you here?" Li Yun thought all his paperwork was set.
"I just bought another property nearby, so I stopped by to say hello, " Mr. Pao stated.
"Oh, were you planning to open a restaurant?"
"Yep, it should probably open in a month or two."
Pao Lie wondered how Li Yun was able to fix the shop and made it look so nice. Every time he hired contractors to work on the renovation, they all fell ill.
"If you're wondering why I'm not sick, it's because I had hired a contractor to install a radon mitigation system," Li Yun replied. "When they removed the bodies from the well, some of the equipment damaged the foundation, and radon gas was emitted. It's probably why people were getting sick."
"Ah, no wonder, no wonder!" Pao Lie never thought that it would be an issue, but he knew it wasn't those dirty things the old ladies on the streets were gossiping about.
Li Yun wondered if that was the law of cause and effect in Tao. There were scientific explanation, but the world worked in mysterious ways through coincidences.
"I see the sign said this is a clinic," Pao Lie wondered if Li Yun was even licensed.
Li Yun pointed to a copy of his license on the wall, next to the business certificate.
"You're a doctor?" Pao Lie was a bit surprised.
Li Yun nodded.
"Ah, I see, you're working full time, and that's why you only open up on the weekend?" Pao Li could put 2 and 2 together.
"Mr. Pao, since you're here, would you like to be my first customer?" Li Yun asked.
There had been a few people peeking in to ask about the shop, but no one requested any service yet. Li Yun wasn't in a hurry to see patients, he was still researching different herbs and prescriptions while consulting with Lao Yi Bao.
"What's the cost?"
"It's dependent on my mood, but I'll treat you for free," Li Yun stated, he did get a very deep discount on the property.
"So what sort of service do you provide?" Pao Lie was skeptical of anything that was free.
"Just basic health consultation and herbal remedy," Li Yun replied. "Give me your wrist. Normally I would take you to the back, but do you care about privacy?"
Pao Lie shrugged, he didn't even care if Rouxi filmed him.
"Mr. Pao, I'm not going to film you even if you ask, my viewers don't care about this sort of thing," she mentioned casually.
"You watch her live stream?" Li Yun asked.
Pao Lie nodded. "Meimei is a brilliant food critic. Any restaurant she goes to gets a boost for the next few months."
"Really?" Li Yun never tried watching her broadcast since he thought it would be some mindless chibo and it was weird watching your girlfriend on screen.
"Please don't start, focus on your patient," Rouxi commanded.
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