Chapter 1368: Gu Yi's Worries
The Underworld, Jingran Pharmacy.
Jingran Pharmacy was no longer the same as when it first opened. Not only had its scale expanded again and again, and its staff grown significantly, but the variety of Dānyào had also steadily increased, offering a myriad of strange and wonderful concoctions, truly having everything imaginable.
With its complete range of medicines and prices that remained consistently within an acceptable range for the general populace, Jingran Pharmacy's reputation grew increasingly prominent in the Underworld.
Recently, Jingran Pharmacy's business remained as good as ever. While it couldn't compare to the explosive popularity during the chaotic period of underworld communication, compared to other pharmacies in the Underworld, Jingran Pharmacy's business was excellent, with a constant stream of customers and staff bustling tirelessly.
Under Gu Yi's management, Jingran Pharmacy had successfully cultivated a considerable number of Ghost Doctors. These Ghost Doctors received extremely high benefits and treatment for their work at Jingran Pharmacy. Furthermore, they were handpicked by Jingran Pharmacy and nurtured with its resources. Coupled with Gu Yi's increasingly strong ability to manage people, the vast majority of these Ghost Doctors felt a deep sense of belonging to Jingran Pharmacy and performed their duties with exceptional dedication.
The mission of these Ghost Doctors was to refine various medicines for Jingran Pharmacy and to collaboratively discuss and research new types of pharmaceuticals to meet the pharmacy's needs.
As things stood, even without the Medicine God Society in the mortal realm supplying various medicines to Jingran Pharmacy, the pharmacy could operate without issue for a long time. One reason was that Jingran Pharmacy had its own team of Pharmacists, who were constantly refining all sorts of necessary medicines for the pharmacy. The other reason was that Jingran Pharmacy currently had ample stock.
The growth of the Medicine God Society and the expansion of Jingran Pharmacy's own team of Pharmacists had successfully allowed Jingran Pharmacy to accumulate a substantial quantity of various medicines. These medicines were sufficient to support Jingran Pharmacy's normal operations for a significant period, and with Jingran Pharmacy's own Ghost Doctors refining all sorts of medicines, the duration for which Jingran Pharmacy could sustain itself naturally extended even further.
Today was the day the Emissaries of Death from the Guardian District were scheduled to deliver the various medicines refined by the Medicine God Society to Jingran Pharmacy. The Emissaries of Death were not late; they successfully delivered the medicines to Jingran Pharmacy as promised. This should have been a good thing for Gu Yi, but after the Emissaries of Death left, Gu Yi wore a troubled expression, showing no sign of happiness.
In the past, on this day, Gu Yi's face would always be wreathed in smiles, and she would be exceptionally warm towards the medicine-delivering Emissaries of Death, appearing utterly delighted. The reason for the difference this time was not that there was any problem with the medicines delivered by the Emissaries of Death, but rather that she had confirmed some matters directly from their mouths.
The grand wedding of Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing was known not only to Gu Yi and Ban Kui but also to all the staff at Jingran Pharmacy, who were all very happy for them. However, one point left them feeling immensely regretful: the wedding was held in the mortal realm, and they were unable to attend.
The Underworld was subject to special restrictions; Underworld Officials could transport souls from the mortal realm to the Underworld, but they could not bring souls from the Underworld back to the mortal realm, not even when contained within a Soul-Gathering Bead. Apart from Ghost Officials, who possessed the ability to enter and exit the Underworld freely, no other spiritual entities had such a capability.
It was precisely because of this that on the day of Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing's grand wedding, Gu Yi, Ban Kui, and the staff of Jingran Pharmacy, despite their strong desire to attend, could only regrettably remain in the Underworld.
On the day of the wedding, an unexpected incident occurred. Since both Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing were Guardians, prominent figures within the Underworld Office, the news quickly spread throughout the Underworld Office, and the Underworld itself was naturally no exception.
When Gu Yi heard this news, she initially refused to believe it was true. She didn't want to believe it was true. But as the story spread more widely throughout the Underworld, becoming increasingly detailed and believable, her disbelief began to waver. She had wanted to contact her boss, Yang Haoran, to confirm the veracity of the matter, but after careful consideration, she felt it would be inappropriate. After all, the matter was truly too sensitive. If it were false, then asking would be harmless, no big deal. But if it turned out to be true, then her inquiry would be akin to pouring salt on Yang Haoran's wound.
If it had been Gu Yi from when she had just started following Yang Haoran, she wouldn't have thought so much. Back then, her thought process wasn't so meticulous; often, she would simply blurt out whatever came to mind, without considering what negative repercussions her words might have once spoken.
But things were different now. After becoming the manager of Jingran Pharmacy, the change in her status had forced her to learn how to conduct herself in society. She had learned how to speak, how to be perceptive, how to discern what should and shouldn't be said, and naturally, what questions were appropriate to ask and which were not.
If she hadn't understood even these things, how could Jingran Pharmacy have flourished under her management? Even with Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing, two Guardians, backing her, if she lacked capability, at most, others would just not dare to provoke her or Jingran Pharmacy. For her to lead Jingran Pharmacy to glory would certainly have been an impossibility.
Since she was able to achieve this, it indicated that she had long since completed her transformation. She was no longer the naive young girl who had just started following Yang Haoran, and her words and actions were naturally no longer as thoughtless as they once were.
It was precisely for this reason, considering that her inquiry might hurt Yang Haoran, that she didn't dare to ask him directly. As for Xu Meijing, she dared even less to ask.
So, she used her connections to clarify the matter quickly. After all, it wasn't a secret, and many people knew about it, so investigating it wasn't difficult. It was just that the results of her investigation were hard for her to accept. She still harbored a sliver of hope, deceiving herself into believing that the matter couldn't be true, or perhaps it was true, but the reality wasn't as severe as the rumors suggested.
However, after confirming the matter from the mouth of the medicine-delivering Emissary of Death today, that sliver of hope in her heart was utterly shattered, and her self-deceptive thoughts vanished as well.
It was precisely because the matter had been completely and utterly confirmed, and her last shred of hope was gone, that Gu Yi's face was now filled with worry, for this was not the outcome she had wished to see.
This matter was not only known to her; Ban Kui and the other staff members of Jingran Pharmacy had also long been aware of it. The difference was that they had not sought confirmation from the medicine-delivering Emissaries of Death as she had.
In truth, even if Ban Kui and the other employees of Jingran Pharmacy hadn't received confirmation from the medicine-delivering Emissaries of Death, they knew in their hearts that the rumors were very likely true. A period of time had passed since the day of the grand wedding, but as of now, neither their boss, Yang Haoran, nor their boss's wife, Xu Meijing, had appeared at Jingran Pharmacy.
One should know that before Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing were about to hold their wedding in the mortal realm, they had specifically visited Jingran Pharmacy to see them and had made a promise: after their wedding in the mortal realm, they would close Jingran Pharmacy for a few days, then take them to the Underworld to have a good time and spend a few days enjoying themselves, thus compensating for their regret of being unable to attend the wedding.
They naturally believed that Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing wouldn't deceive them. However, a period of time had passed since the wedding day, and Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing still hadn't appeared. This alone indicated that the rumors were likely true; something had genuinely gone wrong with their boss and his wife.
Although they had already come to a conclusion about this matter in their hearts, and it caused them great concern, Jingran Pharmacy was still operating normally. They continued to receive customers and perform their duties as usual. However, compared to before, they carried an extra burden of worries, and the quality of their work inevitably suffered a slight decline. Fortunately, this decline was not significant and would not have a major impact on Jingran Pharmacy in the short term, but it would be hard to say for long-term effects.
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