"What, Liu Yuan and his disciple set fire to Wan Yunting's Xiu Yuan Tang? That's impossible!"
"There's nothing impossible about it. Liu Yuan has already been taken away by the police for investigation. If it wasn't true, why would he be arrested?"
"I really didn't expect this, but if you think about it carefully, it makes sense. Wan Yunting saved the life of the British ambassador at that time, which made him popular again. So many people visited his clinic for treatment, and his business was booming. Liu Yuan of Liu Ping Tang across the street saw this scene. Who wouldn't be envious!"
"Indeed, but even so, you can't set fire to someone's clinic. Wan Yunting didn't do anything wrong, did he?"
"Yes, if you ask me, Liu Yuan is just stupid, ruining his own future...!"
On Heping Street, people from other medical halls gathered in groups around the entrance of Liu Ping Tang, pointing and chattering. Even if Liu Yuan didn't set the fire, it had become the truth under their gossip.
Now, the news in the capital and Douyin showed videos of Liu Yuan and his disciple Zhang Ping being handcuffed and taken into a police car. It directly became a trending topic on Douyin, causing countless netizens to boil.
When Wan Yunting's Xiu Yuan Tang was burned down, it had already caused his Douyin fans to become agitated, condemning the arsonist. Now that the culprit had been caught by the police, his fans were cheering, regardless of the final outcome.
At the same time, more people attacked Liu Ping Tang, believing that they set fire to the clinic out of jealousy and envy of Wan Yunting. Now that they've been caught, many people online are cursing Liu Yuan for getting what he deserved.
At this moment, in the chairman's office of the Chinese Medicine Association.
Shangguan Hui'er knocked on the open office door and entered, saying to Gu Yuanbai, who was sitting at his desk, "Chairman Gu, I have something to tell you."
"Mm, what is it?"
Gu Yuanbai looked up from his writing to look at Shangguan Hui'er. She said, "I just watched the news. Liu Yuan of Liu Ping Tang has been arrested by the police!"
Gu Yuanbai's old face froze. He looked up at Shangguan Hui'er, and then his mobile phone rang. It was his granddaughter, Gu Luotang. He answered with a smile, "Girl, are you also calling to tell me that Liu Yuan of Liu Ping Tang has been arrested?"
At this moment, at the Ouyang residence, Gu Luotang, who was sitting in a lakeside pavilion drinking afternoon tea with her future mother-in-law Xia Xiangyun, smiled excitedly, "Grandpa, you know?"
"Mm, Hui'er just told me," Gu Yuanbai said with a smile, waving to Shangguan Hui'er to go about her business.
Gu Luotang's beautiful eyes narrowed and she said, "Then Grandpa, isn't it time to cast the net?"
Gu Yuanbai smiled and nodded, "It's about time. As long as the police confirm it was Liu Yuan, we can expose all their corrupt and illicit dealings privately."
"Okay, I'll prepare here too," Gu Luotang nodded and said.
Then Gu Yuanbai asked, "By the way, have you heard any news from little Wan recently?"
Gu Luotang glanced at Fang Yanxi, who was sitting beside her with her young daughter, and then smiled as she said to her grandfather on the phone, "Brother Yun Ting called me the day before yesterday and said everything is fine, so we don't need to worry."
Gu Yuanbai smiled and said, "That's good. I also saw the news. It's probably him who came up with a way to control the spread of the Red Demon Virus in the human body with his prescription."
"Yes, Brother Yun Ting told me that he used Baihu Tang with African rhinoceros horn to control the virus. Dr. Li Yuxiu is also there with him. They are now working together to find a way to treat the Red Demon contagious virus," Gu Luotang said with a smile.
However, these words made Fang Yanxi, who was sitting beside her, turn her head and look at Gu Luotang strangely. She had heard a name!
"That's good."
Gu Yuanbai smiled and nodded. If Wan Yunting in Mali, Africa, had really found a way to cure the Red Demon contagious virus, it would undoubtedly be a great thing.
This would be of great help to Wan Yunting's return to the Chinese Medicine Association, and it could even make the whole world know about Chinese medicine!
"By the way, Grandpa, my dad called me a few days ago!" Gu Luotang said suddenly.
Gu Yuanbai's old face stiffened, and his expression immediately turned gloomy. He asked, "What did he say?"
Sensing the change in her grandfather's tone, Gu Luotang said cautiously, "He said they would return to the country in a while!"
"Hmph, I wish you would die abroad."
Gu Yuanbai hung up the phone directly, leaving Gu Luotang's jade hand holding the phone stiffly. After a long time, she sighed...
"What's wrong?"
Fang Yanxi, seeing her sigh, had also overheard some of the conversation on the phone and asked, "Luotang, do your father and your grandfather have any conflicts?"
"Yes, there are significant conflicts," Gu Luotang nodded.
Qi Miaomiao, sitting on the other side, was studying a set of Hanfu on a tablet with Ouyang Fanmeng. She chimed in, "Senior Sister's father and my master broke off their father-son relationship more than ten years ago!"
"Ah, why?"
Xia Xiangyun and Fang Yanxi looked surprised when they heard this.
Gu Luotang sighed and said, "Because my father chose Western medicine!"
Fang Yanxi's pretty face froze, and she immediately understood what was going on.
Gu Yuanbai's Gu family in Huadu City had been a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners for generations. However, Gu Luotang's father had chosen Western medicine, which naturally caused a conflict with Gu Yuanbai.
It was known that Gu Yuanbai only had one son, and he wanted his son to inherit the Gu family's tradition of Chinese medicine. However, this son secretly went abroad to study Western medicine without his knowledge. In anger, Gu Yuanbai severed their father-son relationship.
"My grandfather doesn't reject Western medicine, but he originally wanted to train my father to be the successor and inherit our Gu family's Chinese medicine. However, my father insisted on choosing Western medicine and went abroad more than ten years ago."
"Up until now, he has only returned three times, and each time my grandfather refused to let him into the house," Gu Luotang said helplessly.
She rarely mentioned this matter to men, and outsiders didn't know about it. Only those who had a good relationship with Gu Yuanbai were aware of it.
"It's been a bit better recently."
Qi Miaomiao added, "My senior sister inherited their Gu family's Chinese medicine, so my master hasn't mentioned this matter much over the years."
"By the way, Master, perhaps this time your father and the others are returning, and Master will allow them to enter the house."
Gu Luotang smiled bitterly and said, "Let's hope so."
Xia Xiangyun and Fang Yanxi didn't say much about their family matters. Then Xia Xiangyun seemed to remember something and got up to go back.
Seeing this, Fang Yanxi asked Gu Luotang, "Luotang, you mentioned on the phone just now that a Dr. Li, named Li Yuxiu, is researching with that guy?"
"Guy" naturally referred to Wan Yunting. Gu Luotang's pretty face froze, and she nodded, "Yes."
Fang Yanxi asked, "Who is Li Yuxiu? What does she look like?"
Hearing this, Gu Luotang and Qi Miaomiao were stunned. Even her younger sister Ouyang Fanmeng understood what was happening and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you don't think my brother is messing around again, do you?"
"Otherwise? You know what your brother is like, don't you?"
Fang Yanxi complained without hesitation, making Ouyang Fanmeng cover her mouth and laugh. Looking at the three of them, she said, "I think it's great! My brother found so many sisters-in-law to play with me..."
"Fanmeng, you can still laugh." Qi Miaomiao rolled her eyes, looking speechless.
"Just kidding, just kidding..."
Ouyang Fanmeng quickly shut her mouth, not daring to speak recklessly anymore, lest these sisters-in-law finally go to her elder brother to settle the score.
"Sister Yanxi, don't worry, Brother Yun Ting and Dr. Li are impossible."
Gu Luotang smiled and said, "We've interacted with Li Yuxiu before, and we know her character. It's impossible."
"Senior Sister, it's not necessarily so!"
As a result, Qi Miaomiao said, "Although Li Yuxiu is a bit older, she's very beautiful, has excellent temperament, and most importantly, she's single!"
Hearing this, Fang Yanxi sneered and said, "It seems we have another sister!"
Gu Luotang's pretty face was stunned, and she exchanged a glance with Qi Miaomiao. However, she still didn't quite believe that a man would be interested in Li Yuxiu...
"I'll call him now and tell him Liu Yuan has been arrested."
Remembering this, Gu Luotang took out her phone and contacted Wan Yunting via WeChat. After a few rings, he answered, and a man's voice came through: "Luotang, do you miss me?"
...
Fang Yanxi and Qi Miaomiao were immediately speechless.
"Hehe..."
Only Ouyang Fanmeng covered her small mouth and laughed. Wan Yunting, who was at the base camp, also heard someone laughing from the other end of the phone and asked, "Who's laughing?"
"Brother, it's me," Ouyang Fanmeng called out.
"Ha, Fanmeng..."
Wan Yunting didn't expect Gu Luotang to be with his sister.
"Mm, Sister Yanxi is also here," Gu Luotang said with a smile.
... Now it was Wan Yunting's turn to be embarrassed.
Fang Yanxi said with a cold smile, "Are you also going to say you miss me?"
"Cough cough..."
Wan Yunting coughed to cover his embarrassment, and chuckled, "Yes, yes, I miss all of you..."
"Hmph, Brother Yun Ting, you're just appeasing us," Qi Miaomiao said with a charmingly cold snort.
Wan Yunting could only laugh awkwardly and quickly changed the subject, "Are you looking for me for something, or do you just miss me?"
"Who misses you?"
Gu Luotang couldn't help but say with a smile, and then said, "Let me tell you something, Liu Yuan and the others have been arrested!"
Hearing that Liu Yuan was arrested, Wan Yunting laughed, "That's good news. Are they sure they were the ones who set the fire?"
Gu Luotang said, "The police are still investigating, but at the scene of the arrest, Liu Yuan's disciple admitted that he set the fire. Now they are investigating whether Liu Yuan instructed him to do it."
Wan Yunting smiled and said, "It's highly likely. This is good news. As long as this matter is blown up, the Liu family will be finished."
Gu Luotang nodded and said, "Grandpa said it's time to cast the net!"
Wan Yunting's eyes narrowed and he nodded, "Do you have all the evidence?"
Gu Luotang said, "Almost, but there's no news from the Gu family yet!"
Wan Yunting said, "I'll contact Jiang Wenhao and ask him about their investigation into the Gu family in Japan. However, this matter can be used to deal with the Liu and Xue families."
"As for the Gu family, we'll deal with them slowly!"
"Mm-hmm."
Gu Luotang nodded, and then asked, "When are you coming back?"
Wan Yunting sighed, "I don't know yet. The drug trials recently haven't been ideal."
"Oh."
Gu Luotang said "oh," and then Fang Yanxi, who was beside her, asked sarcastically, "I heard Luotang say that you are researching a prescription with a single woman. How is the research going?"
Upon hearing this, Wan Yunting's expression froze. He couldn't help but look back at Li Yuxiu, who was squatting by a stove behind the canteen, meticulously frying a pot of medicinal soup...
"Yanxi, don't overthink it. Dr. Li and I are not even friends. We just happened to be discussing the virus problem together," Wan Yunting quickly explained.
"Heh, I hope so." Fang Yanxi didn't continue and sneered, remaining silent.
"Brother Yun Ting, I'll hang up for now then."
"Okay, call me promptly if there's any news," Wan Yunting said with a smile.
"Alright, you should get more rest. Bye..."
After that, they hung up the WeChat call.