The arrival of a beautiful police officer, a female officer, caused the thin old man and the slightly overweight woman to freeze. They had expected Director Zhao.
"Who called the police?" Shen Xinyi asked as soon as she entered, her eyes falling on Lu Fan. She paused for a moment but didn't say anything further, directly posing her question.
"I... I called the police! Excuse me, is Director Zhao, Director Zhao not here?" the thin old man asked, appearing somewhat guilty.
"Director Zhao had an incident and is no longer the director. I am the new director. Please tell me what happened," Shen Xinyi said calmly.
"Ah?" The thin old man and the slightly overweight woman were startled, clearly caught off guard. However, being seasoned individuals who had weathered many storms, the thin old man quickly regained his composure. He pointed at Lu Fan and said, "This brat didn't pay for his purchase and was also rude. We only have women and the elderly here, so we had to trouble the police comrades to uphold justice for us."
"Is that what happened?" Shen Xinyi looked at Lu Fan and asked.
"Beautiful sister! It's true I was buying something, but why should I pay before I received it? This old man tried to pass off dog bones as tiger bones, fooling me. Why should I pay? I..."
"Stop...! Have you watched too many of Song Xiaobao's skits? You can shut up now." Shen Xinyi interrupted Lu Fan before he could finish. She turned back to the thin old man.
"You're selling tiger bones? Bring out your pharmacy license and the tiger bones for me to see!" Shen Xinyi said with a grave expression.
Although tiger bones were valuable medicinal ingredients, not just any pharmacy could sell them. Due to regulations concerning the protection of precious wild animals, only larger pharmacies were permitted to sell them.
The thin old man's face instantly darkened. He didn't know how this brat Lu Fan had identified the bones as dog bones. However, he knew he was in trouble this time.
"This is our store's tiger bone, and this is from our legal procurement channels. We have receipts."
He gave the slightly overweight woman a look, then turned back to the counter and retrieved the piece of tiger bone, handing it to Shen Xinyi.
At the same time, the slightly overweight woman turned and brought over the pharmacy's business license.
Shen Xinyi put on gloves, took the tiger bone, examined it, and then sniffed it. She then looked at the pharmacy's business license and nodded.
"What did you say he was selling dog bones? This is clearly tiger bone," Shen Xinyi asked Lu Fan.
"Of course, that's tiger bone, but what he sold me was this." Lu Fan chuckled and reached out, picking up the dog bone from the counter that the thin old man had sold him and hadn't yet put away, handing it to Shen Xinyi.
The thin old man's face changed drastically, and the slightly overweight woman's face turned pale. She instinctively tried to step back, but bumped into a police officer standing behind her.
"This really is a dog bone, and it even has a slight aroma and saltiness. It must have been thrown out by the dog meat restaurant next door!" Shen Xinyi said suddenly after taking the broken bone and looking at it, then smelling it.
"Beautiful sister! They have a large piece in that drawer. Hehe!" Lu Fan quickly pointed to the drawer where the thin old man had just put away the bones.
"Go take a look," Shen Xinyi said, glancing back at the police officers behind her.
Two officers immediately put on gloves and walked over. They then retrieved a large piece of dog bone from the drawer.
"Beautiful sister! If I'm not mistaken, many of their medicinal ingredients are also fake. For example, this ginseng. This is wild ginseng, and placed next to it is cultivated ginseng," Lu Fan said with a grin, pointing to a glass cabinet filled with ginseng.
"You seem to recognize quite a few things. Let's go. Come with us to the police station to make a statement." Shen Xinyi glanced at Lu Fan, then said to the officers behind her, "Temporarily seal this pharmacy."
"Wait... don't! Beautiful sister, I still need to buy tiger bones to treat my father. Can you sell me some of that tiger bone first!" Lu Fan said urgently.
"That's not possible. Everything inside here is potential evidence and will be sealed!" Shen Xinyi said calmly.
"Beautiful sister! You're so beautiful, and so upright and righteous, you must also be very kind, right? Hehe..."
"Stop your chatter, it's useless! Take him away!" Shen Xinyi said coldly, then turned and walked out of the pharmacy.
"Beautiful sister! My dad has been paralyzed in bed for over half a year. If he can't stand up again, my mom will divorce him... You can't be so heartless! If my mom leaves, who will marry me a wife! I'll be a bachelor forever..."
"Shut up! If you don't shut up, I'll stuff your stinky socks in your mouth, do you believe me?" Before Lu Fan could finish, Shen Xinyi suddenly turned back, glared fiercely at Lu Fan, and said.
"I'm not wearing socks!"
"They all are."
"Alright!" Lu Fan swallowed. So, this little beauty was also stunning when she was fierce. Hehe!
Upon arriving at the police station and making his statement, Lu Fan was finally allowed to leave. As he was about to get on his electric bike to go home, Shen Xinyi suddenly appeared beside him.
"This is for you! I don't want this incident to make you a bachelor for life. Hmph!" Shen Xinyi handed Lu Fan a small bag and then turned to walk back into the police station.
"Tiger bones?! Hehe! This beautiful director is indeed both beautiful and kind." Lu Fan opened the small bag and saw that it contained tiger bones, about four or five grams. He immediately burst into laughter.
Ring ring... His phone suddenly rang. Lu Fan looked and saw that it was Liu Ruyan calling.
"Hello! Lu Fan! Have you... returned yet?" Liu Ruyan's soft, timid voice came through the phone.
"Village Chief Liu! I just bought some medicine and am on my way back. I'll come find you when I get back." Lu Fan hung up the phone and hurried back on his bike. He hadn't expected to be delayed so much that it was already nearing evening. If he didn't go home soon, his parents would start worrying.
On the other side, Liu Ruyan's small face was slightly flushed. She didn't know why her heart was beating like a little rabbit's.
Oh no, should she take a bath? Otherwise, would she have body odor? Liu Ruyan was inexplicably flustered and immediately took out a bathtub...
Wang Yan had been sitting by the main entrance, seemingly bored, cracking melon seeds, but her eyes were fixed on the village branch. The new village chief had asked Lu Fan to come again tonight, and she wanted to see if Lu Fan would show up.
She had been intercepted by the village chief yesterday. Hmph! She would intercept her today too. Hmph! A girl who didn't understand romance, and I can't compete with you? Thinking this, Wang Yan couldn't help but puff out her chest. Then, dissatisfied, she unbuttoned the top two buttons of her blouse and pulled them apart, revealing her fair, tender, and deep cleavage...