Even After My Death
Chapter 348 - 263: Selling Medicine

Chapter 348: Chapter 263: Selling Medicine

Today’s incident was also an undeserved disaster for Li Ling.

Li Ling was fourteen years old this year. She was a difficult birth for her mother, so she was raised by her grandparents since she was very young.

It wasn’t until she was old enough for junior high that her father brought her to the city.

Today was Friday, and with the school closed for the weekend, Li Ling missed her grandparents in the small county town and wanted to visit them.

Li Ling had taken the train back alone before without any issues, little did she know that today, she would encounter the scum Shu Liqin and Chen Wanliang.

After what had just happened, let alone missing her train time, she was too scared to travel alone now.

The police quickly got in touch with Li Ling’s father using the number she provided.

Upon learning what had happened to Li Ling, her father was so frightened he felt his heart might leap out of his chest.

But his place of work was far from the train station. After discussing the situation, Li Ling’s father had no choice but to ask the police to look after Li Ling for the time being.

The officers naturally agreed and decided to first take Li Ling back to the station and wait for her father to come pick her up.

Li Ling was a victim in this case and needed a guardian to give a statement.

When it was time to part from Jiang Ning, Li Ling was reluctant to let go, tears streaming down her face. She knew that if Jiang Ning hadn’t stepped in so firmly just now, she could have been abducted by the bad guys already.

"Brother, sister, thank you. Can I have your contact information? I would like to visit you with my dad to express our gratitude," Li Ling said, holding onto Jiang Ning’s clothes.

"No need to thank us. We are just tourists in Capital City, not locals," Jiang Ning said with a smile, gently patting her on the shoulder as a gesture of comfort.

"You’re still young. You should travel with your father when going back to your grandparents’ home, or carry a bottle of pepper spray and a personal alarm just in case. Of course, it’s best to travel with the company of an elder."

Li Ling nodded vigorously.

Watching Li Ling leave in the police car, Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou also began to walk away.

As Jiang Ning turned to leave, she noticed someone holding a phone as if filming her and Qi Xingzhou. Jiang Ning glanced over but didn’t take it seriously.

Before setting off today, she and Qi Xingzhou both wore disguises, with masks covering their faces and only their eyes visible. She figured even Zhang Lang wouldn’t recognize her if he walked past.

Plus, she might already be trending on the hot search, something Jiang Ning had grown accustomed to.

Jiang Ning guessed correctly.

Online, after the Capital City police released information about the murder and concealment case involving Hao Manman and Wang Qingli, where the reporter was Miss Terminal Illness,

this topic truly flared up on the internet.

After a prolonged absence, there was news of Miss Terminal Illness once again, and she surfaced in such a manner, prompting netizens to jest severely, single-handedly shooting the topic of Miss Terminal Illness to the top of the hot search.

[To chase stars to this extent, Juejue is truly second to none!]

[So, who exactly is Juejue?! It’s been so long, has no one really uncovered her identity?]

[I have a bold guess, could Juejue be Jiang Ning?]

[Huh?]

[Recently, Jiang Ning has caught quite a few criminals, exactly like Juejue’s modus operandi! I compared side photos of both individuals; their builds seem somewhat similar...]

[Impossible, how could it be Jiang Ning! Didn’t Jiang Ning just trend for catching criminals in Xingzhou with her boyfriend? Hao Manman’s villa is in Capital City!]

[Jiang Ning fans, don’t start false rumors! Careful or I’ll spray you!]

[I’ll take my Juejue away, let’s not meet again]

[Is Jiang Ning really not entering the entertainment industry? She’s learned to be savvy—it seems she knows how to ride on Juejue’s popularity. Just look at the persona she’s crafted for herself this time, how endearing]

[Whine, here I want to apologize to everyone. Although we’re ’Jiang Jiang fans’, we also like Juejue very much. Those who say Jiang Jiang and Juejue are the same person are definitely not pure ’Jiang Jiang fans’!]

[...Jiang Jiang fans? Fans of Jiang Ning?]

[Absolutely, absolutely]

[...With your boss being so strong, why are you all acting so meek and compliant?]

[Whimper]

[If I were Jiang Ning, I’d have punched these whimpering fans to death first]

[Does Jiang Ning know her fans are such cowards?]

...

Jiang Ning really didn’t know she had a bunch of cowardly fans.

Even less did she know that her alternate account had more followers than her main one. In fact, her original account’s followers were almost bullied.

Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou took a taxi to a location very close to the little red dot, only to find that it was a hospital.

Looking up at the words "Capital City’s First People’s Hospital" on the hospital wall, Jiang Ning adjusted the mask on her face, just as she was about to enter, a voice from the side suddenly caught her attention.

"Old man, believe me."

"This medicine is for treating your wife’s leg cramps!"

Jiang Ning turned her head to look in the direction of the voice.

In front of a nearby green belt, a middle-aged man was speaking to an elderly man with a head of white hair.

Jiang Ning moved a bit closer, listening more clearly.

Middle-aged man: "First buy ten pills, no, five will do! The medicine is guaranteed to cure the illness!"

Elderly man: "Really, really? Are the effects that good?"

Elderly man: "My wife’s leg cramps have been troubling her for many years..."

Middle-aged man: "Really, really! This is a secret family recipe passed down through generations. Ancestral! Do you understand?"

Middle-aged man: "Generation after generation in my family sold medicine. The medicine my great-great-great-grandfather made even used to be eaten by the emperor!"

Middle-aged man: "If it weren’t for my family’s financial difficulties, I wouldn’t be out here selling this, hardly making any money, sometimes even at a loss!"

Middle-aged man: "Take this medicine back, and if it doesn’t work for your wife, I’ll refund you ten times the money!"

Under the middle-aged man’s aggressive sales pitch, the elderly who had initially been hesitant clearly became tempted.

Seeing the change in the elderly man, the middle-aged man became even more enthusiastic: "Also, the head of the orthopedics department in the hospital right behind you is my son-in-law. Rest assured, he works here every day, his surname is Sun! If you can’t find me, go look for him!!!"

These words effectively eliminated any lingering concerns the elderly man might have had.

Elderly man said: "But, one hundred yuan per pill..."

He rubbed his rough palms together, appearing somewhat embarrassed.

Middle-aged man: "Oh, this price really is already very cheap. Look at going to the hospital these days, a casual visit can cost two or three thousand, but if you buy from me, one thousand yuan can cure it!"

Jiang Ning frowned.

...

Meanwhile.

At the police station, Li Ling’s father hurriedly arrived.

He looked at his daughter and called out, "Lingling!"

Li Ling, who was sitting on a stool doing her homework, instantly turned around and ran toward her father, dropping her pen.