Happy Little Farmer
Chapter 230: Thought Clarity

Chapter 230: Chapter 230: Thought Clarity

Yang Fan and Pan Xiaoxia walked out of the police station together.

As for Cao Wang, he was still inside, waiting for the procedures to be completed. The police station would send him to the psychiatric hospital for treatment.

It wasn’t exactly eating free meals, but it was roughly the same.

"Young man, I’m truly sorry." As the two were about to exit the alley in silence, Pan Xiaoxia suddenly spoke.

Yang Fan shook the only reconciliation document he had taken from the police station and said, "Your apology is already on this, no need to say more. If he were a normal person, this matter definitely wouldn’t have ended."

"But his condition has escalated to the point of endangering society, what more can I say?"

"Thank you." Pan Xiaoxia looked at Yang Fan gratefully, pulled down the hair by her temples to cover the bruises on her face, and sighed lightly, "He had a car accident while speeding before, and became mentally unstable afterward. He spent three years in the hospital, draining half a lifetime of savings. Although he was a bit slow when he came out, he seemed normal."

"But recently, I don’t know why, he suddenly started suspecting me of cheating. He didn’t even know how it happened, but every day he suspected me of cheating, saying I was cuckolding him. I found it very bizarre. Because of this, we had fought several times, and I had paid off the issues. I didn’t expect this time to be so serious."

Yang Fan was taken aback, "Someone must have told him something, otherwise, how could such a change occur suddenly? It must be some jerks treating him like a fool and making things up like, ’Look at your beautiful wife cheating on you, planning to run away with someone,’ which agitated him."

Pan Xiaoxia suddenly realized, "How could I not have thought of that, those bastards!"

"I still don’t understand, he didn’t even know what happened, but knew I was his wife. When he was normal, I even felt like I was raising a son. But suddenly, he started obsessing over these matters. If I just talked casually to someone, he would chase after them and ask, ’Did you mess with... mess with my wife?’"

"Don’t doubt it, someone must have taught him that," Yang Fan shook his head and said, "But honestly, I hadn’t noticed any sign of his mental instability before, except for some excessive behavior, he seemed no different from a normal person."

"It comes and goes in phases, he seems quite normal most of the time," Pan Xiaoxia said, embarrassed.

As they talked, they had arrived at the front of Pan Xiaoxia’s shop.

"So... do you still want these medicines?" Pan Xiaoxia suddenly asked.

"Of course, why wouldn’t I want them, it’s your money after all," Yang Fan said.

Pan Xiaoxia had given one hundred thousand in compensation. Considering Cao Wang’s severe mental illness, this amount was actually somewhat inflated.

But the police didn’t say anything, and Pan Xiaoxia was eager to reconcile with Yang Fan, so the money naturally ended up in Yang Fan’s pocket. It really was money earned by risking his life, and Yang Fan wasn’t shy about it.

"This is the compensation you deserve. The situation almost scared me to death, but you were strong," Pan Xiaoxia said with a bitter smile, "If that knife had really gone in..."

"If it had really gone in, I would definitely have been done for!" Yang Fan interrupted her, "Since you are willing to settle, go ahead and get someone to load the car."

"Can you wait a bit? I’ll load it myself. Giving you the money left me a bit tight, so I’ve got to save where I can," Pan Xiaoxia said somewhat embarrassedly, "I’ll be quick, it won’t take long."

Yang Fan, hearing this, suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.

"Let me help you." He rolled up his sleeves and said.

"Rest, rest, I can handle it myself," Pan Xiaoxia quickly responded, "After putting you through all this trouble, how can I have the nerve to ask for your help?"

"That’s in the past. Let’s load the car," Yang Fan said.

Seeing this, Pan Xiaoxia gave an awkward laugh and no longer refused.

One thousand catties of wet Codonopsis weren’t actually that much, but when they were completely dried, they still took up quite a bit of space.

The rather small room was almost stacked to the ceiling.

Pan Xiaoxia brought a ladder, climbed up first, and then said to Yang Fan, "You catch them below, be careful not to get scratched."

As she turned her head, she met Yang Fan’s straightforward gaze.

"Ah... okay," Yang Fan gave an embarrassed laugh and quickly looked away.

He really hadn’t intended to peek, but as he stood below and Pan Xiaoxia climbed the ladder, her buttocks were almost directly above Yang Fan’s head. He only looked up slightly, and there it was, unmistakably clear.

Beneath the crimson skirt was a pair of panties of the same color, clearly outlining the distinct crevices of Golden Valley.

Although it was impossible to see whether the interior was tender or marked with the signs of age, the external shape was quite unmistakable.

Pan Xiaoxia’s cheeks briefly flushed, her hand smoothed over her perky buttocks, and she shifted her body to cover that enticing scene.

However, Yang Fan’s gaze seemed to linger in that area, making her long-suppressed secret place subtly feel something indescribable, as if a small hand had gently flitted across it.

Picking up a bundle of already packaged Codonopsis, Pan Xiaoxia, with a flushed face, handed it down.

She was so embarrassed that she dared not meet Yang Fan’s eyes.

Yang Fan took the Codonopsis and set it aside, deliberately starting a conversation, "Sister, do you know who else in town has more stock?"

"You think one thousand catties is too little?" Pan Xiaoxia couldn’t help but be a bit surprised.

"Indeed, it’s a bit too little," Yang Fan remarked.

Today, he had come into some unexpected money, and he wanted to spend it and make a big bet with Old Zhou.

Pan Xiaoxia hesitated for a moment, then said, "If you really want it, I actually have some inventory left. My initial thought was to reduce some risk first, then keep some to watch the market trends—it’s safer that way."

This was a common practice among medicine dealers when facing market fluctuations.

First, they control the losses within an acceptable range, then they gamble.

They could stomach the losses, but if the market went up, they could make a small profit.

"Sister, I took advantage of you today, so let me share my bottom line with you; ninety-two, I’ll take whatever you have," Yang Fan thought and said, always adhering to the principle of being content with his decisions.

If Cao Wang were a normal person, the ten thousand Yang Fan pocketed would be secure.

But with Cao Wang’s behavior, Yang Fan didn’t feel very comfortable about taking that money.

Although the ten thousand in compensation was proposed by Pan Xiaoxia and accepted by the police station.

Yang Fan’s idea was simple; if something felt uncomfortable, he would try to make it more comfortable.

He wouldn’t do things that troubled himself.