Ultimate Village Doctor

Chapter One Hundred Forty-Eight

Seeing Bai Xuehen leave, Long Xiaoshan shook his head, although he sensed that the other might have some unspeakable difficulties.

But having met by chance, it wasn't possible for him to inquire further.

He continued to practice in the gym for the rest of the afternoon and only returned upstairs afterward, took a bath, and then went straight to bed.

Soon, a night passed.

After eating breakfast at the hotel, Long Xiaoshan took out his phone and dialed the number from the business card.

"Hello, how are you?" A woman's voice came through the phone, soft and gentle with the Wu dialect.

"Hello, is this Director Bai?" Long Xiaoshan looked at the name on the business card, Bai Susu.

"It's me, who is this?"

"It's like this, has Chairman Shangguan from Niu Y County gotten in touch with you? She recommended me to buy medicinal materials from you," Long Xiaoshan said.

Surprise colored Bai Susu's voice: "Oh, it's you, are you President Long?"

"Well, you could say that. Are you free right now, Director Bai?" Long Xiaoshan said.

"Mmm, I just got back from the provincial city, why don't you come to my company now? My company is right next to the medicinal materials market..." Bai Susu gave an address.

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Long Xiaoshan hung up the phone and hailed a taxi straight to the medicinal materials market.

Soon, he arrived near the medicinal materials market and saw a building with ancient charm, marked with a sign for Bai's Medicinal Materials.

"This is the place." Long Xiaoshan showed a trace of a smile.

Walking in, he found that the interior was styled like ancient times, with carved beams and painted rafters, the sound of the guzheng coming from the corner, and the air filled with a faint scent of sandalwood. Even the receptionist was wearing a qipao with blue and white porcelain patterns, exuding a unique charm.

"This place is quite nice."

Long Xiaoshan thought to himself and approached the reception.

"Hello, how can I help you?" the receptionist, a beauty in a qipao, asked with a slight bow.

"Uh, I'm here to see Director Bai."

"To see Director Bai," she looked at Long Xiaoshan's farmer-like attire but did not show any contempt, only smiling as she said, "Seeing Director Bai requires an appointment."

"I've made an appointment, could you ask for me? My name is Long Xiaoshan."

The receptionist nodded, picked up the phone and began to dial. After a while, she looked up with a trace of astonishment on her face and said, "Hello, Director Bai has asked you to go up to her office on the fifth floor."

Long Xiaoshan nodded, took the elevator to the fifth floor, and found the Chairman's office.

He knocked on the door.

A gentle voice came from inside, "Come in."

Long Xiaoshan pushed the door open and saw a woman, around thirty to forty years old, sitting behind the desk, looking up and saying, "Are you President Long?"

"That's me, Director Bai. You can just call me Xiaoshan," Long Xiaoshan hurriedly walked over, extending his hand.

The woman stood up; she wore a classical hair bun, her demeanor was serene, and although fine lines had started to appear at the corners of her eyes, they did not detract from her beauty and grace.

The woman's figure was rather voluptuous. A white qipao dressed her ample form to perfection, reminiscent of a noble lady from Jiangnan stepping out from an ink painting.

Long Xiaoshan had seen a classical beauty just yesterday.

He hadn't expected to see another, a more mature beauty, today.

And Bai Susu's warm and classical temperament was even more remarkable than the other's.

The two shook hands.

Long Xiaoshan felt that the item in hand was as warm and smooth as jade, soft and very comfortable.

At this time, Bai Susu was also sizing up Long Xiaoshan. She was quite surprised at heart, as Long Xiaoshan's attire and image were completely different from what she had envisioned.

Yesterday, Shangguan Baihe had called her, seriously introducing someone named President Long.

She had thought Long Xiaoshan was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, the epitome of a successful person.

She hadn't expected Long Xiaoshan to be so young, appearing to be about the same age as her own daughter.

And his attire was a cheap T-shirt and jeans, exactly the kind of basic outfit one would expect from the lower classes in society.

However, upon closer inspection, Bai Susu's penetrating eyes, which seemed to see through the mundane world, noticed something unique about Long Xiaoshan. His eyes were very bright and clear, as if they could see right through one's heart, and there was an elusive aura about him that ordinary people couldn't detect.

Such a refined aura made her feel quite favorable towards him.

Even evoking a sense of closeness, although, of course, it wasn't the evil kind of closeness.

"President Long is really young and promising, starting a company at such a young age," Bai Susu said with a slight smile, pointing to a sofa nearby, "Please take a seat, President Long."

"It's just a mess," Long Xiaoshan replied politely.

"That's not what Miss Shangguan says when she talks about you," Bai Susu said as she took out the tea set and began to brew tea for Long Xiaoshan, making pleasant conversation.

Bai Susu's tone was gentle, calm, and unwavering, her voice comforting to the listener.

Her tea-making movements were even more elegant, watching her perform the task was a pure enjoyment.

After drinking tea for an hour, Long Xiaoshan finally remembered to bring up the actual business, although he enjoyed the exchange with Bai Susu, he was there to buy herbs, saying, "Director Bai, do you have the medicinal materials I need here?"

"I heard from Miss Shangguan that you're looking for live medicinal materials?"

"Yes, I want them live, and wild," he said.

"May I ask why you need live herbs? You know, almost all herbs are dead when harvested, especially the older, wild ones," Bai Susu said.

"Well, this... I'm planning to grow them myself," Long Xiaoshan replied.

"You're planning to cultivate herbs?" Bai Susu said in surprise: "Cultivating medicinal herbs is not simple, especially in our province where the climate isn't very favorable for the growth of these herbs."

"I'll give it a try," he said.

Bai Susu inwardly didn't think highly of Long Xiaoshan's chances, as she was an expert in this field and had been in the business of medicinal materials for over a decade.

However, since it was her first meeting with Long Xiaoshan, she couldn't say outright that she didn't think he would succeed.

Moreover, there was something special about Long Xiaoshan's presence, perhaps he really did have some incredible skills.

"If President Long really manages to grow medicinal herbs, you must look out for Bai's Medicinal Materials," Bai Susu said with a smile.

"Of course."

"Alright, then let's go look at the herbs."

Suddenly, the telephone on the table rang. Bai Susu gave Long Xiaoshan an apologetic smile, walked over to the table, picked up the receiver, and as she listened to the voice on the other end, her smile froze. After a moment, she said indifferently, "Let them come up."

After putting down the phone, Bai Susu tried to muster a somewhat forced smile and said, "President Long, you'll have to wait a little longer, I have another matter to discuss."

"No problem, I'll wait here," Long Xiaoshan said nonchalantly.

A moment later.

The door was pushed open directly from the outside, and several people walked in.

The leader was a bald man with a face full of meaty ferocity and beady eyes. Following him were two men who looked like bodyguards.

He swaggered in, first glancing at Long Xiaoshan sitting nearby.

Seeing his rustic attire, he showed a face full of contempt, then quickly looked away; his greedy gaze lingered over Bai Susu's attractive figure, and he said, "Miss Bai, how about the condition I proposed?"