Chapter 115: Chapter 113: Lu Fan Is Angry and Wants to Fight It Out to the End

This was not part of Aunt Chen’s plan.

She waved her hand dismissively and complained, "Just my luck, running into a crooked shop like yours. I’ll pay for my own doctor’s visit. I can’t be bothered with you."

With that, she turned to leave.

Seeing this, Jiang Yixia immediately blocked her path.

If the flowers from her shop were truly the problem, Jiang Yixia was willing to compensate and would never shirk her responsibility.

But if this woman was just using this as an excuse to frame her, there was no way she would let it go.

She looked at Aunt Chen and said, "I’ve already called the police. You can’t leave."

"Are you crazy? My hands are covered in a red rash! If I don’t go to the hospital, I could die! I’m never coming back to this crooked shop again," Aunt Chen snapped.

But Jiang Yixia refused to let her go. She continued to block her and said, "You’re not leaving! You can’t just spew baseless accusations, try to walk away, and leave me with this mess. We have to get to the bottom of this. I also want to know if my flowers are really what caused your allergic reaction!"

"I won’t go just because you tell me not to? How embarrassing would that be for me?!" Aunt Chen said, preparing to charge at Jiang Yixia like an angry bull.

Seeing this, Lu Fan immediately pulled Jiang Yixia aside, sheltering her behind him.

He then said calmly, "You’re in such a hurry. Have you lost your cool?"

"Lost my cool? What cool?" Aunt Chen grumbled. "You won’t pay up, and you won’t admit fault. What am I supposed to do now? Of course I’m going to the hospital!"

"We haven’t refused to admit anything. We just won’t carelessly pay compensation before the police arrive. If it is our fault, we’ll cover medical expenses and emotional distress, no problem," Lu Fan said with a smile. "You’re so scared of the police coming. Could it be you’re afraid your little act will be exposed?"

At that moment, Lu Fan was holding Jiang Yixia’s wrist.

His protective stance was quite dashing.

Jiang Yixia looked up at his back. Although she didn’t want to admit it, in that moment, the bastard actually looked quite handsome.

’Damn it... This guy’s almost forty and he’s still playing the hero saving the damsel in distress!’

’But why is my heart beating so fast?’

’I’m not the same young girl I was eighteen years ago. I can handle this myself.’

Although Jiang Yixia’s heart was pounding and a faint blush appeared on her cheeks, she mentally forced herself to deny the impact of Lu Fan’s actions.

Seeing that Lu Fan and Jiang Yixia were serious, Aunt Chen started to panic a little. She quickly tried to back down. "Fine, just my luck. I won’t hold you responsible, okay? I’ll go see a doctor myself."

"That won’t do. Like I said, we’ll wait for the police to arrive and sort this out," Lu Fan said, refusing to back down.

The other onlookers chimed in, "Yeah, just wait for the police."

"Exactly. If you want compensation, just tell the police when they get here."

"You’re not trying to pull a scam, are you?"

"Times are tough. You never know, some people might be doing this on purpose."

The crowd’s comments made Aunt Chen nervous. She worried that things would get even worse for her if the police arrived.

So, she decided to make a run for it.

But just as she was about to bolt, Chen He and the others blocked her way.

Chen He said coldly, "Wait for the police. You’re not going anywhere."

"What are you doing? You’re ganging up on me!" Aunt Chen tried to use her loud voice to sound more intimidating.

But no one in the crowd seemed to be on her side. They just wanted to wait for the police to handle it.

Now, Aunt Chen felt like she had gotten in way over her head.

Meanwhile, upon receiving the report, officers from the Bai Mountain District’s Xiashan Police Station were immediately dispatched.

Deputy Director Huang Yu also hurried toward the flower shop.

A few days prior, he had noticed that Jiang Yixia’s flower shop had moved to a new location.

He had even made a special note of the new shop’s address.

He never expected that the address for this report would be the new shop.

Recalling the deputy bureau chief’s criticism from before, Huang Yu didn’t dare to be negligent.

But he was also puzzled. ’Why are clueless people always causing trouble here?’ The owner of this shop was a big shot that even the deputy bureau chief had to take seriously.

Before long, Huang Yu and his men arrived at the new flower shop.

"What’s going on? Who filed the report?" Although he recognized Lu Fan at a glance, he pretended to be calm and asked.

Lu Fan, naturally, didn’t greet him proactively either. Instead, he said, "We filed the report."

"What happened?"

As the shop’s owner, Jiang Yixia naturally stepped forward to explain, "This woman claims she bought flowers from my shop, broke out in a rash, and is now demanding an explanation."

Huang Yu understood this kind of situation immediately.

He frowned and looked at Aunt Chen. "Are you allergic to pollen?"

Aunt Chen stammered, "No, I’m not. Her... her shop’s flowers are poor quality. They gave me a skin allergy."

"If you’re not allergic to pollen, how could you have an allergic reaction just from touching flowers?" Huang Yu questioned.

"I... I don’t know either... All I know is that not long after I bought their flowers, my hands broke out in a rash," Aunt Chen continued to argue weakly.

At this point, Lu Fan proposed, "Officer, how about this? We have her go to the hospital for a full check-up right now. If it’s confirmed that the flowers caused her allergic reaction, we will compensate her for all medical expenses and emotional distress. But if it’s due to some other reason, not only will we not pay her medical bills, but I will also sue her for slander and false accusation."

"Alright, let’s do that," Director Huang agreed to the plan without any nonsense.

But Aunt Chen refused. She yelled, "I’m not going to the hospital! I’m not going!!"

"If you don’t go to the hospital, how will we know if your allergy was caused by the quality of the flowers?" Director Huang retorted.

Aunt Chen now took on the role of a rascal, plopping down on the floor and starting to throw a tantrum. "You’re all just bullying an old woman like me who doesn’t know any better! WAAAHHH!!"

She began to pretend to wail loudly.

But not a single tear fell.

Seeing this, Director Huang directly ordered his subordinates to restrain her. "In that case, let’s all go back to the station. We’ll investigate this thoroughly."

And just like that, Jiang Yixia was also forced to close her shop and accompany the police back to the station.

Since there wasn’t much to ask Jiang Yixia, Director Huang naturally understood that the problem lay with Aunt Chen.

So, after a brief statement was taken, Jiang Yixia walked out of the interrogation room.

Lu Fan had been waiting in the hallway. When he saw her come out, he asked with concern, "Are you okay?"

Jiang Yixia shook her head and sat down, seemingly a bit disheartened.

"Don’t worry, the officers will get to the bottom of it. I’m guessing that woman was just looking for trouble. I had someone look into her just now. It seems she’s the owner of a flower shop herself. I’ve already passed this information on to the police."

In truth, while Jiang Yixia was being questioned, Lu Fan had already asked Jiali to investigate Aunt Chen’s background.

It turned out she was the owner of a flower shop not far away.

She probably saw that Jiang Yixia’s business was doing well, became jealous, and decided to pull this stunt.

She had likely intended to intimidate Jiang Yixia into submission, make a show of power, and then leave.

She never expected Jiang Yixia to stand her ground. Now, Aunt Chen was in too deep to back out.

Jiang Yixia lowered her head, biting her red lip. "I just want to run my business and sell flowers in peace. The thing I look forward to most each day is getting messages from Silu and Sifan, sharing fun stories from school. Why won’t fate just let me have that...?"

Lu Fan, perhaps sensing her frustration, comforted her, "It’s okay. You’ve still got me, right?"

"Hmph. It’s precisely because you’re here that I feel like fate is against me," Jiang Yixia unexpectedly retorted.

After saying this, a smugly triumphant expression appeared at the corners of her mouth.

After all, when it came to verbal sparring, she had never been able to win against Lu Fan.

This time, Jiang Yixia had finally scored a point!!

’You bastard, you think you’re the only one with a silver tongue?! I can be just as sharp!’