Doctor and His Glamorous Sister-in-Law

With that, Lu Shuangyue turned to leave, looking extremely anxious.

This made Liu Ergou put down his chopsticks and hastily follow her out.

They arrived at the parking lot downstairs.

Lu Shuangyue opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat. The next second, the passenger-side door opened, and Liu Ergou slid in.

When Lu Shuangyue saw Liu Ergou sitting in the passenger seat, she asked in surprise, "Er Gou, why did you follow me? You should have just gone back to eat. You didn't need to come with me!"

Hearing this, Liu Ergou couldn't help but reach out and flick Lu Shuangyue on the forehead.

The sharp flick made Lu Shuangyue clutch her forehead in pain.

At that moment, Liu Ergou spoke up, "What are you thinking? We're already in a relationship. Are you still keeping secrets from me?"

Rubbing her forehead, Lu Shuangyue said, "It's not that I'm keeping it from you, it's just that you really can't help with this. Ugh!"

"Let's not talk about it now. We can discuss it on the road!"

With that, Lu Shuangyue started the car and sped out of the hotel parking lot, leaving a cloud of dust in her wake.

On the road, Lu Shuangyue explained to Liu Ergou why she was in such a rush.

Just two days ago, Lu Shuangyue had finalized a deal with a pharmaceutical company in the city. She was supposed to provide the company with an entire ton of fresh medicinal herbs.

After the deal was made, Lu Shuangyue had hurried back to town, gathered the herbs as quickly as possible, and then placed them in cold storage, awaiting the transaction in a few days.

However, she had just received news that there was a problem at the cold storage facility.

The refrigeration unit had malfunctioned. Its compressor was broken, and instead of maintaining a constant temperature, the cold storage's temperature had plummeted to over ten degrees below zero, freezing the entire ton of herbs into solid blocks of ice. In other words, the entire batch was ruined.

If it were any other time, Lu Shuangyue wouldn't have given it a second thought. As the citywide chain Baozhi Hall was, a mere ton of herbs was nothing. They could gather that much again in a single day.

But this time was different.

The quality requirements for this ton of herbs were exceptionally high. It had taken Lu Shuangyue an enormous effort just to gather this one ton. Basically, there wasn't a second batch of such high-quality herbs to be found on the market.

Without this batch of herbs, Lu Shuangyue would have to breach the contract. The penalty for doing so was nearly a full one hundred million.

Hearing this, Liu Ergou was stunned.

The penalty was a hundred million?

Holy shit!

The largest sum he had dealt with recently was 400,000. He couldn't believe he'd suddenly stumbled upon a figure like one hundred million. One hundred million… what did that even mean?

I can't even imagine it. Liu Ergou thought.

Lu Shuangyue spoke again, her voice strained. "Baozhi Hall's total assets are worth around one billion, but we only have ten to twenty million in liquid cash! If we had to cough up nearly a hundred million all at once, Baozhi Hall wouldn't just lose market share, it would be paralyzed for a long time!"

"I suspect someone sabotaged our herbs, so I'm heading over there now to take a look!"

Hearing this, Liu Ergou said nothing more, sitting quietly in the passenger seat.

They sped down the road, and in just half an hour, Lu Shuangyue and Liu Ergou arrived at the cold storage facility.

As soon as they arrived, they saw two groups of people in a tense standoff at the entrance.

Seeing this, Lu Shuangyue slammed on the brakes and parked the car. She led Liu Ergou into the space between the two groups.

"What's going on? Why is it so chaotic here? Someone explain what happened to me, clearly!"

As she spoke, Lu Shuangyue's imposing aura flared, and the somewhat chaotic scene immediately quieted down.

Just then, one of her men approached her and explained the situation. "President Lu, these people ruined our herbs. We wanted an explanation, but they insist it has nothing to do with them!"

"They won't compensate us or even apologize, so…" At this, the man trailed off, lowering his head.

Lu Shuangyue frowned, just about to speak when a man from the other group stepped forward. He was a portly, middle-aged man in a black suit who waddled up to Lu Shuangyue.

His words reeked of a seasoned swindler.

"Ah, President Lu, you can't blame us for everything, right? The machine malfunctioned. It's not like we were prepared for that!"

"Besides, compensation isn't our call to make. We have to wait for the boss to arrive!"

Hearing this, Lu Shuangyue's frown deepened.

"Who are you?"

The portly middle-aged man introduced himself, "My surname is Wu. I'm the manager of this cold storage facility and was responsible for your batch of herbs, President Lu. With this incident, I also feel very…"

However, before he could finish, Lu Shuangyue cut him off.

"Since you said to wait for your boss, then shut your mouth. You have no place speaking to me here. Who do you think you are?"

Her words were incredibly blunt, and the middle-aged man's face immediately darkened.

Lu Shuangyue, however, completely ignored him, turning to her own men. "You'll be accused of causing a public disturbance if you gather here. All of you, disperse. Wait for their boss to arrive. I will handle this!"

Hearing her command, the group reluctantly scattered.

Only Lu Shuangyue and Liu Ergou were left standing there, waiting.

The two of them waited for nearly an hour before a black sedan finally drove up and stopped nearby. A bald, pot-bellied middle-aged man stepped out of the car.

Seeing this, Liu Ergou couldn't help but make a snide comment in his head.

Could being pot-bellied be a requirement for working at this company? Tsk. What a strange thought.

The bald middle-aged man sauntered up to Lu Shuangyue and enthusiastically stretched out his hand for a handshake.

"President Lu! Ha ha, my apologies for the delay. Something came up and I'm a little late. Please, forgive me!"

Seeing the man's demeanor, Lu Shuangyue made no move to shake his hand, simply frowning at him.

"Boss Sun, save the pleasantries!"

"You should be thinking about how you're going to compensate me for my ton of herbs!"

Boss Sun just chuckled.

"Ah, President Lu, don't be so hasty!"

"Let's talk this over slowly!"

As he spoke, he stepped aside and gestured toward his car. "Come, let's go to a hotel. We can talk over a meal. My car is right here, President Lu!"