Chapter 460: Chapter 460

The salesman was sharply rebuked by the middle-aged woman. His complexion turned very ugly.

"Don't underestimate the youth in poverty! Sooner or later, the day will come when I'll return in glory to marry Xiao Mei," the young man declared with determination.

"Dream on, my daughter isn't going to end up with someone like you who sells pharmaceuticals!" the middle-aged woman said disdainfully.

"Hmph, you'll regret this," the young man said before striding out of the drugstore.

Leaving the drugstore, his mood plummeted, and he ambled aimlessly. It was at this moment that Ding Fan caught up to him.

"Are you from Jiangyuan Pharmaceutical Factory?"

The young man was taken aback; he sized up Ding Fan, certain that he hadn't met him before.

"I am. May I ask what you need from me?"

"I heard everything that just happened. Just do your job well for now, and in ten days, I believe Xiao Mei's mother will come looking for you on her own," Ding Fan remarked before turning to leave.

Watching Ding Fan's retreating figure, the young man was dazed; he didn't understand why this stranger, whom he had never met, would say such things to him.

Xiao Mei's mother is going to seek him out in ten days?

The young man felt confused, and with a bitter smile, he shook his head; on such an unlucky day, he had encountered such an odd person...

Ding Fan made rounds at the surrounding pharmacies, and indeed, the situation was pretty much the same everywhere. The pharmacies were struggling to sell the calming pills.

In fact, some pharmacies even pulled the calming pills from their shelves, ceasing their sale altogether. The market for the calming pills was in a state of widespread depression. The impact of the recent medical incident on the calming pills was clearly evident.

After investigating the matter with the calming pills, Ding Fan went back to the hotel.

By the time Ding Fan returned to the hotel, Ye Ningqing had already come back. The sky was not bright at this hour, so Ding Fan and Ye Ningqing retired to their respective rooms to rest.

Ring... Just as Ding Fan was about to sit cross-legged to commence his meditative practice, his phone rang.

Given the flurry of recent events, Ding Fan had taken the phone out of his storage ring.

Knowing that only a few people had his phone number, Ding Fan immediately answered the call.

"Brother Fan, my brother already called me, and I've now arrived at General Hospital," Mei Li's voice came through on the other end.

"Alright, ensure that old man's safety. If anything happens, keep me in the loop."

"Understood," Mei Li replied with her usual efficiency. After a few brief words, she hung up the phone.

Ding Fan put away his phone, and at that moment, he suddenly sensed that someone was secretly watching him.

Pretending not to care, Ding Fan's Divine Sense swept out immediately.

With the improvement of his cultivation, Ding Fan's Divine Sense had become even more powerful. Upon scanning with his Divine Sense, Ding Fan soon spotted something in a building across the street.

At a window of the opposite building, there was a telescope, and someone was currently using it to surveil his location.

With the probing of his Divine Sense, Ding Fan found that besides the person watching, there were three other people in that room.

Ding Fan then casually walked over to the window and nonchalantly drew the curtains...

At this time, in the building opposite where Ding Fan was staying,

"Damn, he closed the curtains," grumbled the person who had been watching Ding Fan's room.

The man who had noticed Ding Fan wore glasses and had the appearance of a gentle scholar.

"Could the guy have noticed something?" asked Bald Man, who came over somewhat anxiously.

"Brother Guang, that's impossible. We are so far away, and the building's exterior is covered in reflective glass. We can see the outside, but those outside can't see us at all. There's no way he could have seen us," someone reassured him.

"You guys, make sure to keep a close watch on this kid; the boss will definitely not let it slide if we lose him," Bald Man seriously warned the other two people in the room.

"Don't worry, Brother Guang, we've been with you for more than a day or two..." The man with glasses said confidently, thumping his chest.

The other one, though lying on the bed flipping through a Playboy magazine, still remembered to acknowledge Bald Man's remark.

"Who's your boss?" suddenly, without any warning, a voice sounded in the room.

This voice did not belong to any of the three men; they instantly sprang up in alarm.

At that moment, a rather slender figure stood before the three men. The trained men quickly drew their guns, almost in unison. Fınd the newest release on 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⚫𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖⚫𝕟𝕖𝕥

All barrels were aimed at the newcomer.

"How... how is it you?" the Bald Man looked at the person before him with disbelief.

The person who appeared before them, if not the Ding Fan they had been monitoring, then who else could it be?

"Fuck! How did you get in here?!" the bespectacled man shouted at the man.

Ding Fan's expression was calm at this moment, seemingly indifferent to the three guns pointed at him.

"Who is your boss?" Ding Fan asked in a calm and unhurried tone.

"Kid, you're quite arrogant, daring to ask about our boss," the bespectacled man said, jabbing his pistol at Ding Fan's head.

Ding Fan gave the bespectacled man beside him a cold glance.

"Fuck! Kid, what are you looking at, not convinced? Let me tell you..."

Just as the bespectacled man was babbling on, Ding Fan suddenly lashed out with a kick.

The three Bald Men had no time to react, and Ding Fan's foot had already struck, almost simultaneously knocking the guns from their hands to the ground.

All three were taken aback. Their skills were impressive indeed. One must know that all three of them had been scouts. To think that the man before them could kick away the guns from their hands with a single blow—if it weren't witnessed with their own eyes, who could believe that such a slender person could be so skilled?

"Fuck!" the bespectacled man's gun was kicked away, and he quickly rolled on the ground, reaching out to pick up the gun from the floor.

Just as the bespectacled man was about to pick up the gun, an iron nail shot out from Ding Fan's hand.

Thud... The iron nail impaled the back of the bespectacled man's hand, nailing it directly to the ground.

"Ahhh..." the bespectacled man screamed in agony.

Seeing this scene, the bespectacled man's two companions didn't dare to move rashly.

After Ding Fan arrived, he kicked the guns out of the three men's hands with ease, and now he had nailed the bespectacled man's hand to the floor. From these two actions, the newcomer was definitely not simple.

"Who is your boss..." Ding Fan's tone became more forceful this time.

"We can't tell you, there are rules in our line of work. Since we've fallen into your hands, do whatever you want with us," the Bald Man said to Ding Fan.

Swish... Ding Fan sent a Wind Blade slashing out directly.

Shlop... The Wind Blade severed the right arm of the Bald Man cleanly off.

"Ahh..." as the right arm of the Bald Man was chopped off, he let out a miserable cry...

"I'm not a very patient person. If you don't talk, I don't mind doing this slowly. Next time, I'll cut off your thigh..." Ding Fan said placidly, though his murderous intent was as strong as ever.

Watching Ding Fan release a Wind Blade with a single move, all three people in the room were stunned. They were, at best, more skilled than average individuals—the likes of a Wind Blade, a high-end skill, were beyond their ken, something they hadn't even heard of, let alone seen.

"No...don't, I'll tell you everything you want to know." The Bald Man was now crying and sniffling.

The Bald Man could see that Ding Fan was definitely someone they couldn't afford to provoke. To continue resisting in front of such a person would only mean suffering for himself.

"The person who sent us is named Jin Guangtai... President Jin is the head of Yuanfang Pharmaceuticals!" the Bald Man hurriedly said.

The head of Yuanfang Group?

Ding Fan now remembered that previously Ye Ningqing's cousin had mentioned that the Yuanfang Group seemed to help the later mayor quell the epidemic. In Dancheng, the influence of Yuanfang Group was quite significant.

"What did they have you follow me for?" Ding Fan asked.

Ding Fan had a sneaking suspicion that the recent events targeting the branch office were very likely connected to this Jin Guangtai.

"President Jin didn't say. They only told us to report your itinerary and every move you make to him. Nothing else was said," the Bald Man said.

Ding Fan pondered for a moment. "If you don't want to be whittled down to a stick, then spill everything you know."

"Big brother, we really don't know much. We were just paid by President Jin to surveil you. Why he wanted to surveil you or what he intends to do, we truly have no idea. Our only task was to monitor you..." the Bald Man said.

Ding Fan looked at the Bald Man kneeling on the ground.

At this moment, with tears and snot running down his face, the Bald Man's psychological defenses had been breached, and Ding Fan believed that what the Bald Man was saying at this time should be true.

Having learned everything he needed to know, Ding Fan didn't intend to let these three men go.

Ding Fan applied the Soul Capturing Technique directly, turning the three men into idiots. Then, after erasing all traces of his presence, he turned and left.

The next day, someone discovered the three men. Once it was found out that they had become idiots, rumors abounded, and many people started to spread tales of the building being haunted...