Chapter 290: 286. Not Looking for the Cause Within Oneself? (Please subscribe, monthly tickets!)

The middle-aged man hurried forward, preparing to build a rapport with Director You, but Director You now looked at him as if he were a plague god, with no intention of being close to him at all.

The middle-aged man's complexion was extremely ugly at this moment, and his heart couldn't help but sink; the current situation had completely exceeded his capabilities, and for a moment, he didn't know what to do.

"Director You, shall we go outside and talk?" the middle-aged man said, lowering his head and speaking in a low voice.

Director You said indifferently, "No need, if you have anything to say, just say it here."

"Director You, we have offended you many times over these years, and perhaps we haven't done too well in some aspects; please give us another chance," the middle-aged man said.

Director You smiled and said, "You really overestimate me on this. This matter of yours wasn't done by me, and I don't have that kind of ability."

As he spoke, Director You suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, didn't you have a backer before? Why don't you go find your backer?"

Once these words were out, the middle-aged man was stunned. They had a backer?

In the past, they only needed to deliver the goods here, and as long as there were no major issues with the quality of the herbs, they didn't have to worry about anything.

And no one had ever come forward to make things difficult for them.

"Are you still playing dumb with me?" Director You seemed somewhat displeased; he actually just wanted to know who this person was.

In any case, the matter of Tianjiashan this time was a done deal, and no one could change it, unless that mysterious Big Boss behind the scenes stood up to refute Chairman Feng.

The middle-aged man was truly bewildered; he really didn't know about any backer behind them.

However, very quickly, he thought of one person: Xia Zhangqing!

"Is Director You referring to Secretary Xia?" the middle-aged man said in a low voice.

Director You was also stunned. How did a Secretary Xia pop up?

Seeing his expression, the middle-aged man froze. Director You didn't know about their relationship with Xia Zhangqing?

In fact, when Yaotian Pharmaceutical changed owners overnight, their industry didn't suffer any turmoil, and at that time, they guessed it must have been because of Xia Zhangqing.

Because at that time, Miao Lao had specifically called Xia Zhangqing, and Xia Zhangqing had told them with a smile to rest assured, saying they would absolutely not be affected.

Therefore, they unanimously believed that Xia Zhangqing was backing them from behind.

Seeing Director You like this, the middle-aged man knew he seemed to have guessed wrong, but at this moment, he didn't want to delay any longer.

"Director You, then I'll go make a phone call; can the goods just be left here for now, do you think that's okay?" the middle-aged man said.

The middle-aged man originally thought that for such a simple matter, Director You wouldn't refuse, as that would really be giving them no face at all.

But Director You really didn't give him any face, "No, the company does not allow unrelated items to be placed inside, please drive them away."

The middle-aged man took a deep breath and looked at Director You deeply, his heart feeling increasingly heavy.

Xiaoyuan had been watching blankly like this the whole time; he hadn't expected such a situation to occur on his first delivery, and for a moment, he didn't know what to do.

Driving the car to a slightly more secluded place, the middle-aged man immediately dialed a call to Miao Lao.

Miao Lao was still his usual smiling self at first, but after listening to the middle-aged man's account, he could no longer maintain that kind, smiling expression.

"What did you say?" Miao Lao's voice rose by an octave.

The middle-aged man said bitterly, "Yaotian Pharmaceutical has refused to accept our goods, and they even said they won't accept them in the future."

As for the bribery matter that Director You mentioned, he didn't bring it up at all; in any case, as far as he knew, they didn't seem to have done such a thing.

After all, since no one made things difficult for them, they didn't need to part with their own money for others.

"Why would it be like this?" Miao Lao muttered to himself; at this moment, he suddenly thought of Xia Zhangqing's last sentence from last night.

Could this be Zhang Ran's doing?

Thinking of this, a surge of anger suddenly rose in Miao Lao's heart, but it was quickly suppressed, "You go find Xia; Yaotian Pharmaceutical is going to relocate to Yi City in the future. If Xia speaks up, then everything will be easy to talk about, and they definitely won't make things difficult for us again."

"No, don't go directly to find Xia; go find Lanlan, let Xiaoyuan go, and make it sound miserable," Miao Lao said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately said, "I understand, I'll go right now."

Now they could only pin all their hopes on Xia Zhangqing; as long as Xia Zhangqing spoke up, they believed that Yaotian Pharmaceutical would definitely give him face.

It was just that whether it was the middle-aged man or Miao Lao, that heavy feeling in their hearts had never disappeared, and instead, it had a tendency to grow heavier.

By nearly six o'clock in the afternoon, they arrived at Yi City, and Xiaoyuan had also been instructed by the middle-aged man, so he was well-prepared.

When Chang Meilan received Xiaoyuan's call, she had already guessed some things; she actually didn't want to come out, but after all, they were her family, so she could only come out to see them.

"Xiaoyuan, Dacheng, you're here, come in quickly." Chang Meilan acted as if she knew nothing and welcomed them in.

"Little Aunt, these are gifts for you and Uncle from the village." After arriving home, Xiaoyuan immediately put down the gifts he had brought, his face full of obsequiousness.

Back then, Chang Meilan had married Xia Zhangqing early on, so Xiaoyuan and Chang Meilan were actually quite distant.

Chang Meilan felt distressed as soon as she heard about gifts, because hearing about gifts made her think of the jade bracelet, so facing Xiaoyuan's obsequiousness, Chang Meilan showed no reaction on her face.

"You haven't eaten yet, right? I'll go prepare some food for you," Chang Meilan said.

After saying this, she was about to go to the kitchen to avoid the two of them.

But it was still too late; Xiaoyuan was impatient, so he said directly, "Little Aunt, you and Uncle must help us this time; Yaotian Pharmaceutical is really going too far."

Chang Meilan sighed and said, "What happened?"

"It's like this, Little Aunt, when we went to deliver goods today, they didn't even look and just refused them, telling us to take them back.

You know, the herbs in our village are the best, the quality is absolutely up to standard, but they didn't give us any reason and just told us to get lost. You didn't see their attitude at the time; it was really infuriating," Xiaoyuan complained tearfully.

While speaking, he quietly observed Chang Meilan's expression, but discovered that there was no expression on her face, let alone the angry emotion he had imagined.

"Have you ever thought that this might be caused by your own reasons?" In the expectant gaze of Xiaoyuan and the middle-aged man, Chang Meilan said indifferently.

Xiaoyuan was immediately surprised and said, "Us? Impossible, the herbs we provide every time have absolutely no problems; I can guarantee that."

"What if it's not a problem with the quality of the herbs?"