Chapter 1 Debt Collection At The Door, Daughter Critically Ill

• Shennong Pharmacy, Donghai City.
• A group of strong men smashed the pharmacy inside and out, with various herbs mixed with broken jars and pots scattered all over the floor.
• Jiang Yan was pressed against the wall by them, being punched and kicked.
• One person picked up a stick and smashed it on Jiang Yan's head.
• With a bang, Jiang Yan's head burst open.
• Hot blood gushed out of the wound, instantly dyeing half of his face red.
• The strong men finally stopped, spitting at Jiang Yan and cursing, "Our boss said, give you three days. If you still can't pay the money, we'll burn down your pharmacy!"
• Jiang Yan leaned against the wall, holding his head, feeling sore all over, ears buzzing, and head ringing.
• These people came to collect debts, but Jiang Yan didn't owe them any money. It was Jiang Yan's nephew, Xu Xiaobin, who owed the money.
• Xu Xiaobin had signed Jiang Yan as the guarantor on the contract.
• Now that he had run away with a lot of debt, the debt collection company had pinned it on Jiang Yan.
• After they left, Jiang Yan took out his phone and called his wife, Xu Lili.
• How could his ID have been used by his nephew?
• He wanted to clarify the situation.
• But after calling a dozen times, no one answered.
• Finally, after a few rings, the call went through.
• Jiang Yan thought something had happened to her and anxiously asked, "Lili, where are you? Are you okay?"
• Xu Lili scolded angrily, "Jiang Yan, are you sick? Why are you making so many calls? Do you have nothing better to do?"
• The voice on the other end was noisy, as if in a KTV.
• Jiang Yan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, waiting for her to finish scolding before weakly asking, "Lili, is your brother in debt outside?"
• "Why are you asking me that? How would I know if he's in debt or not?" Xu Lili replied impatiently, lacking any patience.
• Xu Lili, clearly irritated, said, "Do you have anything else to say? If not, I'm hanging up!"
• Jiang Yan suppressed his frustration and asked, "Where are you? And where is our daughter?"
• Today, there were many patients in his clinic, so he asked Xu Lili to take care of their child.
• Her tone was full of displeasure as she replied, "Why are you asking that? Did I lose all my freedom after marrying you? Our daughter is being taken care of by a waitress! If you're worried, just take her back. Don't bother me if there's nothing else!"
• With that, she hung up the phone, not giving Jiang Yan a chance to speak.
• Jiang Yan struggled to stand up, leaning against the wall. He found some herbs to stop the bleeding, crushed them with his teeth, and applied them to his wound before wrapping it with a bandage.
• He had grown accustomed to his wife's indifference.
• Since they got married, his wife had never looked at him with any respect, always speaking to him in a commanding tone.
• Underneath a shard of porcelain, he found a beautifully crafted gift box.
• The box, the size of a palm, was carved from rosewood and adorned with a Luban lock.
• Jiang Yan had never seen it before and didn't know who had placed it in the jar.
• Today, it was revealed after being broken by those people by chance.
• He didn't have time to study the box, so he stuffed it into the lining pocket, closed the door, and hurriedly rode his electric bike to his wife's clothing store.
• His daughter, Jiang Nannan, is three years old and he raised her single-handedly.
• His wife, Xu Lili, never cared much about their daughter.
• She was always out early and back late, either at the store or at the beauty salon.
• She would go out with her girlfriends to drink at the bar when she had nothing to do, and when she got home, she wouldn't lift a finger to help with the housework, leaving everything to Jiang Yan.
• Even so, Jiang Yan never complained.
• He met his wife at Donghai Medical University, where she was the campus belle.
• Young and beautiful, she had many suitors.
• She chose Jiang Yan and gave birth to a lovely daughter, which made Jiang Yan very content.
• He pampered her in every way and let her have her way in everything.
• Their store was located in the largest mall in Donghai, with an annual rent of over ten thousand.
• In recent years, the business of physical stores has been tough, relying on Jiang Yan's support to keep the store running.
• When he arrived at the store, the employee hired by Xu Lili, Wu Fangfang, was engrossed in watching videos.
• There were melon seed shells scattered on the floor, clothing tags and packaging bags thrown everywhere, and clothes for trying on hanging haphazardly.
• Jiang Yan walked over and tapped on the counter.
• Wu Fangfang didn't even look up, indifferent, "If you want to see clothes, look for yourself. If you don't like them, go next door. Can't you see I'm busy?"
• Jiang Yan frowned, "Is this how you work?"
• Wu Fangfang looked up, saw him, and quickly stood up, stuttering in surprise, "Mr. Jiang, why are you here?"
• "Where's Nannan?"
• Jiang Yan was not in the mood to scold her.
• He was anxious to find his daughter.
• The waiter pointed nervously behind him and said, "Nannan is watching cartoons inside!"
• "You let her stay alone in the storeroom?"
• Jiang Yan's face changed in astonishment and he quickly went to the back storeroom.
• There were no windows inside, and the air was not circulating.
• Clothes were piled everywhere, emitting a musty smell.
• Jiang Nannan's slender body was lying on the floor, with a few packets of snacks scattered beside her, and a tablet playing cartoons on the floor.
• Jiang Yan rushed over and quickly picked up his daughter.
• As soon as he touched her skin, he was shocked.
• His daughter was running a high fever, burning up all over.
• Jiang Yan looked up and saw a cold air vent above blowing cold air.
• The child was sleeping without any cover, definitely catching a cold.
• "Nannan, wake up!"
• "Nannan, can you hear Daddy talking?"
• He opened his daughter's eyelids and took a look.
• Her pupils were dilated, and the situation was not good.
• Oh no!
• Jiang Yan's heart sank, and he quickly picked up his daughter and stood up.
• The waiter stood behind nervously and asked, "What's wrong, sir?"
• "She has a fever, don't you know?"
• Jiang Yan scolded someone for the first time, his head sweating with anxiety, he picked up his daughter and hurriedly ran out of the mall, hailed a taxi, and rushed to the hospital.