Su Tong was extremely surprised at the moment.

Ye Guichen came and sorted out Yuan Shao's people, and all of it took just over a day.

How could he be back now, and even brought Yuan Shao with him?

Ye Guichen had already talked to Yuan Shao, telling him to apologize to the merchants here and waive their rent for three months.

So, when Su Tong asked, Ye Guichen patted Yuan Shao on the shoulder, pushing him in front of himself: "Master, after my thorough conversation with Yuan Shao, he realized his previous actions were improper, and so he insisted on coming here to apologize to you all."

Ye Guichen spoke convincingly, but no one was a fool.

Even Su Tong looked at Ye Guichen in disbelief.

What do you mean by thorough conversation?

In reality, it seemed Ye Guichen had used some means to subdue Yuan Shao.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Ye is absolutely right, I was so muddleheaded before, I even tried to stop you from doing business." Yuan Shao quickly bowed and scraped as he spoke, then gave himself two hard slaps on the face, painfully stating, "From today onwards, the rent here will be waived for three months, of course, business as usual."

Wow!

At these words, the merchants watching were all astonished.

All the houses on this herbal street were rented, and even if you wanted to buy one, it was impossible. With dozens of shops, even the good locations cost twenty to thirty thousand per month in rent, and poor locations were still around five to six thousand.

Three months of rent, that's equivalent to the income of an average person for half a year.

"Great! This is fantastic!"

"Mr. Yuan is so righteous!"

"We misunderstood you before, we're really sorry about that."

Sometimes people's memories are worse than a fish's; a fish can remember for seven seconds, but some people can't even last three.

Those who were gnashing their teeth against Yuan Shao before, immediately started singing his praises once they heard about the rent waiver.

However, anyone with sharp eyes could see all this was due to Ye Guichen's efforts, who obviously didn't want to step into the spotlight and be praised.

Su Tong saw through Ye Guichen's intention and couldn't help but have an even higher opinion of him, secretly admiring: His senior brother really got lucky to have such a steady and talented disciple.

At Ye Guichen's age, who wouldn't want to be praised?

Even if it wasn't their own credit, they would still hope to take it for themselves.

But not Ye Guichen.

Of course, although being praised doesn't have much use, it does make one feel good inside, and yet there are always people who seek it.

Ye Guichen only wanted to keep a low profile.

If he wanted, people lining up to sing his praises would probably circle the globe.

After dispersing the crowd, Ye Guichen and Su Tong entered Yunji Hall.

Yuan Shao remained obediently at the door, like a follower, not daring to even step into Yunji Hall.

"Junior nephew, what do you mean by this?" Su Tong glanced at Yuan Shao standing at the door, puzzled as he asked Ye Guichen: "By doing this, people on this street will only remember Yuan Shao's favor, and not yours at all."

Ye Guichen smiled, not revealing that he had taken over the street from Yuan Shao, and instead said lightly, "Reputation is neither here nor there. The world is like this. Even if they knew I helped them win back the business on this street, so what? I don't care about their views, let alone their praise."

Upon hearing this, Su Tong's eyes brightened.

Yes, when one's vision is elevated to a certain level, who cares about those below?

It's like looking at ants, whether the ants live or die, or their emotions, why would a person care?

"Haha, you kid, senior brother truly found a treasure, a real treasure!" Su Tong said excitedly, slapping his thigh: "I've lived most of my life, yet I find that even my insights don't match up to yours, truly ashamed, so ashamed!"

Ye Guichen chuckled: "Master, don't say that, at least your dedication to medicine and your retreat from the worldly matters far exceed mine. Haha, even though I speak righteously, I still can't escape the entanglements of the secular world."

Saying this, Ye Guichen suddenly thought of something, confused: "By the way, from this incident of Yuan Shao easily taking over the herbal street while everyone was helpless, it seems if the merchants here were united, or if there was an organization willing to step forward, Yuan Shao wouldn't have easily made you all helpless, right?"

Su Tong sighed deeply and said: "Nephew, do you think I don't understand? In fact, except for Yun City, every other city in Jiangnan Province has a Chinese Herbal Medicine Association to solve problems when they arise. If we had an association backing us, Yuan Shao wouldn't act so brazenly. He is so audacious because we are a loose sand, easily defeated."

Ye Guichen grew more curious: "If that's the case, why not join or establish a Chinese Herbal Medicine Association?"

"Sigh..." Su Tong took a long sigh, smiling bitterly: "Nephew, you don't know. It's not that I don't want to, but I can't. You should know, Jiangnan Province has a provincial-level Chinese Herbal Medicine Association, and any local association needs the approval of the provincial one. But I don't want to see that person, so this matter has been delayed, and besides, many people here feel joining an association would bind them, so they turn a blind eye and let things drag on."

Ye Guichen grew more puzzled but caught a key point, asking: "Master, do you mean the president of the provincial Chinese Herbal Medicine Association is someone you know?"

"Not just know, but very well." Su Tong sighed again: "That person is also well-known to your master, he is your senior uncle, that guy chasing fame and fortune with the surname Mai."

Ye Guichen immediately understood.

No wonder.

It seemed Su Tong disliked this Master Mai since their apprentice days, and the feeling was mutual with Mr. Mai.

They were like cats and dogs whenever they met.

It was doubtful Su Tong would humble himself to ask Mr. Mai for help to form a Yun City Herbal Association, and even if Mr. Mai knew, he would likely refuse.

However, Ye Guichen was somewhat curious about this Master Mai whom Su Tong always looked down upon.

Although he had taken control of the herbal street, it still needed to generate income for him. If people kept causing trouble, it wasn't feasible to handle it personally each time.

Instead, forming a Chinese Herbal Medicine Association to manage the herbal street with its power would be a lasting solution.

"Master, since that's the case, let's find Master Mai. There's nothing to fear." Ye Guichen had just finished speaking when his phone rang. Seeing it was Chen Ziran, he quickly answered, "Hello, honey, what made you think of calling me suddenly?"

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