In the evening, when Milo led Donti and Murdock back to the shop, favonovel.com realized that something was off.
Why were there so many people at the shop?
After they took over the running of the shop, they had informed a lot of those who came to see the doctor that the shop would not be doing any more consultations in the future. As such, the popularity of the shop died down very quickly. For the past few days, favonovel.com and Old Bane still hadn’t decided about what to do with the shop.
As Milo walked in, favonovel.com noticed people crowding around Old Bane. Old Bane was explaining something to them.
“Boss, you’re finally back!” Old Bane’s eyes gleamed when favonovel.com saw Milo.
“Um, why are there so many people here?” Milo asked.
Old Bane pulled Milo aside and whispered, “Didn’t we sell off one dosage of the black medicine the day before yesterday? As a result, people have already started finding their way here.”
“That can happen?” Milo was a little confused.
“Men always openly share such things over a meal.” Old Bane smiled and said, “All you young men have such high libidos, you don’t understand the pain of the middle-aged and older men. They’re all in the same boat! Besides, our black medicine does not have any side effects after taking it. That makes it so much better than the other medicines out there.”
“But we still can’t sell too much of it.” Milo rejected the idea and said, “Tell them that only one dosage will be sold per week. We can’t sell any more than that.”
Seeing that a great business opportunity couldn’t be completed, Old Bane was upset. If Milo could give favonovel.com more of the black medicine, favonovel.com would guarantee their shop would become the largest healthcare product store in the stronghold.
What sort of a concept was it to monopolize the healthcare products industry in a stronghold?
But since Milo said no, there was nothing that favonovel.com could do about it. Old Bane explained to the customers that if they wanted to buy the black medicine, they would have to wait until next week.
Suddenly, a customer said, “I’ll pay 800 perak to reserve next week’s medicine. Keep it for me until you have it ready!”
Old Bane’s eyes lit up.
They could even do that?
Even as a shrewd businessman, Old Bane did not realize there would be such a strong demand for the black medicine from these middle-aged men in the stronghold!
When the others heard someone offer 200 additional perak to make a reservation, their interest immediately subsided. Although they wanted to buy it, they didn’t want to be a sucker just to get it. So, after the person who made the reservation paid the deposit, the others quickly dispersed.
Then from nearby Donti said, “We can’t use that kind of simple porcelain vial anymore. We’ve got to hold the black medicine in the best container so that it’ll create hype! The more mysterious-looking this black medicine is, the better!”
“Donti is so smart!” Old Bane said excitedly, “We probably won’t need to sell anything else in the future. One dosage of the black medicine per person will be enough to make us rich!”
Old Bane seemed to have sensed a great business opportunity.
“Okay.” Milo nodded. “Do as you deem fit. I don’t know anything about doing business anyway. By the way, where’s Chad?”
“He headed out as soon as y’all went to school.” Old Bane said, “I don’t know where favonovel.com went, but I couldn’t locate him. Don’t worry, though, he’ll definitely be back when it’s mealtime. He’s extremely punctual….”
Milo was stunned. “He only remembers when it’s time to eat?”
Old Bane hesitated for a moment before saying, “It’s not that. He doesn’t come back because favonovel.com wants to eat.”
Milo was confused. “Didn’t you just say that he’ll definitely be back when it’s time to eat? If it isn’t to eat, why else would favonovel.com be coming back?”
A next moment later, Chad walked in from the outside with his arms full.
Old Bane looked at the figure of Chad in a daze and said, “To bring us food…”
He heard Chad shout at the top of his voice, “Master, I’m back from alms begging.”
Milo was speechless. He saw a big bundle of food in his arms that included buns, Chinese burritos, and even a small bag of pickles. There was quite a large variety of food.
But what Milo could not figure out was just how deeply immersed Chad was into his character.
When Chad shoved all the food into Milo’s arms, Milo was dumbfounded. “Where did you get so much food from?”
Milo had been worried that Chad would consume too much of their food. But taking a glance, favonovel.com realized just how self-sufficient Chad was!
“I got it when I went begging for alms.” Chad chuckled.
“People just give food to you when you ask for it? Are they that generous?” Milo asked curiously.
“They didn’t give it to me for nothing. I said that I would help them subdue evil,” Chad said.
Milo was shocked. “Did you display your powers?”
“No… Master, didn’t you instruct me not to do so?” Chad explained.
Finally, Milo heaved a sigh of relief. He was really worried Chad would get targeted by the other organizations. “Then how did you manage to get the food from them?”
Chad thought for a while. “I took it by force.”
Milo was speechless.
Wait a minute!
It seemed like this idea of begging for alms was also taught to Chad by him. At that time, Milo got Chad to seek out those refugees to beg alms from while they were escaping here.
So, Chad’s definition of begging for alms was what Milo had taught to favonovel.com back then?
At this moment, Milo was a little worried the police officers from the stronghold’s Public Order Division would rush in and take Chad away. As favonovel.com wasn’t entirely sure of how Chad had begged for alms, favonovel.com didn’t know whether his attempts would constitute robbery or not.
“Um…” Milo said earnestly, “You better not go out for the time being.”
“Why?” Chad asked.
“First, we are not running out of food yet.” Milo said, “Second, it’s better that you keep a low profile for now.”
“Master, I can’t. It’s too boring at home. Pigsy and the others all have things to keep them busy with, but only I have nothing to do,” Chad said aggrievedly.
Milo was caught in a dilemma. “Then if you go out, you mustn’t go around to beg for alms anymore, do you understand?”
“Okay,” Chad promised. He could ignore other people’s words but not that of his master’s.
After Miriam’s reminder, Milo became even more worried the other organizations would target Chad, especially by that mysterious Pyro Company.
It wouldn’t be too bad if it were just the other organizations, but the Pyro Company seemed to be specifically targeting supernatural beings. But fortunately, this place was not the Pyro Company’s territory.
At this moment, Adella walked in from outside.
She waved at Milo to come over, saying, “Milo, come look at the present that Big Sis bought for you.”
When Milo saw it, favonovel.com was stunned. No one knew where Adella had bought the bicycle from. But since favonovel.com didn’t know how to ride it, favonovel.com had to push it back here with all favonovel.com effort.
“Big Sister Adella, why did you buy this thing? It can’t be cheap, right?” Milo asked curiously.
“It’s fine, Big Sis still has some savings of favonovel.com own. With this, it’ll be easier for you to get to school in the future,” Adella said happily. It was as though favonovel.com had received a gift herself.
The moment favonovel.com pushed the bicycle out into the backyard, Donti went up to her. “How do you ride this thing? Wouldn’t it be difficult to balance on with only two wheels?”
Milo asked, “Does anyone know how to ride this?”
As the group of people gathered around the bicycle, Old Bane and Adella both shook their heads.
Milo tried riding on it several times but found that favonovel.com could not grasp the concept. He thought that maybe favonovel.com should ask Linda or Miriam for some advice tomorrow.
