AWB Chapter 471 Argument
Chapter 471 Argument
Sun San Niang was someone who cared a lot about appearances, and Yu Wan's words immediately angered her.
Her eyes reddened, tears welling up, and she glared fiercely at Yu Wan, her gaze seeming as if she wanted to devour her whole: "You think it's okay just because you say so?"
"My face has always been fine. If it weren't for the problem with your Hibiscus Jade Skin Cream, how could it have turned into this miserable state?!"
She still made a living off her face, but now, it's all over!
Overwhelmed with grief, tears streamed down her face. She looked up at the magistrate sitting upright in the courtroom and cried out, "Your Honor, my face is like this because I used the Hibiscus Jade Skin Cream from Chunshui Pavilion. Look at this, this is the very cream that ruined my life."
As she spoke, Sun San Niang took out a delicate little white pottery jar from her bosom. The jar was about the size of a palm, and the bulging belly of the jar was carved with lifelike hibiscus flower patterns. There were also some fine gold lines drawn on it. It looked like the genuine product sold by Chunshui Pavilion.
She held the jar in both hands, crying even more bitterly: "Sir, this is the evidence! Ever since I used the contents of this jar, my face has become like this. How am I supposed to live with this face?"
The magistrate looked at the constable beside him and said in a deep voice, "Find a doctor to examine this thing and see if there is anything wrong with it."
Before long, the officials rushed in with a doctor.
He invited a doctor from Miaoshoutang.
Miaoshoutang was the largest medical clinic in Shengjing City. When the county government needed doctors, they would usually hire doctors from Miaoshoutang.
The doctor from Miaoshoutang entered the main hall, first respectfully bowing to the county magistrate, and then accepting the jar of Hibiscus Jade Skin Cream handed to him by Sun Sanniang.
He examined it carefully, smelling it under his nose and using silver needles to test for poison in the ointment, employing all sorts of testing methods.
Sun San Niang's eyes were red and she looked at the doctor with anticipation.
However, the doctor from Miaoshoutang frowned and hesitated before saying, "Sir, I haven't found anything wrong with my examination."
Upon hearing this, Sun San Niang's crying stopped abruptly, and the expectation on her face instantly turned into astonishment.
She looked at the doctor in disbelief and shrieked, "Impossible! My face is ruined like this, how could you not find anything wrong? Have you been bribed by her to deliberately cover for her?"
As she spoke, her finger trembled as she pointed at Yu Wan.
Looking at the genuine despair in Sun San Niang's eyes, Yu Wan realized it didn't seem like she was acting.
She frowned slightly, looked at the jar of Hibiscus Jade Skin Cream in the doctor's hand, and asked, "Magistrate, may I take a look at this Jade Skin Cream?"
Before the magistrate could say anything, Sun Sanniang snatched the jar back from the doctor's hands, clutching it tightly to her chest. "No!"
"You're trying to destroy the evidence, you heartless scoundrel! I will never fall for your tricks!"
Yu Wan wasn't angry even after being scolded. A faint smile appeared on her lips as she softened her voice and said, "Sun San Niang, I understand your pain and anger right now. After all, anyone would have an emotional breakdown if their face looked like that."
"But our goal now is to find out the truth. If it is a problem with my Chunshui Pavilion, I will not evade it and will definitely give you an explanation. But if someone is interfering and deliberately framing us, and we are kept in the dark, wouldn't that let the real villains go unpunished?"
Sun San Niang's body stiffened, and a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes. But when she thought of her current miserable face, her heart, which had just softened, hardened again.
She clutched the jar tightly, crying out, "Stop with your sweet talk! I've never used anything else besides this Jade Skin Cream. If it's not the Jade Skin Cream that's the problem, whose is it?!"
Sun San Niang's voice was shrill, and the county magistrate at the head of the table frowned upon hearing it. He slammed his gavel down forcefully, "Sun San Niang, since the owner of Chun Shui Ge has requested to inspect, then let her see. In this courtroom, with me here, she will not dare to act recklessly."
After hearing the magistrate's words and seeing that he had been fair and impartial throughout, without showing any favoritism towards Yu Wan, Sun San Niang gritted her teeth, torn between her inner turmoil and her own conscience.
After hesitating and struggling for a while, he reluctantly handed over the jar, muttering to himself, "If you dare to tamper with it, I'll never forgive you!"
Yu Wan nodded, "Don't worry."
She took the jar, opened the lid, and brought it close to her nose to smell it.
Then, he gently dabbed a little bit of the cream with his fingertip, held it up to the light in front of his eyes to examine it carefully, and rubbed it a few times with his fingers.
Sun San Niang was surprised that she tested it directly with her hand, and the wariness on her face lessened a bit.
She couldn't help but mutter to herself.
Could it really not be a problem with this Hibiscus Jade Skin Cream?
If there really is something wrong with this Jade Skin Cream, how could the owner of Spring Water Pavilion dare to touch it himself?
Thinking this way, she began to waver.
Yu Wan turned to look at Sun San Niang and asked her, "Sun San Niang, did you buy this Jade Skin Cream yourself at Chun Shui Pavilion, or did you send someone to buy it?"
Sun San Niang was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously replied, "Yes... I went to buy it myself. The Hibiscus Jade Skin sold out so quickly that day, I got up very early, thinking I would get there before the shop got too crowded."
Yu Wan nodded slightly. "When you bought it, were there any other customers in the store besides the shop assistant? Did anything unusual happen at the time? Did anyone else touch this box of Jade Skin Cream?"
As Sun San Niang listened to Yu Wan's words, she subconsciously recalled.
"When I arrived, there were already quite a few customers in the store, but nothing unusual happened... Wait a minute!"
Her eyes suddenly widened, as if she had thought of something. "When I finished paying and was leaving with the Jade Skin Cream, I bumped into a woman who was just entering the store. The Jade Skin Cream fell on the ground, and she picked it up and handed it to me."
Yu Wan had some guesses in her mind.
She handed the Jade Skin Cream to Sun San Niang, then turned to the magistrate and said, "Sir, I know an official who is skilled in testing poisons. Could you please ask him to test it?"
The magistrate stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and then nodded in agreement: "In that case, you are permitted to send someone to investigate and make sure to find out the truth."
Yu Wan felt relieved and whispered a few words to Xi Zhu beside her.
After receiving the order, Xizhu quickly ran out of the main hall.
Sun San Niang held the Jade Skin Cream, looking at Yu Wan with a complicated expression. Although the doubt in her eyes had not completely disappeared, there was now a hint of confusion.
"Is the Hibiscus Jade Skin Cream from Chunshui Pavilion really safe?"
Yu Wan looked at her face and sighed inwardly.
Even if there are problems with the Hibiscus Jade Skin Cream, at most it would be due to intolerance and some allergic reaction, it would absolutely not cause such damage to the face.
There's something wrong with the Jade Skin Cream in Sun San Niang's hands. Either Sun San Niang herself has offended someone, or someone is targeting her.
Yu Wan had a feeling that the latter was more likely.
Yu Wan looked at Sun San Niang with sincere eyes: "Don't worry, I know a doctor with superb medical skills. He can at least restore seven or eight tenths of your face."
Looking into Shangyu Wanqing's clear and bright eyes, Sun Sanniang now believed about 70-80% of what she said.
This kind of person doesn't seem like a heartless, unscrupulous businessman.
After waiting for a short while, Xizhu arrived with Old Man Feng.
Old Feng was seeing patients at Huichuntang today, which wasn't far away. Xizhu pulled Old Feng along and they ran all the way here in no time.
But Old Man Feng had a tough time running around, muttering to himself the whole way that if it weren't for the trouble Yu Wan was in, he definitely wouldn't have made this trip.