Captured Hearts: The Substitute Bride’s Gambit

Chapter 53: Chapter 53 The Real Boss Isn’t Cong Ningyuan Chapter 53: Chapter 53 The Real Boss Isn’t Cong Ningyuan The next morning, Qi Yunfan went to sign a contract with Xiao Yue and obtained a batch of medicine, temporarily resolving the hospital’s shortage.

In reality, the hospital already had some stock, but it was only enough for half a month at most, and some medicines were only sufficient for a week.

After all, stocking too much medicine would strain the inventory and disrupt the cash flow.

That night, he had been with Wen Nianyou, turning and tumbling for a long time. Wen Nianyou had been especially accommodating to him, letting him experience the pleasures of being a man.

What if Lin Chuyi was beautiful? He had pursued her for three years and hadn’t had a taste.

It was better to be with Wen Nianyou, who was average in appearance; at least he could enjoy himself.

Most importantly, Lin Chuyi’s family background was too poor and couldn’t help him at all; she would only hold him back. The Wen Family had connections and relationships and could solve his and the hospital’s problems.

In the morning, Qi Yunfan received the medicine support, and in the afternoon, Ye Chuyi received a call from Ivy: “Boss, Qi Hospital has medicine now.”

Ye Chuyi raised an eyebrow, “Who provided it to them?”

“Xiao Medical’s Xiao Yue.”

“Xiao Yue?”

“He’s a pharmaceutical middleman; he’s stockpiled quite a lot of medicine.”

Ye Chuyi laughed in amusement. She had Cong Ningyuan cut off all the pharmaceutical suppliers to Qi Hospital, yet she hadn’t expected that Qi Yunfan could still find a middleman to provide medicine.

After hanging up the phone, she called Cong Ningyuan over: “Do you know Xiao Yue?”

“I do. He’s a medicine peddler. He attended this year’s medical exchange meeting we held. I don’t know how he managed to buy an expensive invite. He landed a big contract at the meeting that should keep him fed for several years.”

The medical exchange conference hosted by Jungle Pharmaceutical was limited to hospitals and pharmaceutical companies. Middlemen were not qualified to participate because they neither could develop new drugs nor provide medication data for various diseases.

“Go ask him why he is supplying medicine to Qi Hospital. As a pharmaceutical middleman, he relies on major pharmaceutical companies for his supply. He must be extremely well-informed; I don’t believe he isn’t aware that Qi Hospital was blacklisted by us.”

Cong Ningyuan then made a phone call, and after a while, he came back and said, “I’ve asked—Xiao Yue stated he owed Qi Yunfan’s girlfriend a favor, and that’s why he’s supplying medicine to Qi Yunfan.”

“Wen Nianyou?”

Ye Chuyi was puzzled. How did Xiao Yue owe Wen Nianyou a favor? What kind of favor could make him take the risk of offending Jungle just to supply medicine to Qi Yunfan?

“Now that Xiao Yue has chosen Qi Hospital, that’s the same as standing against Jungle. Going forward, we won’t supply any medicine to his company,” she stated.

“Understood, boss.”

Cong Ningyuan wasn’t the president for nothing. No sooner had he conveyed that they would no longer supply Xiao Medical with medicine, the other pharmaceutical companies, getting wind of this, also stopped supplying Xiao Medical.

Xiao Medical.

In the office, the secretary looked troubled: “Mr. Xiao, knowing that Qi Hospital has offended Jungle Pharmaceutical, why did you still help Qi Hospital? Haven’t you seen the news? Qi Hospital bribed several media outlets to spread rumors and slander Jungle’s CEO. Jungle’s CEO cannot tolerate this.”

Xiao Yue rubbed his forehead and asked her, “How much medicine do we have left?”

“You just supplied Qi Hospital with a quarter’s worth of medicine. The remaining stock isn’t enough for our other partners. They’ve paid and reserved in advance. Now that we’re out of medicine, our reputation will likely suffer a big hit!”

“Jungle was the first to refuse supplying us, and other companies don’t want to offend Jungle at this time, so they won’t supply us either!”

“You better think of a solution quickly—if worst comes to worst, go ask Ms. Yunzhu for help!”

Xiao Yue gave her a cold glance: “This matter must not reach Yunzhu’s ears, and you are not allowed to seek her help behind my back again. If I catch you doing such a thing again, resign on your own!”

The secretary bowed her head: “Yes.”

“I don’t believe Jungle can cover the sky with one hand. If we can’t buy medicine domestically, let’s go international. However, it’s not like Cong Ningyuan to go mad over a woman; that’s not his style.”

The secretary hesitated before saying, “Mr. Xiao, have you also heard that the real owner of Jungle isn’t Cong Ningyuan at all? The actual boss behind the scenes is powerful and very mysterious. Cong Ningyuan is just good-looking and has a clean background, hence being promoted to president.”