Chapter 4

I tried to resist, but Peter still stomped down on my other leg.

The pain caused my mind to white out. Unable to bear with the pain, I fainted.

When I woke up next, I was in the hospital.

The people still surrounded my bed and demanded that I refund them while compensating each of them five thousand dollars. It only made me feel mentally exhausted.

So, I nodded and said calmly, “Fine. From now on, I’ll refund all the people who bought medicine from me before, according to the purchase records. But as for compensation, I will not offer any.”

With that said, I turned away and ignored all of them.

Once I left, I called the drug manufacturing plant, apologized to them, and told them that I did not want to buy any special medicine anymore.

The drug manufacturing plant manager was stunned for a moment before giving me a reminder. “Mr. Zimmerman, you signed a contract with us earlier than most. That’s why you were able to buy the medicine for cheap.

“Right now, this special medicine’s price has increased to an exorbitant amount. If you give up on buying from us, we will terminate your distributorship entirely. You won’t be able to buy the medicine for such a low price anymore.”

As I stared at my cast-covered legs, I said yes resolutely.

After I got slightly better, I started dealing with the refunds.

Some people came with a ton of empty boxes. Judging by the amount, they had bought all their medicine from me over the years.

I quietly refunded these people, just as I had promised.

When I refunded the last sum, I stared at my bank account. Most of my savings were gone at that point.

I sighed.

In the end, I pulled the roller shutter down over my pharmacy with my own two hands and put an end to this short-lived and ridiculous charity work.

Then, I wrote a note on a piece of paper.

[Mercy Pharmacy will be closing down temporarily for reorganization and will reopen in half a month. We welcome everyone to visit by then.]

Upon seeing the notice, the people started spreading the word.

“Look, that scammer is closing down for reorganization!”

“Justice has finally prevailed! It feels great!”

But some people thought that things were off.

“Is he really just reorganizing? He looks like he has shut down the business.”

“Stop guessing. He must have been scared because of us and has admitted defeat. Once he reopens for business, we’ll go and cause a ruckus with Peter again to make him lower the price for the medicine even more!”

Peter grew even more smug.

He uploaded another short video on the short video platform and declared that he had led a group of cancer patients against a scammer and obtained complete victory.

For a time, everyone praised him for being a hero who cared about the people.

He received tons of praise. Some people even wanted to interview him.

As I saw how full of vigor Peter was as he spoke confidently, I just found the whole situation ironic.

I ignored them and just focused on getting my mini market ready for business.

It was actually easy to convert the pharmacy into a mini market. I just put all my remaining funds into renovating the pharmacy and installed standard market shelves before filling them with various daily necessities.

A month later, Daily Life Market was open for business.

The salesperson was my former pharmacist attendant.

Plenty of people visited the mini market, though most of them were just curious visitors.

A lot of them were residents living nearby and came to buy daily necessities.

The next afternoon, Peter brought a group of patients and their families who had finished their special medicine to my place. He strutted over like an arrogant peacock.

He was even saying smugly, “He must have learned his lesson when he reorganized his pharmacy and refunded all of you. Don’t worry, with me around, I’ll definitely make you buy the special medicine at an even cheaper price!”

With that said, he came in with the crowd to buy special medicine.