Chapter 23 Section five

The layout of the store was just as she had imagined, there was nothing strange about it, it was just darker than ordinary stores.As soon as Mariko made a sound, a middle-aged man in white clothes came out. Because of his beard, he didn't look like a pharmacy owner, but a construction worker. Looking carefully, the sleeves of the white clothes were a little dirty. "Do you want to buy cold medicine?" the pharmacy owner asked in a soft voice. "If you're looking for cold medicine, you've come to the right place." "No, I'm not here to buy cold medicine." Mariko said in a firm voice. "I want to buy the medicine that man bought just now."

"That man just now?" The pharmacy owner frowned and said, shrugging his shoulders as if puzzled. "What the hell is going on here?" "A man should have come to buy medicine just now, and I also want to buy the medicine that man bought." "Don't just say things that people don't understand, okay?" "You can pretend that you don't understand, but I have to buy the same medicine. If you can sell it to that person, can't you sell it to me? Is that a medicine that can't be sold to me?" Anxiety and doubt gripped Mariko deeply, causing her to question her like this, but the other party just smiled wryly.

"I do not know what you're talking about?" "I mean the person who came to your store to buy medicine just now and..." "Please wait a moment." The pharmacy owner interrupted Mariko's conversation by waving his fat hand. "You said that someone came to our store to buy medicine just now, but today you are the first customer in our store!" "Don't talk nonsense..." "I'm not talking nonsense, what I said is the truth, the first customer to come to our store today is you." "You don't make any sense at all." Mariko said with a raised voice. "Didn't a male guest walk out just now? It was a man with a thin body, high cheekbones, and a dark navy blue coat..."

Mariko told the pharmacy owner about her husband's appearance and clothes, but the pharmacy owner's expression didn't change at all. "I don't know the person you're talking about. Could it be that you made a mistake? Perhaps the person entered the candy store next door, and you mistook him for entering the poor store." "No, that person did enter your store. Are there any other clerks in your store?" "My wife passed away two years ago, and I am the only one left to run the shop. Why do you ask this?" "If that's the case, you received that customer. Before I came, that person should be in the store."

"It's really nerve-wracking." The pharmacy owner said with a wry smile. "You are the first guest today. This is absolutely true. If you don't believe it, there is nothing I can do." "No, you're lying." Mariko stared at the other party, her voice became very rude.She clearly saw her husband enter the pharmacy with her own eyes, it was definitely not an illusion, but why did the pharmacist Lao Yue lie?Why dare not tell the truth? "I saw that person enter your store with my own eyes, and stayed for five or six minutes before leaving." "No matter what you say, you are the first customer to come to the door today."

The owner of the pharmacy repeated this sentence with a smile on his lips. It seemed that no matter how much he asked, the other party would always answer the same thing. Mariko felt that there was a thick wall in front of him. If the debate continues like this, it will definitely turn into deadly bickering. As soon as Mariko fell silent, the old pharmacist asked, "What kind of medicine do you want to buy?" The tone of the pharmacy boss was very impatient, as if he would leave early if he had nothing else to do. Mariko forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart and walked out of the pharmacy. Because of the anger, her whole face turned red. The other party must have been bribed by her husband, and the husband must give him money. Please don’t say anything. Collusion is good.

This idea can be proved by the husband looking around in panic when he enters and leaves the Kokubo Pharmacy. The husband must have purchased medicine that cannot be made public. (What kind of medicine is it?)