Divine Doctor Mommy Is A True Big Shot-Chapter 651: Bandit Trouble?

Feng Xiaoli was really famished, dragging at Hei Dian’s ear with feeble resignation.

"Black Lightning, I can’t go on."

If Black Lightning were human, it might just roll its eyes dramatically. Was that so-called walking?

Nonetheless, Black Lightning was rather considerate and halted in its tracks, fearful that it was going too fast. With the empty stomach of Feng Xiaoli, a slight mishap might result in her losing her grip and falling off.

Moreover, after all the traveling, Black Lightning felt a bit peckish as well.

Beastly howls traveled from distant to near, but this wasn’t the time for Feng Xiaoli to be bothered by a grumbling stomach, as they were still some distance from Baidi City.

However, night was gradually falling, and if they didn’t search for food soon, finding sustenance at night would become significantly more difficult.

Black Lightning thought for a moment, then surveyed the surroundings, spotting a dense ancient tree in front.

It would take about seven or eight adults to encompass the ancient tree, with a very dense canopy. The thick green leaves blocked any view of people and beasts below.

This was a natural hiding spot.

With a few leaps, Black Lightning was seen skillfully climbing up the ancient tree. As a wolf, it shouldn’t be able to climb, but as the Wolf King that had been following Feng Xiaoli around for quite some time, and having drunk from Madame Bai Ling’s Spiritual Spring and Spiritual Wine, tree climbing was no trouble at all.

Black Lightning had Feng Xiaoli lie on a sturdy branch, calling out to her a few times, essentially telling her to wait there while it went to look for food.

Feng Xiaoli obediently nodded and lay on the branch, looking listless like a little tree bear.

Having made sure Feng Xiaoli was settled, Black Lightning soon turned into a shadow, merging into the gloomy dusk.

Feng Xiaoli lay bored on the branch and, without realizing it, fell asleep.

Around the same time, Feng Bailing had just entered Baidi City. After finding out the whereabouts of Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, she went to find Lady Lai.

What Feng Bailing hadn’t expected was, just as she arrived at the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, she saw a crowd surrounding the entrance, with the doors tightly shut.

The crowd was furious and making a commotion at the entrance.

"Open up! If you don’t open, we’ll start smashing!"

"Phoenix Chamber of Commerce has no business integrity. The goods they promised have been delayed for over ten days with no sign of them."

"Give us back our hard-earned money!"

The people were banging on the doors of Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. Feng Bailing quickly squeezed through the crowd to get closer.

"Big brother, I’m here to buy goods. What’s happening with Phoenix Chamber of Commerce?"

Feng Bailing feigned an inquisitive, passerby tone.

The man turned to look at Feng Bailing, shaking his head irritably.

"You were swindled by Phoenix Chamber of Commerce too? Sigh, we are really unlucky. We thought we could make a profit with the goods from Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, but now it seems like we can’t even get our capital back."

The surrounding crowd started talking all at once. Only then did Feng Bailing come to understand the situation. These were customers of Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, not regular ones but small merchants from nearby towns and cities.

Phoenix Chamber of Commerce was much larger now compared to before. With villages other than Xinqi Village able to supply goods, the quantity of merchandise had greatly increased. Apart from selling to the usual customers, they also sold large batches of goods to the small merchants and larger businessmen from around.

The retail-to-wholesale model also won the hearts of merchants from various places, and it was a strategy specially devised by Feng Bailing to expand the influence of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. However, in the past half month, trouble arose for the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.

The goods promised by the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce were said to have been stolen by thieves, and it happened several times. With the goods lost, the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce couldn’t deliver on time, yet the merchants’ advance payments had already been made. Therefore, merchants from the neighboring towns all came to Baidi City to settle accounts with the people of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.

Lost the goods?

Feng Bailing raised an eyebrow, her brow furrowed.

"Everyone, please calm down. We have located the whereabouts of the robbed goods and will return them to everyone first thing tomorrow morning."

Just as everyone was criticizing the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, they saw Lady Lai hurrying over from the side, her forehead covered in sweat. She apologized to the merchants, saying that for this batch of goods, they would share some of the profits with everyone.

After hearing this, the merchants finally stood down. Once the merchants had dispersed, Lady Lai also let out a sigh of relief.

Only then did Feng Bailing step forward.

"Aunt Li, what exactly is going on?"

Aunt Li was both surprised and delighted to see Feng Bailing and quickly opened the shop door to let her in.

"Miss Feng, it’s good that you are here. Finally, there’s news from the Soldier Inn."

Lady Lai then told Bailing that the goods the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce had been sending to various places had been having issues recently.

When the first batch of goods ran into trouble, Lady Lai notified Chu City right away, but at the time Feng Bailing and the others had not yet returned from Qinghe City, so Lady Lai had no choice but to hire local mercenaries to escort the subsequent goods herself.

It was thought that this would ensure the safety of the goods, but unexpectedly, a group of highly skilled bandits appeared, hijacking some of the merchandise mid-journey, and even the mercenaries hired to ensure a safe passage were left battered and bruised.

Having no other recourse, Lady Lai contacted the Zhang Brothers, who in turn got in touch with Feng Luochen, asking him to make a trip to Baidi City.

"Not long after Brother Feng arrived, we got news."

Lady Lai began to relay the fresh information just received from the Soldier Inn that day...

Night had fallen when Feng Xiaoli heard a scattered noise.

She twitched her nose, and her normally droopy eyes snapped open all of a sudden.

She thought Hei Dian had returned, bringing her food, as she could smell the aroma of something edible, but when she looked down again,

She saw a group of people walking underneath the tree.

Around twenty to thirty individuals, all clad in black night gear with their faces covered by cloth, were driving cart after cart of baggage.

The rumble of the cartwheels resonated as they made their way deeper into the woods. Since Hei Dian had taken only small forest paths to avoid detection, ordinary people wouldn’t walk this way, but these people driving the carts obviously were up to no good.

Feng Xiaoli’s eyes widened; small in stature and hidden in the canopy, no one noticed her presence.

Within this group of black-clad individuals, a tall man took the lead, urging those behind him to move faster.

"Hasn’t any of you eaten?"

"Big brother, why don’t we just sell these goods directly, why bother hiding them?"

The path through the woods was treacherous with hunters’ traps encountered several times. Even though these men in black were battle-hardened, they were visibly exhausted.

As the night deepened, fierce beasts were rumored to dwell in these jungles, making everyone on edge. Feng Xiaoli, perched up on the tree, also held her breath and listened intently.