Zhouzhuang.
The autumn sun was gentle, not scorching.
In the fields, the late-season rice had already been harvested, leaving only golden stubble.
A Japanese man in a trench coat, pulling a suitcase, appeared at the village entrance, looking completely out of place.
His name was Yoshida, an employee in the China liaison department of Japan's Ryukakusan Co., Ltd.
This time, he was on a secret mission to Dragon Country to investigate a competitor—Ding's Pharmaceutical Factory and its unexpectedly successful "Watermelon Frost."
When he first arrived, his luck was good.
In a Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, he ran into the inventor of Watermelon Frost.
Unfortunately, the man didn't know what was good for him and rejected their acquisition offer.
But Yoshida didn't give up.
After making inquiries in various places, Yoshida finally found the source of the raw materials for Ding's Watermelon Frost: a small village called Zhouzhuang.
