Chapter 28
“Father, you smashed my courtyard, and I smashed yours. This debt is even.”
Su Yingxue looked at the mess in satisfaction and clapped her hands.
Her eyes reflected the moonlight, and it was so cold that it made people panic. “Father, as for the matter of you sending people to surround my medical center, I will also settle it with you properly!”
“You bastard! Bastard!”
Su Dingheng held onto the treasure that Su Yingxue had smashed and cried out. His miserable voice could be heard by the entire Marquis’s Manor.
Zhilan watched from outside the door and quickly handed a handkerchief to Su Yingxue. Her eyes were filled with reverence. “Miss, you’ve worked hard. Quickly wipe your sweat.”
Su Yingxue pinched her soft cheeks and praised her, “How thoughtful!”
Zhilan remembered how Su Yingxue tried her best to please Su Dingheng when Su Dingheng despised her. Now that she saw her like this, she felt especially relieved.
Su Yingxue patted her head. “Today, I exercised my muscles and bones and I’m going to have a good sleep. I have more important things to do tomorrow.”
“Alright!” Zhilan also became excited like Su Yingxue.
The next morning, Su Yingxue brought Zhilan out and went to a grain and oil shop.
This shop was also left behind by Su Yingxue’s mother. Previously, she had foolishly given it to Su Dingheng. It was one of the three shops in Su Dingheng’s hands that did not lose money and were the most profitable.
Su Dingheng sealed off her medical center, so she would take back his shop!
She remembered that in her previous life, the person who managed this shop was Su Dingheng’s confidant, Zhang Qi. He had a son at an old age, but his youngest son was born with a congenital deficiency. He had been taking medicine all year round to keep his life, but he still could not live past eight years old. If she calculated the time, he would die at the end of this year.
Su Yingxue found Zhang Qi in the grain and oil shop and directly told him her purpose for coming. “This shop was left behind by my mother. Now, you should hand over the account book to me and let me take care of it.”
Zhang Qi had heard that Su Yingxue was different from before, but he still subconsciously looked at her with disdain. “Miss, are you able to read the accounts? Do you know how to do business and manage the shop?”
“Miss doesn’t need you to teach her! You only need to know that your boss is Miss and not anyone else!” Zhilan said in an imposing manner.
Zhang Qi rolled his eyes. “I only listen to the Marquis’s orders. If there’s nothing else, please leave.”
“I don’t have much to do. I just don’t know if your seriously ill son can live past this year if he doesn’t get treated properly.” A trace of regret flashed across Su Yingxue’s eyes. After saying that, she stood up and was about to leave.
Zhang Qi suddenly became nervous. “Wait! Miss, what did you mean by that? Could it be that you have a way to cure my son’s illness?”
“Tongchang Medical Center that’s run by Miss has recently hired a genius doctor. Hasn’t Manager Zhang heard of this?” Zhilan winked playfully.
Zhang Qi thought about it carefully and remembered Tongchang Medical Center. It was quite famous more than ten years ago, but it had been silent for a long time. It was said that it had expanded and reopened recently. If they really had a genius doctor who could cure his son…
Zhang Qi knelt in front of Su Yingxue, his eyes pleading. “If the genius doctor in Miss’s medical center can cure my son, I’m willing to do my best for you.”
“Take your son and follow me to the medical center.”
“Alright!”
Zhang Qi was so excited that he immediately went home to carry his son and brought him to the medical center.
He wanted to go with his son to see the genius doctor, but Manager Qi stopped him with a smile. “Apologies. Outsiders are not allowed to approach when the genius doctor is doing a consultation.”
Zhang Qi had no choice but to wait outside.
Two hours later, Su Yingxue brought his son out. His originally sickly and skinny son was now holding Su Yingxue’s hand and walking downstairs.
Zhang Qi’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Son… You… You can walk!”
“That’s right, Father. I feel much better. Moreover, I’m very hungry…” A smile appeared on the child’s face.
Zhang Qi nodded excitedly. “I’ll bring you home for dinner!”
Zhang Qi picked up his son and kowtowed to Su Yingxue. “Thank you, Miss, for saving my son. The shop belongs to you, so I will definitely return it!”
“Manager Zhang, if you are willing, I will still let you manage the shop. However, the shop will belong to me from now on.”
Su Yingxue’s face was cold and her tone was fierce.
Zhang Qix had his misgivings, but he could tell that compared to Su Dingheng, who was just sitting around and enjoying the fruits of his labor, Su Yingxue was more ruthless and decisive. She was a better boss.
He gritted his teeth and lowered his head. “As long as my son is fine, I will definitely take care of the shop for you.”
“This is the first medicine. Give it to your son according to the prescription on it. I guarantee that he will grow up like a normal child, but if you betray me…” Su Yingxue’s eyes flashed with a bloodthirsty sharpness.
Zhang Qi trembled in fear. “I wouldn’t dare!”
Between his loyalty to Su Dingheng and his son’s life, Zhang Qi would naturally choose the latter!
After all, no one would abandon their own bloodline!
The news of Su Yingxue taking over the grain and oil shop quickly reached Su Dingheng’s ears. Su Dingheng had not received the shop’s revenue for the current month. When he saw the tens of thousands of taels of silver that originally belonged to him go into Su Yingxue’s purse, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.
He wanted to go to Su Yingxue’s courtyard and smash it up, but then he remembered that his courtyard had been smashed by Su Yingxue.
She would seek revenge for the smallest grievance. If she smashed his courtyard again, wouldn’t he suffer even more?
Su Dingheng was so angry that he paced back and forth. He had wanted to wait for Su Yingxue to come back and scold her, but she did not care at all. Instead, she ignored him.
Su Yingxue knew that Su Dingheng had lost the silver and was holding back her anger. She was very happy and gave the servants in the courtyard a reward. She even gave them better food.
Su Yurou passed by Su Yingxue’s courtyard. Even she could not help but smell the smell of a feast being cooked inside.
Zhilan and Old Madam Zhang bought fresh bird’s nests to stew. Seeing Su Yurou at the door, Zhilan laughed loudly and said, “Auntie Zhang, this bird’s nest is really expensive. It must be especially nourishing!”
“That’s right. Our Miss is amazing. Even servants like us could eat the bird’s nest with Miss.”
“Miss rewarded us with three taels of bird’s nest each! We have to nourish ourselves.”
Zhilan and Old Madam Zhang chatted and laughed as they entered the courtyard.
When Su Yurou heard their words, her face contorted in anger. “You two cheap maids don’t deserve to eat three taels worth of bird’s nest! What right do they have!”
“Young Miss, the Eldest Young Miss is too much! You only have one or two taels worth of bird’s nest every day! Isn’t she clearly showing off!” Yuan Ruo’s eyes had a sour expression.
They were both serving misses. Zhilan and Old Madam Zhang each had three taels worth of bird’s nests to eat, but she had never even smelled a bird’s nest before!
Su Yurou twisted the handkerchief in her hand. “She’s not showing off. She’s deliberately slapping me in the face!”
She was so angry that she ran to Su Dingheng to complain, saying that she also wanted three taels worth of bird’s nests a day.