The Crazy Son-In-Law

Xiao Shun never expected the Xue family to readily agree to give him half of what they had.

He put all the herbs and the ginseng root into a jar and boiled them all into a bowl of tea according to the formula he had kept in his mind. He dipped his finger in the tea and took a sniff and finally he smiled.

Then he just lay casually on the living room couch watching TV.

At around ten at night, when he was almost asleep, he was woken up by a ringing phone. He looked at the number and it was still Zhou Shuqing. He smiled bashfully. It looked like it’s time.

“Dr. Zhou, is there something wrong at this late hour?” Xiao Shun asked lazily.

“It’s me, Xue Sihai, Ki… Master Xiao, can you come to the hospital?” At the other end of the phone, Xue Sihai said with anxiousness.

Those experts from the capital arrived in the evening, yet none of them could help them. He could only find Zhou Shuqing and use Zhou Shuqing’s phone to call Xiao Shun.

Xiao Shun didn’t refuse him. He got up and went back to the kitchen and packed up the tea in a plastic bag. About half an hour later, he arrived at the hospital.

Xue Sihai had been waiting for him in front of the hospital for a long time.

When he saw him approaching, he hurried up and apologized, “Master Xiao, I was too impulsive this morning, please forgive me. As long as you can save my son, you can have whatever you want.”

Xiao Shun gave him a look and laughed softly, “Really?”

Xue Sihai assured, “Of course, I’ve always kept my word.”

“That’s good.”

Xiao Shun laughed lightly and went along with Xue Sihai to the ward.

Outside the ward stood several doctors in white coats, all of whom were over forty years old.

“Mr. Xue? This is the doctor you got?” A man wearing thick glasses said in surprise.

Xue Sihai ignored him with a cold face. These were the experts he had found specifically from the capital, but they couldn’t even give him a treatment plan by now. He had long been disappointed with them in his heart, so he led Xiao Shun directly into the ward.

At this moment, Xue Cheng was even worse than in the morning, panting loudly with his mouth open, as if he might suffocate at any moment.

Zhao Yuqiu sat by the bed and kept sobbing.

Xiao Shun directly handed the bag he was holding to Xue Sihai, “Feed it to him.”

Xue Sihai looked at the dark brown tea he handed over and froze for a moment, hesitantly accepting it. He really didn’t know what to do.

But if he didn’t, he might waste the last chance of his son’s survival.

“Can’t you trust me? If you wait any longer, he could really choke to death. I told you, he won’t live through the night.”

Xiao Shun could see his doubts, but at this point, that was all he could say.

For the sake of air circulation, the door of the ward was open, and the group of experts from the capital outside the door were all standing curiously at the doorway looking over towards the place.

Xue Sihai gritted his teeth and walked forward, slowly feeding the tea in the bag into Xue Cheng’s mouth.

The whole world went silent, except for the subtle beeping sounds from the electronic device next to it.

For about twenty minutes, Xue Cheng finally closed his mouth and swallowed hard.

A touch of surprise surfaced in the gaze of the couple.

“It worked?” Xue Sihai asked as he looked at Xiao Shun.

Xiao Shun nodded, “But it’s only temporary. He has just got himself another day.”

“What about later? Please save my son.” After he found that the tea had work, Xue Sihai finally believed that he could save his son.

“No problem, but… did your son ever mention to you about the bet between us?”

Xue Sihai was silent for a moment, remembering that Xue Cheng did say in the morning that he had made a bet with Xiao Shun. He nodded his head hastily and said, “Yes.”

“And did he ever say what the stakes are?”

“Half of what we have…” muttered Xue Sihai, baffled for a moment.

He snapped his head up, “Wasn’t that a joke? How…”

“I never took it as a joke, and I’m afraid your son didn’t take it as a joke either.”

“This… let me think about it.” Xue Sihai hesitated for a moment and said.

Zhao Yuqiu immediately became anxious and said, “Xue Sihai, our son is about to die. What else are you considering? Are you planning to take all that money of yours into your grave?”

Naturally, Xue Sihai knew that at his current age he couldn’t possibly have another child, and what was he working so hard for? That was for his child. If Xue Cheng died, his money would be meaningless.

But only he knew how hard it was for him to earn that much money.

How could he just give him half of it? How could his son gamble that much?

“It’s okay. You have another day.” Xiao Shun was in no hurry.

“Dad, save me…” At this moment Xue Cheng finally opened his eyes and pleaded in a hoarse voice.

This plea caused Xue Sihai to feel an overwhelming pain in his heart. He raised his head to look at Xiao Shun and said helplessly, “Alright, I will transfer the money to you, but it will take time.”

“Forget it, I need money now, and since you have agreed, I can just take fifty million in cash. I have to see the money tomorrow.”

Xiao Shun said after a moment’s thought.

The Starline Bio auction was coming up and he really needed the cash.

Fifty million in cash was also a huge outlay for a business worth hundreds of millions, but it’s already so much better than half of what he had.

Xue Sihai immediately nodded and said, “Then thank you very much, Master Xiao, I’ll have the money ready right away.”

Xiao Shun nodded, “I’ll send you the number afterwards.”

He slowly left the ward as a group of doctors outside the ward watched.

He was just walking out of the emergency room when a man about fifty came running up from behind, panting, “Young man, please stay.”

“Is something wrong?” Xiao Shun asked.

“Oh, I’m Xu Kaichi. Just now I saw how you helped that Mr. Xue stop his wheezing with just certain herbal tea. That was marvelous. Do I have this honor to have your number?”

Xu Kaichi handed over a business card and said. He looked pretty friendly.

Xiao Shun reached out and took the card and glanced at it, “It’s not a big deal. If I ever get to the capital, I might pay you a visit. I don’t have a business card, but you can have my number.”

Xu Kaichi then hastily out his phone and jotted down his number.