94: Chapter 94: Father and Son Together 94: Chapter 94: Father and Son Together Su Baobao took short steps toward Jiang Yan.
This time, the distance between the two got closer and closer.
Father and son looked at each other, without uttering a word.
Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi watched nervously, not knowing why.
After a long while, the man finally spoke: “What did you just call me?”
He unconsciously slowed and softened his tone, also setting aside his usual chill and indifference.
Su Baobao answered with a childish voice tinged with a hint of pride: “Old Antique, got a problem with that?”
Jiang Yan wasn’t angry either, asking patiently: “Why?”
“Why what?”
“Why call me that?”
“Because calling you a jerk dad is impolite, duh.
So I chose this instead.
And you do look quite like an antique.”
Su Baobao replied confidently, without a hint of fear.
Jiang Yan: “…”
Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi gasped in shock!
The young master sure was bold, daring to say anything, and what a vocabulary to boot!
Both thought Master of their house would be angry, but he wasn’t.
In the past, Master would be shrouded in an emperor-like aura, powerful and overwhelmingly oppressive, even suffocating at times.
But now, there was a warmth and gentleness around Master that they had never seen before.
He leaned forward slightly, looking at Su Baobao with a gentle and soft tone: “Little guy, can you take off your hat and mask?”
Having held high authority for so long, he had always spoken with a commanding tone, rarely using such a cautious and pleading one.
Currently, Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi had only seen Master willing to lower himself in front of two people, one naturally was the Young Madam, and the other was the young master before them.
Jiang Yan remembered that the first time they met, he said “You’re not worthy to see my face.”
Su Baobao rolled his shiny black eyes.
He snorted cutely, “I’m not opposed to showing you my face…”
Jiang Yan understood immediately, “You have a condition?”
“Give me money.” His tender, childish voice rose.
The man’s lips slightly curved, “How much?”
Su Baobao tilted his little head back, full of momentum: “Two hundred per minute.”
Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi were stunned.
Was the young master also a little fortune seeker?
The man’s handsome features softened, and his deep eyes lit up with amusement, lightly saying: “Deal.”
To Su Baobao’s surprise, he agreed so readily.
Following that, Jiang Yan and others watched as he lifted his hand and did something on his wristwatch.
“What are you doing?” asked Jiang Yan.
“Timing it,” Su Baobao replied.
“…”
Jiang Yan looked at him, saying: “You don’t need to time it, my money is yours.”
But Su Baobao said: “A gentleman acquires wealth in a proper way.
Your money is yours, only the money I earn is mine.”
“I am your father.”
“You’re a Jiang, I’m a Su, we’re unrelated.
If there’s a relationship, at most you provided a seed, but it was my mommy who gave birth to and raised me,” declared Su Baobao directly.
Jiang Yan was suddenly speechless.
Listening to Su Baobao’s words, he felt conflicted.
The child was clear-headed, just as Jiang You had said, he knew everything, indeed, this child harbored no filial affections for him.
“Okay, it’s time.”
Having finished speaking, Su Baobao took off his hat and mask.
Although the three present had seen his photo before, seeing him in person felt somewhat different.
He looked even more like him in person.
Su Baobao, who had long been used to looking like the Old Antique, was not surprised at all and stood there calmly.
“It’s exactly like a miniature version of Master.”
“One large, one small.”
The two assistants whispered to each other.
Jiang Yan looked at the little face close at hand, identical to his own, with complex emotions.
There was joy, excitement, pressure, and also insecurity.
Seeing Jiang Yan continuously staring at him without speaking, Su Baobao waved his little hand in front of his eyes and uttered with his small mouth, “Old Antique, are you stunned?”
Jiang Feng, Jiang Qi: “Um…”
Jiang Yan came back to his senses, looking tenderly at him: “Did you arrange the event just now yourself?”
The little guy lifted his chin, “Yes, what about it?
You want to discipline me?
Sorry, you’re not qualified.”
Every single thing he says is actually quite aggressive, and Jiang You is right too, this little guy really doesn’t care for him.
Jiang Yan isn’t angry, but he is somewhat surprised to hear the admission.
Just a child over three years old, and he’s already trying to control these matters—it really is beyond his expectations.
This pride and intelligence of his are actually quite similar to his own.
The man looks at him with a gentle paternal expression, “Are you doing this to test me?”
Su Baobao makes eye contact: “What if I am, and what if I’m not?”
“…”
Su Baobao is just determined to be contrary today.
Jiang Yan smiles and asks, “So, are you satisfied with this test?”
Su Baobao hesitates for a moment, “It’s so-so.”
“Is it because I didn’t come and find you?”
Su Baobao blinks his round, big eyes and doesn’t say a word.
Jiang Yan knows he’s guessed correctly.
Perhaps this is what they call a father-son connection.
But Su Baobao stubbornly replies: “No!”
At such a small age, he sure has a big temper.
Jiang Yan looks at his defiant little face, soft and tender.
He wants to reach out and pinch it, but just as he’s about to stretch out his hand, Su Baobao quickly takes a few steps back.
His hand freezes in mid-air.
A hint of wariness in the little guy’s dark eyes, “What do you want?”
A touch of sadness flashes through the man’s dark, profound eyes, “Dad just wants to touch you.”
Su Baobao frowns slightly and then says: “Each touch, five hundred bucks.”
“…”
Jiang Yan chuckles helplessly, “Okay.”
The two assistants at the side and even Master think it’s terrible, having to pay to touch his own son, but it doesn’t matter; Master has plenty of money.
Also, the young master is fully displaying the true colors of a little money-grubber.
Then, Su Baobao adds, “Payment first, then transaction.”
Uh…
Jiang Yan withdraws his hand, looking at him with indulgent affection, and asks: “Alright, how should I pay?”
The three of them watch as Su Baobao fishes around in his little backpack, then pulls out a payment QR code, “There, scan this QR code to make the payment.”
“…”
Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi both have a little twitch at the corners of their foreheads and lips.
The young master is so well-prepared!
Jiang Yan raises an eyebrow slightly, “What if I want to hold you?”
Su Baobao replies with a fake smile, “Sorry, that service is not offered by the baby’s business.”
Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi: The young master is really humorous.
“Jiang Feng, pay the man,” says the man in a deep voice.
Jiang Feng promptly takes out his phone, opens the scan app, aims at the payment QR code and “beeps” with a successful scan, “Master, how many times should I pay?”
Before the man can speak, Su Baobao cuts in with his childlike voice: “This service is limited to three chances a day.”
Jiang Yan’s lips curl with amusement, “Then pay for three times.”
Jiang Feng: “Sure.”
After Jiang Feng makes the payment, he even shows the successful payment screen to Su Baobao, “Young master, take a look, the payment is made.”
Su Baobao glances at it, then looks away.
Meanwhile, at City First Hospital.
Su He is in a meeting discussing a surgical plan for a patient.
Suddenly, the solemn meeting room rings with an unusual announcement, “WeChat payment received for 1500 yuan,” and all eyes turn towards the source of the sound.
Su He is momentarily stunned, “…”
She’s used to not turning on silent mode in case someone from the hospital calls and she misses it.
Also, when did she set up this feature?
She coughs lightly, “Sorry about that, please continue, Doctor Chen.”
…
She doesn’t know what’s happening elsewhere.
Su Baobao steps forward actively, tilts his chin up, and crisply says, “Touch away, I’m very honest.”
He doesn’t forget to promote his professional ethics.
In Jiang Yan’s eyes, he’s just a mischievous little kid.
Looking at the little guy, Jiang Yan feels a wave of emotions inside, unable to put the excitement into words as he touches the little head.
It’s miraculous.
He gently pinches the chubby little face, soft and squishy.
Black and bright eyes, long and thick eyelashes, like little fans.
Becoming a father for the first time, he hadn’t been involved in the entire process of his child’s birth, and had even missed three years of his growth.
He had never been a part of any stage as the child learned to crawl, sit, walk, or call out to people.
He was completely ignorant of his interests and preferences.
“Do you like money?” Jiang Yan asked him.
Su Baobao replied readily, “Only a fool wouldn’t like money.
Baobao needs to earn money to take care of my mommy.”
“You have me for your mommy.”
“Mommy said that you guys are going to get divorced.”
Jiang Yan was taken aback for a moment and asked, “Xixi, do you want to see me and your mommy get divorced?”
“Of course, why not?
If you guys get divorced, then mommy will belong only to me.”
“…”
Jiang Yan hadn’t expected his reply to be so nonchalant.
The man looked at him with a determined and profound gaze, taking his soft little hand and said earnestly, “Xixi, your mommy and I are not going to get divorced.”
Su Baobao didn’t care about what he said; as soon as he finished speaking, he broke free from his hand and stepped back.
“Alright, three chances are up.”
Su Baobao checked the time and felt it was about right, then put his hat and mask back on, and pressed the pause button on his watch.
“Thirty-seven minutes in total, 7400 yuan, time to pay.”
Su Baobao showed the time on his watch to the man in front of him.
The three of them were slightly taken aback; this child didn’t even need to calculate, he just blurted out the amount.
It’s understandable for an adult, but he’s just a child over three years old—how could his math be so sharp?
This time, Jiang Feng consciously took out his phone, looked at Su Baobao and asked, “Young Master, how should I make the payment?”
Su Baobao took out the payment code for him to scan again.
“Beep!”
Jiang Feng: “Young Master, the payment was successful.”
Su Baobao skillfully put the QR code back into his bag.
In the hospital, Su He had just finished a meeting and stepped out of the conference room when her phone chimed again with a “WeChat receipt of 7400 yuan.” She opened WeChat to see that the nickname of the payer was a single letter: [F].
Who could it be?
Su He was quite puzzled.
A passing doctor asked, “Dr.
Su, what does your family do for business that you receive such large payments?”
Su He smiled and made up an excuse on the spot: “It’s just a friend paying me back.”
“Oh, I see.”
With her doubts, Su He returned to her office.
Before she left work, she couldn’t figure out who had transferred the money to her.
8900 yuan, what does this number signify?
Besides, she hadn’t lent money to anyone, and even if she did, nobody would borrow just a few thousand from her.
As she just left the hospital, she encountered Si Jinchuan.
Since the last time he sought her out to discuss business cooperation, he seemed to have vanished into thin air for nearly half a month and hadn’t appeared again.
“President Si, what brings you here?” Su He asked.
Si Jinchuan smiled and said, “I’d like to invite Dr.
Su to dinner.”
Su He responded with a light smile, declining, “President Si, I’m sorry, but I already have an appointment.”
“It seems I’ve come at a bad time.
Should I make an appointment in advance next time?” he joked with her.
Not wanting to speculate on his motives, Su He said, “President Si, if it’s about the cooperation, I can give you an answer now.”
“The company we’re considering for the cooperation isn’t just yours; there are other companies involved.
I have delegated this matter to the relevant personnel.
They will organize a bidding process for all the competing companies in a week, ensuring fairness and justice.”
“Therefore, you don’t have to come to me about this in the future because it won’t make a difference.”
After Si Jinchuan heard her, he chuckled, “You wouldn’t think that I came to ask for a backdoor deal, would you?”
Su He kept silent.
“I came to you because I want you to save someone.”
Su He frowned slightly in confusion, raising her eyebrows.
“My sister, she has a heart problem.” His deep, dark eyes focused on her: “I’ve heard that you are a renowned cardiac surgeon.”
Su He: “President Si, there are plenty of surgeons more famous than I am, you needn’t…”
“No, you are the only one I am confident can perform her surgery, Doctor Nil.”
Su He was momentarily stunned.
Si Jinchuan’s deep gaze captured her expression, “It seems I haven’t guessed wrong.
You are the mysterious surgical master in the medical field, Nil.”
He had actually been looking for her over these past dozen days.
After finding some key clues, he zeroed in on Su He, because there were too many coincidences.
Nil had taken a leave of absence three months ago, and Su He happened to return to Yue City during that time, attaining the position of deputy director at a young age—something rarely seen in the hospital.
In addition, she was Old Mr.
Yuan’s successor, and there had been speculation that the mysterious surgical master Nil could be one of Old Mr.
Yuan’s disciples, but very few had ever seen her in person.
That’s because Nil met only with patients’ families, and those who had contact with her were tacitly silent about her identity, with the confidentiality work done exceedingly well.
As for how she managed to do it, it remained unknown to everyone.
–
The next day.
City First Hospital.
Su He arrived early in the morning to make the rounds.
After rounding, she returned to her office.
Before long, Lu Zhenyu arrived, “Director, Si Qianqian’s test results are out.”
“Okay, got it.”
As Su He spoke, she opened Si Qianqian’s diagnostic report.
Dilated cardiomyopathy, enlargement of both ventricles, caused by abnormal body metabolism.
After reading the report, Su He leaned back in her chair, arms crossed over her chest, and squinted her eyes.
Lu Zhenyu saw her frown and also peered over to take a look.
“Holy shit!”
“She’s lacking four of the eight essential trace elements necessary for the human body.”
“How miserable was this child’s life before?” Lu Zhenyu looked at Su He, his face full of perplexity.
Su He gave him a glance, “How should I know, she’s not related to me.”
Lu Zhenyu: “But when she came over this morning to handle the hospital admission procedure, she didn’t seem like a child from a poor family.
She had bodyguards and a nanny with her; that’s totally the persona of a young lady.”
Su He didn’t have the time to indulge in his gossip.
Si Qianqian was currently experiencing severe heart failure and was in the middle to late stages.
With her current condition, aside from heart transplant surgery, other treatments wouldn’t be very effective.
But—
Finding a compatible heart donor was not easy at all.
So many people nationwide were queued up waiting for a donor organ.
“Lu Zhenyu, go and contact her family, have a talk with them, and inform them of Si Qianqian’s condition; her current treatment plan can only be a heart transplant operation,” Su He said gravely.
“Understood, will do.”
–
Just past noon.
While Su He was eating the lunch sent over by Qing Yue in her office, she received another payment notification on WeChat, “You’ve received a payment of 666 yuan.” She glanced at it, and again, it was from the same nickname.
At this moment, Jiang Yan, Su Baobao, and Su Heng were sitting in a private room at Taoyao Inn.
Su Heng had been bribed by Su Baobao, mainly because she had some dirt on him.
He had never anticipated that Su Baobao would secretly meet Jiang Yan behind her sister’s back.
If their sister found out, she would probably go crazy.
Even though he thought this, he immediately called out to Jiang Yan, saying, “Brother-in-law.”
“Brother-in-law, why don’t you and Xixi eat together?
I’ll go home and eat by myself; I won’t disturb you two,” Su Heng said.
Actually, he wanted to escape.
If his sister found out that he brought Xixi to have a meal with the man before him, his legs might genuinely be in jeopardy.
If he didn’t eat, at least, he could find an excuse to get out of the blame later.
Su Baobao had already seen through his thoughts.
She turned her head, looking up at him with an innocent face, “Little Uncle, don’t even think about running away.
After all, if Mommy finds out, you’ll be in trouble too.
You were the one who took me to the bar, so if I hadn’t bumped into Old Antique there, none of this would have happened.”
Su Heng: “…”
He was speechless, truly speechless!
He began to suspect that it was Su Yimo who had set him up!
After the meal, Jiang Yan had to return to the company for a special meeting; otherwise, he might have spent the entire day with Su Yimo.
He asked Jiang Feng to drive them back home.
Back at Pear Garden Pavilion, Su Heng couldn’t help but ask, “Xixi, you’re not really forgiving him, are you?”
Su Baobao promptly replied, “Of course not, I’m making money.”
“Huh?”
“Little Uncle, haven’t you noticed how easy it is to make money from my Old Antique dad?”
Su Heng remembered that during the meal, Xixi suddenly took out a payment QR code, mentioning something like “Each meal together costs five hundred yuan.” He didn’t think much of it at the time; his mind was preoccupied with the thought that everything would be over if Su He found out.
Su Heng learned from his brother Su Zhimian why his sister had been hiding Xixi, but now that person had found out, so…
“Xixi, aren’t you afraid that your dad will take you away from your mom?
They are getting a divorce, after all.”
Su Baobao pouted, “I’m not afraid.
I’ll always be Mommy’s baby, and I don’t care about that Old Antique.”
“Then you’re not allowed to meet him again.”
“No way, I need to make money.”
“…”
In the afternoon, just as Su He had woken up.
“Bang!”
“Director Su, it’s terrible!
That Si Qianqian, she’s going to jump from the building!”
“What?!”