Yu Zhaoyi was so angry he couldn't vent it looking at his useless son.
Not long ago, he thought his son had struck gold, latched onto someone important, and could follow in the footsteps of the popular young master.
This led him to swallow his pride and fawn over his son, cooking him delicious meals and acting subserviently. Turns out, he had overestimated things.
In the end, his son couldn't even be a proper sycophant.
Were the standards for sycophants this high these days?
Yu Zhaoyi glanced at Yu Wei. Yu Wei, seeing his father's displeased gaze, was startled and stammered, "Dad, what are you doing?"
"I've discovered a problem," Yu Zhaoyi said, propping up his chin and scrutinizing him.
"What problem?" Yu Wei asked quickly.
"From today onwards, you will only eat one meal a day. You'll go running for half an hour in the morning and evening. Do nothing else during the day but stay in the gym."
Yu Zhaoyi was very pleased with his own idea.
But Yu Wei couldn't accept it. One meal a day?
"Is that something a living person would do?"
"Dad, I'll die," Yu Wei refused without hesitation.
"If I don't eat, what's the point of living?"
"With mouths above and below, all needs must be met."
"Don't you realize, out of the four of you, you're the fattest? They aren't fat, so Xia Lin took them as her sycophants. Xia Lin probably finds you, a fat dog, disgusting and it's embarrassing to keep you around. Don't you have any self-awareness?"
Yu Zhaoyi didn't spare his son any face, his words piercing Yu Wei's heart and leaving him utterly ashamed.
"It's my fault for being fat?"
"Didn't you feed me so much when I was young?"
"Imported beef, free-range chicken, ginseng and bird's nest eaten like grass. And now you blame me?"
"No, give me some more time. If that doesn't work, I'll go on a diet, okay?"
Yu Wei refused again and began to negotiate with his father.
"I'll give you one month. If you still can't be Xia Lin's sycophant by then, you'll honestly go on a diet yourself."
After speaking, Yu Zhaoyi turned and left. Looking at his son's obese figure, he felt a surge of nausea.
He used to look quite cute. Why did he look uglier and uglier now? Such a waste of good genes.
Yu Wei watched his father leave, feeling uncertain. A month wasn't long or short, it would pass in a blink.
He needed to find a good excuse to stay by Xia Lin's side.
Even if it meant sleeping on the floor and scrubbing toilets every day.
If all else fails, he'd just eat his fill this month. That was the only way.
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Hong Kong.
St. Mary's Hospital!
Cheng Wei and his family waited anxiously outside the emergency room.
"Big Brother, how are Mom and Dad?"
Just then, several people ran over, the man leading them asking anxiously.
He was Cheng Qinian's second son, Cheng Dong. Cheng Dong had rushed over with his family.
"Where's Third Sister?" Cheng Wei asked with a frown.
"Third Sister is still in Macau and is on her way here. How are Mom and Dad?" Cheng Dong asked worriedly.
His parents had always been in good health. How could they suddenly fall ill at the same time?
There were no warning signs at all. If Cheng Dong didn't trust his elder brother, he would have suspected Cheng Wei of poisoning them.
"I don't know either. Let's wait for the doctor to come out," Cheng Wei replied irritably, pacing back and forth at the emergency room entrance.
About half an hour later, the emergency room's rescue light extinguished, and the doctor emerged.
Cheng Wei and Cheng Dong immediately crowded around, asking anxiously, "Doctor, how are my parents?"
"Young Master Cheng, we did our best. We couldn't find the cause of the illness. Their bodies are very weak, and they likely won't last two days," the doctor stated directly, not concealing the severity of the situation.
There was no point in hiding it anymore. It was a matter of two days. If you can prepare for the funeral, do so quickly."
"This... how is that possible? Is it your fault?" Cheng Dong was shocked.
"How can people who were fine just disappear like this?"
"And they can't even find the cause of illness. What era is this? Is that still an excuse?"
"They say St. Mary's Hospital is the best hospital in Hong Kong. This is ridiculous."
"Young Master Cheng the Second, if you don't trust our hospital, you can transfer them at any time," the doctor said with a helpless shrug.
"My abilities are limited. I've done all I can. Besides, your Cheng family has some status in Hong Kong, they wouldn't dare to be careless."
"Transfer them," Cheng Wei said, immediately asking the hospital to arrange transportation for his parents to Elizabeth Hospital.
Ultimately, the diagnosis at Elizabeth Hospital was the same.
The cause of the illness could not be detected. Their bodies were weak, and after this ordeal, they might not even last two days.
Upon hearing this result, Cheng Wei slumped powerlessly onto the hospital corridor floor.
This was a bolt from the blue. He knew his own capabilities clearly. If his father passed away, he wouldn't be able to take over the family business.
As for Cheng Dong, he was even worse, good for nothing but eating, drinking, and playing.
At least he could still pretend to be important by leveraging the family name.
"Big Brother, Second Brother, how are Mom and Dad?"
At this moment, a young and beautiful woman, accompanied by a man, ran over.
She was Cheng Qinian's youngest daughter, Cheng Kexin, and beside her was her foreign boyfriend. They had just rushed over from Macau.
"The doctor said Mom and Dad won't last two days," Cheng Dong said weakly.
"Won't last two days?"
Cheng Kexin was struck by lightning. They were fine yesterday, and today they're saying they won't last two days?
"What kind of illness is it? Even a terminal illness has a buffer period, right?" Cheng Kexin asked anxiously, tears welling up.
"We don't know. The hospital couldn't find the cause," Cheng Dong explained.
"Then transfer them quickly! I don't believe every hospital in Hong Kong can't find it," Cheng Kexin said urgently.
"Transfer them? These two are the best hospitals in Hong Kong. We just transferred them from St. Mary's. They said they'd last two days there. After this ordeal, they might not even last two days now. If we transfer them again, Mom and Dad will die on the road," Cheng Wei scolded.
"You're the only one worried, the only one concerned about Mom and Dad? Who isn't concerned?"
"If only they were in our Great Britain," Cheng Kexin's foreign boyfriend commented.
Cheng Wei and Cheng Dong glanced at him and said nothing. Even if the hospitals in Great Britain were better, it would be too late.
Besides, they knew how good or bad their Great Britain's hospitals were.
"Big Brother, Second Brother, remember that Chinese medicine doctor at the US medical exchange conference last time who could bring people back from the dead? Can we find him for help?"
Cheng Kexin's eyes lit up, as if she had found a lifeline.
"Who even knows who he is? How are you going to find him?" Cheng Wei said.
"Xia Feng's face was completely blurred out. Where are you going to find him?"
"Even if we found that doctor through someone else, it's not certain he'd be willing to come."