"Old Su, what should we do... I'm afraid the Chen couple must hate us to death now..."
After hanging up the phone, Mrs. Su said worriedly to Mr. Su, "You didn't see her. When Old Chen's daughter-in-law saw me this morning, her eyes weren't eyes, her nose wasn't a nose."
"I just wanted to talk to my own grandchild, and she wouldn't let me, kept saying it's their Chen Family's grandchild... It's really killing me."
"All these years of neighborly relations, just trashed by those two young ones..."
Mr. Su sucked on his cigarette restlessly, and after a long pause, his voice still carried an angry sputter as he said, frustrated yet helpless, "Children are debts... As a woman, you always have to suffer a bit. Later, we'll go and try to persuade them again..."
"I don't know what's gotten into our daughter recently, she won't listen to a word of advice... She used to be so obedient..."
"As parents, would we hurt her? Isn't everything for her own good?..."
As they spoke, Mrs. Su suddenly realized a problem, "Now that they're divorced, where will our daughter live with Yaya?"
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Xi Muqian waited for Yaya to finish the breakfast in front of her, then cleaned up after the little girl. Listening closely to the sounds from the dining room, and seeing that all was calm, he then appeared before Su Li with a smile, holding Yaya in his arms.
"Yaya, tell Mommy, is your little tummy full?"
Yaya squinted her eyes and cheerfully patted her chubby little stomach with her plump hands, "My little tummy says it's all filled up..."
No wonder everyone says that children are healing angels.
Seeing the adorable look of the child, Su Li felt the coldness that had surrounded her dissipate completely.
"My little treasure is really amazing."
Xi Muqian carefully watched every subtle expression on Su Li's face, moved closer, and seemed to ask casually, "If you need help, just say the word..."
He paused, glanced at Su Li, and then Xi Muqian hesitantly continued, "If you can't bear to be without Doudou... I have a way..."
Upon hearing this, Su Li smiled at him, "For now, I don't need help with Doudou..."
She certainly believed Xi Muqian had a myriad of ways to bring Doudou back to her. After all, his true nature was not as bright and enthusiastic as he portrayed.
Su Li did not want to trouble Xi Muqian any further.
Seeing Su Li's distant manner, Xi Muqian felt more disappointed, which had become a habit.
He mocked himself inwardly, spitting on his own pathetic behavior.
Fully aware of Su Li's consistent attitude, he still shamelessly kept pressing forward, unstoppable.
Xi Muqian, oh Xi Muqian, why are you so hopeless...
Having given himself a harsh scolding internally, the look he then gave Su Li was still as deep as the ocean, shimmering with the glint of waves.
After playing with Yaya for a while, Su Li suddenly said, "However, I really do have something I need your help with."
Xi Muqian felt as if he had found a bright path in the dark woods...
Pumped up as if injected with 'chicken blood', he quickly responded, "No problem..."
"You haven't even heard what it is yet, and you've already agreed?"
"Not afraid..." Even if you sell me out, I'm willing.
But this last part, Xi Muqian hadn't dared to say out loud.
Su Li turned and took out a recipe she had written down the previous night from her bag, "This is from an ancient recipe I came across in a book by chance…"
"You know, the CE Group owns several medical research institutes, and I was thinking, can you help me check this prescription to see if it's of any use..."
"You know, right now, Yaya and I are completely penniless, so I have to think of ways to provide us with a decent life."
Xi Muqian felt simply bitter. The woman he longed to cherish and hold dear was now being pushed to the brink by life.
What he really wanted to say was, "I can take care of you."
But he dared not speak such words... Afraid that if he did, even the chance of being friends would slip away, not even a sliver of opportunity to draw close to her would remain.
"This ancient prescription seems to be a method for treating tumors that has never been seen on the market... The ingredients are cheap, and it can truly bring about affordable healthcare..."
Xi Muqian woodenly took the light, fluttering sheet of white paper from Su Li; initially, he didn't think much of it. However, as his eyes skimmed over it, they grew wider and wider, to the point where he couldn't even hear what Su Li was saying afterward.
Since graduating from high school and going abroad, even before he joined the CE Group, Xi Muqian had always been engaged in pharmacology and had also studied his own country's ancient medicine.
So, of course, he could understand the significance of this recipe.
The white paper, light as a feather, now felt as heavy as Mount Tai, pressing heavily upon his heart.
Xi Muqian, trembling, asked incredulously, "You... You're just giving this to me?"
"Yeah... Aren't you working in the medical field now..."
Su Li's casual remark left Xi Muqian immensely moved.
Such great trust she must have had to confidently hand over something of such magnitude to him.
If Su Li knew the rich turmoil within Xi Muqian at that moment, she'd probably die laughing...
You've really misunderstood, young man...
This ancient recipe was merely something passed down to Su Li from one of her past lives where she was a noble lady.
To say it was precious wasn't necessarily true. After all, she had several similar recipes in her memory.
In that era, the ancient medical science was dazzling to the extreme, reaching its pinnacle. Even noble ladies kept confined at home had some medical skills at their disposal.
Su Li had no intention of disrupting the developmental course of this timeframe by using anything especially extraordinary.
The cancer-treating prescription, according to the research she had conducted the previous night, was entirely replaceable with available ingredients, and its efficacy could be fully realized.
After his initial elation, Xi Muqian again sank into deep worry.
The help he thought he was offering was probably Su Li's way of repaying him for his assistance these days...
In the end, she still wanted to sever ties with him.
Otherwise, with the weight of this ancient recipe, just giving it to any pharmaceutical company would have resulted in both fame and fortune. Why give him the advantage?
The clever mind of President Xi was already muddled into mush.
The principle of "bearing a treasure-guilt" was probably beyond his comprehension now...
"First, take it and experiment. If it's successful, I only want a third of the profits,"
Su Li's words brought Xi Muqian back to reality.
Xi Muqian shook his head firmly, "That won't do, this recipe is yours, a third is not enough..."
If anyone from the CE Group were to see him now, they would probably be utterly shocked. Is this the same Boss Zhou, the ruthless and unfeeling president?
Standing before her was a fool... as if he feared earning too much, pushing potential profits outward.
"A third is enough for me. I'm just providing a recipe, while the medical research team, the mass production methods... these all need financial backing. In the end, I'm still getting the better deal."