“Ah?”
“This…”
Li Manni was stunned for a good while before she finally spoke, “Mom, what’s gotten into you?”
“Didn’t you just say yesterday that our age difference is too great, and that rumors will drown us with a relationship like ours?”
“Why have you changed your mind today??”
Kang Huizhi shook her head, murmuring softly, “Things change over time.”
“My thinking yesterday was to continue to see how things go, given that you’re still young.”
“But the situation now is that there are too many young and beautiful girls around your brother-in-law, with Mrs. Jiang at home, and now here comes Doctor Guan, and her qualifications are not bad compared to yours.”
“So, if you don’t get a move on, my excellent son-in-law will really be gone!”
Actually, Kang Huizhi had more thoughts she hadn’t spoken aloud; namely, that her son-in-law’s wealth far exceeded her expectations. She had assumed that being well-off would just be a slight improvement from before.
But now it seemed not even on the same level. Although Kang Huizhi wasn’t obsessed with money, who wouldn’t want their daughter to find a man with good conditions!
Moreover, in the current societal environment, money can indeed solve 99% of one’s problems.
If her daughter married a wealthy husband, her future life would naturally be much more comfortable, and she, as the mother-in-law, would also benefit!
Although Yang Hao still called her “Mom,” it was based on the previous relationship with Li Manshu.
However, that relationship was actually no longer there.
For now, the time had been short, and Yang Hao was still sentimental about the past, but as time went on and he formed a new family, that relationship would ultimately disappear.
“Manni, I share the same view as your mom.”
Li Baojun also chimed in.
“Dad, that’s not what you said yesterday.”
“You said after all, my sister and I are blood-related, and we can’t just never see each other again!”
Li Manni looked at her father somewhat speechlessly.
“Your sister’s work, your mom and I can take care of it.”
“Besides, from the current situation, it’s impossible for her to want to remarry!”
“And this is something she brought upon herself. If she hadn’t insisted on getting a divorce, none of this would have happened.”
Li Baojun frowned and grumbled. Naturally, he didn’t approve of his older daughter’s actions either.
“I’ll think about it more…”
Li Manni replied noncommittally, while she inwardly criticized: It’s actually too late!
Xixi would never tell a lie.
At this moment, Yang Hao came out of the consulting room. Seeing Li Manni returning, he immediately asked, “Did you get the number?”
“Doctor Guan said her teacher’s appointment needs to be booked half a month in advance online.”
“Yeah, it’s done, just need to queue up,” replied Li Manni with a nod.
So, the group of four went to queue outside Professor Xu Yuanhou’s consulting room.
“Hao, do you know that Doctor Guan well?”
While waiting in the waiting area, Kang Guizhi asked curiously.
“It’s alright, she’s a friend’s sister,” he said.
Thinking about how he met Guan Mengmeng brought up memories of Liu Zifeng and Feng Lina for Yang Hao.
He had received a message from Liu Zifeng the previous night, saying he had reconciled with Feng Lina and reminding him not to mention their visit to the foot massage place the next time they had dinner.
Breaking up and getting back together just like that was something to be speechless about.
However, such situations were rare with Liu Zifeng, so one could only think “Rogue Liu” might truly want to settle down.
Hearing Yang Hao say that the person was a friend’s sister, Kang Huizhi didn’t ask any further, mainly because her current status wasn’t suitable for digging too deep.
After a while, it was Kang Huizhi’s turn to be seen by the doctor.
Xu Yuanhou was a white-bearded old man who looked past the age of retirement, the type of expert re-employed by the hospital. Just from his appearance, he carried the air of a master.
After reviewing the scans Kang Huizhi brought and asking about her condition, he came to the same conclusion as Guan Mengmeng.
“For this type of illness, actually, the best medicine is to maintain a good mood; also, appropriate exercise is very important.”
“Do you swim?” Xu Yuanhou asked.
“No,” replied Kang Huizhi, shaking her head.
“Try swimming. Given the state of your body, running and similar exercises aren’t suitable, but swimming is more fitting.”
“I’ve encountered patients with the same condition as yours before. She persisted with swimming for a year and basically recovered. However, it still varies from person to person.”
“Today, I’ll prescribe some medication for adjunctive therapy, but the drugs will only help alleviate pain when you feel it; the main thing is still up to you to adjust your mood and physical state…”
Professor Xu Yuanhou, this elderly professor, still was very experienced and detailed out the subsequent treatment plan.
After they left his consulting room, Kang Huizhi’s whole state improved a lot; she had been worrying if she had contracted some terminal illness.
But now, Professor Xu had given a clear diagnosis.
Although “fibromyalgia” is hard to cure, at least the disease is not fatal, and there was a treatment plan, so the anxiety that she’d been carrying lifted.
Ding!
Triggered a time-limited mission: [The Tycoon’s Filial Piety]
Benevolence begins with filial piety, honoring the elders is a traditional virtue of the Huaxia nation.
As a tycoon, filial piety should come first.
Mission content: Show respect to your father-in-law and mother-in-law, especially by ensuring your mother-in-law maintains a cheerful mood.
Mission reward: Double cashback on filial expenditures!
(Note 1: Mission duration 48 hours)
(Note 2: There’s a certain chance for a cashback multiplier crit, up to ten times.)
While the four of them went to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine, the System’s voice once again rang in Yang Hao’s mind.
Another opportunity to make money, eh!
Actually, Yang Hao had intended to treat his in-laws to a spending spree anyway, considering he and Li Manni’s matter still required their approval.
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Besides, the matter was a bit embarrassing to broach.
So his original plan was to first bombard them with sugar-coated bombs.
He never imagined not only would he not have to pay out of his own pocket, but he could also make a good profit from it.
Nice!
The System is reliable!
Yang Hao silently appreciated this in his mind, and then said to Kang Huizhi, “Mom, the doctor also said that you should mainly maintain a good mood.”
“So, whatever happens, you must stay calm, and don’t worry about Manshu and me.”
“I’ll say it again, even though Manshu and I divorced, I’ll always be your son-in-law!”
“Besides, Xixi is still here! Our relationship won’t change, and if it does, it’ll only get better!”
Yang Hao took the opportunity to express his stance.
What he didn’t know was that his in-laws were already considering giving their younger daughter to him.
Both sides had already resonated with the idea.
Now, all that was lacking was a leap in the relationship between him and his sister-in-law!
“Hao, what you said is exactly what I was thinking,” replied Kang Huizhi with a smiling face and glanced at her younger daughter Li Manni with the corner of her eye.
After getting the medicine, the four of them left the hospital.
“Brother-in-law, I should go back to my unit,” Li Manni said. “They’re short on staff at the Self-Media Operations Center.”
Seeing that her mother was fine, Li Manni’s mind returned to work; she was quite eager to prove herself at work and provide some support to her brother-in-law.
“It’s okay, I, as the president, grant you a day off. Wenqian can handle things there, and if it’s really necessary, just let her work some extra hours!” Yang Hao said with a shrug and a smile.
However, if Xu Wenqian heard this, she would definitely curse this unscrupulous president in her heart.
And probably post something like “Jiangcheng Newspaper Group President Yang Hao runs off with his sister-in-law” online as a complaint.
You take your sister-in-law off to enjoy yourselves while I have to work overtime, huh??
Hmph!
Let’s see how I smear your name!
“Manni, stop thinking about work for now,” Kang Huizhi said. “Such a big corporation won’t miss one person, plus Hao has already spoken!” She wanted her younger daughter to spend more time with her son-in-law, naturally not willing to let her go.
“Let’s go have a meal first,” Kang Huizhi suggested.
“After eating, I’m going to browse around Henglong…”
Yang Hao smiled and waved his hand; he still had some spending to do, and naturally, the sister-in-law had to be taken along.
Otherwise, when he showed off his financial ability, wouldn’t he be short of an audience?
And moreover, a very important audience at that!