Chapter 246 Divorce
The next day, Old Master Si ate two more slices of ginseng, and still did not vomit. He was in better spirits than the day before. On the third day, he simply ate three slices, on the fourth day he ate four slices, and on the fifth day he ate five slices, one slice in the morning, two slices at noon, one slice in the afternoon, and one slice before going to bed.
Old Master Si's condition was getting better and better. He wanted to eat more, but the doctor advised him not to. "If you add more, I'm afraid you'll have a nosebleed."
"My body tells me that I can eat some more." Finally able to eat, Old Master Si is like a child who wants candy, his mouth is greedy and his heart is greedy.
"No," the doctor refused. "We have already eaten all the 50-year-old ginseng. We will start eating the 80-year-old ginseng next year. Five pieces is the limit."
After hearing this, Old Master Si had no choice but to give up. He instructed the housekeeper, "Call Zhaoyuan and ask him to find those two mainlanders and buy all the ginseng they have."
"Yes." said the butler.
Xu Zhaoyuan hung up the phone and said to the person on the other end, "Continue."
"There are five companies offering bids now, and only these five companies can take over Xu's. Boss, do you really want to sell the company?"
"Well, I have made up my mind and it won't change. After selling the company, I will leave Hong Kong City and I'm afraid I won't come back again. But don't worry, when I sell the company, I will make an agreement with the buyer so that they won't fire you."
"Boss, we have discussed it. Wherever you go, we will go there."
"I want to go back to the mainland, will you guys go back too?"
"Go back. Anyway, you gave us our lives, and we don't have any family here, so we can go anywhere."
"Okay. You guys follow me to the mainland. Don't make any noise before you leave."
"yes."
Xu Zhaoyuan took the initiative to find Mr. Yuan and Mrs. Yuan and told them his purpose, "I will give you the house I live in now, and you give me a hundred-year-old ginseng."
"How do you know we have hundred-year-old ginseng?" Mr. Yuan was very surprised.
“Without the hundred-year-old ginseng, you won’t be willing to take out the eighty-year-old ginseng. Everyone in the big family knows that the older the ginseng, the more precious it is, and it can save lives at the critical moment. It’s not worth it for you to take out a life-saving thing just to buy a house, unless you have something better.” Xu Zhaoyuan said in a firm tone.
"Well, we do have 100-year-old ginseng." Mr. Yuan said helplessly, "If I knew ginseng was so useful, I should have bought a few more from your daughter-in-law."
Xu Zhaoyuan felt that the word "daughter-in-law" was very pleasing to the ear. "You won't lose out if you exchange one ginseng for a house."
"I didn't lose money, but you did." Mr. Yuan was willing to trade for such a big house. After all, he still had one tree after trading it. The money saved from buying the house could be used to start a business.
"It's worth it. You brought me news of my son, so I should have rewarded you handsomely. Now I've also taken an extra hundred-year-old ginseng from you, so I'm making a profit." No amount of money was more important than the news of his own son.
"Your daughter-in-law is very good at growing medicinal herbs. The medicinal herbs she grows are all very effective. When you go to the capital, if it is convenient, please bring me more medicinal herbs to the port city. The price is negotiable." Mr. Yuan regretted not buying more.
Xu Zhaoyuan thought that he would not come to Hong Kong City again, but he agreed, "If there is a chance, I will ask someone to bring it to you."
Xu Zhaoyuan got the century-old ginseng and went with Mr. Yuan to transfer the ownership of the house.
"I will have to live here for the time being, and it may take another half a month before I leave." Xu Zhaoyuan said.
"It doesn't matter. We have a place to live now." Mr. Yuan held up the newly acquired property certificate and said with a smile, "It's really a wonderful fate. Your son bought my house, and I got your house."
Xu Zhaoyuan also smiled, "It is indeed a great fate. I would like to ask you to keep the transfer of the house a secret for me. You can tell others about it after I leave Hong Kong City."
"Okay." Mr. Yuan agreed, and was also shocked by Xu Zhaoyuan's decisiveness. The other party must want to hide it from the Si family, not letting them know that he sold the house, or even not letting them know that he was leaving Hong Kong City. Is he going to completely abandon the Si family and sever all ties with them?
Is it worth it to abandon your wife, daughter, and grandchildren with whom you have lived for many years for someone you are not sure whether he is your biological son?
After eating the 80-year-old ginseng, Mr. Si's health improved. He was able to get out of bed and walk a distance, and drink some water. This morning, he even ate a small piece of honeydew melon, and not only did he not vomit after eating it, he didn't even feel nauseous.
"Dad, this ginseng really has miraculous effects. It's amazing." Si He's face was full of surprise.
"Yes, I can feel that my body is getting better day by day." Old Master Si smiled, and then frowned again, "There are only two days' worth of ginseng left, and there is no movement from Zhaoyuan. I don't know if he has found those two mainlanders."
Si He frowned, "I'll go ask him."
"Okay, you go. Ask nicely, and don't quarrel again." Old Master Si felt that since Xu Zhaoyuan gave him ginseng, it showed that he still had feelings for him and his daughter. As long as his daughter took the initiative, it should not be a problem to restore the relationship between them.
After all, Xu Zhaoyuan has the softest heart.
Si He was going to meet Xu Zhaoyuan, so she changed into a lavender, ruffled, and exquisitely tailored skirt. Because she was not tall enough, she also wore high heels and put on exquisite makeup. She looked in the mirror and confirmed that there was nothing wrong before she got into the family car with her newly bought bag.
Xu Zhaoyuan seemed to guess that Si He would come to see him, so he did not go to the company today.
There was no room for Si He in Xu's house. The two had been separated for ten years, and now they were just maintaining a superficial relationship. Normally, Si He didn't even have the right to enter Xu's house. But today was different. Xu Zhaoyuan gave her permission.
When Si He came in unhindered, she felt a little strange. Could it be true, as her father said, that Xu Zhaoyuan was willing to reconcile with her?
When Si He thought of this possibility, a smile appeared on his face.
Xu Zhaoyuan was sitting in the living room. Hearing footsteps, he looked up and saw Si He. He said calmly, "Here you are."
"Dad's ginseng is almost finished. Have you gone to buy new one? Didn't you find those two mainland guys?" Si He walked towards Xu Zhaoyuan and sat down opposite Xu Zhaoyuan naturally.
"I looked for it and bought it." Xu Zhaoyuan looked at Si He. The more he looked, the more unfamiliar this face seemed to him.
"Since you bought it, why don't you send it to dad?" Si He was puzzled.
Xu Zhaoyuan did not answer directly, but took out a box and opened it in front of Si He, "This is a hundred-year-old ginseng. Your father should be cured after eating it."
"A hundred-year-old ginseng!" Si He exclaimed. She had never seen a hundred-year-old ginseng, but this ginseng was indeed bigger than the eighty-year-old one her father was eating.
Si He wanted to see more clearly, but Xu Zhaoyuan closed the box and said, "I can give you the ginseng, but you have to agree to one condition."
"What conditions?" Si He had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Divorce me." Xu Zhaoyuan said calmly.
Si He's expression suddenly changed, and he was furious, "You are actually negotiating with me about my father's life!"
"So what?" Xu Zhaoyuan sneered, "You, Si He, can kill people, so it's too much for me to negotiate a condition? Besides, whether to save your father or not is your choice."
"You are still thinking about your mistress and the baby in her belly! You hate me!" Si Heya shouted hoarsely, with veins bulging on his neck.
"I don't want to talk to you about the past. Now, as long as you agree to divorce me, I will give you this century-old ginseng. Your father's life is in your hands, Si He. Is our engagement in name only not as important as your father's life?" Xu Zhaoyuan sneered.
"Don't provoke me. Even if you don't provoke me, I will divorce you." Si He's eyes were filled with hatred. In order to divorce her, Xu Zhaoyuan actually gambled with her father's life. It was a pity that her father saved him in the first place.
She doesn't want ungrateful people!
Xu Zhaoyuan lost his relationship, and one day later, he received the divorce decree and officially dissolved his engagement with Si He.
Because he was in a hurry to get the hundred-year-old ginseng, Si He did not take Xu Zhaoyuan's property. Similarly, Xu Zhaoyuan did not take Si He's either. The divorce went particularly smoothly.
Si He did not ask for the property, not because she did not want it, but because she thought that Xu Zhaoyuan only had her daughter as a child, and the future property would definitely belong to her daughter, so she did not fight for it. In her opinion, it didn't matter if they were divorced, as long as she left a message to her daughter that even if Xu Zhaoyuan died, he could only be buried with her in the end.
Si He casually stuffed the divorce decree into his bag and walked away arrogantly with the century-old ginseng.
Xu Zhaoyuan handed the divorce decree to his subordinate and said, "Keep it well."
The subordinate carefully put away the divorce decree and asked, "Boss, what should we do next?"
"Continue with the formalities. Also, buy a few more cars and take them with you when you leave." When you meet someone for the first time, you always have to give a gift.
"Boss, what type of car do you want?"
"It is said that my son is very tall, so I will buy him a more imposing model. As for my daughter-in-law, I will buy her a beautiful one. By the way, since they have many children, they don't need to consider a car with few seats."
Xu Zhaoyuan was already in the process of leaving, but Si He knew nothing about it. She took the hundred-year-old ginseng back with her but did not tell her family that she and Xu Zhaoyuan had divorced.
When Old Master Si heard that it was a hundred-year-old ginseng, he got so excited that his face turned red and his hands trembled. His life was saved!
"Congratulations, sir. With the hundred-year-old ginseng, you will recover soon." The butler smiled happily.
Old Master Si also smiled, "Zhaoyuan is thoughtful."
He was willing to take out a hundred-year-old ginseng, it seems that Zhaoyuan still cares about his father-in-law.
Si He looked at her father with a smile on his face, and did not say that this hundred-year-old ginseng was exchanged for her marriage contract.
Let them get divorced. Wait until dad is better and then let him go and persuade Xu Zhaoyuan to remarry her.
Although she and Xu Zhaoyuan had been separated for a long time, Xu Zhaoyuan's business was growing bigger and bigger, and the title of Mrs. Xu made her highly respected and glorious outside. She didn't want anyone to take away the title of Mrs. Xu.
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