Boss Huo saw that Wen Shiyu refused to come treat his son. His expression was despondent and gloomy, and in an instant, he seemed to have aged several years.
His shoulders slumped, and he prepared to leave, but a charming voice called out to him, "Boss Huo."
Boss Huo turned around and saw the radiant and peerlessly beautiful Wen Yan walking towards him. He frowned, "Are you Miss Wen Yan, the one the Wen family brought back three years ago?"
Wen Yan nodded.
A glimmer of light appeared in Boss Huo's dim eyes. "Miss Wen Yan, can you help persuade your brother? My son really is at death's door. Our Huo family has had only one male heir for three generations; he's my only son—"
Wen Yan pulled Boss Huo aside. "I'm not close with Wen Shiyu, but I can save your son."
"You can save my son?" Boss Huo's eyes revealed a look of confusion.
Wen Yan took two talismans from her bag.
"This one is an exorcism talisman. Remember the incantation I teach you: 'Tai Shang Lao Jun, teach me to exorcise ghosts... urgently as law decrees.'"
Boss Huo was dumbstruck.
This young lady of the Wen family, raised in the countryside, why did she seem like a charlatan?
"And this talisman is for protection and peace. Have your son keep it close to his body." Seeing Boss Huo's scrutinizing gaze, Wen Yan's red lips curved upward. "You've taken your son to see all the famous doctors to no avail. Why not try my method? If it has no effect, you can come find me and cause trouble!"
Boss Huo had not been without thoughts of folk remedies; he had even sought out Taoist practitioners, but nothing had worked.
"Miss Wen, a human life is at stake. Don't play games with me!"
Wen Yan raised an eyebrow. "You're already at the end of your rope anyway. Treat a dead horse as if it were alive. What if it works!"
Looking into Wen Yan's bright and confident eyes, Boss Huo felt she made sense.
Having already reached this point, he had to try every possible method!
As long as his son could recover!
"Miss Wen, what do you require?" He was a businessman and naturally knew people didn't help others for no reason.
Wen Yan touched her nose, her smile charming and playful. "I ate here and need to pay eighteen thousand. I didn't bring enough money."
Boss Huo glanced at Wen Shiyu and Wen Yue not far away, seeming to understand something.
That brother and sister pair clearly did not like Wen Yan.
"Alright, I'll pay for you. If my son recovers, I will also thank you in person."
Wen Yan nodded. "Okay, let's exchange contact information."
After exchanging phone numbers, Boss Huo walked to the cashier. "I'm paying for Miss Wen Yan."
Earlier, when Wen Yan pulled Boss Huo aside, whatever she said to him, Wen Shiyu and Wen Yue couldn't make it out clearly.
They only saw Wen Yan hand over two yellow, talisman-like things to Boss Huo.
"Big Brother, is Sister openly swindling Boss Huo right in front of us?"
Wen Shiyu's handsome, cold face showed undisguised disgust and aversion towards Wen Yan. "At home, you're vulgar and rude, always trying to compete with Yueyue, and rarely telling the truth—that's one thing. But to openly swindle people outside? Wen Yan, do you really want to be sent to prison?"
After speaking, Wen Shiyu said to Boss Huo with a serious expression, "Don't believe Wen Yan. She grew up in the countryside and has no real skills!"
Boss Huo frowned, caught in a dilemma.
Wen Yan's fox-like eyes swept coldly over Wen Shiyu. "My actions have absolutely nothing to do with the Wen family. If I break the law or harm someone, I will sever ties with the Wen family and not implicate them. Big Brother, are you satisfied?"
Wen Shiyu looked at Wen Yan, who clearly had no ability yet loved to act tough. He shook his head with disappointment. "After marrying into the Si family, you truly haven't changed a bit, only become even more vile and detestable!"
Wen Yan made a face. "So that's how dogs bark!"
Indirectly being called a dog, Wen Shiyu's face turned livid with anger.
Boss Huo had already paid. He glanced at Wen Yan. "Miss Wen, I'll head back first."
Wen Yan waved her hand. "Thank you for your trust, Boss Huo."
Wen Shiyu, his face ashen, said through gritted teeth, "Boss Huo, you heard her. If anything happens to your son later, don't come looking for our Wen family!"
Wen Yan curled her lip. "The dog's jumping on the coffin—look how anxious you are."
Wen Shiyu was so angry he couldn't speak for a long moment.
Wen Yan stretched lazily, humming a little tune as she walked out of the private restaurant.
As soon as she left, several other socialites gathered around to gossip about her.
"Wen Yan truly has no upbringing. She and Yueyue are worlds apart. And she's so violent, it's terrifying!"
"Big Brother Wen, your hand was twisted by Wen Yan. Is it okay?"
Wen Shiyu was a doctor himself. He gritted his teeth and realigned the dislocated bone.
Wen Yan hadn't reached the point of being utterly ruthless. If she had truly broken his hand, she'd better be prepared to go to jail!
The ambulance arrived, and Wen Shiyu and Wen Yue sent Ye Yinyin to the hospital.
After Ye Yinyin went in for examination, Wen Yue pulled Wen Shiyu aside and said softly, "Big Brother, at 8:30 tonight, that big shot in the capital who deals in medical equipment will be in a car accident on Chuangye Road. If you hurry over there later, you can become his lifesaver!"
Wen Yue was a reborn person. She had a cheat ability, knowing the plot's direction.
After Wen Yan married the cannon fodder Si Moyan, within a year she would become a widow. Once Gu Beichen obtained all the Si family's assets, the other members of the Si family would be written off.
Wen Yan was just a stupid, self-destructive, malicious female supporting character, posing no real threat to her at all.
Relying on her cheat ability of knowing the plot, Wen Yue had already helped Wen Shiyu rise from a surgeon to a department head position.
To reach such a position at such a young age, Wen Shiyu was the only one.
Therefore, Wen Shiyu valued this sister greatly. She was clever and could even foresee the future, becoming a great asset to their Wen family.
In time, their Wen family would surely become the richest in Yecheng, no, perhaps even the richest in the capital.
"Yueyue, you truly are the lucky star of our Wen family!" Much better than that good-for-nothing biological sister of his!
A soft, well-behaved smile curved Wen Yue's lips. "Big Brother, I'm also very lucky to be your sister. Now, with parents, and the love from you and Second Brother, I feel so happy!"
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Huo Family Villa.
Boss Huo hurriedly rushed home. As soon as he reached the living room, he heard Mrs. Huo's sobs.
"Sir, you're finally back. The young master had convulsions and foamed at the mouth. The doctor who just left said you and Madam should prepare yourselves."
Boss Huo's legs went weak, his hands and feet turned icy cold, and he almost collapsed.
Leaning on the staircase, his chest tight and short of breath, heart palpitating with panic, he stumbled on trembling legs to his son's bedroom.
Huo Yanzhi was his and his wife's only son, just twenty-one years old this year.
He was usually unruly and a bit spoiled, but he wasn't like some rich kids who committed all sorts of misdeeds. To suddenly contract such a strange illness—
If anything serious really happened to him, he and his wife would surely be unable to bear it!
"Zhenbang, you're back. Did you manage to invite Wen Shiyu?"
Mrs. Huo now pinned her only hope on Wen Shiyu.
She had heard that Wen Shiyu recently saved a patient on the brink of death.
Boss Huo shook his head. "Wen Shiyu refused to come. But his sister, Wen Yan, gave me two things."
