CHAPTER 175: CHAPTER 173: THE PINK PILL

Si Yuhuan had just returned to the old mansion when he saw Housekeeper Qi frantically signaling him with his eyes.

Old Master Si shot him a glance.

Housekeeper Qi found an excuse to leave.

"Grandfather, is something the matter?"

He was in a terrible mood and had no desire to chat with his grandfather.

Seeing the gloom on his grandson’s face, Old Master Si stroked his emerald-green thumb ring. "Yuhan," he said, "Junyan has been confined for quite some time. How about letting him return to the company?"

"Grandfather, you’re not going to tell me that you’ve already released Si Junyan, are you?"

Old Master Si awkwardly tugged at the corner of his mouth. "After all, he’s your brother. Don’t let the situation become too hostile. It wasn’t intentional on his part."

Si Yuhuan seethed with anger. He had already found solid evidence. Jian Xi had been right; it was premeditated!

This kind of treacherous and unfilial descendant must be punished.

He hadn’t told his grandfather the truth, fearing the old man would be too heartbroken and his emotions would fluctuate wildly, especially considering...

"Grandfather, about him, I will not—"

"Big Brother—"

Si Junyan came downstairs. Upon seeing Si Yuhuan, he immediately knelt. "Big Brother, you may beat or scold me as you please; I am at your complete disposal. I truly realize my mistake now and promise never to repeat it."

Old Master Si was filled with distress. "Look, he knows he was wrong. He didn’t mean to upset me; it was just his temper flaring up. You know my health isn’t good..."

Si Yuhuan narrowed his eyes at Si Junyan.

Si Junyan immediately hid behind their grandfather. "Grandfather, let’s just forget it. I am willing to let Big Brother lock me up for a lifetime if it will appease his anger."

"Nonsense! How can a descendant of the Si Family live his days locked away?"

Old Master Si banged his cane, issuing an order. "What I say goes. He will return to work at the company, effective immediately."

Old Master Si pulled at Si Yuhuan, trying to persuade him. "Look at your health. Without Junyan to help you, if you collapse, what will happen to the Si Family? What about Haohan Group?"

Si Junyan sneered.

So this was the moment he had been waiting for!

"Big Brother, rest assured, I will dedicate myself to the company, toiling selflessly until my dying day."

Si Yuhuan pointed a finger at him, then turned and went upstairs.

With Grandfather present, there was nothing he could do about Si Junyan.

When had he become so shameless!

Old Master Si said, "That’s just your big brother’s temperament. Since you know you were wrong, be more sensible and stop provoking him all the time."

Si Junyan clenched his fists tightly. He had already humbled himself like a dog; wasn’t that sensible enough? It was precisely because he was *too* sensible that Big Brother had always suppressed him. From now on, he would no longer tolerate it. It was time for the Si Family to have a new head!

Yan Qing followed behind Si Yuhuan.

"Boss, are you really reinstating the Second Young Master?"

Jian Xi personally fired him.

Si Yuhuan raised an eyebrow. "What do you think Jian Xi would do if I reinstated Si Junyan to his original position?"

"She’d be furious. She’d probably want to come over and knife you herself," Yan Qing replied truthfully.

Si Yuhuan twisted his neck. Recalling her tenderness and consideration last night, and her heartlessness this morning, he said, "Then let him start in the Marketing Department."

"The same department as Madam?"

Yan Qing’s eyes nearly popped out of his head.

This was just adding fuel to the fire!

"Anyway, she hasn’t shown up for a long time."

Si Yuhuan snorted coldly and returned to his room. He still needed to rest.

Yan Qing called out from behind, "Boss, you’ve almost fully recovered. It seems Madam took good care of you after all."

Si Yuhuan was speechless.

He wished she would continue to care for him. But she absolutely refused.

Jian Xi never expected that Si Yuhuan would actually bring Si Junyan back to the company.

Once the Marketing Department fell under Si Junyan’s control, much of her brother’s work became difficult, and progress slowed considerably.

Jian Mingcheng called and said, "Xixi, if things continue at this rate, it will be difficult to achieve your goal even in a year or eighteen months."

"Leave it to me. You follow the original plan."

She was furious. But then, remembering the doctor’s warning that anger could affect the fetus’s development, she took several deep breaths.

Just then, Wan Yu called. "Don’t forget your prenatal checkup today."

Jian Xi slapped her forehead, nearly forgetting about it in her anger.

"Do you need me to accompany you?"

The offer couldn’t have come at a better time. Jian Xi nodded emphatically. "Yes."

That damned man was infuriating her to death!

At the hospital, Jian Xi went through a battery of tests, having several vials of blood drawn.

"GOOD HEAVENS! Just watching makes me dizzy. I’m never getting pregnant in my life; it’s too much suffering!"

Every time she accompanied Jian Xi for a prenatal checkup, Wan Yu was scared to death; she had a genuine phobia of needles.

It wasn’t that Jian Xi didn’t feel dizzy too. But after becoming a mother, she had forced herself to mature. Being a single mom required even more courage.

"Si Yuhuan is such a bastard! Xixi, you were right to divorce him."

Wan Yu didn’t know how else to comfort her, so she just kept cursing Si Yuhuan to let off steam.

A young nurse came out. "The doctor has prescribed some medication. Who will go pick it up?"

"I’ll go, I’ll go!" Wan Yu, the errand expert, volunteered.

After queuing downstairs to get the medicine, she was checking if she’d dropped anything as she walked, when she accidentally bumped into a wall of flesh. The person rudely cursed, "Are you blind? Don’t you watch where you’re going?"

She hastily picked up the dropped items and scurried away.

Wan Yu’s sharp eyes spotted small pink pills.

These things are banned drugs! And they’re actually selling them here!

She went back and told Jian Xi laughingly, "COUGH, COUGH. Guess what I just saw? They’re actually selling small pink pills downstairs! HA HA HA! Seriously, the nerve of some people these days, so audacious!"

Jian Xi raised an eyebrow, a premonition forming in her mind.

"Let’s go take a look."

Wan Yu was dragged away, wailing, "You don’t even have a man! What do you need that stuff for? Besides, isn’t Si Yuhuan very... capable?"

Jian Xi quickly found the person involved. They were evasive and unwilling to speak truthfully until Jian Xi handed over a check. The person’s eyes immediately lit up. "Miss, please wait a moment. How many do you want?"

"How much do you have?" Jian Xi asked.

The nurse gave a sly chuckle. "This stuff isn’t easy to come by. Not much of it is produced in Beijing all year."

Jian Xi passed over another check. "Such precious medicine... I presume there are records of all sales, regardless of the quantity sold, correct?"

"Yes, yes, we do. Would you like to see them?"

The nurse held out her hand.

Jian Xi smiled and handed over another check.

"Please wait a moment."

Soon, the young nurse brought out a ledger.

"Very good. Don’t mention this to anyone else."

Wan Yu, ever astute, slipped the nurse a few large bills.

The nurse happily agreed.

For such a trivial matter, she’d received so much money; she couldn’t be anything but delighted.

As soon as they left, Wan Yu burst out laughing, bending over. "Jiang Qimeng thought her plan was flawless, but she slipped up on such a minor detail! The ledger shows she came to pick up the medicine three times. Truly shameless!"

"Perhaps she has other sources, but this evidence is more than enough."

A smirk played on Jian Xi’s lips.

An unexpected windfall. Excellent.

The two of them went for hot pot to celebrate.

Zhou Yan happened to be there with friends. When he saw them, he immediately waved them over.

"Hey, what a coincidence! Look, it’s your little sweetheart!" Wan Yu teased Jian Xi.

Jian Xi walked over gracefully, taking the teasing in stride.

"Brother Yan said he wasn’t drinking because he has to go find his ’girl’ later. That couldn’t be you, could it?"