Chapter 14 Difficult, But Not Incurable
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 14
Chapter Title: Difficult, But Not Incurable
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To be honest, in Su Yi's eyes, the guy in front of him was extremely impolite.
He and Old Liu had clearly agreed on this time to discuss the transaction. He was neither early nor late.
Yet after arriving, he had to stand here and watch this guy keep his daughter company for over ten minutes.
He and Yue Ling just stood to the side, as if they were lowly as servants in someone else's home.
If the latter hadn't said that the little girl was dying, which allowed Su Yi to reluctantly understand his behavior of leaving his guests hanging to accompany his daughter, he would have taken Yue Ling and left long ago.
After all, he was here to do business, not to beg for a favor.
But right now, the momentum of offense and defense had shifted. It was the other party's turn to beg him.
Not to mention anything else, Su Yi still wanted an apology.
The man glanced at the briefcase in Yue Ling's hand, surprised that such a beautiful woman could carry tens of kilograms of heavy objects for so long. At the same time, he realized the impropriety of his previous behavior and quickly reacted.
He hurriedly stood up, extended his hand, and said:
"You must be Mr. Su, right? I’m Shen Mingshu.
I’m truly sorry. I was the one who broke the appointment time first tonight. It's just that my daughter's health is truly... Sigh.
In short, it's all my fault. To show my sincerity, I’ll purchase this gold at the current market price, and there's no need to inspect it either. Just give me an account, and I'll transfer the money right now."
"Su Yi."
Su Yi reached out to shake the man’s hand, then he smiled and said:
"That won't be necessary. Business is business. The goods that need to be inspected must still be inspected."
The goods had to be inspected, but since Shen Mingshu was offering to purchase at the market price, then Su Yi would accept it.
After all, that was a price difference of over a hundred yuan per gram!
"Alright, then let's inspect them!"
Shen Mingshu didn't act hypocritically either and readily agreed.
A moment later, someone brought various pieces of equipment to the garden and tested the purity of the gold on the spot.
Su Yi had originally told Old Liu that he was selling twenty kilograms of gold.
However, after arriving at the scene and seeing the situation before him, he changed his mind and took out all of the gold in his storage space.
Anyway, keeping them wouldn't spawn more gold. Shen Mingshu in front of him was clearly a big shot at a glance, and he probably wouldn't be unable to handle it just because he brought out a bit more gold.
With Yue Ling around, putting the gold into the briefcase without alerting others was naturally not a problem for him.
Taking advantage of the gap while the gold was being inspected, Shen Mingshu took the initiative to step forward and talk with Su Yi.
The man had extremely high emotional intelligence. He quickly dissolved the awkwardness of leaving the two hanging just now, and his attitude in admitting his mistake was also very sincere.
It was a small matter to begin with, and the other party indeed had a reason to do what he did, so Su Yi didn't keep harping on about it.
The two quickly had a very pleasant conversation.
Then, as expected, the topic shifted back to the little girl's illness.
Su Yi also finally found out what illness she had.
Congenital leukemia.
Although he wasn’t a real doctor, he had more or less heard of this disease.
Su Yi was just a bit curious about what kind of disease the little girl had that couldn't be cured even with money.
This finally cleared up his doubts.
"Mr. Su, do you think this disease can be cured?"
Feeling that the time was right, Shen Mingshu finally cautiously asked the question he truly cared about.
"Difficult, it's difficult!"
Su Yi shook his head and sighed.
But upon hearing this, not only was Shen Mingshu not discouraged, but his eyes lit up instead.
It was difficult, not incurable!
He didn't go and say some pretentious words like "I have plenty of money and power, just tell me directly if you have any difficulties."
Instead, he said very sincerely:
"Mr. Su, Yingying's mother and I knew each other since childhood, grew up together, and finally achieved a positive outcome and entered the halls of marriage. But my beloved fell ill when giving birth to Yingying and passed away because of it less than a year later.
To me, Yingying isn’t just a daughter, a descendant. She’s the final spiritual inheritance of the true love of my life.
As such, no matter what price needs to be paid, as long as it's something I can do, I definitely won’t decline!"
Look, this is what one would call high emotional intelligence.
Su Yi was quite satisfied with Shen Mingshu’s attitude.
Bringing up the matter of money directly would be a bit too vulgar. He thought for a moment and tactfully expressed that he had gone to Yuanfeng Farm today, sighing about how complicated and tedious the procedures for getting things done were nowadays, but that he had his own uses for the farm and it would be great if it could be done quickly.
Upon hearing this, Shen Mingshu didn't hesitate at all and directly took this matter upon himself, stating that he would step forward to handle it and could have it done for Su Yi by tomorrow.
He didn't mention the word "money" once throughout the entire process.
Clearly, he intended to cover the 160 million transfer fee required for the farm itself.
Since the other party was so open and straightforward, Su Yi naturally couldn't be stingy either.
He immediately stated that they could go and see the little girl named Shen Yingying now.
This was exactly what Shen Mingshu wanted, so of course he wouldn't obstruct it.
If one were to say that he truly believed Su Yi could cure this kind of incurable disease, that was definitely nonsense.
He was doing this simply because his daughter's days were numbered, but he was still treating a dead horse as a living one*.
Of course, just any random person wouldn't be able to deceive him either.
For a shrewd person like Shen Mingshu, just through communication and conversation, he could tell whether a person truly had ability or was just bluffing.
And there was another reason why he was willing to give Su Yi this opportunity, even to the extent of paying a massive reward of over a hundred million for it.
That was, very few people knew about Shen Yingying's condition. For an outsider like Su Yi to be able to tell his daughter’s physical condition at a glance, and even guess roughly how much time she had left, it proved that he wasn’t simple.
The group quickly arrived at the door of a room on the second floor of the villa.
Before opening the door, Su Yi said:
"Mr. Shen, I didn't prepare the items for medical treatment before coming today. However, I have a set of massage and acupressure techniques that can alleviate Miss Shen's condition to a certain extent. You can take her to the hospital tomorrow for a check-up to see its specific effects.
During the treatment process, apart from myself and my assistant, it would be best if others stayed outside and didn’t enter. I wonder if Mr. Shen can accept this?"
Shen Mingshu opened his mouth and hesitated briefly, but then he decisively nodded and said:
"I can!"
As he spoke, he knocked on the door.
After the caregiver looking after Shen Yingying came out, Su Yi took Yue Ling into this exquisite, pink-themed, girly little room.
Outside, Shen Mingshu watched the slowly closing bedroom door, a sharp light flashing in his eyes, and glanced at a middle-aged man in black behind him.
The middle-aged man nodded, and many capable and fierce bodyguards quickly appeared inside and outside the villa.
Shen Mingshu engaged in affairs that were half-black and half-white**, so naturally, he had many enemies outside.
But firstly, it was basically impossible for these enemies to know about his daughter's severe illness.
Secondly, the people who could form a feud with him weren’t fools. Without knowing how deep Shen Mingshu's feelings for his daughter were, no one would think that a person like him would do anything for his child. So sending people to hold his daughter hostage, apart from making him go crazy, would be of no damn use to them.
This was the reason why Shen Mingshu agreed to let Su Yi and his companion be alone with his daughter.
However, having confidence in his heart was one thing, but people were the most unpredictable beings in this world.
It was just a precaution that he specially mobilized manpower to come over.
If any accident happened to Shen Yingying, he would definitely not let Su Yi and his companion leave.
Although some words weren’t spoken aloud, everyone was well aware of them in their hearts.
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*A common Chinese idiom meaning to make a last-ditch effort to save a desperate situation, even when there’s little to no hope of success.
**A term used to describe businesses or individuals that operate in the gray area between legal (white) and illegal/underworld (black) activities.
T/N - Yeah, the author totally handed the MC this one. This basically solves the legitimacy issue of the MC’s funds as authorities probably won’t investigate someone connected to a rich influential guy like Shen Mingshu. He even offered to handle the farm deal. So after this, the MC’s pretty much set.