mchenry-crisis.org Chapter 270 The Body Tells the Truth: The Father-in-Law's Change
Chapter 270 The Body Tells the Truth: The Father-in-Law's Change
"I guarantee that your physical condition will be back to what it was when you were eighteen and climbed over the wall to see my mother-in-law."
Jiang Chen's half-joking, half-serious remark immediately made the atmosphere at the dinner table awkward.
Especially when Jiang Wan, the mother-in-law, heard the words "climb over the wall," her well-maintained pretty face couldn't help but blush, and she gave Su Tianhao a charmingly disdainful look.
Su Tianhao's old face flushed red and then turned pale, as if he had just opened a dye shop. He stared at the ten pills in Jiang Chen's palm that emitted a strange fragrance and a pale golden luster, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly.
In his heart, two little people were fighting fiercely.
A small, serious-looking man in a suit and tie roared in his mind:
"Su Tianhao! You're the richest man in the provincial capital! A business tycoon! How could you be bought off by a mere punk with a few pills of dubious origin? Where's your dignity? Where's your face? If word gets out, where will you put your old face?!"
Another small, shirtless, muscular, and energetic figure cried out in his mind:
"What's the value of face? Youth is priceless! Look at you now, your back aches every day, and you even yawn during meetings!"
"And look at that medicine! Just the smell makes my headache disappear! Take it, and you'll be back to your peak! Then, forget one wife, ten... cough cough, anyway, take it!"
The two little figures were fighting fiercely, making Su Tianhao's expression particularly interesting.
Having made his way in the business world, he quickly suppressed his excitement.
Saving face is still important!
Su Tianhao coughed twice, resuming his airs as the richest man in the provincial capital.
He picked up the jade-inlaid walking stick and, feigning disdain, poked the carpet with the tip of the stick.
"Young man, don't try to fool me with this kind of charlatan stuff."
His voice regained its previous authority and indifference.
"What delicacies and top-tier supplements haven't I, Su Tianhao, tasted? Take this thing of dubious origin with you!"
"My Su family doesn't believe in these superstitious beliefs," Su Tianhao said righteously, as if he were a materialist warrior who insisted on science and dispelled superstition.
Jiang Chen was secretly overjoyed at his stubbornness.
He wasn't angry, and prepared to pull his hand back.
"Fine." Jiang Chen shrugged, his expression nonchalant. "Since you don't think it's good enough, Uncle, I won't force you."
"I was thinking that this medicine was too potent, and that you, sir, couldn't take so much at once."
"It just so happens that Wang Dagou from our village hurt his back a couple of days ago while moving things, and he's been yelling about it every day."
I was thinking of taking them home and giving them to him like candy, three a day. I figured he'd be better in a few days.
As Jiang Chen spoke, he made a gesture as if to put the ten "Dragon Essence Tiger Fierce Pills" back into the small white jade porcelain bottle.
Wang Dagou?
That silly-looking follower who's always hanging around you?
Give it to him like candy?!
Three pills a day?!
What a waste! It's an absolute waste!
Su Tianhao panicked!
This time, his hands were a million times faster than his brain!
Just as Jiang Chen was about to put the pill back, Su Tianhao swiftly reached out and grabbed Jiang Chen's outstretched hand!
His movements were fast, accurate, and ruthless, unlike those of a middle-aged man over fifty, but rather like those of an old policeman who had practiced grappling techniques for over a decade.
"cough!"
Su Tianhao realized he had lost his composure, and his face flushed slightly. He tried to salvage the situation, forcing a straight face as he said:
"Ahem, well... since it's a token of your filial piety, it doesn't seem right for me to just throw it away."
"How about this?"
As Su Tianhao spoke, he quickly "confiscated" all ten pills and the small white jade porcelain bottle from Jiang Chen's hand.
"I'll take it to my private lab first to have its ingredients thoroughly analyzed. It wouldn't be good if it turned out to be some kind of substandard product and made someone sick. I'm doing this for the health and safety of the general public!"
Su Tianhao spoke with righteous indignation, as if he were contributing to the medical cause of all mankind, not for himself.
"Pfft..."
Sitting next to her, Su Qing couldn't hold back any longer. She watched her father's face contort in a way that made him suffer, and she laughed so hard that her stomach almost cramped up.
She knew Su Tianhao too well; he was a stubborn old man.
It's so cute that even though they're drooling with desire, they still have to pretend to be "doing it for your own good" and "selfless."
On the other side of the table, the mother-in-law, Jiang Wan, acted much more directly than Su Tianhao.
She doesn't care what others think or how they feel.
Jiang Wan reached out her well-maintained hand and took the black cash card worth one billion from the table. Then, in front of everyone, she gracefully placed it into her Hermes Birkin bag. The whole action was smooth and seamless.
She looked up at Jiang Chen, her smile wide and her eyes full of satisfaction.
"Chenzi, we're family now, so we can't spend so much money."
Although she said that, she didn't hesitate at all when she zipped up her bag.
This son-in-law is generous, handsome, and good to his daughter. Most importantly, he knows how to please his mother-in-law.
She, Jiang Wan, had made up her mind!
The relatives at the table who had originally wanted to jump out and kick Jiang Chen a few times were now all speechless.
The confiscated billion-dollar black card, the multi-billion-dollar share transfer agreement on the table, and Su Tianhao's hypocritical and impatient demeanor...
All of this silently tells one thing: they can't afford to mess with this young man named Jiang Chen!
Who would dare say Jiang Chen is a poor kid again? That would be either stupid or blind!
Cousin Gu Jingshen felt his face burning with pain. His pitiful sense of superiority as a rich young master was shattered into dust by Jiang Chen's simple, crude, and unreasonable "money power," leaving not even a trace.
He felt that staying any longer would only humiliate him, so he made up a lame excuse that "there was an emergency at the company" and left in a sorry state without even saying goodbye to Su Tianhao.
Su Tianhao caught a glimpse of Gu Jingshen's fleeing figure out of the corner of his eye, and sneered inwardly: Useless!
Then, while Jiang Wan was chatting and laughing with Su Qing and no one was paying attention to him, he quickly and carefully put the small white jade porcelain bottle containing the "Dragon Essence and Tiger Might Pill" into the innermost pocket of his expensive suit.
The movements were so practiced, as if they had been rehearsed countless times.
After placing it, he patted it a few times, as if worried it might fall.
After doing all this, Su Tianhao cleared his throat, and his entire aura changed. The cold indifference on his face that kept people at arm's length disappeared without a trace, replaced by a slightly stiff "amiability".
He turned his head and, in an unyielding tone, ordered the butler who had been waiting at the door, "Old Zhang."
"Go and prepare the best south-facing room in the manor for Jiang Chen."
"Replace everything inside with new ones! Remember, use the highest quality!"
"Also, tell the kitchen that starting today, the daily menu must be prepared according to Jiang Chen's tastes!"
The change in attitude was so rapid, it was practically a complete 180-degree turn.