Shocking! My Rugged Husband is the Hidden Tycoon in the 70s Novel-Chapter 224: Swindling Xu Qinghuan

"Only you say I’m tricking and cheating, nobody else does." Xu Qinghuan was purely joking with him, there was no way she genuinely wanted him to give two thousand yuan. "Since I’m tricking and cheating, I should trick some money, right? Will you give it?"

Huo Chi had figured it out and clutched his wallet, "No way, why should I give? I don’t have much money, I have less than two thousand in total, this is my dowry fund."

"Not giving?" Xu Qinghuan smirked, looking like a wily grandmother misleading Little Red Riding Hood, "You’ll take it out sooner or later."

A Damocles sword suddenly hung over his head, always threatening to drop and cut off his head. Huo Chi was a bit frightened, "What do you mean? Can you finish your sentence?"

Xu Qinghuan was already checking Huo Zui’s pulse, ignoring him.

When Huo Chi started to say more, Jiang Xingye came over, grabbed him, and tossed him to the side.

As soon as Jiang Xingye made his move, Huo Chi was like a little weakling, without any power to resist.

Finally, it was quiet. After checking the pulses on both of his arms, Xu Qinghuan asked about his leg discomfort, "Do you want it to hurt all at once, or hurt every day for ten days or half a month?"

Huo Zui asked, "Are you going to change my medication?"

Xu Qinghuan said, "If you can endure the pain, I can increase the potency, but that kind of pain is not something ordinary people can withstand."

Jiang Xingye glanced at Xu Qinghuan; she shook her head, and Jiang Xingye was relieved.

Huo Zui saw this and didn’t know what secret code they were using, feeling a tightness in his heart. He lowered his eyelids, hiding the desolation in his eyes. "No need to think about it, I want to recover quickly; increase the potency for me."

"Okay!" Xu Qinghuan said, "But first, you need to be discharged."

That means the medication must be taken at home.

Huo Zui was also aware that recently the higher-ups were trying to get Xu Qinghuan to hand over the formula, and if she developed another formula, someone might target her for it. He said, "Okay, I understand."

Xu Qinghuan and Jiang Xingye went downstairs, with Huo Chi following behind them. Just as they reached downstairs, they saw Xie Yunzai coming, "Hey, Doctor Xu, Ah Chi! Brother Ye!"

He ran over and asked, "Is Brother Zui upstairs? How’s his leg?"

"Recovering, it can’t heal so quickly!" Huo Chi said, "How about the courtyard we talked about yesterday, is there any hope?"

"Yes, where are you guys going? I’ll first check on Brother Zui and then take you to see the courtyard, how about it?"

Xie Yunzai pulled the group out of the clinic building, found a secluded spot outside, and took out five hundred yuan to give to Xu Qinghuan.

He went upstairs to check on Huo Zui while Xu Qinghuan and the others visited the pharmacy.

"Sis, what do you mean I’ll have to take out that money sooner or later? Can you say it straight once?" Huo Chi was tasked by Xu Qinghuan to grind the medicine.

"If I remember correctly, you should be in the army too, right?" Xu Qinghuan asked while grabbing the medicine.

"Yeah!" Huo Chi looked at Jiang Xingye with some resentment. He used to be proud of being called the ’King of New Soldiers,’ but his little pride was utterly crushed by Jiang Xingye.

"What do you think would happen if he were to join your army?" Xu Qinghuan pointed at Jiang Xingye and asked.

Huo Chi pursed his lips and said nothing, thinking that nothing would happen, except people would be demoralized to the point they can’t survive.

"Although I can’t make your physical ability sky-high like his, as his foundation is far better than yours, I can raise your physical ability by twenty percent from your current level."

Before Xu Qinghuan finished speaking, Huo Chi jumped up, "Are you serious?"

"If you think I’m tricking and cheating, then pretend I didn’t say it." Xu Qinghuan said.

"No, no, no, how can this be tricking and cheating? I think you’re a dream-maker, good sis, really, to be your brother, though not by blood, I feel it’s the greatest fortune of my life, sister, please accept my bow!"

Huo Chi stood in front of Xu Qinghuan, with his right hand on his left chest, giving a bow with gentlemanly manners!

Xu Qinghuan laughed, "No need to be so flattering!"

"Flattering? How can this be flattering?" Huo Chi said indignantly, "That’s too much, so disrespectful, how can you talk to your brother like that!"

Jiang Xingye came over, said in an annoyed tone, "Aren’t you going to grind medicine!"

Huo Chi quickly went back to his position, his feet pressing on the handles of the grinder and moving back and forth, "Brother Ye, did Xu Qinghuan help you with your health?"

"Hmm."

"Really?" Huo Chi was increasingly expectant. "Is yours also raised by twenty percent? Geez, your twenty percent is definitely much higher than mine, which is why the gap between us is so wide?"

Jiang Xingye thought to himself, Huanhuan only helps you raise by twenty percent, while for me, it was a complete transformation, can it be the same?

But he certainly wouldn’t say that. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"You’ll know then, won’t you?"

Huo Chi hurriedly asked, "Qinghuan, good sis, when exactly will you formulate this medicine for me?"

Xu Qinghuan said, "This isn’t easy to formulate, get the money ready first, two thousand yuan, do you want it?"

"Yes, yes, yes, sis, that’s settled, two thousand yuan, I’ll give it to you even if I have to sell pots and pans, but you have to guarantee that my physical ability will be raised by twenty percent."

"Deal!" Xu Qinghuan said with a smile.

Xie Yunzai came down and led the three to see the two-entry courtyard in Yage Alley, the northern side of Houhai.

"It’s a bit small, but it’s comfortable for fewer people. The location is pretty good too. The key thing is the house is clean, unlike other places, where it’s already occupied by all sorts of chaotic people. Saying they’re tenants, you can’t drive them away without some means." Xie Yunzai said.

"So, hasn’t anyone lived in this courtyard before?" Xu Qinghuan asked.

"They’ve lived, just moved out. The owner fears the house ending up like that and being cheaply taken by those people, so he’s eager to sell it. It’s good luck you encountered them." Xie Yunzai said.

The house had already been vacated, with several luggage bundles placed under the eaves. A family of six was waiting for them to arrive.

The three looked inside and out. The furniture was made of fragrant yellow rosewood, and the doors and windows were made of chicken-wing wood, quaint and classical, everywhere exuded charm visible from the family’s temperament.

Xie Yunzai said, "Doctor Xu, I have been friends with Lao Jin’s family for many years. This house has no issues, you can trust them."

Xu Qinghuan could see this family was planning to travel, eager to leave, nodded, and asked them to name their price.

Lao Jin seemed around forty or fifty years old; what he’d been through wasn’t clear, but it was like all his vital spirit had been drained, with drooping brows. He quoted a price of two thousand five hundred.

Xie Yunzai immediately got anxious, about to speak, but was stopped by Xu Qinghuan, "Two thousand five hundred is not expensive, let it be two thousand five hundred!"

Xie Yunzai fumed, straightforwardly said, "It was agreed to be two thousand yuan before!"

Lao Jin mumbled for a long time, finally only said a "sorry," looking on the verge of tears.