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Sin Yiu-man spent several hours wandering around Building 9, then went to Building 14. He sat on the rooftop with Kan Mei-lin for a while, exchanging only a few words of concern for his nephew, but they talked a lot about pregnancy testing, such as the African toads and rabbits that Kan Mei-lin kept on the rooftop.

After witnessing several untreatable cases of infants with congenital syphilis at Elizabeth Hospital, Kan Meilin was deeply moved and conceived the idea of ​​developing a convenient pregnancy test strip, aiming for high accuracy and speed.

If the research and development is successful, women with syphilis could decide whether to terminate their pregnancies early in the pregnancy, nipping the problem in the bud.

Sin Yiu-man agreed with Kan Mei-lin's idea but did not mention investing money.

Pregnancy testing is not a trivial matter; it has an extremely high threshold, involving three major areas: antibody technology, labeling technology, and detection principles. The current scientific foundation is insufficient to support the successful development of a "future pregnancy test." The difficulty is greater than the nuclear bomb development project that would require three times the debt of Mr. Xu in Henan. It would take an investment of approximately 6 trillion US dollars to rapidly advance the entire technology tree in order to hope that a prototype could be produced within ten years.

After leaving Building 14, Xian Yaowen went to his family clinic and listened to the on-duty doctor, Tang Sanshao, talk about poisons.

Tang Sanqiao came from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners who were skilled in using poisonous remedies. By Tang Sanqiao's generation, he had studied traditional Chinese medicine until he graduated from middle school, and then switched to Western medicine at a prestigious university, where he achieved excellent grades.

With limited time, Tang Sanshao only took out a currently popular poison called Shi Ning and mixed it into the drinks and foods that Xian Yaowen usually came into contact with. He asked Xian Yaowen to observe the changes in color, state, and smell, and also explained the emergency self-rescue methods if he was accidentally poisoned.

Poison can kill silently and is very useful, but it also has the property of decapitation and should never be abused. When a power reaches a certain level and before it collapses, if the "leader" dies from poisoning, it is very likely to open Pandora's box, resulting in poison flying everywhere.

However, within the rules, there are not only overconfident hotheads, but also those who have fought their way up from the bottom, ruthless and tough, but who have not yet touched the rules of the world. The rules should not be taken too seriously; one must still take responsibility for one's own life.

In his previous life, as a second-generation scion of a conglomerate, Sin Yiu-man had a very comprehensive security force. Moreover, living in the era of the global village, his family's private jets could form a global flight network. Medical care was also one of the focuses of the family business, and wherever there were family businesses, there were family hospitals. As for poisons, he did not receive systematic training, but only learned some key points.

Currently, since the hardware is insufficient, the software can make up for it, so it is very necessary for him to systematically learn about poisons.

After waiting at the clinic until lunchtime, Sin Yiu-man went to the dining room.

Tonight's dinner is a belated reunion dinner for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Everyone who should be there is there; some are sitting at the table, and some are standing.

Speaking of which, the largest room in Building 1 is the dining room, which occupies an entire floor excluding the kitchen. The living room is only half the size of the dining room, so it can only accommodate a limited number of guests. Up to five guests can be accommodated in an orderly manner, but once that number exceeds that, the word "make do" will come to mind.

"Dad." Sin Kin-chi approached Sin Yiu-man and offered him a piece of fried dough sticks. "Dad, do you want some?"

Sin Yiu-man patted Sin Kin-chi's head and said, "Eat your meal first, then eat."

Before he finished speaking, he had already squatted down, hugged Camilla who was rushing towards him, blocked her little hand that was about to pinch his pants with his arm, and said affectionately, "Your hands are so dirty, how much braised sweet potato have you eaten?"

The little girl giggled and exclaimed, "Had so much, so much!"

"Daddy will take you to wash your hands," Sin Yiu-man said in French, carrying the little girl towards the washbasin.

After washing the little girl's hands, the others were already seated at the table. Xian Yaowen carried the little girl to the head seat, picked up a piece of food for her, and silently announced the start of the meal.

Xian Yaowen focused on feeding the little girl first, using his mouth mainly to speak, "Amin, is the building for Guo Biting and Xu Wanyi finished?"

"The renovation will take another seven or eight days."

Xian Yaowen nodded and glanced at Sun Shuquan, "Build three more buildings, one for each of Shucheng, Shuying, and Shuquan."

"it is good."

Sin Yiu-man looked at Sin Yiu-wu and asked, "Have you ever been on a date?"

Xian Yaowu nodded, "We've made plans to meet once each."

Sin Yiu-man picked up a spoon and scooped two chestnuts onto Camilla's plate. He then used the spoon to crush the chestnuts into small pieces. He used another spoon to scoop some abalone sauce onto the chestnut puree, stirred it a couple of times, and then scooped a little to Camilla's lips.

After Camilla finished eating the chestnuts, Xian Yaowen picked up some other dishes and then looked at Kan Meilin, "Meilin, has the hospital equipped all the necessary medical examination equipment?"

"Brother, we've imported almost all of the most advanced equipment from the West, except for an electroencephalogram (EEG) machine."

"Can't buy it?"

"Brother, the new model of EEG machine will be available soon. Elizabeth can wait patiently for a while, compare the differences between the new and old models, and then decide whether to buy the new model or the old model that has been phased out by major Western hospitals."

"This arrangement is excellent." Xian Yaowen nodded in satisfaction. "Has the obstetrics and gynecology department begun trial operations?"

"It has already begun. We have been holding free clinics every day for the past two weeks, screening out dozens of pregnant women with cephalopelvic disproportion and inviting them to Elizabeth Hospital for delivery. The obstetrics and gynecology department performed three difficult deliveries last week, all of which were successfully completed."

Kan Meilin hesitated for a moment, then said, "Brother, there are many reasons that can cause a difficult childbirth. Should we expand the scope..."

Xian Yaowen waved his hand to interrupt Kan Meilin, "We won't expand this time. Elizabeth is currently facing a serious deficit, and I can't keep subsidizing it with huge sums of money. The most important thing for Elizabeth is to increase revenue. We'll consider expanding the free clinic once the financial situation improves."

Kan Meilin nodded.

“You could suggest to Dean Guan that the STD department hold more promotional events and connect with more high-quality clients.” Xian Yaowen glanced at Xian Yaowu. “There are quite a few playboys who don’t know about preventative measures and mess around outside. For these clients, we can offer private home visits and charge a higher consultation fee.”

"Okay, big brother."

Xian Yaowen nodded to Xian Yaowu, then glanced at Zhou Zhilan, "Mom is pregnant. She told me she has a feeling she's carrying twins, a boy and a girl. We'll soon have a little sister, and Yaobin too."

You're about to become a father and an older brother, so there's something I need to tell you now.

Xian Yaowu stared intently at Xian Yaowen's face, waiting for him to continue.

"As a husband, you can be without love for your wife, but you cannot be heartless. Since you have married her, you must treat her well. My mother and father have lived together for more than 20 years. My father has never hit my mother or even raised his voice at her. They always discuss and agree on everything, big or small, in the family."

Father set a good example for us, and we must follow his example. We must never hit our wives, whether we are right or wrong.

Regardless of what kind of people Guo Biting and Xu Wanyi were in the past, it doesn't change the fact that they are about to become your wives. You brought this trouble upon yourself, and you will have to bear the consequences, good or bad.

Sin Yiu-man's gaze swept across the faces of Chung Kit-ling, Kan Mei-lin, and Chow Chi-lan. "As a husband, being good to your wife doesn't mean keeping her confined and disconnecting her from society. It means being willing to be her stepping stone, supporting her, making her independent and strong, and giving her the ability to be self-reliant. Even if you're not in her life one day, she can still live a good life."

Boom! Sin Yiu-man's words were a wake-up call to the women present.

The saying, "The Xian family doesn't support idlers!" still resonates in everyone's ears, and now there's a new version—love is about lifting people up!
Sun Shuquan had never heard the first version, and being at the age of budding romance, she was most susceptible to the "chicken soup bacteria" infection. The Sin Bacteria were both new and novel, spreading very quickly. Her heart pounded, and her gaze swept over Sin Yiu-man's face, without a trace.

"This stepfather seems nice!"

Sin Yiu-man scooped a spoonful of stir-fried dried lettuce and cured beef into his own dish, picked out the chili peppers and garlic leaves, mashed the cured beef with a spoon until it was tender, and then put it into Camilla's dish.

The little girl flashed him a charming smile and pointed to a plate, "Papa, I want that."

“Okay, repeat after Dad, Water caltrop vine.” Sin Yiu Man scooped a spoonful of diced stir-fried water caltrop vine into Camilla’s dish.

“Water caltrop vine.”

“Nice,” Xian Yaowen praised Camilla, then said to Wang Xiamin, “Buy some water chestnuts and caltrops tomorrow, and have the teacher design a lesson combining language and biology.”

Wang Xiamin nodded, "Okay."

After feeding the little girl, Xian Yaowen started to eat on his own.

After taking a few bites, he looked at Xian Yaowu again and said, "I have something for you to do."

"Brother, please speak."

“Buy a plot of land nearby and build a kindergarten. It doesn’t need to be too big, just big enough to accommodate 50 children. We won’t be open to the public; we’ll only invite students. Excluding construction costs, the budget for the first three years is HK$50 per year, and after that, the budget for the next three years is HK$150 million per year.”

Please prepare a plan and show it to me first.

"Brother, the reason for building the kindergarten is..."

“Go back and think it over slowly. Speak up when you’ve thought it through.” Interrupting Xian Yaowu, Xian Yaowen looked at Sun Shuquan and chuckled, “Shuquan, I’m sorry I didn’t pick you up in Luohu.”

“No, it’s alright,” Sun Shuquan stammered.

"Did Chung Hsi Girls' School switch to new textbooks at the beginning of this year?"

"Yes, it's been changed."

"Has it gotten easier or harder?"

"It's become simpler."

Sin Yiu-man nodded. “The curriculum at Chung-Sai Girls’ School was similar to that of church schools in Hong Kong. You can continue your studies here without repeating a grade. The new semester has not been long, so you can catch up perfectly if you join now.”

Let's pause briefly to allow Sun Shuquan some time to process this.

"However, my advice is not to enroll so soon. Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles. You have been in Shanghai for a long time. Shanghai's original concessions and foreign concessions were heavily Westernized. You have been exposed to Shanghai's 'Western culture' that has been localized and changed. It is a combination of East and West, neither East nor West, and can be called a hybrid."

Sin Yiu-man pointed to his temple. “You have a wrong, distorted impression of the West in your mind. I plan to arrange for you to stay in Paris for a while, live with your older sister, work in a café, and experience the real French style.”

Once your French becomes fluent, go to London for a while and work three jobs: one at a law firm, one at a publishing house, and one at a Chinese restaurant.

Then, next stop New York, where I worked four jobs: a publishing house, a toy company, a modeling agency, and a Western restaurant.

The three-stop trip will last a year. When you return, you will not only have to hand over an income of no less than $2000, but you also cannot neglect your studies.

Want to give it a try?

Upon hearing this, Sun Shuquan turned to look at Fei Baoshu.

Fei Baoshu looked at Xian Yaowen and said, "Master, do you want Shuquan to get some training?"

"Otherwise what?" Xian Yaowen chuckled at Fei Baoshu, then turned his gaze back to Sun Shuquan's face. "Shuquan, you're already fifteen years old, not a child anymore. It's time to take responsibility for your own life. If you're trapped in a well, your best way out is to look at the sky. The world is vast, go out and see it."

Sun Shuquan thought for a long time, then nodded, "I'll go."

Sin Yiu-man nodded. “Whether your answer is more about longing for the outside world or more about courage, you’ve at least taken the first step. Have fun these next few days, and we’ll set off in three days.”

"Ah."

Sin Yiu-man's gaze shifted to Fei Po-shu's face. "Baby, it's time to buy a house in the Mid-Levels. The family will contribute half, and you will contribute the other half. It will be nominally the Sin Residence, but the property will be registered under Shu-chuan's name."

"it is good."

Finished eating.

While the others went up to the rooftop to enjoy tea and watch a movie, Sin Yiu-man changed into casual clothes, brought his harmonica and wheelchair, and accompanied Zhou Ruoyun to Temple Street in a line of five cars.

Sin Yiu-man helped Zhou Ruoyun walk in the middle, with security guards protecting them from all sides to prevent any unexpected accidents.

"Sir, isn't this too ostentatious?"

Xian Yaowen gently stroked Zhou Ruoyun's large belly, "There's nothing I can do, your body is too precious."

Zhou Ruoyun chuckled, "There's no need to be so dramatic."

"Be patient. At this time, you can't be too careful. We can't leave everything to luck."

"Alright," Zhou Ruoyun said helplessly.

"Are you craving something? Want to buy some snacks?"

Zhou Ruoyun shook her head, "My stomach is full."

Xian Yaowen fanned the air with his hand, bringing the aroma of the fried stuffed three treasures to Zhou Ruoyun's nose, "Even if you don't eat it, just smell it."

Zhou Ruoyun sniffed. "It's been so long since I've had this."

"Let Mrs. Song cook tomorrow. It's okay to eat a little less."

"Mmm." Zhou Ruoyun touched her belly and chuckled, "Thank you, Weizhen."

"What, you've come to a profound understanding of how a mother's status rises with her son?"

“Yes.” Zhou Ruoyun smiled broadly, looking up at Xian Yaowen’s face. “If I weren’t pregnant, would you accompany me for a walk after dinner?”

"Yes, but I won't grant every request." Xian Yaowen gently stroked Zhou Ruoyun's face. "Do you regret marrying me? Without me, perhaps you would have married a husband who is devoted to you."

Zhou Ruoyun's eyes welled up with tears, and she gently shook her head. "You are wonderful. I have never regretted marrying you."

"Thank you, Miss Zhou Ruoyun. I won't let you lose the bet, and I certainly won't let you suffer a complete defeat."

"Hmm." Zhou Ruoyun's cheek rubbed against Xian Yaowen's palm. "Master, after Weizhen is weaned, shall we start dating again?"

“Okay.” Xian Yaowen said sincerely and firmly, “When you go back to school, I will pursue you and let your classmates witness my pursuit of you.”

"Is it really possible?"

"Of course, you can also find a few rivals to increase the difficulty of pursuing her."

Zhou Ruoyun chuckled and said, "I can't find a rival in love who can be my equal with the master."

Xian Yaowen took out a harmonica from his pocket and chuckled, "Miss Zhou Ruoyun, I'll give you a song called 'Sleeping with You After Seventy-Four Years'."

Zhou Ruoyun smiled gently and gazed at Xian Yaowen's lips.

Sin Yiu-man recalled the score, tried playing a section, and soon the melody of "I've Crossed the Ocean to See You" filled the air.

He didn't stop, walking and blowing his instrument, attracting a lot of attention but not disturbing the crowd.

Zhou Ruoyun grabbed his clothes, her gaze not on the road.

……

The next day.

Around noon, Sin Yiu-man arrived at the pier in Macau.

As soon as Alice stepped onto the beach, she threw herself into his arms and gave him a long, passionate kiss.

When her lips showed signs of swelling, Alice stopped her attack and asked softly, "What time did you make the appointment?"

"Three o'clock."

"There's still time, shall we do it?"

"you think?"

"think."

"it is good."

Alice, holding Xian Yaowen's hand, walked quickly towards the car, their two long, narrow shadows left on the beach. (End of Chapter)