The Physician Tycoon

Ye Kai hurried to Sun Hongxia's house and saw Li Youcai and his son Li Liang standing in the yard, arguing with Sun Hongxia.

Ye Kai approached Li Youcai, raising his fist: "Li Youcai, you've got some nerve, harassing Sister Hongxia again. Believe me or not, I'll break your legs!"

When Li Youcai saw Ye Kai, he was startled and took a few steps back.

Li Liang, supporting Li Youcai, said emphatically, "Ye Kai, I may not be able to beat you, but you can't just rely on your strength to be unreasonable!"

Ye Kai found it amusing; this Li Liang usually bullied others because of his strong fists.

Now that they can't beat us, they resort to reasoning. How cunning!

Ye Kai retorted, "You're crying wolf! You're a village bully who often uses your fists to bully the villagers, and you still say I'm unreasonable. Tell me, how am I unreasonable?"

"Sun Hongxia was bought by my family for the price of ten cows. She was born a member of the Li family and will die a ghost of the Li family!"

My older brother is gone, so she's my woman, and she should carry on my family line!

"Your arranged marriage was illegal to begin with. Li Ming is dead, so Sister Hongxia is free. It's none of your business!"

"Since you insist on meddling in this, give me back my ten cows, and I'll let her go!"

Li Liang looked at Ye Kai smugly, assuming Ye Kai couldn't afford the money.

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course, do you have money?"

Li Liang looked towards Ye Kai's house, which consisted of three single-story stone houses with no decent furniture inside; it was a place of extreme poverty.

Let alone ten cows, we can't even produce a single cow's leg.

"Tell me, how much?"

Li Youcai quickly calculated with his fingers, "I won't say any more. One cow costs ten thousand yuan, that's a total of one hundred thousand yuan!"

Ye Kai readily agreed.

"Alright, it's settled then! I'll give you 100,000 yuan, and you're not allowed to bother Sister Hongxia again!"

Li Youcai said suspiciously, "You're really rich? You're not kidding, are you?"

"Nonsense, I'm too lazy to argue with you!"

"I'll come back for the money in three days! If you can't pay, I'll take Sun Hongxia away!"

"That's settled then." Ye Kai waved his hand, signaling Li Youcai to leave.

Li Youcai and his son exchanged a glance; they didn't believe Ye Kai could come up with that much money.

There are only a few families in the village who can come up with 100,000 yuan at once, not to mention that Ye Kai is a simpleton. Even if he were sold, he still wouldn't be able to raise 100,000 yuan.

They left happily, only to return in three days to bring Sun Hongxia.

Sun Hongxia, her face full of worry, asked Ye Kai, "Xiao Kai, they're being unreasonable. How can you agree to their request? Do you really have the money?"

Ye Kai said confidently, "Yes, don't worry."

"Where did you get so much money?"

Sun Hongxia didn't believe Ye Kai at all; 100,000 yuan was no small sum.

Ye Kai still relies on her for support to survive. With his limited resources, let alone 100,000, he probably couldn't even come up with 300.

"I earned it by collecting herbs in the mountains."

"Why haven't you mentioned this before?"

"I've been too busy these past few days and haven't had a chance to tell you."

"No, your money didn't come easily, I can't take it!"

"What 'yours' and 'mine'? Let's get through this first. Do you want to go with Li Liang?"

Sun Hongxia felt caught in a dilemma. Going with Li Liang was definitely out of the question, but she couldn't bear to use Ye Kai's money.

"Young master, 100,000 yuan is no small sum. I don't have the money to pay you back!"

Ye Kai waved his hand, "I'm not in a hurry for money. We'll talk about it when you have more money later."

"Alright then, I'll definitely pay you back!"

"I'll go to town to get the money now."

"Wait a moment, I'll go borrow a tricycle and go with you."

Sun Hongxia hurriedly arrived at Liu Yufen's house, where she had an electric tricycle.

Sun Hongxia stood at the door and called out, "Sister Yufen, are you home?"

Liu Yufen was taking a nap when she heard the noise and came out of the house. "Hongxia, what's up?"

"I'd like to borrow your tricycle for a while."

"Okay, let's ride away."

Sun Hongxia was pushing her tricycle to leave when Liu Yufen pressed Sun Hongxia's hand.

"Little sister, don't rush off, let's talk first."

"What did you say?"

Liu Yufen lowered her voice and asked, "Have you and Ye Kai done it?"

Sun Hongxia's face flushed red, and she stammered, "What are you doing?"

"You don't even understand this? She just fell asleep."

"No... Sis, don't talk nonsense!"

"You can't fool me. I can tell from your expression that you two definitely did it."

Sun Hongxia blushed and kept her head down without saying a word.

Liu Yufen, having been through it all, understood everything. "So, how did my sister treat you?"

"Sister Yufen, you're so good to me."

Perhaps because they shared a similar plight, the two had a very good relationship. No matter what Sun Hongxia asked Liu Yufen to borrow, Liu Yufen would readily agree.

If someone else were to borrow her tricycle, Liu Yufen might not necessarily agree, but when Sun Hongxia came, Liu Yufen agreed without even thinking about it.

She made a request, "Hongxia, can you do me a favor too?"

"What is it? Tell me."

"I want a child. Talk to Xiao Kai and ask him for help."

"Oh no... how can this be?"

Sun Hongxia never expected that Liu Yufen would make such a request.

Love is exclusive; no matter how generous Sun Hongxia is, she will not give Ye Kai away to another woman.

"Then you can go back to your hometown."

Liu Yufen's family home is in Liubao Village, which is more than 20 miles away from Taohua Village.

"If I go back, the villagers will break my back."

Do you know what they're saying outside? They say I'm a jinx, that Dazhu was as strong as an ox, and that I killed him.

Sun Hongxia said with deep feeling, "People's words are truly terrifying! They also say I'm a jinx to my husband, that I killed Li Ming on my very first day I married into the Li family!"

The two women hugged each other and cried as they talked, their shared fate binding them together.

"Help me, Hongxia! Waaaaah..."

Sun Hongxia felt very troubled, "Ye Kai is almost back to normal, he might not listen to me!"

"I have a good way to get things done without anyone knowing."

Sun Hongxia asked curiously, "What method?"

"When you come back from town, I'll come to your house for dinner. I'll invite Ye Kai along, and the three of us can have a few drinks and get Ye Kai drunk. That'll do."