Chapter 43 - Daughter-in-law

This little sprite, does she really intend to dry me up?

Feeling waves of ecstasy shooting up his arm, Ye Haochuan’s mind started to wander.

He put on a smile and teased, “It’s not that I won’t give it to you, but these pills are extraordinary.

I was planning on saving them for my future wife.

If I give them to you, what will I do about my wife then?”

This big pervert!

He’s doing it on purpose!

Zhao Bingqian could clearly see his sly intentions and, rolling her eyes, she giggled, “If it comes to that, I’ll just become your wife, Uncle.

Just give me some more then.”

Ye Haochuan almost had a nosebleed.

Was this little sprite serious or just joking?

As Zhao Bingqian spoke without any filter, Lin Qingxuan and Zhang Ziyi stared in shock while also finding it a bit amusing.

“Ahem ahem…” Ye Haochuan touched his nose, “The thing is, I’m not into a barbaric girlfriend like you.”

“When have I been barbaric?” Zhao Bingqian put her hands on her hips and huffed, “Uncle, you should have some conscience when you speak.

I’ve already agreed to be your wife, and yet you’re still so stingy and unreliable.

After all, I gave up my room for you, and this is how you treat me?

I’m done with you.”

Having said that, Zhao Bingqian shook Ye Haochuan’s arm off and turned to leave.

This little sprite, so quick to throw a tantrum, is really hard to deal with!

Ye Haochuan was caught between laughter and tears.

Considering that if he really upset her, it might become difficult for him to keep living in her boudoir, he had no choice but to surrender with his hands up, saying, “Alright, alright, you win.

I’ll give you five…”

“No way, ten!” Zhao Bingqing immediately spun around, pouting her lips with a pushy attitude.

“Five!”

“Ten!”

“Seven!”

“Nope, ten!”

“Sigh, fine, fine, you’ve broken me.

Ten, take them!”

Having secured ten Body-Strengthening Pills, Zhao Bingqian cheered immediately, while Lin Qingxuan and Zhang Ziyi watched with great envy.

Zhang Ziyi could not hold back and was about to ask for some, when Ye Haochuan chuckled, “If you want Body-Strengthening Pills, you need to be prepared to be my wife first…”

Zhang Ziyi blushed deeply, “Brother Ye, you’re so bad.

If you won’t give them to me, forget it.

I’ll ask Qianqian for them, hmph.” With that, she ran off like a whirlwind.

Lin Qingxuan was left alone, shy and unsure, staying in place.

“Qingxuan, what about you?

Don’t you want to consider being my wife?

I’ll give you twenty Body-Strengthening Pills…”

Ye Haochuan winked at her, tempting her.

Lin Qingxuan, already with a thin skin, couldn’t handle his flirtation and ran off without saying a word, her face reddened.

Ye Haochuan laughed heartily.

Living in the same room with such enchanting ladies made life truly beautiful!

He added three Body-Strengthening Pills to the Angelica Astragalus Wine, and in no time, the pills dissolved and vanished without a trace.

When he entered Su Yingxue’s room, the four girls were chatting excitedly about the effects of the Body-Strengthening Pills.

Ye Haochuan noticed that Su Yingxue’s complexion looked a lot better.

Clearly, she too had taken one of the pills.

However, the Body-Strengthening Pills merely provided physical health benefits.

To truly cure Su Yingxue’s ailment, he’d need the Angelica Astragalus Wine.

As he walked in, all four girls turned their eyes to him in unison.

Zhao Bingqian cheekily said, “Hubby, you’re here?”

Hubby?

Had this little sprite taken the wrong medicine?

Ye Haochuan felt a tingle in his scalp, “Hubby?

You’re not calling me Uncle anymore?”

Zhang Ziyi, Su Yingxue, and Lin Qingxuan all covered their mouths and laughed, looking at him with interest.

“You asked me to be your wife, didn’t you?

A girl’s got to keep her word,” Zhao Bingqian giggled.

“Alright, then.

Remember to warm the bed for your husband tonight and then we can start our baby-making mission,” Ye Haochuan teased.

“Dream on!” Zhao Bingqian spat at him, “You just get a few calls of ‘husband’ and you’re suddenly too cocky to remember your own name?”

“Damn, I would’ve never given you those ten Body-Strengthening Pills if I had known,” Ye Haochuan said in frustration, finding this cheap husband role totally lackluster.

Seeing his glum face, Zhang Ziyi, Su Yingxue, and Lin Qingxuan chuckled knowingly.

Disappointed, Ye Haochuan composed himself, placed the Angelica Astragalus Wine on the bedside table next to Su Yingxue’s bed, and reminded, “Yingxue, this Angelica Astragalus Wine is very beneficial for easing your menstrual pain.

Start drinking it five days before your period, twice a day, a small cup each time, for a week-long course…”

Su Yingxue took it to heart and then expressed her thanks.

At that moment, Zhao Bingqian and the other two women also asked if they could drink this Angelica Astragalus Wine.

Ye Haochuan had just said “Yes” when his cellphone rang; the caller ID showed it was President Li Tianwei from Tianwei Group.

Signaling to the four women that he needed to take the call, Ye Haochuan stepped out of the bedroom.

After pressing the answer button, Ye Haochuan spoke, “President Li, hello, what can I do for you?”

“Oh, it’s like this, Junior Brother Ye, do you have any free time at lunch?

My family would like to invite you to a banquet at Shihao Grand Hotel, as a token of our gratitude for the other day when you saved Wenfeng,” Li Tianwei said with a chuckle.

Ye Haochuan replied, “President Li, there’s really no need for thanks.

Saving lives is a doctor’s duty.”

“No, no, no, it’s a must.

My wife and I were impolite before and we must apologize to you in person.

Besides, that young fellow Wenfeng and his brother Lei Yiming also want to catch up with you again…”

Hearing his insistent tone, Ye Haochuan felt it would be rather cold to refuse any further, so he agreed to go.

After hanging up, Ye Haochuan told the others about his plan to go to the banquet.

“Go on, go on, uncle, since Qingxuan’s condition is stable for now and she won’t be needing you,” Zhao Bingqian said nonchalantly.

Ye Haochuan couldn’t help but smile wryly; just now she was calling him husband, and now she had switched to uncle — how quickly things change.

“Oh, by the way, uncle, can you drive?” Zhao Bingqian suddenly asked.

Ye Haochuan nodded.

In fact, he couldn’t drive and never had a license before, but after inheriting Holy Hand’s memories, he had learned how to drive.

“Well then, uncle, don’t say this young lady is heartless.

Here, take the car keys.

I’ll lend you my BMW for the day as payback for those ten Body-Strengthening Pills you gave me just now, how’s that?”

Well, he might have lost a wife but at least he borrowed a BMW, which he could show off a bit.

Ye Haochuan nodded, “Sure.” Without further ado, he took the car keys.

After breakfast with the four women, and wanting to try out the feeling of driving a luxury car, Ye Haochuan hurried down from his dormitory building and went to the parking lot.

The BMW was an automatic, which made operating it even more foolproof.

He pressed the brake, started the engine, and lightly stepped on the accelerator.

Under the astonished gazes of students and staff passing by dormitory seven, the BMW slowly drove away from the dormitory, winding its way through the campus before merging into the stream of traffic on the road outside.

At half-past eleven, he arrived at Shihao Grand Hotel and drove the BMW into the parking lot.

The concierge at the hotel entrance rushed to open the car door upon seeing the luxury vehicle, initially thinking a rich young lady had arrived.

However, when they saw a man in plain clothes step out, they were caught off guard.

Could this guy have stolen the BMW?

The concierge became suspicious.