I was forced to start the second round because I was raised in poverty

Chapter 417 Who won?
Bai Zihua brought a steak to Su Tianyan's bedroom.

He gently placed it on the table, indicating that his meal was ready.

"Where's Xiaocheng?"

"Why hasn't Xiaocheng come to eat yet?"

"Also, why did you only prepare one steak? Didn't you prepare one for our Xiaocheng?"

Bai Zihua's pupils contracted: "You mean young master?"

"Yeah! Where's Xiaocheng?"

Bai Zihua was about to explain, but Su Tianyan interrupted him.

"I just called Xiaocheng, why didn't you prepare it for her?"

Bai Zihua was shocked: "President Su...did you call the young master?"

Su Tianyan presented himself as a very kind father: "Yes!"

"I asked Xiaocheng if she had eaten yet, and if not, she could come over and have some food."

“I told him we’re having steak at home today. If you don’t prepare some for Xiaocheng, how will he eat?”

"Then let Xiaocheng eat this one, I won't eat it."

"Don't let Xiaocheng go hungry."

Bai Zihua felt inexplicably flustered: "President Su, what were your exact words?"

"His exact words were, 'Let him come over for dinner!'"

"anything else?"

"Gone."

“But Mr. Su, if you talk to the young master in this state, he will definitely suspect that you have a serious mental problem.”

"He's mentally sound. Why does calling him home for dinner mean he's mentally sound? I'm his father. Where else can he eat if he doesn't come home?"

“Food outside is expensive and unsanitary, and it’s all made with gutter oil. I don’t like him eating out or ordering takeout.”

"It's much healthier to cook at home, and it saves money too."

Bai Zihua did not continue arguing with Su Tianyan.

He realized that arguing with President Su in this state was pointless.

and.

From his perspective, this is not a bad thing.

If Xiao Cheng discovers that Mr. Su has Alzheimer's disease, it would greatly undermine Mr. Su's authority as a father.

It is a very important thing that Mr. Su has lost his authority as a father.

In Kyushu and even Asia, the Confucian concept of "the father is the guide for the son" gives the role of "father" the highest authority under ethical norms.

If he loses this authority, the blow to President Su will be devastating.

Even if Su Cheng doesn't know the full truth about the Emperor Group, he certainly won't blindly obey his father anymore.

Xiao Cheng no longer needs to be afraid of her father or be controlled by him.

They will not be bound by family ties, morality, or other factors, and will have no psychological burden.

Whether Old Su's role was that of a father who raised Xiao Cheng or a top figure in the business world, it was all in the past for Su Cheng.

To put it mildly.

Old Su is a fool now.

Nothing I say carries any weight.

Even if Lao Su is always sober, Xiao Cheng will most likely outwardly comply but inwardly defy him.

Bai Zihua largely hoped that Su Cheng would rebel.

But the same thing.

Bai Zihua was worried that something might go wrong with Long Ruoli.

Because what Mr. Su lost was not just his authority within the family.

If this matter were to spread within the Emperor Group, his authority as a business leader would be greatly diminished.

Those with ulterior motives will use the fact that the Geely fleet participated in the so-called "economic bubble" to make a fuss.

Bai Zihua first tried to calm down President Su, who was in this state.

"Mr. Su, did the young master say he would come after his vacation? He's quite busy with work."

"Okay, work comes first."

"Men should be busy!"

"Then I'll eat it!"

After Su Tianyan finished speaking, he prepared to enjoy the steak.

Rather than saying he was enjoying it, it would be more accurate to say he was feasting.

Su Tianyan didn't even use the prepared knife and fork, but instead grabbed it with both hands as if he were eating an egg pancake.

He took a big bite, chewed it lightly a few times in his mouth, and then swallowed it whole.

Bai Zihua could see Su Tianyan struggling to swallow, and he could also see the painful, contorted expression on Su Tianyan's face as she swallowed.

"President Su, please eat slowly."

Su Tianyan didn't speak, but only uttered a "hmm~" with a tone that rose and fell, sounding completely out of tune.

Bai Zihua could hardly bear to look at such ravenous eating.

At this moment, President Su was like a homeless person who had never had a full meal.

In fact, speaking from the facts...

Mr. Su's recent meals have all been so-called healthy meals, with virtually no red meat.

But this doesn't mean that Mr. Su is suffering when he eats coarse grains, and that eating steak is actually a luxury!
The salmon are wild king salmon caught in the cold, pristine waters of Alaska.

The olive oil is extra virgin olive oil from the Andalusia region of Spain.

Dark chocolate-colored eggs produced by the French Copper Black Horse Blue Chicken.

Dark green kale from Tuscany, Italy.

Although the staple food is mixed grain brown rice, it is Grade A Koshihikari rice from Uonuma region of Niigata Prefecture, Japan, which is the top-grade rice producing area.

Blueberries and strawberries come from Nagano Prefecture and are picked by hand one by one every morning, making them the highest priority "morning picking".

All ingredients were flown in by private plane on the same day.

This steak was just a very ordinary steak.

Because of the customized recipe, the kitchen did not prepare any red meat. This steak was just frozen at the bottom of the freezer and was the cheap steak that other people in the park usually eat.

But Mr. Su ate it with great relish.

In just three minutes, he devoured the 350g steak as if it were a flatbread.

Despite finding it hard to swallow, Su Tianyan thoroughly enjoyed the meal.

Su Tianyan is now only satisfied with physical desires.

in other words.

He is currently in the state of an animal.

The most primitive animals prioritize meat over a nutritionally balanced and healthy diet.

Choline, folic acid, vitamin K, Omega-3... Mr. Su has completely forgotten about antioxidants.

"water."

"I want to drink."

Bai Zihua immediately brought over two bottles of prepared mineral water.

Su Tianyan unscrewed the cap and gulped it down.

Only after drinking two 440ml bottles of spring water did Su Tianyan rub his stomach in satisfaction.

Where is my cigar?

"Mr. Su, you should probably stop smoking cigars. In your current state, you're not in a position to counteract the damage that carbon monoxide can cause to your brain."

"I want to smoke it!"

Despite Bai Zihua's attempts to dissuade him, he eventually took out the cigar.

"Give it to me, I'll do it myself."

Although Su Tianyan is currently delirious, he is still very skilled at cutting and roasting cigars.

He completed all the preliminary steps, then adjusted himself into a comfortable position and took a deep breath.

Su Tianyan took a deep breath: "Hiss~"

Smoke is a complex, dense cloud of gases, suspended tar particles, and various chemical substances that travels through the trachea to the hundreds of millions of alveoli at the end of the lungs.

Then, he let out a long exhale: "Whoosh~"

A fleeting but almost imperceptible glint of clarity and alertness flashed in Su Tianyan's eyes.

But it only lasted for a moment.

With each breath, hundreds of chemicals enter the bloodstream through the alveoli and capillary walls. Carbon monoxide has an affinity for hemoglobin more than 200 times that of oxygen, easily stealing the opportunity for oxygen to bind with hemoglobin and producing stable carboxyhemoglobin with the highest priority.

This directly led to a significant decrease in Su Tianyan's blood's ability to carry oxygen.

Blood containing high concentrations of nicotine and carboxyhemoglobin returns from the lungs to the left atrium via the pulmonary veins, and is then pumped into the aorta by the left ventricle, entering Su Tianyan's entire arterial circulatory system.

Nicotine easily penetrated the blood-brain barrier, which protects his brain from harmful substances in the blood.

The entire process takes less than 7 seconds.

At the same time, the blood in Su Tianyan's body with reduced oxygen-carrying capacity was transported to all tissues and organs, including the heart, muscles, and various internal organs, resulting in varying degrees of tissue hypoxia.

To know.

Su Tianyan's brain is not that of an ordinary, normal person.

Instead, it is a brain with a large number of dead neurons, atrophied brain tissue, an imbalanced neurotransmitter system, and impaired cerebrovascular function.

This torrent of chemicals inflicted further damage on an already chaotic brain.

Su Tianyan's neurons were already struggling with energy metabolism disorders and β-amyloid plaques.

The rapid influx of large amounts of complex chemicals, such as carbon monoxide, can cause acute brain tissue hypoxia.

This is adding insult to injury for these neurons struggling on the brink of death.

Each time Su Tianyan passed through his lungs, it was equivalent to a miniature suffocation event, greatly accelerating the irreversible death of nerve cells.

Especially in the hippocampus and cortical regions of the memory center, which have extremely high oxygen requirements.

The "false sobriety" induced by nicotine quickly dissipated.

Instead, there is a deeper sense of bewilderment caused by hypoxia and nervous system disorders.

Su Tianyan's expression and movements were even more blank than before.

After he took his second puff, his head slowly lowered.

Because his mouth and nose were in an obstructed position, Su Tianyan began to snore intermittently.

"President Su...President Su?"

Bai Zihua called out softly to Su Tianyan, but there was no response.

Su Tianyan's brain has been forcibly shut down.

He was still holding the cigar tightly between his fingers, the wisps of smoke scorching them.

Bai Zihua gently took the cigar from Su Tianyan's hand and extinguished it in the ashtray.

He found a blanket and covered Su Tianyan with it, then sat down on the chair next to him and waited quietly for Su Tianyan to wake up from her dazed state.

This wait lasted two days.

Su Tianyan awoke from his state of confusion.

He glanced at Bai Zihua, who was standing beside him but looked extremely tired and was forcing himself to stay awake... and immediately realized what had happened.

"Zihua."

"President Su, I'm here."

Am I having another episode?

Bai Zihua responded with silence.

"How long? Was it longer than last time?"

Bai Zihua glanced at his watch: "43 hours."

Su Tianyan's eyes sank deep into their sockets, his expression extremely grave.

43 hours…

His initial episodes were instantaneous.

It gradually escalated into two or three hours.

It has now increased dozens of times, lasting for 43 hours!
It's been two days now.

He could hardly imagine what kind of state he had been in over the past two days.

Su Tianyan had no recollection whatsoever.

"Nothing went wrong, right?"

"There is an unexpected situation."

Su Tianyan still couldn't remember what he was doing before his illness struck.

"President Su, we were reviewing our fleet at the time, and we incurred significant losses when we participated in the 'economic bubble'."

Despite Bai Zihua's reminder.

But he still couldn't remember anything about the loss.

Su Tianyan remained skeptical about the losses, and he was very surprised.

"what happened?"

"How could there be a loss?"

"It's impossible to lose money!"

How could an economic bubble possibly result in losses?

"The apple didn't fall on Newton's head; instead, it grew back in front of him?"

Su Tianyan still couldn't accept this fact.

Even his reaction was the same as when he first heard about the loss; he was thinking of Apple's example.

Is this the unexpected situation Bai Zihua was referring to?
"No, President Su, the unexpected situation I was referring to was... when you were in a state of confusion, Long Ruoli was present."

Bai Zihua used a very nice-sounding term: chaotic state.

"Is Xiaolong here?"

Su Tianyan frowned, and several deep vertical lines appeared between his brows, resembling two twisted hills.

The horizontal lines on his forehead also deepened.

His eyes narrowed unconsciously, his vision sharpening as he tried to see clearly the incomprehensible situation before him, his gaze filled with an unresolved inquiry.

"Where is she now?"

"She's still in the garden; I haven't let her leave. We're waiting for your decision."

"Alright." Su Tianyan took a deep breath. "Call her over."

"Mr. Su, your current condition..."

"I'm fine."

"Okay, Mr. Su, I'll go get it right now. You can wash your face."

Bai Zihua walked through the vast garden and arrived at a room in the annex building.

Upon seeing Bai Zihua, Long Ruoli immediately went to greet him: "Is President Su awake?"

"Yes, President Su wants you to come over."

Long Ruoli's eyebrows were furrowed, casting a small shadow between them, revealing a sense of unease and worry.

She waited for two days.

Now is the time to decide her fate.

On the way to the main house, Long Ruoli's heart was pounding.

She didn't ask Bai Zihua how to deal with her, because it seemed that Bai didn't know either.

Because Bai was just as anxious as he was.

She now faces only two possible outcomes.

First, it was dealt with decisively.

They probably already knew where to bury the body.

Based on her understanding of Su Tianyan, she knew he was truly capable of doing something like that.

And they don't even blink.

Secondly, she became one of only two people who knew that the old man had Alzheimer's disease.

If it is the latter, then her power will be greatly expanded and inflated.

Long Ruoli had no idea beforehand how she would be treated.

She admitted that she was gambling.

But this isn't the 50/50 winning odds like in the Macau casinos.

It's probably about 37/10.

The latter accounts for 7%.

That's why Long Ruoli dared to gamble.

70% is already a very high probability.

When Long Ruoli arrived at the main house and saw Su Tianyan for the first time, she immediately knew...

I won the bet.

(End of this chapter)