A dowry of one billion, and I'll marry him!

Hearing his angry voice, Shi Yanxia chuckled and whispered, "The Shen family is indeed shameless. They even took the Zhan family's betrothal gifts. If it weren't for the Zhan family's bodyguards, we probably wouldn't have been able to get those things back."

“I knew it! Sister-in-law… let me tell you.” Leng Ziming said, and after changing the subject, he rattled off a whole bunch of things, completely letting himself go.

Zhan Jinglin ate his meal quietly, occasionally picking up food for Shi Yanxia.

It wasn't until Leng Zhiming was hoarse from talking that Zhan Jinglin turned his head, looked at her, and said, "You're going to participate in the second half of the variety show tomorrow?"

“Mmm,” Shi Yanxia replied softly.

After listening, Zhan Jinglin said thoughtfully, "If you need anything, you can ask Butler Zhou to prepare it in advance."

"No need, I bought it when I went out yesterday," Shi Yanxia said softly.

When she met Bai Nuannuan yesterday, she stopped at a pharmacy and other places on the way out and bought some necessities. She didn't plan to bring much else.

"Will you be free later, sister-in-law? I have some questions about medicine that I'd like to ask you," Leng Zhiming quickly asked, seizing the opportunity.

His heart pounded as soon as he asked the question, fearing she would reject him.

After learning that she knew acupressure therapy, he mentioned it to his grandfather when he got home. His grandfather wanted to come and find Shi Yanxia that very night, but he stopped him.

Because of this, the old man almost fell out with him.

Knowing that he was coming over tonight to ask Shi Yanxia for advice, he even made a list of a few questions he wanted to ask, so that Leng Zhiming could come and get the answers.

“Sure, I’m free after dinner,” Shi Yanxia said.

Leng Ziming's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he quickened his eating pace, saying, "Okay, give me half an hour later!"

“Your braised dishes are quite good,” Shi Yanxia suddenly said.

Leng Zhiming was stunned, and said in disbelief, "Sister-in-law likes it?"

“I like them, they’re delicious,” Shi Yanxia said.

Leng Ziming grinned, looking naive and easily fooled, a stark contrast to his earlier tone when he was on the phone with Shen Zhinan, putting him down.

After finishing their meal, Zhan Jinglin got up and went back to his study, while Leng Ziming and Shi Yanxia went outside and sat down in the courtyard.

Butler Zhou had a table brought over, lit mosquito coils, and set out some snacks and tea. After doing all this, he quietly withdrew.

"Regarding your previous acupressure therapy, the detoxification technique, and this medicinal powder formula..."

"Another aspect is the combination of acupoints and traditional Chinese medicine. How can we forcefully expel toxins after they have invaded the bloodstream?"

Leng Zhimo laid out the problem, wrote it down on a piece of paper, and pushed it in front of Shi Yanxia.

Like an eager student, he stepped forward and heard Shi Yanxia's cool voice answer his question concisely, even giving him a few examples.

Leng Ziming was stunned; he stared at her in disbelief.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go upstairs." Shi Yanxia watched him ask the question before slowly getting up and walking back.

Leng Ziming held the recorder, transcribing her words as he wrote, and asked, "Sister-in-law, how do you know all this? Who taught you?"

He had never read about these things in books, nor had he ever even heard of them.

"I guess you could say I'm self-taught. When I was little, I was bored on the mountain, so I used to make my own sutures," Shi Yanxia said as she walked back to the living room.

Leng Ziming was left sitting there stunned. It took him a long time to come to his senses. He said in disbelief, "Self-taught? He made this himself? This... is too awesome."

He kept swallowing, and after finishing organizing, he took his notes and went upstairs, pushing open the door to enter.

Zhan Jinglin looked at his terrified expression, glanced at him calmly, and said, "What, you've learned it?"

"Ah Jing, you married a good wife! Hurry up and have a child, she's too smart." Leng Ziming kept rubbing his hands, Shi Yanxia's words echoing in his ears.

Zhan Jinglin frowned, rubbing his temples, and said in a deep voice, "She's only 20 years old."

"What's wrong with being 20? Your sister-in-law is great! You should keep her by your side and remember, repay her with your body! You must repay her with your body, don't let her run away, or you'll be a bachelor for life." Leng Zhiming said before turning and leaving.

"..." Zhan Jinglin fell silent.

He watched Leng Ziming's departing figure for a long while before lowering his gaze to the documents, muttering in a low voice, "Naive."

In the VIP ward of the hospital

Leng Chengshen lay on the hospital bed, his hand still bandaged, the skin on his fingertips burned by the exploding phone, his palm still burning.

Seeing Shen Zhinan hang up the phone, he quickly asked, "Mr. Shen, how did it go? Did my brother agree?"

“Your brother clearly looks down on the Shen family, but he’s right about one thing! If we can’t find Zhan Jinglin, we can find Shi Yanxia. As long as she agrees, this matter can be accomplished,” Shen Zhinan said coldly.

Thinking about the contract he signed with Shi Yanxia, ​​which hasn't expired yet.

Therefore, he could easily use the contract to pressure her into doing the most important thing for him.

Otherwise, she can forget about leaving the Shen family after the contract expires. All contracts have supplementary clauses, and even if she doesn't sign them, he can make them up for her.

"I'm afraid there won't be a chance. Tomorrow we're going to record the second half of a variety show. After the show ends, Shi Yanxia's contract with Shen's will expire, and then she'll be able to leave Shen's," Leng Chengshen said.

He knew this all too well.

They also knew that Shi Yanxia was just waiting for her contract to expire so she wouldn't renew it.

"She wants to leave the Shen family? Absolutely not. If I tell her to leave, she can't," Shen Zhinan said coldly.

As he spoke, a faint pain shot through his chest, causing him to hold his breath. The pain in his chest reminded him that it was all Shi Yanxia's doing.

"Hiss." Shen Zhinan groaned.

He took a half step back and slumped onto the sofa next to him.

"Brother." At this moment, Shen Lianchu pushed open the door and entered, carrying some food in his hand. He stepped forward to support Shen Zhinan with a worried expression.

As Shen Zhinan watched her approach, staring at her sallow face, he subconsciously moved away from her and asked somewhat awkwardly, "Why is Chu Chu here?"

Shen Lianchu sensed his actions and felt a little disappointed.

She clenched her fists tightly, trying to regain her composure, before saying, "I noticed you haven't been eating much lately, so I went downstairs and bought you some seafood porridge."

Hearing her say that, Shen Zhinan's expression softened considerably.

After all, she was his younger sister whom he had doted on since childhood. Even though he didn't like her touching him now, his mood eased a bit after hearing her words.

“There’s something else that puzzles me,” Shen Lianchu said in a low voice.

She placed the porridge on the table, ladled half a bowl for him, and handed it to Shen Zhinan. She then sat beside him, looking at him with some concern, hesitant to speak.

Seeing this, Shen Zhinan quickly said, "If you have any questions, just tell me, brother."