Chapter 83 -83 Mr. Huo, I was very scared that day
That was a signed “Stock Gift Agreement.”
Qiao Xi took out the agreement to examine it; 30% of the shares were to be wholly gifted to Huo Xingzhou. Huo Weiguo’s signature had already been signed, and with Huo Xingzhou’s signature in the blank space, it would take effect.
She pursed her red lips, looking toward the old master.
Huo Weiguo said in a deep voice, “Previously, at the hospital entrance, you said that when your fingers heal, you would come to me to discuss terms. After much thought, all I could offer was these 30% shares.”
Qiao Xi looked down, her left hand tightly clutching the agreement.
“You guessed right, that’s exactly what I want.” She wanted to fulfill Huo Xingzhou’s wish.
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She hadn’t expected the Huo family patriarch to see things so clearly.
Huo Weiguo’s gaze fell on her fingers. “Cheng Acupuncture Technique is indeed as renowned as they say.”
Her hands had been severely injured before, both wrapped in bandages, but now her left hand had largely recovered.
Qiao Xi said indifferently, “My right hand had shattered joints, my left hand was not as seriously injured to begin with.”
Grandfather Cheng had treated her to promote blood circulation and remove stasis, reduce swelling and relieve pain. Her left hand was unsteady with the needle, the right unable to curl.
Huo Weiguo’s chronic ailment would require treatment after her right hand was healed.
“I’m glad you are willing to agree; consider the agreement as advance payment for my services.”
“Mm.”
Qiao Xi took the agreement and put it in her bag.
Then she approached him and said, “I can take your pulse first for you, assist with medicinal treatment so you don’t have to suffer so much every day.”
“Good! Good!” Huo Weiguo extended his hand, his old eyes brimming with moisture.
Qiao Xi’s left hand rested on his wrist as she concentrated, taking his pulse with a calm spirit, and in those moments, she had a touch of Cheng Han’s bearing.
“Please take a pen to jot down the prescription,” she reminded him.
Huo Weiguo hurriedly fetched paper and pen, listening to her list each medicine, carefully recording them.
Seeing that he had noted everything, Qiao Xi said, “If there’s nothing else, then I’ll take my leave now.”
“Wait. Please tell Xingzhou to give me a chance for atonement. I was too harsh on him before…”
“Those words, you should say to him directly.”
After finishing her words, Qiao Xi turned around and left the room.
Butler Azhong and Huo Jiancheng were waiting in the hallway anxiously as they saw her exit.
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“Miss Qiao Xi, how did it go?”
“It’s fine, just the medicine was poisoned.”
Huo Jiancheng turned pale with astonishment, “How could Beiting do such a thing! Dad must be so heartbroken, I…”
He hesitated, torn and anxious.
Qiao Xi considerately said, “Then you stay here, I’ll take a cab back.”
Butler Azhong said, “No, I will have the driver take you.” Even he had switched to the more respectful “you.”
Qiao Xi shook her head, declining the butler’s kindness. “I’ll be fine on my own, you should attend to things here.”
With such a serious incident at the old mansion, it was bound to be in chaos for a while.
She didn’t want to add to the commotion.
“Then, Qiao Xi, be careful on your way,” Huo Jiancheng said awkwardly, “Thank you for today.”
“It’s fine, we are all family, no need to be formal with me.”
Her willingness to come at all, was for the sake of the second branch of the family.
They had been kind to her, and she reciprocated.
Qiao Xi walked leisurely out of the Huo family’s old mansion, beneath dim street lights and a sparse moon and stars.
As she was leaving the main gate, she saw a car with its hazard lights on, the partially lowered window revealing that exceedingly noble, cold, and handsome face.
His eyes were clear, and the moonlight outlined the silhouette of his hair.
“Mr. Huo.”
Qiao Xi slowly called out, her heart feeling as if it was sweetened with honey.
“Get in.”
“Okay!”
She opened the passenger door and got in.
“Mr. Huo, how did you come here?” Qiao Xi asked cheerfully.
“Picking you up.”
He returned to the small villa, and after hearing Aunt Qian’s description, he knew what Huo Jiancheng had brought her here for.
Qiao Xi tilted her head and said, “You must have guessed what would happen at the old Huo property, hadn’t you?”
“It was expected. Huo Beiting is impatient; a cornered dog will jump over a wall.”
Huo Xingzhou stepped on the gas pedal and turned the car around towards home.
Qiao Xi pursed her lips, the remaining words circled on her tongue several times before she finally spoke up, “Mr. Huo, I have prepared a gift for you.”
The man glanced over and then hit the brakes, pulling over to the side of the road.
“What gift?”
He had a guess in his mind, but he still asked, following her lead.
Qiao Xi took out the “Stock Transfer Agreement” from her bag and handed it to him.
Her almond-shaped eyes curved as she spoke in a soft voice, “As you wish.”
The signature area on the “Stock Transfer Agreement” was blank; as soon as Huo Xingzhou signed his name, the 30% of the shares would be his.
“This gift is quite valuable.”
Huo Xingzhou looked at her deeply.
Did she know what this meant?
“Mr. Huo, I know you want to merge Tianyuan and the Huo Family. So, this 30% of shares is the key for you to control the Huo Family. I hope to fulfill your wish.”
He should stand at the very pinnacle in the business field.
“Qiao Xi, do you feel wronged?” he asked.
The old Huo Family patriarch had not treated her well, looked down on her status, and humiliated her in every possible way. Huo Beiting had even plotted against her, almost leading to her death in Zhuo Feng’s hands.
“Not wronged.”
Qiao Xi knew what he meant and shook her head as she said, “I made a deal with him; it was not a favor.”
He contributed the shares, and she contributed her medical skills.
An equal trade.
Huo Xingzhou extended his hand and ruffled her soft hair.
“Little Divine Doctor, are you here to claim credit? If you could make one wish right now. What would you want?”
He had said the same thing to her on the day she got drunk.
It was a pity she didn’t remember it.
“I want my grandmother to live a long and healthy life.” She looked at him without blinking and said.
This wish was a bit difficult; Grandma Qiao’s body was severely depleted, which had damaged her longevity.
“Anything else?” Huo Xingzhou asked.
After thinking it through carefully, Qiao Xi said, “Then, I hope that after my hands are fully healed, I can go back to work at the hospital. Save up diligently, and perhaps one day I’ll be able to open my own clinic.”
Huo Xingzhou looked down, his large hand encircling her wrist, “Does your right hand still hurt?”
“Mm.” Qiao Xi was quite optimistic, showing him her left hand, “But the left hand is almost better.”
Only the unhealed scab remained on her left hand, and even the swelling had gone. Where the skin was intact, it had already returned to being fair and delicate.
Huo Xingzhou lowered his head and kissed the ring finger on her left hand.
The warm touch made Qiao Xi startle, a complex feeling of emotion surged in her heart. Suddenly, she embraced Huo Xingzhou, her cheek against his neck.
“Mr. Huo, actually, on the day I was kidnapped, I was also very scared. In that moment, I was really glad that my emergency contact was you.”
She had no other person in Haicheng she could trust.
The first person she thought of was him.
“The Little Divine Doctor is cautious for the future.”
He said in a slightly deep voice, the tone carrying praise.
Qiao Xi tilted her mouth upward, hugging him even tighter, warmth flowing in her eyes.
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Meanwhile.
Su Weiwei heard insider news from the Huo Family and desperately sought confirmation from Huo Beiting.
She called him, but the phone was turned off.
She had almost turned to all of Huo Beiting’s cronies to finally get an address.