chapter 74 The Si family will always support her
chapter 74 The Si family will always support her
Olivia did not return to Xavier's villa that night.
Instead, she stayed over at the villa in the mountains.
The villa was the gateway to the Medicine Valley, and few knew it was hidden in a corner of the villa's backyard.
Usually, people would come to this place, searching for the Medicine Valley, but their efforts would be futile.
Previously, Olivia had returned with Gerald to the Medicine Valley to cure her illness. As she didn't like spending her days in the Medicine Valley, she got a dispensary lounge ready in the villa for her usage.
Olivia would come over and research drugs whenever she was free.
Today was no exception.
The reason she provoked the Si Family yesterday so that Zachary would drive her away in anger was not only to teach the Si Family a lesson but, more importantly because she did not have enough medicinal ingredients on hand at the time to cure Dennis' illness.
Olivia could have asked the Si Family to prepare the medicinal ingredients for her, but that was based on the premise that she would receive two hundred million worth of treatment fees.
But now, Olivia had doubled the asking price for Dennis' treatment. Add that to the Si Family's distrust of her; it was better for Olivia to prepare the necessary medicinal ingredients herself.
Besides, everything she needed could be found in the Medicine Valley, and those things would all go to waste if she didn't utilize them.
Although it would be easy to extract the pinhead from Dennis' body, it would be difficult to get rid of the poisonous insect.
First of all, Dennis' body was on the brink of failure, and his bodily functions were drastically weakened. To eliminate the poisonous insect, Olivia must first revive it.
So, the question remained whether Dennis could endure the attack of the poisonous insect after it was awakened.
If he couldn't make it and died before Olivia could get rid of the poisonous insect, their attempt to save Dennis would be in vain.
Hence, Olivia needed to feed Dennis with a pill that would temporarily boost his bodily functions before she extracted the poisonous insect.
There was a catch, though. The pill was notoriously hard to make.
To this day, Olivia was still upset that she had to give the pill to Kayden during the emergency last time.
After all, that was the last one she had.
She mused, "I got to stay here and refine those pills again!"
Olivia successfully made two pills in the first batch. Wanting more, she did the same process again.
Olivia thought, "Great. I got six pills from the second batch."
Olivia kept the pills with satisfaction and continued making some other medicines.
Finally, she stayed awake through the night, making the pill needed to activate the poisonous insect in Dennis' body and flush it out.
By the time she was done, two days had passed.
There was no signal in her area, and Xavier couldn't contact her.
Because of that, Xavier nearly went crazy with worry.
But the Si Family was even more anxious than Xavier.
Zachary decided to stay and care for Dennis through the days and nights after being agitated by Xavier's words, only to notice Dennis' body worsening as time passed.
It got to the point that Yaron had to give him multiple emergency treatments during the past two days. Têxt © NôvelDrama.Org.
But that wasn't what terrified Zachary the most.
He learned about a shocking truth from the conversation between Timothy and the Si Family lawyer.
Xavier would take over 60% of the Si Family's assets once Dennis passed away.
Of the remaining 40%, Zachary only accounted for 10%, while Yelena and the others would be awarded the rest of the assets.
If that happened, Xavier would be in control of the Si Family.
Zachary thought, "Xavier is just an illegitimate son that Dad brought back two to three years ago. We can't say for sure that he belongs to the Si Family! I am the legitimate eldest son of the Si Family and the heir to the family's assets. How can I watch as the Si Family falls into Xavier's hands?"
However, Dennis' testament clearly stated that once he passed away unexpectedly, the lawyer would immediately execute the asset division according to the will.
Zachary was unwilling to see that happen!
Other than that, Yelena and Michelle also visited the hospitals in the past two days.
They did so not because they trusted Olivia's words but because they wanted to prove to Xavier that Olivia's words were all lies.
However, they panicked when the results came out because Olivia had correctly guessed their body conditions.
To hide their uneasiness, the two sisters showed up often to visit Dennis these days. When they learned about the content of the so-called will from Zachary, they panicked, too.
"No, this won't do," Yelena exclaimed agitatedly, "We can't let Dad die from this. Zachary, we have no choice but to trust the woman now!"
"She's right!" Michelle had lost a lot of weight in the past few days because she was concerned about her health issues. She was so weak that she almost had no energy to speak. "We can't let anything happen to Dad. We have to enlist Dr. Xue's help quickly!"
Even Yaron, who had always felt that Olivia's diagnosis was unscientific, fell silent.
In the past few days, he had gone through some books on poisonous insect, discovering Dennis' symptoms matched it perfectly.
Yaron mused, "Is this the truth behind old Mr. Si's sickness? Is it true that science is not the basis of everything in this world?"
He felt that his values had been challenged, and he wondered whether everything he believed in was wrong.
"Mr. Zachary! Mr. Zachary!" Just when everyone in the Si Family was unsure of what to do, the man Zachary instructed to tail Zeke came back.
The man had a pile of photos in his hands. Zachary nearly fainted after he went through them.
These photos captured Zeke being intimate and even having sex with a man in his apartment.
More importantly, they also showed Zeke being the submissive one in this gay relationship.
At that moment, Zachary felt like his world had crumbled.
So, the members of the Si Family immediately held a family meeting and unanimously decided to invite Olivia back to help them cure Dennis so Dennis could stabilize the Si Family's position in the capital city and continue to preside over the major affairs of the Si Family.
However, when the sincere Zachary took the initiative to contact Xavier, he was told that Olivia had gone out and that no one knew where she went or when she would return.
Just like that, anxiety filled the Si Family members again.
Xavier was also troubled when he couldn't contact Olivia. After trying a few times and noticing Olivia's phone was always turned off, he even felt the urge to get everyone in the capital city to search for her whereabouts.
Just then, Olivia took control of his computer and wrote: [Prepare tonight's dinner and wait for me.]
Xavier burst out laughing when he saw that.
He didn't know whether he was laughing out of exasperation or joy.
However, it was great news for Xavier to know Olivia was safe and sound.
At the moment, Zachary called Xavier for the eighth time today, wanting to know where Olivia was.
Xavier coughed. "Dr. Xue just contacted me. She thinks you guys aren't sincere enough. Once she feels like you guys are genuine, she will contact you directly."
The Si Family was angered upon hearing Xavier's remarks.
They thought collectively, "We decided to let it slide after she was rude to us and invited her to come back, but she is climbing all over us now!"
However, when they saw Dennis' condition worsening with symptoms like seizures and more and Yaron fiddling with his equipment again, stating that the situation wasn't looking good for Dennis, the Si Family didn't have it in them to be bothered by Olivia's attitude.
Zachary immediately replied to Xavier, "One billion dollars. We will give her one billion dollars if she can cure Dad. Besides, we promise she will always have the Si Family backing her in the capital city from today onward!"
The second sentence spoken by Zachary was of little use. After all, Dennis was still in charge of the Si Family, and Zachary had no say in that kind of matter.
But Zachary was generous enough to offer one billion dollars as Olivia's remuneration for treating Dennis, so Xavier didn't want to make things difficult for the Si Family.
He answered, "Be ready before ten o'clock tonight."