The CEO’s Substitute Wife Is A Genius
Chapter 170: Getting Married to Ward off Bad Luck

Chapter 170: Chapter 170: Getting Married to Ward off Bad Luck

An hour later.

The doctor walked out of the operating room.

Song Xiao and JOJO hurriedly approached to inquire.

"How is my grandfather?"

"Acute cerebral hemorrhage. Although the bleeding in his brain has stopped, there’s still a possibility of further bleeding."

The doctor paused, his expression troubled. "The old man still has unfulfilled wishes, try your best to fulfill them for him."

"Doctor, what do you mean by that?" Song Xiao immediately became angry.

"My grandfather has always been in good health, how could this be? Did you make a mistake in the examination? I warn you, if you don’t cure my grandfather, I will make your entire hospital suffer!"

"Young master, please calm down!" The butler hurriedly pulled Song Xiao, pleading earnestly, "Everyone is upset about the old master’s condition, but threatening the doctor is not helpful at this time. We need to follow the doctor’s advice and try to fulfill the old master’s last wishes!"

"His last wishes..." Song Xiao’s shoulders began to tremble, and he couldn’t stop his nose from getting sour.

It is said that a man does not easily shed tears, but he couldn’t help letting them fall.

He had lost his parents as a child, and it was his grandfather who had raised him single-handedly.

It was because Lu Xingzhou had a similar background that the two of them were able to empathize with each other and become best friends.

You could say that he and his grandfather depended on each other for survival.

If one day his grandfather truly passed away, he really couldn’t imagine how he would cope.

In that moment, frustration and regret came crashing down like a tsunami, sweeping over his fragile heart.

"Grandfather has always hoped that I would reform and stop being irresponsible. He wanted me to establish a family and carry on the Song Family line," said Song Xiao with a choked voice.

The butler nodded vigorously, agreeing, "Yes, these are all the old master’s wishes. Young master, you need to recover sooner. If the old master knew you were getting better, he would surely be inspired to recover as well."

"Right, you are right!" Song Xiao had already cleared his mind by then, only thinking about how to make his grandfather better. He couldn’t lose his grandfather.

He looked up, his gaze landing on JOJO’s concerned face beside him.

He took her hand. "Marry me, and let us have our child, how about that?"

"What?" JOJO was incredulous.

Song Xiao was very serious, so serious that even the butler couldn’t believe it, feeling like the young master had completely transformed.

"Don’t worry, I will not let you and your mother down. I will be a good husband! A good father!"

"Song, you need to calm down first," JOJO knew how he was feeling.

Song Xiao couldn’t calm down: "We have a custom of ’celebration clash’ that you foreigners don’t understand. If we get married, the joy it brings could also pass on to my grandfather, and his illness might improve."

"Song, I understand your feelings, but marriage is a very serious matter..." JOJO tried to persuade him.

Song Xiao glanced at the butler, took her hand, and led her to a secluded emergency exit.

"How about this, let’s make a deal? A one-year marriage, you have the child, and you can name your price," he suggested.

"To be honest with you, I signed an agreement with my agency. If I marry and have a child, I have to pay a penalty of ten billion yuan! Ten billion, can you afford that?"

Ten billion yuan—Song Xiao obviously couldn’t afford it; it was a huge sum, even for his friend Lu Xingzhou.

"I’ll figure something out," Song Xiao clenched his fist, "I hope you can help my grandfather."

JOJO furrowed her brow, she had her own difficulties.

Yet, she was also a kind person.

Although she had only met Grandfather Song once, knowing he was about to die still upset her.

"We could have a secret marriage!" Song Xiao said urgently, "Just like Xingzhou and Jiang Man did."

"A secret marriage might work, I could keep it hidden from my agency, but I can’t hide a pregnancy as my belly will grow bigger," she explained.

"You probably don’t know much about my career, but it hasn’t been easy for me to get to where I am today," JOJO shared her struggles.

Song Xiao understood, "Alright, I won’t trouble you."

Grandfather’s wish was simply for him to marry and establish a career.

JOJO was not insistent.

In his heart, he already had someone else in mind—He Xiuyan.

...

In the VIP ward, the elder Mr. Song took off the oxygen mask from his face.

The butler arrived belatedly.

"How is it, how is it?" the elder couldn’t wait.

"The young master was frightened, from his looks, he seemed ready to mend his ways fundamentally, you can rest assured, elder!"

"You don’t know how convincing your acting was, not only did it deceive the young master, but I was almost fooled by you too."

Listening to the butler, Mr. Song sighed, "What choice did I have? Knowing I have a great-grandchild out there, wasn’t I compelled to do everything in my power to keep the child?"

"Yes, yes, yes." The butler nodded in agreement, knowing that if the elder had any slight means, he would not have resorted to such desperate measures.

...

Noon.

Lu Xingzhou finished preparing three dishes and a soup.

Jiang Man washed her hands and was just about to sit down to eat when her phone rang.

Glancing at it, it was surprisingly from Song Xiao.

"Hello?" Jiang Man said indifferently.

"Manman, you must come to St. John’s Hospital quickly, grandpa has suddenly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, and the doctor said the situation is not good!"

"What?" Jiang Man abruptly looked at Lu Xingzhou, "Okay, I’ll be right there."

After hanging up the call, Lu Xingzhou asked with concern, "Is it an emergency?"

"Yes, let’s skip the meal and head to the hospital."

The two hurriedly left, with Lu Xingzhou driving, they arrived at the hospital’s inpatient department in just over twenty minutes.

Song Xiao leaned against the door of the ICU, his expression blank.

Upon seeing Lu Xingzhou and Jiang Man arrive, he hurriedly approached like he had seen the first light of dawn, "Manman, I heard from JOJO that you are a ’Divine Doctor,’ you can cure grandpa, right?"

Jiang Man glanced at JOJO nearby.

JOJO wore a face full of apology, "I didn’t want to spread your secret everywhere, but Grandpa Song really is pitiful."

"It’s alright, I’ll have a look." Jiang Man soothed her friend and patted Song Xiao on the shoulder.

A few minutes later, she was led by a doctor into a VIP ward.

Old Mr. Song pretended to put on a breathing mask.

Jiang Man entered the room, looked at the equipment from a distance, and immediately understood.

Her mouth curved into a smile, her expression suddenly casual, "Grandpa, stop pretending."

Mr. Song kept his eyes closed.

Jiang Man raised her voice, "There isn’t even a device monitoring brain waves, only a ventilator and a heart monitor, nothing else, not even an IV."

"Grandpa, you didn’t really have a cerebral hemorrhage, did you?"

Hearing these words, Mr. Song grew uneasy.

He was afraid Jiang Man would tell his grandson the truth, and all his efforts would be in vain.

Opening his eyes, he sat up and removed the oxygen mask from his face and set it aside.

"Girl, how did you know I was faking illness?"

"Grandpa, frankly, I understand medical skills," Jiang Man stated truthfully.

Mr. Song was astounded, "You understand medical skills too?"

The young girl wasn’t very old, but she was quite capable.

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