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If Fu Yunqi really donated a kidney to Jiang Ruoning, he would have to spend the rest of his life in a hospital bed. He would never be able to stop dialysis, and would need plenty of medication and supplements to maintain his health.

Even more frighteningly, if any health problems arose, a patient missing one kidney would be in grave danger.

After all, if he really made that decision, the price he would have to pay would undoubtedly be enormous.

Besides, the female lead's goal was to bring down the Fu Family, so she was merely using her second brother by asking him to donate a kidney. Even if he kindly gave her his kidney to treat her illness, all he would get in the end was kindness repaid with malice. He would have saved nothing but an ungrateful wolf.

Who knew whether her second brother would regret it then?

Fu Yichu put himself in his shoes. He really would regret it to death, so he absolutely could not let his second brother go astray. As long as he could stop his second brother from becoming a love-brain over Jiang Ruoning, he did not mind showing some brotherly affection and employing the great slap-awakening technique.

Chen Muyu and Fu Siyao were also silent about Fu Yunqi. Both secretly thought that they absolutely could not stand by and watch him go astray. The moment he showed any signs of it, they would simply lock him up so he could not go out and donate a kidney.

Extraordinary times called for any means necessary. If they locked up their rebellious son (younger brother), he would not be able to go out and cause trouble.

If he refused to listen, they would lock him up.

They would let him out once this matter was resolved.

Besides, if that girl from the Jiang Family wanted their Fu Family's second young master's kidney, she would have to see whether she had what it took to get it.

Daring to set her sights on their Fu Family-she really had a death wish.

Chen Muyu had wielded plenty of thunderous methods in her youth. She simply used them less often now that she was older. She truly had not expected each successive crop of youngsters to be worse than the last. She could not stand by and watch the Fu Family be destroyed in their hands.

Before long, the Fu Family's other two daughters, Fu Qingshu and Fu Zhinian, and their son Fu Yuze had also returned.

Now everyone was here.

Old Madam Fu had given birth to four sons and three daughters in total.

Every one of her children was a dragon or phoenix among people. Her sons were all handsome, and her daughters were all gentle and beautiful. If nothing unexpected happened, she could have enjoyed her twilight years as a wealthy lady.

But when nothing unexpected was supposed to happen, something unexpected was bound to happen.

Once everyone had arrived, Su Wanqiao saw the entire Fu Family gathered around the enormous, luxurious dining table and could not help sighing inwardly.

[There probably won't be many more family gatherings like this, with everyone together. Seeing such a lively scene, I can't help comparing it to how the Fu Family ends up later, their family shattered and lives lost. It really is so tragic.]

"..."

Everyone at the table fell silent for a second. The atmosphere turned subtle, and their expressions grew strange. Someone even dropped the chopsticks they were holding.

Beside Su Wanqiao, Fu Huaiyan's hand suddenly paused around his glass.

He could not help placing some food on Su Wanqiao's plate, then setting out plenty of desserts and pastries for her as well.

He wanted his wife to focus on eating rather than think about anything else.

The others at the table, however, were not nearly as composed. After seeing the contents of that dialogue box, how could they possibly remain calm? Their hearts were already churning with wind and waves.

The fourth young master of the Fu Family was watching a servant pour wine when he looked up and suddenly saw an enormous dialogue box above his eldest sister-in-law's head. His eyes instantly widened.

If he had not possessed a steady temperament, he probably would have spilled his wine by now.

He could not help looking at everyone else's faces. He found that his eldest brother, second brother, third brother, mother, and eldest sister all looked normal. Only his second sister and third sister looked a little strange, but even that vanished in an instant. Neither showed any particularly agitated reaction.

So he wondered whether he had seen things.

Or whether he was the only one who could see it.

Was this some kind of special ability?

Fu Yuze looked around and found that none of the others appeared particularly surprised.

But the Fu Family had trained from childhood to keep their emotions off their faces, making it difficult to spot any clues. He could not be certain that he was the only one who could see it. Perhaps the others had seen it too, but their acting was simply too good, their behavior too composed.

He was not seeing things, and his eyesight was normal. Moreover, the text in this dialogue box contained far too much information. Was it something his eldest sister-in-law had dreamed up in flights of fancy, or was it actually true?

If it was actually true, how did she know?

Su Wanqiao was thoroughly enjoying her food. She had never cared to keep up false pleasantries with others, and the rest of the Fu Family did not like her anyway, so she could not be bothered to greet them.

She was even less inclined to pay attention to how anyone else was doing.

Once all sorts of delicious dishes reached the table, she simply focused on eating her meal.

Seeing that Su Wanqiao was not letting her thoughts run wild, Fu Huaiyan could not help breathing a sigh of relief.

He thought that if they won the bid for the Yannan District project, he would definitely have to thank his wife properly.

Without her warning, the Fu Family would certainly not have known so much, nor would they have taken precautions ahead of time.

Only Fu Yunqi had nourishing dishes in front of him that his mother had specifically instructed the kitchen to prepare. None of his siblings had these foods.

They had initially been surprised that their mother was showing their second brother such favoritism today, but when the covered dishes were opened, what was inside stunned them.

Braised beef kidneys and stir-fried horse kidneys.

Steamed pork kidneys stewed with pork liver, and blanched oysters.

The cloudy liquid in the stemmed glass was an all-purpose restorative virility wine.

The bowl held sea cucumber and millet porridge in golden broth.

Beside it sat two boxes of Chinese medicine pills, prominently labeled "Kidney Treasure Tablets."

"..."

Fu Yichu said with a sigh of admiration, "Second Brother, Mother really does dote on you. She's giving you all these wonderful things to eat."

Fu Yunqi hurriedly covered the Kidney Treasure Tablets and shot Fu Yichu a glare, thinking, Would you want this kind of doting if I gave it to you?

Besides, this was far too much. Would his kidneys even be able to take it after he ate all this?

Inwardly, he wanted to cry but had no tears. So his mother could hear Su Wanqiao's inner voice too.

Chen Muyu gave him her gentlest smile. "Yunqi, hurry up and eat. Don't let your mother's thoughtfulness go to waste."

Beside them, Fu Huaiyan elegantly placed some food on Su Wanqiao's plate and could not help adding, "Second Brother, it would be rude not to eat now. Don't let Mom's painstaking efforts go to waste."