Chapter 633: Chapter 631: A High-Profile Introduction of Divine Doctor Su Gu

Because of Old Sir Xi’s high regard, Su Shuochi and his wife were invited to all the high-society gatherings in Qing City.

The end of the year was approaching, and Su Shuochi and his wife were extremely busy, so Su Shuochi turned down most of the invitations.

This was because many of their ventures were still in the early stages of development, such as cultivating medicinal herbs. They planned to open a pharmaceutical factory once the herbs were mature.

Their livestock business, which would eventually expand into processed meat products, was a vertically integrated industry. This development process would take at least a year to become profitable.

They had considered contracting it out, but everyone was too poor; no one was willing to take on the contract. People preferred the stability of working for a wage.

As for hiring people themselves, Su Shuochi and his wife had the capital, but personnel management was proving to be a tricky issue.

So, Su Shuochi and his wife squeezed in a trip to Shuanghe Village to make arrangements for the herb cultivation and the pig farm.

The Hu family was too preoccupied with their own troubles to bother Su Ermei. Besides, now that the villagers had benefited from her older brother’s generosity, the village women would often give her small gifts.

Although Su Ermei enjoyed this treatment, she was afraid her brother would abandon her, so she didn’t dare act as arrogantly as she used to, with her nose in the air, offending everyone she met.

Her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law not only didn’t dare to give her a hard time, but they also avoided provoking her, which made her life easy and comfortable.

Hu Yungeng was managing the pig farm with great enthusiasm. His life had found a new drive, and at home, he would gently teach his wife some sense during their pillow talk.

Su Ermei was now living a life where she could eat meat every day and have her husband warm the bed for her at night. Beaming with happiness, why would she cause trouble anymore?

She knew that she owed this wonderful life to her sister-in-law, Gu Jiaojiao.

So, whenever she saw Gu Jiaojiao, she was exceptionally enthusiastic, stopping just short of worshiping her like a goddess.

She accompanied Gu Jiaojiao to see the villagers reclaiming wasteland and to visit the pig farm. Everyone who met Gu Jiaojiao praised Su Ermei.

This gave her a great deal of face. Moreover, her second daughter and son also called her frequently.

On the phone, they would chatter about how wonderful their aunt was, how she bought them lots of clothes and took them to the best restaurants, and how they didn’t want to come home.

Seeing that Su Ermei had changed, Gu Jiaojiao felt comfortable entrusting her with some matters to manage.

On their way back, they passed through Yunhe County, and Gu Jiaojiao went to the Han family’s home again to treat Old Sir Han’s heart condition.

Calls from Qing City kept coming in. As the year’s end approached, the high-society circles of Qing City were bustling with festive cheer.

With the addition of the newly affluent Su family this year, Qing City’s high society was more active than ever.

The Su family received invitations every day, but Mr. Su and Su’s mother, saying they were from the countryside, adamantly refused to attend any banquets to avoid making a fool of themselves.

Everyone could understand, so the invitations were all addressed to Su Shuochi and his wife, but Su Shuochi often refused to attend.

This led to rumors that his wife, Gu Jiaojiao, was not presentable and was holding him back, which was why he didn’t dare to attend the banquets.

Every time Song Zijie and Sheng Shijing told Su Shuochi about this, he wanted to rush over and rip the gossips’ mouths off, but Gu Jiaojiao always stopped him.

This made Su Shuochi despise attending banquets hosted by the elite families even more. However, it was Old Sir Xi’s eightieth birthday.

Su Shuochi had to attend. The Xi Family was the top family in Qing City, and Old Sir Xi’s grand birthday was on the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

The Xi Family’s main residence covered about three and a half mu, its architecture grand and magnificent, exuding an antique charm. The Xi Family’s home was overflowing with guests.

Su Shuochi walked through the crowd with Gu Jiaojiao, watching the noble ladies and young misses dripping with gold and silver, their laughter tinkling.

When he saw the mockery in their eyes as they looked at his wife, Su Shuochi’s anger flared.

But he couldn’t show his displeasure. He could only exchange pleasantries with a dark face, looking as if someone owed him eight million.

However, Chairman Xi and Master Wen didn’t mind. They warmly approached Su Shuochi to drink and talk with him.

Su Shuochi had established two large factories in the suburbs of Qing City, which not only spurred the city’s economic development but also helped solve some unemployment issues.

As the number one and number two figures in Qing City, how could the heads of the Xi and Wen families not toast Su Shuochi a few extra times?

The scions of the elite families were adept at seeing which way the wind blew. Seeing the two leaders being so polite to Su Shuochi, they were not about to be left behind.

Just as everyone was scrambling to raise their glasses and toast Su Shuochi, he quietly remarked,

"I’m deeply grateful for everyone’s kindness. My achievements today are all due to the hard work of my wife. For you see, she is the very Divine Doctor Su Gu you have all been searching for."

This news instantly sent the crowd into an uproar.

"Is that for real?!"

"Are you stupid? Would Su Shuochi lie?"

"Of course not! You have to understand, Su Shuochi is like an Immortal himself. It’s only normal that he could marry a Divine Doctor."

"Divine Doctor Su Gu, I’ve had such a hard time looking for you! Can you please take a look at my grandfather?"

"Divine Doctor, I was standing right beside you! Excuse me, do you have some time?"

"Alright, everyone, no need to fight. My wife will begin seeing patients at the Chinese Medicine Hospital tomorrow, and she’ll be there until New Year’s Eve."

"Excellent! Wonderful!" The guests all stood up, clapping and applauding enthusiastically.

"Taking advantage of Mr. Xi’s banquet, allow me to offer his hospitality as my own and invite everyone to have a few more drinks. My wife and I have been truly busy and haven’t had time to host a banquet of our own."

Su Shuochi smiled faintly, but inwardly he was thinking, ’Let’s see you snobs who look down on people dare to disrespect my wife now.’

He pulled Gu Jiaojiao close in a high-profile display of affection, emphasizing that his wife was more formidable than he was.

In the Xi Family’s banquet hall, the wine glasses in several people’s hands fell to the floor and shattered.

Among them was Second Sister Song, the woman who acted as proud as a peacock spreading its tail whenever she saw Gu Jiaojiao.

She stood stunned amidst the crowd, glaring daggers at her parents. They knew she had been desperately searching for Divine Doctor Su Gu to treat her father-in-law.

But her parents had never told her the Divine Doctor’s whereabouts, and they certainly hadn’t told her that Divine Doctor Su Gu was Gu Jiaojiao.

She refused to believe the nonsense that her parents didn’t know Gu Jiaojiao was Divine Doctor Su Gu.

They at least knew that Gu Jiaojiao had a connection to the Divine Doctor, yet she herself had been so suicidally foolish as to ridicule Gu Jiaojiao in the past.

And her mother had only used the threat of disowning her to keep her in line, without telling her that Gu Jiaojiao was the Divine Doctor.

Her mother had told her to apologize to Gu Jiaojiao without explaining anything. The more she thought about it, the angrier Second Sister Song became, until she couldn’t help but roar, "How is this possible? How can this be!"

Seeing his second sister shouting in disbelief, Song Zijie felt deeply embarrassed and reprimanded her in a low voice.

"Have you lost your mind? If you hadn’t been so arrogant and domineering in front of my sister-in-law, do you think she would’ve refused to treat your father-in-law?"

Second Sister Song looked at her older brother in disbelief. She couldn’t accept her own family taking someone else’s side. ’Moreover, that person was someone I had always despised. The person I hated turned out to be the very Divine Doctor I had been searching for all this time. How could I possibly accept this!’

At this moment, Second Sister Song could no longer control her emotions. She pointed at them and yelled, "I don’t believe she’s Divine Doctor Su Gu!"

Mr. Song roared, "Enough! Don’t you forget, it was Divine Doctor Su Gu who treated your older brother’s heart condition! If the Divine Doctor hadn’t saved your brother, he’d be a cold corpse by now!"

"Dad, you said it yourself! That was Divine Doctor Su Gu who saved Big Brother, not her!" Second Sister Song shrieked hysterically.