The Legacy System

"What do you think you are doing!?"

The owner of that voice was none other than Madam Li YunMu who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and captured the wrists of the two aggressors.

She was pissed, that was for certain. One could tell from the dark color of her face, and the numerous nerves protruding from her temples.

Even the courageous Gao Tianji couldn't help but look at her with a bit of fear and intimidation. Until now, he had been able to keep his act because he thought that he could overpower her.

After all, even though the Gao Family members had been a normal family without much of an inheritance to speak of before the insurgence of Gao Jixie, he had received help from his backer.

It was impossible for him to grow a pair all of a sudden relying only on his strength, and background. After all, this wasn't some kind of fantasy where the ugly duckling became a swan in just one night.

All this time he had been training and bidding his strength, as he had even evolved from the constraints of a normal mortal and had become a God.

Well, at least that was what he thought as he had no idea of what lay behind his first evolution, and the one that had guided and helped him had told him that he had become one.

It was at that moment though that he all of a sudden understood that his weak and normal-looking sister-in-law was actually someone that could swat him to the ground with one slap.

Not only that but even the woman that he had tried to attack just now seemed much stronger than him. If they truly fought, then he would most probably lose, and terribly at that.

The only way out for him in this issue was to try and make use of his sister-in-law,

"Sister-in-law, this…"

"Shut up! No one is allowed to even say half a word! As long as my son hasn't stood up from his bed, you all should shut your mouths, and not make a sound!"

Gao Ruo and Doctor Zhang were in quite the situation as well, as they didn't expect something like this to happen.

Still, Gao Ruo wasn't a normal person, she quickly regained a bit of composure as she said with a weak and subservient voice,

"Mother-in-la… Aunt, please don't be like that, I am sure that both of them have good intentions and are only thinking of Jian Gege's wellbeing.

Let us stop fighting among each other, and quickly take him to the hospital! We don't have time to lose, every passing moment brings him closer to the danger!"

It was clear that she wanted to direct Madam Li as mother-in-law but the chilly gaze on the woman's face made her stop in her tracks and talk to her as normal.

Still, she tried her best to assert something with her words. After all, the unborn baby in her womb was enough of a protection card against Madam Li.

She was sure that Madam Li wouldn't risk the life of her unborn child, especially when there was a high chance that it was her biological grandchild.

Madam Li seemed to understand this as well, but she had her own estimations over the matter. Turning towards Doctor Zhang, she asked in a strong and overbearing tone,

"What are the chances of saving my son, and what will his conditions be after you have performed the surgery on him?"

"Huh~!? I-I …"

"Stop stuttering and answer me if you don't want to suffer my rage!"

"Ye-Yes madam! I estimate that I have around 20% chance of performing a successful operation on him, as for the rest we will have to see after the operation!"

The chilly gaze on Madam Li's face made him feel like he had been thrown inside a big refrigerator, and he didn't dare to actually say a big lie at this moment.

Madam Li didn't seem to linger for much on his face though, as she turned towards the young Chef that was resting by the wall on the other side of the room and asked,

"What about you!?"

"80%! I can easily concoct the poison to the antidote, but he has already been suffering the consequences for some time already.

Even if I give him the antidote in a short time, he would still have problems once again in that area, and he won't be able to live for more than 3 years!

I can tell you this though, if you allow that quack to perform the surgery he isn't coming out of the operation room!"

"What!?"

It was only at that moment that Madam Li lost her composure once again, as she looked at the young Chef Chen with a crazy look, that contained traces of menace.

"This is the best I can offer, if you don't believe me just let that guy perform the surgery or ask for someone else to check on him!

While we wait though, I think that there is something as important that you need to do! Like blocking anyone access to the kitchen and collecting the videotapes of the camera around.

I would not want to be called an assassin later!"

Hearing those words, Gao Tianji and his daughter seemed to be uncomfortable for a moment, but then they also seemed to have found a breakthrough, as Gao Tianji screamed,

"You bastard! You poison him, and then treat him to gain our family's goodwill! Do you think that we are so stupid as to fall for that?

Do you think that sister-in-law will actually fall for that?"

Too bad that his words didn't produce the effect he was expecting for, as the young Chef just continued to rest to the wall, and completely ignore him.

'Trying to gain the attention and goodwill of the family or Li YunMu?' What a joke! He had already entered Li YunMu's pants, he had all the goodwill and attention he wanted.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he wanted Li YunMu by his side, he wouldn't even need to deal with all this crap!

This was what it meant to be a frog in the well, that only was able to see the insides of her living quarters.

"Madam urgent news! We were able to collect most of the herbs in the list, but the last herb seems to be extremely rare in our city, and the only one in possession of it is Cui Xie.

The next closest herb is more than 1-hour trip!"

As if the current situation wasn't already tense and difficult to manage, such a piece of news bombed the ears of the people inside the room.

Especially Madam Li who actually felt like her heart had been pricked by some sort of sharp knife, and she would die any moment.

Why?

Why did something like this need to happen to her!?

What had she done to deserve this?

While she was thinking like that with her heart contorting in every moment, Gao Tianji and Gao Ruo could finally feel like Heaven was on their side.

With this, no matter how much Li YunMu believed the young Chef's words, she would be forced to either let Doctor Zhang perform the operation or see her son die in front of her.

"Big sister let me go there, I will talk with him in the name of our Li family! I will make sure to either take the herb or die trying!"

Those words disrupted the newfound peace and happiness that Gao Tianji had earned, as he couldn't help but scream at her,

"What are you saying? How could you go and negotiate with the enemy of our Gao family? Can't you stop meddling with the matters of our family?"

"Why should I care for your stupid Gao family, for me my nephew's life is more important! I will make sure to arrive with the herb!"

With that said she tried to break free of Li YunMu's grasp and run away towards Cui Xie's place, but she was still unable to do so.

"Big sister~!"

Seeing that she was unable to free herself she couldn't help but protest to her. Right now, Gao Jian's life was the most important thing to her.

The same could be said for Li YunMu, but would her biggest enemy actually accept to save the life of her son? What would he ask from them?

Of course, there was the option of using strength, but then the situation would just grow worse. At the moment she and the Gao Family couldn't provoke Cui Xie, no matter what.

So, she was in a terrible inner fight. Not knowing what to do, and which side to pick!

"I am going to give you this chance only once! Do you agree to have lost the bet and become mine?

If you do, I will put a slave seal upon you later and your life will be on my hands, but I promise to help you with this matter, and cure your son to the best of my abilities!

If not, treat my words as harmful air!"

These words were transmitted directly to her head, while the voice didn't resemble anyone else in the room, she only had to look once towards the young Chef Chen to understand it was him.

In a despairing moment, she had been provided with a life vest. She could care less about her life and future from now on, she only cared about her own son.

Still, could she agree to that deal?