Chapter 44: Medical Expenses

After Ling Wu got out of the car, his retreating figure quickly disappeared into the hospital entrance.

Yu Tingyun mimicked him in a sarcastic tone: "It's closer this way."

"It's~ closer~ this~ way~"

"Brother, I think you've taken a fancy to them," Yu Tingyun waved his hand, "and then they ignored you."

Yu Shixue said with disdain: "I would take a fancy to him?"

"Perfect, the Central Hospital is right across the street; you should hurry down and get your brain treated, and while you're at it, have your eyes reset to factory settings."

Yu Tingyun: "You can't win the argument, so you resort to personal attacks."

Yu Shixue said coldly: "Your allowance for next month is gone."

What a joke, how could he possibly like Ling Wu.

The affections of noble families never count for anything, and marriage is even less under one's own control; the Yu Family had already found the most suitable candidate for him to marry into.

What's more, he didn't even like Ling Wu.

He just had a bit of interest, that's all.

He just wanted to see a pretty plaything get battered and bruised in this circle, eventually forced to submit.

Hospital.

Ling Wu asked the system: 【What's going on?】

Barrage System: 【Qi Yu was adopted by a couple when he was young, but this couple wasn't good to him; they often punished him by not letting him eat and locking him outside in the winter. Qi Yu met Grandma Liu during this time. She took him in and gave him a bite to eat when he was truly starving, and he has remembered this kindness ever since.】

【Grandma Liu is a widow with no children. She accidentally fell from upstairs, causing a lumbar fracture, and needs surgery to relieve nerve compression and repair the damage.】

Ling Wu: 【You can just say the second half next time.】

Barrage System: "......"

The Empire's medical equipment is exceptionally advanced, but it is mostly only open to nobles and is extremely expensive; any medical procedure requiring surgery is simply a fatal blow to an ordinary family.

Ling Wu hurried from the corridor toward the elevator entrance. The emergency room was on the 5th floor. After he entered the elevator, he saw Ming Tan follow him in, and both of them froze at the same time.

Ming Tan: "What are you doing at the hospital?"

He saw the blood on the corner of Ling Wu's clothes and said, half-gleefully: "Did you get beaten up?"

Ling Wu asked back: "What are you doing at the hospital?"

Ming Tan narrowed his eyes. Today was an important plot point; of course, he had rushed over to build favor in front of Qi Yu and take credit for saving Grandma Liu.

But the person in front of him was a Cannon Fodder male supporting character. Ming Tan instantly raised the vigilance of a protagonist shou. He played it vague, his eyes darting around: "I... am I only allowed to come to the hospital, and you aren't?"

"You'd better worry about yourself."

Ming Tan walked out of the elevator with his nose in the air, heading straight toward the emergency room.

He had some savings in his bank card, but this kind of surgery usually cost anywhere from tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand; if he scraped it together, it should be enough.

Qi Yu's face was deathly pale as he sat on a chair, editing a message to the boss of the Underground Boxing Arena: Brother Ming, my family member needs surgery. Can you lend me 500,000? I am willing to sign that contract you mentioned last time; I won't take a single cent of the commission.

【I'm truly speechless, misfortune really picks on the miserable.】

【Villain, don't sign it! That contract can't be signed; it's practically a predatory contract for indentured servitude, working for free.】

【Unbeatable, there really is every kind of brain-dead plot; author, come out and get stabbed.】

【It's over, the starting point for the villain's corruption.】

【If Grandma Liu dies, plus the school bullying from that bunch of idiots at the Noble Academy later on, it wouldn't make sense if the villain didn't turn evil......】

【Oh heavens, someone save the villain.】

【Can we just ask the male supporting character to borrow some money? I feel like he... is actually quite nice.】

Ming Tan strode over, snatched the phone from Qi Yu, and deleted the message entirely: "Are you crazy?! Don't you know what kind of person that Liu Ming is? You dare to sign a contract with him? How many lives do you have to satisfy him?"

"You'll get on the ring today and die on it tomorrow!"

Qi Yu's eyes were red: "Then what choice do I have? Grandma Liu has taken care of me since I was small; she raised me. Am I supposed to just watch Grandma Liu die?"

Ming Tan: "How much is the surgery?"

Qi Yu looked dejected: "Still short 500,000."

"Still short 500,000?!" Ming Tan's eyes were filled with blatant disbelief. He stammered: "Don't worry, I have about 100,000 in my card. Can the surgery start first?"

Qi Yu shook his head: "No."

"They said they won't perform the surgery if even a single cent is missing."

Ming Tan cursed angrily: "Damn it, what a shitty world!"

This 500,000 was just the surgery fee alone, not including the subsequent hospitalization and medical expenses, which would be another huge expenditure; all in all, it was nearly 1,000,000.

Where was he supposed to get that much money?

Ming Tan was fuming when a pretty face suddenly appeared in his mind: Ling Wu. Right... Ling Wu was still at the hospital; he definitely had money.

"Qi Yu, wait for me, I've thought of a way." Ming Tan patted his shoulder: "I'll be back in a moment. Don't lose heart, and don't sign that crappy contract!"

In the blink of an eye, he disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Ling Wu stood by the window. Hearing the footsteps behind him, he didn't turn around, looking at the scenery and saying faintly: "I've been waiting for you for a while."

Ming Tan angrily pulled him around: "You knew?!"

How did this Cannon Fodder male supporting character know?

He thought about it again; the other party was wealthy and powerful, so it wasn't hard for him to know something, and he felt relieved.

"Since you already know." Ming Tan's expression was a bit unnatural: "Lend me some money, about 1,000,000. Qi Yu's family member needs surgery, and we really can't come up with that much. Qi Yu treats you as a friend; this bit of money is just pocket money to you, you wouldn't refuse to lend it, right."

"We will pay you back."

The barrage was arguing again, confused:

【What kind of attitude is this? The one borrowing money acts like a boss?】

【Just because you're friends, you have to lend it? Even though the supporting character is rich, 1,000,000 isn't money?】

【Moral kidnapping】

【I want to transmigrate into this comic and put some blush on the protagonist shou's face】

【No, the supporting male character was never a good person to begin with, would you give a good look to a bad person? What's wrong with lending a friend some money? It's a matter of life and death, it's not like he isn't going to pay it back later.】

【I thought the protagonist shou had some great solution, but in the end, he's just bothering someone else.】

Seeing that he wasn't speaking, Ming Tan shook his shoulder: "Are you going to lend it or not? Say something!"

Ling Wu knew very well that 1 million in exchange for 500 points was just a transaction; strictly speaking, he even made a profit.

Money is precious, but life is worth even more.

It was not a wise choice for him to come forward and give Qi Yu the money; firstly, this was a huge sum for an ordinary person, and secondly, Ling Wu could not explain how he knew Grandma Liu had an accident and arrived at the Central Hospital so precisely.

Furthermore, Qi Yu and he were just ordinary classmates, and it would cause the other person psychological burden.