Chapter 348: Campus Academic System (20)

Before they had chatted for long, President Lei, accompanied by the attending physician, came to check on Jiang Nainai's condition.

Recognizing Xie Yang, President Lei smiled kindly: "I heard from your father that you transferred to First High School? He was so happy about it, he pulled me aside to chatter for quite a while."

Xie Yang felt awkward: It wasn't like she had actually gotten in through her own ability, why was Comrade Lao Xie showing off even this?

Fortunately, President Lei only exchanged a few pleasantries before carefully inquiring about Jiang Nainai's condition, and he retrieved the examination reports and discharge summaries from each of Jiang Nainai's hospitalizations over the past few years.

"... Generally speaking, for heart failure, we first adopt conservative treatment, especially for elderly patients; controlling the condition through conservative treatment is the primary treatment plan we consider. But combined with your grandmother's previous hospitalizations and the urgency of this current onset, the condition has already progressed to a point where it cannot be stabilized by medication alone; surgery is required."

After finishing the rounds, President Lei called Jiang Yinian to the resident doctor's office to explain Jiang Nainai's condition and the next steps for treatment in detail.

Jiang Yinian nodded without hesitation: "Then surgery it is! I trust your judgment!"

If the surgery fees weren't enough, he would just sell the house.

"Don't worry about the surgery fees; I'll pay them for you. It won't be too late to pay me back once you have the means."

After coming out of the doctor's office, Xie Yang said this to him.

Jiang Yinian shook his head: "Thank you, but I can solve it myself."

He decided to sell the house.

That house carried his longing for his father, and originally, he hadn't wanted to sell it.

But whether it was the immediate need for money or going to university in Beijing next year, selling the house was the optimal solution.

Furthermore, regarding his grandmother's current illness, although she refused to say it herself, Wu Ayi had told him that it was Jiang Diwu's mother who had said many nasty things, which had agitated his grandmother.

Only by selling the house and changing their living environment could he completely cut off that family from coming over to harass them.

But when it came to actually selling the house, he faced another problem: he would only turn eighteen next year; he was still a minor. A minor could not handle real estate like this alone and required a guardian to accompany them to sign.

His guardian was his grandmother, and his grandmother would absolutely never agree to sell the house; she would rather not have the surgery if there was no money.

Seeing him frowning the whole way, Xie Yang patted his shoulder: "I already said the surgery fee isn't a problem; I can prepay the tutoring fees. If you still feel bad about it..."

Xie Yang thought about it seriously: "How about this: after Jiang Nainai is discharged, you move to Jianglan Mingzhu. Then I won't need to hire a cleaning lady to come over every day, and you can be responsible for the cleaning. If you still feel bad, when we have tutoring on the weekends, you can ask Jiang Nainai to fry some chive boxes or sweet potato balls for us as snacks."

"..."

Why did every request she made happen to solve the predicament he was currently facing?

It looked like an equal Trading, but in reality, he was the one getting the huge bargain.

He thought about it the whole way, and when he reached the door of the hospital room, he stopped and said to Xie Yang: "If your parents agree, can I rent a room? I'll rent out my house, give the rent to you, and for the part that isn't enough, I'll do the cleaning and cooking as you said... It's just that this way, I'll need to borrow some of the surgery fees from you; the money I've saved from my part-time jobs might not be enough."

"Fine."

Xie Yang didn't drag it out with him and readily agreed.

She didn't even ask when he would pay her back; anyway, once she got into a 985 university, he would have a large sum of Financial Aid coming in—was she afraid he wouldn't be able to pay back a mere few tens of thousands?

Pushing open the hospital room door and hearing Jiang Nainai's laughter as she was being amused, she realized that all six of Cheng Zixin's group were there.

"Why are you guys here?"

"Sister Yang, we're here to visit Jiang Nainai!"

"Yeah, we're good buddies. Right?" Cheng Zixin winked at Jiang Yinian.

Jiang Yinian didn't react for a moment, but Jiang Nainai was amused: "Good children! All good children! Niannian, hurry and go wash some fruit; wash some of what the children brought too. How could an old woman like me eat so much? Wash it all and we'll all eat together."

"No need, no need, these are for you to eat, Grandma. Don't worry, we picked the freshest ones; they can last for several days. Grandma, you keep them and eat them slowly."

"Yeah! Keep them and eat them slowly. We ate a very full breakfast, we couldn't eat them even if we washed them, so let's not wash them."

They had an appointment to go to A-Xin's family club to taste new dishes developed by a Michelin chef, and for that, they had even secretly swiped a bottle of high-priced liquor from home; how could they get stuffed on fruit?

Is it about time?

I think it's about time!

Should be able to leave now, right?

So leave now?

The six exchanged glances, and finally sent their representative Cheng Zixin to hesitantly express that they wouldn't disturb Jiang Nainai's rest: "Well, Jiang Nainai, you take good care of your health; we'll come see you again tomorrow."

"Ah? Don't you have school tomorrow?"

"..."

Uh oh, let that slip...

"Then... after school tomorrow?"

"..."

Jiang Nainai was happy: "Good children! No need to come every day! The hospital isn't a good place! If you have things to do, go be busy; Grandma thanks you for coming to see me. Niannian, you see them out for Grandma."

"No need to see us out, no need!" The six waved their hands hurriedly, "Buddy, you stay and take care of Jiang Nainai; we can go out ourselves! See you later!"

Fearing that Xie Yang would call them back to urge them to go to the Buke Jidi, the six slipped away faster than the next.

Xie Yang walked to the hospital room window and pulled open the blinds.

Sure enough, a familiar business van was parked in a temporary parking space across the road from the hospital's front entrance.

Before long, the business van drove away.

After another while, Cheng Zixin and the other five swaggered out of the hospital, hailed two taxis, and judging by the direction, they were definitely going to A-Xin's family club again.

She was both annoyed and amused; these guys were definitely using her, or Jiang Yinian, or even Jiang Nainai as a shield.

She lowered her head and @-ed the six in the tutoring group: 【You can play, but no drinking alcohol, no touching cigarettes handed to you by others! Return to school or home before ten tonight.】

Cheng Zixin and the other five were stunned when they saw it: "..."

Damn! How did Sister Yang find out?

Jiang Yinian didn't know the inside story; ever since he heard Xie Yang talk about their true character yesterday, seeing them again today, he discovered the cute side beneath their hoodlum-like appearances.

In the past, he would never have observed a group of non-mainstream youths so carefully; he would only have avoided them to avoid unnecessary trouble.

It goes to show that, like most people, the prejudices in his heart were like great mountains.

What could he do to repay their kindness and express his apologies?

Recalling that Xie Yang said they wanted to master the language before going abroad, he stayed up late to organize his notes from simple to difficult since he began learning English, along with some personal insights, and sent them to the tutoring group, then tagged them:

【It might be more effective to study by comparing these notes. If you still find it difficult, I will give you lessons once my grandmother is discharged from the hospital.】

"..."

Cheng Zixin and the other five were on the verge of tears.

Brother, I really thank you!

It was one thing for Sister Yang to forbid them from smoking, drinking, or staying up all night, but why did another one pop up to watch over their studies...