Chapter 72: Xu Damao: Turns Out I Really Am Infertile

"Here, I, Xu Damao, formally apologize to Comrade Zhao Gangzi!"

"I hope you can forgive me..."

In the end, Xu Damao quieted down, his entire face swollen like a pig's head, covered in blue and purple bruises.

If he hadn't been beaten up, this brat definitely wouldn't have quieted down, and it was only after the broadcast over the loudspeaker that everyone understood the sequence of events.

This Xu Damao is truly wicked; he must have been spreading malicious rumors behind people's backs, insisting that others were infertile—wasn't he just asking for a beating?

Even if someone were to break the legs of a person like Xu Damao, the public security comrades might not even pay attention if he went to report it.

Sijiucheng, Red Star First Hospital.

In the hospital corridor, Zhao Gangzi dragged Xu Damao along for a check-up, and he even made Xu Damao pay for the examination fees—a full four yuan.

"Brother Gangzi, what are you doing again? Didn't I already apologize to you..."

"Besides, you aren't actually infertile; I just made up that lie. Why are you coming for a check-up? And dragging me along too—I am perfectly healthy!"

Xu Damao had a mournful face; his family savings weren't deep to begin with, and now being forced to shell out four yuan was painful for anyone.

Zhao Gangzi only glanced lightly at Xu Damao, finding it amusing in his heart; this brat really thought he was the one coming for a check-up, but it was hard to say who was actually infertile.

In his past life, Zhao Gangzi had read quite a few Siheyuan fan-fiction stories; whenever Xu Damao appeared, he was usually infertile, and the reason for that could be traced back to Shazhu—as for why, there was no need to say more.

"Damao, I'm doing this for your own good. It's just four yuan, don't be stingy. If you find out you have some illness, it's better to treat it early!" Zhao Gangzi said with an earnest expression.

Xu Damao couldn't help but curse inwardly; it was clearly his own money paying for the check-up, yet it was made to look like he was being helped. This Zhao Gangzi was truly no good.

And then there was the matter of Lou Xiaoe; it was likely a lost cause for him now, which was a pity, as it benefited that brat Zhao Gangzi.

"Who is called Zhao Gangzi? It's your turn to come in for the check-up!"

A young nurse pushed the door open and called out from the side.

"Alright, alright, coming right away," Zhao Gangzi responded, then turned his head to look at Xu Damao, his expression strange as he said: "I'm going in for the check-up first. You'd better get checked too! Of course, if you want to leave, I won't stop you..."

Seeing Zhao Gangzi enter the examination room, Xu Damao clutched his still-swollen face and cursed, "Screw you, Zhao the Skinflint! I'm definitely not spending this money for nothing. Check-up it is!"

"If they find any injuries later, I'll definitely extort you until you don't even have your underwear left!"

A patient's family member sitting in the corridor nearby watched the lewd man jumping around in front of them, walked right up, and kicked him, scolding: "Don't you know this is a hospital? If you yell again, get out immediately!"

"Sorry, sorry, no more dog-barking, no more dog-barking..."

Xu Damao, a great man who knows when to bend and when to stretch, once again cleverly defused the impending crisis.

"Xu Damao, it's your turn for the check-up!"

"Coming!"

………

The two waited until the afternoon for the hospital's examination reports to come out. Zhao Gangzi glanced at his own report and nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, all functions are quite normal, especially the kidney function—there won't be any problem having a whole litter later on!"

"Xu Damao, how was your physical check-up?"

Zhao Gangzi tucked his report into his pocket and turned to look at Xu Damao, who was currently wearing a tight expression, as if he had seen something incredible.

Not only was his face ashen, but his legs were also trembling uncontrollably. After a long while, he let out a long sigh toward the sky, and two lines of clear tears slowly flowed from the corners of his eyes.

"No, how could it be like this? How could I possibly be infertile!!!"

"The heavens are unjust!"

Xu Damao was now streaming with tears. He had only spread rumors that Zhao Gangzi was infertile; he never expected that upon coming for a check-up today, the one who was truly infertile was himself?

In this way, the Xu family had been a single-child line for three generations—wouldn't it end with him?

Zhao Gangzi was also startled; he hadn't expected his guess to be right. This Xu Damao really was infertile. There would be fun to watch in the future; he himself was a fake, but Xu Damao was the real deal.

"Haha, let me have a good laugh," Zhao Gangzi hurriedly took the examination report from Xu Damao's hand and began to read the words on it carefully one by one. It was indeed infertility.

"Examinee Xu Damao, physiological functions impaired, suffering from severe infertility, as well as absence of the left testicle, dysplasia of the right testicle..."

"Hahahaha, that's awesome! How the hell did you live this long! 666!"

The mockery regarding Zhao Gangzi had been temporarily pushed to the back of his mind. Xu Damao turned his head to look at the report, his face devoid of any desire to live; for him, this world no longer held any meaning.

No wonder the former Widow Wang always scolded him for being useless; it turned out he really was useless!

"Impossible! The hospital must have made a mistake, you quacks!"

"I'll fight you to the death!"

A roar came out, and Xu Damao, with bloodshot eyes, recklessly charged into the examination room, shouting that he wanted an explanation from the doctor.

However, not long after, two burly men carried Xu Damao out. His face, already swollen like a pig's head, looked even more swollen now.

They brought him to the hospital entrance and threw him directly onto the haystack nearby.

"Sob sob sob, how could I possibly be infertile!"

Xu Damao buried his head in the grass and wept bitterly.

As for that examination report, it was still in Zhao Gangzi's hand. If he spread this news, it shouldn't count as spreading rumors, right?

But seeing how miserable Xu Damao was, Zhao Gangzi didn't leak the matter directly. If this brat went crazy and did something outrageous, it wouldn't be worth the trouble.

"It's getting late, and since Red Star Hospital isn't far from Dashilan, my bicycle will be in my hands soon," Zhao Gangzi was in a good mood. He fished the Bicycle Ticket that Lou Xiaoe had given him out of his pocket, preparing to go pick up the bike.

Dashilan was quite close to Red Star Hospital, just two intersections away, and it was one of the most prosperous areas in all of Sijiucheng; almost anything that could be bought on the market could be found here.

As long as you could produce the vouchers and the money, you could even get your hands on things like televisions, though such treasures were things even the children of the big courtyards coveted, let alone Zhao Gangzi.

But a bicycle was also a great thing; in this era, it was one of the "Three Turns and One Sound," and such a treasure couldn't even be found in the entire Siheyuan. Third Uncle Yan Bugui had the idea, but he could never get his hands on a ticket.

If that old miser knew Zhao Gangzi had obtained a ticket so easily, he would be so angry he wouldn't be able to sleep for half the night.

"Hongxing Supply and Marketing Cooperative, this must be it, right?"