[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-romantic-path-to-success":3,"chapter-the-romantic-path-to-success-the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-498":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Romantic Road to the Top",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2146689,3567,"Chapter 498: Selling Blood","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-498",498,"\u003Cp>Returning to the county, Su Xinghui bought some fruit and nutritional supplements and arrived at the hospital. He asked the nurse in the inpatient department which ward Wan Furong's wife was in. The nurse, of course, recognized him and took him to that ward.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As soon as he entered the ward, Su Xinghui saw Wan Furong sitting next to a hospital bed, feeding porridge to an elderly woman who was on an IV drip. The tenderness on Wan Furong's face, which formed a sharp contrast with his usual arrogant expression, moved Su Xinghui a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In fact, Su Xinghui originally had no good feelings for Wan Furong. He was a rebel by origin and was known for being unreasonable. But seeing this scene today proved that he still had some redeeming qualities.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing Su Xinghui arrive, Wan Furong hurriedly put down the thermal container, stood up, and said, \"Town Mayor Su is here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xinghui put the things in his hand on the bedside table and said, \"Old Mr. Wan, you feed your wife. Don't worry about me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong rubbed his hands somewhat awkwardly and said, \"Town Mayor Su, you shouldn't have brought anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong considered himself a person with a hard temper all his life. No matter who he saw, he dared not to buy it. But today, seeing Su Xinghui, he couldn't be hard anymore. The other party had just saved his wife's life.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Today, after Vice President Su examined his wife, he said that his wife had bacterial pneumonia and it was already very serious. If they had dragged it for two more days without hospitalization, it might have even led to respiratory failure and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong couldn't help but feel lingering fear. If they had been two days late, he would probably have had to arrange his wife's funeral. No matter how much of a jerk he was, he was grateful to Su Xinghui in his heart. How could he be tough in front of Su Xinghui?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xinghui said, \"It's okay, you feed the patient. Don't worry about me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong nodded and started feeding his wife porridge again. After two mouthfuls, his wife suddenly coughed violently, coughing the porridge onto him. He hurriedly took a towel, first wiped the porridge off his wife's mouth, and then wiped the porridge off the bed and himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>His wife coughed violently and didn't stop. Looking at her painful appearance, it was as if she was going to cough out her lungs. It took several minutes for her to stop. Wan Furong kept patting her back to make her feel more comfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Looking at Wan Furong, Su Xinghui really couldn't imagine that such an unreasonable person could take such careful care of his wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xinghui asked, \"Old Mr. Wan, did my father say what the illness was?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong said, \"He said it was very serious bacterial pneumonia. He said if we had been two days late, she might have died. Thank you, Town Mayor Su.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xinghui said, \"So there's no problem now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong said, \"He said that now that she's on medication, it's not a big problem. At most, she'll be hospitalized for a week to ten days, and she'll be cured. The key is that my wife's body is too weak and needs to be supplemented.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xinghui said, \"Then buy more good food to supplement her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>An awkward look appeared on Wan Furong's face. Su Xinghui smiled knowingly, took out 200 yuan, put it on the bedside table, and said, \"Take this 200 yuan to buy something nutritious for her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong said, \"How can I do that? We already owe you enough. We can't take this money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xinghui said, \"Just consider this 200 yuan as me lending it to you. Pay me back when you have it later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>While Wan Furong was still declining, his two sons arrived. Wan Xinhua said, \"Mom, I stewed bone soup for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As soon as Wan Xinhua walked into the ward, he saw Su Xinghui. After a moment of surprise, he said, \"Town Mayor Su is here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong held the 200 yuan and said, \"Yes, he bought a lot of things, and he insisted on giving me 200 yuan. How embarrassing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Xinhua said, \"Town Mayor Su, you have already helped my family a lot. We can't take this money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xinghui smiled and said, \"Then just consider it as me lending it to you. Pay me back when you make money later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong and his son couldn't refuse, so they had to accept the 200 yuan. They really needed this money now.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Xinguo mumbled to Su Xinghui, \"Town Mayor Su, the last time you went to our house, I was too rude to you. I hope you don't take it to heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xinghui waved his hand and said, \"It's nothing. Hurry up and feed your mother the soup.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong asked Wan Xinhua, \"Where did you get the money to buy the bones?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Xinhua said, \"I borrowed it from someone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong asked suspiciously, \"Who did you borrow money from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Xinhua said, \"Dad, don't ask. I borrowed it from a classmate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Xinguo said, \"Dad, my brother sold his blood to have the money to buy bones and stew the soup.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong was shocked. \"Xinhua, you sold your blood? You're confused! If you sell your blood and ruin your body, how will you work in the future?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Xinhua said, \"It's okay, Dad. The doctor said that occasional blood donation won't cause harm to the body; on the contrary, it will be good for the body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong's wife had another violent cough. Wan Furong couldn't care about his son and patted her back again. After her coughing subsided, she said with difficulty, \"Just let me die, so I don't drag you down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Xinhua's tears fell immediately. He cried and said, \"Mom, don't say such things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Xinguo also cried, and Wan Furong was also wiping away tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Looking at this scene, Su Xinghui's heart felt heavy. Although Wan Furong was a rebel by origin and might not be a good person, and was unreasonable, his family also had the right to live a life with dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Of course, Su Xinghui wouldn't be impulsive enough to agree to those unreasonable demands of the Wan family. He didn't speak, just quietly watched this scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wan Furong's wife gradually calmed down and started drinking the bone soup.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After finishing the bone soup, Wan Furong's wife lay down and fell asleep. Wan Furong turned to Su Xinghui and said, \"Town Mayor Su, can the conditions of our family really not be agreed to?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>There was a plea in Wan Furong's expression, but Su Xinghui remained unmoved. He shook his head and said, \"No, the county government's conditions cannot be changed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1149,"2026-06-16T17:50:43.208Z","2026-06-17T08:56:06.694Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","32f44c10a478ff1c441c71c83884bc9e5f794ff94a55aa24454c1369f2abe661","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-499","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-497",572,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-romantic-path-to-success-cover.jpg"]