Chapter 869: Selling Blood

Returning to the county town, Su Xinghui bought some fruit, nutritional supplements, and the like, and arrived at the hospital. He asked the nurse in the inpatient department which ward Wan Furong's wife was in. The nurses, of course, all knew him, so they took him to that ward.

As soon as he entered the ward, Su Xinghui saw Wan Furong sitting beside a hospital bed, feeding rice porridge to an elderly woman who was on an IV drip. The tenderness on Wan Furong's face, which formed a sharp contrast to his usual arrogant expression, moved Su Xinghui a little.

In fact, Su Xinghui originally had no good feelings toward Wan Furong. He was from a rebel faction and was also notoriously unreasonable. But seeing this scene today proved that he still had some redeeming qualities.

Seeing Su Xinghui arrive, Wan Furong hurriedly put down the thermal container and stood up. "Town Mayor Su is here!"

Su Xinghui placed the items in his hand on the bedside table and said, "Old Man Wan, you go ahead and feed the patient; don't mind me."

Wan Furong rubbed his hands somewhat awkwardly. "Town Mayor Su, you really didn't have to bring anything when you came."

Wan Furong considered himself a person with a tough temper his whole life, and he dared not to buy anyone's account no matter who he met. But today, seeing Su Xinghui, he couldn't be tough anymore. Someone had just saved his wife's life.

Today, after Vice President Su examined his wife, he said his wife had bacterial pneumonia, and it was already very serious. If they had dragged it out for two more days without hospitalization, it might have even led to respiratory failure and death.

Wan Furong couldn't help but feel lingering fear. If they had come two days later, he was afraid he would have had to arrange his wife's funeral. No matter how much of a bastard he was, he was still grateful to Su Xinghui in his heart. How could he be tough in front of Su Xinghui?

Su Xinghui said, "It's fine, you go ahead and feed the patient; don't mind me."

Wan Furong nodded and started feeding his wife rice porridge again. After two mouthfuls, his wife suddenly coughed violently, coughing the rice porridge onto him. He quickly took a towel, first wiped the rice porridge off his wife's mouth, and then wiped the rice porridge off the bed and himself.

His wife coughed violently, non-stop. Looking at her painful appearance, it was as if she were about to cough out her lungs. It stopped after a few minutes of coughing. Wan Furong kept patting her back to make her feel more comfortable.

Looking at Wan Furong's appearance, Su Xinghui found it really hard to imagine that such an unreasonable person could take such careful care of his wife.

Su Xinghui asked, "Old Man Wan, did my dad say what the illness is?"

Wan Furong said, "He said it's very serious bacterial pneumonia. He said if we had come two days later, she might have died. Thank you, Town Mayor Su."

Su Xinghui said, "So there's no problem now?"

Wan Furong said, "He said there's no big problem now that she's on medication. 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 some nourishment."

Su Xinghui said, "Then buy more good food to nourish her."

An embarrassed look appeared on Wan Furong's face. Su Xinghui smiled knowingly, took out two hundred yuan, placed it on the bedside table, and said, "Take this two hundred yuan and buy something nutritious for her to eat."

Wan Furong said, "How can I do that? We already owe you enough. We can't take this money."

Su Xinghui said, "Just treat this two hundred yuan as me lending it to you. Pay me back when you have it later."

While Wan Furong was still declining, his two sons arrived. Wan Xinhua said, "Mom, I stewed some bone soup for you."

As soon as Wan Xinhua walked into the ward, he saw Su Xinghui. He was stunned for a moment before saying, "Town Mayor Su is here."

Wan Furong held the two hundred yuan and said, "Yes, he bought a lot of things, and he even insisted on giving me two hundred yuan. How can I be so embarrassed?"

Wan Xinhua said, "Town Mayor Su, you've already helped my family a lot. We can't take this money."

Su Xinghui smiled. "Then just treat it as me lending it to you. Pay me back when you make money later."

Wan Furong and his son couldn't decline, so they had to accept the two hundred yuan. They were indeed in great need of this money now.

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 won't take it to heart."

Su Xinghui waved his hand. "It's nothing. You guys go ahead and feed your mom the soup."

Wan Furong asked Wan Xinhua, "Where did you get the money to buy bones?"

Wan Xinhua said, "I borrowed it from someone."

Wan Furong asked suspiciously, "Who did you borrow money from?"

Wan Xinhua said, "Dad, don't ask. I borrowed it from a classmate."

Wan Xinguo said, "Dad, my brother sold his blood to have the money to buy bones and stew the soup."

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?"

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."

Wan Furong's wife had another violent coughing fit. 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 all down."

Wan Xinhua's tears fell immediately. He cried, "Mom, don't say such things."

Wan Xinguo also started crying, and Wan Furong was also wiping away tears.

Watching this scene, Su Xinghui's heart also felt heavy. Although Wan Furong was from a rebel faction and might not necessarily be a good person, and was unreasonable, his family also had the right to live a life with dignity.

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 watching this scene.

Wan Furong's wife slowly calmed down and started drinking the bone soup.

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 for our family really not be agreed to?"

There was pleading 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." ===== CHAPTER 871 =====