Chapter 77: Is surgery a process of giving birth while simultaneously filled with hatred?

"Destroyed?" Wen Han asked incredulously. "How were they destroyed? Don't tell me it was like how Gu Cheng destroyed the Jing family."

"More or less."

“Jing Yu’s father is really ruthless—wait, if Gu Cheng destroys the Jing family, wouldn’t that turn into a revenge story for his mother?” Wen Han held her head in disbelief.

"Wow, those families are quite chaotic," the system exclaimed as it looked around. "Compared to them, your family situation seems simple."

“The suffering of one person cannot be compared to another,” Wen Han firmly refused. “So why did Jing Xu target the An family?”

"Hmm, did you know that Jingxu has five brothers and sisters, host?"

"Yes, I know. Jingyu told me."

Why is he telling you this too?

Wen Han frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

“It’s nothing,” the system continued. “Originally, the old master of the Jing family, who is also Jing Xu’s father, favored his eldest son, Jing Shuo, the most. In order to pave the way for him, he specially arranged for him to meet the second son of the Hu family.”

What does the Hu family do?

"The Hu family are oil developers, their family..."

Without needing a detailed explanation, Wen Han sensed the Hu family's power and quickly interrupted, "What does this have to do with Jing Xu?"

"That's the problem. The second son of the Hu family didn't like Jing Shuo, but instead fell for Jing Xu. He went back home and cried and made a scene with his mother, so in the end, the marriage partner became Jing Xu."

What a wish-fulfillment novel plot! My brother's fiancé has fallen for me. Wen Han asked in surprise, "Didn't Jing Xu marry An Ning?"

"Because Jing Shuo has colluded with the An family," the system said. "With the Hu family's help, Jing Xu will definitely pose a threat to him. So Jing Shuo and Old Master An, who is An Lu's father and Gu Cheng's grandfather, reached a consensus to send An Ning over. Anyway, An Ning is just a distant relative, so he doesn't care."

It seems that An Ning's existence caused Jing Xu's marriage to the Hu family to fall through.

"I think he's also blinded by lust. If he had a strong will, he wouldn't have married An Ning."

"Host, you just said that Jing Yu is a mutant, right?" The system paused for a moment and said, "He should have inherited it from An Ning, who is also a mutant."

"His pheromones are ylang-ylang, which has aphrodisiac effects. It was Jing Shuo who found the right moment to send An Ning to Jing Xu's room."

"Once the deed is done, Jing Shuo directly told the Jing family patriarch and the Hu family, and they caught them red-handed. Although the An family can't compare to the Hu family, they are not easy to offend. Besides, this matter seems to be Jing Xu's fault on the surface, so the Jing family patriarch directly made Jing Xu and An Ning get their marriage certificate and exiled them to another place to express his apology to the Hu family."

That's why the old man of the Jing family didn't notice anything unusual when Jing Feng was born five years early. The two of them were probably forgotten by their families while they were away!

Wen Han's head throbbed. Rich people can be ruthless when it comes to power struggles. Wen Han definitely couldn't do what Jing Shuo did to Wen Ruo. No matter what, An Ning was innocent!

Compared to this, all the troubles the Wen family has gone through seem like prime-time soap operas; the drama and sensationalism are on a completely different level.

"But Jingxu still came back in the end. Jingfeng is seven years older than Jingyu, which means he is eight years older than Gu Cheng." It's possible that as soon as Jingxu returned to Linjin, he couldn't wait to deal with the An family. At that time, An Lu was probably pregnant with Gu Cheng. It's also possible that she had an emotional breakdown and a difficult childbirth after learning about the An family's troubles.

Gu Zong probably stood by and did nothing, otherwise the An family wouldn't have been completely powerless to resist.

It's a complete mess.

The system said, "So it's not surprising that Jing Xu hates An Ning."

Wen Han, who had been resting his chin on his elbow, lost in the turmoil of this relationship, straightened up upon hearing the system's words: "That's hard to say. The An family is gone; he could have easily divorced An Ning and married someone else. Why did he still have Jing Yu and Jing Zhao? Was he having children while simultaneously harboring hatred?"

Wen Han and the system studied it for half an hour but still couldn't figure out what the two of them were thinking.

"I don't want to think about that anymore!" Wen Han waved her hand. "Now that you're back, you can start monitoring others and see what kind of experiments Gu Yuan and Gu Cheng are doing."

"Well..."

When the system produced this terrible result, Wen Han knew something was wrong: "Don't tell me it won't work! Didn't you already destroy that space? Shouldn't you have been able to ascend directly with your teacher's access?"

The system gave him a long explanation about how it was still a basic system with incomplete functions, and so on.

Never mind, at least I don't have to worry about the space killing me.

It's so late, where did the rest of the Wen family go? The living room was empty, and Wen Han was starting to suspect that they had run away behind her back.

He called Wen Qingke, but the call was noisy. Wen Qingke said he was at the hospital. Wen Ruo had fainted from pain while working at the pet store and was taken to the hospital where they diagnosed appendicitis. Surgery would cost 18,000 yuan, and Wen Qingke was trying to raise the money...

Wen Han quickly hung up the phone.

"Host, what's wrong?"

Could it be that the red date and black chicken soup caused the illness?

——

Wen Han arrived at the hospital with trepidation. Wen Ruo was on an IV drip, his face as white as a corpse, and Wen Ruan was taking care of him.

On his way here, he searched for the causes of appendicitis. His phone said that improper diet could trigger an appendicitis attack, which made Wen Han feel a little guilty.

"Doctor, can't I take medicine or get an IV drip?" Wen Qingke kept asking the doctor, "Is surgery absolutely necessary?"

"The situation is quite critical; if we delay any longer, there could be a life-threatening situation."

Wen Qingke paid the rent as soon as he received his salary, let alone 10,000 yuan, he couldn't even come up with 5,000 yuan.

Wen Ruo's condition is serious; she needs to undergo surgery tonight and must be hospitalized. Besides Wen Ruo, there are three other patients in the ward, plus visiting family members, making the small room extremely crowded.

Wen Ruoguang spent all the money he had recently earned on CT scans and blood tests.

Wen Han sat on a bench against the wall. In the morning, he had accompanied Jing Zhao and the others to a high-end jewelry store to pick out a birthday gift for An Ning. Jing Zhao had even made a scene along the way, not worrying about compensation at all. But tonight, he had to worry about what would happen to the family and the rent for the next few months after Wen Ruo's surgery. They couldn't just live off the greenery.

Wen Qingke told them to take good care of Wen Ruo, and then went out to borrow some money from his grandparents.

My second uncle's house was being renovated at the beginning of the year, and he had just borrowed money from my grandparents. Where would the old folks get any money now? Wen Han frowned slightly, but followed behind Wen Qingke without showing any emotion.

Wen Qingke walked to a secluded corner, took out his phone, hesitated for a moment, and then downloaded an app.

"System, what kind of software is that?"

"Host, stop him! That's an online loan!"

Wen Han rushed forward and snatched the phone, startling Wen Qingke.

"Are you crazy? You can't just borrow money from online lenders like that!"

"Hanhan, keep your voice down, don't let Wenruo and the others hear." Wen Qingke lowered his body. "Wenruo urgently needs to have surgery, it can't be delayed. If we borrow money from the bank, there will be a lot of paperwork, and Wenruo can't wait."

"Heh." Wen Han sneered, "Why don't you go borrow from Grandpa Wen Ruan and the others? They definitely have money!"

Wen Han did it on purpose. He knew that even if Wen Ruan needed money for surgery, those two old devils would definitely refuse in every way possible, let alone Wen Ruo, who was not related to them. Wen Qingke was definitely well aware of this.

Wen Han flipped through her contacts and found Wen Ruan's grandfather's number.

"Hanhan, who did you call?"

Wen Han stood in front of the window, staring blankly out the window. Seeing this, Wen Qingke didn't dare to go forward and snatch his phone away.

"Hey, Qingke, why are you calling all of a sudden?"

Wen Han turned on the speakerphone: "Wen Ruan has appendicitis and needs surgery. We don't have any money, so please send us 20,000 yuan."

"Wen Han, it's you?" Grandpa Wen Ruan spat viciously. "You think I'd believe your nonsense?"

“You can ask Wen Qingke.” Wen Han glanced at him, and Wen Qingke could only bite the bullet. “Hanhan isn’t lying, father-in-law. I really don’t have any money right now. Ruan Ruan still needs surgery—”

"Hey, hurry up and look for other relatives!" Grandpa Wenruan's voice suddenly rose. "We don't have any money right now. If all else fails, ask your boss if he can lend you some money."

Wen Han was so angry she laughed: "You don't know, do you? Wen Ruan is really something. He's dating the heir of the Gu family, the son of Gu Zong that you saw on TV."

“From now on, the Gu family will all belong to Wen Ruan.” Wen Han said softly, “What do you think Wen Ruan will think of you if he finds out that you are not even willing to pay for your surgery? If you try to come and fawn over him again, see if he won’t just kick you out.”

Grandpa Wenruan fell silent. The last time Gu Cheng came to his house, his relationship with Wenruan did seem unusual. The luxury car he drove and the clothes he wore clearly indicated that he was from a wealthy family.

He was about to suggest that Gu Cheng pay for the surgery, but Grandma Wenruan quickly grabbed the phone, saying, "I know, Wenruan is our grandson too, how could I not care? Grandpa Wenruan will transfer the surgery fee later, just tell Ruanruan we'll do it in a few days—"

Wen Han didn't want to listen to their nonsense anymore, so she hung up the phone directly.

Grandpa Wenruan said anxiously, "Should we not let that kid from the Gu family pay?"

"Are you stupid?" Grandma Wenruan laughed and patted him. "Even if we give Ruanruan 20,000 yuan, she will remember our kindness. The compensation money for our son will eventually run out. You have to think about Haohao. With the Gu family as your backing, you can have whatever you want."

"Yes, yes, you're so smart."

*

After paying the surgery fee, Wen Ruo was wheeled into the operating room, while the others waited outside. On the way, Wen Han sent several messages to Jing Yu to make sure Jing Xu hadn't gone mad and tormented him.

Jing Yu first told him not to worry, and then said a few more things in a vague way, which put Jing Xu in a difficult position.

Wen Han quickly asked him what was wrong, and Jing Yu sent him a cute, coquettish emoji to reassure him.

"Sigh." Wen Han said with distress, "It must be because I talked too much and caused trouble for Jing Yu. After all, Jing Xu knows that I am Jing Yu's friend."

"Host," the system couldn't hold back any longer, "maybe he's saying that on purpose to make you feel sorry for him."

“How could that be?” Wen Han sighed. “You don’t understand, he must be feeling terrible right now.”

The system was surprised that the situation had escalated to this extent in just one month, so it quickly ordered an electronic respirator in case of unforeseen circumstances.

After making the payment, he posted several more messages on the community forum that the small system had recently established.

After a long wait, the surgery was finally over. The process went smoothly, and the doctor even jokingly asked them if they wanted to see what Wen Ruo's appendix looked like.

Wen Han shook her head in disdain. What's so interesting about a piece of meat?