Chapter 400: Being Cheated

"Not really, it's just that all four of your teeth need treatment, and the cost is not low, you..." Doctor Zhang said and glanced at Jiang Xinbai.

"Oh, isn't it just a filling? Doctor Zhang, I also had my tooth filled here last time. Look, it's this front tooth. It cost two hundred yuan each. You said that the materials are all imported, so my sister also had imported materials for her filling." Jiang Xinlan said immediately when she saw Doctor Zhang hesitating.

"No, the situation is different." Doctor Zhang glanced at Jiang Xinlan and then explained, "Aunt Jiang, you have a filling, but Aunt Jiang has four broken teeth. She needs to kill the nerves inside, then do treatment, and finally get braces. She needs to come several times, so the cost is higher."

"Ah, kill? Wouldn't that be extremely painful?" Jiang Xinbai couldn't help but shrink back. It felt very painful when he heard it.

"No, no, generally speaking, the dental nerves in teeth like yours have already rotted away and lost all sensation. If it still hurts, I'll give you anesthesia, it's okay." Doctor Zhang quickly comforted him.

"Yes, Xiaobai, Dr. Zhang is very skilled. Several of my old sisters have had their teeth treated by her. Um, Dr. Zhang, how much does one tooth cost for my sister's condition?" Jiang Xinlan thought it would be better to ask clearly.

"Well, one will cost about one thousand, and four will cost more than four thousand, no more than five thousand." Doctor Zhang said after thinking for a while.

"Hiss, is a tooth so expensive?" Jiang Xinbai sat up from her chair in shock. Although she was very happy when she bought the gold bars just now, she felt reluctant to spend one thousand dollars now when she heard that a tooth cost one thousand.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Xinlan reached out and patted her on the back, "Why are they so expensive? They are teeth. If they are not well taken care of, you will have trouble eating. What's wrong with spending a few dollars? You are so stingy."

"Second sister, please be gentler. It hurts so much. I didn't say it's incurable." Jiang Xinbai complained with a frown. Second sister was really something. She was so heavy-handed. It hurt just by hearing the sound of "slap".

"Then lie down, Doctor Zhang, and take a good look at her so she won't complain about toothache all the time."

"Oh, ok, ok, then let's treat the left side first today, otherwise it will be difficult for you to eat."

"Okay, you have the final say."

Half an hour later, Jiang Xinbai had finished the treatment and looked relieved. "Hey, it really doesn't hurt."

"I told you, but you still don't believe me."

Jiang Xinbai smiled and glanced at the tooth model on Doctor Zhang's desk, and asked, "Doctor Zhang, can we fix the missing teeth of an 80-year-old man?"

"Old people, well, we recommend dentures, which are similar to real teeth, and their main function is to make eating easier."

"Oh, Xiaobai, you really forgot about your parents. You should bring them here when you have time."

Jiang Xinlan slapped her head. Most of her parents' teeth had fallen out, and they had trouble eating. She had told them before to go to the hospital, but just like Xiaobai, they were afraid of seeing a dentist and kept putting it off. Now it should be okay for them to come to Dr. Zhang.

Doctor Zhang was very happy that someone came to see the dentist again, but he also had to make things clear in advance, so he smiled and said, "Well, Aunt Jiang, we have different prices for dentures. The cheapest is only 500 or 600 yuan, and the more expensive ones may cost 2,000 or 3,000 yuan. I have to tell you in advance, otherwise it will be bad if I make everyone unhappy."

Jiang Xinbai waved his hand after hearing this, "It's okay, OK, then Doctor Zhang, please leave me your phone number, and I'll bring my parents-in-law with me."

"Here, Auntie, this is my business card, keep it." Dr. Zhang took out a card from the drawer and handed it to Jiang Xinbai.

After returning home, Jiang Xinbai excitedly took her mother-in-law Sun Erni's hand and said, "Mom, my second sister and I went to the dental clinic today to get a tooth filled. No, it was a tooth treatment. It didn't hurt at all. Doctor Zhang is very skilled and a very gentle person. I'm thinking of taking you and dad, as well as my parents, to go there one day to get you a denture."

Sun Erni waved her hands when she heard this, "I won't go, I won't go, I'm fine."

"That's good enough. You don't have many teeth left. It's okay. It won't hurt. Go ahead. You see, you don't have many teeth, so nothing you eat tastes good." Jiang Xinbai persuaded again.

"It really doesn't hurt?" Sun Erni hesitated. It was true that food did not taste good without teeth.

"It really doesn't hurt. The doctor will give you anesthesia. Most importantly, he has a good attitude and his movements are gentle."

"Well, okay, I'll go take a look some time."

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In a mirage, Liu Dan was sitting in the living room with a dazed look on his face, and Han Shixin was startled when he entered the room.

"Hey, Liu Dan, what are you doing? You don't even turn on the light. This is not the way to save electricity!" Han Shixin was startled by his wife who was sitting on the sofa as soon as he turned on the light.

Liu Dan didn't say anything, just looked straight ahead.

Han Shixin ran to the kitchen and poured himself a glass of water. While drinking, he asked, "I forgot to ask you, how is Shujun's exchange student going? When is he going?"

It would have been fine if he hadn't said anything. Once he said that, Liu Dan couldn't hold it in any longer and started to cry, "Wow, it's over, it's all over."

"What do you mean it's all over? What happened? Tell me." Han Shixin quickly put down the cup of water in his hand, sat next to his wife and asked.

"Wow, I was cheated, I was cheated. The agent was a liar. He took our money and ran away. Wow, my money!" Liu Dan covered her face and started crying again.

"No, what's going on? Tell me clearly. Where is Shujun, Han Shujun, come out." Han Shixin immediately walked towards his son's room.

Liu Dan stood up and held her husband, "Shujun went to look for someone, he's not home."

"This brat, it's all because of him. Tell me in detail what happened? You didn't pay all the 50,000 yuan, did you?" Han Shixin said while staring at his wife.

Liu Dan shook her head and said in a tearful voice, "No, I only paid 20,000 yuan, but 20,000 yuan is a lot. I thought it was introduced by Shujun's father, so I believed it and paid the money directly. They said it would be done in half a month, but who knew that when we went to find them today, the place was empty and the money was gone." The more Liu Dan spoke, the sadder she became. 20,000 yuan, not two hundred yuan, her heart.

Han Shixin frowned more and more as he listened, and then asked in confusion: "Have you called the police? Could it be that Shujun's father did this?"