Chapter 90 Discharge

That morning, the Zhou family was very busy because they had to rush to get Zhou Yi and his grandfather discharged from the hospital.

My mother was helping herself pack her things, while my father and aunt were packing on my grandfather's side.

Wu Yongcheng specially arranged for Chen Yan to drive to pick up Zhou Yi and others and take them home. Chen Yan arrived at the hospital early to wait.

"Zhou Yi, hasn't that girl from that day come recently?" The mother and son were packing up, and the mother asked intentionally or unintentionally.

"Which one? Xu Nian? She and I are really just ordinary colleagues."

"No, the other one."

"Oh, Lu Xiaoshuang, I haven't been here."

"What does this girl do? She looks very young."

"A student from Hongda, only nineteen years old, of course he's young."

"A student from Hongda University? He's a top student, not bad. But he's a little young. A college student has to wait until he graduates before getting married, right?"

Zhou Yi was reading his discharge report and replied casually, "Not yet."

In 1997, college students certainly could not get married, because the regulations allowing college students to get married were not issued until 2005.

Suddenly, Zhou Yi realized something and immediately looked up at his mother, only to see a look of pity on her face.

"Mom, don't talk nonsense. She is the hostage I rescued this time. She just came to thank me for saving her life. What are you thinking?"

"Oh, so she's the girl you saved. No, I didn't say anything. I just thought this girl was dressed quite simply, had good looks, a good education, and was quite sensible. She even gave you some water to wash your face..."

"Mom!" Zhou Yi shouted seriously.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anymore." Zhang Qiuxia continued to pack her things.

Less than a minute later, he suddenly muttered, "I see in those TV shows that the hero who saves the damsel in distress always ends up marrying her."

"mom!"

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After packing up almost everything, Zhou Yi changed into his own clothes and went downstairs to check out and get the reimbursement voucher.

Because his injury was on duty, all hospitalization expenses can be reimbursed.

When Zhou Yi arrived at the lobby on the first floor, he found that there was no one at the checkout window. He thought he was lucky and walked over.

There were three checkout windows, but only one was open.

Zhou Yi sometimes doesn’t understand why hospitals and banks have so many windows, but most of the time only one or two are open?

"Hello, I need to print out the hospitalization list for reimbursement." Zhou Yi said politely.

A woman in her forties with a permed haircut said without even glancing at him, "The printer is broken. It can't print for the time being."

"Then when can we fight?"

"I don't know. We'll have to wait until the equipment department comes to fix it."

"When will the people from the Equipment Department arrive?"

The ramen-haired lady only then looked up at him and rolled her eyes, saying, "It's already been reported. Wait. If you don't want to wait, come back this afternoon."

Well, it turns out that I wasn’t lucky, but unlucky. No wonder there was no one queuing.

Zhou Yi was hesitating whether to wait or not when he suddenly heard the lady with instant noodle head inside start chatting with someone.

"Sister Li, let me tell you, my husband has found out about the abnormal water bill in our family in the past few months." Zhou Yi only heard the voice of the person who was speaking but could not see the person.

The ramen-haired lady known as Sister Li obviously has a warm and welcoming attitude towards her colleagues, which is completely different from her attitude towards patients like Zhou Yi.

"Hey, what's going on?"

"We've been using over ten tons of water every month for the past few months. We thought the meter was broken, but the water company came to check and said it was fine. My husband almost got into a fight with them."

"This month's water meter readings are even more outrageous. It's only the beginning of the month, and they've already exceeded the limit by 20 tons. My husband took it upon himself to figure out what the problem was, and he actually found it."

"Isn't there a mutton restaurant downstairs from my house? It's this restaurant that secretly connected its pipes to my water pipes. These bastards stole almost 100 tons of water from my house."

The instant noodle lady was surprised and said, "That's so much! Wouldn't that cost dozens of yuan for water?"

"That's right! My husband called the police right away. When they arrived, they found out they had been stealing our water for six months. At first, the thefts were small and we didn't pay much attention, but they've become more and more rampant."

"Then they'll have to pay for it."

"Of course I have to pay! And you know how disgusting this shop is? They dump all the leftover food waste into the sewage pipe. The shop downstairs from my house was converted from residential housing, so the sewage pipe is shared by both upstairs and downstairs. No wonder our building is always clogged. Every time the toilet gets clogged, the whole house stinks."

"I'm so angry! My husband has already called in all the residents upstairs to come and claim compensation from them!"

The people inside were getting angrier and angrier as they talked, and Zhou Yi was just listening to it as gossip.

But as I listened, suddenly a thought flashed through my mind.

At this time, my parents and aunt were carrying bags and helping my grandfather down the stairs. My father saw Zhou Yi standing at the window in a daze and shouted, "Zhou Yi, you can go now."

Zhou Yi walked towards them with a serious expression. Seeing that he looked unhappy, his father hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"

"Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Aunt, I'll ask my colleague to take you back first."

"What about you?"

"I have to do something, something very important!"

The mother said worriedly, "But you just recovered from your injury, you need to rest well."

Before she could finish, Zhou Yi ran back, leaving several people looking at each other in bewilderment.

At this time, Grandpa said: "He must have his reasons, believe him."

Chen Yan, who was waiting in the car, suddenly saw Zhou Yi running out in a hurry. He thought he was looking for him, but Zhou Yi walked straight to the hospital gate.

Chen Yan quickly got out of the car and shouted, "Zhou Yi, here."

Zhou Yi turned around and said, "Brother Yan, thank you for helping me send my grandfather and the others off."

"What about you?"

"I have to go to the Donghai Community."

"Dong...Zhang Hui's case?"

Zhou Yi nodded, "Let me check first, then I'll call for reinforcements."

"Okay, I'll help you send your family off, then I'll rush back to the bureau and report the situation to my master."

Zhou Yi stood at the hospital gate and looked around. He was looking for an illegal motorcycle taxi, but it was obvious that the urban management work had been very effective recently and there was not even a single one.

"Brother Zhou?" A familiar voice suddenly sounded.

Zhou Yi turned his head and saw Lu Xiaoshuang coming over on a bicycle.

"Are you discharged from the hospital?" Lu Xiaoshuang quickly got out of the car and came to Zhou Yi and asked.

Seeing that Lu Xiaoshuang was safe and sound, Zhou Yi felt relieved. "Well, the doctor said I can be discharged from the hospital."

"I'm sorry, Brother Zhou. The school found out about my situation. They're afraid I'll get into trouble again, so they've had the counselor keep an eye on me after class these past two days. I can't even leave the school. That's why I haven't been able to come visit you."

"It's okay, it's okay. The school is doing this for your own good."

"Didn't your family come to pick you up from the hospital?"

"They are here, but I have something urgent to do, so I asked them to go back first." Zhou Yi stretched his neck to look around. It would have been fine if there were no illegal motorcycles, but there was no taxi either. It was rare that one passed by, and it was still carrying passengers.

He suddenly missed the 21st century with its advanced economy and technology. It was so convenient to call a taxi with just a tap on the phone.

"Where are you going? How about I give you a ride?"

Lu Xiaoshuang's words made Zhou Yi turn his head and look at her small body, then at the old 28-inch bicycle that did not fit her body.