"Are you that young widow?" the old lady asked in a deep voice.

Ye Hua couldn't help but say, "Grandma, she's Ah Zhen, don't call her that."

"I didn't ask you!" the old lady snapped, glaring at him fiercely. Ye Hua had no choice but to shut up, feeling extremely worried.

Ah Zhen nodded and said softly, "I am Ah Zhen, Grandma... I really want to live a good life with Ye Hua. I know I am not good enough for Ye Hua, but I can work and I will take good care of you in the future."

The old lady snorted, "I don't need your filial piety."

Ah Zhen burst into tears, thinking that the old lady was disgusted with her, and her hands turned white from twisting.

Ye Qingqing didn't say anything. She knew that the old lady was always tough on the outside but soft on the inside. If she really disagreed, she would have kicked her out long ago. The fact that she was letting Ah Zhen stay in the ward meant that she had already agreed. She was just giving Ah Zhen a hard time.

The IOU on the table hadn't been put away yet. The old lady picked it up and glanced at it, not recognizing a single word. "What does it say?" she asked.

Ye Qingqing said with a smile, "I spent 300,000 yuan to redeem Ah Zhen. This is the IOU written by Ye Hua and Ah Zhen..."

Before she could finish speaking, the old lady almost fell to the ground, and Ah Zhen quickly helped her up.

"Three hundred thousand? That's robbery... I knew I couldn't let a spendthrift like you go to negotiate. You've never known how much money you could spend. People buy five or six baluts for one yuan, but you can only buy four. You...you...oh dear...I have to go get the money back...You can't be so wasteful. No matter how much your man earns, he can't keep up with your spending..."

The old lady slapped her thigh and cursed, she was so angry she was about to die. She was practically dead from the grave, and she had never even seen 300,000 before. This spendthrift girl wanted 300,000 to redeem a widow. She could buy a young virgin for 100,000.

“I have to go get it back… Don’t hold me back… I shouldn’t have been lazy… You’ve squandered so much money…”

The old lady was in a hurry to leave, hoping she could catch the last bus. Even if she missed it, she would walk back. The longer she delayed, the less the shameless family would admit their mistake.

"Grandma, I can pay it back..." Ye Hua got out of bed and pulled her along.

"How are you going to pay it back? This spendthrift girl has been extorted. I could buy you three wives for 300,000, and they'd all be virgins."

The old lady spat in his face, and Ah Zhen lowered his head in shame, feeling even more uneasy.

"I don't want a virgin, I only want Ah Zhen. Ah Zhen is priceless in my heart." Ye Hua also became stubborn, which made the old lady so angry that she was about to slap her grandson. Her hand was raised halfway in the air, but she put it down again when she remembered that Ye Hua's body had not yet recovered.

"You can marry whoever you want, I don't care anymore, I'm going to get my money back, you can't be this wasteful..."

The old lady stormed out in a fit of rage, full of energy and incredibly strong; even Ah Zhen couldn't hold her back.

Ye Qingqing found it both funny and heartwarming. Her grandmother used to scold her for being wasteful, at least several times a day. She hadn't heard her grandmother's scolding for several years, and she missed it quite a bit.

"I have something to tell you..."

Ye Qingqing dragged the old lady out, took the IOU, and left Azhen and Ye Hua inside.

The old lady gave her a cold look, so Ye Qingqing took her to a quiet place and whispered a few words in her ear. The old lady looked surprised and suspicious, "You're not just trying to fool me?"

“That 300,000 yuan was earned by my husband through hard work. How could I just give it away like that? I’ve taken all the money back, not a penny less. This IOU is just to encourage Ye Hua to work hard. The money he repays will be deposited with you. I’ll tear up the IOU now.”

Ye Qingqing tore the IOU to shreds, and the old lady's expression softened as she understood Ye Qingqing's good intentions.