The person up there! That person!

Zhang Changsheng's lips trembled several times but he couldn't say a word. Although the person in the newspaper had gained weight and had a better temperament, and was completely different from the skinny little girl in his memory, he could still recognize her even if she turned to ashes. That was the daughter he had given birth to but not raised.

Zhang Changsheng snatched the newspaper and read it word by word: provincial top scholar, military wife, helping the villages he went to work in and the families of soldiers who accompanied him to the army to set up factories and make money.

He recognized each character individually, but when they were put together, Zhang Changsheng felt as if he recognized nothing at all.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

He couldn't accept that his daughter, whom he had once despised, had become so outstanding. Seeing the exceptional Gu An'an, he was reminded of that woman, the one praised by everyone for her beauty, intelligence, and generosity.

Everyone who knows him says he's lucky to have been chosen by such an outstanding woman and to be able to live off her.

But he didn't see it that way. He was clearly very talented. How many people could make it from the countryside to the city on their own? He was the only one in his village, so why couldn't anyone see him?

Driven by a complex mix of inferiority and arrogance, he grew increasingly disgusted with his wife and began plotting to get rid of her.

He thought that with the woman and the old man dead, the burden of the Gu family would be lifted off his shoulders, but he never imagined that more than a decade later, Gu An'an, a descendant of the Gu family, would remind him of everything from back then.

The man watching from the sidelines knew about their messy affair, but he just couldn't reconcile the image of the outstanding girl in the newspaper with the two turds in front of him. He thought the two of them had gone even crazier.

"Are they crazy?!"

"Is this the first time you've heard they're sick? But today is definitely the first time."

"What are they doing? Could they know that girl in the newspaper?"

"Pshaw! How could that be! He's the top scorer in the province, do you really think these two cowards could meet that kind of girl?"

"That's true! Trash in the quagmire should stay in the quagmire for life and not go out and cause trouble for others."

The two ignored the voices and kept looking at the newspaper, as if looking at it again and again would change the people and photos in it.

"Let's go, let's go. We have a lot of things to do. What are we doing here watching a lunatic?"

After everyone left, Zhang Changsheng finally came to his senses and slapped Wang Meihua hard across the face. "You bitch! It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be in this state now!"

He slapped her hard, knocking out one of Wang Meihua's teeth and making her react in pain.

"You blame me? You were the one who provoked me first. You said that bitch was boring and not virtuous, and that you liked someone like me. It was because you pursued me that I couldn't resist being with you."

"Later, you didn't want the child to have someone else's surname, so you came up with the terrible idea of ​​making me sleep with your brother. Have you forgotten? Those inhuman ideas were all yours. What right do you have to hit me?"

Wang Meihua vented all her pent-up resentment over the years, and before the other person could react, she slapped him hard back.

"You dare hit me! You're asking for it!"

As the saying goes, poverty makes a couple miserable in every way. Before, they had the things left by the Gu family, and the two of them still had a relationship of stealing each other, so every day was a new experience.

But once you arrive here and find yourself with nothing, the worst aspects of human nature are exposed. Once the novelty and excitement fade, all that's left are the other person's flaws.

Both of them harbored their own hatred over the years, so when the fight became a reality, it truly felt like a fight to the death.

They caused quite a commotion, but both of them had unpleasant personalities. Some people watched the spectacle from afar, but no one was willing to step in and break up the fight.

By the time the administrator arrived, the two men were covered in blood from the fight.

"What are you doing! Stop it right now!"

When they finally subdued the two men, they were still glaring at each other fiercely, as if they were enemies from several lifetimes ago.

Those injured definitely need treatment, especially Zhang Changsheng, whose already injured leg was further injured in this fight.

"Your leg needs to be treated, otherwise it will become even more lame, and in severe cases, you may not be able to move at all. However, the treatment costs a lot, so it's up to you whether you want to get treatment."

Zhang Changsheng was already finding his limp unbearable; he couldn't even imagine what it would be like if his right leg were further restricted, forcing him to use crutches to move around.

"I need treatment! Doctor, you must cure my leg."

The doctor knew his identity, but in his eyes he was just a patient, so he didn't discriminate against him. "Okay, I'll give you a prescription, and you can pay the fee."

Zhang Changsheng had no money; he was struggling to even afford food. Just as he was about to break down, he suddenly remembered the newspaper, and hope rekindled in his eyes.

"Doctor, can you treat me first? I don't have any money on me right now, but my daughter is the top scorer in H Province's college entrance examination this year. She's also a military wife, so she has money. I'll call her and ask her to send the money over. Don't worry, I definitely won't owe her the money. But she lives far away from us. I'm afraid my leg will be useless if I wait for her to send the money before I start treatment."

As time went by, what Gu An'an had done in the past became blurry to him. At this moment, Zhang Changsheng truly believed that Gu An'an would send him money. After all, he was Gu An'an's biological father, and this was a big deal.

Of course, if Gu An'an knew about his thoughts, she might just ignore this scoundrel.

The doctor hadn't intended to discriminate against anyone, but seeing that he was trying to associate himself with a provincial top scorer, he frowned. However, he wasn't one to engage in petty arguments, so he simply said, "Pay first, then receive treatment. That's the hospital's rule."

He had done good deeds before, but his kindness was often betrayed, and he ended up having to take responsibility for it.

Therefore, he is rational most of the time unless it is someone he really needs to help.

"Don't you believe what I'm saying? Go and get the January 14th edition of the H Province Daily. This year's provincial champion is named Gu An'an, and I am her father, Zhang Changsheng."

The doctor paused slightly. "As I just said, this is the hospital's rule, and my grandfather can't make an exception for you."

After saying this, he continued walking out. Judging from the man's confident tone, he actually believed him to some extent. But in this day and age, if a father is sent to a farm for reform through labor and his daughter can still marry a soldier, then their relationship must not be good.

Moreover, the doctor knew the man who brought him there; they had chatted briefly and the doctor had a general idea of ​​the man's temperament. The doctor was even less inclined to cause any more trouble.

Zhang Changsheng was not giving up and talked to other doctors and nurses about it, but no one was willing to help him.

Having no other choice, he had to go to Wang Meihua again.