Jia Chenggong then replied, "I'll be there in a bit."

The call was successfully disconnected.

However, after hanging up the phone, the nurse received a call from the head nurse, who was also asking about Gu Xiaoman's situation.

So he answered truthfully.

Back at the dinner table, both the deputy director of the health bureau and Director Wang of the gastroenterology department received a general overview of Gu Xiaoman's situation.

Director Wang has no authority to handle this matter. After all, he's just a doctor. Whether or not he accepts bribes, and how he allocates beds, are things he can control. But things like waiving fees or charging bills require at least the approval of the vice president.

Therefore, only the deputy director of the health bureau could speak up.

Meanwhile, Jia Chenggong was sending a message to the newly appointed director of the Academic Affairs Office, asking him to investigate who this Gu Xiaoman was.

The result hasn't been received yet.

“Well…” the deputy director of the health bureau said awkwardly, “Gu Xiaoman’s condition is a bit tricky, but I’ve already had the hospital temporarily process her hospitalization. We need to focus on saving her first.”

Because they couldn't figure out the exact relationship between Gu Xiaoman and Jia Chenggong, the deputy director of the health bureau didn't know how far to go with his words.

Besides, that's all he can do. He can charge the bill, but he can't offer a free treatment. Even if a family member is sick, at most they can get better medical care and avoid being ripped off, but they still have to pay the full amount of medical expenses.

"It's nothing, I'll handle this myself."

After glancing at the message from the director of the academic affairs office, Jia Wenming breathed a sigh of relief. Although the student was indeed from No. 2 Middle School, it had absolutely no connection to him.

Strangely, according to the reply from the director of the academic affairs office, calls to the student's parents' phone number went unanswered.

Perhaps that's why the hospital called me?

What a scare! What a scare!

"Everyone, let's continue, let's continue!" Jia Wenming returned to his previous eating habits.

But everyone's situation is quite different now.

From the phone call just now, it's clear that Jia Wenming is under considerable medical pressure, especially since several people who already know about Gu Xiaoman's condition—acute leukemia—will likely cost over a million yuan to cure.

As the vice principal of No. 2 Middle School, and the last one at that, Jia Wenming was quite useful in his daily life, getting him food, drinks, and small favors. But compared to a million, no one would rush to take his place.

However, everyone's interests are now intertwined. Recently, Chaohaochi Food Co., Ltd. has had a series of food safety issues. Several supermarkets have received customer complaints about unpacked braised food products having quality problems, and many have also directly complained to the food inspection department.

However, thanks to the excellent public relations efforts of Super Delicious Food Co., Ltd., these issues have been largely suppressed.

The incident of mass food poisoning among students at No. 2 Middle School yesterday has long been forgotten.

Those present were all people within the system, so naturally no one was in a position to pay for Jia Chenggong's actions, but someone was.

Afterwards, everyone drank some more wine in a perfunctory manner, but Jia Wenming's mood was no longer high, so he called over a waiter.

"How much is it tonight?" Jia Wenming asked.

Of course, someone will pay the bill, but having the waiter announce it will let everyone who is dining today know the level of this meal.

"The total after the discount is 43,000," the waiter answered truthfully. Drinks were not discounted, but the dishes were discounted by 10% because they exceeded the minimum purchase amount.

Everyone was somewhat surprised.

Although people eat quite a lot on a regular basis, it is still rare to spend more than 40,000 yuan on a single meal.

If it were converted into money and went into your pocket...

That evening, Chaohaochi Food Co., Ltd. sent someone to the hospital with 50,000 yuan, as a token of their appreciation to Jia Wenming.

As a result, Gu Xiaoman was able to enter the intensive care unit.

Jia Wenming was completely unaware of this, because he had no obligation to take responsibility for Gu Xiaoman.

Chaohaochi Food Co., Ltd. recorded in its ledger: 50,000 yuan given to Jia Wenming, vice principal of No. 2 Middle School, (for medical expenses). Above the record, there were two other entries, one on the evening of August 31 and the other on the evening of September 1, at the Longzhiyan Hotel, totaling 76,200 yuan.

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......

Li Lechen's live stream.

The streamer just logged off without saying a word, I was so worried.

Did the streamer go to the contaminated area to watch the live stream? I just went for a walk there.

I went too; everyone who went in died.

The contaminated area is truly terrifying. I feel that live streaming platforms should shut down live streams of contaminated areas; it's inhumane.

[It's even more inhumane to close it; if it's not closed, at least people will watch and give rewards.]

I'm terrified of a fare increase; if we're relegated to a contaminated area, I'll be dead instantly.

[Is the person upstairs watching a live stream for the first time? If it weren't their first time, they wouldn't be worried about making a living.]

All the money was invested in the Dream Factory project, but not a single bet was successful.

What's going on? I haven't been paying attention to the diamond mining tour organized by Beautiful Dream Factory for several days.

They all died. Six groups, more than seventy people in total, not one of them came back alive after mining diamonds.

So, even going to the edge of the contaminated zone is this bad; if you're actually driven into the contaminated zone, it's not an exaggeration to say that you'll have a nine-out-of-ten chance of dying.

I suddenly miss that guy who sold "spiritual tests"; I wonder how he's doing in the polluted area.

Did the streamer go to rescue him?

[It can save you once, but not forever, and his "spirit divination" service has also been removed from his personal shop.]

[Can we please stop discussing someone who's about to die? What happened to the tomatoes the streamer promised? Why aren't they being sold yet?]

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