Chapter 44
Her words made Qiao open her mouth, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only remain silent.
The last bit of Qiao Ye was completely worn away by her.
She took out her cell phone, found Xia Yi's contact information, and called her directly.
Before she could punch out, someone grabbed her wrist.
The cold hand conveyed the coldness of Pei Qing's body to her senses.
She lowered her eyes slightly and looked at the woman standing next to her.
She never looked up from beginning to end.
"Don't call... okay..." Pei Qing uttered a few words with difficulty.
"Then tell me what happened yourself." Joe also sat back in his original seat and looked at her in a dozing manner.
Beneath her calm expression was a deep-seated rage.
It could even be said that she herself didn't know where this displeasure came from.
But the sudden acceleration of her heartbeat made her realize that this emotion was real.
Tick-tick-tick-
The air was so silent that only the ticking of the living room clock could be heard.
"The wounds aren't a big deal," Pei Qing said before Qiao Ye gave her ultimatum. She spoke slowly, as if she was carefully considering her words. "They're just minor injuries that aren't too serious."
"Then what? Have you been to the hospital? Did the hospital issue you a certificate of diagnosis?" Qiao also looked at her and asked three questions in succession, which made Pei Qing silent. She didn't know how to answer her.
Joe also stood up and looked down at her, "Don't speak in the tone you think you should. You have to know that anything you say needs to be supported by evidence."
As she spoke, she walked into the living room, changed her clothes, pulled Pei Qing up, and prepared to go out.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?"
Pei Qing was confused by her sudden and forceful action, and subconsciously resisted leaving with her.
Joe, sensing her refusal, loosened his grip, turned around, and looked at her expressionlessly.
She has been receiving treatment at Xu Shen's Psychological Clinic since she was a child. As a result of long-term illness, she has become a doctor. She understands at least 60% of some of the subconscious actions of humans, if not all of them.
When an ordinary person is grabbed by an acquaintance, he or she may be surprised and confused, and apart from staggering subconsciously, he or she will not resist.
She didn't think she and Joe had a very close relationship, but they weren't strangers either.
Pei Qing had obviously suffered similar rough treatment before, as he resisted her pulling so much.
The other party's actions were even more aggressive than hers.
Pei Qing quickly realized that her actions were inappropriate, so she gave up struggling the moment she thought of it.
But these subtle details had already been noticed by Joe.
"I give you two choices. First: go to the hospital with me for a comprehensive examination; second: get out of my house." Qiao Ye's voice was calm, but both choices were not very friendly to Pei Qing.
Compared to paying such high rent by herself, it is obvious that the first option is the best for her.
Private hospitals in Country M are very expensive, but the medical care in public hospitals is not that good.
She could only hope that Joe wouldn't take her to a private hospital, as the public hospital couldn't detect her problem.
After all, every examination in a private hospital costs a lot of money.
After weighing the pros and cons, Pei Qing decided to follow Qiao Ye to the hospital.
A full body checkup wouldn't be a bad idea for her.
She couldn't joke with her body.
"Can I go back and change my clothes?"
"Okay." Qiao nodded and agreed to her request.
When Pei Qing came out, Qiao had already driven the car out.
She didn't look at how many scars were on her body.
But just based on the marks on the arms, it is enough to infer that there are no fewer marks on the body.
The car was driving steadily on the road, but the trees and signs on the side of the road were moving rapidly backwards, which was enough to prove that the car was moving very fast.
Pei Qing couldn't help but look at her, "Can you drive slower...you should drive carefully..."
Hearing this, Qiao also glanced at her sitting in the passenger seat and said, "My driving skills are still guaranteed. You can rest assured."
It takes forty minutes to get from her home to the nearest hospital.
She squeezed it into twenty minutes.
After seeing the hospital sign, Pei Qing's hope was instantly extinguished.
Before coming to Country M, she had learned about the hospitals here.
The hospital in front of us is the best private hospital in the area.
Pei Qing stood at the car door, looking a little hesitant. "The checkup here is so expensive...why don't we go to a public hospital..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Qiao sneer, "What can a public hospital examine? They even prescribe painkillers for you when you have a fever. Are you sure they can examine you properly?"
This sentence also completely cut off Pei Qing's idea of leaving here.
She is very familiar with her physical condition and can easily find many problems through examination.
She didn't want to bother Qiao Ye with her physical condition anymore. After all, living in her house had already caused her a lot of trouble. No matter how many favors she owed, it would be difficult for her to repay them.
Thinking of this, Pei Qing sighed helplessly.
The registration process there was very quick, and Joe also made an appointment for a full body check-up.
Pei Qing watched her walk out of the registration office and wanted to see the receipt, but Qiao Ye crumpled it into a ball and stuffed it into his pocket without showing it to her.
"Let me take a look..." she said hesitantly.
"Why, are you ready to pay after seeing this?" Joe also glanced at her.
Helplessly, she could only follow her to the hospital's examination room for a full-body checkup.
Joe didn't go in either.
Because only one person can enter the department at a time.
So she sat on a chair outside the hospital, scrolling through her phone boredly.
At this time, Xue Xiaochen's message popped up.
The other party only sent one sentence, "The deal between Pei Qing and I is:..."
Seeing the message she sent, Qiao also raised an eyebrow, and then replied: "What does the transaction between you have to do with me?"
"We are on the same page, aren't we?"
"Tsk, you think of me now."
"If I can't even think of you at this time, then I don't need to mess around anymore, right?"
At this point, the other party still had the mind to joke, and Qiao couldn't help but shake his head.
The conversation between the two ended here.
Qiao didn't ask her what happened to the scars on Pei Qing's body, because Xue Xiaochen might not know, so it would be useless to ask.
Soon, a nurse came out and asked, "Is the family of No. 304 here?"
Qiao also stood up, "Yes."
"Please come in for a moment."
The examiner was a middle-aged woman wearing thick glasses and a serious expression. "Dear Joe, the injuries on her body constitute the crime of abuse. Joe, you'd better tell me this wasn't you."
The woman's English had a very strong local flavor. Although Pei Qing's English was good, she still found it difficult to understand this special English.
The nurse took her to another place for examination.
So the only people left in the entire consultation room were Qiao Ye and the doctor in front of him.
Qiao has lived here for a long time and is very familiar with the language here, so she can understand what the woman in front of her is saying.
She laughed when she heard the woman's words, looking very unconvinced. "If I had made these marks, do you think I would have deliberately sent her here for an examination?"
Seeing her say that, the woman breathed a sigh of relief. "I'm glad it wasn't you who did it."
As she spoke, she showed her the film she had just taken, her tone very serious: "There are slight marks on many parts of her body, and some bones have even been dislocated. Although these displacements have no impact on her daily life, they have existed for at least fifteen years."
Looking at the film in the doctor's hand, the smile on Qiao Ye's face, which was originally nonchalant, gradually disappeared, and was replaced by an expressionless face.
"So do you think there's still hope for her to recover?"
Joe didn't ask her what caused the wounds, but only asked if there was any way to correct them.
"Yes, but it's not very effective," the woman said truthfully. "You're an important client of our hospital, so I won't hide it from you. This displacement doesn't affect your normal life, so there's no need to suffer from it."
"Okay, I understand." Qiao nodded, indicating that he understood all this. "Then what else is going on?"
"Also," the woman took out another slide and showed it to her under the sunlight, "she was severely abused. Her body is covered with scars. Some of the scars have been treated with iodine, so they don't cause scarring. But there's one scar that's very severe. It's penetrated about 3.4 centimeters into the skin."
Joe also looked at the place the woman pointed, and there was indeed a very obvious scar there.
"How did this scar probably form?"
The woman thought for a moment, then put a broom in the corner.
Then he stood up, stood in front of Qiao Ye, held her shoulder blades with both hands, and applied a little force.
Joe also subconsciously took a step back.
"That's right. She must have been pushed by a huge force, and her footing lost," the woman said, walking over to the broom behind Qiao Ye, "and fell. But there must be a lot of brooms like this piled up behind her, and one of them must have been mishandled by the merchant, causing such a deep wound on her arm."
"But I don't understand where else, besides the manufacturer, would be filled with brooms like these?" The woman said, returning to her seat. "I just asked the patient. She said she's never been to a place like this. That's why I asked you that question."
What the doctor said was a bit abstract, but Qiao, who had lived in China for many years, knew what it was in an instant.
"I see," she said. "Thank you for telling me this. Now, please tell me, is there anything I should pay attention to regarding her injuries?"
"Of course." The woman lowered her head and wrote something flamboyantly on the diagnosis report. She then handed it to her. "You can use this diagnosis to get the relevant medication at the hospital pharmacy. Aside from that one wound, the rest aren't a big deal."
Qiao also took the diagnosis from her and said, "Okay, thank you for your help."
After saying goodbye to the doctor, she left the diagnosis room.
After coming out, the smile on her face disappeared instantly.
The doctor was talking about something common in rural areas - dry firewood.
During the millennium, this thing was mostly used for cooking. Later, with the popularization of natural gas, it gradually withdrew from people's lives.
However, such things still exist in some rural areas, and some households still chop a lot of firewood and pile it in a corner of their yard.
Considering that Pei Qing had returned home once before, Qiao Ye's expression was indifferent, making it difficult to guess what she was thinking.
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