"Old man, hurry up and give me the money."
Now it was Shen Shuhua's turn to be anxious.
"good."
Bai Hua took off his backpack, took out the money, and placed it in front of Ruan Qiushui.
Before they came, they had asked Shen Yongjun about the price of ginseng pills; each one cost 1,000 yuan.
Thirty-five thousand yuan should be enough for medicine and medical treatment, right?
Shen Yongjun: The 500 yuan he bought was an internal price. If others buy it, his granddaughter has to earn some hard-earned money.
The two elderly people left happily with the prescription and ginseng pills.
"Are all the old folks these days so rich that they don't even ask the price?"
Ruan Qiushui looked at the 35,000 yuan and really didn't know what to say.
Not long after the two elderly people left, the Zhao family indeed came knocking on the door.
Li Duoxi and Zhao Meimei didn't dare to cause trouble at home, knowing that Gu Changfeng was there.
So, picking on the weakest link, he went to the clinic to plead with Ruan Qiushui.
"Dr. Ruan, I beg you, please let my husband go."
"Our family can't be without a pillar of support, I'm kneeling down to you."
Li Duoxi didn't come in; she just knelt outside the clinic and howled at the top of her lungs.
She was afraid—afraid of being bullied in the brigade without a man to back her up, and afraid that her husband's imprisonment would tarnish the reputation of her entire family.
"Dr. Zhao, please have mercy and show some leniency. I can't live without my father."
Zhao Meimei cried with genuine emotion, and snot was running down her face.
Many of the women who were idle at home came over to see what was going on when they heard the commotion.
"What's wrong with the Zhao family? Why do they need Dr. Ruan's help?"
"Is it because of the accounting job issue? It's been so long!"
The aunties, who were behind on the news, were completely bewildered.
“Li Duoxi, your wailing won’t help. Ruan Qiushui’s heart is as hard as stone. How could you soften her heart with just a few words?”
Old Mrs. Wang had heard the inside news early in the morning, and when she saw Zhao's wife taking Zhao Meimei out, she quickly came to see what was going on.
Ruan Qiushui? Ha! That little wench is heartless; otherwise, her son and daughter wouldn't have been arrested.
"If I were you, I wouldn't plead for him; I'd at least save face for myself."
Li Duoxi's plea for mercy is nothing but wishful thinking.
However, she was quite happy.
Ever since her family was branded as relatives of human traffickers, they've been treated like rats in the village, hated by everyone.
Now the Zhao family is about to become the family of a murderer. The brigade can't just keep arguing with them, can they?
I don't know which sounds worse, human trafficker or murderer?
"Old woman Wang, shut up!"
Li Duoxi glared angrily at Old Lady Wang.
This idiot, he's already a complete scoundrel, and he wants to drag her down with him?
"Oh ho, I'm just trying to give you some advice, and you're complaining that I'm being nosy."
Old Mrs. Wang rolled her eyes, walked to the side, and happily watched the show.
Li Duoxi and Zhao Meimei continued to wail, which Ruan Qiushui heard clearly inside, but she simply ignored them.
"If anything happens to Lao Zhao, I won't live either. Dr. Ruan, are you trying to drive my whole family to their deaths?"
Seeing that Ruan Qiushui did not respond, Li Duoxi intensified his offensive.
"Ruan Zhiqing, don't you have any compassion? You're a doctor who's supposed to save lives, are you just going to watch my father go to his death?"
Zhao Meimei was a little angry and gave Li Duoxi a wink.
Ruan Qiushui is fine, isn't she? Why can't you plead for her father and release him?
"Dr. Ruan, if you don't want to, I won't force you. Anyway, I'm not going to live anymore, so I'll just kill myself here. Don't come to save me."
Ruan Qiushui remained unmoved, and Li Duoxi, having exhausted all other options, resorted to his trump card.
"Hey, do you think I'm the kind of person who would be morally blackmailed?"
Ruan Qiushui rolled her eyes gracefully, patted Hei Zi's head, and closed her eyes to pretend to sleep.
Looking to die? Then go ahead and die.
She's just an old man, and he's nobody to her, so she doesn't care.
Trying to force her to comply? No way.
"Dr. Ruan, I'm going to die right here in front of your door."
Li Duoxi was secretly annoyed: This little vixen is really good at keeping her cool.
"Ruan Qiushui, don't you have a heart? My mother is about to commit suicide! Aren't you even going to come and see her?"
A scoundrel is a scoundrel; she has no kindness whatsoever.
"I don't want to live anymore."
Without further hesitation, Li Duoxi nodded to Zhao Meimei and rammed his head against the wall of the clinic.
"Mother, please don't die, I can't live without you."
Zhao Meimei quickly stepped forward and pulled Li Duoxi along.
"Oh dear, Old Zhao, you mustn't do anything foolish."
"Yes, yes, there is hope as long as people are alive. What does it matter if you die?"
"That Dr. Ruan is too cruel. He's almost driven Zhao's wife to her death."
"Why can't you talk things out properly? How can you live with a guilty conscience for the rest of your life with a life on your shoulders?"
…
The aunties who had come to watch the commotion rushed forward to stop Li Duoxi from committing suicide, while condemning Ruan Qiushui for being heartless.
"Just because it didn't happen to you doesn't mean you can spout nonsense, right?"
Xie Xiuying rushed over upon hearing the news. She was both shocked and frightened when she heard the message from her third brother early this morning.
Fortunately, the mastermind behind it all was caught, otherwise we would have been living in constant fear.
She hadn't even gone to the Zhao family to cause trouble yet, and here they were, actually coming to her daughter-in-law to beg for mercy? Where did they get the nerve?
"Xie Xiuying, you can't say that. The Zhao family's wife has already tried to kill herself. What could be more important than a human life?"
We can't drive someone to their death over something so trivial, can we?
"I told you you were talking nonsense, but you still think you're right."
"Do you know what happened? Do you know who you're helping? They're the family members of a murderer."
"Last night, Zhao Desheng hired someone to kill my third son and his wife. Now that the plot has been exposed, I want to plead for mercy, but where can I find such a good opportunity?"
"If something like this happened to your family, would you have the guts to let the murderer go unpunished? Would you be able to sleep soundly at night?"
Xie Xiuying typed so much that her saliva sprayed onto the aunt's face.
"What?! Zhao Desheng killed someone?"
"My God, our brigade has produced another murderer?"
"The reputation of the brigade has been ruined by the Zhao family. My daughter isn't even married yet. What am I going to do?"
The aunties who had just been denouncing Ruan Qiushui immediately turned their attention to Li Duoxi.
"Li Duoxi, you still have the nerve to plead for me? Suicide attempt? Who are you trying to fool?"
"She thinks Dr. Ruan is easy to manipulate and wants to pressure her."
"Li Duoxi, your family has produced a murderer, how dare you go out? If I were you, I would stay at home and not embarrass myself."
…
"Xie Xiuying, what business is it of yours here?"
"You're saying my husband hired someone to kill someone? Who did he kill? Your third son and Ruan Qiushui are both fine, aren't they?"
"What's wrong with me pleading for him? Your family hasn't suffered any losses. Can't you have some compassion and let my old Zhao come back?"
"Do you really want our family to be infamous and unable to survive?"
Li Duoxi looked at Xie Xiuying hysterically and unwillingly.
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