Chapter 64 Heaven Rewards Diligence
"Oh dear, it's so kind of you to come and see this old man." Old Mrs. Zhang burst into tears, her voice trembling as she spoke, tears streaming down her face. Lin Zhaozhao, standing behind her, would have been fooled by Old Mrs. Zhang's superb acting skills if she hadn't sensed the situation beforehand with her special ability.
"If I really had no other choice, I would never have asked Dan Niang for help." Old Mrs. Zhang secretly wiped away her tears. Seeing that she was unmoved, she had no choice but to lead the people inside. Once inside, they saw Old Mr. Zhang lying on the bed with a crooked mouth and drooling eyes. His face was covered in saliva, and his hands and feet were crooked. At first glance, he really looked like he had suffered a stroke.
Besides that, there was Zhang Bufan, who suddenly started gesticulating wildly and grinning, looking rather creepy.
The group observed discreetly, secretly admiring the Zhang family's good intentions; no wonder Zhang Dandan believed it so readily.
"Father!" Zhang Dandan cried and rushed to Old Man Zhang's bedside. She was already anxious when she heard Old Lady Zhang's account, let alone witness it with her own eyes.
Through her teary eyes, she placed all her hopes on Lin Zhaozhao.
As expected, Lin Zhaozhao and Lin Yangyang exchanged a glance, and then a doctor with a mustache walked in, followed by a young apprentice carrying a medicine box.
This turn of events made the Zhang family extremely uneasy, wishing they could tear Lin Zhaozhao apart alive. It turned out that this was her plan. Despite the commotion, not a single penny of the money passed through their hands. This preserved their relationship with Dan Niang and also brought them good fortune.
Bah! Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents. If we don't turn the world upside down today, we won't let this go.
The doctor was hired by Lin Zhaozhao at great expense. He was truly skilled and could see through the trickery at a glance. After examining Zhang Laotou's condition, he pointed out that there were no symptoms of a stroke.
"What does this mean?" Zhang Dandan was confused, but she wasn't entirely brainless.
"It means he's not sick, he's just putting on an act to fool people." The medicine boy didn't hold back, and when scolded, he just made a face.
Old Mrs. Zhang was furious and immediately launched into a tirade, "Quack doctor! You quack! My husband is in such a state, and you're still spouting nonsense! You heartless bastard, aren't you afraid of divine retribution? Didn't you give birth to a son...?"
The doctor was furious as he heard the vulgar words. "Ignorant village woman, if this continues, it will surely come true. You'd better watch yourself."
The doctor left in anger, and Old Lady Zhang turned her attention to Lin Zhaozhao, her triangular eyes gleaming with shrewdness.
"You little girl, you may look young, but you're quite cunning. If you didn't want to lend us money, then don't. Just accept your fate and wait to die. But the worst thing you could do was conspire with others to humiliate us. Just because the eldest brother did something back then, you're retaliating against us like this? You're really cruel." As she spoke, Old Mrs. Zhang began to sob, her every word and gesture aggravating Zhang Dandan's recently sensitive nerves.
When that taut string snapped, Zhang Dandan lost all reason.
"Zhao Niang, are all the questions my mother asked true?" Zhang Dandan asked hysterically, completely oblivious to the provocation and arrogance on Old Madam Zhang's face. At this moment, she no longer bothered to pretend.
You do the first day of the month, I'll do the fifteenth; now it's a test of who can be more ruthless.
Old Mrs. Zhang's actions finally prompted Li Minghuang, who had been keeping quiet all along, to speak kindly to Zhang Dandan, "Be reasonable. Zhao Niang has already done more than enough by promising to cover the doctor's and medicine's costs. This is their own problem, yet they're trying to shift the blame..."
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