"Grandma, I will never let the Su family get away with this. Besides, you're getting old and your health isn't good. You shouldn't stay up late, or you'll wear yourself out," Su Yan said.
Grandma Li nodded upon hearing this and murmured, "Yes, I can't trouble you anymore. You go and do your thing. I'll keep an eye on things at home, nothing will happen."
"Sister, I want to go see Mother," Su Lei said, feeling wronged.
He was only five years old and had never been separated from Li Juan since he was a child. When he heard that his mother was seriously injured and hospitalized, he was filled with panic.
Su Yan wiped away his tears and replied, "Okay, don't cry."
The siblings spent about ten minutes packing a change of clothes and then went to the hospital.
When passing by the payment center, Su Yan thought for a moment and went over to ask about the advance payment for her mother's hospitalization.
The total is 40 yuan.
Because Li Juan needed a cast on her arm, she paid half more.
After Su Yan found out, she took Su Lei to the ward.
When they arrived, Li Juan had already woken up, but her face was terribly swollen, and speaking would pull on her wound.
Su Lei's tears streamed down his face instantly. He rushed to the bedside and cried out in a hoarse voice, "Mother, sob sob sob..."
Li Juan opened her mouth, then managed to utter with difficulty, "No... I'm not crying anymore."
With each word she uttered, her face paled a fraction.
"Mother." Su Yan put down what she was holding and instructed, "Don't talk anymore. We'll talk after you've recovered."
Li Juan nodded, tears streaming down her face.
She's useless; she's dragged her daughter down with her, and now she can't even run her business.
At this moment, Li Juan's hatred for the Su family reached its peak.
Su Yan knew that Li Juan would definitely have a low period, but she would be fine in a few days.
"Qianli, you've worked hard. You should go back and rest. I'll stay here and take care of my mother."
Huo Qianli responded and stood up, saying, "I'll bring you dinner later."
"No need," Su Yan said with a smile. "You go ahead and do your thing. I'll go buy it. I already feel bad for troubling you for so long today."
She genuinely didn't want to trouble others.
Huo Qianli glared at her, annoyed. "Why are you being so formal? Fine, I'll bring breakfast over tomorrow. If you dare refuse, I'll break off all ties with you!"
Seeing that she was trying to intimidate her by pretending to be intimidated, Su Yan said with a wry smile, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, but you have to take this eighty yuan. I'll also have to trouble you to bring me breakfast often. If you don't accept it, I won't dare to eat it."
As she spoke, she took out eight ten-yuan bills from her pocket and handed them over.
Huo Qianli instantly understood her intention.
The forty yuan was the advance payment she helped pay; the remaining forty yuan was for buying breakfast.
"good."
She took the money, said goodbye to Li Juan, and left.
Li Juan's gaze remained fixed on her daughter, her eyes filled with apology.
Seeing that she couldn't ignore it, Su Yan sighed and said, "Mother, if you keep looking at me like that, I'm going to get angry. To be honest, this is my fault for not taking precautions properly, and the responsibility lies with me. But I will never let the Su family disturb our lives again."
Li Juan is still the same.
She simply shut up and let her mother deal with it herself.
There weren't many patients in the hospital, so Su Yan rented the two remaining beds in Li Juan's ward. She didn't like sharing a room with strangers, and their lifestyles were different. She admitted that she had a little problem in this regard.
Why would the hospital disagree? This is practically free money!
A bed costs two cents, and Su Yan rented it for half a month, totaling eight yuan including the deposit.
That evening, she bought a ginger and pork congee and two bowls of mutton rice noodles at the hospital entrance. The portions were generous, and it cost less than two yuan.
I brought my dinner back to the ward, and when I was halfway through eating, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Su Yan got up and went to open the door, puzzled.
The door opened, and Zhou Yuanqing stood in the doorway, panting, his handsome face full of anxiety.
"Boss Zhou?" she asked, somewhat surprised. "How did you know I was here?"
Zhou Yuanqing glanced at the situation in the ward, took a deep breath and said, "I heard from others that something happened to your family, so I went to the police station to look for you. The people there said you had already been released. Then I went to your house and asked your grandmother."
This was definitely the longest sentence he had ever spoken in his life. The moment he saw that she was safe and sound, his heart, which was about to jump out of his chest, was put back into his stomach.
Su Yan scratched her head. "Oh, I see. Actually, you didn't need to make a special trip, and you didn't need to bring anything."
He was carrying several bags in his hand, probably seven or eight.
Zhou Yuanqing pretended not to hear her words and asked directly, "How is Auntie?"
"cigarette……"
Li Juan called out to Su Yan, signaling her not to block the doorway.
Su Yan then realized what was happening and quickly stepped aside, saying, "Come in and sit down."
Zhou Yuanqing strode in and saw Li Juan's leg in a cast. His brows furrowed into a deep frown. "Is Auntie's injury that serious?"
"It will take about 100 days to recover, but we don't know exactly how long," Su Yan said.
Li Juan opened her mouth, "Xiao Zhou...you're so thoughtful."
The table wasn't big enough, so Zhou Yuanqing put what he was carrying on the ground and explained, "These are supplements and fruits I bought for Auntie. She can eat as much as she wants, and I'll buy more if they spoil."
Su Yan: "???" She felt something was off, but couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Before she could think it through, she heard the man ask, "How about I call a professional doctor to come and take a look at Auntie's condition? He's an orthopedic surgeon at the First People's Hospital of Lanzhou."
"Oh? Wouldn't that be too much trouble for you?" Su Yan asked.
She definitely wants her mother to get better soon; money isn't an issue.
“No, he’s my friend,” Zhou Yuanqing said. “I’ll call him later.”
Su Yan couldn't refuse at all, and replied, "Then thank you in advance, Boss Zhou."
Seeing her distant and polite attitude, Zhou Yuanqing was very annoyed, but he dared not and could not bear to lose his temper with her.
First, he had no standing; his relationship with her was merely that of ordinary friends, or even more distant.
"You're welcome," he said, annoyed.
Zhou Yuanqing stayed in the ward for more than an hour before getting up to leave.
Li Juan asked Su Yan to see him off, and he did not refuse.
Su Yan didn't think too much about it and just gave it to him.
Around 9 PM, there weren't many people left in the hospital; everyone who was supposed to be asleep had gone to sleep, leaving only the nurses and doctors on duty.
The two walked side by side to the hospital gate. The night was very quiet, so quiet that it seemed as if only the two of them were there.
Under the cover of night, Zhou Yuanqing mustered his courage and asked, "Boss Su, what are your plans for the future?"
"Future plans?" Su Yan didn't know why he asked this, but she answered truthfully, "Go into business. My goal is to become the richest person in the country, and I hope to achieve that within ten years."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuanqing hesitated for a moment before asking, "Then, what about your future marriage?"
Su Yan looked at him in surprise, wondering why he had so many questions today.
"I don't plan to get married, and I don't have any feelings about marriage."
Men will only slow down her speed in drawing her sword!
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