Dr. Hu gave Zhao's parents a few words of advice and then left the ward with Song Lan.
"You go back to Beijing first. I'll stay here to take care of Xiaozhou. Please ask for a few more days off from work for me. Once Xiaozhou is able to move around, we'll arrange for him to be transferred to another hospital."
Zhao's mother gave Zhao's father instructions, and upon hearing this, Zhao's father nodded slightly without objection.
Then, Zhao's mother fixed her gaze on Song Jiaojiao: "Do you have anything else to say now?"
"Auntie, I... I will keep thinking of ways!"
Song Jiaojiao avoided eye contact, not daring to look directly at Zhao's mother.
"Keep thinking of ideas? Tell me, what methods can you come up with?"
Zhao's mother's expression was almost ferocious: "I also believed your nonsense. I knew Xiaozhou's leg injury was not optimistic, but I still believed you could find some famous doctor to treat him..."
"Auntie, I really will keep thinking of ways!"
Song Jiaojiao interrupted Zhao's mother.
"The doctor just said that even if Xiaozhou's injured leg recovers, it will never be the same as before. Do you have any way to help him become the person he used to be?"
Zhao's mother felt like tearing Song Jiaojiao apart. She said, "Go call your parents and tell them to cover all of Xiaozhou's hospital expenses, as well as her nutritional costs."
As for your marriage to Xiaozhou, I will discuss it with your parents in person later!
Song Jiaojiao cried, she truly cried, tears streaming down her face, because Zhao Yuzhou's medical expenses, hospitalization fees, and nutritional supplements were definitely not a small sum.
She hasn't lived with her biological parents for long, so their relationship isn't very deep. If they knew that Zhao Yuzhou was disabled while rescuing her from a fire and needed them to pay a large sum of money, who knows how they would respond...
Song Jiaojiao was afraid that her profit-driven parents would agree to the marriage without hesitation after hearing Zhao's mother's request for her to marry Zhao Yuzhou, using her to cover all the expenses Zhao's mother demanded.
"Why are you crying? Go call your parents right now and tell them to come over. After all, my Xiaozhou ended up in the hospital to save you. As parents, they should go through that!"
Every penny of the expenses owed must be paid. If she caused his son to become disabled, then marrying him and taking care of him for the rest of her life is only right and proper.
Don't even think about shirking responsibility!
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Beijing City.
Song Weiqiang worked overtime for a while, and just as he finished and was about to go home, he received a call from Song Jiaojiao.
"What did you say?"
"Dad, I didn't want to call you, but I don't have any money on me..."
Song Jiaojiao cried on the phone.
When Song Weiqiang learned the whole story, he was furious with Song Jiaojiao.
Since it was an arrangement made by the brigade, why not take it seriously?
Four people were guarding the threshing ground, so why did the other three stick to their posts instead of going to the warehouse to slack off and sleep?
Is she the only one who's special?
They shirk their responsibilities and even sleep in the warehouse. When something goes wrong, they expect their parents to pay them money. Could this guy be a debt collector?
Song Weiqiang was very dissatisfied and wished he could hang up on Song Jiaojiao immediately, but since the matter had come to light, as a father, he couldn't just ignore it.
"I understand. I'll discuss it with your mother when we get home. Just wait for our news!"
Without waiting for Song Jiaojiao's response, Song Weiqiang hung up the phone.
I returned home with a heavy heart.
"You look terrible."
Luo Yueqin was sitting in the living room when she saw Song Weiqiang enter. She immediately noticed that something was wrong with his expression.
"Jiaojiao ran into trouble in the countryside. I received a call from her before I came back, saying she needed some money..."
Song Weiqiang's face was dark as he relayed what Song Jiaojiao had said on the phone to Luo Yueqin.
"I have no money!"
Luo Yueqin said coldly, "It's not like Jiaojiao asked the other party to save her, so why should his parents make us pay for this and that?!"
"Think it over carefully. The boy Jiao Jiao mentioned is named Zhao Yuzhou. His parents hold positions in our factory that are much higher than ours. If we really fall out, it won't do us any good."
Song Weiqiang also didn't want to spend money, but he cared about his reputation and wanted to climb the ranks, so he couldn't easily offend anyone.
"It's just a few words from someone, it's no big deal, I don't care!"
Luo Yueqin spoke angrily, but she knew in her heart that if she didn't pay up, the consequences would not only affect her and Song Weiqiang's reputation, but might also affect Song Weiqiang's promotion.
No secrets stay hidden forever. What happened between Song Jiaojiao and Zhao Yuzhou in the countryside will eventually reach Beijing and spread throughout the steel factory workers' residential area and even the villa area.
If a person loses a leg while saving another, it would be difficult to justify it if the parents of the person they saved did not visit them in the hospital or provide medical and nutritional expenses.
The thought of being told by people in the factory that she and Song Weiqiang had questionable character made Luo Yueqin's expression grow even colder.
"I think that brat is a troublemaker. She and Lanlan are worlds apart. Ever since she suddenly appeared and claimed kinship with us, not a single good thing has happened in the family!"
Luo Yueqin felt a bit disgusted with her youngest daughter, Song Jiaojiao. She said, "She's lazy, spends money recklessly, and always causes trouble. Why wasn't she burned to death in the warehouse!"
"What kind of talk is that?!"
Song Weiqiang lowered his voice and scolded, "No matter how bad Jiaojiao is, she's still our daughter. If we don't take care of the trouble she causes, who will?"
"You're going to manage this? How are you going to manage it? The surgery fee alone is several hundred yuan. Add in the hospitalization fee and the nutrition fee, and you'll have to give the other party at least a thousand yuan."
Even so, the Zhao family might not think it's enough. If you ask me, that brat is definitely here to collect a debt!
"If I'd known she was like that, I should have strangled her when she was born, so she wouldn't be causing us trouble now!"
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