Chapter 308: Preferring Sons to Daughters
The woman who had been standing silently beside the bed turned pale when she heard this and rushed out immediately.
The old lady of the Zhang family seemed to have found an excuse all of a sudden: "Come with me to see my granddaughter first. It's all your fault that she became like this. You can't leave."
Human life is at stake. Several people looked at each other and immediately followed. The old lady took two steps and thought of her grandson on the hospital bed.
He grabbed Xiao Chen who was about to follow and said, "My grandson is timid and doesn't dare to be alone. Please help me take care of him first. We will be back soon."
After saying that, without waiting for Xiao Chen's consent, he directly grabbed Director Liu's arm and hurried to a ward at the end of the corridor.
Director Liu frowned and tried to shake her off, but the old lady was too strong, so he could only follow her resignedly.
Su Xiaoxiao and Zhao Fumin also hurriedly followed.
As soon as I entered the ward, I saw a small figure lying on the bed. If the quilt had not been pulled up a little, I would hardly have realized that there was a person lying there.
Several doctors were giving first aid to the little girl on the bed. Wang Aihua stood there with a pale face, shaking uncontrollably.
She bit her lower lip tightly, not daring to make any sound, for fear of disturbing the doctor's work.
After a moment, the middle-aged male doctor breathed a sigh of relief. The paper-thin girl on the bed slowly began to stir. She stretched out a bony hand and said weakly, "Mom..."
Wang Aihua hurriedly wiped away her tears, stepped forward and held the little girl's hand, her movements very gentle and careful, as if she was afraid that if she used too much force she would crush the girl.
"Laidi, Mom is here."
The little girl's eyelashes trembled, and she inadvertently glanced at the old lady next to her. She shuddered unconsciously: "Mom, I... didn't mean to steal food, I... was just too hungry."
She gasped several times before she finished the short sentence with difficulty.
The little girl in front of her was small and thin, with a sallow complexion. Compared with the fair and chubby little boy before, there was nothing Su Xiaoxiao didn't understand.
This old lady was clearly lying. No wonder she had the energy to cause trouble and ask for money even when her own granddaughter was sick. She is totally favoring boys over girls.
It is estimated that the old lady might have secretly hidden those cakes for her grandson to eat. As a result, the little girl was too hungry and accidentally ate those cakes and got food poisoning.
Seeing this, the old lady took advantage of the situation and wanted to use this incident to blackmail the department store.
Sure enough, when she saw the little girl wake up, there was no joy on the old lady Zhang's face, and there was even a hint of impatience and disappointment.
She probably wished the child would die so she could extort more money.
At this time, the middle-aged doctor who had just been in charge of the rescue spoke up: "You parents are really stupid. Your child is so sick, and you don't even bother to find a doctor to treat him."
If he had not just passed by the ward door and noticed that the child was in a bad condition, the child would probably have been beyond saving by now.
"Alright, go pay the fee quickly. I'll arrange for a nurse to come and give the child an IV drip. The child has food poisoning and is too weak. He needs detoxification and nutritional supplements."
"Isn't it all right? Why do you need an IV? Don't think I don't know, you're just trying to extort more money!"
The old lady of the Zhang family spoke angrily, saying that she was just a little girl, it would be better if she died.
Doctor Zhao frowned upon hearing this. What kind of parents are these? They sent their child to the hospital but didn't rush to find a doctor for treatment. They just let the child suffer here, and now they don't want to continue treating the child.
When he examined the child just now, he found that the child was in a serious state of physical depletion and had severe food poisoning. If he was not treated in time, he would probably suffer from sequelae.
But seeing how pitiful the little girl really was, he patiently explained, "The child has food poisoning and is seriously depleted. She needs an infusion of detoxifying medicine and some glucose."
The old lady was about to say something when she suddenly remembered Director Liu behind her. She immediately changed her tone: "Okay, I'll give you the IV, and we'll go pay later."
Doctor Zhao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she agreed.
The child was as thin as a kitten and looked extremely pitiful.
When Dr. Zhao and his men left, the old lady grabbed Director Liu's arm.
"No matter what, it's all your fault that my grandson and granddaughter are like this. You have to pay for this money. At worst, I don't want the 500 yuan, and you can just reimburse the medical expenses."
There was calculation in the old lady's eyes when she spoke, and I don't know what she was thinking.
Director Liu felt really sorry for the little girl on the bed, thought about it and nodded in agreement. He would pay for it himself.
"Our department store can pay for this, but you have to promise not to use this excuse to cause trouble again in the future."
Director Liu spoke in a deep voice. He didn't want to take the matter to the Public Security Bureau for something that could be solved with a little money, so as not to affect the reputation of the department store.
When the old lady saw that he agreed to pay, her mood immediately improved a lot.
"Okay, okay, no problem. As long as you pay the medical expenses for both children today, I won't pursue this matter."
Su Xiaoxiao frowned and corrected her: "We still have no evidence to prove whether the child's food poisoning is our fault. Helping you with the medical expenses is out of kindness of our director."
After she finished speaking, she turned to Director Liu and said, "Director, I think we can pay the money as a good deed, but we still need to ask the police to investigate the matter thoroughly to prevent anyone from making a fuss about it in the future."
Director Liu immediately understood what Su Xiaoxiao meant by this. She wanted to scare the old lady and tell her not to cause trouble in the department store again with such things.
He immediately cooperated and said, "Yes, I'll call the Municipal Public Security Bureau in a moment."
The old lady didn't expect that even though she was willing to give in to this extent, these two people still wanted to report to the police.
Whenever she thought of the police, she felt inexplicably uneasy.
There was definitely something wrong with those pastries.
She was afraid that the girl would steal some of the cakes, so she hid them in the cupboard. But when she took them out, she found that they had grown some mold.
She took out all the pastries, checked them, and broke off the hair-free parts to give to her precious grandson.
Who knew that when she came back to clean up those hairy snacks, she found that the dead girl was squatting on the ground and eating voraciously.
She didn't stop it at the time, thinking that it would be better if the dead girl died of eating, which would save food for the family.
Later, seeing that the dead girl was indeed sick, she thought that she could take the opportunity to blackmail the department store, so she just threw the girl into the hospital and went to the department store to cause trouble.
She hurriedly said, "I swear to God, I will never go to the department store to make a scene about this again. The police are so busy, I don't think there's any need to bother them with such a small matter, right?"
Su Xiaoxiao pretended to be in deep thought and said, "Auntie, you are right, but..."
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