Chapter 283 I Only Treat You as My Sister (1)
"Ouch... Ouch... Please help me up..." A white-haired old lady fell to the ground, holding her waist, with a painful expression. She moaned and begged the people next to her to help her up.
But the people standing around her gathered in a circle, but no one was willing to approach her or help her up.
A young man wearing glasses took a photo of the old lady with his mobile phone and said, "Auntie, it's not that I don't want to help you up, I just don't dare because I'm afraid you will blackmail me. You know, many elderly people have fallen and injured themselves in recent years, but they falsely accuse the person who helped them up of hitting them, repaying kindness with enmity and insisting on blackmailing people for money... I'm timid and don't dare to take the risk. Don't worry, I've called 120 and the ambulance will come to save you soon."
"I, I'm not a bad person. I wouldn't do that. I fell down by myself. How could I blackmail you..." The old lady said with a painful look on her face. After a while, she reacted and realized that the young man said he called an ambulance. She immediately became more anxious, "Young man! Don't call an ambulance. I don't have the money to pay the fee... Hurry up and send the ambulance back..."
"This old woman even asked them to drive the ambulance back. Could it be that she really wanted to commit fraud or blackmail people?" A middle-aged woman who was watching whispered to her friend next to her.
"It's possible... This young man is smart. He didn't help her but just called an ambulance for her and recorded the scene with his mobile phone. For things like this, it's better to record it. After all, who knows if the surveillance camera here might be broken. So it's better to record it yourself to have peace of mind." The friend nodded.
"These days we have to be so cautious when doing good things. Social morals have been corrupted by those bad guys!" said the middle-aged woman angrily.
"The bad guys are getting old. A few bad apples spoil the whole bunch, causing social customs and moral standards to regress by several decades. How can you dare to support the elderly if you don't have millions of dollars at home?"
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The onlookers were watching the old lady wailing in pain from time to time and begging the young man to push the ambulance back. No one paid any attention to her and instead pointed at her, with contempt, ridicule, and disdain on their faces, and some even gloated and looked like they were watching a good show. No one felt sorry for her or sympathized with her. Even the young man who called the emergency number for her had a calm expression on his face. Perhaps he was just fulfilling his civic responsibility.
The ambulance arrived quickly. The medical staff saw the old lady lying on the ground alone, surrounded by a circle of people, but they were far away. No one helped her up, and no one even went over to comfort her. They immediately said angrily: "You people are so indifferent!"
"You are so enthusiastic. Do you help the elderly on the street all day long? I don't have billions of dollars, so I dare not help them!" A fat-faced man retorted sarcastically.
"That's right. Nowadays, you have to have the confidence to do good deeds. Without money and confidence, who would dare to do good deeds? You're afraid that others will not only not be grateful to you, but will repay you with evil!" Another fashionable woman in her twenties sneered.
The medical worker who spoke was so angry that her cheeks turned red, but she didn't know how to refute them, because she herself knew the famous case of people who were kind enough to help the elderly and were blackmailed. To be honest, if she was not a medical worker now, she couldn't guarantee that she would help the old lady on the ground, because her monthly salary was only a few thousand yuan.
Several staff members finally lifted the old lady into the ambulance. The young man who called the ambulance breathed a sigh of relief. Professionals had arrived, and no one could accuse him of being cold-blooded and indifferent to the danger of death.
When the onlookers saw the ambulance leave, they also dispersed one by one.
Lin Shichu carried his schoolbag, watched the crowd leave, and went home.
The old lady who was taken away by the ambulance was the grandmother of the male protagonist Meng Shiyang in this world. She usually came to this street to pick up trash to earn some money. This time she accidentally fell and injured her waist. She couldn't get up by herself, and the scene just now happened.
In the original world, it was the original owner who stepped forward to help her up, took her to the hospital, paid for her medical expenses, and waited until Meng Shiyang came to the hospital before leaving.
But this time Lin Shichu did not go forward to help her, so she was taken away by the ambulance.
The reason why the original owner took the initiative to help in her previous life was because she had a crush on Meng Shiyang. When she saw that the grandmother of the person she liked was injured, she naturally would not refuse to help.
The original owner and Meng Shiyang were classmates, but they were not familiar with each other, because Meng Shiyang was a cold and arrogant academic master. He focused on studying at school and was not familiar with anyone. After school, he was in a hurry to leave for a part-time job and had no free time to play with his classmates. So even though the original owner and him had been in the same class since high school until now, they had only spoken a few words.
Meng Shiyang is a typical handsome, strong and tragic male protagonist. His parents divorced when he was very young, and then they got married and had children. He became a burden that was disliked by both sides and no one wanted him. In the end, he had to live with his grandmother. His parents only gave him a small amount of support every year, so he had to work part-time to earn money after school.
In the previous world, the original owner came into contact with Meng Shiyang because he saved Grandma Meng. Meng Shiyang and his grandmother depended on each other and had a deep relationship, so he was very grateful to the original owner.
Grandma Meng was seriously injured in the fall this time. Her cervical spinal cord was damaged and her lumbar vertebrae were fractured. As a result, she was paralyzed in bed and unable to take care of herself. This was devastating news for Meng Shiyang because he had to go to school and work a part-time job and had no way to take care of his paralyzed grandmother.
Seeing that the person she loved had encountered such great hardship, the original owner thought that the opportunity to cultivate feelings with Meng Shiyang had come, so she volunteered to help Meng Shiyang. Not only did she give him all her pocket money, she also took the initiative to come to the hospital to take care of Grandma Meng, so that Meng Shiyang could continue to work part-time.
Her actions were undoubtedly timely help, and Meng Shiyang was indeed very grateful to her. The relationship between them became increasingly close. The original owner always considered Meng Shiyang's consideration, fearing that she would hurt his self-esteem. She never mentioned the fact that his grandmother was paralyzed in front of his classmates or outsiders. Instead, she volunteered to be a free caregiver to take care of Grandma Meng without any regrets.
In order not to delay Meng Shiyang's part-time work, she even found excuses to take care of Grandma Meng on holidays and weekends. Grandma Meng was very grateful and said that she was the most filial child and that she would let Meng Shiyang repay her kindness for the rest of his life.
In the eyes of the original owner, these words meant that Grandma Meng tacitly agreed that she and Meng Shiyang would be together for the rest of their lives. This made her even happier, and she served Grandma Meng with even more dedication, ensuring that Meng Shiyang had no worries at all.
It was precisely because of this that Meng Shiyang not only did not fall behind in his studies, but he also managed to balance his part-time job. He even worked hard without having to worry about Grandma Meng, and his part-time salary even increased.
(End of this chapter)
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