Xu Ruantang nodded, then turned to ask her mother, "Do you remember what the person who sold the medicine looked like?"
"Of course, I can still recognize it even if it turns to ashes."
Xu's mother made a solemn vow.
Xu Ruantang spent most of the day in the ward, drawing a portrait based on her mother's description.
Xu's mother shook her head as she looked at the lifelike figure on the paper. "No, that's not how it is."
Xu Sheng panicked, "Mother! Do you remember what that person looked like?!"
"I already said, I'd recognize her even if she were ashes!" Xu's mother, as if she were in prison, suddenly became anxious. "That's your sister, isn't it? She's only been learning for half a year, what good things could she possibly draw!"
Xu Ruantang's painting naturally struck the Xu family as odd.
She said someone in the hospital taught her, so the Xu family didn't say anything more.
A dozen or so sheets of paper were spread out on the floor of the ward. Some had only a few strokes, some were half-finished, and some were complete.
"Mom, can you please stop talking?!"
Xu Sheng was absolutely fed up. The only person they could trust now was his sister, but their parents were still the same.
His sister's drawings are clearly very realistic, but his mother keeps saying they're not right, so there's only one possibility.
That means his mother forgot what the person looked like.
Xu Ruantang threw down her pencil and stood up. "Forget it, let her describe it to the police. I can't draw it."
After Xu Ruantang left, Xu Sheng threatened to kill himself, and only then did Xu's mother reluctantly hand over the remaining money in the house.
She used to listen to the old man.
Now that the old man has become useless, Xu's mother also has her own plans. Since things have come to this, it's time for Xu Sheng to become the pillar of the family.
After receiving the money, Xu's mother instantly felt that she could stand up straight again.
As she tidied up the ward, she muttered, "I'm doing all this for this family. The hospital will charge 35,000 yuan, and with your father's treatment, it'll bankrupt our family."
"I bought a pack of pills that cures all diseases for only two thousand. Compared to those, it's nothing. It can cure two people in one go."
"That bastard! When we catch him, I'll tear his mouth apart and make him spit out our money!"
Xu's mother still held onto hope, believing that her son-in-law was omnipotent.
In Beijing, anyone who dares to lie to her is courting disaster.
Xu Ruantang returned home and went straight to the study on the second floor.
She opened the drawer and put two thousand yuan inside.
The scammer who could deceive people so accurately was obviously arranged by her.
But this was just the beginning. Xu Ruantang closed the drawer, a ruthless glint in her eyes.
What she can achieve depends mainly on the greed of the Xu family.
If they behaved themselves, treated their illnesses, and left the capital soon, Xu Ruantang would have had no chance to make a move.
Sure enough, the police investigated for several days.
Xu's mother was summoned several times, but no clues were obtained, and then nothing came of it.
The Xu family quickly became anxious.
Xu's father could barely speak clearly, and he tugged at Xu Sheng's sleeve, instructing him on the most appropriate way to talk to his sister.
The Xu family put forward three conditions.
First, help Xu Sheng find a job that is easy and pays well.
Secondly, the hospital fees are running out, so Xu Ruantang needs to pay for them.
Third, we will provide them with a new place to live in Beijing so that the whole family can stay there permanently.
Xu Ruantang sneered after hearing this.
Is she a turtle in a wishing well?
Shameless.
When Chen Ji returned home that evening, Xu Ruantang had already prepared dinner.
She prepared six dishes for the two of them, all of them consisting of large portions of meat and fish; she must have been busy for most of the day.
During the meal, Chen Ji casually asked, "How's it going at the hospital?"
"That's good." Xu Ruantang said in a light tone, picking up a piece of braised pork and putting it into Chen Ji's bowl. "Xu Sheng came to see me today."
Chen Ji tightened his grip on his chopsticks. "What did he say?"
"He didn't say anything, he just said he didn't want to get treatment anymore and planned to go home."
Chen Ji's eyes darkened, but he quickly composed himself.
Xu Ruantang didn't sleep much all night, but she didn't want to wake Chen Ji, so she lay flat on her back, watching the sky gradually brighten.
In summer, it gets light as early as five o'clock.
Just as Xu Ruantang was about to get up, Chen Ji turned around and hugged her, his voice slightly hoarse from sleep: "It's still early, sleep a little longer."
"good."
Xu Ruantang did not refuse.
When she woke up again, the sun was already high in the sky.
There was no one beside him.
Xu Ruantang went downstairs, took out yesterday's leftovers from the refrigerator, heated them up, and then packed them up to take to the hospital.
The walk from the hospital entrance to the ward door, which usually takes her twenty minutes, took her twenty minutes today.
Finally, I made up my mind and pushed open the door to go in.
Surprisingly, there was no pungent foot odor today.
The ward was clean and tidy, completely different from the previous few days. There was no luggage on the floor, as if no one had ever stayed there.
"Hello, where is the patient in this ward?" Xu Ruantang asked, pulling aside a passing nurse.
The nurse rushed in, "They were discharged very early this morning!"
Xu Ruantang stood there, unable to recover for a long time.
It's like making up your mind to be a bad person, only to find that you've slapped nothing, leaving you feeling frustrated and powerless.
On a sweltering summer noon, she sat by the flowerbed in the hospital, her entire being radiating an aura of violence.
Chen Ji arrived before I had even sat down for two minutes.
Xu Ruantang looked up at the still upright man in front of her, her eyes full of confusion.
"Get up first, it's hot." Chen Ji approached and reached out to pull her up, but she dodged him.
Xu Ruantang quickly stood up and walked straight out of the hospital.
The two arrived home one after the other.
Throughout the process, she didn't say a word, appearing both calm and desperate.
"Honey, what would you like to eat? I'll go cook." Chen Ji looked down at her.
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