Feng Yuan saw who it was and cursed angrily, “Are you trying to fucking die? You scared me on purpose.”
Jiang Lin’an gave a dry laugh. He stared at Feng Yuan with a dark expression. “I haven’t moved since I walked out the door. How exactly am I supposed to scare you on purpose? Why don’t you fucking look at me for once?”
Feng Yuan: “…”
Jiang Lin’an: In a movie with three people, I don’t even deserve a name. 🙂
Feng Yuan: “… Get lost. Keep being dramatic and I’ll kick you.”
Jiang Lin’an followed Feng Yuan back to the car like a resentful wife, deciding to hold this grudge until the day he died, unless Feng Yuan was willing to lend him his yacht for a month.
Meanwhile, on the other side…
Gong Ze had the taxi driver take him directly to the hospital.
After getting out of the car, Gong Ze went straight to the inpatient department to visit his cheap son, the five-year-old little munchkin.
The little munchkin was still asleep from the medication and hadn’t woken up. Gong Ze stood outside the hospital room window and looked in. Within moments, the doctor caught him.
After learning from the front desk nurse that the child’s father had arrived, the doctor immediately came to find him and announced that the hospitalization fees were insufficient.
Not that the doctor was heartless.
The three thousand yuan Gong Ze had paid was nowhere near enough. It had already been used up by the surgery and the subsequent medications. And the intensive care unit cost over two thousand yuan per day just for the bed.
In fact, this was still considered cheap. This Beta cheap son didn’t have some terrible, major illness. If he needed equipment like a hemofilter, it would cost ten thousand yuan a day.
The doctor had felt sorry for the child and, being soft-hearted, had paid out of his own pocket to cover the difference. He hadn’t even been in a hurry to call Gong Ze and demand payment. The doctor was practically a saint.
But no one wanted to be taken advantage of.
It was already dark outside, and Gong Ze, the cheap father, still hadn’t returned. The medical staff had been gossiping about how the child wasn’t even related to him by blood, how his family was poor, and how the child didn’t even share his last name.
Logically, Gong Ze had no obligation to raise this child at all, so everyone was afraid he would run off.
Who would have thought that in the evening, the man would come back, slowly and quietly.
“…Thank you, Doctor. I understand. Would it be convenient to add you on WeChat so I can pay you back the money you fronted?” Gong Ze said slowly. His movements seemed as slow as a single-celled organism, but his eyes were so clear.
This must be what innocence looks like when it hasn’t been tainted by knowledge…
The doctor joked inwardly, but hearing that he was so willing to repay the money, the doctor’s tense mood relaxed.
They added each other on WeChat, and Gong Ze transferred the money to the doctor, writing in the notes: ‘Repayment for medical expenses fronted.’ That way, there would be no disputes.
Seeing how detail-oriented he was, the doctor’s expression softened even further.
They chatted for a few sentences.
“You managed to raise the money?”
“Yes.”
The doctor asked casually, “Did you borrow it from relatives or friends?”
Gong Ze shook his head. “No. It was… given by my boss.”
Feng Yuan counts as my boss, right? he thought blankly.
The doctor was surprised. “Given? You don’t have to pay it back?”
Gong Ze shook his head again.
The doctor: “…”
What kind of boss is so generous, giving away tens of thousands of yuan that doesn’t need to be repaid? The doctor looked at this excessively handsome Alpha and immediately grew worried. Could this man have run into some bad people? He didn’t seem particularly smart (not that he was dumb).
The kind-hearted doctor asked an extra question. “What does your boss do?”
But Gong Ze first assumed he was asking about the female store manager at the café where he worked, so he said, “She runs a café. A Beta woman. She’s very nice. The three thousand yuan for the hospital stay was lent to me by her, for the child’s sake.”
“Oh…”
The doctor was immediately relieved.
So he had encountered a kind-hearted store manager. He smiled and patted Gong Ze on the shoulder. “Then you must work hard and repay her. That boss is really something.”
Gong Ze also smiled. “Thank you.”
After the doctor left, Gong Ze went to the self-service payment machine in the corridor outside the hospital rooms. Because of his low level of education, the tall, handsome Alpha stood in front of the machine, completely at a loss.
Fortunately, a nurse in blue on duty saw him and came over to teach him how to use it.
System: Seriously, seriously. If I didn’t know that this guy is a perverted demon king, the nightmare of the Quick Transmigration Department, I would really suspect he was actually an idiot.
*Fuck. This dog of a host acts way too well. 🙂 *
Gong Ze entered his cheap son’s inpatient number and prepaid fifty thousand yuan through Alipay. After that, he transferred six thousand yuan to the kind female store manager from before, noting the reason in the memo.
He also sent a message: “Got the money together. Thank you.”
The female store manager sent an ellipsis: “…”
Then she accepted the transfer and sent three thousand yuan back.
Female store manager: No need for double. Is the child okay?
Gong Ze: He’s alright. The doctor said after a period of hospitalization, there shouldn’t be any aftereffects.
The store manager’s words softened: That’s good. Are you coming to work tomorrow? Do you need me to request time off for you?
Gong Ze: No need… I probably won’t be coming anymore. I found a new job.
He thought for a moment and fabricated: It pays daily. More money. Can handle emergencies.
The store manager knew he had nothing but a pretty face and no education. Hearing “pays daily” and “more money,” she assumed that Gong Ze, who couldn’t handle hard work, had chosen to go do manual labor for his child’s sake. Her impression of Gong Ze immediately improved severalfold.
After a moment of silence, she sent: Got it. Take good care of the child. You’ve worked hard.
She also sent a head-patting emoji sticker.
Female store manager: Hang in there.
Gong Ze smiled slightly, sent a “Thank you,” and turned off his phone.
Because the ICU did not allow family members to stay overnight, and the visiting time was only one or a few hours per day. As for helping with the patient’s hygiene, the nurses would take care of that. So after a short while, the nurses started shooing Gong Ze away.
Nowadays, the inpatient department wasn’t accessible to just anyone. Gong Ze had to register his face, and then scan it when entering or leaving the building. If it wasn’t during visiting hours, the machine would display “Access Denied.”
So Gong Ze only stayed long enough to pay the fees and such, then returned to his rental apartment.
He left his phone number. If anything happened, the hospital would notify him.
On the way back to his rental apartment, Gong Ze bought many daily necessities. When he got home, he looked at the garbage strewn all over the floor and the dirt caked onto the floorboards to the point where you could draw pictures. Resigned to his fate, he rolled up his sleeves and started cleaning.
What was the difference between sleeping in a place like this and sleeping in a pigsty?
Gong Ze rummaged through the cabinets, found a large bag, and swept the beer bottles and takeout containers into it. He stripped the bed sheets and pillowcases and threw them into the washing machine, replacing them with fresh ones.
That was the only other set of bedding the original owner had.
He mopped the floor, revealing the old, off-white ceramic tiles underneath.
After two hours of hard work, Gong Ze couldn’t do any more. The original owner’s house was truly filthy. The kitchen was an absolute disaster zone. He had only managed to clean up a place where he could sleep.
“I’ll call a cleaning service for the rest tomorrow.”
Gong Ze clicked his tongue lightly.
[Since you have money now, why not just move?]
The system suggested.
Gong Ze thought about it. That made sense. After taking out the trash, he put on his new slippers, grabbed the toiletries he’d bought at the supermarket, and went to take a shower.
When he came out, he saw that his phone, which had been charging, had received several missed calls and WeChat video call invitations. All from Feng Yuan.
On the other end, Feng Yuan was absolutely furious.
The chiseled, dominantly handsome man clenched a cigarette between his teeth as he sat in his living room, smoke swirling around him. His face was dark, looking as if it might drip with water. He squeezed his phone and kept tapping on the voice call button.
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