Chapter 329: Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Nine: Persistent Harassment
So this woman wants her to help pay for the treatment?
âAs the director, if you could plead our case, it would be like saving our lives,â the woman finally revealed her intention.
âMrs. Liu, the treatment only costs five crystal cores,â Xiao Zhang said from the side.
The base hospital didnât provide free treatment; although during the recent zombie tide, following the base leaderâs orders, the hospital had treated people for free for a while, the regular operations had since resumed. Now, regardless of who sought treatment, there was a fee.
âWe have no money left, surviving in the apocalypse has been hard enough for us. Besides, isnât your hospital supposed to save the dying and heal the injured?â
The woman addressed as Mrs. Liu countered.
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âYou just said that you have only a dozen or so crystal cores leftâŠâ
Xiao Zhang muttered, at a loss for words. He really couldnât argue with women, especially those who were so unreasonably persistent.
Lin Tianhui understood now; these two were the type of people who wanted treatment but didnât want to pay. Truth be told, they had seen many such cases these days, but she hadnât expected to encounter one herself.
She was not only the director of the healers at the base hospital but also the only level three healing element ability user, so those who chose her for treatment were either willing to spend extra crystal cores or were in critical condition.
She had never come across a situation like todayâs before.
âDonât make it difficult for my mother, we have suffered a lot on our way here, please, just do us this kindness,â
the young girl sitting there stood up, looking like she was about to cry, and pleaded.
Lin Tianhui: âŠ
Who was making it difficult for her mother?
Just because they had suffered, should they not pay with crystal cores?
While she couldnât help but give her all in treating seriously wounded ability users, she was not going to get involved in a situation like this.
âI am sorry, I canât change the hospital rules, and there is nothing I can do,â Lin Tianhui said, ready to leave.
Xiao Zhang breathed a sigh of relief; he had thought Director Lin was going to be exceedingly generous again today. It seemed that although usually very approachable, she still had her limits.
âHow can you be like this! Demanding five crystal cores to treat a wound, are you robbing us?â
The woman could no longer hold back and shouted loudly.
âPlease, have mercy on us,â
the girl surprisingly didnât mind her wounded shoulder and knelt on the spot.
The entrance to Xiao Zhangâs consulting room was a thoroughfare, but the mother and daughterâs performance did not attract any onlookers. There were too many people who came to the hospital looking for free treatment. Some genuinely didnât have crystal cores, while others, even if they had them, were reluctant to spend them at the hospital.
Lin Tianhui quietly slipped away; it was clear that the mother and daughter belonged to the latter category, having the crystal cores but unwilling to spend them at the hospital. She couldnât concern herself with such matters; she didnât own the base hospital.
The woman who had blocked Lin Tianhui wanted to chase after her, but Yao Yi, who had come to the entrance, stopped her.
Aunt Lin was someone even Dean Lian respected, and he couldnât just stand by and watch her be cornered, especially since Aunt Lin had to continue post-op recovery treatments for a member of the guard squad who was seriously injured yesterday.
Lin Tianhui didnât dwell on the incident. During her lunch break, she took a trip into her space from the rest room. Although her family was no longer in the space, she had received a message from the two elders that they were on their way back to the base and would likely arrive in the afternoon.
It wasnât until the afternoon, when Lin Tianhui was about to leave work, that she found the mother and daughter still waiting outside Xiao Zhangâs office. The wound on the girlâs shoulder remained untreated, the blood having darkenedâŠ
Quite ruthless.
Those two words crossed Lin Tianhuiâs mind.
But when she saw her daughter and son-in-law approaching, she immediately smiled.
âMom, weâve come to pick you up from work,â Su Jin said with a beaming smile.
âHow come youâre here?â
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Although Lin Tianhui said as much, her tone was also brimming with surprise.
âWe just entered the base, and came by to pick you up to go back, Dad and the others are all waiting outside,â Su Jin replied.
At that moment, a voice came from behind Lin Tianhui: âLu Hao? Youâre Lu Hao, right?â
The attention of the three was instantly captivated, and Lin Tianhui, looking at the mother and daughter whose faces were full of surprise, was suddenly stunned.
Lu Hao frowned as he looked at the two women. Even though they were disheveled and their faces were dirty, he recognized who they were. How had they come here?
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âXiao Hao, do you know them?â
Lin Tianhui immediately felt terrible. If they were really people Lu Hao knew, she had left them hanging in the hospital all day, which was incredibly rude.
Su Jin also felt that the two people looked somewhat familiar, but she couldnât quite remember who they were at the moment.
âI am your mother!â
That womanâs words left both Su Jin and Mrs. Su completely astonished. Lu Haoâs mother?
Her mother-in-law?
Su Jin remembered who the two people were.
She hadnât expected that after divorcing Lu Guanhai, Liu Meifang and her daughter would end up here. Could this be the so-called fate?
Nevertheless, she felt that the most upset person at the moment should be Lu Hao, because Liu Meifang was already coming forward, attempting to grab Lu Haoâs hand.
Lu Hao dodged with a swift move, causing Liu Meifang to grasp at air.
âWe have no relationship anymore,â Lu Hao said coldly.
âBrother, donât be mad. Itâs just that this is the first time in months that weâve come across people we know. Mom got so excited,â
Cui Xiaoya explained from the side.
Liu Meifang wasnât angry. She sized up Lu Hao from head to toe and noticed that Lu Hao now seemed more vigorous than before the apocalypse, which made her feel like she had stumbled upon a treasure.
âXiao Hao, we are, after all, mother and son. Letâs not dwell on the past. IâŠâ
Liu Meifangâs words were cut short by Lu Haoâs interruption.
âYouâre not my mother,â
Lu Hao stated.
There had never been any relationship between them.
Liu Meifang wanted to say something more but was blocked by a beautiful young girl.
âMaâam, if thereâs nothing else, weâll be going now. Our family is still waiting outside,â
Su Jin stressed the word âfamily,â indicating that the two women werenât part of their family.
After saying this, Su Jin pulled Lu Hao with one hand and Lin Tianhui with the other, heading outside. She knew that Lu Hao particularly despised this mother and daughter; otherwise, he wouldnât have moved out to live on his own after Lu Guanhai had remarried.
Liu Meifang and Cui Xiaoya exchanged looks and then followed the three. They had finally encountered acquaintances â they couldnât just give up so easily.
However, as they saw someone unexpected getting out of a car outside, both women were taken aback.
âLu Guanhai?!â
Liu Meifangâs eyes widened in shock. Lu Guanhai was actually still alive?
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