Ji Niandong took a glance at her father, Ji Guoqiang, lying in bed. He should have been awake for a while, his eyes wide open, with reddened eyes, unable to speak. Her father was already skin and bones, and if this went on, would she really have to watch him leave her too?
She silently swallowed, forcing herself to appear composed, and said, "How could you give away your living expenses? What will you do about school?"
Shen Congling felt aggrieved after the argument, "I'm already in my third year of college. I can work part-time, and if my brother knows I don't have money, he'd give me some. By the way, Sister Tongtong, you should have seen my brother today, right? Did he give you money?"
Ji Niandong turned her head away without responding to her. Shen Congling slapped her thigh, "My brother, this heartless guy, is he not giving you the money?"
Ji Niandong's eyes turned red, and she sat by the bedside to pour water for Ji Guoqiang, "Dad, don't worry, I will definitely ensure you have the surgery!"
Ji Guoqiang's eyes were also red. He wanted to speak but had no strength at all. He could only hurt for his daughter. If he had known this day would come, he certainly wouldn't have drunk so much.
"It must be that woman Linda causing trouble, it must be her who instigated my brother not to give you money!" Shen Congling cursed and shouted a few lines, "Sister Tongtong, wait for me, I'm going to find my brother right now and make sure he gives the money for Uncle's medical treatment!"
With those words, she ran out, and Ji Niandong didn't even see her back.
Soon, the assistant physician heard she was back and came to the ward, speaking as soon as he entered, "Miss Ji, you should have heard about your father's condition from Miss Shen, right? I've told you before, your father's condition is constantly recurring, and we've been adjusting the medication all along. We are using imported medicines now, and since you've been delaying payment, we've been forced to cover the subsequent hospitalization expenses ourselves. This means if you don't pay soon, we can only regretfully stop the medication and arrange for your father's discharge!"
Ji Niandong's face turned ashen, "Weren't you supposed to give me time to gather the money, and arrange the surgery as usual?"
The assistant physician sneered, "You also know how tight our hospital's surgery schedule is; it all has to be arranged ahead of time. Now you can't even pay the medical bills, so how dare we arrange surgery for your father? If you can't gather the money later, and the surgery can't be done, we'd rather prepare for other patients. Everyone is waiting!"
"Why so abrupt? Wasn't that already arranged before?" Ji Niandong started to become frantic, "I want to see the attending physician!"
"The attending physician is very busy and doesn't have time to see you! Miss Ji, if you have the leisure, you'd better think about which of your friends might be wealthy. Or with Miss Ji's looks, as long as you're willing to sacrifice, not just for your father's surgery, but even if your father wants to stay in the hospital for a lifetime, we're willing to take care of it!"
His words were full of sarcasm, with a hint of malice.
Ji Niandong keenly caught onto his words, asking, "Did someone do something, so you're forcing me like this?"
"I'm just an assistant physician; how should I know? You should hurry up and pay; this is my last warning to you!"
The assistant physician turned and left, with disdain written all over his face. He heard that some wealthy bigwig was forcing this woman to turn to him; with that kept appearance, it was truly disgusting!