Chapter 800: Chapter 797
Unexpectedly, there was also a call from Lu Xiao. They all knew he had gone to Sichuan, so they guessed something had happened to him; each of them was worried about him.
Cheng Dongyuan felt a wave of warmth in his heart, and now he set about replying to their messages to reassure them.
His condition wasn’t extremely serious, yet it wasn’t minor either. After the doctor arrived, he was told he had a fractured left arm and a mild concussion. He needed to rest properly, but the doctor also told him that his life wasn’t in danger, so it was best to rest outside the hospital. There were too many injured people, and space needed to be made for other patients.
Upon hearing this, he couldn’t help but think of what that girl had said before; he hadn’t expected that he would really have to leave the hospital.
However, this message coming from the doctor felt different from hearing it from her.
Regardless, as a person with disabilities now, he indeed had to handle the discharge procedures by himself.
Wen Xian had expressed her desire to visit him, but she was a pregnant woman now, carrying a large belly to a hospital seemed unnecessary, and moreover, many of the incoming patients were in dire conditions.
That morning, he had seen someone who had already lost a leg upon arrival, covered in blood. It was not appropriate for her to be in such a place.
In the afternoon, Cheng Dongyuan was preparing to handle the discharge procedures. But just as he stepped out, he heard some faint arguing voices.
A few people were in the hallway—two girls and two middle-aged men of below-average height, one of whom held a brown paper bag that seemed quite heavy in his hand.
Cheng Dongyuan glanced at them and knew roughly what it was about.
He needed to walk in that direction, so he passed by them. But then, he faintly overheard their conversation.
“Teacher Xu, we’ve also contacted people in the town. Every last penny was gathered, but we’re still half short of the surgery fee…” said the man holding the brown paper bag with a troubled expression.
Sometimes, a penny was hard for a hero to earn, let alone when they were the most ordinary of ordinary people, earning just over ten thousand from farming in a whole year.
Teacher Xu?
Cheng Dongyuan heard the name and looked at the two girls.
One of them had visited him that morning, the girl to whom he had given ten thousand yuan as a token of gratitude. The other was the girl who had spoken coldly about leaving the hospital early and who had helped him retrieve his phone and wallet.
The former, he had asked her name that morning; she was Bai Lu.
So, it seems that Teacher Xu was the other one.
“I still can’t simply watch someone who has a chance to save his leg have to get it amputated.” Saying this, she took a deep breath and continued, “This is all the savings I’ve accumulated while teaching here, twenty thousand yuan. Now, we’re just short of the last twenty thousand.”
They were short twenty thousand yuan to operate on that child’s father. After all, for their whole family, the father was the pillar. If he was disabled, it would really destroy the family.
“Teacher Xu…”
The two men’s expressions were complex.
At that moment, the other girl’s voice came through:
“…Bai Lu, even if you take the money, it doesn’t change that we’re short twenty thousand yuan. Where can we get that now? Without enough money, the surgery can’t proceed. If you ask me, maybe we should just give up on the surgery.”
As Cheng Dongyuan walked toward them—