Chapter 123: Surgery Fee

Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Surgery Fee

"Is her condition serious?"

Jiang Fan asked hurriedly.

"She was in so much pain she passed out, and she has some internal damage as well."

"Did she have some kind of serious illness before?"

The doctor frowned at Jiang Fan.

"What is your relationship to her?"

"I... I’m her friend."

"I didn’t know about her condition. I only found out when I went back."

"What caused this acute appendicitis? It couldn’t have just happened for no reason."

But as soon as he asked, Jiang Fan froze.

’Hot pot...’

He could handle spicy food, so most of the hot pot he had sent to the company was the spicy kind, and even the dipping sauces were mostly spicy.

It was very likely that eating this had caused a recurrence of her appendicitis.

Sure enough, the doctor’s next words confirmed his suspicion.

"It’s because she ate something irritating, and her body was already quite weak."

"That’s what caused the appendicitis to flare up. You’re lucky you brought her in when you did. Any later and it could have been a real tragedy."

The doctor’s words made Jiang Fan’s heart lurch, and a wave of fear washed over him.

’If I hadn’t come back for my ID card today, Sun Yanzi would have been a goner.’

’And it would have been my fault, directly.’

’I would have had to live with the guilt for the rest of my life.’

"So now she’s..."

"Her life is saved, but she needs emergency surgery right now."

"We have a new technique that can not only reduce her pain but also has a much higher success rate."

"The post-op recovery is better, too."

"Do that one!"

Jiang Fan said decisively before the doctor could even finish.

"But the price..."

"The surgery alone costs around 60,000. With miscellaneous expenses, hospitalization, and medication, you’ll need to pay 80,000."

The doctor laid out all the pros and cons for him.

The traditional surgery wasn’t impossible, but the success rate was lower, and the recovery would be much harder on the patient.

With the new technique, however, these concerns were significantly reduced.

"Do it! I’ll go pay."

His bonus was only 67,000. After deducting two months’ rent and utilities, he had only about 64,000 left.

Boss Liu had originally given Sun Yanzi a large sum of money as emotional compensation, but Jiang Fan had already given it to her and told her to put it on a dedicated bank card.

That money could have been used for this emergency.

But the main problem was that Sun Yanzi was unconscious, and he had no idea what the PIN was, so the money was unusable.

The thing Jiang Fan hated most was borrowing money from people. He never wanted to borrow money again in his life.

But right now, Sun Yanzi couldn’t afford any delay.

Having no other choice, Jiang Fan paid the entire 64,000 at the billing office.

Just then, a flash of inspiration hit him—Rong Anyao had given him a bank card.

She had said her salary was on it.

He didn’t know how much was on it, but he was 16,000 short.

Taking a long shot, Jiang Fan handed the card over.

The clerk easily withdrew the money. The entire process went through without a hitch.

Holding the receipt, Jiang Fan was about to hurry back when he was stopped.

The clerk said to him thoughtfully,

"Young man, you should really set a PIN for this card. If you lose it, the loss could be pretty big."

"Huh?"

Although he was confused, Jiang Fan took the words to heart.

Once the payment was successful, the hospital had already begun the operation.

He waited for a full three hours before the red light above the operating room door turned green.

A weary-looking doctor walked out.

"How is she? Is she okay? Was it a success?"

Jiang Fan’s face was etched with anxiety.

God only knew what a mental ordeal those three hours had been for him. If he hadn’t been afraid of causing an accident, he would have wanted to rush in and perform the surgery himself.

But on second thought, for a condition like Sun Yanzi’s, traditional Chinese medicine didn’t really have any immediate, effective solutions.

"Don’t worry, the surgery was a success. But she’ll need to be hospitalized for about a week."

"During this time, her diet must be very light. And she can’t eat anything before noon tomorrow."

"At most, you can moisten her lips with water."

After the doctor finished his instructions, Sun Yanzi was wheeled out of the operating room.

Seeing her pale, bloodless face, Jiang Fan was filled with a pang of self-reproach.

’I shouldn’t have bothered with it. Why did we have to eat hot pot?’

The medical staff pushed Sun Yanzi into her room, gave Jiang Fan a few more instructions, and then left.

That night, Jiang Fan was exhausted. He fell asleep slumped over the side of the bed.

Early the next morning, he was woken by a call from Yin Ruxue.

"Where are you?"

"We’re about to leave for the school."

"Why aren’t you here yet?"

When the call connected, the tone of Yin Ruxue’s voice had already changed.

"I’m..."

Jiang Fan was instantly awake. He glanced at Sun Yanzi, who was still unconscious.

"What’s wrong? Did something happen?"

Hearing the hesitation in Jiang Fan’s voice, Yin Ruxue immediately sensed that something was off.

"It’s nothing. For Mengmeng’s parent-child activity, do the first parts require two people?"

After a moment of hesitation, Jiang Fan finally asked.

"What do you mean? The thing she was looking forward to most was participating in this activity with you. She was calling for ’Daddy’ in her sleep all last night."

"All the other kids will have their mom and dad there. If it’s just me with Mengmeng, then..."

Yin Ruxue didn’t finish her sentence, but Jiang Fan understood what she meant.

But the headache now was that Jiang Fan couldn’t clone himself. If he left, there would be no one to look after Sun Yanzi.

"I’m really tied up with something here."

"How about this? You take Mengmeng there first, and I’ll see if I can find some time to rush over. How does that sound?"

Jiang Fan asked tentatively.

He used to hate people who broke their promises the most. He never thought he’d become one of them.

"What’s going on? I ask you, and you won’t say. Is your girlfriend in the hospital? Do you have to stay with her?"

There was a trace of irritation in Yin Ruxue’s voice.

"That’s right. She’s in the hospital."