The man did not expect Su Qingsang to push him because the others had just been trying to get hold of Liu Xiangyu.
He reeled backward and released Liu Xiangyu. A few nurses quickly stepped forward to help her. Seeing the man get back up and go to grab her again, Su Qingsang quickly stood in front of him.
“Who are you? This is a hospital. What are you doing here?”
“What? I am picking up my wife to leave the hospital. It’s none of your business. Get the hell out of my way, all of you.”
“Leave the hospital?” Su Qingsang widened her eyes. “Do you know your wife’s current condition? She has just had a caesarean section. It’s only been three days. How can she leave the hospital now?”
“Why can’t she? Your hospital sucks human blood. These few days in the hospital have cost ten thousand yuan? You are bullying us. I won’t pay the money and I will take her out of here right now.”
“No way.” Liu Xiangyu’s condition had not been good in the first place. Even if she hadn’t jumped off a building, she could not be discharged so soon after a caesarean.
“Mind your own business.” The man stared at Su Qingsang, rolling up his sleeves as if he wanted to hit her.
Instead of backing up, Su Qingsang took a step forward. “What? Want to hit me? Look at where you are. Your wife can’t leave the hospital now. If you want to make trouble, I’ll call the police.”
“Don’t you dare.”
“Try me.”
Su Qingsang resolutely commanded Huang Jie and Cheng Siyu who were behind her. “Huang Jie, call the security guard over. Siyu, call the police. Just say someone is making trouble.”
The man nodded fiercely and snarled, “Good, very good. You won’t let me take her out of the hospital, right? Then I never will. It’s you who is making her stay here. I won’t pay for it.”
Saying this, the man left without looking back.
Su Qingsang had no time for the man and turned to look at Liu Xiangyu, who was not very well. The bandage on her hand had come off.
“Are you all right?”
Liu Xiangyu nodded slightly, her face pale.
The nurse had asked her to pay for expenses on her rounds this morning. Where could she get the money? She had to call her gambler husband, but she had not expected him to refuse to pay and then drag her away.
“Doctor, I, I—”
“Don’t worry. Stay here for recuperation now.”
“Doctor, it’s so kind of you.” Liu Xiangyu almost cried and Su Qingsang hurriedly stopped her.
“Don’t. You’re still in confinement. Crying is not good for you.”
The nurses and doctors took her back and had the wound re-examined and bandaged.
This incident was made known to the whole hospital. Director Lin came to Su Qingsang. She told him what happened and he said that the money could be dealt with later and that she should cure the patient first.
As a result of all this, Su Qingsang went home a lot later than usual. It was after eight o’clock in the evening when she got home. She was surprised that Xiang Caiping had not eaten dinner yet.
The food on the table went cold and she sat in the living room waiting for them. Hearing the sound of the door, Xiang Caiping stood up immediately.
“You’re back? Good, good.”
Su Qingsang looked at her eyes, feeling a warm current slowly flowing through her heart.
“Aunt, you have not eaten. Have you been waiting for us?”
“I was not waiting for you,” Xiang Caiping answered. She was still afraid to bother Su Qingsang, so she hurriedly waved her hand, and said, “Not especially for you. It’s just I feel boring when I eat alone. No. Anyway, it’s just—”
Xiang Caiping was anxious to explain, but the more she explained, the more it sounded like a cover-up. Su Qingsang suddenly felt sad.
