Becoming a true immortal through my descendents' praying-Chapter 1008 - 584: Do You Truly Want to Understand the Meaning of Living? (2)
Then he handed Jiang Changshou another piece of paper.
Seeing Jiang Changshou’s troubled expression, the doctor seemed to understand...
"You better contact your mom quickly, have her transfer the money here first, this is still the hospital covering the emergency costs for you..."
Jiang Changshou couldn’t listen to any more of it.
He stared at the two pieces of paper dazedly.
One emergency fee was marked 8000.
The surgical fee was marked 100,000.
He couldn’t afford the first one, the second felt like the sky collapsing.
He knew... his grandma didn’t have money either.
After a moment of silence, he dialed his mom’s number.
No answer...
He walked out of the hospital, hopped on a shared bicycle, and rushed towards the old mahjong parlor.
Bang!
The small door of the mahjong parlor was thrown open, smoke billowing out like spirits from a soul summoning banner, morphing into shapes and escaping as if to regain their freedom.
A coarse voice sounded.
"Mom!"
Jiang Xiao took the cigarette out of her mouth, looked at the stout young man taller than her by two heads, almost as if seeing a monster.
"Why are you here? Just in time... how much of your money from last month’s work is left? Give me 200, your grandma has been stingy lately, no one knows where she hid the money."
Looking at Jiang Xiao’s greasy fat hands reaching out, Jiang Changshou’s forehead throbbed.
"Give me 108,000... grandma is hospitalized, she needs money for surgery."
He had long stopped questioning why she wouldn’t answer hospital calls, apart from asking for money, she hadn’t cared for the family all these years.
When he was young, she was the carefree sister, now she’s the carefree auntie.
She squeezed dry the old, now she started squeezing the young.
If Jiang Changshou didn’t give her pocket money, she’d go make a scene at his school, acting all hysterical.
"How much!? 108,000??? Are you crazy, Jiang Changshou! I don’t have money, your grandma must have stashed some away, let her cover it."
"Grandma needs surgery today... go borrow it."
As Jiang Xiao was about to speak, the women next to her chuckled.
"Your mom’s already borrowed all she can... now people let her be only because she’s behaved. You want more?"
"Remember, Brother Wang said he wanted you to join him in something with lots of people... can’t you ask Brother Wang for help?" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
"Yeah, with more people there’s less effort, haha~"
Jiang Xiao rolled her eyes, "That disgusting stingy old man is not worth it, he’s hardly better than my mom, too savvy, won’t spend a cent unless he sees a benefit..."
They then casually began chatting about gossip.
Treating Jiang Changshou like air.
As if grandma’s wellbeing had nothing to do with Jiang Xiao.
"Mom, I’ve never asked you for anything in this life, save grandma, I’ll pay all your debts... I’ll cover what you owe!"
He had no connections, no leverage.
His life offered zero margin for error.
But his mom seemed to have thought of something... suddenly her eyes lit up.
"I’ve got a solution! Let’s go! Mom will take you to earn big money!"
Then, leaving the mahjong table, she headed straight for the hospital with Jiang Changshou.
Initially thinking he’d leave disappointed, Jiang Changshou, unexpectedly, looked at his not so familiar mom, seemingly unable to believe she’d be so willing.
But at that moment, as long as grandma could be saved, he’d do anything.
At the hospital, Jiang Xiao snapped pictures of the emergency report, medical records, hospitalization fees, and grandma, who was in the emergency room.
Then she excitedly started a fundraiser.
"This time it’ll definitely pass the platform review!"
Jiang Changshou asked, "Will the money come in time?"
"What do you mean by ’in time’?"
"Grandma needs surgery today, it’s urgent... can the funds cover the hospitalization fees in time?"
"What hospitalization fees? I’m earning this money myself! If you need funds for hospitalization, start your own campaign, I taught you the way, whether it succeeds is up to you... hey~ mine passed the review."
Jiang Xiao left overjoyed, leaving Jiang Changshou in shock.
Time passed slowly... Jiang Changshou deeply looked at his grandma lying in the emergency room, muttering:
"Grandma, wait for me."
He grabbed the hospital’s fire axe, bought a pair of stockings for two yuan at the entrance shop, and pulled it over his head.
He walked into the bank...
...
One week later.
A beam of light entered the detention center.
"Jiang Changshou, someone has hired a good lawyer for you, you’re released on bail, come on."
Jiang Changshou walked out with a face full of stubble.
A man stood at the entrance, tall and imposing, with an aura of mystic elegance.
"Lucky the security guards stopped you before you could do anything... otherwise, it’d be hard to get you out, tsk tsk~ with that big build of yours, no wonder it took two guards half a day to take you down."
Tian Zhe was quite satisfied with the young man before him.
"Why did you save me?"
"Because you shouldn’t have gone to this extent..."
"It’s no use... no step matters anymore... I couldn’t save my grandma... have you seen her? Is she... still around?"
"Shall I take you to see her?"
Yang Changshou immediately sank into Tian Zhe’s car.
Then he suddenly said: "This isn’t the road to the hospital..."
"She’s not at the hospital anymore."
Hearing this, Jiang Changshou felt his nose tingle, realizing what had happened...
He naively thought he could rob the money to treat his grandma, but couldn’t even see her a final time...
"I’m a failure!"
Jiang Changshou’s voice was deep and thick.
Tian Zhe smiled but remained silent.
They drove directly to a private care center in Lanshui City.
Tian Zhe led Jiang Changshou to a small courtyard in the care center, pushed open the small door... inside, an unfamiliar woman was coming out with a tray.
"Hey? You must be here to see Grandma Jiang, right? She just finished her meal."
The caregiver led them inside.
Jiang Changshou ran in with quick steps, seeing his grandma with a rosy complexion, big tears burst forth, he knelt by her bedside.
"Grandma! I... I’m useless, I thought I’d never see you again."
"Hey~ Changshou dear... Grandma’s fine, thanks to Mr. Tian, you can’t do stupid things anymore and worry Grandma. If Mr. Tian hadn’t promised to bring you out, I would’ve gone to the detention center to find you!"
At this moment, the caregiver softly said: "Your grandma was brought in after missing the optimal surgery time, with severe cerebral hemorrhage, losing consciousness. It’s Mr. Tian’s medical team that saved your grandma, his people... are really skilled!"
Grandma also held Jiang Changshou’s hand, saying, "After you graduate college, you need to work well for Mr. Tian. He said he thinks highly of you and wants to give you a job."
"Okay... Grandma, you rest well, I’ll speak with Mr. Tian outside for a while."
"Alright, alright."
After stepping out, Jiang Changshou knelt on the ground.
"You saved my grandma, and saved me... my life is yours..."
Although Jiang Changshou looked like a fool, he wasn’t at all, often acting with unwitting wisdom.
"Who do you want me to kill? As long as you promise to take care of my grandma after I’m gone... I’m willing to go."
Tian Zhe froze for a moment, then chuckled helplessly:
"Your first order of business is to uninstall Tomato Novel."
"Huh?"
Tian Zhe laughed kindly, saying: "Yang Changshou, do you want to live a life with some dignity? Become your grandma’s pride? Make your mom regret completely?"
"Do you want... to truly understand the meaning of living?
