Chapter 343 — The Bittersweet Burden
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"No... no, don't listen to Mother's nonsense..." Only then did Tang Zhi remember that she was still holding the phone, and that her whole exchange with her mother had fallen on Wei Zhao's ears. She was instantly ashamed and indignant, and felt thoroughly humiliated by her mother's cursed greed...
Mother Tang found a bank card. The family had barely over twenty thousand in savings, and this one card was all they had; Mother Tang had carefully hidden it beneath the mattress.
"Yun'er, give me the phone..." Mother Tang said, reaching to snatch the mobile from Tang Zhi's hand.
How could Tang Zhi hand the phone to her mother? Give it to her, and who knew what she might say. She stretched out a hand and said, "Give it to me — I'll read him the card number!"
Mother Tang had no choice but to hand the card to Tang Zhi. Tang Zhi was about to read the number out to Wei Zhao, who heard it and said, "Just text it to me — if it gets transferred wrong, the money's gone..."
"Ah, then I'll text it to you!" Tang Zhi was startled and said hurriedly. How was she to know that Wei Zhao was only teasing her — with a card number and account name that did not match, the transfer would simply fail.
After Wei Zhao received the card number Tang Zhi sent him, he dialed Guan Xuewen's number.
"Xiaoyi? Where have you been these past two days? I've been calling you, and your phone's been off the whole time!" Before Wei Zhao could speak, Guan Xuewen's voice came through from the other end.
"Oh? Grandpa Guan, you were looking for me?" Wei Zhao had not expected Guan Xuewen to come seeking him out these past two days.
"Yesterday Liu Tianyi brought Old Liu over. Old Liu wanted to thank you in person. After he went home, he found his health had visibly improved — not only had his appetite grown, but he walked with a brisk, springing step, as though he had shed a dozen years!" Guan Xuewen marvelled. "Xiaoyi, that medical skill of yours — even I look on it with envy!"
"They came to thank me?" Wei Zhao smiled. More likely the Liu family had realized his worth and wanted to get on good terms with him early. There had been some unpleasantness before, but the Lius were no fools — they knew to mend the fold after the sheep were lost.
"That's right. They are returning to Yanjing, and the villa they bought here is of no further use to them, so they want to give it to you in thanks!" Guan Xuewen said. "Just give me your ID number and I can handle the transfer of ownership for you."
"Ha, generous all of a sudden, aren't they." Wei Zhao shrugged. "But I'm short of cash right now — I'd rather they just gave me money; that would be more practical."
"They did. Liu Tianyi also sealed a red envelope for you with ten million in it." Guan Xuewen chuckled. "I never imagined a hundred million in startup capital would come to you so easily. I was worried before that the pharmaceutical factory wouldn't have enough to get started, and then you treat one patient and the whole sum falls into your lap!"
"What can I say? I hadn't planned on taking the money in the first place, but those people in his family had to go and behave the way they did." Wei Zhao laughed. "Still, the old man Liu is all right — no airs about him at all..."
"It's not that he has no airs — it's that he understands how important it is for their family to be on good terms with a miracle doctor like you!" Guan Xuewen said. "Otherwise they would never have sealed another red envelope for you!"
"Mm. Grandpa Guan, would you pass on a message to them for me? I'll accept the red envelope and the villa, but I'll still charge my fee for treating them next time — though I might consider giving them priority!" Wei Zhao said with great swagger. Still, no doubt the Liu family would be delighted to hear that promise.