Chapter 344 — Thank You, Brother-in-Law
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"Two hundred thousand?" Mother Tang was stunned at first, then overjoyed. She snatched her husband's phone and studied the figures carefully, counting the zeros over and over, until she had confirmed it was two hundred thousand and not twenty thousand. Only then did she say happily, "Yun'er, I told you Little Lin was the right sort! You only asked for a hundred and fifty thousand, but he sent two hundred thousand — looks like he heard what I said just now!"
"..." Tang Zhi looked at her mother's delight and could not tell whether she should be happy along with her or simply resigned. Two hundred thousand... she would never be able to repay it now.
"Old Tang, your surgery money is here! We'll go to the hospital tomorrow!" No one was happier than Mother Tang. The surgery fee for her husband that had weighed on her heart was finally settled. With the operation, her husband had a chance of standing again, and the family would no longer have to rely on her alone to manage everything.
"Sis, is brother-in-law really a rich second generation?" Xiaowei was astonished too, and even felt as if he were dreaming. Before, it had been no more than a passing thought; he had not really believed his sister could borrow a hundred and fifty thousand just by opening her mouth. But who would have thought his sister's word carried even more weight — she asked for a hundred and fifty thousand, and the man sent two hundred thousand!
"What rich second generation!" Tang Zhi glared at him. "He's not your brother-in-law either! This money still has to be repaid!"
"Hey, sis, you're blushing!" Xiaowei chuckled and nodded. "Of course we'll repay it! Xiaodan and I will scrimp and save, and we'll pay it back!"
"You little brat, what do you know!" Tang Zhi snorted crossly, but then it occurred to her that Xiaowei really was no little brat — he was only half a year younger than she was, and he and Xiaodan had already become a couple long ago! Looked at that way, he was more experienced than she was.
"Sis, thank brother-in-law for me! If he comes by one day, you must call Xiaodan and me — we want to thank him in person!" Xiaowei grinned.
"That's right, Sister Tang Zhi, we really should thank him..." Xiaodan felt as if she were dreaming too. An hour ago Xiaowei had been dead set on selling a kidney, and in the blink of an eye the money was raised.
Watching her mother and brother so happy, Tang Zhi felt a tightness in her chest. Was what she was doing right, or was it wrong? Was this what they meant by sacrificing one person to make a whole family happy?
Tang Zhi clutched her phone, stepped out of the house, and once more returned to the courtyard. She hesitated again and again, yet Wei Zhao, of all things, had not called! Tang Zhi was somewhat annoyed. Did this fellow not treat money as money at all? He had transferred two hundred thousand and still had not phoned to confirm whether it had arrived! What if the transfer had gone astray?
Tang Zhi had no choice but to dial Wei Zhao's number once more.
"Hello? Wei Zhao?" Seeing that Wei Zhao said nothing, Tang Zhi ventured a tentative question.
"Mm..." Wei Zhao gave a response.
"What are you doing? Why aren't you saying anything?" Tang Zhi found it rather odd.
"Drinking water. Done now." Wei Zhao set down the cup in his hand; he had been drinking water just now when Tang Zhi's call came in.
"Oh..." Tang Zhi was truly speechless. He did not ask whether the money had arrived, but leisurely went off to drink water. She really could not tell whether he had far too much money, and yet that did not seem to be the case either! He drove a beat-up van, so he hardly looked like someone terribly wealthy, did he?