This middle-aged man was a doctor at the hospital and Chen Xiulian's attending physician, named Zhang Chao.
"What money? Fifty thousand?" Li Se asked in a deep voice.
Zhang Chao said, "Your mother has been staying in this hospital for three months, do you think it's free? Nutrition fees, hospitalization fees, nursing fees, medical expenses, and daily food expenses, all added up, it's almost fifty thousand. Hurry up and pay, otherwise, you won't even have a place in the corridor!"
Li Se's face turned grim, "Even if all these expenses are added up, it can't be this much money. You are clearly overcharging, and my mother doesn't even have a ward, she's just in the corridor. How can it be fifty thousand?"
"Do you think I would lie to you?" Zhang Chao sneered, "Every expense is recorded. If you don't believe me, you can check?"
Li Se's face darkened. It had only been three months, and his mother hadn't even had surgery, yet they were asking for fifty thousand!
"You are definitely overcharging. I'm going to report you!" Li Se said angrily.
"Report me?" Zhang Chao chuckled, "Then go ahead and report me. I'd like to see if you have the audacity to report me after not paying for three months."
"Even without payment, it shouldn't be fifty thousand!" Li Se was certain that Zhang Chao was overcharging, how could it be fifty thousand?
Besides, in the early stages, his mother had been paying. She had simply spent all her remaining savings.
"If I say there is, then there is!" Zhang Chao snorted coldly.
Li Se's anger had reached its peak today. Now this doctor was here to overcharge again. Did he think his family was easy to bully?
*Bang!*
In a fit of rage, Li Se punched Zhang Chao in the face.
This punch sent Zhang Chao flying about four to five meters away.
"Security, security! Someone isn't paying and is assaulting me!" Zhang Chao shouted.
The commotion here immediately attracted the attention of many people in the hospital.
Upon hearing Zhang Chao's words, many people began to point and whisper at Li Se.
"Not paying and hitting a doctor?"
"Is he a thug?"
"He should be arrested!"
"..."
"What's happening over there?" Wei San, accompanied by his granddaughter, walked in. Hearing the commotion, he couldn't help but frown.
"Grandpa, I'll go take a look," Wei Xueru said and walked towards the scene.
At this moment, Zhang Chao stood up with the help of security. He pointed angrily at Li Se, "Kid, you dare to hit me? I'll make sure you go to jail! I'll let you know the consequences of not paying and hitting a doctor!"
"Arrest him!"
Hearing Zhang Chao's command, several security guards moved towards Li Se.
"Stop!"
When Wei Xueru saw Li Se clearly, she resolutely stepped forward. Her beautiful face held a cold demeanor.
"Who are you?" Zhang Chao frowned.
"Wei Xueru!" Wei Xueru calmly stated her name.
Zhang Chao's expression changed, "The Wei family, Wei Xueru?"
"That's right!" Wei Xueru walked up to Li Se, "Dr. Li, what happened?"
Li Se explained the matter of Zhang Chao overcharging everything.
"You dare to overcharge?" Wei Xueru said coldly.
"I... I didn't," Zhang Chao argued.
"Whether you did or not, can't it be investigated?" Wei San walked over.
When Zhang Chao saw Wei San, his face changed. The reason he dared to demand fifty thousand from Li Se was because he knew Li Se's mother had no background. But he didn't expect Li Se to know Wei San!
The hospital director, Wang Xiang, quickly arrived at the scene. Upon seeing Wei San, he respectfully said, "Master Wei, I will investigate this thoroughly. If Zhang Chao did indeed overcharge, I will definitely punish him."
"Investigate now. My mother has only stayed for three months, and in the corridor at that, yet you're asking for fifty thousand. Isn't this fee outrageously high?" Li Se said with a cold smile.
Wang Xiang's face darkened. He was Zhang Chao's superior. He had intended to take Zhang Chao away and then issue a minor punishment after the incident blew over, thinking it would be resolved like that. But now, Li Se was clearly not letting it go.
"That's right, check it now!" Wei Xueru chimed in.
Wang Xiang had no choice but to order an investigation immediately. The investigation revealed that Li Se's mother's total expenses were only a little over ten thousand yuan.
"Good heavens, Zhang Chao! You demanded fifty thousand for an expense of just over ten thousand! You're fired!" Wang Xiang reprimanded him angrily.
"Director, save me," Zhang Chao cried.
Wang Xiang lowered his voice, "No one can save you now. Wait for the investigation."
Zhang Chao's face turned ashen, and he collapsed onto the ground. He knew his medical career was completely over.
"Master Wei, are you satisfied?" Wang Xiang asked respectfully.
"Hmph!" Wei San merely grunted, saying no more.
"Master Wei, I will immediately arrange a ward for this patient." Wang Xiang was quite shrewd. Regardless of whether Li Se had any background, since he knew Wei San, he had to give him face.
Li Se's mother was finally admitted to a ward.
Li Se looked at Wei San gratefully, "Old Wei, thank you."
Wei San said, "I should be thanking you. I must treat you to a meal. How about this, I'll wait for you at Tomorrow Hotel this afternoon. You must come!"
Li Se was surprised. Tomorrow Hotel? He was going there to handle some matters anyway, so he agreed.
In the afternoon, Tomorrow Hotel.
Wei San and Wei Xueru were standing at the hotel entrance.
"For Master Wei and others to wait for him, this person's identity must be unusual, right?"
"Isn't it? Who is Master Wei? He's connected in both legitimate and illegitimate circles."
"I wonder who that person is? Could it be some high-ranking official?"
When people saw Wei San waiting for someone, many began to speculate.
After a while, Li Se appeared.
"Dr. Li!" Wei San waved.
Seeing this, many people were shocked. Who was this young man? He was the person Master Wei was waiting for? They had originally thought it would be some important figure, but they hadn't expected it to be a young man.
"Old Wei," Li Se said to Wei San with considerable politeness.
"Let's go," Wei San smiled.
"Old Wei, I have some personal matters to attend to first. I'll be there shortly," Li Se still needed to collect that thirty thousand yuan.
"Alright!" Wei San nodded.
Li Se walked directly into the hotel and went to the second floor, where he soon met Zhang Yunyun's family. Beside them was a strange man, about thirty years old.
"Dakang, the ex-convict is here." Upon seeing Li Se, Zhang Yunyun leaned into the man's embrace.
"Oh, you're out of prison? Time flies," said Zhang Yunyun's mother, Zhang Cuihua. Her voice was exceptionally loud, immediately echoing throughout the second floor of the hotel.