"Hahaha, good, good, good, it feels very good."
Meng Tianhua was so happy he couldn't close his mouth. Looking at Qing Muye, he said, "My daughter has been spoiled by her mother since she was little. Please don't take it to heart."
"Yes, yes. She's not sensible. Young Master Qing, please don't be angry."
Du Juan knew Qing Muye's distinguished identity and dared not call him by name, so she addressed him as 'Young Master Qing'.
"I won't."
Qing Muye's stern face curved into a smile. "The doctor says Uncle Meng's physical indicators are all normal. You can be discharged tomorrow."
"Hahaha, thank you. It's all thanks to you."
"Yes, the old man is right. If it weren't for Young Master Qing's help, who knows when he would have woken up."
Du Juan was very grateful to Qing Muye and did not forget to instruct Meng Jingwei, "We owe Young Master Qing such a great favor. You must treat him to dinner tonight. Do you hear me?"
Meng Jingwei pursed her lips, wanting to refuse, but seeing the long-lost happy smiles of her adoptive parents, she couldn't bear to embarrass them.
She had no choice but to nod reluctantly, "I know."
She didn't want to see Qing Muye putting on an act in front of her adoptive parents. She turned and walked out of the ward, directly to the nurse's station.
"Nurse, can you help me check how much the medical fees for my father's ward are?"
At the nurse's station, Meng Jingwei gave the nurse her adoptive father's ward number and asked.
"Meng Tianhua, right?"
"Yes, that's right."
"The amount owed is..." The nurse looked at the bill and suddenly stopped speaking. She leaned closer to the computer screen and muttered softly, "Is there a system error? How can the outstanding amount be so high."
"What's wrong?" Meng Jingwei asked.
The nurse counted the outstanding amount on the screen before confirming to Meng Jingwei, "It's 2375824.33."
"What? Two hundred..."
Meng Jingwei couldn't help but exclaim, then covered her mouth, afraid her adoptive parents would hear.
She lowered her voice and said softly, "Why is it so much? Can I see the bill?"
"You were indignant just now, but now you can't afford it?"
Suddenly, a voice sounded from behind her.
Meng Jingwei turned around and saw Qing Muye looking at her with interest, a mocking smile on his handsome face.
At this moment, the nurse had printed out the bill and handed it to Meng Jingwei, "Here's the bill."
The nurse was talking to Meng Jingwei, but her gaze was fixed on Qing Muye, and her face inexplicably flushed with admiration.
This man is so handsome.
Meng Jingwei knew that Shengde Hospital was a high-end private hospital and the consumption was very high, but she didn't expect it to be so high.
She looked at the itemized bill, feeling a pang of pain.
The Li family had given her two million yuan. She had spent eighty thousand on private investigators and paid one hundred thousand in advance for her adoptive parents' treatment. Now, only 1.82 million remained.
She was still over 550,000 yuan short of paying off the medical bills.
Where would she get the money?
"Can't afford it..."
The man leaned close to her ear and said in a deep voice, "You can also consider paying with your body."
His voice was extremely magnetic, and the hot breath he exhaled brushed against her hair, tickling her neck, making her feel tingly, and inevitably bringing to mind their previous intimate moments.
Meng Jingwei was wearing heavy makeup, so even if her face turned red, it was not noticeable.
She turned around, her sharp, cold eyes looking directly at Qing Muye, "Spring hasn't arrived yet, and Master Qing is already in heat."
Qing Muye's cold face showed a hint of chill. "I'll wait for your dinner."
With that, the man withdrew his gaze and turned to leave.
Meng Jingwei put away the bill and also headed towards the ward.
From behind her, she heard the nurse's murmur, "Are they all blind? Why are such ugly people flocking to them? A woman playing with two men, shameless."
Meng Jingwei heard the nurse's words clearly but only smiled.
Returning to the ward, Meng Jingwei saw her adoptive parents chatting and said, "Dad, Mom, congratulations on being discharged tomorrow."
"Yes, yes. The three of us can finally return to our old home in the countryside." Meng Tianhua smiled with his head held high, extremely happy.
Meng Jingwei's smile faded. She hesitated for a moment and lied, "I... I'll send you and Dad back first. My career is on the rise right now, so I plan to stay in Lancheng for the time being."
She hadn't found out the truth about her adoptive parents' car accident, so how could Meng Jingwei be willing to leave just like that?
Knowing that there was more to the car accident, if she stood by and did nothing, Meng Jingwei feared she would never have peace in this life.
"What? Not going back?"
Du Juan's face fell. She glanced at Meng Tianhua and said, "Your father and I have recovered. We can't rest assured leaving you alone in Lancheng. Besides, the Li family is not to be trifled with. What if they bully you?"
"Jingwei, your father doesn't ask you to earn much money. As long as our family can be together and happy."
The honest and kind Meng Tianhua felt sorry for Meng Jingwei, a young girl bearing too much pressure, so he didn't ask too much of her.
The concern from her adoptive parents made Meng Jingwei's nose sting, and she almost broke down.
Although they were not her biological parents, they treated her as their own. In contrast, the Li family, her biological parents, wanted to kill her at every turn!
"Mom~"
Forced, Meng Jingwei used her 'killer move'. She walked up to Du Juan, put her arm around her wrist, and pouted, "I'm a college graduate after all. I can't stay in the countryside forever, can I? I want to see the outside world, and besides..."
She thought for a long time and finally came up with a reason, "Besides, Xiao Cheng is still in Lancheng. We just started dating. If I go back to the countryside, how can we spend time together?"
A perfectly serious reason.
Meng Jingwei couldn't help but praise herself for being witty.
"This..."
Du Juan hesitated, then finally nodded helplessly, "That's true. You're dating Xiao Cheng, so it would be like breaking up a couple if you were forced to go back to the countryside."
Meng Jingwei and Xiao Cheng's relationship was already known after Meng Tianhua woke up.
Seeing Meng Jingwei's insistence on staying in Lancheng, he sighed, "Alas, a daughter grows up and is no longer attached to her parents..."
"Oh, Dad, what are you talking about."
Meng Jingwei pursed her lips and smiled, her worried heart finally at ease.
At least, for now, under the guise of 'dating', she didn't have to go back home.
In the afternoon, she accompanied her adoptive parents out of Shengde Hospital to stroll and shop, and also bought two sets of clothes for both of them.
After returning to the ward, it was already 5:30 PM.
Du Juan insisted that Meng Jingwei call Qing Muye to invite him to dinner. Under duress, she agreed.
The dinner was arranged at Xuianmeite Western Restaurant.
After Meng Jingwei arrived at the restaurant, she sent her location to Qing Muye. Half an hour later, Qing Muye, dressed in a well-tailored suit, appeared in the private room. His chiseled face was tense, his expression as cold as frost, and he exuded an oppressive aura.
"You invited me to dinner and brought me to a place like this?"