Chapter 102: A Helping Hand

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  Song Jie knew her own weakness was being too soft-hearted, but if it was within her power to help, why not lend a hand.

  This afternoon, as expected, there was no sign of the math teacher, and even her class was replaced by a language teacher.

  After school in the afternoon, Song Jie and Zhang Yang went to People's Hospital. When they arrived, there was no one in the ward except for a six or seven-year-old boy sitting on the bed playing with toys.

  This is Xiao Qi, with a short head and big eyes, but he looks thin and small. At first glance, it seems that he was born with insufficient vitality. Judging from his pale lips, he might have heart disease.

  It's naturally better to treat this kind of illness as early as possible, so the heart can recover sooner. But Xiao Qi is already so big now, and having surgery at this point is a bit late.

  Song Jie and they did not go in, but instead went to the office, where Xiao Qi's attending doctor happened to be.

  I asked about Xiao Qi's condition and it turned out to be a congenital heart disease, which requires surgery as soon as possible. If fully cured, the total cost including hospitalization will be 30,000 yuan.

  The 30,000 yuan now is not the same as the 30,000 yuan in the future, it's a huge sum of money, no wonder Teacher Wang couldn't make ends meet.

  "This amount of money is enough, just go home and rest after the surgery. If we delay any further, I'm afraid the surgery won't be effective either. Xiao Qi is such a well-behaved child, never crying or throwing tantrums when getting injections or taking medicine, so obedient, what a pity! The doctor in charge also likes Xiao Qi very much, but feels somewhat helpless."

  Song Jie and Zhang Yang walked out of the hospital with a heavy heart, worried about Xiao Qi, and also feeling helpless about the unpredictability of fate.

  "What are you going to do, Song Jie?" Zhang Yang asked.

  "I want to help Xiao Qi, if I hadn't seen it, that's fine, but since I've seen it, I have to lend a hand, otherwise, I won't be able to justify myself."

  "I knew you'd say that, okay, let's help out then. Anyway, with all your money, doing some charity work isn't bad either." Zhang Yang said sarcastically, he had long known that Song Jie was a shareholder of Red Makeup, and her net worth wasn't ordinary.

  "Alright, a good deed is done thoroughly." Song Jie now has assets worth tens of millions, and the annual dividend is quite substantial.

  Hongyan's abduction ordeal made her even more sought after. Zhang Fu also taught the Xie family a lesson, and those who were eager to make trouble were intimidated into silence.

  The banks are now closed, and the next morning, Song Jie took a half-day leave to go to the bank and withdraw 30,000 yuan. It's not that she didn't want to give more, but if she gave just the right amount, it would be helpful; giving too much might make it seem like charity.

  At noon, she and Zhang Yang went to the hospital together, paid the hospitalization fee and surgery fee at the payment office, and also deposited the remaining money there. If it's not enough, they can deduct it from there.

  Wang Sumei has been busy with the house for the past two days, so Xiao Qi had to be left in her mother's care. She was almost running out of breath, but how could a house in such a remote location be sold easily?

  Dragging her tired body, Wang Sumei finished lunch and hurried to the hospital.

  As soon as she pushed open the door, her son's sweet voice called out: "Mom." All her fatigue seemed to have vanished.

  "Is there a good boy today? Did you listen to Grandma's words, Little Qi?"

  "Yes." The cute little kid puffed out his chest in guarantee.

  "Really? Come on, Mom has made some delicious food for you." If their classmates saw their usually strict teacher being so motherly, they would definitely be shocked.

  The girls had lunch, and Wang Mu called her daughter to the door again.

  "How is it? Is there any news about the house?"

  "No, the location is too remote and it's not easy to sell. I've already contacted all the intermediaries, if you want to get rid of it quickly, the price will probably be much lower. I'm reluctant to do so, thinking of trying a bit more. If it really doesn't work out, then just sell it at a low price."

  "It's probably going to be like this, we sold it too hastily, how could we not be forced to lower the price? This afternoon you go to the payment office, I'm afraid the hospitalization fee won't be enough, if all else fails, please ask the doctor to give us a two-day extension."

  "I know, mom, I'll go this afternoon." Wang Su Mei also knew that the situation was urgent and they had no choice but to sell the house.

  When they arrived at the payment office, Wang Su-mei inquired with the doctor about how much of the hospitalization fee was left. However, she was informed that "all your medical expenses and surgical fees have been paid in full, totaling 30,000 yuan. The hospital will arrange Xiao Qi's surgery as soon as possible."

  "What? Doctor, didn't you make a mistake? I haven't paid the money yet. Or maybe someone else's payment was made to the wrong place?" Wang Sumei was shocked and sweated profusely.

  "It's not a mistake, it's for the 45th bed, Xiao Qi, your son, the money was paid, specifically named, and there was no error. How could you not know?" The doctor thought he was familiar with him.

  "I don't know who paid the money, what does that person look like? Doctor, do you still remember? Can you tell me about it?" Wang Sumei rummaged through her memory but couldn't figure out who would lend her such a large sum of money. Was it the child's father? She immediately denied it, if it was the child's father, there wouldn't have been a divorce in the first place.

  "They were two teenagers who looked exceptionally good-looking, like movie stars. I thought they were here to help the adults pay."

  "Can't you be more specific about what they look like?" It was too vague, and Wang Sumei couldn't imagine who it was either.

  "Alright, they were one...". The doctor described their appearance in detail because they were handsome and beautiful with extraordinary temperament, she remembered it very clearly, and at that time, she even wondered whose child they were to look so good.

  As soon as Wang Sumei heard the doctor's words, she knew it was her classmates, must be Song Jie and Zhang Yang, they were always inseparable, only them. But where did two little kids get the money from? Hopefully not stolen from home.

  When Song Jie donated the money at first, she didn't think of hiding it. It wasn't that she wanted to do a good deed and leave her name behind, but rather because anonymous donations were unrealistic. When the time came and Teacher Wang asked about it, if he heard that it was from someone they didn't know, even the doctor would suspect where the money came from, and it would definitely not be able to be hidden.

  Mr. Wang did not hesitate and took out the 30,000 yuan again, taking it to school.

  The students had arrived at school and were in class. Wang Laoshi called Song Jie and Zhang Yang out of the classroom to the office.

  Wang Sumei sat down in front of the chair and took out 30,000 yuan from her bag, pushing it to the two people in front of her.

  "This money was taken by you, hurry up and take it back. How can you take the family's money casually when your parents are not paying attention? This time I'll let it go as a kind intention, I won't report to your parents, secretly return it, don't do anything wrong, ah."

  "This money belongs to Song Jie, let her say it." Zhang Yang betrayed his friend.

  Song Jie glared at Zhang Yang, this ungrateful person was becoming more and more unbearable.

  "Teacher, this money is mine, just take it and use it for Xiao Qi's medical treatment."

  "How can you lie? I'm touched by your kindness, but I don't want your money. Where did you kids get the money from at such a young age? Hurry up and return it, or else I'll tell your parents!" Wang Sumei was getting angry.

  "It's really my own money, teacher. If you don't believe me, just ask Zhang Yang." Song Jie provocatively glanced at Zhang Yang, as if to frame a friend.

  Zhang Yang finally remembered the famous saying that he couldn't afford to offend Song Jie, so he rubbed his nose and said to Wang Su Mei: "Teacher, Song Jie didn't lie, this money was earned by herself."

  "Yes, teacher, I could start running a stall from when I was 7 or 8 years old. The money I earned was more than enough, helping you out is just a small matter. Just take it."

  Zhang Yang on the side also nodded vigorously in agreement.

  "Even if you earn the money, Teacher, it's not yours to take. Why don't you give it to your parents? How can you just keep it for yourself? Besides, I couldn't possibly accept your money for nothing. What kind of thing is this?" Wang Su-mei firmly refused.

  "Teacher, just take it. I've been delivering goods to Antique Street all along, you know how valuable antiques are, worth a fortune. Xiao Qi needs surgery fees now, just consider it as borrowing from me, and return it when the time comes. Why sell the house? Yesterday noon, we were following behind you and heard everything."

  Wang Sumei was momentarily tongue-tied and felt a bit embarrassed, never expecting that her own predicament would be seen by her own student.

  "Teacher, if you don't believe me, you can call my home to confirm whether what I'm saying is true or not. Anyway, it's about borrowing money, and who we borrow from makes a difference, right? Isn't curing Xiao Qi's illness the most important thing now?" Song Jie was about to speak again, but who would lend money to others with such trouble?

  Wang Sumei listened and thought it made sense, she was actually convinced, just now she wanted to return the money... thinking of Xiao Qi, her heart wavered.

  "Then I'll call and ask." After that, Wang Sumei asked for Song Jie's home phone number and dialed it.

  It was Zhao's father who answered the phone, and upon hearing that it was a teacher from the school, he was taken aback - this was the first time a teacher had ever called him. After listening to Wang Su-mei's account, Zhao's father told her without hesitation that Song Jie's money would be entirely under his control, as she had earned it herself.

  Wang Sumei hung up the phone, thought for a moment and said: "Okay, let's just say that the teacher borrowed it from you. Xiao Qi's illness really needs money now, I won't pretend, I will definitely pay you back later."

  After finishing speaking, Wang Sumei took out a notebook from the drawer, wrote down an IOU with a pen, tore it off and handed it to Song Jie.

  "This is an IOU, thank you for helping me when I was in the most difficult time, I don't know what to say, anyway thank you." Wang Sumei's eyes were a little red, she didn't expect her students would lend a hand at her most difficult time.

  "Teacher, don't worry about me, Xiao Qi's illness is more urgent."

  "I appreciate your kindness, but during class, you must listen carefully. If I catch you, you will be scolded just the same."

  Several people burst out laughing at the same time.