Chapter 358 - Unwilling to Pay This Medical Bill

Money, it’s all about money!

Facing this situation, the first thing that came to Li Lanfang’s mind wasn’t to immediately fetch life-saving money to help Butcher He, but rather, how to come up with so much medical fees for the hospital all at once.

As Li Lanfang stood there as if in a daze, He Xiaoqing looked at her and shouted, “Mom, go get the money, I’ll stay here with Dad.”

“Money, where can we get so much money?”

She and Butcher He had over five hundred thousand in their savings book, and the bankbook was also with her, but now it was late at night, definitely impossible to withdraw that money.

They could only wait until the bank staff started work the next day to get it.

However, Li Lanfang suddenly turned to Butcher Zhou, Butcher Zhu and the others and said, “My husband had such a car accident because you guys called him out for supper and drinks.

Now, you have to pay up, pay for the medical expenses.”

With the hospital demanding such a significant sum for medical fees, Li Lanfang certainly couldn’t pay it all.

She was prepared to cling onto anyone she could blame; if that failed, there was simply no choice.

Like in the case of the dump truck driver, since the responsibility lay with Butcher He himself, it was definitely impossible to get millions from the dump truck driver.

Getting tens of thousands was also probably unrealistic.

As for how much Butcher He’s compensation from the dump truck driver’s insurance company would be, this would only be confirmed after the accident liability was established.

Butcher Zhu, Butcher Zhou, and the others hadn’t expected that Li Lanfang would so quickly latch onto them.

Although everyone went for supper together, drinking was something Butcher He wanted to do on his own, and besides, none of them had anticipated this accident.

The young traffic policeman, who was watching, felt this middle-aged woman was really unreasonable.

However, he did not bother with these disputes; instead, he inquired about Butcher He’s injuries from the emergency doctors, took notes, and photographed Butcher He’s condition.

Knowing that Butcher He was not dead but just seriously injured, he then left.

Now, only Butcher Zhou, Butcher Zhu, and the others remained, but Li Lanfang clung onto them, wanting them to cough up the five hundred thousand.

These men also sold pork; each had their hard-earned fortunes.

Sure, they each might have two to three hundred thousand, but getting them to fork over that money was absolutely impossible.

“Sister-in-law, we each could contribute a few thousand or ten thousand for the medical fees out of decency, but you’re demanding five hundred thousand from us, isn’t that asking for our lives?”

“Who else is responsible for calling my husband out for supper and drinks, if not you guys?”

Li Lanfang scolded as she turned to Butcher Zhou and the others.

Initially, Butcher Zhou and the others intended to give a few thousand each for Butcher He’s medical expenses, but now, no one wanted to deal with this Li Lanfang anymore.

They considered Li Lanfang not only a harridan, crazy woman, but also a lunatic.

Having failed to place the blame on the dump truck driver, then the traffic policeman, she now started pinning it on them.

“Sister-in-law, go and ask the supper shop owner for compensation then, it was the shop owner who provided your husband with beer to drink,” Butcher Zhu said.

Upon hearing this, Li Lanfang’s eyes spun around as if she had just thought of this angle.

However, she wanted to extract money from Butcher Zhou and the others first, and seeing that they had no intention of offering any, Li Lanfang began sitting on the ground, cursing loudly.

“Are you swine friends trying to kill my husband?”

“You filled my husband with so much alcohol, now my husband is hospitalized and we have no money for the fees, and you swine friends refuse to give a single dime.”

As Li Lanfang shouted and cursed, many patients and their families came out from the wards and the hospital to see what was going on, and Butcher Zhu, Butcher Zhou, and the others felt deeply ashamed.

They wished never to see this Li Lanfang again in their lifetimes!

“Sister-in-law, you should go back and get the money,” the butcher Zhou reminded her.

“The hospital and your husband can’t wait.”

Zhou Butcher didn’t want to deal with it anymore, so he and Zhu Butcher left the place, knowing that He Butcher wasn’t going to die.

Given Li Lanfang’s current state, they certainly didn’t want to stay another minute.

After Zhou Butcher and Zhu Butcher had left, Li Lanfang slowly stood up, wiping away her tears, while the female nurse looked at her as if she were watching a monkey perform.

He Xiaoqing lowered her head in embarrassment, not daring to look at anyone.

“Family of the patient, please go back and prepare the money as soon as possible.

Bring it by tomorrow morning at the latest.

Otherwise, the patient will be discharged, treatment will be stopped, and medication will be discontinued.

If anything happens to the patient then, it will be your family’s responsibility.”

The female nurse had been tired for an hour or two and was now exhausted; naturally, she didn’t feel like saying anything more to Li Lanfang.

When she returned to the ward, the emergency doctors had already stopped treating He Butcher.

His condition had temporarily stabilized, and they would only be able to continue treatment tomorrow.

For now, they had moved He Butcher to the intensive care unit for monitoring.

Tomorrow, once the hospital received the medical and hospitalization fees, other internal medicine doctors would resume treating him.

Li Lanfang approached the intensive care unit with a vacant look, seeing He Butcher in a coma, his body swathed in bandages.

Now being asked to come up with five hundred thousand was akin to asking for her life!

According to what the traffic cop had said, they couldn’t expect to get much in compensation from the truck driver, but now they needed to come up with five hundred thousand for medical expenses.

Moreover, it might not be enough.

More money might be needed later on.

In such a situation, although He Butcher might not die for the moment, to Li Lanfang, it seemed better if he had just died when the truck hit him.

His survival now was just a burden on her and her daughter.

“Mom, Mom,” He Xiaoqing called out urgently when she saw Li Lanfang didn’t respond.

“Your father has doomed us both,” said Li Lanfang, looking at He Xiaoqing.

“Mom, Dad’s life is important.

We can earn money back, but once a life is gone, everything is gone,” He Xiaoqing said.

“What do you know?

It’s hard-earned money.

I have to take it out now, and I can’t bear to do it,” Li Lanfang replied.

“But, but…”

“No buts, let me think about it,” Li Lanfang said.

To her, if He Butcher’s condition was really serious and possibly beyond saving, or if saving him wouldn’t make much difference, Li Lanfang thought it might be best not to spend the money on treatment.

Instead, should He Butcher pass away, they could just take him directly to the crematorium.

Of course, these were her inner thoughts, her “mental method,” and she wouldn’t share them with He Xiaoqing.

Spouses are like birds in the same forest, who fly separately when disaster strikes.

Now, Li Lanfang truly entertained such thoughts.

If she had that five hundred thousand, that would be more important than anything.

But without the money, even if He Butcher were saved, and he became a paralyzed invalid, it would burden her for life, expecting her to care for and serve He Butcher forever.

Initially, Li Lanfang had thought that with her husband so severely injured by the truck, the truck driver would have to pay a compensation of at least a million, maybe even several million.

If that were the case, even if He Butcher stopped butchering and selling pork, she would not mind serving him for a lifetime.

But these were just her thoughts, and in reality, things were completely different.