Chapter 373: Chapter 12 Pharmaceutical Display
Lin Xiaoguai’s first reaction was that Hu Fangfang had done sothing.
She could not be blad for thinking so; after all, she had t Hu Fangfang’s husband before. If asked to describe him, there was only one sentence—Hu Fangfang hardly deserved him.
With a square face, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a stable and amiable personality, Shen Chi had ntioned that although he had a civilian job, his work capacity was very strong, a good man by the standards of contemporary aesthetic views, completely unknown as to how he had encountered Hu Fangfang.
Especially, this man nad Tao Guocai was very good to Hu Fangfang, and even in later generations, he would be considered a great husband.
For him to initiate a divorce, it was clear Hu Fangfang must have really ssed up.
The reality proved her thoughts were indeed correct, only to hear Yu Xiaomiao sigh, “To speak of it, Tao Guocai is also pitiable. What a pity that such a good son turned out so foolish.”
“Foolish?” Lin Xiaoguai was taken aback.
“Yes,” Yu Xiaomiao said with a tone of lant, “Hu Fangfang was confused. When her son had a fever and got sick, she didn’t take him to the hospital but just fed him so fever-reducing pills. That would have been fine, and nothing would have happened if she’d taken proper care of him. But when people asked her to help move things, she actually left her son alone to go out. The poor small child woke up thirsty, tried to get up to pour water, and ended up fainting on the floor. In the early spring weather, the child lay on the ground in light clothing, which naturally worsened his condition. By the ti Tao Guocai ca back, the boy was burning with fever, unconscious. They rushed him to the hospital, but the treatnt sadly left him brain damaged.”
“That child was only seven years old, always smiling and sweet-talking. Everyone liked him so much, but now his whole life is ruined by his own mother. No one can help but pity him.”
“Did Tao Guocai want a divorce from Hu Fangfang just because of this?” That would be understandable, after all, no man could tolerate seeing his son hard like this.
“Not only because of that,” Yu Xiaomiao said over the phone, shaking her head, “The child’s brain was damaged, but any parent would still hope for recovery. Though the doctors said there was very little hope for him to recover, Tao Guocai, being a father, was unwilling to give up and insisted on treatnt. The doctor told him treatnt would be very slow, and though not costly at once, it would be substantial over ti.”
“Then, he went back to ask Hu Fangfang for money. At first, Hu Fangfang would say things like ‘the doctor said it’s incurable, so don’t waste money,’ and then she would say ‘it will take ti to withdraw money from the bank.’ Over ti, Tao Guocai obviously grew suspicious, pressed hard for answers, and found out there was hardly any money left.”
Yu Xiaomiao chuckled, “Tao Guocai contributes at least three to four thousand yuan a year, all handed to Hu Fangfang. There weren’t any big expenses at ho, yet there were no savings. Isn’t it funny, Xiao Guai?”
Lin Xiaoguai was speechless; she couldn’t understand how Hu Fangfang spent money either.
“Given that situation, do you think Tao Guocai should propose a divorce?” Yu Xiaomiao sighed.
Lin Xiaoguai expressed understanding, however much Tao Guocai loved Hu Fangfang, if she could ruin a ho like that, he could not tolerate it.
“Has Hu Fangfang divorced by now?” She thought of the events from early spring, which had been almost half a year ago. Those two must have divorced by now.
“Not yet.” Yu Xiaomiao’s voice sounded a bit strange, “Hu Fangfang refused to divorce and even made a scene attempting suicide in the Military Family Area. She stood on the rooftop threatening to jump. We were almost scared to death by her, resulting in Tao Guocai being called in for political and ideological work.”
Lin Xiaoguai was stunned; she hadn’t expected Yu Xiaomiao to do sothing like that. How much bad karma must Tao Guocai have accumulated in a past life to be saddled with such a debt-collecting wife?
“But how did she end up in the Capital?” This was what puzzled her the most. Logically, if Tao Guocai wanted a divorce and Hu Fangfang wasn’t willing, she should now be in Shanghai trying to win her husband’s affections back. Why would she run away?
“Probably to ask soone for money?” Yu Xiaomiao guessed after a mont’s thought, “Recently, I heard she’s been borrowing money everywhere to treat her son, probably hoping to use this to win back Tao Guocai’s heart.”
“Does her son’s treatnt require a lot of money?”
“Not exactly. A foreign expert known for being extrely authoritative in neurology has recently arrived in Shanghai. Hu Fangfang wants to borrow money to get her son treated by this expert.”
Hearing this, Lin Xiaoguai shook her head and sighed; no matter how authoritative the neurology expert was, it wouldn’t help. In later years, she had never heard of a single case of a brain-damaged child being cured.
She did have a potentially effective prescription in hand, but… Lin Xiaoguai shook her head. If it were her own child or a close friend’s child, she might have taken the risk, but for Hu Fangfang’s child… Even though she loved children, she would not put herself in danger for soone unrelated.
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