164: Chapter 164: Tornted by Illness!
164: Chapter 164: Tornted by Illness!
Money can make the devil turn the millstones?
Xu Kuishan now felt that this saying was complete nonsense.
The Xu family had wealth and power, but when faced with a strange illness, weren’t they still suffering imnsely?
No doctor could diagnose it!
No dicine could relieve the pain!
Living in the best hospital in Liuli City, with countless dical experts on call and the most advanced equipnt and best dicines at their disposal…
And the result?
They were still in such agony they wished they were dead.
The most painful thing in the world might just be this.
No amount of wealth or power could buy health.
In their tornt, Xu Kuishan and the others could only hope for a self-recovery like Xu Feng’s.
And the most tragic was ng Sihua.
He had co to Liuli City seeking cooperation and help.
But what was the outco?
Without the Xu family’s fortunes, he ended up with the sa bone-aching disease.
He had not even managed to latch onto the Xu family’s coattails to find a way to save his father before he himself was laid out.
And as the saying goes, misfortune cos on wings and departs on foot—he no longer had the heart or spirit to haggle over terms.
He had agreed with a middleman to hire an assassin at a high price to kill Wu Jie.
The long night stretched on.
The pain was relentless.
Moans and screams would intermittently rise from the wards, sending shivers down the spines of the other hospitalized patients.
Were they being whipped or branded, or perhaps flayed or dismbered?
It felt as if a group of people were being tortured with cruel punishnts!
…
The night deepened.
In the restaurant on the second floor of the hotel, what had been a lively table of people now fell into a somber atmosphere.
Putting down the dical report, Wu Jianguo forced a smile and said,
“No worries, you’re still young, there’s no rush to get pregnant!”
Liao Lan frowned and asked, “With dical technology so advanced nowadays, how is it that even a small bullet can’t be removed?”
Wu Jie hurriedly explained, “It’s not that it can’t be removed, but the risk is too great.
It’s very easy to damage nerves and the spinal cord, which could lead to paralysis of half the body or even full paralysis, so that’s why the surgery has been delayed.”
“If that’s the case, let’s continue to wait.
Maybe so new technology will erge one day, and it will be possible to remove it!” Wu Jianguo said reassuringly.
Tang Xiao said with a face full of regret, “I’m sorry to have disappointed you both.”
“Oh, don’t talk like that.
To marry soone as wonderful as you, we couldn’t be prouder!”
“That’s right!
As long as you two are happy, it doesn’t matter whether you have children or not!”
The couple hastened to persuade.
Tang Xiao nodded slightly, “Let’s not talk about unhappy things then.
Let’s talk about where we want to go tomorrow, shall we?”
“Let’s not go out!
There are too many people!” said Wu Jianguo with a bitter smile.
“It’s just heads everywhere you go!”
“I actually want to go back to my hotown.
You two are getting married next month, so we need to start preparing early.”
As Liao Lan spoke, she glanced at Zhu Cui, “It’s just this child, Cui…”
Tang Xiao imdiately asked, “Cui, do you want to work, or do you plan to study?”
Zhu Cui lifted her head, sowhat bewildered, and said,
“I…
I only know how to do laundry, cook, and farm work.
I don’t know what else I can do.”
Tang Xiao said, “Then go to Tianyuan University for adult education.
Tang Xin is also there, and she’s quite quirky.
You’d be a great match, and you could learn to be more cheerful and lively, not so dull and introverted.”
Zhu Cui nodded repeatedly, “Then I’ll listen to my sister-in-law.”
With a slight smile, Tang Xiao took out her phone and started to book the tickets.
“We’re not going back to Tianyuan, just book us direct flights to Nanhuo!” Wu Jianguo said hastily.
Tang Xiao quickly booked the tickets and stood up, “Then let’s all get a good night’s sleep; we’ll head to the airport early tomorrow morning.”
Upstairs, back to the room.
As soon as the door closed, Wu Jie asked, “You’re letting Cui learn from Tang Xin, aren’t you afraid she’ll be led astray by her?”
“Tang Xin isn’t bad, she’s just overly cheerful and lively!”
After putting the report into the suitcase and taking his dicine, Tang Xiao headed straight for the bathroom.
Just before closing the door, Tang Xiao suddenly asked, “Aren’t you curious to ask how the Xu Family is doing?”
“What can they do?
They’re just in pain, they won’t die!”
Wu Jie lay down on the sofa, lit a cigarette, and started fiddling with his phone.
After a mont’s thought, Tang Xiao went back, took her phone, which was charging on the bedside table, into the bathroom with her.
She was too curious.
Buzz!
Wu Jie’s phone received a ssage.
It was from Yu Hui.
The comrcial intelligence personnel in Liuli City noticed ng Sihua colluding with the Xu Family.
Many people from the Xu Family suddenly ca down with a bizarre and painful bone disease and were hospitalized, madly seeking famous doctors everywhere.
They took so short videos at the hospital; the corridors were heavily guarded, but harrowing screams ca from the wards.
Heart-wrenching, piercing howls that sent shivers down one’s spine just by listening.
After closing the video, Wu Jie snickered and muttered under his breath,
“Find so famous doctor my ass, they’ll be fine after repeated intense pain for a day or two, which serves them right for disrespecting the orthopedic expert Elder Huo.”
“This ti, they will know what it feels like when the bones ache!”
Having replied to Yu Hui with the four words ‘keep a close watch’, Wu Jie was about to start gaming when Tang Xin sent a ssage.
“Jie, when are you guys coming back?
If you’re not using the master bedroom you rented, let turn it into a live streaming room!”
Wu Jie imdiately replied, “Sure!
Lin surely has a spare key; go get it from her!”
“You’re still up this late?
Didn’t sothing happen between you and my sister?”
Wu Jie glanced back at the bathroom; Tang Xin seed to be on the phone with soone.
“I wish it would, but how could it?”
Tang Xin quickly sent a string of contemptuous emojis.
“Poor baby!
Guarding a stunning beauty but unable to do anything, you must be in so much pain!”
“Why don’t you go to the restroom and take care of it yourself?
After all, the hotel is sure to provide plenty of toilet paper.”
Wu Jie scoffed in reply, “Do you think I’m like you, with nothing but dirty thoughts?
Alright, get so sleep before you turn into an old hag and end up with no one wanting you!”
“No one wanting is fine; I won’t get into a relationship or marry anyway, and it won’t kill !
Going to sleep, can’t be bothered to stoop to your level!”
Wu Jie rolled his eyes and cursed silently, “As if you aren’t the dirtier one, right?”
Just then, the bathroom door suddenly opened, and Tang Xiao stuck her head out, frowning as she asked,
“What exactly did you give them, making them suffer like they’re being tortured?”
“Why?
Do you want to try it too?” Wu Jie asked with a laugh.
“Get lost!
Not serious at all!”
With a slam of the door, the sound of water soon started flowing from the bathroom.
He was silently griping when suddenly there was a knock on the door.
“Who is it?” Wu Jie got up and asked doubtfully as he walked forward.
“Good evening, room service!” ca a soft and pleasant female voice from outside the door.
“This late and the voice is still so gentle and nice…
crap, it couldn’t be that, could it?”
“I’ve heard from colleagues in the marketing departnt that when you stay in hotels out of town, so slip business cards under the door, so call in the middle of the night, and so co knocking directly!”
“Brother finally has this kind of encounter; let’s see what she looks like!”
Wu Jie suddenly felt a surge of excitent, his curiosity piqued, he couldn’t help but quicken his pace…
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