Chapter 45: The Han Zhuoli Who Had Been Quiet All This While, Instantly Took out a Card
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"I have heard everything just now." Lu Man nodded.
At that moment, a nurse ran over and told the doctor, "Doctor Hu, are you going to use the operating theatre or not? If you won't be using it, can someone else use it?"
"Yes, we're using it!" Lu Man quickly said, "I'm the patient's daughter, you need a family member's signature right? I'll sign it."
The nurse at the side had already prepared the agreement a long time ago, and Lu Man did not dare to delay it anymore signing immediately.
"You can go and pay the fee," Doctor Hu said, "The surgery fee is 100 000."
Heart bypass surgery was a major operation, so the cost of the surgery had never been cheap.
"I'll go and get the money now We had originally set the surgery date to be half a month later, and so, of course, I can't be carrying such a huge sum of money around." Lu Man explained, "Can you operate on my mom first?"
She had long prepared the money for the surgery, she still remembered that in her past life since she had to go to the prison, she was no longer able to stay by her mother's side when she was awaiting surgery, hence she had passed the money to Tang Zi.
However, she had only saved up 100,000 dollars for the surgery, and aside from that, she did not have enough money to pay for the medicines and hospital fees after the surgery.
Yet, the most important thing right now was to finish the surgery, and as for the money needed afterwards, she would think of a way to get it.
Maybe she could first owe the hospital, then go get jobs to earn money, or she could be thick-skinned and borrow some money from people.
As of now, Lu Man could only take things one step at a time.
But she definitely would not be Lu Qi's assistant again.
Furthermore, the money that she had earned from being Lu Qi's assistance was very little and was definitely not enough.
Xia Qingyang and her daughter frequently used to say that she was Lu Qi's older sister, hence as a family how could they be so calculative?
Also, Lu Qiyuan actually felt that what they said was very logical, and if Lu Man insisted on wanting the same amount of salary that others in her line of work were getting, then it meant that she did not care for her sister enough and was cheating a family member of money.
Moreover, Xia Qingyang also told Lu Qiyuan that since they were a family, there was no need to be so calculative.
Thus even Lu Qiyuan agreed with her.
However, if not paying her would not have been ridiculous, they would have made Lu Man work for free.
Thus, Lu Man's salary was scanty, even lower than the average salary of assistants.
That was because, in Xia Qingyang and her daughter's eyes, the Lu family money as well as all of Lu Qiyuan's assets and money, all belonged solely to Xia Qingyang and Lu Q. Moreover, spending any of it on Lu Man was like cutting off a piece of their flesh.
For them, giving money to Lu Man was as if feeding a dog, very profligate use of money.
Xia Qingyang had married into the Lu family only after Lu Qiyuan had become a boss and the Lu family was doing well. Hence she had been a rich madam for many years.
Despite her being a rich madam for several years, the truth was that she had never gotten rid of her plebeian habits.
Whereas all these years, Lu Man had always wanted to stay with Xia Qingwei but she could not, since she had to save up money to treat Xia Qingwei's illness.
Usually, when Lu Qi was filming, Lu Man could follow the crew and eat boxed lunches. However, when she was at B City, even though she had to face Xia Qingyang and Lu Qi's schemes to frame her, she still remained in the Lu family house, merely because she wanted to save on living expenses, saving up all her earnings to give to Xia Qingwei.
However, considering Xia Qingwei's hospital fees till now, and adding on today's surgery bill, Lu Man had really used up all her savings.
Xia Qingwei's surgery had been pre-arranged from long ago, and ever since Xia Qingwei had checked into the hospital, Lu Man had never failed to pay any of the bills.
Therefore, the doctor still trusted her a lot and so agreed. "That's okay, we'll first operate on your mother, you can pay for the bill later."
"There's no need." Han Zhuoli who had been quiet all this while, instantly took out a card, "I'll pay for the surgery fees first."
Lu Man looked at him questioningly. "It's alright, I have the money."
"But don't you still need to go back to take it? Coming and going is so troublesome, use mine first, you can return the money to me later." Han Zhuoli waved his card towards the nurse.
Chapter 46: Han Zhuoli Raised His Eyebrows. Did He Chase Her to Pay Him Back?
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Of course, the doctor and nurse preferred receiving the payment immediately as it was more reassuring.
Thus before Lu Man could refuse, the nurse hurriedly took the credit card from Han Zhuoli. "Please follow me here to make the payment."
Resigned, Lu Man could only follow Han Zhuoli.
Tang Zi frowned as he could not help even if he wanted too because he did not carry such a huge amount of money around either. he could not help even if he wanted too.
Finally, with the family member's signature and the hospital fees settled, the doctor entered the operation room.
After Lu Man returned, the 'Operation in Progress' light above the operation room was lit.
Suddenly, Tang Zi's phone rang. There seemed to be some urgent matter elsewhere that needed him to be there.
Lu Man rubbed her face and said, "Tang Zi, you should hurry along to your work."
"It's alright, I…"
Lu Man shook her head. "Rest assured, I'll be fine. I'll still be waiting here for my mother to come out. Just now, there were so many people busy getting a shot of Lu Qi. You should hurry return and deal with it too, don't let others beat you to it."
This time, Tang Zi not only had brought along his subordinates and his friends but also had let out the news that Lu Qi and her family was there, afraid that there would not be enough people to help Lu Man situation.
Earlier, the fellow paparazzi were not able to take a picture of Lu Qi at the police station thus they immediately rushed here, thinking that if not Lu Qi, they might as well catch a shot of her family.
However, Tang Zi's plan was simple. He was afraid that he would not be able to gather enough people in such a short period of time, hence he tried his best to garner a huge crowd as much as he could. No matter what their motives were, as long as they could come, it would be of help Lu Man.
"Anyway, by staying here with me, you would be doing nothing other than wasting your time. I can only just wait here too. Rest assured, once my mother is out, I'll let you know," Lu Man urged.
Moreover, she could not prevent him from doing his work too after she had just asked for his help.
Also, earlier when he had picked up the phone, though she could not hear it very clearly, the person on the line sounded rather anxious.
Tang Zi gritted his teeth and nodded. "Alright, call me if you need me."
After that, he looked at Han Zhuoli and decided to leave, though still worried.
A cardiac bypass surgery was not a simple operation. Lu Man clasped her hands together, worried that something might go wrong during the surgery.
Just as her nervous heart was beating furiously, a cup of steaming hot chocolate appeared in front of her. The comforting smell of chocolate immediately calmed her nerves.
Looking up, she realized Han Zhuoli was the one holding onto it.
She had not even realised when he had left and returned He said, "Drink some of this, it can calm your nerves."
"Thank you," Lu Man said as she took the cup of hot chocolate and held it with both her hands. The heat eventually spread from her palms, warming her entire body.
It was at this moment that she realized her hands had always been this cold.
Han Zhuoli had actually noticed it?
She drank a sip of the hot chocolate. The mildly sweet and creamy taste surprisingly calmed her down.
"My mother is having the surgery now, so I can't leave. Once the surgery is over and my mother comes out, I will return home and bring the money back," Lu Man said softly.
No matter what, Han Zhuoli had indeed done her a big favour.
Even though she could have returned home to get the money first while the doctors were operating, she would still not be as assured as she was now waiting at the hospital throughout the entire operation.
"This time, I really have to thank you."
Han Zhuoli raised his eyebrows. Did he chase her just for her pay him back?
She sounded as though he really minded this small sum of money.
"About the money, there's no hurry." He did not really care about such a small matter.
At last, the 'Operation in Progress' light switched off. The doors opened, and the doctor walked out.
Lu Man ran over anxiously. "Doctor, how's my mother doing? Was the operation successful?"
"Don't worry, the operation went smoothly," the doctor said, smiling.
Assured by the doctor's words, Lu Man let out a deep breath. Immediately after, she saw Xia Qingwei being pushed out of the operation room.
Xia Qingwei was wearing an oxygen mask and was unconscious as she was still under the influence of anaesthesia.
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