Chapter 2 Penniless, Adding Insult To Injury

• In the taxi, Jiang Yan suddenly received a call from Xu Lili.
• Before Jiang Yan could say anything, Xu Lili started scolding, "Jiang Yan, what's wrong with you? Xiao Wu Bai was looking after your child, and you still scolded her at the store? She has now resigned, crying and saying she won't work anymore. Are you going to hire a waitress for me?"
• Jiang Yan felt frustrated and said, "Do you know how she was taking care of the child?"
• He was about to tell Xu Lili about their daughter's illness.
• But Xu Lili interrupted him, mocking, "Yes, yes, you take care of the child so well. What else can you do besides taking care of the child? I don't have time to argue with you. Quickly call Xiao Wu and apologize. If she quits, you will have to manage the store tomorrow."
• "Xu Lili, Nan Nan is sick!"
• Jiang Yan anxiously tried to explain, but Xu Lili had already hung up.
• Jiang Yan felt overwhelmed and quickly called her back.
• After two rings, the phone indicated it was switched off.
• Jiang Yan trembled with anger, trying to calm himself down.
• He tried to give his daughter a massage.
• When his father wanted him to study traditional Chinese medicine, he was rebellious and chose to study Western medicine to defy his father.
• The massage techniques he used were just the basics he had learned.
• However, they proved to be very useful in this critical moment.
• After massaging his daughter's back for a while, it was already slightly damp, showing signs of sweating.
• Jiang Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
• He heard his daughter cough and opened her eyes groggily, saying, "Daddy!"
• All of Jiang Yan's frustrations from today melted away in the sound of her voice. His eyes became moist, and he held his daughter tenderly, saying, "Nannan, I'm sorry, Daddy is late."
• Jiang Nannan reached out her small hand and wiped his face, asking, "Daddy, why are you crying? Did Nannan make you angry by not listening?"
• "No, it's not Nannan's fault."
• Looking at his sensible daughter, Jiang Yan felt even more guilty and self-blame, thinking that he had harmed his daughter due to his negligence.
• At Donghai Hospital.
• Attending physician Wang Youde checked the thermometer and glanced at the bandage on Jiang Yan's head, full of disdain, "Young man, what's wrong with you? You're already an adult, yet you're still fighting like a young kid? Your daughter has a high fever of 39 degrees. If you had come any later, she might not have made it. Do you realize that?"
• "It's my fault, I deserve to die!"
• Jiang Yan slapped himself hard on the face.
• Wang Youde opened the admission procedures and handed a blood test report to Jiang Yan, instructing him, "This is your daughter's blood routine test. Her white blood cell count is slightly high, indicating inflammation caused by the high fever. She needs to be hospitalized for observation. Go complete the procedures, and let's bring down the fever first!"
• "Thank you!"
• Jiang Yan gathered his spirits, carried his child, and went to the payment hall to complete the admission procedures.
• While waiting in line, he glanced at the blood test report.
• He discovered that Jiang Nannan's blood type was actually AB.
• He was immediately puzzled.
• He was blood type B, and his wife Xu Lili was type O, so how could they have a child with type AB?
• He carefully checked the information again, and it was correct.
• What was going on?
• But he didn't dwell on it for now, he put away the test report, thinking that maybe he had remembered Xu Lili's blood type wrong.
• A deposit of five thousand yuan had to be paid before admission.
• But he encountered a problem when trying to pay with his QR code.
• The bank card showed insufficient balance.
• He tried several bank cards, but the result was the same.
• Jiang Yan was puzzled, as there was at least tens of thousands of yuan in savings at home, but he couldn't even withdraw five thousand yuan from the bank card.
• The staff at the window glanced at Jiang Yan, urging impatiently, "Do you have money or not? So many people are waiting to process their procedures, let's just serve you alone today!"
• The patients behind him were not happy, urging, "Can you hurry up? We're all waiting!"
• "Sorry!"
• Jiang Yan apologized repeatedly, feeling embarrassed towards the staff, "Excuse me, can I be admitted first and I'll come back to pay the money immediately?"
• "What are you thinking? Do you think we are a charity organization?"
• The staff rolled their eyes at him and gestured for the person behind to come forward.
• Jiang Yan had no choice but to stand aside with the child in his arms.
• He was sweating profusely, one hand holding little Nannan, the other constantly checking his savings account on his phone.
• His arm had already begun to ache, but he persevered by sheer force to hold on until now.
• The cashier glanced at him and sarcastically said to his colleague, "Look, a grown man can't even come up with five thousand. He must be really poor. His daughter must have been unlucky to have such a useless father."
• The colleague gossiped, "Exactly, I bet he's not even her real father!"
• "Could be!"
• The cashier chuckled as if discussing something amusing.
• Jiang Yan heard this and gave them a displeased look.
• His daughter was so sick, yet they were still mocking others and not even trying to hide it, speaking loudly as if they wanted everyone to hear.
• He couldn't reach Xu Lili now, so he had to call his mother-in-law and ask to borrow some money from her.
• He had lent his younger brother-in-law fifty to sixty thousand before, but his brother-in-law hadn't paid back a single penny.
• His mother-in-law knew about these things.