Chapter 40: Money Is Everywhere

I woke up again in the hospital.

Lin Yuyao opened her eyes and looked around in confusion.

As she tried to get up, she found an IV drip in her hand.

She rubbed her temples with a headache.

Once you get an IV, the medical expenses are unavoidable.

I just spent money on a new apartment.

The landlord’s door is broken, I have to pay for it.

I still have to go to work.

Money, money, everywhere, and now I’m in the hospital.

As she was lost in thought, the ward door was pushed open, and a tall figure appeared at the entrance. Their eyes met, Lin Yuyao froze, not knowing what to say. Thank you, I’ve said it so many times it could fill a book.

In the end, after much deliberation, besides this, she didn’t know what else to say.

“Brother Fu, thank you.”

Fu Huayi walked in and placed a paper bag by the bed. “I bought you some clothes. I didn’t know what kind to buy, but this is what the saleswoman recommended.”

Huh?

Lin Yuyao’s lips parted slightly, speechless for a long time.

Seeing her expression, Fu Huayi said, “No need to thank me, you don’t have any friends or family here, if you can… consider me… a friend.”

Lin Yuyao nodded repeatedly, “Brother Fu, I…”

“Okay.” He stopped her, then picked up a fruit knife and asked, “Apple or pear?”

On the bedside table, there was a fruit basket.

It contained apples, pears, and bananas.

These were fruits she rarely ate, and this basket of fruit was large and tempting, each one a large, high-quality fruit.

She really wanted to eat them.

She swallowed involuntarily.

“Banana,” she said honestly.

Apples and pears were easy to buy in their hometown and weren’t too expensive.

But bananas were imported, compared to apples and pears, bananas didn’t store well, had high transportation costs, and spoiled easily.

Only better fruit shops had them.

People are like that, the rarer and harder something is to get, the better it seems.

Fu Huayi handed her a banana, sat beside her, and watched her finish it.

Lin Yuyao suddenly remembered something and asked Fu Huayi, “How is Lu Jiangting?”

Fu Huayi’s expression darkened, “You still care about him?”

Lin Yuyao shook her head, “No, I think I saw you hit him, he… won’t he report you?”

“It’s fine.”

Lin Yuyao became anxious, “How can it be fine? If he reports you, what if it affects your job?”

Seeing her anxious look, Fu Huayi breathed a sigh of relief; he was quite happy inside.

He said, “I said it’s fine because I’m sure he won’t report me.”

Huh?

“Why wouldn’t he report you?”

Why wouldn’t he?

Because he warned Lu Jiangting.

If he dared to report him, he would report him too. Two people fighting wouldn’t result in only one person being punished. Even if it escalated to the worst outcome, he wasn’t afraid.

At worst, he’d be fired.

He could go into business at home; his parents would be happy.

What about Lu Jiangting?

If he was discharged from the military, he could only go home to farm.

Lu Jiangting wasn’t stupid; he wouldn’t dare to confront him.

But he didn’t tell Lin Yuyao this, he only said, “His actions are considered marriage fraud; if I report him for marriage fraud, he’ll be in big trouble. We both have leverage; he doesn’t want to fight to the death with me.”

Is that so?

But didn’t he say it’s difficult to determine this?

Lin Yuyao didn’t ask any more questions and took the apple Fu Huayi handed her.

He peeled it very well, the skin was thin, and it was cut into small pieces for her.

Lin Yuyao suddenly remembered, “Brother Fu, how did you happen to be at my house today?”

Uh…

He was initially going to help her move; he asked Zhou Jing about her moving time.

“Old Zhou came back, I came to tell you, I didn’t expect this to happen.”

“Really? That’s great. I… I’ve taken this week off, I can only go find him next week.”

“No hurry, he just came back and hasn’t started work yet, he’ll start work next week too.”

Then next week is fine.

“You took another day off?”

“Yes.” Fu Huayi hummed softly.

Lin Yuyao felt guilty, “I’m sorry, I troubled you to take time off.”

“It’s fine, I have my things to do, I would take time off, not just for you. I just happened to pass by and I remembered, so I came to tell you.”

“Then, is it okay for you to take time off so often?”

This stumped Fu Huayi.

He rarely took time off before; he had taken quite a few days off these past few days.

Other people would be scolded, but his superior didn’t scold him. He knew why he could take time off without being scolded; he didn’t want to rely on his family’s influence and enjoy privileges. But, when he thought of what he saw that morning when he went to find her, he wished he could take time off every day to stay by her side.

She was like a delicate flower ravaged by a storm, weak and about to break.

At that moment, he almost couldn’t control himself from killing Lu Jiangting.

If he had been even a little later, he didn’t dare to think about what would have happened.

That scumbag Lu Jiangting.

“It’s fine, our supervisor is easy to talk to; as long as there are no special tasks and it’s not busy, we can take time off.”

“Oh, and about that door…” She remembered it being kicked in.

Fu Huayi replied, “Don’t worry, I’ve compensated for it.”

“What about my things…”

“I helped you take your things to… I gave them to Zhou Jing. She said she knows where your new apartment is, and she will help deliver them when she has time. And your clothes, I had the two female comrades who live next to you help you change.”

The neighbors knew?

She felt so embarrassed.

If this got out, she didn’t know what people would say.

Fu Huayi added, “I gave each of them ten yuan, so they won’t spread rumors.”

Well…

Okay.

She suddenly felt that she owed Fu Huayi more than she could repay.

Once the IV was done, Lin Yuyao insisted on being discharged.

The doctor had seen her; she was fine now but needed to avoid getting angry and not have too many emotional fluctuations for the time being.

Fu Huayi drove her to her new apartment.

Lin Yuyao was a bit puzzled, “Brother Fu, you know where this is?”

Cough, cough!

“I asked Zhou Jing. You were still asleep at noon, and when she was helping you move your things, I came to help.”

Oh, I see.

“Thanks.”

“Go ahead and go in.”

Her belongings were inside, and it was the hottest part of the afternoon; the top floor was really hot.

Looking at the large and small bags on the floor, Lin Yuyao felt embarrassed, “Brother Fu, it’s such a mess here, there’s hardly any room to step. Please sit for a moment while I tidy up.”

“It’s fine, you’re not feeling well; I’ll help you tidy up.”

He helped her make the bed, took out the pots and pans, and arranged them. She then noticed that there seemed to be some extra items. And her coal stove seemed to have been replaced.

Hmm?

Lin Yuyao stared at the coal stove.

Fu Huayi said awkwardly, “When I fought with Lu Jiangting, I accidentally broke your coal stove, so I replaced it for you.”