“That depends on whether you wish for the service of a local or international surgeon. Your mother’s condition currently isn’t looking too optimistic, so I would advise you to get an international surgeon to lead the operation. However, the fee incurred would be much, much higher.” The doctor informed her about the results of the examination.
“How much would that cost?” Gu Qingxin asked again anxiously.
“Including the various medical expenses after the surgery, it will cost at least one million yuan.”
One million yuan?
To Gu Qingxin, that was an astronomical figure.
Gu Qingxin’s gaze instantly fell on her mother who rested in the intensive care unit. Her chest hurt like it had been ripped apart. Her mother was the only family she had. She had to save her mother no matter what. “When will my mother wake up?”
“Right now, the tumor has compressed the most important nerves in your mother’s brain. Without the surgery… I’m afraid she might never wake up,” the doctor told her regretfully.
Gu Qingxin’s already pale face blanched even further. The doctor essentially told her that without the surgery, her mother would only await death.
“Young lady, I’d advise you to prepare the surgery fee as soon as possible. The sooner the surgery is performed, the better it is for your mother. Come and look for me when you have the money,” The doctor said and left.
Only Gu Qingxin was left in the corridor.
She stared at her mother who looked like she was on her deathbed, and her eyes filled with tears. “No, my mother is the only family I have left in this world. I must save her at all cost,” she thought.
Despite her extreme reluctance, Gu Qingxin quickly left the hospital. She rushed out and had just walked down the steps when she saw her father step out from a vehicle.
Gu Qingxin immediately raced over to him. She grabbed his arm tightly and said, “Dad, you must help to save my mom. The doctor said that without the surgery, mom will…”
Gu Huaian interrupted her impatiently, “Let’s talk in the car.”
“But… Mom is still in the hospital.”
“Don’t you need money? Let’s go and get it,” Gu Huaian said as he grabbed Gu Qingxin and forced her into the vehicle.
“Dad, are you sure you’re willing to lend me the money needed for mom’s surgery?” Gu Qingxin asked with a frown. She could not shake off the feeling that there was something wrong with her father’s behavior.
“Let me ask you, where is Meng Zhenglin right now?” Gu Hauian grabbed his daughter’s wrist, he exerted so much force that he was on the verge of shattering her bones.
As Gu Qingxin’s wrist was already injured and his grip on her caused her pain that seemed to penetrate her heart. She broke out in cold sweat and said, “I don’t know where he is.”
“You don’t know? Didn’t you willingly go to his office with him yesterday?”
Willingly? Did Gu Yunci say that?
“That woman’s ability to lie through her teeth was simply unrivaled!” she thought.
“I didn’t go with him willingly. Yesterday, Meng Zhenglin claimed that there was a gift in his office, so we headed there together. Gu Yunci and Tang Rongling left me behind with that b*stard!” To remember what happened the previous day was like a stab in Gu Qingxin’s heart.
“I don’t care about that! The only thing I’m asking you right now is where is the second young master of the Meng family?!” her father shouted.
Gu Huaian currently had an unbearable headache. Late last night, the Meng family informed him that Meng Zhenglin was missing, and they did not know if he was dead or alive. The Meng family members had been pestering him and asking for Meng Zhenglin’s whereabouts.
When he asked Gu Yunci about it, he found out that his wonderful daughter had willingly stayed behind with Meng Zhenglin in his office. As for what happened afterward, nobody knew.
He quickly sent some men to investigate the matter and found out that Gu Qingxin was the last person to be seen with Meng Zhenglin before his disappearance.
“I really don’t know, please let me go,” Gu Qingxin begged him as she could no longer endure the pain. She forcefully attempted to retract her arms from his grip.
“If you don’t know, I can make you disappear just like Meng Zhenglin did!” Gu Huaian’s eyes flashed with ruthlessness.