Chapter 3 The family group chat wasn't this lively even the year Grandpa died.

Ling Yue decided to pay for her medical expenses herself.

Before paying, she took another draw and won: [2x Cashback].

She deposited 50,000 yuan into her account.

[Bank card ending in 4456, January 26th, 14:34, transfer expenditure of 50,000 yuan, balance 911,820.1 yuan.]

[Bank card ending in 4456, January 26th, 14:34, transfer income of 100,000 yuan, balance 1,011,820.1 yuan.]

[Draw count: 8]

Ling Yue planned to enjoy the experience of staying in a single room.

However, the doctor said resources were tight, there were no vacancies, and she could only be moved to a three-person ward.

Anyway, she wouldn't be staying in the hospital for long, so Ling Yue readily accepted.

In the bed by the door lived an elderly woman with frost-white hair, and her husband was feeding her.

In the bed by the window was an 8-year-old girl; her mother was working on a computer, and the girl was hunched over the table doing homework.

The only bed left for Ling Yue was the middle one.

The Nurse put a wristband on Ling Yue, "You need to be hospitalized for at least a week, please get your family to..." She stopped herself immediately and changed her words: "Prepare some toiletries yourself."

"Don't worry, our hospital's doctors are very professional. As long as you follow the medical advice, your body will recover quickly!"

"I'll be going now. Rest well, and just press the bell if you need anything."

The young Nurse had only been interning at the hospital for a month and hadn't seen enough of the warmth and coldness of human relationships.

Having just heard Ling Yue arguing with her family and crying and laughing in the hallway, she felt she was very pitiful.

At this moment, the expression on the young Nurse's face seemed even sadder than Ling Yue's own.

Ling Yue felt a bit uncomfortable under that sympathetic gaze, so she raised her hand to pat the young Nurse's shoulder, and after a long while, blurted out, "Shall we have a pleasant cooperation then?"

"Mm-hmm! I will definitely take good care of you!" The young Nurse nodded vigorously.

The young Nurse looked like she had been injected with adrenaline, leaving the ward with high spirits.

Ling Yue had worked all night, barely managed to last until the end of her shift, fainted on the way home, and was sent to the hospital. After paying fees and arguing with her family just now, she was so tired she was about to keel over.

She took off her shoes, climbed into bed, and prepared to take a nap first.

But she couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard she tried.

She turned over, got up, and pulled the curtain shut.

Someone crawled into the quilt like a caterpillar.

The light from her phone shone on her face.

Her eyes were startlingly bright.

"One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million... Hiss!"

Ling Yue pinched her thigh.

It hurt!

A million, it really was a million!

Based on her current salary, she would have to work for 7 or 8 years to earn that much!

With so much money, how was she supposed to spend it!

Sigh~ How distressing~

Oh ho ho!!!

By the window, the little girl doing her homework noticed a 'creaking' sound coming from the adjacent bed and looked at her mother in confusion.

"Mom, that big sister seems to be in a lot of pain; her bed is shaking."

The little girl's mother had heard Ling Yue's conversation with her family when she went out to get food earlier.

She thought to herself, indeed painful, it was heartbreak mixed with chilliness!

If it were her, she would absolutely never do such a wicked thing as taking her sick, hospitalized daughter's hard-earned money to scrape together a dowry for her son!

"The big sister is sleeping, you be a good girl and do your homework, don't talk and disturb her."

The mother gently rubbed the girl's head, thinking that as long as her daughter was healthy, she would give anything.

Ling Yue didn't know yet that she had been pitied by someone again.

She twisted herself into a pretzel under the quilt, without a shred of sleepiness.

She wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh out loud.

At this moment, Ling Hui called.

"Tsk."

Ling Yue was extremely displeased and decisively hung up the phone; hesitating for even a millisecond would be giving him too much face.

She crawled out from under the quilt and propped a pillow against the head of the bed to lean on.

She exited the message page and took a look.

There were 26 missed calls in the bottom left corner.

Not only was there a bombardment from her parents and younger brother, but also calls from her Aunt and cousins wanting to know the situation.

The family group chat messages had actually exceeded 99+!

How strange.

The family group chat hadn't been this lively even the year her grandfather passed away.

Ling Yue had gone silent after uploading the medical records.

Consequently, various speculative comments appeared in the group. Guan Xuemei sent a 60-second voice message warning others not to meddle, which led to the family members collectively attacking Guan Xuemei and Ling Guofu for being heartless.

It was just that the anger wasn't intense enough; the family members mostly had a "watching the show" mentality and didn't roast Guan Xuemei hard enough, causing the resentment value not to rise.

This wouldn't do!

Ling Yue opened her chat history with Guan Xuemei.

Because she had the habit of keeping work records, she hadn't cleared her chat history for almost two years.

It was this crappy phone; it would lag at the most critical moments!

It even crashed while loading the chat history!

Ling Yue patiently waited for the phone to respond, then took a few screenshots and threw them into the family group chat.

Then she exited WeChat and clicked on Meituan.

It lagged for another 10 seconds before opening.

She couldn't tolerate it at all.

She immediately flash-purchased a "Far Ahead" phone.

She also bought the things she needed for her hospitalization.

[Balance: 1,000,920.1]

While waiting, the family group chat exploded!

Guan Xuemei had a strong personality. She had married Ling Guofu, who originally had rural household registration, while she had urban registration, so she looked down on everyone in the Ling family and acted with a very high profile.

In recent years, Aunt's son became an executive in the city, married a wealthy city girl, lived in a villa, and drove a Mercedes-Benz.

The Fourth Uncle and Youngest Uncle partnered up to take on construction projects and earned quite a bit, buying large flat apartments in the county town.

In contrast, Guan Xuemei had been living in an old, dilapidated small apartment in the county town for twenty years.

Aunt, Fourth Aunt, and Youngest Aunt had risen like emancipated serfs and often openly mocked and sarcastically taunted Guan Xuemei.

Guan Xuemei was mentally unbalanced and always complained to Ling Yue on WeChat.

The words were very vicious.

She cursed the eldest cousin for not being able to have a son to carry on the family line.

She hoped that the houses bought by the Fourth Uncle and Youngest Uncle would be hit by an earthquake, preferably with the buildings collapsing so completely that not even the ceilings would be left.

Uncle: F*ck you, you poisonous woman! Have some decency in your speech.

Uncle: @Ling Guofu. Second brother, what's the use of such a wife? Divorce her! She's cursing our Ling family's lineage! If Dad were watching from heaven, he'd be so angry he'd crawl out of his grave!

Fourth Uncle: Second brother, what's the meaning of this? Back when we asked you to invest in the construction project, it was the second sister-in-law who said she looked down on small-time businesses. Why are you holding a grudge against us now?

Fourth Aunt: You dead woman, you really are vicious. Even if an earthquake comes, it'll be your old, dilapidated small apartment that collapses first! It's truly eight lifetimes of bad luck for our Ling family to have a down-and-out relative like you!

Aunt: So what if I don't have a grandson? My granddaughter is just fine! And very well-behaved! I'm not like some people who fancy themselves city folk; their awareness is really low. I don't favor boys over girls!

Aunt: My son is capable, he married a wealthy city girl, and my daughter-in-law treats me very well, buying me clothes and supplements. You must be dying of jealousy, but there's nothing you can do. Even if you broke your head kowtowing in a temple, you couldn't get a life as good as mine! Look at your son, he can't even afford the dowry money; he's a total loser. What's the point of being good-looking? He has no responsibility and is poor and stingy. Only a ghost would like him. He's as thin as a bamboo pole, it looks like he can't perform in that area, maybe he has weak sperm count; you can't even have a daughter.

Youngest Aunt: @Guan Xuemei. Speak, say something! Now you know how to shut up, are you a mute?

Youngest Aunt: Bitch, you just wait!

Aunt joined forces with Fourth Aunt and Youngest Aunt to launch a round of verbal abuse in the family group chat.

On the other side.

Ling Hui's face turned liver-colored. They actually cursed him for having a weak sperm count!!!

These poisonous women!

"I can't take it anymore, I'm going to leave the group."

Guan Xuemei held Ling Hui's hand down, "You can't leave. If you leave the group, you won't be able to see how your sister is badmouthing us."

"Then you think of a way! Aunt is a gossip; if she runs to my girlfriend and spreads lies, you'll have to wait another ten years to hold a grandson!"

Guan Xuemei was also very anxious, "This wretched girl has really grown up; she wasn't like this when she was little, why is she getting more rebellious as she gets older."

She didn't stop to think why Ling Yue had changed so much.

Guan Xuemei didn't dare to make a sound in the group but was being urged by Ling Hui.

She had no choice but to call Ling Yue.

Ling Yue watched the fire from the other side, feeling incredibly satisfied.

She waited until the phone had rung ten times before pressing the answer button.

"Hello? Hello!" It actually connected, and Guan Xuemei roared: "What exactly do you want?! Are you not satisfied until you turn our home upside down?", "If I had known you were such a debt-collecting demon, I should have strangled you the moment you popped out!"

Ling Yue had an indifferent attitude, "I am collecting debts reasonably, and you are taking lives illegally. It seems you want to go to jail."

"Oh my, that won't do. If you go to jail, it will affect three generations of the Ling family!"

"My brother's future children won't be able to take civil service exams; wouldn't they resent you to death?"

"Think about it, you finally had a big fat grandson, but the big grandson curses you every day to die a horrible death. Don't you feel bad?"

"You, you, how did you become like this!" Guan Xuemei screamed hoarsely.

Yes, how did it become like this.

Ling Yue gave a cold smile, "Are you referring to the screenshots in the group? Oh, I have plenty more I haven't posted yet."

"Your resentment value is too high; I am helping you find an outlet. Bottling up anger hurts the liver and leads to an early death; I'm doing this for your own good."

"I am so filial; you should know how to be content."

Ling Yue's main tactic was to talk about the west when you talked about the east.

Guan Xuemei was so angry that she realized something was wrong. This daughter, who had always been obedient to her, seemed to be slipping out of her control.

In the past, whenever she lost her temper, Ling Yue would rush to coax her, plus send a red envelope transfer.

This outburst was perhaps due to her illness.

Sick people are the most vulnerable. She had thought about it the wrong way; she shouldn't have pressured Ling Yue at this time, but rather given her care.

This child was soft-hearted; every time she lost her temper, she just needed to coax her a little, and it would be fine.

Guan Xuemei sniffled, her emotions coming on cue, "Daughter, I know you are angry and think your father and I are biased, but the facts are not like that."

"We are one family; only by uniting and helping each other can we live a good life."

"Think carefully, how did Mom and Dad treat you when you were little? Didn't even outsiders say we treated you well?"

"Now you are all grown up with different achievements. You went to a first-tier university and work in a big city like Hangzhou, earning over ten thousand a month. As for your brother, he wasn't good at studying and only got a junior college degree. The job environment in our hometown is poor, and the salary is low."

"You are doing well, so you give money to the family. Although your brother doesn't give money, he is taking care of your parents for you."

"Your brother is filial; your father and I go to him for everything. Since you are away, besides giving money, you can't help with anything else, so it is only natural for you to chip in for his dowry."

"How about this, consider this money as a loan from Mom and Dad, and we'll pay you back later, okay?"

Throughout the whole thing, she didn't mention a word about Ling Yue's illness.

This speech was considered Guan Xuemei begging in a humble manner.

As for the money, she certainly wouldn't pay it back.

Guan Xuemei said this only to steady Ling Yue.

She also didn't expect Ling Yue to make a scene and make the situation so ugly.

The dowry was given, the wedding date was set; at this time, nothing bad must reach the bride's ears.

She still wanted to hold a grandson.

Ling Yue chuckled.

What a mix-up of concepts.

With a few light words, she wiped away all of her contributions to the family.

The family's washing machine, TV, refrigerator, air conditioner, water dispenser, and even her parents' mobile phones were all replaced with new ones using the money she earned from working.

Guan Xuemei would run to her to complain and then take a 200-yuan red envelope, several times a month, and she always patiently comforted her.

Despite this, because she wasn't by her parents' side, it didn't count as filial piety.

Because she 'didn't fulfill filial piety', the brother who 'took care of parents for her' needed to be compensated, and she had to willingly spend money for her brother to take a wife, even though that was life-saving money.

So what if she got cancer and lost her life? Her brother was about to miss the chance to get married, which might cause them to hold a grandson a few years later!

She, Ling Yue! She was practically the sinner of the Ling family!

It was impossible to reason with biased people.

Even if she died outside today, Guan Xuemei and Ling Guofu would only regret not having enough time to squeeze out all her value.

The more clearly she thought, the more rational Ling Yue became. She spoke without a ripple: "So, what do you want me to do?"

Guan Xuemei was overjoyed!

Sure enough, she knew her daughter; she was soft-hearted and easy to coax!

"Go to the family group chat and explain to everyone that the pictures were photoshopped by you, and that I never said those things." Guan Xuemei continued to talk to herself: "You need to distinguish priorities. Is there anything more important right now than your brother's wedding, right?"

"You've been obedient since you were little, you don't know how much less worry you've been than your brother. This time, your father and I owe you, and we will definitely compensate you properly in the future."

"They say a daughter is a considerate little padded jacket; Mom and Dad are grateful you came into our lives."

Ling Yue: "Just wait, I will notify everyone properly!"