Chapter Seventy-Three: Treating Illnesses Requires Paying Out of One's Own Pocket

  "How much?" Song Xi frowned and asked.

  To be honest, Song Xi didn't know much about her family's situation over the years. After all, she had been studying abroad and then started working after graduation, rarely returning home. Every time she called back in the past, her parents would say everything was fine at home and told her not to worry.

  "Almost three hundred thousand." Shi Qiu's face returned to its usual calm state, but the originally pretentious expression now looked out of place on his face, which was covered in wine stains, and no matter how you looked at it, it would evoke a sense of disgust.

  In Shi Qiu's view, 300,000 wasn't a particularly astonishing figure, but he knew that for Song Xi and his family, this sum of money was by no means small.

  When he arrived, Shi Qiu saw that Song Xi lived in such a high-end place and thought that Song Xi had been kept by some rich man. After sitting for a while, he learned that Song Xi was just a tenant of this villa, co-renting with others, which made him feel much more at ease.

  "How can there be so many?"

  As expected, Song Xi looked very surprised after hearing Shi Qiu's numbers.

  "It's like this," the old woman continued, "your father has always been in poor health, unable to work or do anything, our family has never had a stable source of income. Before you went to school, we spent around 70,000 to 80,000 yuan on your education, and every month your father's medical expenses are nearly 3,000 yuan..."

  "Aren't I sending money back home every month?" Song Xi interrupted and asked.

  "But we two old folks also need to live, and borrowing money from others, they will also increase the interest." The old woman said in a low voice, "Over these many years of accumulation, our family's debt has naturally become more and more."

  Song Xi fell silent, indeed, in this way, it's not hard to understand that he owed nearly 300,000 yuan.

  Ke Song Xi was also helpless, after all, she had just started working for a short time and was only a high school teacher. Although the salary and benefits of Fuzhong were good, she couldn't be considered as a high-income earner.

  Three hundred thousand yuan is equivalent to six or seven years of savings for her, even if she doesn't eat or drink.

  It was also because of her poor family background that she hesitated for a while before agreeing when Chen Buqun pursued her previously.

  Song Xi's father remained silent, his head hung low in a clear display of guilt.

  "The debt our family owes, I'll pay back as soon as possible, but that engagement is absolutely invalid." Song Xi said stubbornly.

  "What if I let you repay the money now?" Shi Qiu spoke again, "Your family has owed money for a long time, and it's also time to repay. No one's money is blown in by the wind."

  "You!" Song Xi was very excited.

  "How can you be like this?" Even Long Ling, who had a straightforward and explosive temper, couldn't bear it anymore.

  "Is it wrong for me to repay a debt? Isn't that a matter of course?" Shi Qiu retorted.

  "Teacher Song, I can lend you 80,000 yuan first." Long Haoran said in a low voice.

  When he said this, Long Hao Ran still felt a little heartache. After all, this money was his hard-earned savings.

  "I can also take out 600,000 yuan." Long Ling said readily. In fact, she had a lot of money, but unfortunately, she had just traveled abroad and spent most of the money she had saved.

  At this moment, Song Xi was surprised and her heart felt warm. After all, they were just housemates, barely considered friends, but everyone's generous help at this moment also moved her deeply.

  "I..."

  "I'll give you one million, now disappear immediately."

  Before Yao Yuxin finished speaking, Ye Bai took the lead and asked Shi Qiu, "Do you want cash or a transfer?"

  Shi Qiu's face suddenly turned gloomy, to be honest, what he wanted was not money, but Song Xi himself, and it was precisely because he had taken a fancy to Song Xi's beauty that he had let his family lend money to the Song family without hesitation.

  "Even if the money is returned, the engagement must still be carried out. The whole county knows about our engagement! Moreover, Uncle Song has already received the betrothal gifts!" Shi Qiu said with a full head of steam.

  "Marry your sister!"

  Ye Bai could no longer hold back his anger, pointing at Shi Qiu: "Paying debts is indeed a matter of course, but Teacher Song has already become my wife. I'll give you one million, and it's best for you to take the money and scram. Otherwise, if you dare to compete with me for women, believe me, I'll make sure you can never touch a woman again!"

  Everyone in the house, including Shi Qiu, was shocked except for Ye Bai.

  Song Xi (Teacher Song, our daughter), when did you become this kid's woman?

  Having money is not everything, having money also needs to follow reason!

  Shi Qiu also stood up excitedly, he didn't doubt that Ye Bai could take out one million yuan, he just said to the old man beside him: "Uncle Song, what do you think we should do about this?"

  "Me, me..." Song Xi's father was already overcome with emotion.

  "You fool, if you keep muttering here, I won't be polite anymore." Ye Bai said with narrowed eyes.

  If it weren't for the fact that he had been lending money to Teacher Song's family all these years, Ye Bai would have blown his top long ago. It's likely that even Long Ling wouldn't be able to hold back and would directly kick this idiot out of the villa.

  "How dare you hit someone?" Shi Qiu glared with his eyes wide open and had already taken a fighting stance, looking like a tough guy who had practiced before.

  Shi Qiu had indeed practiced, but it was just a mediocre kind that could only bully ordinary people. In his opinion, his skills were absolutely enough to deal with the thin and weak boy in front of him.

  Bang! Bang!

  Two loud slaps rang out in succession, and then it was seen that Shi Qiu's originally chubby face suddenly became even more swollen, and was almost indistinguishable from a real pig head.

  "Your mom..."

  Bang!

  Shi Qiu was just about to burst into a loud scolding when he felt a severe pain in his stomach, and then his body flew out.

  "Don't be too rough, this furniture was just bought." Long Ling reminded Ye Bai.

  "Just looking at this guy is annoying." Ye Bai said with a shrug.

  "I'll throw him out."

  Yao Yuxin had actually wanted to take action for a long time, because all along, she and Song Xi's relationship was very good.

  After the words fell, Yao Yuxin grabbed Shi Qiu, who was covering his stomach, and with a swing of her arm, at least 250 kilograms of Shi Qiu were easily thrown into the courtyard outside the living room.

  "Still thinking of Shi Qiu, that piece of crap. " Long Hao Ran said with disdain, you know, Song Xi is his teacher, and the one he thinks is the most beautiful teacher, this pig-like Shi Qiu actually dares to have designs on her, really deserves a beating!

  Shi Qiu crawled on the ground outside for a while, then stood up shakily and roared at the villa's gate "You wait for me", and then stumbled away.

  Ye Bai and Yao Yuxin's moves were still measured, otherwise Shi Qiu wouldn't have been able to get up at all.

  "This is terrible, I remember that Shi Qiu has an uncle who is a high-ranking official in Tianjing City." Song Xi's mother said with a worried face.

  "Yuan Yi, don't worry, I also know many officials." Long Ling comforted.

  "Teacher Song, what disease did your father get?"

  Long Hauran asked a sentence and then reminded: "Isn't Xiaobai Ge claiming to be a divine doctor? Maybe he can cure your father's illness."

  Upon hearing this, Song Xi's eyes lit up and she looked at Ye Bai with some expectation.

  "Your father has many illnesses too, heart problems, seems like there's something wrong with his brain as well, and also old rheumatism."

  Ye Bai glanced at Song Xi's father and continued: "This illness isn't a big deal, I can certainly cure it. However, you also know that when I treat people, there are conditions."

  "Isn't it just all of our family's property? If you want it, then go get it. But Song Bo's family property is in debt for 3 million." Long Ling said bluntly.

  Ye Bai's face suddenly turned gloomy... Could it be that treating someone's illness would require Master to pay out of his own pocket?