Chapter 286

The room was dead silent. Everyone was stunned by the sheer luxury. For most people, spending fifty or a hundred grand on postpartum care already felt extravagant enough to brag about for months. But forty-five grand for just six days in the hospital? That was next-level insane. After a beat of awkward silence, Stella Henderson forced a smile and tried to hold her ground. "We also picked a premium package when I gave birth—painless delivery and all," she said casually. Back then, she'd insisted on the eighty-thousand yuan plan, not because it was all that useful, but because in her eyes, it represented the Kim family's sincerity. She needed that big spending to reassure herself of her place in Ethan Kim’s heart. Seeing Ruby Henderson living her life so comfortably—even after losing her husband—drove her crazy. Then there was the fact that Ethan used to beg Ruby to come back. Stella felt she'd won by giving the Kim family a son. She looked at Ruby, sneering, "So what if you make good mo