Chapter 15

Cheng Lydia removed her white coat from her body under the sympathetic or gloating eyes of her colleagues and includes a handful of personal items from her desk in her bag. With a sympathetic look, Director Zhang handed her a card and told her that a private clinic outside was hiring and she should try her luck. Cheng Lydia accepted the card and gratefully said goodbye to Director Zhang. Although the pay in private practice would be much lower than here, it's better than being unemployed and at home. After leaving the department, Cheng Lydia went straight to the section where Cheng Lena was, and from a distance, she heard Doctor Huang instructing someone, "Send her away." "But shouldn't we let Lydia know first." The voice was that of Doctor Huang's assistant, Xiao He. Cheng Lydia's heart tightened and she hurriedly quickened her pace. When she stepped into the ward, she happened to see Doctor Huang directing several nurses to move Cheng Lena out of the ward. "What are you doing?" Cheng Lydia rushed up in a fury, clutching her mother's bed rail and glaring up at Doctor Huang, "Where are you taking my mother? Don't you know she can't just move around?" "Doctor Cheng ......." Doctor Huang looked helpless, "It's really not that I'm heartless, it's an order from the top that says the patient must be cleared out within half an hour, unless ......." "Unless what?" Cheng Lydia asked knowingly. "Not until you pay off the $40,000 you owe for the medical bills." Cheng Lydia laughed bitterly. She was already strapped for cash, and after paying the pressure deposit for the rental yesterday, she was now having trouble even paying for food, so how could she get $40,000? She remembered the words of that old chairman, remembered her demands, and it seemed that this was her tactic. And the sad thing was, she didn't even have half a chance to resist. "Doctor Cheng, you might as well give up, or you'll really get dragged down yourself, really." Doctor Huang kindly advised. Cheng Lydia fell to her knees and clung to the edge of the bed with her hands in a death grip, tears streaming down her face. At this point she was like a chicken in the water, unable to swim, and could only struggle desperately in the water. She knew Cheng Lena's health condition, she couldn't live without the hospital, Cheng Lena was her only family in this world, she really didn't want to give up. But what could be done? What could she do but give in? Doctor Huang saw her in tears and said, "Doctor Cheng, why don't you go talk to the leader again?" Talk about it?Cheng Lydia laughed through her tears. The chairman was waiting for nothing more than for her to take the initiative to go back and submit to her and accept her unreasonable demands. Despite her ten thousand reluctance, she had to go in order that her mother's life might be prolonged. "Good." She nodded softly and wiped the tears off her face with her hand to get up from the floor. When Cheng Lydia stepped into the dean's office again, Old Lady Shen was leisurely sipping from her cup of flower tea. The old woman glanced up at Cheng Lydia with an expectant look. Cheng Lydia walked across to her and sat down, speaking with a calm face, "Say, what do I need to do once I'm married in?" The tears were gone from her face, but her red, swollen eyes managed to betray the fact that she had just cried. Just before today, she had thought she would never marry again in her life, but it had been less than half a day and she was actually sitting here discussing another marriage. This is her life, impatient and cruel. "Give me a heavy grandson within a year." Old Mrs. Shen put down her teacup and surveyed her, "This is not too much, right? It's normal to have children when you're married, isn't it?" It turns out that what people want is not a granddaughter-in-law, but a fertility tool. Cheng Lydia looked at her askance, her expression still calm: "I can give you a child, but it doesn't have to be married to your grandson, right? It's easy to do a test tube baby." "IVF babies are definitely not as healthy as natural conceptions, and besides, I don't want my child to grow up without parents." Old Mrs. Shen leaned over and patted her hand, smiling, "It's not really just about having a child, it's mainly because I like you a lot and want you to have a long life with my grandson." Cheng Lydia gave a light, cold smile. Lim Toby also said he liked her a lot, loved her a lot and wanted to be with her for a long time, but what about the truth? "I hope that you will keep your word and allow my mother to stay at Yarn Hospital for a long time for treatment and get her the best physician abroad." "I can give you the whole Yarn Hospital if you marry." "Thanks, but I don't need the whole hospital." "I just like your wonderful spirit of contentment." Old Mrs. Shen smiled and said. Cheng Lydia looked at her with a cheerful smile on her face and felt a tingle. That's what rich people do, they can dictate other people's fate at will, and it's just that she can't always escape them. She stood up from the couch and turned toward the door. The old lady saw her about to leave and called out to her, "Lydia." Cheng Lydia turned back and gazed at her expressionlessly, "May I ask if there is anything else?" "Aren't you going to meet my good grandson? He's on his way over here." "What does it matter if I see it or not, since I have to marry?" Cheng Lydia asked rhetorically. "Aren't you curious as to why you are the one I am looking for?" "No." Cheng Lydia shook her head and turned back to walk out of the office. Now that she had decided to marry, it didn't matter what kind of person the other person was, whether they were short and fat, whether they lack arms and legs, and for what reason they have to marry her, it didn't matter anymore.