Chapter 437: Chapter 437

This time, Rong Yan did not go outside to join the commotion.

After all, it was noisy outside, and it was just the courtyard at the entrance of the alley.

She realized that the other households in this alley seemed fine, it was just that courtyard... filled with countless troublesome people.

It was as if all the troublesome ones had been gathered there.

Anyway, it was just a few households.

She couldn’t be bothered to care.

Madam Rong paused when she heard the noise and casually listened more intently, "Tsk, all that wailing, it’s from their side again..."

She didn’t care either.

It was none of her business after all.

Focused on washing Xiaohei.

Seeing this, Rong Yan thought of something and first went into the house. When she came out, she had a bar of soap in her hand, which she bought from Space Supermarket.

"Mom, use this to wash him."

Madam Rong took the sulfur soap that was handed over to her.

"This is quite good. Come on, Xiaohei, let’s get you cleaned up..."

When Rong Yan heard her mother utter these words, her mouth involuntarily twitched.

However, she did notice that the dog was exceptionally calm. It seemed to not resist being bathed by others, almost as if it had accepted its new family members...

She had to admit, this dog was quite smart.

"Mom, I’m going to work on my draft..."

"Haven’t you been saying you were going to write your draft? Why haven’t you gone yet? Hurry up, don’t just stand there." The tone was unmistakably tinged with annoyance.

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She suddenly felt like her status in the family had dropped another notch.

Just as she was truly preparing to turn back into the house, there was knocking at the door.

Madam Rong and Qin Mei were busy helping wash Xiaohei and couldn’t free their hands.

So, Madam Rong turned to her daughter who hadn’t entered the house yet and said, "You go and open the door, see who it is."

Rong Yan nodded and then went out to open the door.

When she saw the two people standing at the doorway, she was slightly surprised.

Before she could speak, she heard Li Shu say, "This place is really hard to find!"

"Please come in." Rong Yan stepped aside to let the couple in.

The couple left their bicycles at the door and entered with gifts in hand.

When they entered the courtyard, they saw the two people washing the dog.

At the same time, Madam Rong also saw her. She immediately rinsed the soap bubbles from her hands and stood up, "You are..."

"Big sister, hello! I’m Shi Zhen’s mom, the one whose surgery was performed by Comrade Rong Yan last time. This is my husband, Shi Li."

Shi Li immediately nodded in greeting to Madam Rong, "Big sister, hello!"

Once the couple introduced themselves , Madam Rong knew who they were, and quickly responded with a warm smile, "Hello! Don’t just stand there, please come in and have a seat!"

The couple graciously followed her into the house.

They then placed the gifts they were carrying on the hall’s big table.

Madam Rong, seeing all these valuable items, felt a bit overwhelmed, "What are you doing with all these?"

"Comrade Rong Yan saved my son... these are just small tokens of appreciation; we should have come earlier, but we’ve been really busy lately, so we only made it today. Comrade Rong Yan, we truly can’t thank you enough. We didn’t manage to properly thank you at the hospital!"

"Don’t mention it! It just so happened." Speaking of which, it really was Shi Zhen’s good luck, if she hadn’t been thinking of Sun Xiaoyu... if she hadn’t been unable to bear the thought of such a young girl damaging her brain, then she wouldn’t have encountered him.

Which means... Shi Zhen might not have lived much longer.

After all, his heart condition was quite serious at the time.

"Anyway, thank you so much. If not for your excellent medical skills, we really would have been... our whole family would have been destroyed." If their only son had not survived, she as a mother would have felt like dying too.

Her son was her life.

Madam Rong, listening by the side, deeply felt the sentiment in these words.

Everyone here was a mother, and this kind of sentiment was easy to empathize with.

It was like last year, if she had lost her husband, she would have been just heartbroken and miserable, but she wouldn’t have followed him to death because she had her daughter.

With a mother around, even if she was weak, the daughter would have someone to turn to if wronged and wouldn’t be left without any support.

But if her daughter was gone, she felt life wouldn’t have much meaning anymore, living would be worse than dying.

Feeling it inappropriate to join their conversation, she stepped out to pour some water to bring over.

At this moment, Li Shu pulled out a stack of cash wrapped tightly in newspaper from her large pocket... there was no need to look to know it was money.

"Comrade Rong Yan, this is a little token from us, please accept it."

Rong Yan pushed the offered money back, "No need for the money; I’ll accept the gifts though. Frankly, you should be grateful for Shi Zhen’s kindness. His heroic deeds moved me, otherwise, I would not have performed the surgery."

Being a doctor required selflessness... clearly, she didn’t have that virtue yet.

She wasn’t the type to rush to cure every patient she came across.

If that were the case, she’d probably never have any free time.

She wouldn’t be treating patients, she’d be on her way to treat another.

Li Shu was still very insistent, "Comrade Rong Yan, no matter what, you really must accept this money."

"Why, did Shi Zhen take money from the person he saved?"

Li Shu was caught off guard by the question and shook her head after a moment, "...No, he wouldn’t accept it..."

"There you go, what I’m doing now is just like him, so please don’t worry about the money; as I’ve said, I won’t accept it. I’m not being polite. You can leave the gifts, but please take the money back, otherwise, I’ll actually be upset."

She would regard it as doing a good deed.

After all, with all the money she already had... she really wasn’t in need of more.

"But..." Li Shu’s main purpose for coming here had been to give Rong Yan the money.

If she didn’t accept it, what were they to do?

Were they supposed to just let the surgery be for free?

Li Shu was truly troubled.

"No ’buts’. Just do as I say, or take the gifts back too."

At this point, Shi Li spoke up, "Comrade Rong Yan, even if you don’t charge for the surgery, at least take some for the medicine you used... otherwise, we simply won’t feel right."

Operating on someone was exhausting work, and that took almost a day.

To also ask for free medicine? That just didn’t seem right.

Those medicines... even if he wasn’t a doctor, he knew the costs were high and were difficult to obtain.

"No need, his heroism deserves my free treatment and medicine, but as for the ongoing recovery, the hospital can handle that." She didn’t plan to intervene.

Even if she were to help, she wouldn’t give out free medicine.

She wasn’t that saintly.