Feverish actress cried after being angered by haters, but discovered the real culprit was at her bed

After learning the hospital's address, Lu Yan took a taxi and came over. As soon as he went upstairs, he saw his relatives standing there.

Upon hearing Lu Yan's voice, everyone turned to look. When they saw Lu Yan, Lu Cuicui and Lu Jianguo looked on with surprise and doubt.

Lu Yan was studying in the capital, so why is he back?

"Aunt, Third Uncle..."

Lu Yan nodded and greeted each of his relatives, then glanced at the ICU ward not far away, his brow furrowed in worry.

"How is Uncle?"

Lu Jianming shook his head slightly without speaking. Lu Yan understood that the situation was not very optimistic. Normally, everyone would be asking questions at this time, but due to the special circumstances, no one was in a good mood to talk.

After a brief silence, Lu Jianming gave Lu Yan a look and said, "You stay here and keep watch. I'm going out for a bit."

"Where to?"

At a time like this, Lu Jianming, being the oldest, should stay here to take charge of the overall situation.

"Your uncle is still short of medical expenses. I'll go out and make a phone call to see how much money I can get by mortgaging the shop."

Lu Yan: "..."

Has it gotten that serious that it's gotten to the point where we have to mortgage the shop?

Only he knew how much effort his family had put into opening that small shop, and now they had to mortgage it to pay for his uncle's medical treatment.

However, this also aligns with his impression of Old Deng: family always comes first, especially when his eldest brother, who is like a father to him, is in trouble; a little money is nothing more than material possessions.

Fortunately, Ms. Liu Lanlan is virtuous enough; in an ordinary family, things would probably have turned upside down by now.

"How much more money do we need?"

After some thought, Lu Yan finally decided to help pay for it, and he could borrow it first and pay it back when he had the money.

My uncle's family has actually helped them quite a bit, and my cousin's family has also had a tough time. Every little bit helps, that's what family is for, right?

"We're still short by more than 20,000."

Upon hearing the amount, Lu Yan raised an eyebrow and felt a little relieved. He had thought it would be much more; 20,000? That's alright, he happened to have the money. He had originally planned to spend a lot of money.

"Here's some money; take it and use it."

  

Lu Yan rummaged through his bag and found his bank card. This card contained Jingzhe's paycheck, and he later transferred some more money into it, totaling over 20,000 yuan.

Lu Yuejiao glanced at the bank card in Lu Yan's hand, pushed it back, and forced a smile: "No need, keep your money for your studies."

Lu Yan is still a student. He usually saves money by living frugally, so how much money can he possibly save? It's just a drop in the ocean.

Lu Yan: "......."

Liu Lanlan pulled Lu Yan back to her side: "Alright, put it away. Don't let your dad worry about things at home."

"I'm really rich, you can take it and use it first."

"Alright, adults are talking, kids shouldn't interrupt. Go get everyone something to eat, your aunt and the others haven't eaten yet."

Lu Yan: "..."

Lu Yan was both amused and exasperated. Stereotypes are harmful. He placed the card in Lu Yuejiao's hand.

"Sis, there's 20,000 yuan in this card, you can use it first."

Lu Yuejiao suddenly looked up, her swollen eyes staring blankly at Lu Yan. The overwhelmed old Lu also stared at her, his wrinkles at the corners of his eyes seeming to express his doubt.

"You...you have 20,000 yuan in this card?"

Lu Jianming took Lu Yan's bank card, his face showing surprise.

Lu Cuicui, Lu Jianguo, and the others stared at Lu Yan in shock. How could Lu Yan have 20,000 yuan? Wasn't he still in school?

That's 20,000 yuan! In this day and age, what does 20,000 yuan mean? Most people's jobs only pay a little over 1,000 yuan. 20,000 yuan is equivalent to two years' salary for a person.

Most importantly, Lu Yan is just a student. How can it not be surprising that a student could come up with so much money?

"Where did you get the money!" Lu Jianming asked with a stern face.

"We'll talk about it later, let's go pay the bill first."

Despite having countless questions in his mind, Lu Jianming was still in a hurry to pay the medical bills. He returned soon after.

In reality, all they can do here is sit and wait; there's no other way.

"How much? It's already cost 100,000 yuan!"

When Lu Yan learned about the cost of the surgery from his mother, he was almost speechless with shock. You have to know that 100,000 yuan in this era is equivalent to at least 500,000 yuan in later years.

It's no wonder, since the country officially launched the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme pilot program in 03, rural medical insurance was just starting out and its coverage was very limited.

Many rural families may not even know about this policy; my uncle's family probably doesn't have medical insurance.

If you have medical insurance, even if the reimbursement rate is lower now than in later years, only 30%-40% can still save you a considerable amount of money.

A serious illness emptied the coffers of four families—no, three.

At this moment, Lu Yan gave Lu Jianguo a meaningful look. He believed he knew his third uncle quite well; he was a shrewd man and probably wouldn't spend too much money.

Actually, everyone knows that lending this money is the same as giving it away, and given the family's circumstances, it's estimated that they'll have a hard time paying it back.

So, someone as shrewd as Lu Jianguo probably wouldn't empty his savings like Lao Deng did; he's probably waiting for his aunt and his father to come up with the money.

You're telling me you don't have cash when you're doing contract work outside? Are you kidding me?

Lu Yan didn't know what to say about this. In fact, if you really want to talk about it, this third uncle had received the most favors from the eldest uncle's family. Back then, out of the four brothers in the family, he was the only one who went to school.

But he didn't achieve much in his studies, and even his job at the construction site was thanks to his uncle's connections...

Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Anyway, his relationship with his third uncle's family is just so-so, and his son is the same kind of person.

Thinking about some things from junior high school, Lu Yan shook his head.

During the half hour Lu Yan sat in the corridor, he saw some people kneeling and crying in front of the operating room, and others overjoyed as if they had won the lottery.

The boundary between life and death is both blurred and clear; separated by a wall, the other side may be life or death, just like Schrödinger's cat.

During a break, Lu Yan checked her phone again. Her classmate Liu had sent her two selfies taken at school.

This is a scene from a movie premiere. Liu Yifei is holding a candied hawthorn stick in her hand, taking a big bite of the hawthorn, and taking a cute selfie.

Lu Yan noticed that on the backdrop of the movie, there were names like Jiang Wen and Zhao Yanzi.

Thinking about the recent movies, the only one that features these two people is "Warriors of Heaven and Earth," directed by He Ping and starring Jiang Wen and Zhao Yanzi.

I heard that the investment was as high as more than ten million US dollars and the box office was more than forty million. However, the word-of-mouth was a bit polarized. Some people said it was good, while others said that the story lacked twists and turns and that the screenwriter did not think things through.

Lu Yan also took a selfie of Liu, making the gesture of the Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger.

"Lu Yan, you're still a student, where did you get so much money?"

Lu Jianguo, who was sitting on the side, suddenly asked a question, and everyone turned their attention to Lu Yan again. Liu Lanlan nervously grabbed her son's hand: "You haven't been doing anything you shouldn't have outside, have you?"

"That's right, Lu Yan. Even though we're poor, we can't do anything illegal."

Liu Lanlan and Lu Jianguo exchanged a few words, and Lu Yan rolled his eyes.

Do I look like someone who would commit a crime?

"How could that be? I just took a movie job while I was at school. This is my payment. I just came back from the film set and am visiting my family. I'll be leaving in a couple of days."

"Movie!"