When Su Yang rushed to the ICU in a hurry, He Juan was still not completely out of danger, but all her vital signs had started to decline.
The head nurse accompanied her in the intensive care unit for a few minutes. Since He Juan was asleep, Su Yang soon came out.
During the long period of hospitalization, He Juan's condition had actually been quite stable. An emergency like this had never happened before.
For the first time, Su Yang felt that her mother's life truly had to be "bought" from death with money.
The head nurse accompanied her all the way. When seeing her off at the elevator, she couldn't help but say again, "Xiao Su, don't think I'm being long - winded. We all know it's not easy for a young girl like you. But it will be the end of the month in a couple of days. The hospital has its rules and regulations, and the finance department..."
"I understand, head nurse. I've already borrowed the money. Don't worry. I'll pay the bill in the next two days."
Su Yang knew that the head nurse's repeated reminders were out of concern and kindness. After all, the hospital was not a charity organization. Paying for medical treatment was only natural.
When she walked out of the hospital building again, the heavy rain outside had stopped.
The phone in her pocket vibrated frantically again. Su Yang took it out and saw that the dozens of crazy missed calls from Su Qian had already consumed a significant amount of her phone's battery.
Afraid that the phone's battery wouldn't last until the end of her interview, Su Yang hesitated for a few seconds and then answered Su Qian's call.
The shrill voice came through the phone. The words that blurted out of Su Qian's mouth were as vulgar and ill - mannered as ever.
"Su Yang, I advise you to be sensible. First, think about your mother's low - class status, and then consider your own capabilities. Don't be reckless. It's your mother's life at stake!"
Su Qian started with a threat and then said condescendingly, "All you want is money, right? I can ask Dad to prepare it for you. How much do you want, one million or two million? You can come and get it now. I'll ask Dad to write you a check directly..."
"Don't need it." Su Yang interrupted her and retorted calmly, "I've already discussed this with Mr. Xu... Xu Lize. You don't need to worry about it."
Most of the time, Su Yang was just too lazy to argue with Su Qian, but it didn't mean she had no temper.
"Su Yang!" Su Qian shrieked and then sneered hatefully, "Do you know who Xu Lize is? How dare a country bumpkin like you stand beside him? He's the young master of the prestigious Mingkai Group, a billionaire bachelor. He's met more women in his life than you've eaten salt. How many women are eagerly waiting to become Mrs. Xu. Don't you really be so overconfident and delusional that he'll fall in love with you after marrying you?"
Su Yang thought Su Qian was quite amusing. At first, she had acted coy in front of Xu Lize to boost her own value, but it backfired when Xu Lize flat - out rejected her. Then she came to harass Su Yang.
But Su Yang had been passive throughout this matter. If Su Quansheng and Su Qian hadn't always ignored her and never taken her sincere pleas seriously, she wouldn't have nodded and agreed to Xu Lize's request.
"I know my place, but he probably won't like you either. In that case, who else could he marry?" Su Yang retorted.
"Know your place?" Su Qian burst into laughter on the other end of the phone, "Su Yang, you're so shameless. You probably haven't even received your graduation certificate yet. Aren't you afraid that I'll expose you at your school?"
"Expose what?" Su Yang frowned. Based on her understanding of Su Qian, Su Qian was very likely to follow through on her threats.
"Expose that you seduced your own brother - in - law. You're a complete slut!" Su Qian screeched menacingly.
Su Yang was stunned for a moment and decided there was no need to argue with Su Qian any longer. She said "Do whatever you want" and then hung up the phone directly.
With this delay, Su Yang had missed the first interview. She checked the time and decided to go straight to the second one.
After the heavy rain, the scorching sun shone brightly without a cloud in sight.
Su Yang rushed to the venture capital building where the interview was held under the June afternoon sun. She was so hot that she felt like she was about to melt.
In just half a day, she had been drenched by the rain and then baked by the sun. Su Yang found the pre - plum - rain weather in Haicheng extremely uncomfortable.
Thankfully, the interview went smoothly. The supervisor in charge of the first round was the HR manager of the group. He was very interested in the social practice experiences mentioned in Su Yang's resume, so he asked her a few more questions.
Su Yang thought she had answered well because the manager nodded at her with a kind look on his face when she left.
After getting on the elevator, Su Yang took out her phone from her bag and opened the chat records of the class group.
The elevator doors opened and closed, and people came in and out from time to time, but Su Yang's attention was completely focused on her phone.
As graduation was approaching, the class group was even more lively than usual. Sometimes, if you didn't check your phone for half a day, there could be hundreds of unread messages.
Su Yang usually didn't pay much attention to these things, but today there were a few recruitment notices from large enterprises posted in the group with detailed requirements. Afraid of missing any important information, Su Yang stood in the corner of the elevator car and kept scrolling up the chat records.
Suddenly, the bright ceiling light in the elevator flashed violently. Then, the elevator car, which had been descending at a steady speed, suddenly stopped, as if it was stuck and wouldn't move.
There were four or five people in the elevator at that time, and some girls let out soft screams.
This was the first time Su Yang had encountered such a situation. She instinctively covered her chest with the hand that was holding the phone and then looked up at the floor number on the LCD panel.
The elevator was stuck on the 12th floor.
Su Yang swallowed nervously. Just as she was about to take a couple of steps forward to press the emergency call button, the entire elevator car suddenly shook violently and then sank heavily.
The elevator instantly descended into chaos. Some people started swearing, while others were so scared that they squatted down, covering their heads and screaming.
Su Yang's face turned deathly pale. She pressed her back against the elevator wall in a self - defensive manner and was too scared to press the yellow button that was within arm's reach.
Just then, someone gently patted her tense and raised shoulder.
Su Yang turned her head in surprise and was face - to - face with Xu Lize's deep and handsome face.
For a moment, Su Yang thought she was hallucinating from fear. It wasn't until Xu Lize motioned for her to step back that she realized it was real. Then he calmly pressed the alarm bell on the control panel.
Soon, the voice of the building's security personnel came through the elevator.
Xu Lize calmly explained the situation inside the elevator to them. Just then, the elevator car suddenly shook violently again.
Almost instinctively for survival, Su Yang gasped and closed her eyes. She reached out and grabbed Xu Lize's collar, leaning against him.
There was a thin layer of cold sweat on her forehead. The air - conditioning in the elevator was still on. A cold breeze blew down from the ceiling, along with Xu Lize's somewhat strange yet familiar deep and pleasant voice.
"It's just the elevator getting stuck. Why are you panicking?"
Xu Lize had entered the elevator on the 16th floor. As soon as the elevator doors opened, he saw Su Yang huddled in the corner.
Xu Lize was a bit surprised. He remembered that he had personally sent this little woman to the entrance of Ren'ai Hospital just two hours ago, but in the blink of an eye, he saw her again in the elevator of the "Chen's Group" venture capital building.
At the moment when the elevator doors slowly closed, Xu Lize recalled the "fate" he had with Su Yang in just half a day and thought it was a bit too much of a coincidence.
The little woman was obviously immersed in her own world, with her head down, staring at her phone. Her delicate eyebrows were tightly knitted, looking very serious.
So when the elevator suddenly stopped, Xu Lize's first reaction was to turn his head and look at Su Yang's expression.
Sure enough, the panic hidden beneath the little woman's forced calm was like a cracked oil painting, revealing the original greenness and hesitation under the disguise.