Ye Xiao and Ling Shuya followed suit when they saw Lin Dieying hurry into the hospital. It was midday, and the hospital was crowded. Lin Dieying cried as she asked where the emergency room was, then quickly headed there with a nurse's assistance.

On the stretcher outside the trauma room lay a middle-aged woman with streaks of gray in her hair, already unconscious despite the ongoing emergency measures.

Upon seeing the middle-aged woman, Lin Dieying immediately cried out "Momma" and leaned over the stretcher crying. A nearby doctor approached and asked her,

"May I ask your relationship with the patient?"

Lin Dieying, now drenched in tears, looked up and said, "She's my mother, doctor, please, I beg you to save her!"

The doctor said, "Your mother has had a cerebral hemorrhage and needs surgery immediately, but we require a family member's signature for this kind of procedure. The woman just now refused to sign, and without that, our hands are tied!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Dieying's expression changed, her delicate face contorting as she coldly said, "Xue Guizhi, if anything happens to my mother, I will make you pay with your life!"

Standing next to the stretcher, Ling Shuya immediately looked at the doctor and said, "The patient's immediate family member is here, why not let her sign and proceed with the surgery? If something happens to the patient in your hospital, can you bear that responsibility?"

The doctor quickly replied, "There's one more procedure!"

"What is it?" Ling Shuya, looking at the unconscious Mrs. Lin, answered, her expression grave as she understood the urgency of the situation.

The doctor explained, "The family needs to go downstairs and make a payment first, at least a deposit of two thousand yuan."

"That's the real reason you're not performing the surgery!" Ling Shuya's face fell, her words sharp, "For two thousand yuan, you'd neglect a patient's life or death? Where's your hospital director? I want to meet with them!"

Seeing Ling Shuya's fierce reaction, the doctor secretly winced. Who is she, with such authority? Moreover, the rules were set by the director, so what would looking for the director change?

"Shuya, calm down!" Ye Xiao stepped forward to hold Ling Shuya back.

Although Ling Shuya was a wealthy heiress, she was also a sheltered young woman, and these doctors were just employees who couldn't alter hospital policies themselves; they had to follow them.

"Sorry doctor, my friend got a bit agitated. You mentioned making a payment of two thousand yuan, right? Can we proceed with the surgery first? I only have a few hundreds on me right now, I'll go get the rest," Ye Xiao earnestly spoke to the doctor.

Hearing that two thousand yuan was needed, Lin Dieying started crying too. Her family had savings of tens of thousands, but the card was with her mother, and she had no idea where it was. Being just a student, how could she have the money?

"Doctor, please, can you save my mother first? I'm willing to do anything, please, doctor!" Lin Dieying begged, almost kneeling.

But as Ye Xiao suspected, the hospital had its regulations, and the surgeon truly had no power to bypass them.

"I'm truly sorry, we can only follow the rules," the doctor said with a hint of helplessness.

Ye Xiao felt a surge of urgency. Judging by Mrs. Lin's condition, she might not last much longer without surgery.

Just then, Ling Shuya nudged Ye Xiao, who looked at her confusedly. She then pulled out a gold bank card and handed it to him, saying, "Go and pay!"

"Huh?" Ye Xiao hadn't expected the outspoken and impulsive Ling Shuya to lend a hand to save Lin Dieying's mother, especially since she and Lin Dieying had been at each other's throats just before this.

"What are you waiting for?" Ling Shuya said, "Can't I do a good deed for once? Or do you think I'm such a spoiled brat that I don't understand morality?"

Hearing this, Ye Xiao's face showed relief, finding that Ling Shuya wasn't as bad as he had feared.

"Thank you," Ye Xiao said to Ling Shuya.

"Go on!"

Ye Xiao hesitated and then asked, "There's a password, right?"

Ling Shuya answered, "My birthday."

"What's the date of your birthday?"

"..."

Ling Shuya whispered the password to Ye Xiao, who then quickly ran downstairs.

Ling Shuya then walked over to Lin Dieying's side and comforted her, "Die Ying, your aunt will be alright!"

Lin Dieying hadn't expected that it would be Ling Shuya who would come to her aid today. At this moment, recalling their previous sharp disagreements, she suddenly felt somewhat embarrassed!

"Shuya, thank you!" Lin Dieying truly meant these words.

Ling Shuya gave a slight smile and said, "It's nothing. If our positions were switched, you would do the same, wouldn't you? Medical technology is very advanced now. As long as the funds can keep up, almost any illness can be cured. A cerebral hemorrhage is not a major disease; don't worry about it!"

No one would have thought that the capricious young lady would comfort someone today!

Lin Dieying nodded slightly. Her previous resentment toward Ling Shuya for hindering her from obtaining Ye Xiao's love had now completely vanished.

Before long, Ye Xiao returned, bringing the payment receipt while the chief surgeon notified by the hospital immediately commenced surgery, and Mrs. Lin was rushed into the emergency room!

Lin Dieying's tears were unending as she intermittently looked at the light in the emergency room. What she most anticipated and simultaneously dreaded was for the light in the emergency room to go off, fearing the doctors would come to say what she didn't want to hear.

Ye Xiao and Ling Shuya stood by, also very worried. Just then, Ling Shuya suddenly gave Ye Xiao a meaningful look.

Ye Xiao instantly was puzzled.

Seeing that Ye Xiao didn't catch on, Ling Shuya walked up to him, whispered, "Lin Dieying needs comforting now, your comfort means more than mine, so why aren't you there yet?"

Ye Xiao immediately remarked, "Aren't you the one who didn't want me joking around with Die Ying?"

"What nonsense are you saying? What time is it? Were you joking just now?" Ling Shuya rolled her eyes at Ye Xiao!

Ye Xiao fell silent. It was his own fault for asking foolish questions, so he immediately went over to Lin Dieying, spoke softly and soothingly, and Lin Dieying leaned on Ye Xiao's shoulder, her eyes fixed on the emergency room.

Ling Shuya took a seat nearby, wondering why seeing Ye Xiao and Lin Dieying so close together made her feel uncomfortable from deep within, which even she found strange!

Could it be she had fallen for that detestable Ye Xiao? Ling Shuya thought to herself secretly, but she immediately dismissed the thought. She hated Ye Xiao the most, how could she possibly fall for him? No, she really despised Ye Xiao!

Watching Ye Xiao comforting Lin Dieying from time to time, Ling Shuya remembered how she once almost became paralyzed after falling in the bathroom, and Ye Xiao had saved her.

At that time, Ling Shuya didn't feel at all grateful toward Ye Xiao, because how could he possibly have known what happened in the bathroom unless he was peeking at her bathing!

Ling Shuya had been brooding over this incident these past few days. Although Ye Xiao had saved her, she still repeatedly picked faults with him, even excessively!

However, whenever Ye Xiao contacted another woman these past few days, Ling Shuya would feel incredibly annoyed, an annoyance that was completely irrational, so that's what made her think like that!

She hoped things weren't like that! Ling Shuya sighed softly and stopped her wild thoughts.

The light in the emergency room remained on, keeping everyone tense and anxious, as the waiting time always seemed to pass very slowly; however, the surgery took quite long, a full three hours, before the light in the emergency room finally went off!

Seeing the light go off, Lin Dieying, Ye Xiao, and Ling Shuya all stood up.

Soon a doctor came out, the chief surgeon, and Lin Dieying immediately walked over and asked, "Doctor, how is my mother?"

The doctor replied, "Don't worry, young lady, the surgery went very smoothly!"

Hearing the chief surgeon's words, Lin Dieying was so thrilled that she fainted!

Ye Xiao, quick and alert, promptly caught Lin Dieying, clearly because the long nervous wait had taken its toll, resulting in her fainting!

After the doctor's examination, Lin Dieying was fine and needed only an IV for nutrition. Meanwhile, Mrs. Lin was moved to the ward.

Nowadays, many hospitals have wards of different standards—high, medium, and low. Obviously, the high-quality wards are much more expensive than the low-quality ones. Originally, Mrs. Lin should have been placed in a low-quality ward, but Ling Shuya said the conditions in the high-quality ward were better and arranged for her to be in a high-quality ward. As for the costs, Ling Shuya took them all on!

As the daughter of Hengyu Group, Ling Shuya had a substantial monthly allowance, with all the money in her card being her pocket money, yet even this amount surpassed the total assets of many families!

"Shuya, thank you, I will definitely find a way to repay you!" Lin Dieying, after waking up, discovered her mother had been moved to a high-quality ward and that Ling Shuya had covered all the costs, instantly feeling profoundly grateful.

Ling Shuya said with a smile, "You must definitely repay it, but if you repay me now, I really wouldn't accept it. Wait until you have graduated and can repay me with your own earnings!"

The implication of Ling Shuya's words was quite clear. Considering the Lin family's current lack of funds, she wasn't really expecting to be repaid, but outright saying she didn't want the repayment would seem haughty, hence why she spoke like this.

Lin Dieying, hearing Ling Shuya's words, was even more moved.

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