I painted an aircraft carrier on the courtyard house for Dongda University.

After hearing Yi Zhonghai's blatant distortion of the truth, Zhou Weiguo almost burst out laughing. This old man's moral blackmail was truly unrestrained; he made no attempt at pretense whatsoever!

He looked up at Yi Zhonghai, his eyes practically overflowing with disdain, his tone dripping with sarcasm: "Yi Zhonghai, Yi Zhonghai, you don't even dare to talk about the facts. What are you trying to say? Go home and take your old deaf husband to your bridal chamber. Don't get in my way and disgust me!"

"Aww.........."

No sooner had Zhou Weiguo finished speaking than a piercing scream rang out, startling everyone present and making them shudder!

It turned out that Yi Zhonghai's face had turned a liverish color from Zhou Weiguo's rebuke. He was both angry and anxious, and in a moment of impulsiveness, he wanted to rush forward to argue. However, in his panic, he didn't notice and stepped squarely on Bang Geng's knee.

Bang Geng was already in so much pain that his whole body was numb and his consciousness was almost fading. This sudden, intense pain made tears stream down his face.

Suddenly, everything went black before Bang Geng's eyes, and his body fell straight backward, completely unconscious.

Seeing this, Zhou Weiguo laughed and teased, "Old Yi, you're really something! Bang Geng is already in so much pain, and you still deliberately caused him further injury? Hurry up and take him to the hospital, I think his leg injury is quite serious, if we delay any longer, he might be crippled!"

Yi Zhonghai glanced down at the unconscious Bang Geng on the ground, his brows furrowing instantly. A look of disgust flashed across his face, which was quickly replaced by a solemn expression.

"Don't just stand there! Qin Huairu, quickly take Banggeng to the hospital for a checkup!"

Director Wang reassured her with an unwavering attitude, "Don't worry, I will thoroughly investigate the situation here. If it was indeed Yu Li who pushed the stick over, I will definitely make her take responsibility and compensate for the losses!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu's face instantly filled with emotion, her eyes reddening instantly, tears welling up in her eyes, but she deliberately held them back, forcing a weak and helpless expression as she looked at Director Wang.

Director Wang, seeing Qin Huairu standing there motionless, grew increasingly impatient. He turned to Xiao Chen from the street office beside him and instructed, "Xiao Chen, go to the steel rolling mill right now and verify what Chief Engineer Zhou said about sending a car to pick up Yu Li. See if Yu Li is actually at the factory!"

Xiao Chen didn't dare to delay. He quickly nodded, grabbed the handlebars, straddled the bicycle, and hurried off toward the steel mill.

Seeing this, Zhou Weiguo shrugged dismissively, his mockery deepening, and he was too lazy to get entangled with this group any longer.

He turned around and patted Sha Zhu, who was still angry and whose chest was heaving violently, and without saying a word, he led him back to the courtyard house.

Qin Huairu watched Zhou Weiguo and Sha Zhu's figures gradually disappear into the distance, then looked down at the unconscious Bang Geng on the ground. She could only look helplessly at Yi Zhonghai, her eyes full of pleading.

Yi Zhonghai was extremely unwilling, but then he thought that Qin Huairu was the person he had chosen as his backup caregiver, and he really couldn't just abandon her now, since his child was still young and he would need her help to take care of him in the future.

With no other option, he gritted his teeth, turned around, and went to the neighboring yard to borrow a cart, preparing to take Banggeng to the hospital.

Yi Zhonghai painstakingly borrowed the cart and, together with Qin Huairu, carefully lifted the unconscious Banggeng onto it.

With one pulling from the front and the other pushing from behind, they hurriedly made their way to the Sixth Hospital.

The two arrived at the hospital breathlessly, registered, and consulted with doctors. The test results came out in no time.

The doctor, holding the X-ray films, looked grave and said in a serious tone, "The child has a fractured kneecap, and it's a severe comminuted fracture. Surgery must be scheduled immediately. If the optimal treatment time is delayed, this child may never be able to stand up again."

"A comminuted fracture? And surgery is needed?"

Qin Huairu's eyes widened suddenly, her voice trembling with disbelief.

She was completely stunned, her legs went weak, and she almost collapsed to the ground. Fortunately, Yi Zhonghai, who was next to her, reacted quickly and reached out to support her, preventing her from falling.

Tears welled up in Qin Huairu's eyes instantly. She grabbed the doctor's arm and pleaded in a sobbing voice, "Doctor, you're not mistaken, are you? She just fell, how could it be so serious? Could the X-rays be wrong? Please take another look!"

"There's no mistake." The doctor gently shook his head.

"You two hurry up and complete the admission procedures, don't waste time! Oh, and go pay the 100 yuan surgery fee first, and pay the rest when you've used it up." After the doctor finished speaking, he turned around and went to attend to other matters, leaving Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai standing there in a daze, their minds blank.

"One hundred dollars?"

Upon hearing this number, Qin Huairu's sobs instantly turned shrill, her face filled with despair.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, she abruptly turned to look at Yi Zhonghai, her eyes filled with helpless pleading: "Uncle, what should I do? I really have no money... If anything happens to Bang Geng, I won't be able to live... Please help me! I beg you!"

Yi Zhonghai's heart skipped a beat. He hadn't expected Bang Geng to be so badly injured. Hearing that the surgery would cost 100 yuan, his heart sank even further!

Seeing Qin Huairu crying and wailing, Yi Zhonghai felt extremely annoyed.

His brows furrowed, and his tone carried a hint of helplessness and feigned embarrassment: "Huai Ru, it's not that I don't want to help you, I really don't have the ability. You don't know, I just finished my divorce with your aunt, and Director Wang awarded all the money to Cui Lan. I only have a few coins left, and I can barely support myself. I really can't come up with any money."

"Divorce? All the money went to that old lady?"

Qin Huairu abruptly stopped crying, her eyes wide with shock and disbelief. "How could we suddenly get divorced? Weren't we doing fine before? How come I didn't hear a thing?"

Seeing her shocked expression, Yi Zhonghai didn't know where to begin explaining.

"I'll tell you the details later. In short, the divorce is real, and all the money has been awarded to Cuilan. I really can't come up with that much money right now."

Even so, he was thinking to himself: Qin Huairu was his backup plan for old age, and he absolutely could not offend her to death because of this. His child would be growing up for many years, and he would still need her to take care of him during this time.

After a moment's thought, Yi Zhonghai gritted his teeth, as if making a huge concession, and reached into all his pockets, pulling out crumpled bills that totaled only three yuan and twenty-five cents.

He handed the money to Qin Huairu, his tone somewhat embarrassed: "Huairu, this is all the money I have on me. Please take it for now, I really don't have any more."