Courtyard House: Initial Donation of 50 Million

Yi Zhonghai's heart-wrenching cries for help, like the mournful cry of a night owl, instantly shattered the tranquility of dawn in the courtyard.

"What's wrong?"

"Whose house has had an accident?"

Lights gradually came on in each household, and doors creaked open, revealing sleepy-eyed heads filled with surprise and doubt.

Wang Huanbo was a light sleeper, and his hearing, enhanced by the [Super Soldier Serum], was exceptionally sharp. He immediately threw on his clothes and got up. He had just opened the door when Yi Zhonghai rushed in like a madman, grabbed his arm, and cried out, tears streaming down his face, "Chief Engineer Wang! Chief Engineer Wang! Please save your aunt! She...she's dying!"

Wang Huanbo frowned, shook off Yi Zhonghai's hand, and strode towards the Yi family's house in the central courtyard. Several people were already gathered at the entrance; Sha Zhu, Yan Bugui, Liu Guangqi, and others were all up. Wang Huanbo pushed through the crowd and entered the house. A pungent smell of medicine mixed with a sour stench assaulted his nostrils. On the kang (heated brick bed), an elderly woman lay ashen-faced, foam at the corners of her mouth, her body convulsing unconsciously, her breath weak.

Wang Huanbo's heart sank; the symptoms resembled severe poisoning! He immediately stepped forward and, relying on his knowledge of Intermediate Surgical Proficiency, examined the pupils and palpated the carotid artery. The situation was extremely critical!

"Make way! Keep the ventilation going! Sha Zhu, hurry to my room and have the driver, Xiao Zhang, start the car! Quick!" Wang Huanbo calmly ordered, his voice carrying an undeniable authority. Sha Zhu responded and dashed off.

"What's going on? Lao Yi, what did that old lady eat?" Wang Huanbo asked Yi Zhonghai, who was slumped on the ground, while quickly cleaning the old lady's nasal and oral secretions to keep her airway clear.

"The medicine...it's that...that medicine for having a child..." Yi Zhonghai was absent-minded and incoherent.

Wang Huanbo instantly understood! It was those harmful folk remedies again! Anger surged within him, but now was not the time to pursue the matter. He grabbed Yi Zhonghai and pulled him up: "Can't you walk? Quickly pack your things, let's go to the hospital!"

At this moment, Liu Haizhong, who had received the news, also arrived, wearing a coat. He was startled by the scene. Yan Bugui stamped his foot, exclaiming, "Oh dear! What's going on here! Get him to the hospital immediately!"

Wang Huanbo's driver, Xiao Zhang, had already started the Mercedes and driven it to the hospital gate. Wang Huanbo and Sha Zhu wrapped the elderly woman in a blanket and lifted her into the car. Yi Zhonghai scrambled after them. The Mercedes, blaring its horn, sped towards Xiehe Hospital.

Those who remained in the courtyard were discussing the matter animatedly.

"Oh dear, what will Old Yi do if this old lady passes away?"

"It must be from eating those weird folk remedies! What a terrible thing!"

"Chief Engineer Wang is truly a loyal friend; he's reliable in crucial moments!"

"If something were to happen to this old lady, what would happen to Lao Yi..." Yan Bugui pushed up his glasses and began to calculate how much of his family's wealth would be left if Yi Zhonghai became a widower.

In the backyard, the Jia family also heard the commotion. Qin Huairu peeked through the window crack, her heart filled with indescribable complex emotions. A sense of satisfaction (that they'd forced Dongxu to work and cause an accident), mixed with a feeling of shared misfortune. Jia Dongxu lay on the kang (heated brick bed), his eyes vacant, as if everything outside was irrelevant to him.

Inside the hospital, another race against time unfolded for resuscitation. Gastric lavage, enemas, IV drips, detoxification… doctors and nurses were swamped. Yi Zhonghai squatted outside the emergency room like a lost soul, his face streaked with snot and tears. Wang Huanbo and Sha Zhu stood guard beside him. After several hours of resuscitation, as dawn broke, the lights in the emergency room finally went out, and the doctors emerged, exhausted.

"The patient is temporarily out of danger." The doctor's words nearly made Yi Zhonghai faint. "However, the medication has caused significant damage to her liver and kidneys, requiring long-term treatment and recovery. And..." The doctor paused, glanced at Yi Zhonghai, and said reproachfully, "The patient was already weak and elderly. After this poisoning, it's absolutely impossible for her to have children in the future. How could you family members give her medication indiscriminately?"

The last glimmer of hope was utterly shattered! Yi Zhonghai was struck dumb, collapsing to the ground and wailing uncontrollably. This time, it was true despair and regret! If he had known it would turn out this way, he would have listened to his wife and adopted a child!

Looking at Yi Zhonghai's miserable state, Wang Huanbo felt little sympathy. "Heaven's sins may be forgiven, but self-inflicted sins are unforgivable." Yi Zhonghai's current predicament was entirely the result of his own stubbornness and selfishness. He paid for the emergency treatment, arranged for Sha Zhu to stay and help look after him, and then rushed back to the factory. A pile of important work awaited him.

The poisoning incident involving an elderly woman was like a boulder thrown into the deep waters of the courtyard, creating ripples that spread far and wide. Yi Zhonghai, struck by this blow, seemed to age ten years overnight; his back became hunched, and he lost all his former vigor, completely erasing his former charisma in the courtyard. After the woman was discharged from the hospital, her health deteriorated significantly, and the couple's relationship reached a freezing point. Although they didn't divorce, they lived together merely out of obligation, like strangers. Yi Zhonghai dared not mention the matter of adopting a child again; he was too ashamed to even bring it up.

This incident deepened the awe and reliance that the birds in the courtyard had on Wang Huanbo. In critical moments, the one who could take charge, save lives, and not hold grudges was none other than Chief Engineer Wang! Wang Huanbo's invisible status in the courtyard had become extraordinary.