Chapter 719 — - Saving His Life Is No Problem
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"You got it?" Tang Zhi blinked in surprise, then said, "It's not a scam. It's the medical fee Wei Zhao demanded from the person running Qibing Real Estate."
"Ah? The medical fee Wei Zhao demanded? Then it's real?" Mrs. Tang's face lit up at once. "I'll go to the bank and check right now. I've never seen this much money in my life!"
Mrs. Tang was beaming. She had been agonizing over the cost of buying a house tomorrow, but now three million had dropped into her lap — more than enough for any house! Wei Zhao really was something else. He broke Zhao Qibing's leg, and instead of the other side demanding compensation from him, he had gone and collected three million first! Old Tang's broken leg was worth it after all!
"Mm..." Tang Zhi said nothing more and hung up.
Though Tang Zhi didn't mind Gu Mengyao knowing her family was poor, she was afraid they would discover her mother was this greedy. They would certainly laugh at her.
Not long after Tang Zhi's call ended, Wei Zhao received one of his own from Li Cihua.
"Wei Zhao, I've wired the money to the account you gave me. When can you save my brother?" Li Cihua said flatly. Between him and Wei Zhao it was purely a business arrangement; there was no need for pleasantries.
"Oh, I'll tell you how to save him — you can do it yourself." Wei Zhao said with studied casualness. "Just find any surgeon. Have him cut out a circle of flesh two centimeters in radius around each silver needle, needle included. That will solve it."
"What!? Cut out flesh?!" Li Cihua's eyes went wide the instant he heard Wei Zhao's words. "Are you playing me?"
"I wouldn't string you along for three million." Wei Zhao said evenly. "Tell what I said to that skilled physician beside you, and he will know whether I am right or not. I don't have time to dawdle with you. This is the only way to save your brother's life."
"Fine then, I'll take your word for it — for now!" Li Cihua drew a deep breath and wrestled his fury down.
Wei Zhao didn't bother with another word and simply hung up. Li Cihua seethed. It had been a long time since anyone had treated him as though he did not exist. Even the Zhao family did not look down on him like this.
But Li Cihua could not afford to take Wei Zhao to task. He had wanted the man dead for quite some time now, and as long as Wei Zhao drew breath, he would just have to swallow it.
Li Cihua dared not waste a moment. He relayed Wei Zhao's words to the Medicine King. To his surprise, the Medicine King slapped his own forehead and exclaimed, "How did I not think of this! If this true qi is so hard to remove, why not simply dig it out and throw it away? So simple..."
Li Cihua blinked at the Medicine King's reaction. "So Wei Zhao's method actually works?"
"It works. In fact, it is the only way to treat Li Dilei at present. He will have to endure some pain, but saving his life won't be a problem." The Medicine King said.
"Could it be that Wei Zhao knows of another method but chose not to share it, deliberately giving us something this cruel?" Li Cihua was suspicious. In his view, a creature like Wei Zhao would never volunteer a good thing; if he opened his mouth, it was to suggest something underhanded.
"That is unlikely. Once this kind of true qi has been fired off, pulling it back would cost him a tremendous effort. Even if Wei Zhao could do it, he wouldn't lower his own strength for three million!" The Medicine King shook his head. "Besides, I suspect Wei Zhao hasn't fully recovered yet — he's only a little stronger than Mr. Zhu at the moment. He'd never risk his life to treat Li Dilei. Three million? Three hundred million wouldn't be enough!"
Hearing the Medicine King's explanation, Li Cihua felt considerably more at ease. Since there was a solution, they should carry it out as soon as possible...