City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 360 - 360 361 Borrowing Money

360: Chapter 361: Borrowing Money 360: Chapter 361: Borrowing Money Nowadays, huge transactions are conducted through transfers, and it’s rare to see deals facilitated by withdrawing large sums of cash.

However, Li Lanfang didn’t understand this, and moreover, she hadn’t asked the hospital for its account number.

In such a situation, appearing with a large amount of cash would definitely attract the attention of criminals.

Additionally, the entrance of a large hospital is a hotbed of chaos with money snatchers, thieves, scalpers selling appointment tickets, and the like.

Truly, all sorts of people can be found there.

It wasn’t until a stranger snatched the small bag from Li Lanfang’s hands, walked a few meters away, climbed into a van, and drove off that Li Lanfang reacted, immediately shouting out loud, “Someone’s stealing my money!”

“My money has been stolen!”

As Li Lanfang shouted, the hospital security guards heard her and reacted.

By the time the guards arrived, the van had already vanished into the traffic.

This time, it really scared Li Lanfang!

It was five hundred thousand in cash!

It was money to save her husband’s life!

Sitting on the ground, Li Lanfang screamed and shouted until she passed out.

When she next opened her eyes, she found herself in an ordinary hospital room with her daughter He Xiaoqing sitting beside her.

He Xiaoqing only found out about the situation when Li Lanfang was brought in by the hospital security and some kind-hearted people after fainting.

“Xiaoqing, where’s the money?”

“Where’s the lifesaving money?”

“Mom, I’ve already reported it to the police, and they’re handling it,” she said.

This wasn’t a small amount of money, but five hundred thousand, and moreover, it was the emergency funds at the hospital.

It was a major case, with the criminals having a very malicious intent.

While others had already reported the crime for Li Lanfang, the staff at the Jiangbei police substation had received the emergency call and had already come to investigate.

Among them was Zhao Ruxue, as the deputy captain of the criminal police team at the Jiangbei substation.

As one of those responsible, she immediately began investigating the case.

“How is your dad now?” Li Lanfang hurriedly asked.

Last night, a female nurse told her to bring the money in the morning, otherwise, they would stop treating the butcher He.

But now it was already noon.

“The hospital is aware of our situation and has allowed us to delay paying the medical bills, prescription fees, and hospitalization costs for a day or two.

However, the doctor still suggests we pay that amount,” He Xiaoqing said.

Now with the five hundred thousand stolen, and only a few tens of thousands left in the passbook, where was Li Lanfang supposed to find more money?

“All the money’s been stolen; where do we find more?” Li Lanfang asked.

At this moment, she truly felt bewildered and regretful, thinking that if she had known, she wouldn’t have withdrawn the money and would have just left He the butcher to his fate.

Now He the butcher couldn’t be saved, and the money was gone as well.

Why had she been so unlucky lately?

As Li Lanfang thought about it, there were hardly any relatives with money at home, so she could not borrow any.

All she had left was the house.

If she mortgaged the house to the bank, she wouldn’t be able to loan five hundred thousand, at most just a hundred and twenty thousand.

What to do now?

Li Lanfang didn’t know what to do.

He Xiaoqing, who was weak-willed and indecisive, also didn’t know what to do in this moment.

In fact, Li Lanfang quickly thought of Ye Qiu.

She knew that Ye Qiu was going to Jiangnan to buy a mansion, and five hundred thousand was certainly not much for Ye Qiu.

But when Ye Qiu got into a car accident and was hospitalized at Jinling Hospital, owing tens of thousands, Ye Weidong had asked to borrow from her.

Li Lanfang had refused to agree, resulting in Ye Weidong having to mortgage their house to get a loan of a hundred thousand from the bank.

She never expected her family to be the ones dealing with this so soon.

Asking her to borrow five hundred thousand from Ye Qiu was out of the question, he’d surely ignore her.

“Why don’t you go ask Ye Qiu to borrow the money?”

Li Lanfang turned to He Xiaoqing and asked.

“Mom, what are you talking about?”

Asking He Xiaoqing to borrow money from Ye Qiu was sure to be futile; it was clear to everyone that it would just be an embarrassing refusal, because He Xiaoqing knew that Ye Qiu wouldn’t even spare her a second glance.

“You go ask Ye Qiu for the loan, he’s buying a mansion in Jiangnan, he must have money,” Li Lanfang said with certainty.

“Mom, if you were him, would you lend it?”

In Li Lanfang’s view that was obviously nonsense, if she were Ye Qiu, she certainly wouldn’t give the matter a second thought.

“If Ye Qiu is no good, then who?”

Li Lanfang was at a loss.

“We can only ask Uncle Zhou and them.”

The best friend of Butcher He was Butcher Zhou, along with Butcher Zhu and those other questionable friends.

They were the only ones with some money, and borrowing a hundred thousand from each of them should be enough.

However, last night, Li Lanfang had shamelessly tried to make Butcher Zhou, Butcher Zhu, and the others take responsibility, which surely scared them off.

When Li Lanfang heard He Xiaoqing mention Butcher Zhou and the others, it dawned upon her that they were the only option for a loan.

As Li Lanfang struggled to get up from the bed, it was merely the shock of losing so much money to theft that had made her faint, coupled with her low blood pressure, which made it easy for her to pass out under stress.

Having gotten up, Li Lanfang prepared to head to the meat market to ask Butcher Zhou and the others for money.

Inside the critical care room, where He Xiaoqing and she had arrived, Butcher He still lay in his hospital bed receiving IV treatment, but the doctors hadn’t performed any surgery or provided any other treatment.

Because Butcher He hadn’t paid any fee yet, the hospital, not being a charity, definitely couldn’t proceed with treatment.

“Family member, I advise you to quickly borrow some money and come back.

Your husband will then be able to receive prompt treatment from the doctors, otherwise, the delay will only worsen his condition,” said the female nurse as she came out from the critical care room, looking at Li Lanfang.

But she wouldn’t sympathize with Li Lanfang, because such incidents were daily occurrences at the hospital.

Li Lanfang didn’t dare stay any longer, she quickly mounted her electric bicycle and headed to the pork market.

It was midday, and there were few customers buying pork, but the pork vendors still had to stay at their stalls, waiting for people to come in the afternoon.

When Butcher Zhou, Butcher Zhu, and the rest saw Li Lanfang hurriedly approaching on her electric bicycle, they recalled the incident from the previous night with a hint of discomfort.

However, they were men and wouldn’t hold a grudge against Li Lanfang, and after all, Butcher He was their friend of many years, with whom they shared a bond.

Seeing Li Lanfang there, they assumed she might be coming to set up her stall or for some other business.

But these people felt it was best to wait for Butcher He’s wounds to heal before Li Lanfang could return to her stall.

What Butcher Zhou and the others hadn’t expected was for Li Lanfang to come near them, stop her electric bicycle, and then directly call Butcher Zhou, Butcher Zhu, and the other pork vendors over to her.

Thinking Li Lanfang might have some plans in mind, she said, “I went to the rural credit cooperative to withdraw money this morning, and the five hundred thousand was stolen right at the hospital entrance!”