Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 870 - 871 Toxic Fatherly Love 3

Chapter 870: Chapter 871 Toxic Fatherly Love 3

Zhang Yu rushed home, packed his revision materials and both of their clothes.

He bought some fruits on the way and hurried to the hospital with large and small packages.

When Zhang Yu arrived, Li Cuifen was chatting with a hospital mate. Seeing him with his loads of stuff she asked, "Did you just pack up the entire house and bring it over?"

Zhang Yu placed the items down and hummed in agreement, "Isn’t that the case."

"If you’re staying in the hospital, I definitely need to accompany you," Zhang Yu said as he put the items into the cabinet.

The old lady heard that he intended to stay with her at the hospital and immediately got anxious, "Nonsense, I am fine, you go back."

"I can’t be at ease at home, and it’s just the two of us in our family."

"Now that I’ve moved everything here, what do you suggest we do?"

"Grandma, the most important thing now is to get you treated." No matter how the old lady spoke or frowned, Zhang Yu was determined to stay in the hospital.

After organizing his things, Zhang Yu picked up a set of revision materials and started studying. Li Cuifang, who was previously chattering non-stop, had to close her mouth seeing him start his revisions.

The fellow patients around them found this interaction between the grandson and grandmother amusing. One patient, very curious, asked, "Why is it only your granddaughter accompanying you."

Children have to work and cannot accompany the old lady to the hospital, so it’s normal for grandchildren to be with their grandparents in the hospital.

But, people were very curious as to why every time the old lady was hospitalized, it was always the granddaughter who accompanied her.

Li Cuifang was a talkative person, otherwise, she wouldn’t have been chatting happily with her friends earlier, but she didn’t know how to respond to this inquiry.

"My parents divorced when I was very young, and my mom passed away when I was in elementary school," Zhang Yu said indifferently, as if it wasn’t something unspeakable.

Upon hearing this, Li Cuifang looked at Zhang Yu worriedly; the young girl previously disliked hearing anyone bring up her parents.

Neither the fellow patients nor their families expected such a reason, leaving them feeling awkward and unsure of what to say.

Especially the person who had asked, who was the most embarrassed. If it hadn’t been for her question, the young girl wouldn’t have had to face these topics.

"I’m sorry," the person said, feeling quite embarrassed.

"It’s fine," Zhang Yu took it lightly, "Grandma, eat some fruit, then you rest, and I will keep watch."

The old lady had just been admitted to the hospital in the afternoon, and it was unclear when they would finish the IV drip.

"Get some good rest, you have to undergo an examination tomorrow."

"I’ve troubled you," the old lady had always been reluctant to disturb the young girl’s revision, but she ended up doing so, which made her feel very guilty.

"Grandma," Zhang Yu disagreed with her comment, "How could you be a burden to me."

"If it wasn’t for looking after me, you wouldn’t have had to do this."

"You should think positively."

"Now that we know your condition, we can treat it accordingly, and you can take better care of me."

"You probably also know about Wu Hao’s situation. Even though he and his wife have decent jobs, they have two children, and their finances are really tight."

"It’s only because you are still around, they wouldn’t dare to do otherwise."

"If you weren’t here, how do you think they would act?"

"After Wu Hao and Feng Min married, they had two children who were enrolled in ballet and piano lessons, and after starting school, they also attended advanced math classes."

"That requires a lot of money to sustain, and though they are civil servants, supporting these expenses is still very tight."

These were just the overt expenses. In reality, Feng Min was a very vain person. Initially attracted to the married Wu Hao - not just because they were college classmates but also because Wu Hao, supported by Zhang Lina’s financial resources, dressed and appeared quite gentlemanly.

Feng Min always thought Wu Hao was wealthy, never imagining him to be just a pretty face relying on his wife.

Only after Wu Hao’s divorce did she find out that the so-called big house belonged to Zhang Lina and had nothing to do with Wu Hao financially.

Feng Min had regrets, but many people knew they were a couple, and even if she disregarded her reputation to leave Wu Hao, he wouldn’t agree.

Wu Hao also admitted to treating her poorly and didn’t want people to say he was worse off after leaving Zhang Lina, so he had to keep up appearances well.

The couple looked glamorous outwardly, dressing stylishly, and the cost of raising their child was substantial.

In fact, all this came at the cost of the couple having no savings. As the child grew and prices soared, their income struggled to keep up.

Otherwise, when the original owner knew Li Cuifen was ill, they started coming around, displaying so-called paternal love, saying they’d definitely take good care of Zhang Yu.

Not to mention that Zhang Yu, naive in the ways of the world, was completely taken in, even Li Cuifen was fooled, though the old lady might have known a thing or two, thinking they just wanted some money from Wu Hao’s couple.

The old lady thought it was fine as long as they needed some money, provided they treated Zhang Yu well; she was worried that the girl would collapse once she was gone.

What she didn’t know was that to Wu Hao and his wife, only the house and money mattered; they had no intentions of treating Zhang Yu well.

Zhang Yu knew about the old lady’s illness, and Wu Hao’s couple would soon know too, so they needed to put on a good show in front of the old lady.

Given how well that couple could act, Zhang Yu wouldn’t be easily fooled, but she worried about whether Li Cuifen might be.

"With you here, they won’t scheme; after all, no matter how they plot, they cannot get to you."

"But what about after you are gone, will they not scheme against me?"

"Even though it was my dad who cheated, leading to the divorce from my mom, he didn’t provide alimony, but he’s still my dad."

"What if they use their status to oppress me in the future?"

"What if they eye the house and the shops?"

"Grandma, you know the rental price of our house and the shops."

"Wasn’t my mom good enough to him at first?"

"Wasn’t she good enough to Wu Hao’s parents, his brothers, and sisters?"

"But what was the result?" The old lady mentioned the behavior of the Wu family, "All they see are benefits, always just benefits."

"So, Grandma, don’t think too much, you should just focus on living well now, receive treatment from the doctors."

Zhang Yu said softly into Li Cuifen’s ear, "Grandma, you also want to see me get married and have children."

"Then later, you can tell my mom about how her son-in-law looks, and how smart and clever her grandson is."

"Right, you also have to help me choose a son-in-law." Zhang Yu indicated that the old lady had a heavy duty.

"How can I?" The old lady dared not decide, "My judgement is not good."

"Why isn’t it good? You saw right through my dad in the past, Grandma." Zhang Yu tightly hugged Li Cuifen, "The man I choose must satisfy you, Grandma."

"I believe Grandma will help me choose the best man." Even if he is not suitable, it doesn’t matter, she could divorce after the grandmother passes away.

While Zhang Yu went to get her things, the old lady was considering one thing: what would Zhang Yu do if she were gone?

It’s not like she hadn’t thought about Wu Hao. Considering he was a civil servant, a leader no less; even if he wasn’t entirely fair, he shouldn’t be too bad.

But now, having heard Zhang Yu’s analysis, the old lady realized she was mistaken; Wu Hao had never been a responsible person, or else he wouldn’t have done what he did before.