Chapter 53: Money Is Not a Problem
Chapter 53: Chapter 53: Money Is Not a Problem
"Baby, have a lychee."
Zhang Yan was also quite embarrassed. He now knew that Chi Xinyue’s uncle had an eight-year-old daughter. Thinking back to how he had shouted at the top of his lungs, "I am truly in love with your daughter!"...
He felt like he was an inch away from catching a federal charge, or worse, taking a bullet to the head.
And that wasn’t the only awkward part.
He had bought a huge bag of the most expensive lychees from that small supermarket. However, it turned out that Chi Xinyue’s father had a liver condition, and eating such high-sugar fruits was tantamount to murder.
Fortunately, everyone knew he was unaware and didn’t blame him. He could only feed the peeled lychees into his junior’s mouth.
From the moment Zhang Yan entered the room, Father Chi had been staring at this sudden, unfamiliar young man with a scrutinizing gaze. But when he saw his daughter’s intimate gestures and her attached demeanor, he knew everything was already set in stone.
He felt an inexplicable sense of loss. The more he looked at this kid, the more an eyesore he became. He really wanted to go up and kick him a few times.
When Zhang Yan had entered the house, he had whispered right by his junior’s ear, "Running off behind my back. I’ll deal with you later. For now, be a good girl and let me do the talking." Because of this, she was currently acting exceptionally obedient, simply leaning against him and hugging his arm tightly.
Zhang Yan had briefly surveyed the situation upon entering and made a preliminary guess. It seemed the crux of the matter lay with his junior’s bedridden father.
"Sir, could you tell me what kind of difficulties the family has run into? We’ll all be family in the future, so please don’t hide anything from me."
Father Chi was infuriated the moment he heard the word "family"!
Thinking about how the daughter he had raised for twenty years was about to run off with this brat from nowhere made his liver ache with frustration!
Chi Chenglong assumed his younger brother was too overcome by pain to speak, so he took over the conversation and carefully explained the situation once more.
Hearing about liver cancer, Zhang Yan’s expression turned solemn, but he relaxed again upon learning it was only in the early stages. "If it’s early stage, it should be curable, right?"
As someone who had spent years as a keyboard warrior roaming the internet, Zhang Yan didn’t possess a deep-seated awe and fear of cancer. He knew that most cancers were treatable as long as they were caught early. It was just that...
"It is curable. The doctor said we caught it early, and as long as we find a liver source for a transplant promptly, the chances of full recovery are very high. It’s just that it requires money!"
Zhang Yan looked a bit more serious. "May I ask roughly how much is needed?"
He genuinely lacked knowledge in this area. Furthermore, he currently only had over four million in his pocket, so he didn’t dare to boast prematurely before testing the waters.
"The cheapest treatment would be around five or six hundred thousand. To get everything sorted properly, it’d probably take over a million!"
Zhang Yan’s brows instantly smoothed out, and his urge to flex began radiating in waves. "That’s not much at all! Let’s start the treatment right away then!"
Chi Chenglong was taken aback. "Young man, you didn’t mishear me, did you?"
"Not at all. Let’s just go with the best treatment plan. It’s only a million or so; I can easily afford it."
Although his junior’s exclusive fund only had about four hundred thousand left, he was still willing to pay out of his own pocket for something like this, provided it was within his means.
"Senior, I..." Hearing Zhang Yan agree without hesitation to the very thing she had agonized over and been too afraid to bring up, his junior’s heart melted with endless tenderness. She called out to Zhang Yan affectionately, hugging his arm a bit tighter.
"Hm? Didn’t I tell you to be a good girl and keep quiet? I’ll punish you when we get back." Whispering intimately into her ear, he "scolded" her softly. Her eyes looked so misty they were practically dripping with water.
At this moment, Father Chi forced himself to sit up, trying to appear as authoritative as possible.
"Zhang Yan, was it? Over a million is no small sum. Don’t you need to confirm with the elders in your family? Can you really make this decision yourself?"
"Please rest assured, sir. This is all my own money. By the way, my parents are currently on a world tour, and their travel budget alone is five million."
Zhang Yan intentionally revealed a glimpse of his family’s wealth, secretly upgrading his parents’ "national tour" to a "world tour" to preemptively manage expectations. This way, there would be no need for the parents from both sides to meet up early and settle any marriage arrangements.
Although Father Chi heard how wealthy Zhang Yan’s family was, he still didn’t feel that his daughter was unworthy. Thus, he asked seriously once more, "Does this money count as your bride price for Yuyu?"
Even if he could receive treatment, if the price was his daughter losing her future bride price and living a subservient life in her husband’s home, he would have to seriously weigh whether an old man’s life like his was really worth it.
Hearing her father bring up marriage, his junior panicked immediately, because Zhang Yan had already expressed that he wouldn’t marry her. She could accept that, but if her father made things too awkward and ended up ruining the life-saving treatment, she would blame herself to death.
"Dad, we..."
However, just as she squeezed out a few words, she felt a tightening on her hand. It was Zhang Yan grabbing her hand.
Zhang Yan first gave her a look to cut off her words, then turned his head. "You must be joking, sir."
"What do you mean joking? Do you think my daughter isn’t worthy?!"
Although Father Chi wasn’t obsessed with the exact amount of the bride price, if anyone dared to say his daughter wasn’t worth a certain amount of money, he would definitely flip out. In his heart, his daughter was the most precious treasure in the world. No amount of money could ever compare to her value!
"Not at all, sir, you’ve misunderstood. What I mean is, how could the bride price for my girlfriend be a mere million or so?"
With Brother Tongzi covering for him, Zhang Yan’s ability to show off had grown stronger by the day. His words immediately stunned the Chi brothers, Chenglong and Chenghu.
Over a million? A mere? Were those two phrases supposed to be used together?
Chi Chenghu, a devoted father who doted on his daughter, suddenly felt that this kid, Zhang Yan, looked much more pleasing to the eye. At the very least, he valued his precious daughter enough.
"So you mean this money is considered a loan to us, and we’ll slowly pay it back later?"
"Sir, you’re treating me like too much of an outsider. We’re a family; there’s no need for such talk. We’ll go to the bank counter later, and I’ll transfer two million to Yuyu for the medical expenses. If it’s not enough, we can talk then."
The Chi brothers fell silent once again.
In the world of ordinary people, two million was a monumental sum of money. How could he speak of it so casually?
After all, reality wasn’t like certain internet forums in Huaxia.
Seeing the two older men slightly dazed by his casual flexing, Zhang Yan struck while the iron was hot.
"I don’t really understand the specifics either. I’ll help you ask around later and see if we can find an expert to advise us. Anyway, let’s start preparing to move. We definitely can’t do the surgery in this small county; I wouldn’t feel at ease."
The seemingly impenetrable mountain pressing down on the entire family’s hearts suddenly shattered into nothingness. The two older men of the Chi Family felt as though they were dreaming.
They couldn’t help but re-evaluate this young man they had just met. They hadn’t noticed earlier, but he truly was a fine-looking talent!
Seeing that his younger brother, despite looking sullen, had clearly accepted this son-in-law, Chi Chenglong helped out by eagerly asking, "So, when do you two lovebirds plan to get married?"