My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot
Chapter 219: True Colors Revealed

Chapter 219: Chapter 219: True Colors Revealed

What’s the use of curing it?

Old Master Lu used to do nothing at home - at least she didn’t have to look after him, and she only needed to cook and do the laundry.

Old Master Lu still had some ability to take care of himself.

But now, even if he had surgery and took medicine, Old Master Lu would still lose his ability to care for himself, and she would have to look after him.

By then, not only would the money be spent, but she would also have to devote time and energy to caring for Old Master Lu.

It just didn’t seem worth it.

The doctor said, "I suggest you let the patient stay in the hospital for now, so if anything happens our doctors and nurses can discover and treat it right away. Meanwhile, our hospital will contact the city hospital for a bed, but there’s definitely a waiting list. Once there’s a bed available, we can arrange for the patient to be transferred and wait for surgery."

"Mom, staying in the hospital here, we don’t even know how long it will be, it’s too expensive," Ge Guifen said to Old Madam Lu.

Old Madam Lu also had the same thought and said, "We might as well go back home. We have a doctor in our village, and we can find him if anything happens. When there’s a bed available in the city hospital, we’ll just go there directly."

"That’s fine," the doctor wasn’t insistent, "but in that case, you’ll need to contact the city hospital yourselves."

"Okay, okay, okay," Ge Guifen agreed readily.

She hadn’t thought about treating Old Master Lu at all, and hadn’t planned on sending him to any hospital.

This was just an excuse.

The village chief had some doubts about Ge Guifen’s intentions, but he also felt that while people can be selfish, they wouldn’t be so heartless as to not even care for an old man’s life.

So he didn’t say anything and took them, along with Old Master Lu, back home.

The village chief decided not to meddle in the Lu family’s affairs anymore and drove his tricycle back home.

Left behind were Ge Guifen, Old Madam Lu, and Old Master Lu, who was bedridden and couldn’t even speak.

Old Madam Lu then said to Ge Guifen, "Go to the city this afternoon and check with the hospitals."

"Mom, you really want Dad to go there?" Ge Guifen pouted, her stance slouchy, rolling her eyes at Old Madam Lu, "Where will we get the money to treat Dad?"

"If you’re willing, you can use your retirement funds to pay for Dad’s treatment, but don’t ask me for money, I don’t have any," Ge Guifen replied sharply, thwarting Old Madam Lu’s plan.

Old Madam Lu really had intended for Ge Guifen to contribute the money.

"Who’s going to pay if you don’t? Was it for nothing that we raised you?" Old Madam Lu exclaimed sharply.

"You raised Lu Zhenjia, not me. Ever since you came, I’ve been taking care of you with good food and drink, and you didn’t have to do any chores. I’ve already done enough," Ge Guifen listed off one by one, "If I had money, I would have found a way to rescue Lu Zhenjia long ago, would I have waited until now?"

"Every single thing in the house, big or small, needs money. Ever since you came, have I ever spent your money? Just me, supporting this whole family, with Youzhen still needing to go to university in the future, where would I get the money to treat Dad? You, on the other hand, have money. Back when Zhenjia got in trouble, you held onto your money, unwilling to spend it, unwilling to save him. Now Dad’s had a stroke, if you want to save him, use your own money. I don’t have any."

Old Madam Lu was so angry she leaned back, "Not spent our money? You always say you have no money, no rice to cook, when hasn’t it been me who gave you money to make ends meet?"

Ge Guifen was a shrewd one. When she said there was no money for cooking, she truly resorted to using leftover vegetable leaves and tofu dregs to feed them.

The vegetables were the rotting leaves left unsold at the market.

The tofu was merely the leftover dregs from making it.

Eating that once or twice was fine, but to eat it meal after meal, who could bear that?

In any case, Ge Guifen was simply shameless; if they didn’t give her money, that’s what they would have to eat every time.

Old Master Lu was quick-tempered and couldn’t stand such indignity, still expecting meat to accompany his drink.

So Old Madam Lu had no choice but to take out money for Ge Guifen to buy groceries.

"Subsidize me? Didn’t I spend money on meat, which all went to dad? Youzhen and I couldn’t even get a bite. You’re just using your own money to buy meat for yourself to eat, and we didn’t get any. I still have to use the household’s fuel and oil to cook for you. I bought the meat and vegetables, I cooked the meals, I exerted the effort yet didn’t get to eat a single piece of meat, and ended up being indentured nannies to you for free."

"You two are served without spending a penny and you’re not secretly delighted? And you dare to say you’ve subsidized us? Dipping bread into leftover meat broth and mixing it with rice as if we’re the ones benefiting from it?" Ge Guifen sneered with a shameless expression, "Anyway, I have no money to give!"

Old Master Lu could hear the quarrel outside and understood it all; he just couldn’t express himself.

He never expected that when he became ill like this, not one among his spouse and daughter-in-law would be willing to spend money for his treatment.

"You have your own money but won’t spend it, why should I?" Ge Guifen said coldly, "If you can’t accept it, next time you visit Zhenjia, ask him if he’ll let me use the money."

She knew Zhenjia’s temperament all too well.

Zhenjia was worried about not having money to spend when he went out, how could he willingly spare money for Old Master Lu’s treatment.

Old Madam Lu, gasping with anger, heard Ge Guifen say, "Mom, stop pretending. You don’t want to spend money either. Let’s just drop it."

Old Madam Lu hesitated.

Ge Guifen gave her an out, "Our family is in this condition; we truly can’t spare that much money. And besides, if we go to the city for treatment, wouldn’t we have to accompany him? Where would we live in the city? Renting another place would mean spending even more money, right?"

"We can’t only consider the cost of treatment; there are many extra expenses. For food and accommodation, it will cost a fair bit." Ge Guifen calculated with her fingers, "Moreover, the doctor also said dad is old, even with treatment, he’s not going to return to his previous state. He would likely still need a wheelchair and have difficulty speaking, making communication troublesome."

"See, isn’t that the same situation as now? Dad’s immobile, lying in bed, unable to speak, we can’t communicate with him. After spending money on treatment and ending up with the same result, why waste money unjustly? It’s better to save the money for treatment and buy dad some delicacies to nourish him, taking good care of him with food and drink; it’s all the same."

Ge Guifen was quite persuasive when it came to coaxing others.

Old Madam Lu was already reluctant to spend money; hearing Guifen’s words, she also felt they made perfect sense, very reasonable indeed.

After thinking for a while she said, "Alright!"

Later, Old Madam Lu further suggested to Ge Guifen, "Since the old man can’t move, it’s not convenient for him to stay in the master bedroom, why don’t you clear out a smaller room and move him there?"

Ge Guifen sneered. Old Madam Lu’s true colors were showing.

Despite Old Madam Lu usually bullying others at home, she was still under Old Master Lu’s thumb.

In the Lu family, all the good food and drink were for Old Master Lu; Old Madam Lu got nothing.