The Useless Heiress Is Actually A Bigshot
Chapter 440 - Chapter 440 Chapter 470 Arriving at the Hospital

Chapter 440: Chapter 470: Arriving at the Hospital Chapter 440: Chapter 470: Arriving at the Hospital Watching Chu Yixue’s actions, a trace of astonishment flashed across Zhong Nianyao’s eyes.

She indeed hadn’t expected Chu Yixue to be able to produce so much money. The Chu Family already knew Chu Yixue wasn’t their true second daughter, so how could they possibly still give her so much money?

Soon, the sales clerk finished swiping the card, took the receipt, and respectfully handed it to Chu Yixue, “Miss, your payment has been processed. Thank you for your patronage, and I wish you a pleasant day.”

“Hmph!” Chu Yixue snorted coldly, took the card and the receipt from the clerk, picked up the brooch, and turned around to leave.

As soon as she stepped out of the jewelry store, Chu Yixue felt regret. Or rather, she had already regretted her decision while she was inside. But at that moment, she was riding a tiger and couldn’t dismount. If she couldn’t pay, Zhong Nianyao would look down on her.

Luckily, she still had one credit card on her. It was given to her by her mom and dad after she returned to the Chu Family, saying it had a limit of one million and that she could spend it freely. However, to maintain the image of being sensible, she never used that card.

If it weren’t for being forced into such a situation today, she wouldn’t have considered using the card.

Now that she had just spent seven hundred and fifty thousand in one go, she really needed to think of a good excuse when she got back.

Li Jingming didn’t understand why Chu Yixue spent seven hundred and fifty thousand on a brooch, so when he spoke, there was a hint of disapproval in his voice, “Why did you need to spend so much money just to spite Zhong Nianyao?”

Chu Yixue was already in a bad mood, but upon hearing Li Jingming’s words, she immediately turned around and glared at him fiercely, “You have the nerve to criticize me here? Why were you so silent back in the store?”

“You girls’ matters aren’t something I, as a man, should get involved in.”

For some reason, Li Jingming felt a bit guilty, and quickly continued to speak, “Besides, nobody forced you to compete with Zhong Nianyao for that brooch!”

“Then what is it that you men are supposed to do?” Chu Yixue sneered, “When a boyfriend goes shopping with his girlfriend, isn’t paying part of what a man should do? Why didn’t you act as you should have when it came time to pay?”

Her words left Li Jingming speechless, his face alternating between shades of green and red, stammering.

Looking at Li Jingming, who appeared so pathetic, a hint of disdain flashed across Chu Yixue’s eyes before she let go of his hand and continued walking forward on her own.

Li Jingming, whose pride was hurt, felt a growing dissatisfaction with Chu Yixue. However, he knew that he couldn’t afford to leave her, so after standing silently for a while, he took a deep breath and quickly followed after her.

Inside the store–

After browsing the store, Zhong Nianyao didn’t find anything particularly appealing, so she ended up not buying anything and left with Lu Yichen.

Although Zhong Nianyao didn’t buy anything, her earlier concession had resolved the situation perfectly and averted a public relations crisis for the store, making both the manager and the sales clerk very grateful. They accompanied her the entire time without any discontent.

Even when Zhong Nianyao left, they gave her a small gift as an apology and to express their gratitude.

After leaving the jewelry store, Lu Yichen looked at Zhong Nianyao with raised eyebrows and asked, “You seemed quite fond of that brooch earlier, how come you gave it up?”

He certainly didn’t think Zhong Nianyao was intimidated by Chu Yixue.

“It was okay!” Zhong Nianyao said with a smile while linking her arm with Lu Yichen’s, shaking her head, “As for the brooch, I can’t say I particularly liked it or disliked it, it just caught my eye. Since Chu Yixue wanted it, I let her have it. However, I am quite curious how Chu Yixue managed to come up with such a large amount of money.”

“Now that everyone in the Chu Family knows she’s a fake, how could they possibly want to provide her with so much money?”

“If you can’t figure it out, then don’t think about it,” Lu Yichen said, reaching out to ruffle Zhong Nianyao’s hair, “Okay, where would you like to continue shopping now?”

Zhong Nianyao took out her phone, glanced at the time, and then said, “We’ve been shopping for quite a while now, let’s head to the hospital first! Two hours have passed, and we should know by now if she can be saved.”

Lu Yichen had no objections.

Soon, the two of them arrived at Imperial General Hospital.

After asking around, Zhong Nianyao and Lu Yichen went to the intensive care unit (ICU). Outside the door, they saw the Zhong Family members were all there.

Zhong Nianyao immediately spotted Old Sir Zhong sitting there with a somewhat weary expression on his face. But overall, he seemed to be in pretty good spirits.

Old Madam Zhong wasn’t there, probably having gone home already.

Members of the main house were not present either.

Zhong Mingyu sat there listlessly, his clothes stained with drying blood, his hair disheveled, his stubble grown out, looking particularly dejected.

Zhong Mengxuan sat beside Zhong Mingyu, her eyes red and swollen, cheeks streaked with tear marks, unable to hide the anxiety in her gaze.

Seeing the situation outside of the ICU, Zhong Nianyao could roughly guess that Li Yiqiu’s condition must be quite serious. Otherwise, she wouldn’t still be in such a place like the ICU.

Zhong Mengxuan was the first to see Zhong Nianyao arrive. She immediately sprang up, then rushed to Zhong Nianyao, eyes red and fierce, “Zhong Nianyao, what are you doing here? Are you coming over at this time to enjoy our misfortune?”

Faced with Chu Mengxuan’s unreasonable accusation, Zhong Nianyao immediately extended her hand and slapped down Chu Mengxuan’s accusing hand, “Why can’t I come? This is a hospital, not your house. You can’t control these matters.”

“You–” Zhong Mengxuan was infuriated and then spoke up again, “Zhong Nianyao, you really are a vicious woman. When my mom was hanging by a thread inside, we couldn’t get through to you at all. Tell me, did you do it on purpose? You just wanted to let her die.”

“I don’t understand what you’re saying,” said Zhong Nianyao, shaking her head, “But I’m not a doctor, even if I had arrived early, there wouldn’t have been anything I could do!”