Siheyuan: Revenge of the Stupid Pillar

Jia Zhang was frightened by Yi Zhonghai's ferocious expression and said with a stiff upper lip:

"Yi Zhonghai, stop talking about useless things and answer my question. Why don't you continue to pay for my hospital stay?"

"Don't forget, you promised to pay for my medical expenses in order to get me to sign the letter of apology."

Yi Zhonghai said calmly, "I did promise to pay for your medical expenses, but I have already asked your attending physician, and he clearly told me that your illness is not serious and you can be discharged from the hospital. But you still want to stay in the hospital. Are you trying to take advantage of me?"

The patients who couldn't stand Mrs. Jia Zhang started talking about her.

"Jia Zhang, do you still have any shame? The hospital beds are already in short supply. Why are you still hanging around in the hospital? Get out of here right now."

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you are really shameless. You are clearly cured, but you still want to stay in the hospital and ask them to pay for your medical expenses. Do you really think their money is blown by the wind?"

"Ms. Jia Zhang, if you want to be a deadbeat, don't do it in a hospital. Hospitals are places to save lives and heal the wounded. Do you still have any sense of shame?"

"Get lost now. I'm annoyed by seeing a deadbeat like you."

Faced with the accusations and scolding from everyone, Jia Zhang became furious and started cursing.

Everyone was not a pushover and would not tolerate being scolded by Jia Zhang. They started to curse back at her, using a lot of foul language that was unbearable to hear.

Liu Haizhong felt uncomfortable when he saw Jia Zhang and a group of irrelevant people arguing with each other, but Yi Zhonghai was unharmed.

Liu Haizhong's eyes rolled around, and he instantly came up with an idea. He shouted:

"Everyone, please be patient and let me speak a fair word."

"Ms. Jia Zhang, since the doctor says you can be discharged, you should stop staying in the hospital."

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhang's face instantly turned pale, and she was about to go berserk. Liu Haizhong immediately added: "But..."

Jia Zhang said impatiently, "But what but? Say it all in one breath. If you can't explain it clearly, I'll scratch you to death."

Liu Haizhong ignored Jia Zhangshi and spoke word by word:

"However, Jia Zhangshi has not fully recovered and needs to continue recuperating after returning home, so Yi Zhonghai should pay Jia Zhangshi some nutrition fees."

As soon as Liu Haizhong finished speaking, voices of recognition were heard.

"I think what this fat comrade said makes sense. The perpetrator asked the victim who has not fully recovered to be discharged from the hospital, so he should indeed pay some nutrition expenses."

"Even if the victim fully recovers, the perpetrator should compensate for some nutrition or mental damages. After all, you beat someone up, which will cause physical and mental damage, and you also delayed him for such a long time, so you should make some compensation."

"That's the truth. It's usually solved this way. However, the specific amount of compensation needs to be negotiated between the two parties."

The patients in the same room with Jia Zhang just wanted to drive Jia Zhang away, and they didn't care how much compensation Yi Zhonghai had to pay. Anyway, they didn't need to pay, so they all stood up to speak for Jia Zhang.

Seeing that everyone was speaking in Jia Zhang's favor, Yi Zhonghai's face became gloomy, veins bulged on his forehead, and he looked at the culprit Liu Haizhong with grim eyes.

Liu Haizhong was not afraid at all and even winked at Yi Zhonghai provocatively. Yi Zhonghai suddenly became even angrier and wanted to jump up immediately and bite Liu Haizhong's neck.

Seeing that everyone supported her, Jia Zhang said proudly:

"Yi Zhonghai, since everyone says so, I can't go against their will. How about this, you pay me 200 yuan and I will be discharged from the hospital immediately."

Yi Zhonghai blurted out: "Two hundred yuan? What the hell do you want? I won't give you a penny."

Everyone was also shocked by the number that Jia Zhang said and started to criticize her.

"You fat bitch, you're crazy about money, you asked for 200 yuan right away, you yawn like a toad, you're so arrogant.

"You are blackmailing me, you old black-hearted woman. Only a fool would pay you so much money."

"Ms. Jia Zhang, please be practical and don't ask for such high prices."

Seeing that she had caused public outrage, Jia Zhang pretended to be generous and said, "Okay, I'll give in and just give 150 yuan."

Yi Zhonghai said coldly: "I still say the same thing, not a penny."

Liu Haizhong took the opportunity to say, "Old Yi, this is your fault. In business, people should ask for a high price and pay it back when it is done. It's a bit unreasonable that you don't pay a cent."

"Yes! You have to give her something. It would be unreasonable not to give her a penny. After all, it was you who beat her into the hospital."

"That makes sense. You seem like a respectable person. You wouldn't be as unreasonable as Jia Zhang!"

"Man, real man, don't be stingy like a woman, give me a little, just think of it as paying for peace and quiet!"

"Comrade, you are not so stingy as to not give a penny!"

Liu Haizhong continued to fan the flames, "Absolutely not. I know Comrade Yi Zhonghai. He is eager to help others and is kind and generous. He often delivers cornmeal to the young widow in the middle of the night."

"Moreover, he has superb skills and is an eighth-level fitter in our steel rolling mill, earning 99 yuan a month. Although he made a mistake some time ago and was demoted to a fourth-level worker, he still earns 50 yuan a month, so he is not short of money at all."

Yi Zhonghai was already furious because of everyone's pointing fingers at him. After hearing Liu Haizhong's sarcastic remarks, he almost exploded in anger. He looked at Liu Haizhong with red eyes and said angrily:

"Liu Haizhong, I'll fuck your entire eight generations of ancestors, just shut up now."

Yi Zhonghai's ferocious face and devilish eyes scared everyone.

"Is he having a seizure? Why does he look like that? It's so freaking scary."

"Isn't he paid nearly 100 yuan a month? Isn't he just asked to pay for nutrition? How did he become like this?"

"Maybe he feels sorry for the money! The richer people are, the more stingy they are."

"I don't think this guy is a good person. He beat up an old woman and gave cornmeal to a young widow in the middle of the night. This doesn't seem like something a positive character would do."

Yi Zhonghai suppressed his anger and said calmly:

"Ms. Jia Zhang, I, Yi Zhonghai, will never accept your blackmail. The price is five yuan. Take it or leave it."

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhang was so angry that she jumped three feet high and cursed:

"Yi Zhonghai, are you sending away a beggar? Five dollars, you dare to say that."

Yi Zhonghai said indifferently: "Anyway, the money is just this much, so forget it."

Jia Zhang said angrily: "Yi Zhonghai, don't forget that you can only be released from the police station because I signed a letter of apology for you. If you don't give me a reasonable price, I will immediately go to the police station to call the police and let the public security comrades arrest you again."

Yi Zhonghai sneered: "You can go if you want, I don't care!"