Chapter Fifty-Seven: A Life-Saving Favor

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  Hearing this news, Hao Ren's hanging heart finally put down half of it.

  "Come on, let's take you to the hospital and have a look." Zhao Guang picked up the key next to his hand and said to Hao Ren.

  "Hmm!" Hao Ren hastily stood up from the sofa.

  Zhao Yanzi also stood up and followed Hao Ren to the door.

  Then Zhao Guang drove them to the Dongfang Hospital, arriving smoothly after more than 20 minutes. He contacted Zhao Hongyu and learned that Hao Ren's grandmother's condition had stabilized and was currently placed in a hospital room.

  The three of them went down the stairs, through the cold corridor, and finally arrived at the ward Zhao Hongyu had mentioned.

  There were four beds in the ward, and several other beds also had elderly people lying on them. Zhao Hongyu was afraid of disturbing Zhao Yanzi, so when they came in, she made a gesture to keep quiet with her hands.

  Hao Ren's grandmother lay flat on the hospital bed, with a bottle of saline solution hanging beside her hand. Her eyes were closed, and her breathing was even, with wrinkles on her face rising and falling like waves.

  "The doctor said it's nothing serious, just rest for two days and you'll be fine." Zhao Hongyu stepped forward a few steps and whispered to Hao Ren.

  "Thank you, Aunt!" Hao Rensong let out a breath and walked over to check on his grandmother's condition.

  "Because of the temporary hospitalization, she is staying in this ordinary ward. I'll go communicate again tomorrow and try to get your grandmother transferred to a single room." Zhao Hongyu said softly from behind Hao Ren.

  "It's okay." Hao Ren turned his head and looked at Zhao Hongyu, his mouth already unable to express how grateful he was to her.

  "Tomorrow I might have to pay a huge fine for speeding, but tomorrow I have an appointment with Philip Stark and he's coming over to visit my design studio, I don't have time to go..." Zhao Hongyu whispered beside Zhao Guang.

  Hao Ren sat beside the bed, his eyes observing Grandma's condition, but his ears just happened to catch Zhao Hongyu's whispers. Thinking of how Zhao Hongyu was helping him despite not being related or acquainted, he felt even more deeply moved.

  "Auntie, let me pay for the fine." He turned around and said to Zhao Hongyu.

  Zhao Hongyu was taken aback for a moment, probably didn't expect that Hao Ren's ears were so sensitive. He shook his head and smiled, "It's nothing, maybe just two or three fines."

  Zhao Guang stared at Hao Ren, thought for a moment, and asked, "Aren, have you broken through the second layer of the Concentrated Spirit Technique?"

  Hao Ren nodded. The incident of his grandmother fainting had left him uneasy and he had even forgotten to tell Zhao Guang the good news about his breakthrough.

  "No wonder I feel a bit different now. And your five senses have also become so sharp." Zhao Guang suddenly had an epiphany.

  "What's going on?" Hao Ren was somewhat perplexed.

  "That's right, it's the five senses. Form, sound, color, taste, touch, or in other words, sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch." Zhao Guang explained.

  Hao Ren himself didn't feel anything, but since Zhao Guang said he got enhanced, then he was enhanced.

  Standing beside Zhao Guang, Zhao Yanzi looked at Hao Ren with some surprise: How much time has passed and he's already broken through the second layer of the Condensation Method? I had to eat all the spiritual pills and medicines that my family helped me cultivate like roasted beans just to barely advance to the Kan level.

  "Now that your grandmother is fine, you can stay here for a while longer. Ah Zi has school tomorrow, so I'll take her back first. Oh, and I've already paid the hospital fees and treatment costs, plus an additional 6,000 yuan in advance, so your grandmother can rest assured and recover here. If I have time tomorrow, I'll come by to visit." Zhao Hongyu said to Hao Ren.

  "I'll give you all the money when the time comes, thank you so much, Auntie!" Hao Ren said sincerely.

  "It's just a small amount of money, it doesn't matter. You should take good care of your grandmother first." Zhao Hongyu took Zhao Yanzi's hand, and the three of them left together.

  Hao Ren stayed in the ward, waiting for his grandmother to wake up. He dozed off until midnight, when his grandmother finally woke up from her daze.

  "Ah Ren!" She turned her head to see Hao Ren by her bedside, softly calling out.

  Hao Ren suddenly sat up, rubbed his eyes, and saw that Grandma had woken up. He excitedly called out, "Grandma!"

  He immediately realized that there were other elderly people sleeping in the ward and hurriedly covered his mouth.

  "How did I end up here?" Grandma asked him.

  "Grandma, you fainted at home, so you were sent to the hospital." Hao Ren replied softly.

  "Oh, I remember now. I was picking up things at home and suddenly forgot everything." Grandma raised her withered arm and pinched her own forehead, "Aren't you supposed to be in school? How did you end up here?"

  Hao Ren then told her the situation at that time, one by one, only replacing Zhao Hongyu's identity from "mother-in-law" to "mother of the little maid".

  "By what you say, they are really good people. When I recover from my illness, I must thank them sincerely." Grandma said with emotion.

  She was physically weak and spoke in a disjointed manner. Hao Ren feared that she would faint again, so he advised her to continue sleeping and get plenty of rest.

  Grandma looked at her filial grandson and felt very comforted, even though she was physically weak.

  It wasn't until dawn that the nurse on duty brought over breakfast and Hao Ren personally fed his grandmother.

  "Ah Ren, today is Friday, don't you still have classes?" Grandma asked while eating her porridge.

  "It's okay, take a leave from school and stay with grandma here." Hao Ren said immediately.

  He was originally planning to go home and accompany his grandmother this weekend, but he didn't expect something like this to happen. Thinking of his grandmother being alone at home, lonely and helpless, while Uncle Wang wasn't very good at taking care of people, Hao Ren felt guilty.

  However, when it was time to go to class, he remembered Zhao Jiafeng and the others, so he made a phone call to them, explained the situation, and asked for their help in asking for leave. This so-called leave was just that if there was roll-call, they would explain the situation to the teacher.

  Today, grandma still needs to continue lying down and receiving saline infusion. Hao Ren accompanies her by her side, busy back and forth, washing towels and cutting apples, fulfilling the filial piety that a grandson should have.

  In the afternoon, Hao Ren suddenly received a text message from Xie Yu Jia asking about his grandmother's condition. Hao Ren guessed that Zhao Jia Tan must have told the teacher about it and Xie Yu Jia heard about it, so she sent a text to show her concern.

  Although it was just a message of condolence, at this moment, Hao Ren felt a little moved.

  Seeing Hao Ren holding his mobile phone and not knowing how to reply, Grandma smiled, "A message from your girlfriend?"

  "No." Hao Ren smiled and replied to his grandma, hesitated for a few seconds, then sent over a few words of thanks for her concern.

  "At your age, Ah Ren, it's normal to find a girlfriend." Grandma looked at Hao Ren with a warm smile, repeating the same old tune.

  Hao Ren knew that his grandmother was an old-fashioned rural farmer, who always thought that boys should start thinking about finding a partner when they were over 20 years old. In fact, she believed that boys should definitely get married before the age of 25. However, he understood her emotions as an elderly person wanting to see her granddaughter-in-law soon, so he didn't argue with her.

  It's strange that every time Grandma brings up this topic, Hao Ren's mind always pops up Xie Yu Jia, as if his intuition tells him that the smart and sensible Xie Yu Jia should be the type of granddaughter-in-law that Grandma likes the most.

  "But if you really have a girlfriend, she should come visit when grandma is sick like this, right?" Grandma asked again, still not giving up.

  As soon as she finished speaking, suddenly, at the door of the ward, Zhao Yanzi, with a pink backpack on her back and wearing a light blue school uniform, walked in with a curious look.