Chapter 2025 - 668: Save Me... (2)
But she needed to keep her money to buy a house for her daughter.
Especially with the housing prices rising daily, asking her to take out her money to gamble on a chance doctors deemed slim was naturally something she couldn’t agree to.
Moreover, at that time, Qiuqiu’s grandmother also advised against wasting more money.
And then, she and her daughter completely turned against each other.
As Qiuqiu was about to enter her third year of university, facing the prospect of employment.
Her fear of her daughter not returning to Rong City reached its peak.
She was afraid that the daughter she had wronged all her life would really disappear like a kite with its string cut.
So she finally gave up all her insistence, almost at the peak of housing prices, and exhausted her life savings to buy that apartment in "Harmony Residence" with her daughter’s name on it.
Originally, the contract clearly stated that the house would be delivered before Qiuqiu graduated.
She fantasized about using this brand-new house, belonging to her daughter, as the biggest leverage to make her return to Rong City to work.
But who would have thought the house delivery would be delayed over and over again?
Because of this reason, she lost interest in her small snack store.
She directly sold it off and started going with other homeowners to the construction site and the sales office every day, demanding an explanation from that damned [Xuyuan Real Estate].
This is also why she knew Qiuqiu was having a hard time alone in Yan City and was worried about her daughter but had never gone to see her.
Until a few days ago, [Xuyuan Real Estate] completely collapsed.
With the bank withdrawing its loans, the company on the verge of bankruptcy, and all projects stalled, the house delivery was indefinitely postponed.
A grain of sand cast down by Time becomes an insurmountable mountain on the shoulders of every ordinary person.
Qiuqiu stood opposite her, looking at this mother with a blank expression.
At some unknown point, tears had filled her face.
Her mind was blank.
Li Meihua’s cries gradually came to a halt, as she leaned against the wall, her gaze empty.
The hallway became completely silent.
Only the sound of their urgent and suppressed breaths remained.
It was unclear how long had passed.
A gentle and concerned voice came from not far away, "Aunt Li, Qiuqiu, why have you come here?"
Li Meihua immediately composed herself, wiping her face haphazardly.
She turned and saw her attending physician Su Wenxuan walking over from the direction of the lobby.
In his thirties, tall and upright, wearing a white coat, looking genteel and extraordinary.
"Oh, Doctor Su." Li Meihua immediately put on a courteous expression, "We just came out for some air, there’s nothing wrong."
Su Wenxuan approached the two, first glancing at Qiuqiu’s swollen eyes, and his gaze showed a hint of pity.
Then he said, "The developer has sent someone over, they’re downstairs in the office, and this time they also brought the security company’s person in charge. They’re here to discuss compensation. The police station representative will be arriving shortly."
Because Li Meihua insisted on claiming that she was injured by the security personnel of the developer, which constituted clear "third-party liability."
Thus she couldn’t normally use urban and rural residents medical insurance for reimbursement.
But her physical condition had basically recovered, and the hospital couldn’t allow her to keep dragging this out.
Therefore, in the afternoon, they reported to the police again, hoping for a swift resolution.
Upon hearing that the developer finally sent someone over, Li Meihua seemed instantly invigorated, standing up from her chair immediately.
"I’ll go right away; today I’m going to see what trick those rascals want to play!"
Qiuqiu silently bowed her head, following behind her mother.
Su Wenxuan walked to her side, taking out a pack of clean tissues from the pocket of his white coat.
He gently offered, "Here, wipe your face."
Qiuqiu, instinctively dodging to the side, shook her head, pulling out a crumpled tissue from her pants pocket to wipe her tears and blow her nose, her eyes reddened.
Su Wenxuan looked at her, his gaze filled with even more compassion.
As Li Meihua’s attending physician, he naturally had plenty of interactions with Cheng Qiuyu.
He had a great impression of this icy and aloof beauty, with her "comic-like figure" reminiscent of Su Yu.
Not just him, but throughout the entire department, male doctors and nurses couldn’t help but take another look when they saw her.
However, this Miss Cheng was indeed too aloof.
Even when speaking to him, her attending physician, she always kept words to a minimum.
Li Meihua watched this scene, her gaze flickering, she hesitated to speak, but eventually closed her mouth.
Soon, the three arrived at a secluded office downstairs.
Walking in, they saw two men seated there.
One was tall and thin, wearing glasses, looking very refined;
The other was dark and chubby, wearing a gold chain heavy enough for a dog, looking intimidating.
Li Meihua’s expression instantly changed upon seeing the dark fat man.
This was the person in charge who commanded the security guards to shove them at the rights protest site that day.
Su Wenxuan glanced at them, gave a few reminders to Qiuqiu, then excused himself for rounds, and left.
The tall, thin man stood up first, wearing a formulaic smile, "Hello, Ms. Li Meihua, I’m the legal consultant of Xuyuan Real Estate, Zhou Yan. This here is President Zhang, the head of our partner ’Lion Security.’
President Zhang, the dark and chubby man, cast a glance at them, his gaze landing on Cheng Qiuyu, filled with unconcealed amazement and greed.