Siheyuan: Breaking off an engagement? Thanking the grace of not marrying

The couple supported each other and returned to the ward.

By noon, the couple's stomachs were growling with hunger. They waited and waited for Jia Dongxu to come, but he never showed up.

Zhang Cuihua started to call out again, "Old Yi, what's wrong with Dongxu? Did something happen to him? Why hasn't he come yet?"

Yi Zhonghai was also unsure. The whole morning had passed. Jia Dongxu went back to get some things and was making lunch for them. He should be back by now. Why hadn't he come yet?

Until around three o'clock in the afternoon, the couple had not had a drop of water or anything to eat for more than ten hours since last night.

Both of them had stomach growling with hunger.

"Dongxu, you heartless guy, why hasn't he come yet? If he doesn't come, we will both starve to death..."

Zhang Cuihua had never been so hungry before, even her howling voice became hoarse.

Yi Zhonghai's mind still flashed back to how busy Jia Dongxu was last night. He comforted Zhang Cuihua, "Maybe he has something wrong. Never mind. I'll walk slower and go out to see if there's anything to eat."

"Do you have any money on you?"

Yi Zhonghai had no money at all. All his money was in his passbook and he couldn't withdraw it at the moment.

Zhang Cuihua said: "Money? The money is all with Dongxu..."

Ever since Yi Zhonghai started working at the steel mill, he has never worried about money.

But at this moment, Yi Zhonghai was worried about having no money.

"Forget it, I'll go out and think of a solution. Just waiting here isn't a solution."

Yi Zhonghai sighed and walked out of the hospital holding on to the wall.

There was indeed a food stall in front of the hospital entrance, and Yi Zhonghai tried it, but failed to use facial recognition.

At this time, a scoundrel came up to Yi Zhonghai and looked him up and down. "Comrade, you look like you are in the hospital for treatment?"

Yi Zhonghai saw at a glance that the other person was a street urchin. Since he was a man of clean pockets, Yi Zhonghai was not afraid that the street urchin would do anything to him, so he said, "Yes, young comrade, what's the matter?"

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Lu Yu and I live nearby. I've been observing you for a while. Are you short of money right now?"

Yi Zhonghai immediately understood why Lu Yu came to him.

Originally he didn't want to pay attention to Lu Yu, but now he was really hungry.

In addition, he didn't know what happened to Jia Dongxu and why he didn't come. He thought about it and came up with a solution. He said, "Yes, I put all the money in a fixed deposit and can only be withdrawn next year. My son couldn't come today because of something. The money is with my son. My wife and I both live in the hospital..."

Lu Yu smiled and said, "You are an understanding old comrade, and you can see why I came to you. I can lend you the money, but I need to know some information about you."

"But it doesn't hurt to ask."

Lu Yu quickly found out all the information about Yi Zhonghai, including his name, age, where he lived and where he worked.

After asking, Lu Yu stared into Yi Zhonghai's eyes and said, "Old comrade, you are not allowed to lie to me, otherwise not only will I not be able to borrow the money, I will also need..."

Lu Yu didn't say what else he wanted, but his eyes were full of murderous intent.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Lu Yu calmly, "Don't worry, I never lie."

"Okay, I can lend you ten dollars. You just said that your son had something urgent to do today, so he couldn't come. I will come to you tomorrow morning to ask for the money. If your son brings the money, just give me fifty cents interest. But if you can't pay me back tomorrow, the interest is not much, fifty cents a day, how about that?"

Yi Zhonghai didn't care about the fifty cents at all. He thought that Jia Dongxu might have something to do during the day, or it might be difficult for him to take leave because he worked in the steel rolling mill. He would definitely come to see them in the evening, so Yi Zhonghai readily agreed.

Lu Yu smiled and said, "Let's go. I'll help you go to the hospital and check your hospitalization information. Then I'll send you back to the ward. When the time comes, you can write me a note and we'll hand over the money and the note."

Yi Zhonghai's eyes twitched. Fortunately, he did not lie to Lu Yu about the basic information.

As for his work information...

Lu Yu only needs to know the home address and will definitely not go to the steel mill to investigate.

After all, the steel rolling mill now has a security department. If a street urchin like Lu Yu goes there, he will definitely be driven away by the security department.

Yi Zhonghai said: "Look, I'm injured. Since you want to lend me money, can you help me buy some buns and sesame cakes?"

Lu Yu narrowed his eyes, "It seems that you really have plenty of money. It's very difficult for most people to be hospitalized, and they all eat whole-grain steamed buns. You have both steamed buns and sesame cakes."

Having said that, Lu Yu still bought buns and sesame cakes for Yi Zhonghai.

He was not afraid that Yi Zhonghai would tell lies or play tricks on him. He was a professional in this field and had plenty of ways to deal with it.

After Lu Yu confirmed that Yi Zhonghai's basic information was consistent with what Yi Zhonghai said, he helped Yi Zhonghai to the ward.

As soon as she arrived at the ward, Zhang Cuihua smelled the fragrance of sesame cakes. Her eyes immediately turned green and her stomach started to growl.

Then she saw Yi Zhonghai and a young man coming into the ward.

"Shaobing, I want to eat shaobing!"

Lu Yu threw a bag of sesame cakes to Zhang Cuihua.

Zhang Cuihua picked up the pancake and started to eat it. After taking several bites, she asked Yi Zhonghai, "Old Yi, who is this young comrade?"

Yi Zhonghai said: "Thanks to the enthusiastic help of this young comrade, he is willing to lend us ten dollars."

Zhang Cuihua was moved and said, "What a good comrade!"

Lu Yu's mouth was about to crack to the roots of his ears. "You're welcome, Auntie. Where do you live? I'll come to see you after you are discharged from the hospital."

Zhang Cuihua thought to herself that this young comrade was really nice. Not only did he lend them money, he also wanted to visit her at home after she was discharged from the hospital. Zhang Cuihua immediately told them the address of the courtyard house.

When Lu Yu heard this, he realized that it was the same as what Yi Zhonghai said and what was found in the hospital. Only then did he completely put aside his suspicion.

Yi Zhonghai also knew what Lu Yu was thinking, and he didn't give Zhang Cuihua any hints.

It can be seen that Lu Yu is very smart, and he dares to lend money, so there must be someone behind him.

Yi Zhonghai was also willing to pay the interest, so there was no need to offend Lu Yu.

Lu Yu took out the paper and pen he had brought with him, looked at Yi Zhonghai and said, "Old comrade, can you write?"

Yi Zhonghai said: "I can, then I will write you a note now."

"No problem, I'll tell you, and you write."

Soon, Yi Zhonghai wrote the IOU.

Lu Yu was beside Yi Zhonghai the whole time, watching him write. After Yi Zhonghai finished writing the IOU, Lu Yu took out a small iron box with his homemade cinnabar ink pad inside, and said, "Press your fingerprint again."