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I immediately got suspicious. Nowadays, everyone pays their medical bills through their phones. Since she has a mobile phone to call, how could she not have money to pay the medical expenses?
I asked,"Where's my brother?"
My mother was silent for a second and then stammered, "Your brother has been too tired these two days. I let him rest at home. Don't ask so many questions. Your sister-in-law is in great pain. Come and pay the money quickly."
My brother has been lazy and idle all these years. He couldn't keep a job for more than three months. Even when my mother even found him a job as a security guard at the gate, he thought it was too tiring. How could he tire himself out?
In my mother's eyes, I'm just a pushover, a tool to be used and manipulated at her command.
I replied coldly to the phone, "The one lying in the hospital is his own wife, and the baby she’s carrying is his own kid. If he doesn't care, why bother me? Could it be that the child will call me dad when he's born?"
With that, I hung up the phone directly. To avoid any more calls from her, I turned off my phone.
Given my sister-in-law’s eating habits, it was surprising she only had a stomachache. If she kept this up, it was questionable whether the baby would even be born safely.
However, all of this had nothing to do with me. In my previous life, I I went out of my way to help them, but ended up with a tragic death. In this life,I just wanted to live a good life in peace.
Unexpectedly, the next day, my brother, my mother and Emily showed up at my door.
When I opened the door,the three of them stared at me menacingly,as if I had done something unforgivable.
Emily looked around my house and said to me, "Fiona, how generous you are! Since you can afford to live in such a nice house by yourself, you're so rich, but why were you so stingy with the medical bills last night? Do you have any idea how close your nephew came to having a problem last night!"
As she spoke, I noticed that she was much fatter than when I left last month. I guessed that she weighed at least 200 pounds now. What was more, I could clearly smell a strong smell of rotten apples, which indicated that her blood sugar was already extremely high. With such a physical condition, it was very difficult for the child in her belly to develop healthily.
Hearing her words,I just found it ridiculous.
"Since his parents were both in presence, why do I, an outsider, need to pay the medical expenses? Or is it that your child was born for me?"
Emily was stunned by my retort and stared at me with wide eyes.
"Fiona, what do you mean? Isn't the baby in my belly of our family? The money you earn now belongs to the Chang family, which means it’s my son’s. In other words, you’re spending my son’s money."
"The medical expenses last night amounted to $20,000. You'd better reimburse me right away, otherwise you’ll be in trouble."
Her twisted logic left me speechless, and I didn’t bother to respond.
"I don't want to talk nonsense with you.This is my home.Get out of here quickly.What does the medical expenses have to do with me?Did I ask you to get pregnant?If you don't leave,I'll call the police!"
Before I could finish my words,my brother suddenly rushed over and slapped me hard.
"Do you know how dangerous your sister-in-law was last night? You didn't even want to pay the medical expenses, and now you even dared to call the police ton us? I think you're asking for trouble."
The slap was brutal, and my face burned with pain and immediately turned red and swollen.
Without thinking, I picked up the glass cup beside me and smashed it against his head.
When my mother saw my brother was injured, she was heartbroken. She lunged at me and tightly grabbed my arm to restrain me.
"You ungrateful girl, how dare you hit your own brother? I see you've really grown a backbone."
With me tightly held by my mother, my brother kicked me hard in the chest. I felt a sharp pain through my chest and collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.
Yet he still wasn't satisfied, stepping on my face brutally.
"Don't think you can act however you want just because you have a little money. The money you earn belongs to my son. If you dare to challenge me sgain, you'll know how I can eliminate you as to crush an ant."
