Zhao Xiaoqin felt guilty, but she concealed it very well in front of her mother. She comforted her mother with a false attitude:

"Mom, take good care of yourself in the hospital and don't worry about the medical expenses. Don't you know what kind of person your daughter is? How could I do anything against my conscience? Don't worry."

After saying this, she herself felt a little uneasy in her conscience.

But, once a lie is told enough times, it becomes the truth.

Now, she keeps convincing herself subconsciously: she has no choice but to do this, and compared to saving her mother's life, everything she does can be sympathized and pitied.

Zhao Xiaoqin's mother was still worried and warned her carefully:

"Xiaoqin, although our family is poor, we must not do anything illegal. So, you call your uncles and ask them to find a way to get the money together. You borrowed so much money from your friends, how are you going to pay it back in the future! Otherwise... let's go home and ask Dr. Li to prescribe some medicine for me."

When Zhao Xiaoqin heard this, she immediately frowned, "Mom, don't worry about it. I can pay it back. Didn't I tell you? My friend is a big boss. He doesn't need this little money. I can pay it back slowly."

It's not that Zhao Xiaoqin didn't think of a way. From the day her mother decided to have the operation, she called around to borrow money, but after all the calls she made, she still couldn't even get enough money for the deposit.

She has two uncles, both of whom run small businesses. She knows that they are rich, and if they pool their money together, they can still raise the tens of thousands of yuan for the surgery.

However, what disappointed her was that as soon as he heard that he wanted to borrow money, the other party's tone changed. He made all kinds of excuses and complaints, but it was just two words: no money.

She knew everything clearly in her heart. She knew that her uncles were afraid that if they lent her money, she would not be able to repay them in the future.

Faced with the high cost of surgery and the wealthy man Xu Zhuo who suddenly appeared in her life, she struggled and hesitated in her heart. In the end, she chose to go against her conscience to save her mother.

From the moment she accepted Xu Zhuo's offer to pay for her mother's surgery, she knew that she could no longer get away with it.

She knew that doing so was illegal, but she was still willing to take the risk, as she still held on to a glimmer of hope deep down in her heart.

If everything she did was not discovered in the end, it would be worth it for her.

It was under this psychological drive that she took the risk...

Lu Tingfeng's words on the mountain made her want to pull back from the brink.

But life played a trick on her again!

Her mother's illness relapsed and she needed surgery, but the high cost of the surgery became the straw that broke the camel's back.

She once again chose to accept Xu Zhuo's "sponsorship", and completely embarked on a path of no return.

Zhao Xiaoqin's mother was full of doubts about her answer. "Xiaoqin, what have you been busy with these days?"

After the operation, Zhao Xiaoqin hired a nurse to take care of her, and never saw her again.

She was worried. Having lived in poverty, she knew that hiring a caregiver was a luxury. For a family like hers, every dollar saved counts.

This was not what worried her the most. What worried her the most was what her daughter was busy with. She was so busy that she didn't even have time to come to the hospital to see her.

This is very abnormal, it has never happened in my previous life.

She was very worried about her daughter. In her eyes, her daughter was a quiet, simple and honest person. She was most afraid that her daughter would be deceived by bad people, do shameful things, and earn dirty money.

Her worries were not unfounded, as such things had happened before in the village.

Two years ago, several girls who dropped out of junior high school in the village went to work in the city. After coming back, they had changed completely. They were all wearing gold and silver jewelry and heavy makeup. It was said that they made a lot of money in the city.

Later I found out that these girls were all doing shady jobs in the city's hair salons, massage parlors and other entertainment venues, and they were earning dirty and shameful money.

These things later became the topic of conversation among the villagers. These girls and their families were spurned by the villagers. They were stabbed in the back, spread rumors and insulted, and they could not even raise their heads.

What Zhao's mother fears most is that her daughter will follow the same path.

The attentive mother Zhao also noticed that her daughter was quietly changing.

She had a gold necklace around her neck and gold rings on her fingers. Her dressing style was obviously different from before. Even her body was emitting a strong scent of cosmetics...

Zhao Xiaoqin was stunned for a moment, then replied with a smile:

"Mom, my friend opened a beauty salon and is short of staff. I've been helping him out recently. The shop just opened and there are so many things to do that I'm so busy that every time I go back, I'm so tired that I fall asleep right away."

Zhao Xiaoqin lied seriously in front of her mother, and Zhang Zhaodi, who was hiding outside the door, frowned as she listened.

She really wanted to go in and expose it all. She even wanted to slap Zhao Xiaoqin a few times to wake this woman up completely.

After thinking about it, she suppressed her impulse.

She knew she couldn't do that. She used to think Zhao Xiaoqin was honest and simple, but now it seems that she underestimated Zhao Xiaoqin.

This woman is so fickle. She was about to stand on the same front with me, but now it seems that she and Xu Zhuo are still in the same boat.

She must find a way to completely gain her trust and make her willingly tell her all the conspiracies she and Xu Zhuo had planned.

Besides, Zhao's mother is seriously ill now. Once she reveals all the truth, she is afraid that Zhao's mother will not be able to accept the reality and something unexpected will happen. She cannot bear this responsibility.

Mother Zhao held her daughter's hand and said with tears in her eyes, "Xiaoqin, thank you for your hard work. As long as you behave yourself, I will feel at ease..."

At this time, Zhao Xiaoqin's cell phone rang. She took out her cell phone, glanced at the number, frowned and said, "Mom, my friend called me, I'm going out to answer the call."

As she spoke, she answered the phone, said hello, and stood up and walked out of the ward.

When Zhang Zhaodi heard that Zhao Xiaoqin was about to leave the ward, she quickly turned around and prepared to slip away.

Because she was nervous, she bumped into a nurse who was pushing a cart into the ward as soon as she turned around.

There was a "bang" sound.

Zhang Zhaodi crashed heavily into the medical cart, and in an instant, all the bottles and jars on the cart fell to the ground...

"Yes... I'm sorry... I'm sorry, I didn't see it..."

Zhang Zhaodi apologized to the nurse with an embarrassed smile on her face, and hurriedly bent down to pick up the various medicines on the ground.

Fortunately, most medicine bottles are packaged in plastic, otherwise, this person would be in big trouble.

"Don't you even look at the road before you walk?" The nurse was sorting the medicines, looking displeased.

"I'm sorry, I'll be more careful next time."

The nurse looked Zhang Zhaodi up and down, with a questioning look on her face, "Which patient's relative are you? I saw you sneaking around and eavesdropping outside the ward from a distance..."

While Zhang Zhaodi was talking to the nurse, Zhao Xiaoqin, who had just answered the phone, watched the scene expressionlessly, her eyes falling on Zhang Zhaodi, who looked flustered and flustered.

Suddenly, Zhang Zhaodi felt someone patting her on the shoulder. She turned around and saw Zhao Xiaoqin's angry face:

"You were eavesdropping on my conversation, weren't you? You are so shameless!"