After taking several sips on the water, she placed the glass on the table and he said," Tell me what happened at the reception."
She cleared her throat and said," It was nothing serious. I told her that I needed to speak to you urgently and she told me that you were busy." "Was that all?" he asked. "Uh, I asked her to at least give you a call but she shouted at me and- " "She shouted at you," he immediately said. "Yes but it's alright. Good thing I've seen you," she said and he nodded before picking his cellphone. Calling his Personal assistant, he told him to come to his office right away.
On arriving, he greeted the other person in the office room before looking at his boss.
"I want that receptionist fired right now and get a replacement as soon as possible,"he instructed and Tang Ning's mouth hang open. "Right away sir," he replied before excusing himself out of the room.
"Mr Jing Yue, you don't have to do that," she said the moment he left, still in shock.
"Trust me that it's necessary," he said. "No it's not. That's too drastic. She only shouted at me and nothing more." "That is precisely why she is fired," he remarked. "No Mr Jing Yue. I think a warning is enough. She may have had a bad day or personal issues," she said.
"Don't concern yourself with other people's problems. Tell me about your father." "Oh, my father is in the hospital and they told me that he needs surgery but it's worth one hundred and fifty thousand Yuan," she said and he nodded.
"The thing is, I don't have that much money on me right now and... the surgery should happen soon. If you help and give me the money, I will work without being paid until I complete it. We can even write an agreement to ensure that I don't back out," she said.
Jing Yue looked at her without saying anything. Did she really think that he could make her sign an agreement? Did she think that he had any problem giving her the money for free, even more?
Before he could reply anything, her phone rang and she looked at it immediately to see Feng Shufen calling. Looking at him, she smiled apologetically before saying," I'm sorry." "It's fine. Answer it." She nodded and picked up the call, "Hello?" "Tang Ning. Daiyu just informed me about what happened. I'm sorry." "It's okay," she replied. "You don't have to worry about the money for the surgery. I will transfer him to life global right now. Give me the address of the hospital where he is," he said and she momentarily closed her eyes.
"You don't have to- " "Let me help please. As a friend would," he said and she gave it a thought before saying," Fine. I will send you the address."
Hanging up, she looked at Jing Yue and said,"I'm sorry for bothering you. I will first have him transferred to a friend's hospital and we see the cost there," she said. "Feng Shufen's?" he asked and she nodded.
"It is alright. Do you need anything else?" "No. That is all but... the receptionist," she said.
"Don't feel bad about it. Take it as though you have saved the company. What if you were a client and she talked to you that way, would you have still wanted to do business with us?" he asked. Thinking about it, she shook her head. "I will take my leave Mr Jing Yue," she said getting up. "When is the surgery?" he asked. "They told me that it should happen soon. Probably today,"she said and he nodded.
"Tell me if you need anything," he added. "Thank you so much."
Getting outside, she reached the reception and found the woman packing her things as she sniffed. Seeing her, she glared at her distastefully. Tang Ning felt the urge to tell her that she was sorry but she knew that it wasn't a good idea. She decided to leave the place since she also had things to deal with.
Reaching the cab, she called Daiyu. "You never listen do you?" "I had no option. I just wanted to be helpful. You mean you didn't appreciate my efforts?" "It's not that but, you know how complicated things are," she said. "You should worry about that later. What matters is that your father is going to have the surgery." "I know you're right," she said.
When the call ended, she sent the hospital address to Feng Shufen.
Reaching the hospital where he was, she found only the care taker waiting. "You got something?" she asked the moment she saw her. "Yes. Did the doctors say anything?" she asked and she shook her head. "He's going to be transferred to life global hospital." "Why? Isn't it more expensive than here?" "Yes but I have a friend there. They will work on him on a much cheaper price. Where's Moyu?" she asked.
"She left. She didn't tell me where exactly," she informed. "Let me inform the doctor. I will come back."
A while later, life global sent it's specialists and the patient was taken in their ambulance.
"Where's he being taken?" asked Tang Moyu who had just come back. "Uh, he's being taken to life global hospital," answered Tang Ning. "Isn't it Feng Shufen's hospital?" she asked and she nodded.
"Oh! How did he find out? You mean you two talk?" "No. Daiyu informed him. You know she works there," she said.
The two then got a cab that took them to life global hospital. Reaching the place, Tang Ning was slightly nervous on seeing Feng Shufen given the way she treated him the last time they met.
Going to the operation section,they found him speaking to some doctors and on seeing them, he approached them.
"Your father already arrived and they are examining him. How are you both?" he asked looking at them. "Sad. You know that he's all we got," replied Tang Moyu.
"I understand and I assure you that he will get the best treatment here," he said looking at Tang Ning specifically. "Thank you so much Feng Shufen. I don't know how I will ever repay you," she said. "I wish you told me when we met that his health was weak. We would have done something," he said and Tang Moyu looked at Tang Ning before looking at him. "You two met?" she asked. "Yes. We met in a restaurant," he said.