Chapter 2: Sky-high Medical Expenses

Xie Haitao was stunned by Ye Bufan's actions. Recognizing him, he shouted, "Boy, the person is dead, why are you still messing around?

Are you pretending to be filial? If you had that filial piety, you would have taken 50,000 yuan earlier for the surgery, and your mother wouldn't have died. You have no money but love to pretend, I despise people like you…"

He kept chattering beside him, but Ye Bufan ignored him, concentrating on needling Ouyang Lan.

"Boy, I'm talking to you, did you hear me?"

Seeing that the Young man ignored him, Xie Haitao's temper flared up, and he shouted again, "Are you a doctor? Why are you sticking a broken needle here and there? Do you want your mother to not even rest in peace after death?

Let me tell you, this is an ICU ward, and it charges by the hour. The medical expenses owed before haven't been paid yet, what kind of trick are you pulling here?

Stop it right now!"

Ye Bufan finally inserted the last needle and let out a long breath.

His mother had a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. This disease was nothing to the Ancient Medical Sect. It was fortunate that he returned in time; if he had delayed any longer, it would have been too late.

Xie Haitao shouted, "Boy, have you made enough of a fuss? This recent period also needs to be charged."

Then he said to Zhang Xiaoman, "Immediately call the funeral home and have them take the body away."

Ye Bufan said coldly, "You quack, what nonsense are you talking about? My mother is still alive!"

Xie Haitao said disdainfully, "Alive? Are you mentally ill? If your mother can come back to life, I'll give you my position as chief physician…"

As he was speaking, the monitor by the bed suddenly beeped, and then it resumed working. Ouyang Lan actually had a heartbeat.

One beat… two beats, it was slow at first, but it quickly returned to normal.

"What… what's going on?"

Xie Haitao and Zhang Xiaoman were both dumbfounded. Just now, this person indeed had no vital signs, so how could she suddenly come back to life? If this wasn't an ICU ward, they would really think it was a zombie.

Seeing that the time was right, Ye Bufan raised his hand and withdrew all the silver needles from his mother's body, and then removed the monitoring equipment one by one.

After he finished all this, Ouyang Lan sat up from the bed with a jolt, looked around, and said, "Son, where am I?"

"Mom, you're finally awake."

Ye Bufan excitedly held Ouyang Lan's hand. If it weren't for the coincidental acquisition of the Ancient Medical Sect's Legacy, he and his mother would have been separated by Yin and Yang.

Xie Haitao's eyes widened instantly, completely unable to believe what was happening before him. He knew Ouyang Lan's condition best; even if she hadn't died, she couldn't have recovered so quickly.

Ouyang Lan said, "Son, what happened? Mom remembers suddenly fainting. Am I sick? Is it going to cost a lot of money?"

"It's nothing, Mom, you're already well. We're going home now."

Ye Bufan had not only cured his mother's cerebral hemorrhage but also cleared up other hidden ailments in her body.

Now, Ouyang Lan was definitely healthier than anyone else, so there was naturally no need for her to stay here any longer.

"That's good, let's go. I've always said that minor ailments don't require coming to the hospital; a little rest is enough."

Ouyang Lan raised Ye Bufan and his siblings by herself, living a hard life, and she feared nothing more than spending money at the hospital.

As she spoke, she got out of bed and was about to leave with Ye Bufan.

"Stop! You can't leave yet."

Xie Haitao spread his arms and blocked their way.

Ye Bufan frowned, "What do you want to do?"

Xie Haitao said, "You can leave, but you have to settle the medical expenses first."

Ouyang Lan said, "Oh, of course, how much do I owe, Doctor?"

Xie Haitao said, "Thirty-nine thousand eight hundred."

"What, that much money?"

Ouyang Lan was startled. If Ye Bufan hadn't just improved her body, she probably would have collapsed on the bed again.

Ye Bufan said angrily, "My mother was saved by me, why should I pay so much money?"

"This is an ICU ward, and it's charged by the hour. Plus the rescue medications, that's how much it is."

Xie Haitao said, throwing a stack of medication details to Ouyang Lan, "Look, we spent a lot of manpower and medication to save you, otherwise you would have died long ago, how could you be standing here talking?"

Ouyang Lan held the bill. She didn't understand medicine at all; all she could comprehend were the shocking, sky-high numbers on it.

Ye Bufan glanced at it, and his expression immediately darkened, "Are you sure all of these medications were used for my mother?"

He was a junior student at Jiangnan Medical University. Although he hadn't graduated, he still understood some common medications.

Xie Haitao said, "Of course, hurry up and pay!"

Ye Bufan was furious, he grabbed his neck and slammed him against the wall.

"You, a person like you, being incompetent is one thing, but to be so black-hearted, how can you be worthy of the title 'doctor'?"

Xie Haitao's neck was caught, and he immediately felt difficulty breathing, but no matter how he struggled, Ye Bufan's large hand was like an iron clamp, unmoving.

Ouyang Lan and Zhang Xiaoman were both startled, not understanding where Ye Bufan's great anger came from, and quickly came to dissuade him.

Zhang Xiaoman stepped forward and pulled Ye Bufan's arm, but found that the seemingly not-so-thick arm was like a great mountain, unmovable in the slightest.

"Son, let go quickly, hitting people is against the law."

Seeing Ouyang Lan step forward to dissuade him, Ye Bufan finally let go.

"Cough… cough… cough…" Xie Haitao finally breathed fresh air, gasping for breath.

Ouyang Lan said, "Son, what's going on? Why are you so angry?"

Ye Bufan said angrily, "This black-hearted doctor, he previously demanded 50,000 yuan for surgery, and when I couldn't pay, he left her to die.

Just now, this quack misdiagnosed you as dead, which is a disregard for human life!

Now he's fabricating things, prescribing medications indiscriminately. Most of these drugs weren't even for you, yet he's coming to collect money from us. How can a person like him be a doctor!"

At this moment, Xie Haitao caught his breath and shouted, "Nonsense! These are all the rescue medications for your mother. Today, you must pay, or I'll send you all to the police station!"

Ye Bufan held the billing statement and said, "Are you trying to bully us because we don't understand? My mother suffered a severe cerebral hemorrhage, so what's with the 'Xueshuantong' on this prescription? And what about the 'Ginseng and Deer Antler Injection'?

Also, the total amount of these injections combined is over 25 kilograms. Are you saying all of that went into my mother's body?

Infusing twenty-five kilograms in less than twenty-four hours, even an elephant couldn't handle that, could it?"

"I…"

Xie Haitao was completely dumbfounded, speechless for a moment.

He originally thought this mother and son knew nothing, so he prescribed a huge amount of unnecessary drugs.

Firstly, he could get a commission from the hospital, and secondly, he could earn another sum by selling these drugs. He had often done this in the past, but he didn't expect to be exposed by Ye Bufan today.

Just as he was at a loss, the door to the emergency room suddenly opened, and a Middle-aged Man rushed in carrying a boy of about ten years old on his back.

The Middle-aged Man shouted, "Doctor, please quickly check what's wrong with my son?"

The nurse beside him stepped forward and said to Xie Haitao, "Director Xie, this is a patient arranged by Director Zhou of the Health Bureau. He instructed us to do our best to save him."