"Ling Dong, thank you for helping us clear up this matter. I think we can have a proper talk with Li Jianbin," said Xu Nianji, feeling it was somewhat better to be informed about such matters. They could have a good talk with Li Jianbin.
Ling Dong’s lips moved slightly but he didn’t speak after all. He wanted to say that since the other party had taken advantage of Li Jianbin, they definitely wouldn’t be stingy with money. Xu Nianji’s talk this time would surely be fruitless.
That afternoon, Xu Nianji received a lot of returned chili sauce and took advantage of a brief lull to visit the hospital.
Li Jianbin had only a very mild case of acute gastroenteritis and could have been discharged after two days of treatment, but he claimed to still feel unwell and refused to leave.
So, Li Jianbin stayed in the hospital.
Xu Nianji brought some fruit and malted milk to the hospital. As soon as he arrived, Li Jianbin started ordering his wife, Hu Aimei, around like a lord, commanding her to peel apples, while also complaining, "Aren’t you a delivery driver? Doesn’t your family have a Chili Sauce Factory? You’re too stingy, just buying a few apples and malted milk!"
Li Jianbin looked with disdain at the clearly pointed out apples and malted milk, ordinary items. He never considered that in the past, they couldn’t even afford snacks, let alone apples, and would refrain from buying apples all year round.
"Big Brother Li," Xu Nianji had just started speaking when Li Jianbin interrupted, "Your mom calls me big brother, and you call me big brother too? You think you are on the same level as your mom?"
Xu Nianji paused for a moment before correcting himself, "Uncle Li."
Li Jianbin then happily took a big bite of the apple and said, "I want chicken soup for lunch."
These past few days, it was the Xu family who brought over the food; whatever Li Jianbin wanted to eat, he would just ask for it.
"Uncle Li, the doctor said that you should eat something light now," Xu Nianji kindly reminded him.
Li Jianbin replied irritably, "If you grudge giving me good food, just say it outright. If it wasn’t for your family’s chili sauce, would I be lying in this hospital?"
Xu Nianji took a deep breath, reminding himself not to get angry. His little sister always said, "If a mad dog bites you, you can’t bite back."
"Uncle Li, I heard that you had accumulated quite a bit of gambling debt before," Xu Nianji had just broached the subject when Li Jianbin shouted back, "What business is it of yours whether I owe money to others? Get out! I don’t want to see you. Tomorrow I’m going to the police station; I want to sue you all, sue your factory for ruining my life. Your chili sauce is deadly, eating it can kill people!"
Li Jianbin’s voice was loud. Xu Nianji wanted to explain, but Li Jianbin took a pillow, and the half-eaten apple, and threw him out of the ward.
"This is a hospital, not a marketplace," said a nurse, who happened to be making rounds and saw what was happening, immediately spoke up.
Seeing the nurse, Li Jianbin looked at her as if she were his savior and said, "Nurse, you have to save me. I was hospitalized after eating their chili sauce, and they want me dead."
"In broad daylight, who would dare to commit murder?"
The nurse’s mouth twitched involuntarily; this patient had become notorious in their hospital in just a short period of two days.
Whether the Chili Sauce Factory’s chili sauce was unclean, they couldn’t recklessly accuse without evidence, but Li Jianbin was truly unreasonable when he thought he was in the right.
The Xu family had visited several times, always bringing good things and smiling faces. But Li Jianbin?
Insatiable, his demeanor made the medical staff uncomfortable to watch.