The crowd, upon hearing this,

Felt it made a lot of sense.

They themselves only had a dozen acres of land, which didn't bring in much money each year, yet Xiao Lian's boyfriend had casually handed over 50,000 yuan without even blinking, his generosity seemingly excessive; it was as if the money wasn't his own.

"Right!"

Granny Niu's eyes lit up at this moment and she said, "Maybe, Xiao Lian's boyfriend is a fake!"

"Fake?" The crowd was surprised.

"Haven't you watched TV? There are always contract boyfriends and contract girlfriends on TV." Granny Niu said, "Perhaps, after finding out that the villagers knew about her being a prostitute, in order to save face, Xiao Lian hired a fake boyfriend with money!"

"It kind of... makes sense."

"That would explain why her boyfriend would give out 50,000 yuan and not even blink. It's because the money is actually earned by Xiao Lian from prostitution!"

"Also, look at them driving back in luxury cars, and then having the Mercedes-Benz driven away. In my opinion, they also rented it just to show off!"

"Pssh, what's there to show off with money earned from prostitution."

"Exactly!"

"..."

In the courtyard.

Qin Feng had not yet entered the main room when he heard the scolding from inside.

It was Xiao Lian's mother, sickly and aged, berating her as she returned home: "Get out, get out of here! I have no daughter like you! Take all the stuff you brought with you; I don't want anything bought with your filthy money!"

Qin Feng quickly went inside.

Lin Meizhen, her mother, was wrapped in a ragged blanket, screaming on the Kang bed, and due to the emotional outburst, she began to cough violently.

At this point, tears streamed down Xiao Lian's face as she attempted to go forward to take care of her, but Lin Meizhen stopped her, disdainful of her dirtiness.

"Auntie."

Qin Feng stepped forward and said kindly, "I am a doctor, let me take a look at the illness."

"I, I don't need a doctor found with her dirty money!"

Lin Meizhen coughed violently again out of anger.

Qin Feng smiled and said, "You've misunderstood, let me have a look first."

Lin Meizhen wanted to refuse,

But severe coughing and a lack of energy to push him away meant she couldn't stop him.

Qin Feng, without another word, went over to take her pulse, and then instantly tapped a few acupoints on her back. Lin Meizhen's coughing stopped immediately, and she felt more comfortable than before.

This amazed her!

Her illness had been going on for many years, she had tried all kinds of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and seen many doctors, but to no avail.

The only promised cure was a surgery in the city hospital, saying there was a problem with her lungs.

But that surgery would cost 300,000 yuan.

Where could she find that kind of money?

Even if, supposedly, there were two wealthy relatives, Yu Xiaolong had almost knelt down to beg them and they still refused to lend a penny. The M|V|LE&MPYR team worked hard on this chapter.

Yu Xiaolong had no choice but to borrow from loan sharks, but he only got 50,000 yuan.

There was no plan yet for the remaining money when the loan sharks started to come knocking.

Lin Meizhen had almost given up, living in constant pain from incessant coughing that hurt her whole body whenever it happened.

But now.

She couldn't feel the pain at all!

"Auntie, do you feel a bit better? But this is only temporary," Qin Feng said, "I will write you a prescription, and if you follow it for three days, you should mostly recover. If you continue for a month, you can completely heal."

"Heal?"

Lin Meizhen was stunned for a moment.

She had seen many doctors over the years and spent all the family's money, yet she had never once dared to hope for a complete recovery.

"That... will it be very expensive?"

She asked again.

"It's not expensive, just ordinary herbs. Each dose is at most 30 yuan, and in a month it'll be less than a thousand yuan total,"

Qin Feng said, smiling.

"A thousand yuan?!"

Lin Meizhen was stunned again.

If it weren't for the fact that he pressed a few acupoints and it really didn't hurt anymore, she could never believe that her illness could be cured with just a thousand yuan. It was too fake.

Yu Xiaolong was also too astonished to speak at the moment.

Seeing this, Qin Feng said with a blushing face, "I'm serious, it's really not expensive."

As he spoke, he wrote a prescription and handed it to Yu Xiaolong to buy.

As the saying goes, prolonged illness turns the patient into a doctor.

Yu Xiaolong, who had been buying medicine for Lin Meizhen all these years, knew quite a bit about the price of some common medicinal herbs. After looking at the prescription, he said, "If I buy them in town, the herbs on this prescription won't even cost twenty yuan!"

"Are you sure it will cure her?" He looked up again at Qin Feng.

"Of course."

Qin Feng smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiaolong immediately bid farewell to Lin Meizhen and ran off to town.

Lin Meizhen, who could no longer feel the pain in her lungs, also stabilized her emotions somewhat and, lifting her eyes towards Xiao Lian, said, "Lian'er, tell your mom the truth, whether you have been like what the rumors outside say..."

"No, Mom, don't you trust your daughter?"

Xiao Lian said, wiping away her tears.

"But, what about all these things you bought? All this chicken, duck, fish, meat, and these nutritional supplements and clothes — they aren't cheap, right? You're studying at university in Lake City, you're still a student, how could you afford to buy so many things!"

Lin Meizhen said.

"Mom, I have a job outside."

Xiao Lian said.

Upon hearing this, Lin Meizhen grew angry again and coughed twice more out of frustration, saying bitterly, "See, I knew you'd be led astray outside!!"

Xiao Lian quickly explained, "Mom, I work at a legitimate company, it's not what you think!"

"A legitimate company? You're still a student, how could a legitimate company hire you!"

"This..."

Xiao Lian couldn't explain and looked at Qin Feng.

Qin Feng gently comforted Lin Meizhen, saying, "Auntie, you should believe her; what she said is true, she works at my company."

"You... your company?" Lin Meizhen asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Yes, besides being a doctor, I am also a small business owner." Qin Feng said with a smile, "And, also her boyfriend."

"..."

Lin Meizhen was stunned, "Really?"

"Absolutely true!"

Qin Feng stated and immediately wrapped his arm around Xiao Lian's slender waist, showing great affection.

Xiao Lian trembled slightly.

But at this moment, she couldn't show any flaws and could only stretch her hand around Qin Feng as well.

After a while.

Lin Meizhen felt a twinge in her nose and burst into tears.

During this time, the gossip in the village had nearly driven her insane; she couldn't sleep all night, crying herself to sleep, and internally blaming herself for not educating her daughter well enough, for leading her daughter down that wrong path, and for forcing her daughter to do such things due to poverty.

She had even contemplated suicide.

Once to apologize to Mr. Yu, who had passed away long ago, and twice to reduce the burden on Xiao Lian, so she wouldn't have to do those things anymore.

But both suicide attempts were stopped by Yu Xiaolong.

Later, she endured and waited for Xiao Lian to return; she wanted to see if her daughter had really gone down that road.

Thank God!!

It turned out that they had been wronging her all along, misunderstanding her.

"I'm sorry, Lian'er..."

Lin Meizhen hugged Xiao Lian and wept bitterly.

The mother and daughter cried for a while.

Xiao Lian happily took out the New Year's goods and said, "Mom, look what we bought for you, these are all your favorite foods, and these supplements too, right, try this outfit, it's from my boss..."

At this point, she paused for a moment, almost slipping up and saying boss.

"Old what?" Lin Meizhen asked.

"Old... husband."

Xiao Lian bit the bullet and said, "It's from my husband."