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Joe looked at the crowd and said, “Everyone, thank you for coming here to see my father-in-law, I appreciate that! He has just recovered from such terrible injuries, so why don’t we let him rest quietly?”
They nodded knowingly. Since Master Smith had spoken his mind, it was best to leave as soon as possible so as not to cause chaos to his family. Hence, they greeted farewell to Joe respectfully as they exited the ward.
As Joe was seeing them out, Elaine said to Claire in a worried tone, “Claire, Joe the loser has become more and more deceptive now! He’s even fooling those VIPs! He’s signing a death wish!”
Claire felt very embarrassed after hearing this warning from her mother.
She also felt that Joe was taking a big risk by giving Feng Shui advice to all these rich and powerful figures. In fact, it was equivalent to him walking a tightrope on the Grand Canyon, which was a very dangerous feat indeed.
There were so many Feng Shui and metaphysics masters who had deceived many celebrities in the past, but they had all suffered a terrible death.
If Joe continued giving Feng Shui advice, who would know what would happen in the future?
When Elaine saw the worried expression on Claire’s face, she knew that she had already succeeded in brainwashing her.
Therefore, she quickly struck the iron while it was still hot. “You should divorce Joe as soon as your father is discharged from the hospital! Otherwise, who knows what will happen when this group of rich and powerful people find out that Joe has been deceiving them all this while? What are we going to do if our family has to suffer because of him?”
Then, Elaine continued speaking, “Didn’t you see what happened to Jason Grant? He was not given the opportunity to even speak or explain himself and was thrown out the window immediately. How are they going to treat Joe when they find out that he has been lying to them all along?”
At this time, Claire replied in a displeased manner, “Mom, how could you say that? Joe just asked a genius doctor to save dad. Aren’t you just trying to sow discord and break us apart?!”
“Why can’t I say that?” Elaine replied angrily. “Do you know that his current situation is similar to investing in financial insurance?
I do not know when there will be a thunderstorm! Once there is a thunderstorm, Joe will be left with nothing at all. Nothing!”
Claire replied seriously in turn, “Mom, no matter what you say, I will never divorce Joe!”
Even though Claire had said that, she could not help but feel very worried.
She was not afraid that Joe would be causing harm or implicating her or the Wilson family in the future. Rather, she was just worried that Joe would be facing a lot of dangers in the future.
As she thought about this, she felt that she should persuade Joe to ask him to stop giving other people Feng Shui advice in the future, lest he invite more trouble for himself.
Upon hearing Claire’s words, Elaine yelled angrily, “You are seriously pissing me off!”
As soon as her voice fell, Joe returned to the room after sending everyone off.
Elaine wanted to continue speaking, but the attending doctor came over to say something.
“By the way, I need one of you to register and go through the hospitalization procedures soon. After that, we will start our follow-up rehabilitation and nursing procedures.”
“Okay!” Claire replied as she looked at Joe. “Joe, do you have the one hundred and eighty thousand dollars cheque that Doris refunded to you earlier?”
“Yes.” Joe nodded before he said, “I will go and settle the hospital bills and registration procedures now.”
After that, Joe turned around and left the ward again.
Elaine was very anxious when she heard that there was a cheque worth one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, and she hurriedly asked, “Cheque? What cheque are you talking about? Where did you get the cheque?”
Claire quickly replied, “Miss Doris from Emgrand Group gave me the cheque because they are refunding me for the office rent that I paid. They are allowing me to rent the office lot in the Bright Star Building for free.”
Elaine was very excited as she exclaimed, “Is there such a good thing? Wow! We’ve saved one hundred and eighty thousand dollars!”
Then, Elaine hurriedly asked the doctor, “By the way, doctor, how much is the hospitalization fee?”
The attending doctor replied, “Since the patient has already recovered, the only fee that you need to pay is for the rehabilitation and nursing care. It should be about two thousand dollars a day. You can just pay a deposit of twenty thousand dollars first.”
When Elaine heard that they only needed to pay twenty thousand dollars, she quickly worked out the math in her mind. The cheque was for one hundred and eighty thousand dollars! If she paid the deposit of twenty thousand dollars, she would still have one hundred and sixty thousand dollars left!
As she thought about it, she hurriedly informed Claire, “I will go with Joe to deal with the registration and payment!”
Having said that, she ran out of the ward to catch up with Joe.
Joe was walking toward the registration counter at this time when he suddenly heard the sound of rushing footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw that his mother-in-law, Elaine, was already directly behind him at this time.
Elaine stood behind him as she tried to catch her breath and said, “Joe, give me the cheque. I will go and settle the hospitalization fees!”
Joe did not know that she was coveting the remaining one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, and so, he said, “Mom, you can just go back to the ward and accompany dad. I will go and settle the bill.”
Elaine glared at him before she said angrily, “Why are you talking so much nonsense?! I said that I will go and settle the bill! Give me the cheque now! You can just go back to the ward and help Claire!”
Joe shrugged helplessly before he took the cheque out of his pocket and handed it over to Elaine. “Mom, here’s the cheque.”
Elaine took the cheque excitedly, and filled with joy, she ran directly to the registration counter.