Chapter 11

Translator: Zayn_

A week later, Su Xiaofan could finally walk freely, but his range of movement was limited to the floor where he was hospitalized.

His recovery speed also surprised the doctor. He did a few more tests in the middle, and the results showed that his body function was normal. However, it was reasonable for a young man to recover faster. The impact was limited to the department he was hospitalized in, and there was not much trouble.

After more than a week of treatment, the burns on Su Xiaofan’s back were under control, and new flesh grew. It would take a long time for him to recover, but fortunately, the critical period of inflammation had passed. In the future, it was only a matter of time before he recovered as long as he kept his back clean and changed medicine on time.

Under Zheng Dagang’s lead, Su Xiaofan and the relevant electric departments reached a settlement. In addition to Su Xiaofan’s medical expenses and the 300,000 Yuan they had previously paid, they paid another 200,000 Yuan as compensation to end the matter. In the future, no matter what consequences Su Xiaofan would suffer because of this electric shock, it would have nothing to do with their department.

Su Xiaofan, who was already a little guilty, naturally agreed, but Zheng Dagang was still a little dissatisfied. According to his idea, he would be considered incompetent if he didn’t extort millions of Yuan from the electric company. However, Su Xiaofan, the victim, agreed, so Zheng Dagang couldn’t say anything more. After the two sides signed the compensation and liability exemption documents, the matter was over.

Ever since he had woken up and used his recovery points to restore his body’s functions, Su Xiaofan had been spending every day in the hospital like it was a year. Other than his back injury, everything else had recovered, but he still had to act weak. Moreover, he had no meat to eat every day, and Su Xiaofan’s mouth was about to turn white.

Su Xiaofan couldn’t help but run out to see the fat nurse gnawing on the chicken drumstick when it was time to eat. Su Xiaoxiao thought that her brother had fallen in love, but she despised her brother’s taste. She didn’t want a sister-in-law who could make the family poor.

There was also good news. On the tenth day after Su Xiaofan woke up, the doctor told him that he could be discharged after three more days of observation. However, he still couldn’t take a shower after he went home. He could only wipe his body with a towel and come to the hospital every week to change his bandaging.

After receiving the doctor’s notice, Su Xiaofan was overjoyed. He decided that as soon as he was discharged, he would immediately use the repair points to heal the burn on his back. Even if he became a missing person, he was unwilling to come to the hospital again, because the fat nurse had been looking at him strangely recently. Her affectionate look made Su Xiaofan feel like he was the chicken leg that the fat nurse had eaten.

There was another piece of good news, but it was a late surprise for Su Xiaofan. On the second day before he was discharged from the hospital, his father, who had always appeared and disappeared, returned.

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The atmosphere in the ward was a little awkward. Su Xiaoxiao looked up at her father and brother from time to time. When she got the latest mobile phone from her father, she had already forgiven her father. However, she was still on her brother’s side. She had been criticizing her father for being irresponsible for a long time.

Su Weixuan was forty-five years old, but he was thin, elegant, and had good skin. He actually looked like he was thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, not like a captain who worked on a ship all year round. At least, Su Xiaofan wondered if his father’s looks could suppress those tough sailors.

“Ahem, Xiaofan, I didn’t expect you to have an accident again.”

Su Weixuan smiled wryly. “I was planning to come back half a month ago, just in time for Xiaoxiao’s college entrance examination. Who knew that I would encounter a storm in the Indian Ocean? The cruise ship broke down and I drifted on the sea for more than ten days. You see, I really didn’t do it on purpose.”

“Dad, first of all, you have to take back the word ‘again’.” Su Xiaofan looked at his father helplessly and said, “I didn’t want any accidents to happen either, but trouble always comes to me. I can’t help it. Dad, can you be more reliable next time and call home every few days?” Su Xiaofan wasn’t really angry at his father, but he was still a little depressed because everything had a cause and effect cycle.

If Su Xiaofan had not been trying to raise money for his sister’s tuition, he would not have sold the old bronze ware. If he had not sold the bronze ware, he would not have provoked Wu Chuanbao and the others. If he had not provoked Wu Chuanbao, he would not have been found, and Su Xiaofan would not have bumped into the electric box.

“Alright, alright, I’ll be more careful next time.” After being criticized for a long time, Su Weixuan quickly nodded and agreed when he heard his son’s tone soften. He said with a fawning expression, “Lil ‘Fan, your phone is broken, so I brought you the latest model. It hasn’t been released in China yet, but I asked around and it’s connected to the internet. There’s no problem at all.”

“Dad, you want to buy me over with a phone? Is my physical and mental trauma worth just a phone?” Su Xiaofan looked at his father unhappily. Unlike Su Xiaoxiao, Su Xiaofan was already sensible when his father left home to be a sailor. He could understand his father’s hard work, so he had a good father-son relationship with Su Weixuan. On the other hand, Su Xiaoxiao, who should be his father’s cotton-padded jacket, had a slight estrangement with Su Weixuan.

“How could I? Look, I know you’re in the antique business, so I brought you this.”