Kicked Back to a Rich Family by the Real Eldest Daughter - Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Tang Jinzhi’s test results came back the next day. There were no problems, but her amnesia seemed peculiar, so Dr. Qiu advised her to stay in the hospital for a few more days for observation.
Tang Jinzhi knew perfectly well whether she had amnesia or not. She wanted to be discharged early; the hospital had too many people, and she didn’t like it.
But the moment she brought up the idea, Xie Xiangyi vetoed it.
Stared down by Xie Xiangyi, Tang Jinzhi didn’t dare to voice her opposition. After all, she had promised her she would cooperate with the doctor.
With no hope of being discharged, a reluctant Tang Jinzhi made her one and only request: she wanted to change rooms!
She no longer had the money for a VIP room…
Tang Jinzhi’s face soured every time she looked at the balance on her phone.
She truly couldn’t understand why a rich young lady could be this poor!
All her savings combined were pitifully small.
After she paid the fees, she was left with less than 30,000 yuan. There was no way she could keep staying in this VIP room; it felt like her butt was on fire!
When she transmigrated, Tang Jinzhi hadn’t worried at all about not having money.
But now, discovering that a rich lady could be worse off than a commoner, she really couldn’t take it.
Tang Jinzhi would never forget how she felt after repeatedly checking her balance. The feeling of being enveloped by despair once again was truly suffocating.
Thinking of the house she had just bought with her hard-earned money in her original world, Tang Jinzhi’s heart ached unbearably. She hadn’t even lived in it once.
This felt even worse than losing a million words in her drafts!
During her days in the hospital, Tang Jinzhi’s resentment was heavier than a ghost’s.
She just wanted to know, was this “rich family” real?
The original owner was definitely the most miserable fake heiress in all novels, whose identity hadn’t even been revealed yet.
She was truly, truly pitiful.
She wanted to join the entertainment industry but was met with endless opposition. Writing songs and singing had to be done in secret.
Making music required money and connections to find people to help. After finding a way in, she had to continue spending money to hire people for production. Renting a recording studio also cost money and connections. It was all about spending money.
Moreover, the music she released could only be under an alias.
When other singers became moderately popular, they could get gigs and earn a lot of money, but she had no opportunities to perform. She couldn’t appear on camera…
The worst part was that all the money she earned from singing was spent on finding teachers for lessons.
Tang Jinzhi was genuinely numb.
She felt that if the fake heiress found out she was a fake heiress, she would be overjoyed.
To figure out a way to make money, Tang Jinzhi tossed and turned in her hospital bed, consumed by worry.
The thought of having to struggle all over again made her so sad.
They were both hard workers, so why did she have to experience such a dramatic downfall?
The other hard worker, Xie Xiangyi, had only visited her once after she moved to the regular ward.
Aside from the day she woke up, Tang Jinzhi had not eaten a meal with Xie Xiangyi.
Xie Xiangyi was very busy.
“Why do you always look so worried?”
Zhang Yueqi finished chatting with the girl in the next bed and turned to see Tang Jinzhi’s grim expression.
Tang Jinzhi tilted her head, gave a flat “hehe,” and ignored her.
Zhang Yueqi scoffed, “Tsk.”
Tang Jinzhi ungracefully rolled her eyes.
She had become very familiar with Zhang Yueqi. The other girl came to see her every day, rain or shine. A few days ago, she complained about Tang Jinzhi moving to a regular ward, but now she was chatting animatedly with the girl in the next bed, as if they were long-lost soulmates.
Over the past few days, she had a good grasp of Zhang Yueqi’s character; she was quite… eccentric.
The girl in the next bed was a first-year high school student who gave herself a concussion by hitting her head on a basketball. She was also quite eccentric.
Both of them were into anime and games and were now calling each other “soulmate” and “master.”
When these two got together, their chuunibyou got worse and worse. They buzzed around her like little bees all day, and Tang Jinzhi’s ears were about to grow calluses.
Tang Jinzhi was starting to suspect that the reason Xie Xiangyi had only visited once was because of these two.
She immediately took out her phone to bother Xie Xiangyi, a daily ritual for her.
Even if Xie Xiangyi was too busy to reply to her complaints, she had to send them.
Xie Xiangyi must be deliberately hiding from Zhang Yueqi and leaving her to handle her.
Tang Jinzhi felt she had cracked the case.
Tang Jinzhi: “I want to be discharged!”
Tang Jinzhi: “Don’t you have a conscience?!”
Tang Jinzhi: “Are you doing this on purpose?”
And the first thing Xie Xiangyi did whenever she had a break was take out her phone and read the pile of complaint messages Tang Jinzhi had sent her.
Tang Jinzhi was even more miserable than she was, having to endure double the hardship, and the kind that felt more than the sum of its parts.
But she really was busy. Every time she received a message, she wasn’t at the hospital. By the time she got back, she had forgotten about them.
This made her feel a little guilty every time she read the messages.
This time, by a stroke of luck, she had finished her work and was at the hospital.
Looking at the three accusatory messages filled with emotion, Xie Xiangyi awkwardly closed her eyes.
Xie Xiangyi: “I’ll come see you later.”
Tang Jinzhi: “It’s just as I thought…”
Xie Xiangyi: “It’s not.”
Tang Jinzhi: “I didn’t even say what it was!”
Xie Xiangyi: “I’m coming over now.”
Tang Jinzhi: “You should have come to see me earlier!”
Xie Xiangyi: “I’m on my way.”
Tang Jinzhi put her phone down with a satisfied smile. Her face was full of cheer, a complete contrast to the aggressive tone in her messages.
“Xie Xiangyi is coming over later,” Tang Jinzhi said, her voice rising with a hint of anticipation. It had been a while since she had seen that face, and she missed it a little.
She had successfully tricked her into coming over.
Should she pretend to be angry later?
Maybe because it had been a long time since they saw each other, Tang Jinzhi’s “Xie Xiangyi is a good person” filter had faded a bit. She was now thinking about how to tease Xie Xiangyi.
People really can’t be too idle.
Zhang Yueqi: “Huh? What is she coming for?”
Tang Jinzhi suddenly smiled at her. “Of course… she’s coming to beat you up.”
Zhang Yueqi: “…”
Zhang Yueqi knew that she might be annoying by coming over every day, but the girl was in the hospital alone, and Zhang Yueqi couldn’t bear to see her by herself, which was why she visited daily.
Besides, Tang Jinzhi had them both well-behaved now, especially after she showed her “kind” smile. The two of them would become quiet as quails.
Zhang Yueqi felt she had met the pro version of Xie Xiangyi. How could someone’s smile be scarier than Xie Xiangyi’s?!
Tang Jinzhi: “By the way, you two, please keep it down. Don’t disturb the grandma’s rest.”
There was also an elderly woman in the room. It was lunch break earlier, so it was fine for the two of them to chat loudly. But now, with Tang Jinzhi’s reminder, they realized the grandma needed a nap and immediately quieted down.
Tang Jinzhi nodded in satisfaction. Although the two chuunibyous could be noisy, they were well-behaved.
She actually needed the company. Being in the hospital was different from being at home. It was easy to get emotional when there was no one to talk to.
It was a shame Xie Xiangyi couldn’t stay with her.
But it was good that she had Zhang Yueqi.
She was actually happy that Zhang Yueqi came to visit and didn’t dislike her, though she could get a bit noisy sometimes, especially when they would role-play as greasy CEOs, making her so uncomfortable she wanted to scream.
At times like that, she felt that being a chuunibyou wasn’t so bad. How cute was that?
But it was a good thing that these two preferred games and anime and weren’t obsessed with role-playing as CEO sisters every day.
Tang Jinzhi also finally discovered the differences between this world and her own. The online fiction world was still in the era of domineering CEO stories, and they were everywhere.
The difference was truly massive.
Zhang Yueqi didn’t even know what she meant by “greasy.”
Tang Jinzhi spent some time understanding the current online fiction scene. The moment she put down her phone, she wanted to become dish soap and scrub this world clean.
And the first people she scrubbed were the two little bees beside her.
Zhang Yueqi learned a lot from Tang Jinzhi’s explanations. Although she no longer liked those “greasy” character types, she would never listen to Tang Jinzhi’s nonsense.
Because Tang Jinzhi actually told her to use Xie Xiangyi and Dr. Qiu, two workaholics, as her standard.
How was that different from recommending a Xie Xiangyi-like character to her? Was she crazy?!
Oh, heavens, could Tang Jinzhi please say something that a normal person could understand?
She had no problem with Dr. Qiu, but please don’t bring Xie Xiangyi out to scare people. Tang Jinzhi was free to like her all she wanted.
Tang Jinzhi didn’t know that for Zhang Yueqi, Xie Xiangyi was like a homeroom teacher. She had been a little teacher since they were young, and among all their friends, she only ever pushed Zhang Yueqi to study. She was extremely strict.
What student wouldn’t be afraid of their homeroom teacher?
…
When Xie Xiangyi arrived at the inpatient department, she ran into Qiu Wanjun, who was doing her rounds.
They nodded and greeted each other, standing together to wait for the elevator.
Once inside the elevator, Qiu Wanjun suddenly spoke, “What a coincidence. Have you eaten yet?”
Xie Xiangyi: “…Mhm.”
There was really no need to force a conversation.
Qiu Wanjun smiled, “Coming to see your wife?”
As her words fell, several eyes in the elevator glanced at Xie Xiangyi. They were all nurses and doctors. The breathing in the elevator became a little quieter.
Xie Xiangyi uncomfortably turned her head and gave a very low “Mhm.”
Qiu Wanjun didn’t care about her reaction at all. She immediately turned to the people beside her and said, “Dr. Xie is married. Do you believe it now? Will you still spread rumors?”
Hearing this, Xie Xiangyi didn’t care about being awkward anymore and followed Qiu Wanjun’s gaze.
The few doctors and nurses who were stared at chuckled, shook their heads, and started looking at the ceiling and the floor, anywhere but at them.
Xie Xiangyi’s thoughts paused. It seemed a lot of people in the hospital had been talking about her.
Everyone must have been curious, but no one had come to ask her about the situation.
Xie Xiangyi roughly understood why Qiu Wanjun had deliberately asked her that.
If they kept gossiping, who knows what kind of rumors would spread.
This was how it was in crowded places.
Xie Xiangyi was a little worried about Tang Jinzhi.
She remembered that on the day Tang Jinzhi arrived, everyone knew she was married, and she hadn’t denied it.
But she hadn’t explicitly confirmed it either, because no one had asked her directly.
Xie Xiangyi’s brows furrowed slightly. Was this why?
The two of them got off the elevator on the same floor. Xie Xiangyi stopped Qiu Wanjun and asked, “What kind of rumors are they spreading?”
“They’re saying you’re not actually married and that you were deliberately taken advantage of.” Qiu Wanjun chose a rumor that wasn’t too infuriating, then added playfully, “They said she couldn’t possibly be your wife, since you haven’t even come to see her.”
Xie Xiangyi opened her mouth. She wanted to say she had come once, but she didn’t have the nerve.
She hadn’t been in the hospital these past few days. She had gone back to school a few times and had been truly busy, but she had also been deliberately ignoring Zhang Yueqi and Tang Jinzhi and hadn’t come over.
Xie Xiangyi pursed her lips. “Anything else?”
She was worried that Tang Jinzhi might have also heard these unpleasant rumors.
Qiu Wanjun smiled, “There’s a lot, but you shouldn’t listen. They’re not pleasant.”
Xie Xiangyi’s heart sank slightly. She let out a soft sigh, hoping Tang Jinzhi wasn’t in a hurry to be discharged because of these rumors.
“Thank you.”
Qiu Wanjun waved her hand. “No problem. I just wanted to mock you; it was a side benefit.”
Xie Xiangyi choked up. She had no words, so she changed the subject. “How is she doing? Can her hand move now?”
Qiu Wanjun suddenly let out a laugh, her eyebrows raised. She pointed at Tang Jinzhi, who was standing lazily by the door with her arms crossed, watching them.
“Well, go ask her yourself. I’m going to do my rounds.”
Xie Xiangyi was slightly stunned.
Tang Jinzhi’s eyes curved into a smile as she looked at Xie Xiangyi, who was now looking at her. She finally saw her.
Xie Xiangyi’s throat inexplicably tightened. She felt a little uncertain.
Although the other person’s smile was gentle, she had the strange feeling that Tang Jinzhi was waiting with a “come here and face your judgment” look, ready to give her a hard time.
Zhang Yueqi clung to the doorframe and waved frantically at Dr. Qiu. With Tang Jinzhi’s encouragement these past few days, she had made a lot of progress and had even successfully gotten Dr. Qiu’s contact information.
Just for that, she would follow Tang Jinzhi’s lead!
After saying hello, Dr. Qiu didn’t follow Xie Xiangyi over. Zhang Yueqi disappointedly withdrew her hand, glanced at her homeroom teacher, Xie Xiangyi, and shivered for no reason. She turned and went back into the room without a second thought.
Xie Xiangyi was bewildered. What was that about?
Tang Jinzhi’s eye twitched. “Ahem, it’s nothing. You just scared her.”
A question mark slowly formed over Xie Xiangyi’s head. She had just arrived.
Tang Jinzhi awkwardly scratched her face. “Uh, have you eaten?”
Xie Xiangyi: “…”
Your opening lines are really not creative.