The Spring Seedling Appreciation is still nearly half a year away, and the days are passing by at a fast pace with Ochiai Aoi's increasingly plump paintings.
A few months later, it was just before the entries were sent for selection.
As soon as Shiraishi arrived home, he heard a series of dull thunders and the sky suddenly turned dark.
He turned around and looked around. Two seconds later, there was a crash and the downpour was in place.
The weather changed so much that it was like the scenery had been changed, and it looked like something was about to happen.
Bai Shi stood by the door for a while, then he saw a person floating towards him faintly in the rain, heading straight for his door.
Zhen Zhongxuan's face was also pale, her eyes were straight, and her bangs, which were originally handsome, were now stuck on her forehead like seaweed with rainwater, and she looked extremely embarrassed.
Bai Shi glanced at him: "What's wrong?"
Zhen Zhongxuan also lowered her head, her voice almost inaudible amid the heavy rain: "Xiao Kui is sick, and her condition is very urgent, that..."
The rasping speed of his speech made people very nervous.
But considering that Manaka's boss also shared Manaka Aya's perspective, Shiraishi held back and asked according to the procedure: "You had a fight with her and you didn't dare to go to the hospital to see her? Or are you embarrassed to carry her to the hospital?"
"No, I have sent her to the hospital, but..." She was silent again.
Bai Shi looked at a small package in his arms, and took the thing over while the other person was still talking.
This is an envelope wrapped in a plastic bag.
After pinching it, Shiraishi was very familiar with the shape and feel. Only then could he get to the point: "Don't you have enough money?"
When I heard the word "money", I stood up straight as if I was struck by electricity. Suddenly I bowed at a 90-degree angle, and didn't say anything about borrowing money. I just shouted: "I will definitely pay it back!"
"..." You said this euphemistically. If you haven't read the spoilers, who knows what you are going to do.
Shiraishi stuffed the envelope back into him again: "Let's go, I'll go to the hospital with you."
He took out two umbrellas from home, and originally planned to hand one to Aya Manaka, but before he stretched out his hand, he heard the boy shout "Thank you", turned around and rushed into the rain to lead Shiraishi.
Will there be any luck bonus if you don't hold an umbrella on a rainy day... Shiraishi sighed, opened his own umbrella, and ran to keep up.
After going to the hospital to learn about the situation, Shiraishi looked at the long string of zeros behind the surgery fee with a troubled expression.
But this actually doesn't matter to him - if a father as rich as Aoi Ochiai puts it there, can he not use it?
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Manaka Aya, who was covered in water next to him, suddenly turned his head: "Do you think... Mr. Ochiai will take care of this matter?"
Shiraishi nodded: "Anyway, let's go and try it first. It is unreasonable not to tell her parents that the child is sick."
Although it was Manaka's own proposed solution, at this time, he began to flinch a little.
However, thinking about the consequences of not having enough money, he finally clenched his fist and said, "Okay!"
…
Eisuke Ochiai's home was not originally in Rice Blossom Town.
However, after his daughter ran away from home, not long after, he bought another piece of land here at a high price and built a house.
Because the yard was built in a very tasteful way, some people teased it and regarded it as a tourist attraction. The Ochiai House is quite famous in this area.
On the way there, Zhen Zhongxuan still ran in the rain.
I don't know whether it was luck or misfortune, but when I arrived at this large house, a stretched black car stopped right at the door, and the light beam from the car lights illuminated the door.
Due to age restrictions, this heavy iron door did not have the function of automatically opening. Two security guards, wearing raincoats, trotted out, one of them preparing to open the door.
Zhen Zhongxuan also clenched her fists to gather courage for a while, strode to the car, and stared at the black car window sincerely.
He is still a literary young man who has not left school. Although his emotional intelligence is not that good, his IQ is barely enough and he knows how to learn from experience and lessons.
From the experience of borrowing money just now, Manaka Aya also found that she was embarrassed to say the key point of "money", which made Shiraishi almost fail to understand what he meant.
Now was the only chance to save Ochiai Aoi. He kept encouraging himself in his heart that he must overcome the thought of being embarrassed when money was mentioned and make the key points clearly.
"Is it Mr. Ochiai?"
Following his words, the rear window slowly slid open with a crack less than half a centimeter wide, coldly signaling him to tell him something quickly.
"I'm your daughter's classmate." When Manakaya said this, his face began to turn red again. His mind was confused and he stuttered, "Yes, can you lend me some money? I..."
"Haha." A majestic and cold voice came from the car, "I have decided to donate all the inheritance. I will not leave a penny to her. Don't dream."
A flash of lightning flashed across the sky again, and Ma Zhongyan looked at the re-closed car window and stood there as if struck by lightning.
The door was finally fully opened, and the car started slowly. In the car, Eisuke Ochiai raised the soundproof window and complained to the driver with a sneer:
"Another pretty girl fell in love with her because of her money, and this time she actually learned how to sell her.
"Next time you go out, remember to bring a tape recorder - she should really see what these people look like when they ask for money."
No matter how many times I watch this scene, it is always suffocating. It is really a mystery how a person like Aya Manaka later became an extremely wealthy boss.
Shiraishi walked towards the courtyard gate. When he passed by Manaka, he glanced at him and said, "What on earth are you here for?"
"...Come to borrow money." Manaka Aya also wiped the rain off her face, shocked and frustrated. She didn't understand how Ochiai Eisuke could say such cruel words.
Shiraishi paused: "What are you borrowing money for?"
Zhen Zhongxuan also looked at him blankly, and replied calmly: "Of course it is to save Xiaokui."
"...Then you should finish your words!" Shiraishi slapped him on the back of the head.
Zhen Zhongxuan also staggered two steps and almost fell into the water.
Unsure of the situation, he covered his head and turned around, and saw Shiraishi shaking off the water in his hand and walking past him toward the door.
When the driver parked the car and opened the front door, Shiraishi took a deep breath and shouted through the iron door:
"Your daughter is seriously ill and is about to die. The medical expenses are not enough, so you don't care!"
A second later, the back door of the car was kicked open from the inside, and a figure jumped out and ran away from the driver's eyes.
The driver was stunned and glanced at the empty back seat, only to realize that the man who looked like he had practiced shadowless kicks was actually his boss with gray temples.
Ochiai Eisuke rushed to the door and raised his hand to grab Shiraishi's collar. Shiraishi looked at his wet body and subconsciously hid aside to avoid it.
Ochiai Eisuke was dodged and rushed forward two steps, just in time to bump into Manaka Aya, who was chasing after him.
He didn't choose, he grabbed Manzhong who didn't understand the situation and yelled: "What's going on!"
…
A minute later, the car that had just parked started again. Eisuke Ochiai and Aya Manaka were also sitting in the car dripping wet. The latter finally finished telling what happened.
Shiraishi didn't get in the car, and there was nothing else to do for him next. Not to mention the high expenses, Eisuke Ochiai was certainly no stranger to dealing with hospitals.
Now, he understood why the system used the title "Rescuing the confused person x2 who jumps back and forth between art and money".
Fifteen years ago in the real world, Aoi Ochiai's paintings were delivered, but she did not appear at the Spring Seedlings Festival. Eisuke Ochiai, who went to see them secretly, realized something was wrong.
After learning that his daughter, like his wife, died of a serious illness and had no money for medical treatment, he cried bitterly and sold off his family property, collected all the medieval works that his daughter liked, and put them together with her few paintings.
Later, he remembered that his daughter had said she wanted to hold an art exhibition for him when she was a child and put all his works in it. Now that he didn't have any of his works, he thought that the same should be true for his daughter's exhibition.
Unfortunately, Eisuke Ochiai realized at this time that he had spent all his money and could not afford to buy a suitable venue.
An old friend learned of his situation, and after a long conversation with him, Ochiai donated the paintings to his friend's exhibition hall.
He worked as a curator and became a penniless artist who didn't love art so much. He sat in the exhibition hall every day and looked at the paintings left by his daughter for a long time.
Manaka Aya also followed the same path as Ochiai Eisuke. He abandoned literature and art and made money through business. Although he did not have the wealth to inherit a billionaire family, he was extremely lucky in business and was able to be generous. Gradually,
He also became the big boss of a wealthy party.
Aya Manaka has always wanted to get the painting that Aoi Ochiai valued very much. He felt that the old man who was unwilling to treat his daughter was not worthy of having it.
But when he went to discuss with the owner of the exhibition hall, he learned that "God's Punishment" was the only work that Eisuke Ochiai had not donated. And no matter how much money he paid, the elderly director refused to sell it.
Curator Ochiai, who had nothing but a painting after donating his collection, and Manaka, the wealthy boss who had nothing but a painting, staged a contradictory and regrettable alternation of fate.