"Jean, why are you being so polite to her?" Mandy frowned. "Your father asked her to take care of me. Therefore it's her duty to make sure that I stay safe and comfortable. And you..."

"Mom!" Jean flashed a warning look at Mandy. "Less talk, more rest."

Mandy took the hint and didn't dare say anything in front of Jean. At last, she had to shut up, albeit awkwardly.

With a bitter smile, Jean said to Zoe, "Miss Lin, please don't mind what she said. My mother has such a bad temper, and sometimes she could say some stupid things. She's really not good with words so she might have said something hurtful, but she didn't mean it. Please don't take it to heart."

"Don't worry, there's no harm done." Zoe smiled in reply. "In fact, Ms. Zhao is right. I'm here to take care of her. She can tell me when I do

s already very upset because of what happened with Lucas. This affair with Mandy added more fuel to the fire, so naturally she was in a foul mood.

She angrily slumped on a stool and whined, "I'm already tired of everything. Would you just please let me have some peace?"

Mandy noticed her short-temperedness and guessed that things did not go well before she came to the hospital. She frowned and asked Jean, "How did it go? Did things turn out that badly? What did that man say?"

"What else do you think? To put it bluntly, he wants money, and he's not willing to make a concession."

"How unfortunate! What should we do?" Mandy asked. "Fifty million. Where the hell can we find that amount now?"

"Let's talk about that later." Jean sighed deeply. "I'll go through the discharge formalities first."