On the way to the teacher's office.
Jiang Yaru hesitated, then looked at Xia Ping and asked worriedly, "I heard your aunt was in a car accident. How is she now? Is she badly hurt?"
At that, Xia Ping immediately understood why Jiang Yaru hadn't come after him to settle the score. She'd heard about his mother, which explained her expression.
"She was hit by a car and is paralyzed on one side," Xia Ping said solemnly. "But her condition is stable for now. She's soaking in nutrient fluid, and it'll probably take a week for her to recover."
Saying this put him somewhat at ease. His mother's condition was gradually improving, and she'd be discharged in a week, back to her usual healthy self.
"Paralyzed on one side? Nutrient fluid?!"
Jiang Yaru was startled. "As far as I know, nutrient fluid is incredibly expensive. A single treatment probably costs hundreds of thousands of Federal Coins. That's no small sum."
Nutrient fluid was a special Life Potion made from dozens of rare ingredients. If someone with broken bones soaked in it, their bones would heal faster. Even shattered bones could be successfully treated.
Earlier, Xiong Batian, Zhou Tai'an, and the others had been injured and hospitalized. They'd recovered in just a week because soaking in nutrient fluid had sped up their healing.
There was no doubt that this nutrient fluid was extremely expensive. Ordinary families simply couldn't afford it.
"It's fine."
Xia Ping waved his hand. "You know I wrote a novel before and made quite a bit of money from it. The medical bills are expensive, but they're not too much of a burden for me now."
Jiang Yaru immediately remembered that this man had written an erotic novel that seemed to be extremely popular online. The content, however,