One of the foreigners instantly threw him a contemptuous glance. “It’s none of your d*mn business! Be smart and stay in your lane.”
Instead of fighting fire with fire, Jacob tamped down his anger and took out all the cash he had in his wallet.
“I know you guys are just looking for a good time!” he said as he handed over a thick wad of Anglandurn currency notes. “The money I have here is enough for you to party all week, and it’d be yours if you give me the woman. That’s not a bad trade, is it?”
Upon grabbing the money and realizing how much there was, the foreigner quickly shot a look at his friend, prompting the latter to push the woman into Jacob’s arms.
Jacob hastily caught her, only to be taken aback when he found out how cold to the touch her skin was.
When he looked back up again, the foreigners had already sped away in their car.
“What a bunch of sc*mbags! They won’t even let a poor, helpless woman off!” Jacob scolded.
That’s also why I love conducting business overseas. I feel no guilt in making money off these dregs of society!
As soon as his driver arrived, Jacob carried the woman into the car and gave the order to go to the hospital.
Having seen how grubby and disheveled the woman was, he had to admit he was disgusted.
Despite that, he covered her with his coat out of pity and decided to leave after ensuring she was given the necessary medical attention.
“Thank goodness I got a tidy sum from a successful contract negotiation. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have bothered to rescue her!” Jacob muttered to himself. “There’s just no way I can recoup this loss.”
After arriving at the hospital’s emergency department, one of the doctors immediately gave the woman a checkup. Upon peeling away the latter’s clothes, however, everyone was stunned to see the terrifying clusters of welts and bruises all over her body.
Naturally, the doctor’s first instinct was to turn and glance at Jacob.
“It wasn’t me!” Jacob hurriedly explained in Anglandurn as he put his hands up. “I saw her getting bullied and merely helped her out. Please don’t get the wrong idea. I’m not an abuser!”
Gosh… Domestic abuse is a grave offense in this country. If the doctor reported it to the police, I might end up in jail!
Now that Jacob knew the woman was in such a dire situation, he no longer dared to leave. After all, he couldn’t risk having the hospital go after him if something went wrong.
He ended up waiting outside the ward begrudgingly, only to feel his frustration building as smoking wasn’t allowed on the premises.
After about an hour, the doctor finally came out and approached Jacob. “Well, she needs to be hospitalized, so make sure to pay the bill later. By the way, she’s also pregnant. I’ll help her as much as I can and give her the best medicine.”
Needless to say, Jacob was stunned. “What the f*ck? I’m not even her boyfriend! Why should I pay for her?”
“In that case, get one of her friends here to pay the fees before you leave.”
“How the h*ll would I know who her friends are?”
“Take her away with you, then!” the doctor retorted before walking off in a huff.
For a moment, Jacob was rendered speechless.
The hospitals back home are so much better. Even if there’s no one to pay the bills, they’d still do their best to help the patients. Foreign hospitals, on the contrary, are just heartless, money-grubbing establishments! Argh! At this point, I’m ready to up and leave. It’s not like I’m running a charity… Haven’t I done enough when I spent money to send the woman to the hospital? Why should I also pay for her treatment and hospital stay?
Despite his anger, Jacob sighed at the thought of the woman’s sorry plight and eventually withdrew money from the nearest ATM.
Thankfully, once he had paid and arranged for the woman’s hospitalization, the doctors wasted no time giving her the proper treatment.
Jacob, too, had decided against leaving and stayed in the ward.
When this woman wakes up, I’ll get her to call her friends over and pay me back for the hospital bill!
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