Chapter 24: 0020 Huh?!!!_1
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Pipes? Inspection? Explosion incident? Ah, this...
Seeing the gas company employee in front of him with eyes swollen like peaches and a face full of guilt, Leon didn't know what to say for a moment. He awkwardly scratched the back of his head.
If it really had been a gas pipeline explosion that injured Anna's leg and almost killed her, he felt he could rip the heart out of the person responsible.
But the problem was that it wasn't the company's fault. The explosion was a figment of that Evil God's imagination, and the hospital incident was orchestrated by the director. It wasn't due to faulty gas pipes.
As for the young girl in front of him, she hadn't done anything wrong at work. It was pure bad Luck that she got involved, dragged into the mess by the Anomalous Object from the Purification Bureau...
"Well... you seem genuinely sorry. How about... you just cover the medical expenses, and let's call it even?"
Leon felt a slight twinge of guilt. He initially thought of letting it go but felt that not pursuing anything when his sister nearly got hurt in a "gas explosion" seemed too fake, so he made a more moderate demand.
Either way, with Purification Bureau credentials, the family medical expenses would be reimbursed. Anna's lung condition didn't require private payment, and in the "gas explosion" incident, she only injured her leg, which would cost at most a couple of Silver Wheels. It wouldn't put much financial pressure on the counterpart...
To his surprise, the doll-faced girl quickly looked up, full of disbelief, and said:
"That's all there is to it?"
Turning to glance at his sister, seeing her cheeks slightly flushed and seemingly lost in thought, Leon turned back, apologetically nodding to the tearful girl in front of him.
"Yes, that's enough."
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Just that amount of compensation? Are there really such people?
Hearing Leon's affirmative answer, the girl in the professional skirt was stunned, her eyes swollen into slits filled with disbelief.
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Most people affected by the incident were knocked out by evaporating anesthetic and then inhaled excessive anesthetic gas. Some hadn't even woken up yet, but these people were relatively easy to compensate. You only needed to cover lost wages and soupage expenses.
The most severe case was the hospital director, but that person didn't seem like a good person. Many bad deeds were reported about him. If he didn't die, he might end up on the gallows anyway, so there was no need to compensate him.
Then there were a few people who jumped out of the fourth-floor window. The older nurse wasn't injured, just scared, while the young nurse, whose joints were severely injured, along with her fiancé, viciously gouged their own company for compensation.
But her fiancé spoke of buying something, hurriedly left with the money, and she felt like that man was going to take the money and run, so she specifically warned her about it, only to be yelled at for over an hour... *Ugh...*
*Thinking of this, the doll-faced girl sniffed hard, teary-eyed, looking at the kind Leon in front of her, feeling that you really couldn't compare humans to each other.*
This last girl, although not as injured as the nurse, also had her thigh cut by shattered glass. If she hadn't reacted quickly, she might have ended up like the director on the sixth floor.
Before coming over, she had hesitated for quite a while, ready for a scolding or even a beating, but they turned out to be so kind-hearted, only asking for medical expenses. They were such good people!
"Well... I'll compensate you more!"
Looking at Leon's somewhat shabby coat and then at this "modest" hospital room that cost less than two Silver Wheels a night, the doll-faced girl's heart couldn't bear it.
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The couple in front of her were obviously not well-off, but when faced with an opportunity to cash in, they only asked for basic medical expenses. She couldn't let such good people suffer!
After clenching her small fists, the doll-faced girl raised her head, face full of emotion, trying to persuade Leon:
"You two are so young, I'm sure you haven't saved much. Now your wife is injured, and you have to take time off to care for her, which will definitely interfere with work.
If I compensate you more, you can use the money to hire a caregiver for your wife, ensuring she gets better care and avoiding... "
"Wait, did you get something wrong?"
Leon, whose mind was flooded with thoughts of the explosion incident, interrupted, somewhat speechless:
"We're not a couple, we're siblings!"
"Ah? Really? I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Upon hearing Leon's correction, the doll-faced girl's face reddened as she apologized repeatedly with a bow:
"The compensation list I got only had names. I saw your surname in the hospital visit registration and thought you two were... Ah! I'm sorry! Deeply sorry!!!"
"It's alright..."
Anna ran her fingers through her lightly golden hair, glanced at Leon's deep black hair, and seemed in a good mood. She smiled slightly, gently comforting:
"My brother and I have different hair colors and don't look very much alike. It's really easy to mistake. As for the compensation, I wasn't hurt much. Just go with what my brother said...
Oh! Right!"
At this point, Anna seemed to remember something. She propped herself up on the bed, speaking earnestly:
"Where's Aunt Hannah? Although she wasn't hurt, she was terrified yesterday and hasn't come to the hospital today. Have you compensated her?"
"Are you referring to the older nurse?"
The doll-faced girl thought for a moment, then said apologetically:
"We've already compensated her, and it was very generous!
Even though she wasn't physically harmed, she was really frightened by yesterday's explosion, and she might even... she might even have some mental distress..."
"What?"
Hearing that the older nurse who had taken care of her had issues, Anna immediately grew anxious. She struggled to sit up, clinging to Leon's arm, with a face full of worry as she asked:
"How is that possible? When we separated last night, she was still fine, wasn't she?"
"Well... I'm not really sure..."
Recalling the situation of another unfortunate victim, the doll-faced girl lowered her head with guilt, whispering tearfully:
"Her husband told us that she was just a bit uneasy last night, but her condition was stable. However, when she woke up this morning, she suddenly started speaking nonsense.
She insisted that there was no explosion, claimed the hospital floor would eat people, that many patients were devoured by it. But then, she talked about a mysterious woman covered in bandages who saved her by taking her out of the window... She must've truly been horrified by yesterday's events..."
Hearing this, the sympathetic Leon couldn't help but be taken aback.
*Wait a second, there was no explosion, the hospital floor eats people, and a woman covered in bandages...*
What?!!!
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