"Oh, right. This is my son." Chen Suxiang tensed up when she saw the nurse's stone-faced, expressionless look. "Is something wrong?"
"Pay the bill. Bed Two is out of funds. If you don't pay up now, we'll have to stop his medication this afternoon." The young nurse turned to leave after speaking, then glanced back at them from the doorway with a disgusted frown. "There are too many of you. Don't all crowd in here. Only one person is allowed in the room at a time. Also, no shouting. With this many people making a racket, you're disturbing the other patients' rest."
"We know, we'll go pay in a bit. We just came to see him and we're leaving right away." Chen Suxiang didn't dare treat the nurse's words lightly and quickly agreed respectfully. She couldn't afford to offend these people, terrified that the slightest misstep would cause them to neglect her eldest son.
