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Lily glanced at me and nodded.Rebecca’s surgery was scheduled for the following morning.Lily performed the surgery, with Dr. Natalie coming down from the city to supervise her.The surgery was a success. Rebecca’s gallbladder was removed without any complications.On the third day after surgery, Rebecca’s hospital bill came out to more than $20,000.She looked over the bill again and again before asking the nurse if she could be discharged.The nurse told her she had only undergone surgery three days ago. Her incision hadn’t healed yet, so she couldn’t leave.Rebecca fell silent.She folded the bill into a small square and clenched it tightly in her hand.I went to the hospital to pick up my medical examination report when Lily stopped me and led me into the doctors’ office. After closing the door, she said, “Eliana, Rebecca hasn’t paid for her surgery yet. She asked me today if she could pay the bill in installments.”“That has nothing to do with me.”Lily glanced at me.

Sophie stared at the screen for a long time.In August, someone told me that Sophie had found a job at a private hospital.The hospital was on the outskirts of Bellmont. It wasn’t very large and mainly focused on health checkups and chronic disease management. It didn’t handle complex surgeries.The pay wasn’t high. She took home around $6,000 to $7,000 a month.Sophie accepted the job.She had no other choice.In September, Rebecca’s health finally collapsed.She hadn’t taken proper time to recover after her gallbladder surgery. She went straight back to work at the supermarket after being discharged, standing for seven or eight hours every day.Her body couldn’t take it.One day, she collapsed in the stockroom. Her coworkers called 911 and rushed her to the hospital.This time, it wasn’t Bellmont General Hospital. It was the local clinic in her hometown.The doctor there said she was severely anemic and malnourished and needed to be hospitalized for treatment and observati