Yang Chen and the others spent half a day finally getting a full-body check-up for Little Aunt.

The reason for her chest pain was coronary heart disease, but otherwise, there were no major issues.

Her condition wasn’t very serious; she just needed to take some medication.

Yang Chen took Little Aunt home, while Lin Yiren drove herself back to get some sleep.

Yang Chen spent several days playing with Lin Yiren without taking a single order.

After dinner, he went out to drive.

Around nine o’clock, Yang Chen picked up a female passenger heading to the Cross-River Bridge.

As they were about to go onto the bridge, the female passenger requested to get off.

Yang Chen pulled over and said, "Please take all your belongings with you, and we look forward to your next ride with Bibi Taxi."

The female passenger, expressionless, took out her wallet and phone, placed them on the seat, and got off without a word.

Yang Chen quickly shouted, "Ma’am, you left your belongings."

The female passenger remained expressionless and said, "It’s for you. They’re of no use to me anymore."

With that, she closed the car door and started walking onto the bridge.

Something was clearly wrong.

Yang Chen quickly drove slowly to follow her.

If she really had thoughts of doing something drastic, as a person with a conscience, Yang Chen surely had to try stopping her.

Yang Chen rolled down the car window and shouted, "Ma’am, take your things back, or else I’ll get penalized by the platform."

The female passenger looked at the river and slowly walked towards the middle of the bridge.

"Then just throw them away. I told you to throw them, so the platform won’t penalize you," the female passenger replied.

Yang Chen asked directly, "Ma’am, is there something you can’t get past? You seem quite young, maybe just over thirty. Your life is only halfway through, try to think more positively."

This question was fine, but it made her emotional and she ran straight to a place where she could climb.

Yang Chen quickly stopped the car and jumped out. Just as the female passenger was climbing onto the railing, he lunged forward and grabbed her strap, forcibly pulling her back.

The female passenger struggled, still wanting to climb the railing. Yang Chen pressed her to the ground, pinning her down with his body.

"Let go of me! Leave me alone! Let go!" the female passenger shouted.

At this point, passing cars pulled over.

A young couple, holding their phones, started recording and warning Yang Chen to stop.

Yang Chen quickly explained, "She was about to jump into the river! Please help!"

The couple quickly nodded and ran over to help Yang Chen hold down the female passenger.

"Let go of me! Don’t bother with me! I have to die, or I’ll drag my family down with me!" the female passenger cried.

Yang Chen asked, "Do you have a sickness?"

The female passenger shook her head.

Yang Chen: "Then it’s debt?"

The female passenger nodded.

Yang Chen: "Why are you in debt? Gambling?"

The female passenger was quiet for a moment before telling the truth.

In short, she lost all the family’s money meant for buying a house and her child’s surgery.

But she didn’t gamble; she bet on jade.

She not only lost more than four million in savings but also owes Mingcui Square 1.5 million.

Originally, this money was meant for her child’s corneal transplant surgery and to buy a smaller house.

Now everything’s gone.

The key issue is the 1.5 million debt, which she has no way to repay. If she doesn’t die, her husband and child will be dragged down too.

In this kind of debt situation, her husband and child, who are unaware, wouldn’t have to bear the responsibility, effectively meaning her death would erase the debt.

Yang Chen advised, "But have you thought about what happens if you die? What about your husband? He has to work and take care of a child with an eye condition. How will he manage? You’d be free in death, but what about the two of them? They’ll definitely suffer in poverty and pain till they die."

The female passenger sobbed, covering her face, "But I have no other options. If I don’t die and Mingcui Square comes to collect, they’ll live badly all the same."

With that, she slapped herself hard.

But what use is regret now?

Why did she bet on jade back then?

The female passenger explained, "I believed a friend who said several people had gotten jade. As long as I had good luck in finding jade, I could not only pay for my child’s surgery but also buy a bigger house. I didn’t know what came over me to believe her, foolishly going there. This stuff is so addictive, you can’t stop once you start. And each time, I’d get a small piece of jade that wasn’t worth much. They won my money bit by bit, and in the end tempted me to take loans to keep playing. If my husband hadn’t called saying the hospital would do the surgery tomorrow and asked me to get the money ready, I might have kept playing. It’s all my fault, my fault..."

As she spoke, she slapped herself hard again, her cheeks swelling.

At this moment, a phone in Yang Chen’s car rang, but Yang Chen could confirm it wasn’t his phone making the sound.

The female passenger wiped her tears, saying, "It must be my husband calling."

She stood up, walked over to pick up the phone, composed herself, and answered.

Female Passenger: "Hello, honey..."

Man: "Zhou Wenqi, what on earth have you been doing out there? Just now Chen Hui called saying you owe someone 1.5 million, and they’ve detained her, telling me to find a way to get money to redeem her. Why do you owe so much? Where’s our money? Did you waste it all? I’m telling you, our son’s surgery is tomorrow morning. If it can’t go ahead because we don’t have the medical fees, I’ll damn well kill you!"