Money Can Buy Everything

007: have an obligation to repay

"It's truly a disgusting theory. Do you consider everything in the world as chips for trading? Can emotions and morals also be traded?"

Reimu questioned, and Momo countered with a question of his own.

"Why not?"

"Then tell me, how do you see love as a transaction?" Said Reimu

"It's simple. The man is willing to provide true love, material wealth, care, and loyalty. The woman does the same. Both parties enter into a marriage agreement, a contract that stipulates a lifelong commitment to each other, building a family and remaining faithful until death."

"Does such love fit your idea of perfect love?"

Surprisingly, Reimu was momentarily speechless, and after a few seconds, she angrily retorted, "No matter what, it's very wrong, completely wrong! Your reasoning is twisted and distorted!"

"The principles that can operate are the truths of the world. Otherwise, everything is just a child's dream, empty ideals. Reimu, if you still can't take off those colored glasses, everything in this world will continue to be a chaotic nightmare for you, preventing you from seeing the truth."

"You speak as if you can see the truth!"

Confidently, Momo smiled and said, "That's why I defeated the gods and stand here now. Well, arguing is pointless. It's time to return to the hospital room. My little caretaker must be worried."

After saying that, Momo walked back to the building with light steps.

Although his body was still that of an 80-year-old, Momo felt much more agile. In his past life, he struggled to live to a hundred years old, going through hardships to fulfill the wager.

Compared to needing mechanical assistance to move at a hundred years old, Momo felt youthful with his 80-year-old body.

"Ah! Sir! Why are you running around? Let me help you back to your bed!"

When Momo returned to the hospital room, he immediately saw the intern nurse whom he had a good rapport with, Yuyuko. Her face was streaked with tears, but when she saw Momo, she broke into a smile through her tears.

"Little girl, this old man isn't old enough to be unable to walk by myself. I just went out to clear my mind. Don't worry, this old bone won't break just by this!"

Yuyuko looked at the bandage wrapped around Momo's head and couldn't find his words convincing.

"Alright. Actually, I remembered my family's contact information and had someone send a message. Here is my identification, and this is my bank card. Could you please help me pay off my medical expenses?"

"Now that I think about it, I really troubled that young man with the nice car. I wonder if I made him late for work?"

"Masayoshi Momo... Alright, Mr. Masayoshi, I'll take care of it."

Yuyuko, the intern nurse, looked at Momo, who used the alias Masayoshi Momo, and the black card in her hand, with a calm reaction. For an ordinary girl like her, she lacks any knowledge about the Masayoshi family, Japan's wealthiest.

Despite living in the same country, she doesn't know who the top 10 wealthiest families are, that's why she is able to react so calmly.

As soon as she stepped out, Yuyuko jogged towards the payment counter but was suddenly intercepted by a chubby doctor.

"Yuyuko, where are you rushing off to? I'm about to finish work. Do you have any plans tonight? How about we have dinner together?"

As he spoke, he instinctively reached out to grab Yuyuko's arm, startling her and causing the black card in her hand to slip out. The chubby doctor reflexively caught it, then stared dumbfounded at the black card.

...

"Mr. Masayoshi , I've come to visit you!"

Momo was slightly surprised at the familiar voice. The visitor turned out to be his attending physician. As for the life of the chubby doctor, Momo hadn't paid any attention to it. When he entered the hospital, Momo intended to play dumb and won't ask any question about the way he is treated, and the chubby doctor had little interest in saving an unidentified old man like Momo.

However, things are different now.

Yuyuko didn't know the Masayoshi surname or the significance of the black card, but she did!

The surname Masayoshi and the presence of the black card—Yuyuko personally witnessed the string of zeros in the card earlier—made Momo's true identity almost obvious.

Yuyuko looked at Momo with a mixture of hesitation and unease. She hadn't expected that the kind old man she had grown close to would turn out to be such an influential person.

"Come, Yuyuko, help me sit up and give me a shoulder massage. This old man's body isn't as spry as it used to be."

Yuyuko hesitated for a moment, but seeing the same benevolent smile on Momo's face, she relaxed and approached his bedside, following Momo's instructions.

To her, Momo was just a kind old grandpa whom she got along with.

The observant chubby doctor seemed to understand something and said, "Old man, Yuyuko has only recently started her internship, but her attitude and professionalism have earned the affection of the patients. So, I will definitely recommend her for a permanent position."

Yuyuko's eyes brightened, and she looked at the chubby doctor with mixed feelings, but when she looked at Momo, her eyes were filled with gratitude.

Although she didn't fully understand the ways of the world, she understood that Momo's words had made her lecherous superior look at her differently.

Momo had no intention of interfering too much in Yuyuko's life. This was just a small gesture of gratitude to Yuyuko, a stranger they met by chance, who was kind and sincere.