At this moment, a middle-aged man walked into the ward, holding the hand of a little boy about two or three years old.
The little boy was holding a toy gun in his hand and kept dubbing the gun, making sounds like those in a gun battle movie.
May raised her hand, "Ben, come here."
Then she turned her head to Luke and the other man and said, "This is Benjamin, my husband."
Luke and the other man smiled and shook hands with Benjamin.
Benjamin was a very nice and sincere man. After a few polite words, he expressed his gratitude solemnly.
Luke smiled and said, "Actually, I admire Mei a lot. She wasn't afraid even when facing four gangsters."
Benjamin smiled bitterly: "Thank you, I would rather it was me who encountered this."
Luke looked at his expression and smiled, "No, it's better not to happen again. You are not a policeman, and you have no obligation to subdue criminals."
The four chatted for a while, and the little boy next to them looked at Luke with bright eyes and suddenly asked: "Are you a policeman?"
Luke smiled and nodded: "Yeah."
"Are you the one who saved Mei?" the little boy continued to ask.
Luke hesitated for a moment and shook his head: "No, Mei saved a baby. I was just helping her deal with those bad guys."
The little boy frowned: "So, Mei can also beat those bad guys?" He was obviously skeptical about this.
Luke smiled: "At least I think that's what she did."
The little boy nodded: "When I grow up, I want to be a policeman and help Mei beat those bad guys."
Everyone looked at each other and burst out laughing.
Luke casually touched the boy's head and said, "Is this your son? He's very cute."
Mei chuckled: "He... is our child, and he lives with us now."
Luke looked at the expressions of May and Benjamin and vaguely understood something.
He immediately changed the subject and asked, "Well, what's his name?"
Benjamin: “His name is Peter.”
Luke: "Haha, he's a clever little guy."
After chatting for a while, Luke and the other man stood up and said goodbye.
Little Peter followed Benjamin and waved goodbye to them at the door of the ward.
After leaving the ward, Luke went to the hospital front desk, took out his police badge, and checked Mei's medical bill.
Looking at the numbers, he asked, "Have they paid all their bills?"
The receptionist shook his head: "They only paid the upfront fee."
Luke thought about it, called Ginny, and gave her a few instructions before hanging up.
After leaving the hospital and getting in the car, Selena was curious: "Why are you paying for her medical expenses?"
Luke thought for a moment and answered, "Because... she is very beautiful and kind?"
Selina sneered: "She is indeed very beautiful, but she is already 39 years old! However, a 39-year-old woman looks like she is in her 20s. How many women will be jealous to death."
Luke nodded and confirmed: "So, the beautiful and kind people in this world should always be helped."
When Selena heard his nonsense, she didn't ask any more questions and just rolled her eyes at him.
Generally speaking, when a man says a woman is beautiful and kind, the subtext is that the woman is easy to deceive.
To describe it with a word from my previous life, that is naive.
Luke called Ginny and asked her to find an excuse to make a charitable donation in the name of Cosmic Cube to help May pay off the remaining medical expenses.
From what Luke observed, he knew that Mei's family was not in a very good financial condition. They might be able to afford the medical expenses, but it would definitely make their life more difficult.
Commercial insurance can also come up with many tricks when it comes to medical care. For example, the insurance company can require the patient to be treated by a doctor on its list. If the patient wants to find a more expensive specialist, he or she must ask these doctors who are affiliated with the insurance company for an introduction. Otherwise, the insurance company will most likely refuse to pay.
Mei's injury this time was an accident. Even if the insurance company did not refuse to pay the compensation, there would be a lot of trouble as to when to pay and how much to pay.
Luke didn't want Mei, a kind woman, to get into such an embarrassing and troublesome situation because of doing good deeds.
In fact, it was mostly Mr. Smith's fault that Mei was injured.
Mr. Smith helped Luke a lot by getting rid of Councillor Henry, the pillar of the Esworth family, and also provided him with an extremely special ability.
Now, Luke gave a little help to Mei, who was caught in the disaster, just to feel at ease.
Luke never feels bad about things that can be solved with just a little money.
Most of the time, the person hardest to convince is yourself.
The two drove home and received a call from Elizabeth when they got home, telling him that Chris had arrived.
Luke asked and found out that they arrived in the afternoon, so he asked them to come to his house for dinner.
Elizabeth hesitated: "Is it appropriate?"
Luke chuckled, "No problem. I just happened to talk to Chris as well."
Elizabeth thought of Luke's previous proposal and agreed: "Okay, we'll come over right away."
Forty minutes later, two cars drove up to Luke's door.
Luke and Selina, who were waiting at the door, opened the gate and let the car in.
The people in the two cars got out, and Luke stepped forward to give the mature and charming beautiful sheriff a hug and a kiss on the cheek: "Samantha, it's so nice to see you again. You can stay for a few more days this time."
Elizabeth smiled bitterly: You don't know what kind of work Elsa has found for you, do you? You can play for a few more days.
He just hugged Ashley for the sake of meaning, then swung Mike around in his arms: "Haha, how have you been lately, insect expert?"
Mike struggled: "It's okay, don't treat me like a child."
Luke put him down with a smile: "Okay, then you have to learn to take care of yourself and your mother when you get out."
It was Chris' turn then. Luke stretched out his hand and shook it, then hugged his shoulders and patted his back: "You seem to be in good spirits, Chris."
Chris just smiled: "Same to you."
Luke lowered his head helplessly and picked up the little black and white thing that was "ferociously" tearing his trouser leg: "Oh, our hellhound, Mr. Bruce is getting more and more powerful!"
Then... he pressed the little thing and rubbed it for a while, and it became obedient after a few strokes.
Luke pulled out one hand and hugged Gladys who was smiling beside him: "I'm glad you can come and play, Gladys."
Gladys took Bruce with a smile: "I am happy too. Let me take care of this naughty guy."
Selena also greeted everyone one by one, and then everyone went into the house together.
After a while, everyone moved the dinner location to the back of the house, which was larger and more accustomed to the place.
Soon, the crowd was divided into two distinct groups.