He stood in front of the payment window of the inpatient department of the City's Third Hospital, holding a thin reminder slip with his fingers, his knuckles turning white from the exertion. The number on the list was so dazzling that it made his stomach twitch—**￥78,532.00**. This is only the maintenance cost for this month, excluding the special medicine that must be injected next week. The price of that medicine is followed by four zeros.
