Chapter Sixty-Seven: At Stake
If lung cancer destroyed Yanzi's body, Luo Fang's truth confession disturbed Yanzi's spiritual world, and Yanzi was completely defeated. Her whole person is in a trance every day like an out-of-body soul, leaving only a weak body that is still breathing, lingering, getting thinner and thinner, unable to distinguish between day and night, and the breeding place of Internet rumors that Rufeng asked her to help investigate has long been forgotten outside the clouds.
Luo Fang was full of remorse, and tried his best to make all kinds of food for the swallows every day, but it was basically in vain. The swallow gradually did not want to get out of bed, and only lay on the bed every day silently staring at the position of the window, coughing more and more frequently, and the phlegm coughed up was sometimes accompanied by bright red blood. But she didn't say a word, and only secretly wrapped the used tissues tightly and put them in the trash. A bad mood is a breeding ground for all kinds of diseases, so after a week, the swallow's breathing is even heavier, and each time it is particularly hard, and there is a heavy sound in the throat, as if someone has choked the throat. The legs that are not often moved often are weak and weak, and the most worrying thing finally happened, one night the swallow got up and went to the bathroom only a few steps away from the bed, and after squatting down, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get up.
"No, my child!" came the shrill cry of a mother in the night, and when Luo Fang found out all this, the swallow was already angry.
With the efforts of the doctors and nurses in the hospital, Yanzi temporarily regained her senses. But then a middle-aged male doctor with a serious face called Luo Fang to the office alone, and after several deliberations, he finally said the most cruel and hurtful words in the world.
"Ms. Luo, you can take your daughter back, try to satisfy her if you have anything to do when you go back, and help her as soon as possible if you have any unfulfilled wishes. ”
Luo Fang's heart instantly rose to her throat, she lowered her head and only felt that her legs were weak, and her head was a little dizzy, so she squatted directly on the ground, and she didn't even have the courage to look at the doctor and ask again. At this moment, she was afraid to die, as if she saw that there was a cliff in front of her, and the swallow was about to fall, but she couldn't hold her back. She seemed to have seen that the Grim Reaper was secretly taking one of Swallow's hands and walking outside the hospital, and she was about to hold Swallow's other hand, but she only saw Death's threatening eyes, and Swallow's dead expression, and she didn't even want to look at herself indifferently. She covered her head, wanting to cry but there seemed to be no tears, only a desperate heart that kept bleeding out.
The middle-aged male doctor is used to seeing this kind of scene, and the daily birth, old age, sickness and death are like an extremely ordinary thing for him, and Luo Fang's reaction is also expected.
"Doctor, doctor, I beg you to save my daughter, she is only in her thirties, she is still so young. She hasn't even been married, and she hasn't even been a normal woman. God is so unfair, how could he do this to her. I have blood, I have bone marrow, is it okay for you to exchange it for her? Please try harder, please give her another chance to live. Luo Fang suddenly regained his senses, crawled in front of the doctor like crazy, grabbed the doctor's white coat, and pleaded hoarsely. Her eyes were bloodshot red, and there was a desperate fervor in her eyes.
This is not the first and not the last time for the doctor to do such a thing, and he knows that no amount of persuasion is useful at such a time. So he stood in place and let Luo Fang pull his clothes, "Ms. Luo, we have tried our best, you must know that the cure rate of lung cancer itself is very low. Let's face it, so that patients can be less painful in their last days, is the most important thing we should do now. Take the best shape and accompany the patient to the last days happily, without leaving regrets. ”
"No! she's too young!"
"You come with me. ”
The doctor picked up Luo Fang, walked to the corridor outside the office, pointed to the hall downstairs, and pointed to her one by one, "Look, that little girl is only five years old this year and has leukemia." The little boy, 11 years old, had a brain tumor. And that little girl, 25 years old, has stomach cancer. ”
Following the direction of the doctor's finger, Luo Fang saw a little girl in a red dress, with her bare head, leaning on her mother's arms, her eyes full of fear. The 11-year-old boy was skinny and skinny, with no strands of hair on his head and a noticeable scar. The 25-year-old girl's eyes were sunken, and she looked blankly at the flow of people in front of her without a trace of expression.
"These children have cancer at such a young age?
"We're just doctors, and we can't do anything about some diseases. The cancer trend is getting younger and your daughter is not alone. There are many, many more examples like theirs, and if you stay in the hospital for a few days and look closely, you can see a lot of children like them. The only thing we can do is to do our best to prolong their lives and improve the quality of their lives at the end of their lives. I hope you can understand, it's not that we don't want to treat your daughter. Cancer may be overcome in a few years, but the current level of medical care is far from enough. Our current targeted therapy has minimized the side effects of chemotherapy, which is a big step forward. ”
"Understood, so how many days does my daughter have left?"
"Two weeks. ”
There are many helplessness in life, such as facing changes in feelings, such as facing unpredictable disasters, such as facing this life killer that cannot be overcome for the time being. Luo Fang didn't say anything more, she looked at the flow of people coming and going downstairs again, looked at the three children, the second time in her life she accepted her fate, and the first time was when Yanzi's father filed for divorce.
Thinking about what the doctor said, she first went to the bathroom at the end of the corridor to tidy up her clothes, then straightened her hair with her fingers, and walked out to the hospital room where the swallow was. During this period, she remembered a person, Zeng Yuqiu, who called her, took out her mobile phone and searched carefully and found his phone.
"Yuqiu, it's me, Yanzi's mother, remember?"
Zeng Yuqiu's voice came on the other end of the phone, and Luo Fang immediately interrupted him, without saying a word of superfluity, and went straight to the point.
"Yuqiu, do you like my swallows?"
"Yes. ”
"Then would you like to marry my swallow?"
"What did you say?"
"I know it's not fair to you, Swallow has cancer and can't give you happiness, but I think she can be a real woman once in her lifetime. I can see that the swallow has you in his heart. In front of me, you're the only boy she's ever mentioned. If you love her too, can you give her a formal wedding and let her leave happily. This can be regarded as a reluctant invitation from the aunt. ”
"Has the swallow gotten sicker?"
"Two weeks to go. ”
"What are you talking about! How can this be? She was in much better spirits when I left. ”
"It's all my fault, I told her a big lie with my selfishness. ”
"Auntie, you speak slowly. ”
"It was I who deliberately didn't let her father appear with us back then, she always thought that her father abandoned her, but in fact, it was all because of me, I was afraid that she would be taken away by my father. Therefore, she has been living in hatred for her father all these years, not only has she not been happy, but she can't trust men. It's all my iniquity, but I pity the swallow and has been kept in the dark. After I told her about it, she started to feel bad, she was too lazy to eat, and she wanted to lie in bed in a stupid daze every day, and it was useless to persuade her. Luo Fang regarded Yuqiu as his own and had nothing to hide from him.
"I'll book a ticket now!" Yuqiu didn't continue to chat, and hung up the phone directly.
In the middle of the night, Yuqiu came to the hospital where Yanzi was and saw Luo Fang.
"Auntie, how is Yanzi? This is my marriage plan, you can see if there is anything inappropriate. Yuqiu didn't delay for a moment, and in the two hours on the plane, she had already thought about everything and worked out the whole process. Before, he had thought about his wedding with Yanzi countless times, but he didn't expect that this wedding might be their farewell ceremony, and the sourness in his heart forced him to cry several times. The love is deep, the pain is deep, only the people who are in it know best.
"You go in and take a look, I've been groggy and I'm giving water, and the doctor said I might not wake up until tomorrow, or maybe I'll be like this all the time. ”
Yuqiu's legs seemed to be filled with lead, and she had to exert all her strength with every step, and the muscles on her body trembled involuntarily. He remembered the scene when Yanzi was hospitalized for chemotherapy for the first time, and he was so overwhelmed at that time, he had no master, and even secretly scolded himself for his incompetence. Later, Yanzi slowly recovered, and his heart slowly relaxed. He thanked God for his favor and silently recited "Amitabha" many times. Today, he once again experienced the painful despair, and he wanted to ask if the sky was joking with him again.
"Yanzi, I'm Yuqiu, I'm back. I will never leave you again, never ask you if you really loved me again, and never again say that you are helpless to remember my words. None of this matters, I just know that I love you and that my life is meaningless without you. If Heaven gives me a chance, I will keep you by my side no matter the cost. Do you hear me? You have to be strong, you have to be brave enough to get through this. Your mother has agreed to our marriage, and I will marry you and make you the most beautiful and happy bride in the world. I also want you to give me a bunch of little dolls, and we will play with the children everywhere. Yanzi, do you hear that? Also, don't you feel indebted to Xiaolan? You can't just leave, she is in a particularly difficult time now, you are so righteous and angry, so worried about her, how can you say that you can let go and let go. Swallow, don't leave me, leave us. Promise me, okay?"