Chapter 1: Cornered
In the bustling Yanjing City, the streets and alleys are lit up with bright lights, but there is only one alley with broken street lights, there is no noise, no light, and it is very desolate.
An Xiaoran cleaned up the hygiene of the small restaurant, said goodbye to her aunt at the door, and took a taxi to the First People's Hospital.
It's the weekend, she's been busy all day at the diner, and she doesn't stop in the evening, and now she's going to the hospital to see her grandfather.
An Xiaoran leaned on the car window tiredly, clearly extinguished, colorful light hit her face, and her expression was as confused as a lost deer.
Her father owed a large amount of gambling debts and ran away with her stepmother, leaving her alone to take care of her seriously ill grandfather, and she had to pay off the money part-time.
In just a year, those who asked for debt came to her three or four times.
An Xiaoran sighed, she really hoped that this was just a dream, and she would have no worries at all when she woke up, but the reality always backfired.
The hospital was very quiet at night, and when An Xiaoran went in, the doctor on duty happened to be conducting a routine examination.
The male doctor was not very old, and his face was handsome and elegant, and when he saw her come in, he gently bowed his head at her.
An Xiaoran followed him out of the ward and said worriedly, "Doctor He, how is my grandfather's condition?" ”
Dr. He glanced down at the case and lowered his throat, "It's not good, I've been in a coma for ten days today, and if I don't have surgery, the situation is not very optimistic." ”
When the old man was sent in, he was already in the advanced stage of lung cancer, and unless the lungs were replaced, there was no possibility of self-healing.
"What about the cost?" An Xiaoran lowered her eyes and asked this sentence in a very low voice.
Dr. He paused, and first reassured her, "Don't worry too much, things aren't that bad...... Anyway, you go and raise money first, how much can you raise, in case there is a suitable lung source? ”
"I see, thank you, doctor."
An Xiaoran raised his head with slightly red eyes, and his expression was extremely sincere.
Before, she used the little savings she had left to pay her grandfather's hospitalization fee, and then she took medicine and injections, and the money had already been spent, and if it wasn't for Dr. He's intercession, they would have been kicked out long ago.
Dr. He sighed pityingly, shook his head, and turned to leave.
Hard-working children......
An Xiaoran leaned against the whitewashed wall, tilting her head hard to prevent tears from falling.
She was only nineteen years old, so why did she have to bear all the suffering alone?
An Xiaoran cried aggrievedly, and it took a while to recover, wipe away her tears and enter the ward.
In the small ward, as if there were more people, An Xiaoran moved a chair and sat on the edge of the bed, constantly rubbing her grandfather's hand.
"Grandpa, I got the first place in this exam...... Don't worry, I won't give up, even if I sell myself, I will cure my grandfather. ”
An Xiaoran choked up as she spoke, and pursed her red lips stubbornly.
The original An family was not so poor, his grandfather had been a soldier for decades, and he had saved a lot of money for An Muyang to do business, and later retired and opened a small noodle restaurant, and the business was good.
But An Muyang was a good gambler, lost the company, and owed a lot of loan sharks, and finally walked away if he couldn't pay it back, throwing this mess to An Xiaoran.
After grandpa was hospitalized, An Xiaoran also called An Muyang, hoping that he could give him some money, but his stepmother Liu Wenjing refused, and scolded grandpa for being an old immortal......
An Xiaoran quarreled with them several times, but they all ended in nothing.
But this time she really had no choice, she checked on the Internet, and the treatment fee was one million, where did she get so much money......
"Hey, Nan Nan...... I'm in the hospital. An Xiaoran cleared her throat and answered the call from her friend Ji Yinan.
Ji Yinan frowned suspiciously over there, "Xiao Ranran, are you crying again?" ”
An Xiaoran paused, choked up, "The doctor said that grandpa's illness will not be cured at all unless he has surgery." ”
"Okay, okay, don't cry first, I secretly saved 30,000 yuan by myself, you can use it first."
Ji Yinan is very generous, and she feels very sorry for her good sister, so she usually helps if she can.
An Xiaoran was surprised, "Didn't you say that your father limited your pocket money?" Where did you get all this money? ”
"Cut...... I secretly saved these things, anyway, I don't need them for the time being, you can use them first. ”
"Thank you."
An Xiaoran bit her lip, with a thick sadness on her little face, she had to get a large sum of money in a short period of time.
The two whispered, and after hanging up the phone, An Xiaoran called An Muyang again after thinking about it.
He should have just woken up, and his voice was still a little sleepy, "Who?" ”
"Dad......" An Xiaoran shouted in a low voice, and hesitated again before saying, "The doctor said that grandpa needs to have his lungs replaced, and he needs a lot of money, can you lend me some money?" ”
An Muyang sobered up, sat up with his arms propped up, "How much to borrow?" ”
An Xiaoran gritted his teeth, "Five...... 500,000! ”
"Oh my God! Half a million? If I had 500,000, I wouldn't have fled the country in the first place! ”
The person who spoke was Liu Wenjing, her stepmother, An Xiaoran's face instantly turned cold.
"Dad! I didn't ask you for a penny when my grandfather was hospitalized before, I want to go to school, and I have to work to pay off my debts, can't you feel sorry for me? I really can't help this money......"
Liu Wenjing seemed to want to speak, but was stopped by An Muyang, he was silent for a long time, and when An Xiaoran thought he was going to agree, An Muyang's words woke her up like a basin of cold water.
"Yes, Dad really has no money...... You also know that Dad has such a hobby, you go to someone else to get this money first, and when I have money, I will call you immediately, okay? ”
"An Muyang! You can't get by, right? Why should we give our hard-earned money to that old immortal? Liu Wenjing scolded on the other side of the phone.
"Shut up! I'm telling you, that's my dad......"
The phone was hung up in the quarrel between the two singing and harmonizing, An Xiaoran listened to the busy sound of the phone, pursed her lips bitterly and chuckled.
He'll always be like this......
An Xiaoran tried to call her aunt and uncle again, but the other party hung up the phone as soon as she heard it.
Her aunt even said to her, "Your grandfather's little restaurant makes a lot of money, right?" It's good that I didn't ask you if you wanted, but you still want to ask me for money? Two hundred thousand? Make your spring and autumn dreams! ”
"But......" Before An Xiaoran could finish speaking, he was picked up by the other party.
Seeing people's hearts in the midst of adversity, grandpa pulled the three of them to grow up, but he didn't expect to raise a group of white-eyed wolves!
An Xiaoran leaned on the edge of the bed and cried, fell asleep after crying, and continued to cry when she woke up.
She has never been a hypocritical child, but she is really desperate, and it seems that there is no other way but to cry.
One million, she doesn't even have ten thousand yuan!