Chapter 107 Three hundred and seventy-eight days
Andora turned back to Peter and asked, "What's wrong with your brother?" β
Peter walked into the corner, took out a bowl, flushed it with a bucket of water next to him, then opened a wine bottle at his feet, poured the water into the bowl, brought it over, and handed it to George's mouth: "Actually, I don't know, we don't have money to see a doctor at all, I only know that George has been coughing for a long time, and he can't walk anymore." β
Andora looked at the yellowish water in the bowl, and her throat was a little astringent: "What about you, parents? β
Peter's expression froze, and he turned his head and smiled: "My mother went to the drug rehabilitation center, Dad, I never saw my Dad." β
He pointed outside and said, "Many people in this secret base have never met their parents. β
Andora's eyes were red and her nose was sour, she remembered her days in the orphanage, everyone was like this, there were no parents, they grew up with each other, and there was only one grandfather in common, that is, the dean's grandfather.
But she is better than these little children, she at least eats and drinks securely, and she has someone to take care of when she is sick, so she doesn't have to be displaced outside.
She sat down on the floor, clasped her hands on her knees, and asked, "Why don't you go, I mean, something like a welfare home?" β
George smiled expectantly: "Because we have to wait for our mother to come and pick us up, if we go to the welfare home, maybe my mother won't be able to find us." β
He suddenly shifted his position and found a photo from under a pile of clothes, in which a young woman with blond hair and blue eyes was holding a child in her arms, and the other hand was at her foot and snuggled tightly on her child's shoulder. β
Andora sniffed and smiled too: "Well, your mother, it's beautiful. β
After talking to George, she was a little tired, and after waiting for George to fall asleep, she followed Peter out of the small house. She looked at the voices around her from small houses of various sizes and called out to Peter, "Hey. β
Peter looked back, puzzled, "What's wrong?" β
Andora took out her purse from her bosom, left the money for the taxi back, and handed the rest of the money to Peter: "Take it." β
Peter looked at Andora's pile of money with some surprise, when he stole his wallet during the day, he didn't know that there would be so much money in it, and he stammered a little at the moment: "No, no, no, this is too much, I can't take it, George has already said that I, no matter how short of money, I can't steal it." β
Andora smiled, tilted her head, and said, "Don't think too much, this is a loan to you, and when you make money, you have to pay it back." β
Peter was still a little hesitant on his face, and Andora took his hand and stuffed the money into his hand: "Take it, you first see your brother for a doctor, and then take care of your body, if you want to pay back the money, you can pay it back slowly." β
Peter gritted his teeth, slipped the money into his pocket, and stepped forward to hug Andora, but a tall figure was lying between the two, and Peter only hugged a hard thigh.
He looked up suspiciously, but found that in front of him was the fierce brother who was holding his collar during the day.
"Xu Chenxi?? How did you end up here? β
Xu Chenxi said angrily: "Why do you think those black people dare not approach you?" Is it really the reason for the little kid next to you? β
Andora sneered: "So you've been following me, no wonder, I thought Peter was mixed in the area, and everyone gave him a little face." β
Xu Chenxi took Andora into her arms, and said with a warning in her eyes: "If you say thank you, just say it, you don't need to hug it." β
Andor tugged at his sleeve: "They are so pitiful, I thought my brother's illness was made up, but it turned out to be true." β
Xu Chenxi looked around and said in a light tone: "Well, this area is the slums of Los Angeles. β
He pulled his phone out of his pocket, reached out to Peter and asked, "Do you have a pen and paper?" β
Although Peter didn't know what he wanted to do, he still had paper and pen, so he hurriedly went into the small house, took the paper and pen out, and handed them to Xu Chenxi.
Xu Chenxi squirmed down a number on the paper, as well as a string of English, Andora saw that the beginning was written doctorXXX, Xu Chenxi handed back the paper and pen to Peter, and said: "This is a doctor friend I met in Los Angeles, I am more familiar with him, you go to this address to find him, if you can't find him, call this number, tell him that it was Daniel XU who asked you to find him, and I will also tell him, you can cure your brother's illness first." β
Peter took the piece of paper and looked down at it in a daze, when suddenly a tear fell onto the paper and stunned the string of numbers in a large circle.
He opened his hand, hugged Xu Chenxi's thigh again, rubbed it again, and said in a low voice: "Thank you, thank you." β
Xu Chenxi's face was full of discomfort: "Didn't you say it, don't hug and hug casually." β
Andora snorted and burst out laughing.
After two days of distraction, on the third day, Xu Chenxi took Andora to a private hospital and told Andora to let her take care of her body here and get the doctor's approval before she could return to China.
Andora didn't say anything, she knew in her heart that these doctors must be the leading doctors in the industry, who came to treat her cancer, she rarely resisted, nodded obediently, pulled Xu Chenxi's sleeve again, and asked a little embarrassed: "What about you?" β
A simple sentence, without a preface or afterword, Xu Chenxi understood what she meant at once, he rubbed her hair, tightened the clothes on her body, and said with a smile: "I will accompany you." β
A year later.
Xu Chenxi flew back to China in the past few days because he was going to hold a board meeting. On this day, Andora was called into the office by the doctor, and she looked at Emily, the attending doctor who had been with her for a year and tried her best to study various treatments for her, and for the first time showed a heartfelt smile: "Ann, do you know, your latest test report is very good. β
Andora was a little taken aback and asked, "Emily, what do you mean?" β
She handed the report in her hand to Andora, after a year of edification, Andora's English can be said to have improved by leaps and bounds, she reported the results, and saw the conclusion of the last line: the tumor marker indicators are normal, combined with other tests, it is confirmed that the direct pathology has been completely remissiond.
When Andora was packing her luggage, she received a call from Xu Chenxi, she pressed the corners of her raised mouth before pressing the connect button: "Hey? Finished the meeting? β
Xu Chenxi snorted and asked lightly, "Have you done today's inspection?" What are you doing now? Have you eaten? β
Andora listened to his series of questions and didn't know which one to answer first, Xu Chenxi ran around for the past year, not only did she feel a little impatient because of the long treatment cycle and the tiredness of running around, but compared with before, she talked a lot more.
She replied patiently: "The examination is done, and now I am in the roomβI am reading, eating, and digesting." β
Xu Chenxi nodded: "Well, that's good, the doctor didn't say anything, right?" β
Andora said perfunctorily: "It's like coming and going, I don't say anything special." β
The two chatted for a few words, Andora said that she was a little sleepy, hung up the phone, her mouth was full of smiles, she planned to give Xu Chenxi a surprise, this year, Xu Chenxi ran from place to place, just to see her once a week, sometimes did a twelve-hour flight, came to accompany her for a few hours, and hurriedly flew back, this time, she wanted to take the initiative to go to Xu Chenxi's side.
After she packed her luggage, she took a taxi to a bakery, because it was afternoon commuting time, there were no customers in the store, and the woman in front of the cash register heard the sound of someone coming in, raised her head, and said with a smile, "Welcome...... Quiet? Are you here? β
The smile on her face widened, and as she walked out, she shouted inside, "Peter, George, Sister Ann is here." β
I saw two figures rushing out of it, hugging Andora's thighs left and right.
Andora rubbed the heads of the two little boys and looked up to say hello: "Anna, how are you doing?" I haven't come to see you in a while. β
The Anna in front of her, it is Peter and George's mother, after coming out of the drug rehabilitation center half a year ago, knowing that the two sons have been taken care of by Andora, she was very moved, and Andora also took the initiative to borrow money to open a bakery for her, in the past six months, she ran this bakery, although it was hard, she went out early and returned late, and she had to bake bread by herself, but she was able to support two children by herself, let them go back to school, and gradually repay the money that Andora borrowed.
She felt that Andora was the benefactor of their whole family, and that Andora was sent by God to save them, so she looked outside the store and teased: "Hey, your husband, who has followed him every time, didn't he follow you this time?" β
Andora blushed and said angrily, "He's not available, he's going back home." Speaking of this, she remembered that she had come to say goodbye to them: "I am going back to China tomorrow, and I am here today to say goodbye to you." β
The three of them were taken aback, and Anna's eyes were a little sad: "Why is it so sudden?" β
The two little children beside her hugged her tightly: "No, don't go back." β
Andora squatted down slightly, and hugged Peter and George tightly in her arms with both hands: "You know, I have been waiting for this day for three hundred and seventy-eight days. β
Andora got off the plane, breathing in the long-lost air, looking at the yellow skin coming and going around her, and only felt that the pleasure in her heart was about to overflow from her heart.
She pushed the luggage cart and walked to the exit, she was a little surprised to see the crowds outside, and looked at the sign held by some people, and saw that it read, "Lin Anchen Global Support Association warmly welcomes Brother Anchen back to China!" β
Andora was about to lower her head and hide her face and walk out in a low-key manner, when someone called out her name: "Oh my God, isn't this Andora?" Hasn't she been missing for a long time? β