"Mom!"

As soon as I came to the door of the ward, I saw my mother holding her chest in pain with one hand, and the other hand hanging weakly to the side, lying weakly on the hospital bed and humming softly.

"Mom! I'm a man! As soon as she said that, her tears fell uncontrollably.

Mom slowly opened her eyes, "Manman, I'm fine, don't cry." Mom's hanging hand lifted it with great difficulty, as if she wanted to touch Zhou Manman's face.

Zhou Manman hurriedly grabbed her mother's hand, it was cold, she was very scared, she couldn't do it, in order not to worry her mother, she could only suck her nose hard, and held back the tears that rushed out.

"Mom, this is a perennial problem, it's okay, I'll lie down for a while and we'll be able to go home." Mother's pale face was very tired, but Zhou Manman saw the tenderness her mother gave her from the endless exhaustion.

"This time you must be hospitalized, you must be treated, last time the doctor said that it would be dangerous if you were not hospitalized!" Zhou Manman said eagerly.

"No...... Don't ......" Mom's thin lips were already pale at the moment, trembling slightly.

"Mom, you can treat it with peace of mind." Although Zhou Manman was teary-eyed, what he said was undoubted, his mother had refused treatment because she was worried about money, and she couldn't let her mother do it this time.

Mother looked at her and sighed softly, Zhou Manman is no longer the little girl who followed her in the past and needed her protection, she has picked up the burden of this family with herself for more than ten years, and lost her original happy and carefree childhood, but where to raise so much treatment money......

Mom stopped arguing with Zhou Manman, silently closed her eyes and pretended to rest, and on the other side that Zhou Manman couldn't see, a line of tears went down and soaked the sheets.

"Famous men's figure skater Shirakawa Canghe confirmed the use of doping, and teenager Du Yu is about to fill in the place to participate in the next Winter Olympics."

"It is understood that Shirakawa Canghe may face a two-year ban for this violation, and the figure skating association said that all his expenses will be stopped during the penalty period."

In the ward, the TV hanging on the wall is babbling programs, playing the boring time of the patients, and the TV program at this time, I don't know who has turned it into a sports channel.

The TV was not loud, and the patients and their families in the two beds next door were busy checking drug information or fetching hot water, and no one noticed the sound coming from the wall.

Zhou Manman, who was originally sitting on the edge of the bed holding his sleeping mother's hand, suddenly raised his head when he heard the words "Baichuan Canghe" and turned his head to look at the TV screen.

The host read the manuscript at a glance, and the manuscript was written very officially, cold without a little temperature.

The association's official announcement confirmed that it means that Baichuan Canghe will endure greater abuse and responsibility, and Baichuan Canghe will not only have to bear the unjustified disaster of using illegal drugs, but also face a two-year ban, and the termination of competition and training in the best golden stage of athletes is undoubtedly the biggest blow.

"For the family members of bed No. 3, please go to the payment office to pay the hospitalization fee and go through the hospitalization procedures." The attending doctor's voice interrupted Zhou's thoughts.

"Ah...... Good...... Good. Zhou Manman paused for two seconds before he reacted, the No. 3 bed was her mother, she listened to the attending doctor explain various precautions in a panic, and her mind was full of "raising money".

5,000 yuan may be a very ordinary amount to others, but to her family, it is an astronomical amount.

After Dad's company went bankrupt, everything that the family could sell has been sold, but the hole in arrears is still very large, and the people who want to pay the account will come to the door to make trouble at three days and two days, and the money that my mother has worked hard to earn has to fill this bottomless pit for Dad, and the money for my own college is all obtained by applying for student loans and the help of neighbors.

Zhou Manman glanced back at her mother on the hospital bed, her eyes were slightly closed at this time, and she knew that her mother was not asleep.

My mother's body has been dragging and reluctant to see a doctor, just because she is afraid of spending money. She's grown up, and she can't leave it to her mother this time.

Zhou Manman leaned into his mother's ear and said softly, "Mom, I'll be back soon." With that, she turned to leave, and she didn't see her mother's trembling eyelashes, and the tears rolling down her face.

Zhou Manman stood at the fork in the hospital corridor, holding the backpack straps on his chest with both hands, and turned his head to look at the long and deep corridor on the right, and at the end of the corridor was Shirakawa Canghe's ward.

Liang Jinping and Coach Wang, who were standing there just now, were no longer at the door of the ward at this time, and now there was only endless emptiness.

I don't know how he is now, has he been discharged from the hospital?

Zhou Manman sighed, shook his head and laughed at himself secretly, now he is too busy to take care of himself, and he still has the heart to worry about others.

When she hurried to the dormitory, Zhang Yichen was lying on the bed, not knowing whether he was sleeping or playing with his mobile phone, and the curtain next to the bed wrapped Zhang Yichen completely, and she couldn't see the people inside.

Zhou Man tiptoed out a small wallet from the closet, and there were 500 yuan in it, which he saved last month, plus what he had on hand now, he could still make up more than 1,000 yuan, but it was also a drop in the bucket.

Zhang Yichen on the bed turned over, and the sound of a hip-hop variety show came, and Zhou Manman hesitated to talk to Zhang Yichen.

"Yichen ......," Zhou Manman shouted tentatively.

The only thing that echoed in the dormitory was the humorous jokes of the host in the variety show.

"Yichen ......" Zhou Manman beat the drum in his heart and said nervously.

"What?" The curtain next to the bed was lifted in a corner, and Zhang Yichen showed half of his head, and there were tears overflowing from laughter in the corners of his eyes.

"Yichen, can you lend me some money?" Zhou Manman mustered up a lot of courage, and finally spoke timidly.

"Out of money? You're going to buy painting tools again, right? After speaking, Zhang Yichen lay down again, and the corners of the curtain fell again.

"No, I ...... Something happened to me. Zhou Manman, who has always been strong, did not tell the fact that her mother was hospitalized, she has long been accustomed to carrying everything by herself, and she doesn't want others to see her vulnerability, if it weren't for this last resort, she would definitely not open her mouth to borrow money.

"I'll pay you back next month when I pay you the part-time fee." Zhou Manman saw that she was still immersed in variety shows, and hurriedly added.

"Come on, is your part-time fee enough for you to eat?" After speaking, Zhang Yichen stopped paying attention to her.

Zhou Manman, who was standing under the bed, lowered his head and pursed his lips, because the nervousness when he opened his mouth to borrow money just now and Zhang Yichen's refusal made her heart sour.

It doesn't matter, there will always be a way, Zhou Manman thought silently.

Because his eyes were red and swollen from crying in the hospital, and he couldn't think of a solution to raise money for a while, Zhou Manman went to the bathroom to wash his face and calm down.

Zhou Manman, who came back from the bathroom of the dormitory, was frightened by Zhang Yichen's angry voice as soon as he opened the dormitory door.

"Zhou Manman, your phone voice is noisy, can you turn it to mute, it affects others very much!" Zhang Yichen complained impatiently.

Hearing Zhang Yichen's complaint, she quickly picked up her mobile phone, and it showed more than a dozen missed calls, it was an unfamiliar number, could it be a scam call, Zhou Manman thought to herself, and then this thought made her laugh at herself, if it was a scam call, which liar would take the trouble to only catch herself, a poor person, and be persistent enough.

As she struggled with whether to call back, the number flashed again.

"Hey, hello." Zhou Manman's cautious greetings.

"Is it Miss Zhou Manman? On my side, I'm the head of the DreamWorks website. An eager voice came from the other end of the phone, Zhou Manman's ears were buzzing, and he quickly pulled the phone away.

"Yes, I'm Zhou Manman, hello." DreamWorks website? Zhou Manman recalled it, and the poster of the "Dream Cup National Comic Design Competition" immediately flashed in his mind.

"Hey, are you the DreamWorks website, the DreamWorks responsible for the Dream Cup Comic Design Contest?" Zhou Manman's voice instantly became excited, and she remembered Zhang Yichen, who was still complaining about her noisy in bed just now, and quickly lowered her voice, "Is there any news about my comics?" ”

Zhang Yichen, who was on the bed, heard the words "Comic Design Contest", and his slender fingers lightly tapped the screen, paused the hot variety show, and secretly lifted a curtain to prick up his ears and listen carefully.

"Yes, Miss Zhou, your work 'Yu' is very good! It's just amazing! The person in charge on the other end of the phone praised again and again, "The judging team unanimously agrees that your work is the first prize!" ”

Zhou Man gasped, his heart seemed to have missed a beat, first prize!

10,000 yuan bonus!

It's really another village, and my mother's treatment fee is finally settled!

"Miss Zhou, are you interested in signing a contract with our company and becoming a signed cartoonist?" Seeing that Zhou Manman didn't speak for a long time, the person in charge hurriedly asked.

"Ah...... Yes, yes, when should I sign a contract? Zhou Manman was already indescribably excited, after so many years, God fortunately did not forget her, and finally favored himself once.

Not only can I solve my mother's hospitalization expenses, but I can even get a job after graduation.

It seems that life is not all bad!

Agency? After Zhang Yichen heard this, the hand holding the bed curtain unconsciously clenched up, and the beautiful nail art she had just finished pierced into the flesh of her palm, and she bit her lip tightly.

Why? Why can this painting fool win the first prize, and the excellent works he has worked so hard to present have not moved.

That day, after Zhang Yichen saw Zhou Manman sign up for the competition, although he was disdainful, he secretly signed up for the competition, she, the genius who won the first place in the painting major, wouldn't it be easy to win a first prize? When the time comes, just wait to sign up to become a full-fledged cartoonist and enjoy the flowers and applause.

"Zhou Manman, you can." Zhang Yichen's yin and yang strange voice came from the bed.

Seeing that Zhou Manman didn't make a sound, "What are you pretending." She muttered, rolling her eyes at the ceiling.

Zhou Manman, don't be too happy, wait and see, how did you snatch the things from me, I want you to return them intact.