Chapter 22: Terminal Illness
While talking, the Happy Home Community arrived.
When the two went upstairs, they saw Xue Wan standing at the door of 302.
Jing Miaoyu greeted her, but she didn't answer, and she didn't turn around, as if she couldn't hear at all.
However, she looked a little strange, leaning over, holding the door with one hand and turning the key intermittently with the other, as if she was struggling.
Jing Miaoyu shouted again: "Aunt Wan, are you back?" β
Xue Wan still didn't speak.
Jing Miaoyu felt that something was wrong, and walked up to her to take a look, startled.
Xue Wan's face was bloodless, her face was haggard, sweat was constantly flowing down her forehead, and even her hands and feet were trembling slightly.
Jing Miaoyu hurriedly supported her and asked anxiously, "What's wrong?" Feeling unwell? β
Xue Wan finally said a word: "It hurts!" β
The voice is small.
Jing Miaoyu hurriedly helped her open the door and helped her into 302.
Luo Yixin also went in to help.
They helped Xue Wan to lie on the bed and helped her cover the quilt.
"Medicine!"
Xue Wan pointed to the bedside table.
Jing Miaoyu saw that there was a bottle of medicine on the bedside table, and hurriedly opened it and asked, "How many?" β
"One." Xue Wan said weakly.
Jing Miaoyu took out a pill from the bottle, handed it to Xue Wan, and poured her a glass of water.
Xue Wan took the medicine, gasped and said, "Thank you." β
"I'll make a call and ask Yun Ze to come back and take care of you, right?" Jing Miaoyu took out her phone from her bag.
"No ......"
Xue Wan immediately refused, her voice was intermittent and without strength: "Don't ...... Let him...... Know. β
Luo Yixin said with concern: "How can you hide your illness?" β
"Wait a minute...... It's just fine......"
Xue Wan said in a weak voice, "Don't ...... Tell...... Yunze ......"
"Don't worry, we won't tell Yun Ze, you can rest in peace." Jing Miaoyu said soothingly.
Then, she turned her head to Luo Yixin and said, "You go home first, I'll take care of Aunt Wan here, and I'll go back when she gets better." β
"Okay."
Luo Yixin nodded, a trace of doubt passed through her heart, and she couldn't figure out why Xue Wan wanted to hide it.
When I got home, I just entered the house.
Grandma Xu Dongmei asked, "What about the punchline?" Why didn't I come back with you? β
Luo Yixin told Xue Wan what she had just met, and asked Xu Dongmei to help Xue Wan keep it a secret, so as not to let Xue Yunze know that Xue Wan was uncomfortable.
Xu Dongmei seemed to hear something, shook her head and sighed.
"I heard Xue Wan say last year that Li Tianshi asked her to go to the hospital for a physical examination. I told her, don't take it seriously, Li Tianshi is very smart, you must listen to him and check it out.
Later, she told me that after the examination, there was no major problem, but she had to take medication for life to suppress the lesion. I asked her what her illness was, but she wouldn't tell me. At the time, I thought it was weird, probably a disease that was not easy to treat! β
"What is wrong with her?"
Luo Yixin didn't understand, so she had to ask, thinking, who is Li Tianshi? Doctors? Or is it a god stick?
"In short, it won't be a good thing."
Xu Dongmei sighed again, got up and walked into the kitchen.
Luo Yixin was confused.
When Jing Miaoyu came home, she hurriedly ran over and asked, "What's wrong with Aunt Wan?" β
Jing Miaoyu's face was solemn.
"The tumor in Aunt Wan's body has suddenly deteriorated, and it is estimated that there is only half a year left......"
Luo Yixin was puzzled.
"It's so dangerous, why does she still hide it from Xue Yunze?"
Cancer has been conquered in 2035, but it is now terminal.
Shouldn't terminally ill people want to be cared for by their loved ones?
Why didn't Xue Wan let her son know?
Jing Miaoyu sighed: "There are some things that only those who are mothers can understand. You haven't married and had children yet, so it's normal not to understand. β
"Why? I really can't understand it. β
Jing Miaoyu's eyes were empty, and she was full of emotion.
"Women are weak, but mothers are strong. Every mother wants to be a strong guardian of her child, sheltering her child from the wind and rain; Remove the stumbling blocks on the road of life for the children; Cut sharp thorns on the side of the road for your child.
When the mother knew that she was going to fall, what she wanted to do most was to do her best to build a strong castle for the child. And the last thing she wants to do is to make her children worry. β
Luo Yixin listened quietly, deeply moved in her heart: "Seeing Aunt Wan so painful today, can she bear it by herself?" It's really pitiful! β
"For mothers, the life of an absent child is more painful than illness and more terrible than death. Aunt Wan told me not to let Yun Ze know, and we could only keep our mouths shut. β
"Is she feeling better now?"
"After taking the medicine, it's much better."
Xu Dongmei walked out of the kitchen, put the dishes in her hand on the table, and said, "Xue Wan is really not easy. In the early years, her husband ran away from home because he owed a lot of money to others for business, and announced that they were divorced, but in fact they did not.
At that time, her husband told her that he would come back when he earned money. He also called in the first few years, but then there was no news, and he didn't know if he was dead or alive.
Now that Xue Wan is sick, there is not even a person around him who knows cold and heat, and Yun Ze, the child, is not growing up, and he always makes his mother angry...... Alas! Let's eat. β
After saying that, she went into the house and called Xinxin out.
The family was eating, and Luo Yixin's mobile phone rang, it was an unfamiliar number.
She pressed the answer button, and a woman's voice came from her phone, which sounded familiar.
"Yixin, I'm Aunt Wan."
"Oh, oh, what's the matter with Aunt Wan?" Luo Yixin was quite surprised.
"I asked Yun Ze for your mobile phone number and wanted to ask you for something."
Xue Wan said: "Regarding my condition, please help me hide it, okay?" Don't tell Yun Ze. I know you're friends, so I'm here to talk about it. β
"Don't worry, Aunt Wan, I will help you keep it a secret." Luo Yixin asked, "How are you doing now?" β
"It's okay. Anyway, thank you, so let's do it for now, and we'll talk when it's empty. β
"Okay, goodbye."
As soon as the call ended, Luo Yixin's mobile phone rang again.
She took a look, it was Xue Yunze calling.
What's the matter with this guy calling her?
"Hey."
Xue Yunze's voice came from the phone: "What is my mother looking for you?" β
"Oh......" Luo Yixin said improvised, "She said that there are new styles in your store, and asked me to come over and see if there are any clothes I like." β
"That's the case......" Xue Yunze ended the call.
He believed it, because the store had indeed recently come in with a shipment.
Moreover, this batch of goods was personally selected and ordered by him online, and personally accepted after arriving at the store.
Mom didn't know which tendon was wrong lately, so she kept telling him to do this and that, causing him to be busy in the store all day.
In the past, when he visited the store, he often secretly ran out to play.
Now, like an overseer of the old society, his mother stared intently at his work.
Even if he worked in the store, when he got home, his mother asked him to cook, stir-fry, and make soup. If he said no, his mother immediately gave him verbal guidance and taught him hand-in-hand.
Even asking him to do laundry, drying clothes, mopping floors, all kinds of cleaning, etc., is simply calling him like a robot!
When he was too tired to cry and cry, his mother made him speechless with a word.
She said: "I used to do all this work alone, and you are tired after only doing it so many times, are you ashamed?" β
He really couldn't imagine that his mother had to do so much work every day, and now it was his turn to do it, and he knew how hard it was.
For mom, he was grateful, of course, if she wasn't so nagging.
At this time, a call came in from Xue Yunze's mobile phone, and he thought it was Luo Yixin, who had just ended the call by him, but when he saw it, he was disappointed.
"Mom."
He said tiredly, "Okay, I'll go to the store." β
As soon as he got home and cooked, his mother came to urge him to go to the store, and the time was so accurate that he couldn't be lazy if he wanted to.
I really don't know if there is a monitor installed in this house!
Xue Yunze used a stainless steel multi-layer insulated lunch box to bring his own rice and dishes, and then went out.
He didn't dare not listen to his mother's words.
But many times, in order to show his protest to his mother, he will deliberately forget various holidays and important dates.
Such as Mother's Day, Women's Day, Mom's Birthday, and so on.
On these important days, Xue Wan almost never received a gift from her son.
Xue Yunze rode his bicycle to the clothing store of A, B, C, D.
As soon as he entered the door, his mother put on her bag and prepared to go home, as if she had been waiting for a long time, and she looked impatient.
"I'm leaving." Xue Wan walked straight out of the clothing store and rode home on her electric car.
Back at home, she sat down at the table and savored her son's cooking.
The taste is not very good, but it can still be eaten, and her heart is already very relieved.
When she learned that she only had about half a year to live, she was in agony for many days, not knowing what to do next.
Later, she figured it out.
Rather than live a long life, be hospitalized for chemotherapy in the hospital, and waste the rest of your time prolonging your life, it is better to choose conservative treatment that does not cost much and leave more money for your son.
And, while she is still alive, do more useful things for her son.
This is the meaning of her life!
To do this, she made a to-do list, wrote it down on a notepad on her phone, and put it into action.
At present, Xue Wan's first to-do list is already underway, that is, to cultivate her son's independent ability, so that he can be independent in work and life.
Even if she is no longer there, her son will be able to live a good life.
In addition to this, she has three to-do lists.
If she can do it, then she will die without regrets.
After eating the next morning, Xue Wan asked her son to open a store, she had something to go out, if she couldn't come back at noon, let him eat first.
Xue Yunze reluctantly agreed.
Xue Wan got on the electric car and set off.
After walking through the bustling streets, through the quiet paths, through the cycle of traffic jams, unblocked, congested traffic, and unblocked, she arrived at the place she was going.
ββXingfu Road Police Station.
Xue Wan parked the electric car in the parking lot and walked in. The purpose of her visit to the police station was to find her husband Lin Tao, who had been missing for many years.
In order to avoid debts, Lin Tao ran away, and they agreed that the two would fake a divorce, let their son follow Xue Wan's surname, and one day, Lin Tao would come back to pay off the debts when he earned the money, and the family would get together.
What I didn't expect was ......
Once he went, he never returned, and his life and death are still unknown.
Over the years, Xue Wan has entrusted people she knows to help inquire about her husband's whereabouts, but she did not go to the police station for help.
After all, if the husband does not repay the debt, it is not a matter of fairness.
But now, she had to do it because she didn't have time to wait any longer!
She hopes to help her son find his relatives before he dies.