Chapter 1488 - 1489: Made Up My Mind
Chapter 1488: Chapter 1489: Made Up My Mind
She was so obedient, so sensible. Facing death, she calmly, even serenely, made her request to her brother in front of her.
The tall man felt a sting in his nose and turned his head away, his eyes welling up. He forcibly swallowed back his tears, making a firm decision in his heart. When he turned back, his dark face forced itself into an expression of resolve. "Qiqi, don’t be scared. I won’t let you die. Your big brother will save you, just you wait!"
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Ye Qi looked at him in confusion, her voice soft and gentle. "Brother, what are you saying again? The doctor already told me in secret that my illness is incurable. They haven’t seen many patients like me. She said unless I get a kidney transplant to try, I might not survive. Just the surgery alone costs 800,000 yuan. Where can our family even pull together that much money? If we had it, I’d rather leave it for Mom and Grandma so they can live comfortably in their old age."
The tall man pressed her shoulders with his hands and said in a low voice, "You don’t need to worry about where the money or the kidney will come from. I will find both for you. Without you, how will Mrs. Qi and your grandmother live their old age any easier? Mrs. Qi only has one daughter—you. If you’re gone, she’ll cry herself sick."
Ye Qi trembled slightly, pressed her lips tightly together, and lowered her head without saying another word.
She was just a girl in her early twenties. How could she want to die before seeing enough of the world outside? But there was nothing she could do. She was stricken with a rare disease, a condition so unusual that even the best doctors in Capital City’s hospitals hadn’t encountered it before. The surgery would cost 800,000 yuan, and there wasn’t even a matching kidney available for her.
Even if she managed to get both, the doctors had already said that the surgery might not succeed. And even if it did, there was no guarantee it would cure her rare illness.
Her survival would only be a burden.
Her mother, her grandmother, her big brother—they would all be weighed down by her, unable to live normal lives.
Only if she died would everyone finally be free. But who could truly accept dying in their early twenties...
In an instant, tears streamed endlessly down Ye Qi’s face as she broke down, sobbing uncontrollably. She buried her head between her knees, unwilling to let him see her cry.
The tall man felt as though his heart was being crushed by an invisible hand. Both of his hands gripped her shoulders tightly. "Qiqi, don’t worry. I won’t let you die, and I won’t let Mrs. Qi and them suffer the heartbreak of burying their child! My life was saved by Mrs. Qi and you. Even if I return it to you all now and lose the extra twenty years I’ve lived, it wouldn’t be a loss!"
When he was eight years old, his parents were working in a coal mine and died in a mine collapse. The greedy mine boss fled abroad with the money, fearing lawsuits and compensation.
He instantly became an orphan.
Although the villagers occasionally helped him, everyone had their own difficulties. He often lived through days of hunger and barely managed to survive. Once, he went three days without anyone bringing him food. He crouched on the bed made of a tattered quilt, too weak to call for help. It was Ye Qi who came looking for him to play, saw him on the verge of death, and ran to find adults. From that day on, Mrs. Qi called him over to eat at their home every day until he became an adult.
Skinny Monkey once asked him if he liked Ye Qi. He didn’t. To him, Ye Qi was like his biological little sister, his savior—something that went beyond any romantic feelings. For Qi, he was willing to take any risk, even if it meant giving up his own life!
He knew that the young woman named Rong Yan was innocent. He had even seen her child before, who was the same age as he was when he lost his parents. But he had no other choice. Even if the police caught him afterward and he got executed, he would accept it!
He couldn’t let his sister die so young.