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Because the examination room was in the opposite direction, on the day of the examination, Liang Xuan and Li Yichu set off at the same time, took a taxi in the opposite direction at the entrance of the community, and went to their respective examination centers.

After many years, Li Yichu finally no longer needed to calculate how many wrong answers to get a medium score. He only needed to check it again and again after finishing it, trying his best to ensure that there was no single mistake.After answering the math paper, Li Yichu knew that this year's score line must hit a record low. The math questions are very difficult. In the past, he had at least 10 minutes to complete a complete test paper, but this time, he only had 10 minutes left after finishing the test. Minutes, but that's enough for him.

After the exam on the first day, Liang Xuan hadn't come back when Li Yichu got home.Liang Xuan had to go through a big market when returning from the test site, and this point was when there was a traffic jam.Liu Fan brought out the watermelon he had prepared, but he didn't dare to ask Li Yichu how his answer was, for fear of affecting his mood, he just told him to take a bath and rest for a while.

Li Yichu didn't feel tired at all, he went to the bedroom to read the wrong question book after saying hello to his parents.

"Yichu, Yichu? Wake up!" Sitting beside Li Yichu's bed, Liang Xuan kept yelling at Li Yichu who was clutching the bed sheet and raving nonsense.After Liang Xuan came back, he went into Li Yichu's bedroom to see him, but he didn't expect to see Li Yichu struggling on the bed when he opened the door, as if he was trapped in a very painful dream and couldn't get out.

Liang Xuan yelled several times in succession without waking him up, and finally patted his cheek with the palm of his hand: "Yi Chu!" Li Yichu opened his eyes as if he had woken up a few times, panted and looked at Liang Xuan, and sat up after a long time hugged him.

Liang Xuan patted him on the back: "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"

Li Yichu was still in a daze, he kept shouting in the dream, but now he couldn't make a sound when he woke up, he just hugged Liang Xuan vigorously, afraid that Liang Xuan would go further and further away like in the dream, without looking back.

Liang Xuan combed the back of his head with his fingers, and asked, "What did you dream about? You're so scared."

A few minutes later, Li Yichu whispered on Liang Xuan's shoulder and neck: "Dream...forget it, dreams are all reversed, let's not talk about it."

Liang Xuan saw that he was holding her and refused to let go, guessed that the dream was probably related to her, and comforted him: "Dinner is ready, let's eat."

Li Yichu's best subject is Li Yichu. After the exam, he felt that he performed well, and it should be better than usual.At noon, he and Liang Xuan took a nap in their respective bedrooms. When the alarm clock rang, Li Yichu opened his eyes. He didn't fall asleep much, but it didn't matter. His English scores were always stable, no matter how good or bad he was.

The two of them sat in the living room drinking water after washing their faces. Liang Changping warned, "Don't take it lightly. I used to take care of many good students. When I got to the last subject of the college entrance examination, I relaxed. I felt that English is a subject that will never fail. As a result, the results came out precisely because English was holding back."

Li Yichu nodded: "You are right."

Liang Xuan looked at the time and said, "Let's go."

The two went downstairs with their schoolbags.

Liu Fan mopped the floor on the balcony, watched the two boys walk to the gate of the community, and said with a smile: "In two or three hours, they will be liberated."

Hearing no reply, Liu Fan turned his head to look at the living room. Liang Changping was not there, so he probably went back to his bedroom to read a book.Liu Fan walked into the room with a mop, and when he turned his gaze, he saw Liang Changping lying down under the dining table.Liu Fan was shocked, threw the mop and ran over.Liang Changping fell unconscious on the ground, vomiting blood continuously from his mouth, and there was already a large pool of blood on the chest of his shirt.

"Chang Ping! Chang Ping!" Liu Fan was frightened for a moment, and she pulled Liang Changping up, but Liang Changping was nearly 1.9 meters tall, and Liu Fan bit his lower lip to bleed, but he couldn't move him.Liu Fan watched the blood on his lips gushing out with froth, but it was useless to try to block his mouth. "Help—someone—help—" Liu Fan hugged Liang Changping with both arms, trying to make him sit up a bit so that he wouldn't vomit blood anymore, and shouted out at the top of his voice.

Liu Fan remembered that the neighbors on the same floor had gone on a trip a few days ago, and the other floors had no idea who was at home, and it was impossible to knock on the door one by one for help.She pushed Liang Changping to the foot of the table vigorously, leaning on the table leg with her upper body.Then ran to the phone and dialed the emergency number.There is only one central hospital in the county, which is not close to their home. What's more, because of the college entrance examination in the past two days, many roads have been closed, and no one can guarantee the time for the ambulance to arrive.

After Liu Fan hung up the phone, he turned to look at his dying husband. His fingers were trembling on the phone buttons. Since she married Liang Changping, she had never seen anyone who was beyond her strength except for washing and cooking for him and taking care of the children. affordability scenarios.When the bodies of Li Yichu's parents were brought back, Liang Changping told her to stay at home and not to watch those scenes.Liang Changping's face was already gray and defeated, Liu Fan was at war with heaven and man, Liang Xuan and Li Yichu had just gotten into the car, so they shouldn't be able to go too far.Although Liang Xuan has passed the self-enrollment examination of Q University, he must pass the first line of the college entrance examination to be admitted to Q University.She scrolled through the phone numbers of the two children back and forth in her mind, and finally gritted her teeth and dialed Li Yichu's phone: "Yichu! Come back soon! Your Uncle Liang is dying!"

Li Yichu was a little unresponsive when he received the call at first, but when he heard Liu Fan wailing, he immediately said to the driver: "Master, please turn around and go back to the neighborhood just now!"

The master wondered: "Go back now? This U-turn will waste time. You don't want to take the exam?"

Li Yichu didn't have time to think about it. If Uncle Liang hadn't had an accident, Aunt Liu wouldn't have called him back at this time. He said urgently, "Hurry up!"

The master saw that he was in a hurry, so he could only turn around at the intersection and muttered: "What can be more important than the college entrance examination?"

When Li Yichu saw that the master was still driving at the same speed as before, he turned his head and shouted: "My dad has an accident and I have to go back!!"

The master pulled him back to his seat and said calmly, "Sit down, kid, I'll drive faster."

After speaking, he ran a red light and sped out.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the community, Li Yichu took out a handful of small change from his pocket, gave it to him before he could count it, then opened the door and ran inside.The driver thought that the kid had failed the college entrance examination and was running back. Maybe something serious happened, so he pulled the car aside and waited to see if he needed help.

Li Yichu went upstairs four steps at a time, the door of the house was open, Liu Fan was kneeling on the ground hugging the unconscious Liang Changping, calling his name heartbreakingly, Liang Changping was covered in blood from his chin to his shirt, shocking.He immediately knelt down to help Liang Changping, and commanded Liu Fan: "Aunt Liu, drag Uncle Liang's waist and lean on my back, we will go to the hospital immediately."

Liu Fan didn't have time to wipe the tears off his face, so he stood up and helped Li Yichu.Li Yichu's body was very difficult to carry Liang Changping, but at this moment, he broke out with all his strength, and with the help of Liu Fan, he firmly held Liang Changping's thigh, and quickly went out and downstairs.

In the car, the driver saw Li Yichu running out with a big man on his back, and hurriedly opened the door to pick him up.

As if seeing a savior, Li Yichu almost knelt down to the driver, panting, "Master, I beg you to take us to the hospital, the sooner the better!"

The driver helped them put Liang Changping into the back seat of the car, then started the car and drove off with a bang.

They ran through red lights and took shortcuts. When they arrived at the hospital, Li Yichu rushed in to call for the nurse. They followed the cart into the operating room, but the nurse finally blocked the door of the operating room.The nurse looked at them and said, "The patient needs to be rescued immediately, and the family members have to go to the front desk to pay the fee and go through the formalities. Now we can't afford to delay even a minute."

The two came out in a hurry and had no money with them. Liu Fan asked, "How much will it cost?"

Nurse: "I suggest that you prepare at least 5 yuan at the moment, and you need to listen to the doctor's diagnosis in the future."

Liu Fan staggered back. The family has never been rich, and the only tens of thousands of deposits were lent to relatives not long ago. Where will they raise money now?

Li Yichu supported Liu Fan, and calmly said, "Aunt Liu, watch the situation here, I'll go back and get the money. I'll be back soon!"

Liu Fan grabbed his hand in despair: "The family has no money..."

Li Yichu: "I have it, I'll go get it now."

Li Yichu hurried home again in a taxi, dug out the passbook that Liang Changping had shown him from the master bedroom, and while silently reading the password, he took out both Liang Changping's and Liu Fan's ID cards and brought them with him.The bank was near the school. Li Yichu rushed in with his schoolbag on his back, took [-] yuan, wrapped it in a plastic bag and put it in the schoolbag, carried the schoolbag in front of him and left the bank lobby.

A bell rang not far away, and it was the sound Li Yichu was most familiar with in the past ten years.

That was the notification bell 15 minutes after the start of the exam. When the bell rang, all candidates were not allowed to enter the exam room again, without exception.

Li Yichu stood in a daze for a few seconds, looked at the teaching building not far away, raised his arm to wipe away the tears from his eyes, and got into the taxi without looking back.

Liang Changping's operation lasted for a long time. Liu Fan gradually calmed down from the initial panic. She looked at Li Yichu who was standing against the wall, and walked slowly to his side and said, "Yichu, I'm sorry..."

Li Yichu lowered his head and did not speak.

Liu Fan felt very guilty in her heart. Although her actions were a last resort when human life was at stake, she finally chose to sacrifice Li Yichu at the critical moment and not disturb her son.Even though she had complained several times about this burdensome heart at home, this time she had no other thoughts except gratitude and guilt.

Liu Fan whispered: "Can we repeat the study for another year? I really have no choice but to call you back. Next year you repeat the study for another year. I will do nothing but take care of you three meals a day. , okay? Auntie is sorry for you..."

"I don't blame you." Li Yichu finally said, "Uncle Liang's body is the most important thing. Others... are not as important as him."

Liu Fan started to choke up again as he spoke: "You say that a good person will fall down after all?"

Li Yichu was not good at comforting her, and the two of them stood quietly outside the operating room and waited.

There was an electronic clock on the wall outside the operating room. When it was four o'clock, Liu Fan heard Li Yichu calling her, so he responded, "What's the matter?"

Li Yichu looked at the clock on the wall, with an exhausted look on his face that is hard to see in young people, he said slowly: "I don't have an English test, don't tell Uncle Liang for now, ...don't tell Liang Xuan either." Li Yichu's voice visibly choked when he said the word Liang Xuan.

Liu Fan had already thought about how to explain this matter to the Liang family and his son. Given the two of them's feelings for Li Yichu, he would definitely not be able to fall. Liu Fan wondered, "But how can we hide this?"

Li Yichu: "It's a day to keep it a secret. There are still two weeks until the results come out. Uncle Liang's health is the most important thing now. Don't cause trouble at home because of me. We will talk about other things later."

Liu Fan held the mobile phone and called Liang Xuan to inform him to come to the hospital.

Liang Xuan rushed to the hospital, saw Li Yichu and his mother standing and sitting in the corridor, he went to sit next to his mother, held her hand and asked, "How is Dad?"

When Liu Fan saw his son, he felt that he could rely on him. He leaned on him and choked, "The doctor said it was very serious..."

Liang Xuan opened his eyes wide and raised his head to look at Li Yichu, as if he wanted to hear a different answer from him.Li Yichu didn't know how to face Liang Xuan at this moment, only a few hours had passed, he felt as if he and Liang Xuan had been separated into two ends of the earth at once, the distance was terrifying.It seemed that something was still widening the distance between them a little bit, and he could only watch and do nothing.

Seeing Li Yichu's expression, Liang Xuan knew that what his mother said was true, so he silently patted his mother on the shoulder.

The three of them waited until the evening when the doctor finally came out of the operating room. Liang Xuan walked over to ask about the situation first. The doctor took off his mask and said with a serious face: "The patient is in the late stage of gastric cancer, and the cancer cells have spread."

Li Yichu didn't believe it: "How could it be? Uncle Liang has always said that he has a stomach ulcer..."

Doctor: "Some people have a strong ability to resist pain. If the patient keeps silent, outsiders will not be able to see it. The patient had a severe attack this time. Although he was rescued, he could not wake up for a while. After waking up, he had to see Chemotherapy is the choice for his physical condition. The family members...determine whether to undergo chemotherapy as soon as possible."

Liu Fan asked anxiously, "How long can the chemotherapy last?"

Doctor: "It depends on the situation. If you can actively cooperate with the treatment and maintain a good mood for a long time, it will usually be five to ten years."

Liang Xuan immediately said: "We agree to chemotherapy."

The doctor looked at the plain clothes of the three people in front of him and reminded them: "The cost of chemotherapy is very expensive. You need to prepare at least 30 to [-] yuan in advance. If you decide to receive chemotherapy, prepare the money in advance."

Li Yichu: "We will find a way for the money, please do your best."

Liang Changping woke up several times that night, but he always half-opened his eyes to look around, fell asleep again after a while, and did not fully wake up until the next afternoon.After waking up and resting for a long time, the spirit recovered a little.He called the three people in front of him to the bedside, and said: "I know that if I say it's not going to be cured, you will definitely not agree, so I will treat it, but you have to listen to my arrangement. There are tens of thousands of foreign debts at home. You have to come back as soon as possible, Liang Xuan and your mother went to the school to find Director Cai, and asked him to help us put the house out and apply for a deposit, plus the school's insurance, the temporary medical expenses should be enough."

Liu Fan decided to sell the house when she heard the doctor said that she needed to prepare 30 million yuan. Now that Liang Changping said so, she nodded and said, "Okay, Xiaoxuan and I will go right away."

Li Yichu also decided to give all the 20 yuan to Liang Changping for treatment yesterday, now hearing what he said, he said anxiously: "Uncle Liang——"

"Yichu stay with me in the hospital for a while." Liang Changping interrupted him forcefully.

Liang Xuan looked at his father's expression and knew that he had something to say to Li Yichu, so he left the ward with his mother.

As soon as Li Yichu saw them leaving, he immediately sat by the bed, looked at Liang Changping and said, "Uncle Liang, whether you want it or not, I will give you my money. You are lying here, you can't control what I do."

Liang Changping snorted: "Your temper is really similar to your father's."

Li Yichu took such a radical attitude because he was afraid that he would not want it. Now that he has no objection, he can only let go of his heart.

Liang Changping: "Help me shake the head of the bed. I want to lean on for a while."

Li Yichu went to the bed and pressed the button to half-raise the head of the bed, and asked while pressing, "Is it all right?"

"Hmm." Liang Changping pointed to the stool in the ward: "Move a stool and sit here, I have something to tell you."

Li Yichu saw his serious expression, so he obediently sat aside.

Liang Changping: "I asked the two of them to ask for money to reassure them. My own body knows that I will not agree to chemotherapy."

Li Yichu looked at him anxiously with wide eyes, and was about to cry when he spoke: "Uncle Liang, you are worried about money, right? Did you forget that I have money? The doctor said that 30 to [-] is enough, don't be stubborn ?”

Liang Changping looked at the sincere child in front of him, feeling sore in his heart. He had lived a hard life, but the two children were raised upright and sensible, which made him gratified.He originally wanted to have a long time to come, and he would definitely be able to take Lao Li's grandson to visit the graves of their husband and wife in the future, but now, he has no time.

Liang Changping took a while to say: "No matter how poor the family is, there are still tens of thousands of yuan in savings, plus the house, it will not cost you money."

Li Yichu said angrily: "Then why are you doing this?"

Liang Changping gave him a deep look, hesitant to speak.

Li Yichu understood that look. Uncle Liang was not unwilling to undergo chemotherapy, but was just negotiating with him on this matter. To put it bluntly, he was threatening himself.Li Yichu looked at him puzzled: "Then, what do you want to do?"

Liang Changping's jaw twitched slightly, and he said cruelly, "I want you...to be a brother with Liang Xuan for the rest of my life."

Li Yichu said in bewilderment: "...what?"

Liang Changping: "Brothers, you are now taking care of each other with all your heart, and when you grow up, you will start a family, start a business, marry a wife and have children."

Li Yichu didn't understand, maybe he didn't want to understand, he kept blinking his eyes, his fingers were nervously digging at the edge of the stool, and said in a hoarse voice, "What do you mean?"

Liang Changping sighed a long time: "I only have one son, Liang Xuan, and your father only left you behind. Your father and I can be brothers, or even enemies, but, only we can't be in-laws."

Li Yichu's face suddenly turned red, as if someone had stripped him naked in the street, he was ashamed and embarrassed, his heart almost jumped out of his mouth.Looking at his expression, Liang Changping thought of his friend who had passed away for many years. Li Yichu was very similar to his father, handsome and fair, the most attractive to girls.Liang Changping had joked with Li's father when the child was young, saying that it would be a disaster for Li Yichu to be seventeen or eighteen years old in the future.At that time, Li's father was very proud: "It's good to attract girls. In the future, I will find a daughter-in-law with good health and good personality, and have more fat grandchildren. The biggest regret in my life is that Yichu's mother is not in good health, and I only gave birth to this one." child.

Liang Changping had read the letter brought back by someone after Li's father passed away many times, and almost knew it by heart.In the letter, Father Li entrusted Li Yichu to the Liang family, not asking him to be famous, but only asking him to have a safe life, a harmonious wife and children.Therefore, Liang Changping has not been strict with Li Yichu's academic requirements these years, as long as he does his best.Liang Changping and Li's father have known each other for many years. How could he violate his last wish and make his son an outlier who has difficulty gaining a foothold in society?Under the nine springs, what face does he have to meet his former brother?

Liang Changping continued: "You promise me to break up with Liang Xuan immediately and go to another place to go to university. In the future, if you can see him, don't see him again."

Li Yichu covered his eyes: "Uncle Liang..."

Liang Changping couldn't bear to turn his gaze away, and his voice was old and tired: "Don't blame me for being cruel, I...I don't want to force you like this. But I can only start with you. Liang Xuan is a temper-tantrum and a persistent person, unless you take the initiative Leave him, or he will never give up. If I go to talk to him, the situation will be out of hand, Yichu, can you help me? Don't let your aunt Liu become old and her wife is gone , the son is gone."

Li Yichu wiped his face with his hands, and his eyes were flushed: "Uncle Liang, I promised Liang Xuan that no matter what happens, I will solve it with him. I can't, I can't let him down."

Liang Changping looked at him disappointedly, and smiled wryly for a long while: "So you and Aunt Liu have nothing to do with me?"

Li Yichu resolutely said: "We will continue to treat your illness. Auntie Liu can hide it from Liang Xuan and I for as long as we can. We really can't hide it anymore. We will let her be beaten or scolded, but we will definitely not ignore her."

Liang Changping coughed for a while, his forehead was covered with sweat, he pushed away Li Yichu who was about to wipe his sweat with his hands, and turned slightly sideways.

Li Yichu's hand was hanging in the air, and he didn't dare to move for a long time.

Liang Changping turned his head away from him, grunting in the middle of his throat.Li Yichu had been standing by the side, and suddenly felt something wrong after more than ten minutes. He walked to the other side of the bed to check the situation. The blood from the corner of Liang Changping's mouth had flowed down the pillow to the bed sheet, and the needle on his left arm had been pulled out. .Li Yichu hurriedly pressed the bedside button to call the doctor, then straightened Liang Changping's head with his hands, and shouted in panic, "Uncle Liang! Uncle Liang!"

After the doctor came in, he saw the situation and said angrily: "What's the matter with the family members? Did they take care of the patients?!"

Liang Changping was pushed into the operating room again.

Li Yichu followed the cart to the door of the operating room, walked back and forth by the door a few times, and then crouched in the corner with his head in his arms.

After Liang Xuan and his mother returned to the hospital, they were informed by the nurse about the situation. They rushed to the operating room and saw Li Yichu huddled in a corner.Liang Xuan walked over and squatted down, seeing Li Yichu's eyes staring blankly at the top, with his hands covering his head, his palms clenched into fists. "Yi Chu?" Liang Xuan called him, and seeing that he didn't respond, he was about to push him.But the moment his hand touched Li Yichu, Li Yichu's whole body trembled violently like an electric shock, shivering and moved to the side, unwilling to look at Liang Xuan, and unwilling to talk to him.

Liang Xuan originally wanted to ask his father why he suddenly became serious, but seeing how frightened he is now, he might not be able to ask anything.Liang Xuan could only stand by and wait.

Li Yichu had never been so close to death. The death of his parents many years ago was a word from someone else. He had never experienced the process of death, but just passively accepted the result, so he never knew how terrifying this process was.What's more, Uncle Liang's deterioration was all because of him. He knew that Uncle Liang was right from childhood, but he didn't expect him to be so ruthless.Almost at the moment when Uncle Liang was pushed into the operating room, he had already fallen into a state of chaos, as if he was stepping on clouds, absurd, unreal, and crumbling.

Li Yichu kept looking at the clock on the wall, watching it surpass yesterday's operation time by one minute and one second. Every minute that passed, Li Yichu's body became a little colder. When it was more than half an hour, he was already shivering from the cold.

Seeing that Li Yichu was in a bad state, Liang Xuan wanted to go over and help him to sit on a chair, but as soon as he touched him, Li Yichu backed away violently.

Li Yichu forced his eyes to look at the time on the wall, forcing himself not to blink, for fear of making a mistake.

Four to ten minutes passed, and the door of the operating room was still closed.

Li Yichu closed his eyes, buried his head in his knees, and silently recited the most pious prayer in his life - as long as you live, I promise you.