Thump!

Jiang Yu stared blankly at the tiled house in front of her, her phone having fallen from her hand and landed on the ground.

"Hello? Hello?"

"well……"

"Please come as soon as possible. I'm sorry, there are some procedures that require your signature."

The person seemed very busy, and hung up the phone after quickly giving instructions.

Jiang Yu was left standing there, stunned, unable to come to her senses for a long time.

The man's words echoed in Jiang Yu's mind, reverberating endlessly.

“The patient has a long history of heart disease, why wasn’t she brought in for treatment sooner? Hmm? You’re saying she’s been coming to the hospital all along? Impossible! We’ve never received a single medical record about her.”

"This afternoon, a cleaner at our hospital found Cai Huafen lying at the entrance convulsing due to heart pain. Although they notified us in time and we provided treatment as soon as possible, it is really regrettable... The patient came for treatment far too late. If she had come earlier, perhaps the outcome would have been different."

“We found your number on her phone. Since you are a family member of the patient, please come over as soon as possible. Don’t worry… we will not charge you any treatment fees. The patient’s condition has been reported to the hospital, and we will cover the cost. Please accept our condolences.”

These words, though seemingly light and casual, struck Jiang Yu like thunder from the heavens.

The man's answer resolved all the doubts that had been troubling Jiang Yu.

Why is it that my grandmother, who doesn't have much income, is able to go to the hospital for check-ups every now and then?

Why can't I ever see even a single pill of the medication used to treat heart disease at home?

Why does Grandma groan uncontrollably from pain in the dead of night?

All these questions have now been answered.

Grandma lied to herself.

She never sought treatment from the beginning.

It was only because his condition was getting worse and worse, to the point that he could no longer hide it from himself, that he would go out every now and then, lying that he was going to see a doctor.

Grandma had little education, and her lies were full of holes. Looking back now, you can find flaws in almost every word she said.

Then why...?

I've never noticed this before.

Why is that?

Jiang Yu's vision was blurry, and her thoughts were becoming somewhat disoriented as she raced through the machine.

Yes...

She had found the answer.

Because he had no solution of his own, he always felt that his grandmother was older than him and therefore could definitely solve his illness, so he threw all the problems he encountered in life onto his grandmother.

I never ask because I'm afraid to ask.

She was afraid that if she asked, the answer she received wouldn't be what she wanted, and the helplessness of watching her grandmother suffer from the illness while she could do nothing would drive her crazy.

Therefore, even though her grandmother's lies were full of loopholes, she never noticed them.

I chose to escape.

They chose to take a chance.

I figured Grandma must have her own savings, and that money would be enough to cover her medical expenses. I figured if I didn't ask, nothing would happen.

But they never considered whether their grandmother, who had raised them, had any money left for medical treatment.

Or rather, she had thought about it.

However, due to his own selfishness, he was unwilling to take on this terrible responsibility, thinking that everything would be fine as long as he didn't ask, and that he couldn't do anything about it, so he forced himself to ignore those loopholes.

—If someone really gets a fatal disease, then no matter who it is, they will try every possible way to treat it, right?

This has always been Jiang Yu's thought, but she never imagined that someone would actually let their condition worsen and still not seek treatment.

It's a blatant assumption.

It is taken for granted that they should be ignored.

I'm a coward.

A complete coward.

I had a premonition of these consequences.

But seeing Grandma living her life as usual every day, waking me up, cooking for me, and always looking happy, I would once again cling to the hope that it was all real, that Grandma's illness wasn't serious, and that she might have already been cured.

But now, the dream is over.

Grandma's illness was never cured, and she never even received any treatment.

Everything about her being normal was just an act.

Grandma, who has never seen a doctor and whose condition is getting worse and worse, must have been in so much pain when she had an attack.

Jiang Yu dared not think about it.

She felt that her heart would ache terribly whenever she thought about it.

"Grandma shouldn't have died..."

"It's because I... I was too selfish!"

"I killed the only person in this world who still cared about me..."

Jiang Yu hugged her head tightly. She suddenly felt cold around her, as if the temperature had dropped. She tried to bury her head down to find some warmth, but the tears streaming down her face only dissipated the warmth that Jiang Yu had managed to accumulate.

She's getting colder and colder.

Did Grandma ever feel this coldness that emanates from the depths of her heart?

Jiang Yu didn't know.

To take care of herself, Grandma spent every penny she worked so hard to earn on herself. Even when she got sick, even when the illness threatened to kill her, she never spent a single penny on herself.

I should have thought of it long ago, but I never asked.

They didn't properly ask Grandma if she had any money left for treatment, how her treatment was going, or if she needed more money.

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