When registering for an appointment, my subconscious thought was to choose the cheapest general practitioner appointment.

There's nothing I can do; I was used to being poor in my past life.

Back when he lived in a basement, he was dirt poor, and he tried to save money to go to the hospital for treatment.

He couldn't even afford to eat, and every meal consisted of boiled noodles in plain water.

They all booked the cheapest appointments, and people lined up early in the morning.

Then, after the doctor learned that he had stomach cancer, he told the doctor, with a look of pity, that he had no money to pay for treatment and just wanted some of the cheapest painkillers.

He was in so much pain that he couldn't bear it, otherwise he wouldn't have come to the hospital.

Thinking of the bitter days she had spent in her previous life, Jiang He didn't hesitate to book the most expensive scalper expert appointment!

In less than ten minutes, I saw a doctor, who was the most authoritative senior expert in the hospital.

The expert appointment was worth it; the senior expert only needed to take his pulse to know his health condition.

He said he does have a stomach problem, and it's gotten quite serious.

Finally, he was prescribed Chinese medicine, and was told to drink it for three months, while paying attention to his diet, not to go hungry, and not to eat spicy or stimulating foods.

It can cure him completely in three months.

Jiang He thought to himself, "Let alone drinking Chinese medicine for three months, as long as it can cure my stomach problem, I'd be willing to drink it for six months or even a year!"

I never expected that this Chinese medicine would be so bitter!

It was not only bitter, but also extremely sour!

Just the smell makes me want to vomit, let alone drink it.

But I can't not drink it.

Jiang He gritted her teeth and swallowed hard, feeling utterly hopeless.

While I was lost in thought, my phone suddenly rang, notifying me of a new message on WeChat.

He opened WeChat and saw that it was Chen Feng who had replied to him.

"Brother Jiang, I'm sorry, I just saw the message."

Chen Feng first apologized to him, and then excitedly launched into a long string of flattering remarks.

Finally, Jiang He and I arranged to meet at 10 a.m. the next day at a high-end private restaurant near Jiang He's residential area.

After setting a time, Jiang He turned off her phone and prepared to go to the refrigerator to get some fruit to eat and suppress the lingering smell of Chinese medicine.

My phone suddenly lit up, showing a new WeChat message.

Jiang He thought it was Chen Feng, but when she opened her phone, it was someone she didn't expect: Lu Nian.

"Holy crap, Jiang He, is this talking about you?"

Below is a repost of Chen Feng's Weibo post.

"My God, Jiang He, my good brother, I knew you weren't an ordinary person. Sooner or later, you'd achieve great things!"

"Jiang He, I'm currently interning in Beijing. It's been a long time since we last met. How about we meet sometime?"

Seeing Lu Nian's name, Jiang He felt extremely conflicted.

Lu Nian was his only friend in his previous life.

They met after Jiang He was abducted.

The escaped human traffickers took Jiang He to Lu Nian's hometown.

Lu Nian and Jiang He are the same age and are both orphans who grew up relying on the kindness of others.

He was discriminated against everywhere, and no one wanted to play with him.

Only Jiang He, who happened to pick up Lu Nian's lost shoe one day, took the initiative to become his friend.

Before the age of seven, Jiang He and Lu Nian were each other's only friend.

One was an orphan, and the other was mentally challenged; neither of them wanted to talk to the other.

Only when they are willing to play with each other.

It wasn't until Lu Nian was 7 years old that a responsible volunteer teacher came to the village primary school and discovered Lu Nian, who had slipped through the net of nine-year compulsory education.

After various negotiations with the village committee, they finally agreed to pay some tuition and miscellaneous fees each year so that Lu Nian could go to school.

After starting school, Lu Nian made friends at school, but the two of them remained good friends.

After school, Lu Nian would come back to play with him, and occasionally he would teach him the knowledge he had learned in class.

This relationship continued until Lu was in his third year of junior high school, when Jiang He was 15 years old.

The human traffickers were finally caught, and Jiang He was brought back to the Jiang family.

The two parted ways because of this, but Jiang He never forgot Lu Nian, her only good friend.

After Jiang He got a cell phone, he called the village and reconnected with Lu Nian.

Jiang He knew the importance of knowledge. For Lu Nian, an orphan who was destitute and had no one to rely on, reading was the only way to change his life.

So he kept telling Lu Nian to study hard.

Whenever she finally had some pocket money, she would send it back to Lu Nian, hoping to make his life a little better.

This allows me to focus more of my energy on studying.

I'll get into a good high school, work hard for three more years, get into a university, and change my destiny.

Lu Nian himself understood this principle. Every time Jiang He didn't need to say anything to him, he was very self-aware and determined to work hard and live up to Jiang He's help and expectations.

But I don't know if it's because I didn't lay a good foundation before, or if Lu Nian is really not smart. Even though he studied hard, his grades were still terrible.

In the end, he failed the high school entrance exam and didn't even get into a regular high school.

If they want to continue their education, they can only attend private schools or vocational schools.

But as an orphan, he had no money at all. He was able to finish junior high school only thanks to the nine years of compulsory education.

He couldn't even afford the tuition and living expenses for a year of vocational school, let alone the expensive private school.

Seeing my best friend in dire straits.

Knowing this, Jiang He was genuinely worried for him. Lu Nian was an orphan with no parents or family to help him.

Without money, capital, or education, if you don't study, you can only work in a factory and do the hardest jobs at the bottom of society.

Jiang He couldn't bear to see her only friend lose her future.

He's only 16 years old, yet he has to enter society and face its cruel side, with no hope for the rest of his life.

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