Chapter 538: Soft Spot

Niu Gan Dang didn't care if there were people around and continued to ask questions:

"Stop talking nonsense! Even if it's teenage rebellion, a person's nature can never change. He's not the kind of kid who yells at his father. Something must have happened to him! Tell me, what happened to my nephew?"

Annan knew that the other party might not want to talk to Niu Gandang in detail because they were two outsiders, so he pulled Gu Zhiyu up and said:

"You two brothers, please chat first. Let's go to the kitchen to help Xiaoxuan."

Song Guoqiang immediately stood up to stop them: "No, no, sit down! You are guests, how can I let you do the work?"

Then he explained: "Well, there's nothing inconvenient to say. It's just that I feel a little sorry for him..."

Niu Gandang pulled Gu Zhiyu and the others to sit down again, and asked anxiously: "What's going on? Tell me quickly!"

Song Guoqiang sighed: "You also know that since this child's grandparents passed away, he has not been as cheerful as before..."

Niu Gandang nodded. He knew this.

At that time, the old man and the old lady were in poor health due to the pain of losing their daughter, and they both passed away not long after.

Haoxuan was a student at the time. He used to have good grades, but after losing his aunt and grandparents who loved him one after another, he found it difficult to adjust his emotions and his academic performance plummeted.

Niu Gandang frowned: "But what does this have to do with you?"

Song Guoqiang continued: "From then on, his personality became much more gloomy and he became very insecure. His mother and I were busy with work, so we brought the child's grandmother to accompany him."

"With my mother-in-law by her side, Xiaoxuan's mood has improved a lot and her mentality has become more positive. But the old lady is old and not very healthy. One day when she went out for exercise, she fell and hit her head..."

"Your sister-in-law and Xiaoxuan took her to the hospital together. It happened that at that time... a natural disaster occurred."

"The city is in chaos, with countless missing and dead people. The mayor's hotline has been flooded with calls, the heavy rain has continued, and disaster relief work is becoming increasingly difficult..."

"I have a lot of responsibilities and I can't be there in two places at once, so even though I received the news from home, I didn't go back."

At this point, Song Guoqiang's voice became a little hoarse: "The old lady didn't last more than two days. She was thinking about me before she died, but I didn't come back to see her for the last time."

"Later, communications and the internet all collapsed, 'doomsday theories' were rampant, and the government was in chaos. We lost contact with the higher-ups, and the situation became increasingly pessimistic."

"I tried to preserve the official power of the city and the province for the future. Of course, this is a difficult thing..."

His voice was somewhat bitter: "After confirming that Xiaoxuan and his mother had been sent to a safe place, I devoted myself to my work and had no energy to care about the housework."

"My wife was worried and in tears all day because of the death of my mother-in-law and the turmoil caused by the natural disaster, but I didn't care about any of this..."

"Of course, I didn't notice any changes in her body."

Niu Gandang realized the point: "What's wrong with my sister-in-law's health?!"

Song Guoqiang was about to continue speaking when a female voice suddenly came from the room inside:

"Guo Qiang?"

Song Guoqiang stood up immediately: "She's awake, I'll go check it out."

Having said that, he stood up and walked towards the room.

Niu Gandang also stood up anxiously, but stopped after taking just two steps.

My brother's wife was just sleeping, and I don't know if she was dressed neatly at this time. It would be inconvenient for him, a grown man, to follow her.

I could only shout from a distance: "Sister-in-law, it's me, Lao Niu, I'm back!"

After a while, Song Guoqiang pushed his wife out.

Yes, push.

Niu Gandang looked at his white-haired brother-in-law pushing his brother and sister-in-law in a wheelchair, and thought of the children cooking in the kitchen, and tears suddenly fell from his eyes.

"What's going on?"

Why is his family so miserable?

The woman opened her mouth and uttered a few words with difficulty: "Brother-in-law, come back?"

Niu Gandang nodded vigorously: "Yes! I'm back. What's wrong with you? Why are you talking so…"

The woman's expression was a little stiff, and she tried to smile: "I'm sick. Are you okay?"

Niu Gandang was extremely anxious: "I'm fine, it's just you guys..."

Seeing that he was anxious, the woman seemed to be a little anxious too: "I'm fine, you, you guys..."

As she spoke, it seemed as if her throat had lost strength and she could not utter a single syllable. Her legs began to tremble and cramp in panic.

Seeing her like this, Song Guoqiang quickly squatted down to comfort her:

"Don't worry. My brother-in-law is back. We'll have plenty of time to talk later."

Then he suggested, "You've already met the people and greeted them. You should go back and rest and calm down. There are two guests here. Let's have dinner together after we finish talking about things."

This time the woman said, "Okay."

Song Guoqiang pushed the woman back to the room.

Niu Gandang was so anxious in the living room that he scratched his ears and cheeks: "I'm so anxious! What's going on..."

Annan on the side said: "It looks like frostbite."

Niu Gandang was stunned for a moment: "Freezing sickness?"

Annan explained: "Hawking's disease."

Song Guoqiang quickly settled his wife down and walked out of the room again: "She was right, it's frostbite."

"The initial symptoms of the disease were just weakness in the legs and inability to hold things with the hands. She didn't tell me because she was afraid of disturbing my work. Later, when the disease progressed to the point where she could hardly walk, I realized the seriousness of the situation."

Speaking of this, he hunched his back, as if he had aged a little more: "For this family, I have always been absent. When my family needs me, I am never there."

"Xiaoxuan said that if I had been with his mother when his grandmother passed away and been her spiritual support, maybe she wouldn't have become what she is today..."

The child doesn't care about the country or the responsibility. He only knows that his mother needs his father.

An Nan, who was standing by, saw the situation in his home and seemed to understand why Song Guoqiang was controlled by Kong Shenghui.

She hesitated for a moment and then asked, "As far as I know, in order to slow down the progression of the disease, long-term medication is necessary, right?"

This disease is one of the five terminal illnesses. In the end, the patient will suffer from total paralysis, loss of speech function, and finally paralysis of the respiratory muscles, leading to death from suffocation.

Song Guoqiang nodded: "Yes, medication is needed."

He paused. "And only that one."

Annan understood.

His family and his wife's medicine are his weak points.

She has all kinds of medicine in her space, from pharmacies, hospitals, pharmaceutical factories, and even Gu Zhiyu’s warehouse…

But considering the delicate situation between him and Kong Shenghui, maybe she doesn't even need to prepare the medicine herself.