There's a couple like this in our neighborhood. When they were young, they agreed to be DINKs, but the husband later changed his mind. He was already in his forties and said he'd let it go, seen the world, and experienced everything, so he still felt it was better to have children. But the woman was also getting older, making it difficult for her to get pregnant. Even if she did get pregnant, she was already too old, so he ended up having an affair.
[I chuckled. Men's words are deceitful. If you really want to be a DINK, you should get married from the beginning. If you change your mind, the woman will be the one who suffers the most.]
"Everyone has misunderstood my husband. He is not that kind of person. I am the one who has let him down."
"Last week, my mom called me and told me my brother had leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant. Without one, he only had a year to live. Finding a suitable bone marrow transplant is hard. My parents and my younger sister all went for matching, but none of them matched."
Li Lan didn't know what to say next.
Tang Yu continued, "Then, you went to the matchmaking office with a try-it attitude, and your bone marrow turned out to be a match, so your parents asked you to donate your bone marrow to your brother."
"The doctor told you that the anesthesia and surgical trauma will affect your fetus. If you insist, you will have no choice but to abort the child. You may never get pregnant again."
Li Lan sighed heavily, "Master Tang, you're right. After this happened, both my mother-in-law and my husband disagreed. My mother-in-law even threatened that if I dared to abort the child, she would force my husband to divorce me and she would hate me to death."
"So I want Master Tang to help me calculate whether my brother's operation will be successful? If I abort the child, can I still get pregnant?"
"If the answer is yes, then I will, I will..."
"You're just going to abort the baby, right? Oh my god, this is the legendary brother-supporting demon, right? Others at most pay the money, but you're even wanting to support the child."
"There's still a year left. Why do you have to abort the baby? Maybe there will be other compatible bone marrow donors if you wait a little longer?"
Have you ever thought about the fact that the child is your own flesh and blood? How could you bear it? The doctor said that if you abort the child, you might never get pregnant again. You haven't deprived a man of his right to be a father, so divorce him quickly and don't bring harm to your husband.
[I'm so angry! Are people these days so cold-blooded? He was my own brother. With all the advanced medical technology out there, there's still a chance he'll recover in the future. But now that he's gone, there's really no way to regret it.]
[I agree. After all, the child is only three months old, but his brother is a living being.]
Some women are so hypocritical. They think that once a family is formed, they should prioritize their own small family. If this were a man, you would probably call him a mama's boy.
[Alas, putting myself in his shoes, it's really hard to decide. I have a younger brother myself, and we've been very close since childhood. On my wedding day, he cried his eyes out and even threatened my husband that if he dared to bully me, he would come to my house and back me up.]
[As mentioned above, if your brother is really that kind, he would definitely not be willing to exchange your child's life for his own.]
[It's really bad luck to marry a brother-supporting demon like you. ]
[This situation doesn't qualify as supporting her brother, right? Don't just learn a word and use it haphazardly. She had no other choice; she had no other choice.]
[Her husband and mother-in-law were looking forward to this child so much! If she could have more in the future, then aborting one would be fine, but this was her last chance to be a mother.]
The barrage of comments was noisy.
Most of them scolded her.
Li Lan was scolded so much that she didn't dare to look up, and tears fell from her eyes.
"My husband said the same thing. We still have a year left, so we can have the baby first. But my parents said that if the condition worsens or we can't find a match, it will be too late to regret it."
"You're all right to scold me, but I really can't do anything about it. Do you know? I'm just an adopted daughter, not my biological daughter."
"I was born in a poor mountain village. My mother ran away when I was three, and my father drowned when I was eight. None of my relatives wanted to take me in, kicking me around like a ball."
"Later, I was adopted by a couple from the next village, who are now my parents. Their kindness in raising me is greater than heaven, and my brother is their only son."
[It turns out there's a hidden story. You should repay the favor, or you'll never feel at peace.]
"Honestly speaking, the matching rate for this type of surgery is extremely low, and recurrence is possible after the transplant. Is it really worth it to trade a healthy child for a life whose lifespan is unknown?"
[You were just cursing at me, why are you silent now? If it were you, what would you do? Without her adoptive parents, she wouldn't have lived this long and would have starved to death.]
【Oh, this is indeed a difficult decision. 】
[Everyone, stop arguing. So, she's here to talk to Master Tang, right? Let's hear what Master Tang has to say first.]
Looking at Li Lan who was crying, Tang Yu asked her softly, "How to make a decision depends entirely on how you look at it. As long as you feel it is worth it, it's fine."
"But I want to ask you, are your adoptive parents good to you? Also, how is your relationship with your brother?"
Li Lan raised her hand and wiped away her tears. "My adoptive father was nice to me, but my adoptive mother didn't like me very much. I was only 9 years old when I was adopted. I had to get up before dawn every day to cut grass for the pigs, feed the chickens and pigs, and wash the whole family's clothes every day after school."
"After all, I'm not their biological child. I'm already very grateful that they adopted me and gave me food to eat. Otherwise, I would have become a beggar long ago."
"As for the relationship between my brother and I..." Li Lan had an expression that was difficult to describe.
"He has been spoiled by my adoptive mother since he was little. Ever since I came home, he has treated me like a slave, bossing me around."
"When they're unhappy, they take it out on me. When they get into trouble, they blame it on me. My adoptive mother knows all of this, but she turns a blind eye and only scolds and beats me."
"Later, they had another daughter. Even though she was my biological daughter, my adoptive mother still didn't like her. She let my son eat the meat first, and my little sister could only have a few scraps of meat, and I could only drink a few sips of soup."
Li Lan laughed sarcastically, "Maybe she's not trying so hard to torture me just because I'm not her biological child. She's just being a son-in-law."
"Later, my adoptive mother said that my brother would need to go to university, get married and have children in the future, and she wouldn't have enough money to support my education. So I started working after finishing junior high school, until I met my husband at the factory."
"After we got married, we used our savings to open a small shop. We worked hard from dawn to dusk, and our business was booming. Our lives were getting better and better."
"I give them a sum of money every month for their retirement, and I also cover my younger sister's university expenses. Because they want to save money to buy a house and marry their son, they don't want my younger sister to go to university, even though she got into a top university."
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