A certain old friend noodle shop.

While eating noodles, Liu Xiaoye told Jiang Feng about her family situation.

Jiang Feng checked her information while listening. He had only taken a quick look at it before, but now that he had enough time, he took a detailed look at it.

Liu Xiaoye was born in an ordinary family. His father was a security captain and his mother was an elementary school teacher. Although their salaries were not high, they had no problem supporting their family.

If the husband and wife are of one mind, it will be a very warm family, but if they are not in harmony, life will be a mess.

To be honest, Liu Xiaoye had no idea how she had maintained her physical and mental health over the years. Her parents had been quarreling every three days or every five days since she was old enough to understand, and even fighting was a common occurrence for them.

It is really a miracle that Liu Xiaoye grows up in such a family and still ranks among the top students in the class.

In the past ten years, Liu Xiaoye has become accustomed to this kind of life. No matter how her parents quarrel, make a fuss, or fight, she can always calm down and study.

But recently, her parents suddenly stopped arguing or fighting, which made Liu Xiaoye feel scared, because she firmly believed in a saying in "Youwei Thatched Cottage Notes": When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.

She was afraid that something bad would happen, so after much thought, she decided to go to the Happy Marriage Agency during her lunch break after school to find Jiang Feng, the nationally renowned matchmaker, to see if she could ask Master Jiang to help her parents resolve this unknown crisis.

After listening to Liu Xiaoye's story, Jiang Feng praised her keen perception in his heart. She is indeed a very smart girl.

Liu Xiaoye didn't know why her parents suddenly stopped arguing, but Jiang Feng checked her parents' information through her and naturally understood why her parents had such an abnormal behavior.

However, Jiang Feng still needs to consider whether or not to tell Liu Xiaoye about this result.

"Brother Jiang Feng, this is what happened. Can you help me?" Liu Xiaoye looked at Jiang Feng anxiously and said almost pleadingly.

Jiang Feng pondered for a moment, and then made a decision. He looked at Liu Xiaoye and said, "Sister Xiaoye, I know you are a strong girl, so I will tell you the truth. I hope you can face it bravely, okay?"

Liu Xiaoye's academic performance is so good, so her comprehension ability must be no problem. When she heard Jiang Feng say this, her heart skipped a beat, then she gritted her teeth and said, "Brother Jiang Feng, just tell me. No matter what happens, I will not be easily defeated."

Jiang Feng hummed, organized his words a little, and then said: "Sister Xiaoye, you can come to the marriage agency to find me, obviously you have a certain understanding of my abilities. I just calculated for you and found that your father's health should not be very good, so I infer that your parents' recent silence should be related to your father's health."

Liu Xiaoye's mind buzzed and went blank in an instant. After an unknown amount of time, she came back to her senses and said anxiously, "Brother Jiang Feng, what happened to my dad? Is he... is he seriously ill?"

Jiang Feng nodded and said, "If I'm not wrong, your father should be seriously ill!"

Originally, Liu Xiaoye's parents chose to conceal the news, and Jiang Feng, an outsider, should not have taken the initiative to tell her the news.

But the reason why Liu Xiaoye's parents chose to hide it from her was simply because they didn't want to affect her studies. Telling her wouldn't have any effect anyway, and it might even cause her to lose interest in studying, so it would be better to hide it first and wait until it couldn't be concealed anymore.

However, in Jiang Feng's opinion, this approach is not advisable. Telling Liu Xiaoye the truth may indeed affect her academic performance, but if she chooses to conceal it, if something happens to her father, she will probably regret it for the rest of her life.

So after careful consideration, Jiang Feng decided to tell her the truth.

At this moment, Liu Xiaoye was really confused. She had many guesses about her parents' abnormal behavior during this period, but she never thought that there was something wrong with her parents' health.

If the fact that her father's illness could stop quarreling between parents who had been quarreling for more than ten years shows, one can imagine how serious it is.

Liu Xiaoye bit her lip and said pleadingly, "Brother Jiang Feng, people on the Internet say that you are a rare and extraordinary person in the world. Can you save my dad?"

Jiang Feng sighed and said, "Sister Xiaoye, I can deduce that your father is seriously ill, but I am not a doctor after all, and I don't have any magical powers. The only thing I can do for you is to find your father a doctor with the highest level of expertise in this disease."

Liu Xiaoye said with red eyes: "Thank you, brother!"

…

at the same time.

A residential area.

Mother Liu looked at her husband who was sweating from the pain and said, holding back tears, "Old Liu, this is not a solution. Why don't we go to the hospital for treatment?"

Father Liu wiped the sweat off his face with a towel and said with a wry smile: "Forget it. In my situation, going to the hospital is just a waste of money. It's better to save some money so that you and your daughter can live a better life after I leave."

Mother Liu couldn't help but cover her mouth and burst into tears. She and her husband did have a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days, and they often fought, but they really made up after fighting at the head of the bed, so no matter how much they quarreled, no one mentioned the word divorce in the past ten years.

Not long ago, after Liu's father was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer, Liu's mother felt like the sky was falling and she no longer had the mood to argue with her husband. This made Liu Xiaoye sense something was wrong.

"Old Liu, you can't be so pessimistic. Although the mortality rate of liver cancer is high, there are still a small number of patients with advanced liver cancer who can live another 20 to 30 years after treatment."

Father Liu sighed and said, "I know there are such examples. For example, my aunt's cousin's hospital leader is in the late stage of liver cancer, but 20 years have passed and he is still alive and well.

But, according to my cousin, they all use expensive imported medicines. How can an ordinary family like us afford such expensive imported medicines?

So I went to see a Chinese doctor and tried my best. If I can save my life, I am lucky. If I can’t, it is my fate.”

Liu's mother finally shed tears and said with regret on her face: "Old Liu, it's all my fault for always making you angry. I guess your illness is caused by me. I've ruined you!"

Father Liu took a tissue and wiped her tears. He smiled with a haggard look and said, "You are right not to be angry with me, but don't take the responsibility on yourself. I don't know what causes liver cancer, but it is definitely not caused by being angry often. If that were the case, those with bad tempers would all have liver cancer."

Mother Liu said with red eyes: "People say that anger hurts the liver. Even if anger is not the main cause of your illness, it definitely played a negative role."

Father Liu waved his hand and said, "They say this is none of your business. Birth, aging, sickness and death are beyond human control. I am not worried about anything else, but I am worried that after I am gone, my daughter will not be able to bear the blow."

Mother Liu rubbed her eyes and said, "Don't say such unlucky words. I also believe that our daughter is strong. We have quarreled and fought in front of her for so many years. If it were another child, she would have become withdrawn, but she is not affected at all.

This shows that our daughter is stronger than we thought."

Father Liu nodded and said, "My condition is getting worse and worse. I'm afraid I can't hide it from my daughter for much longer. This semester is the most critical time in her three years of junior high school. I can't affect her studies. I plan to find an excuse to go back to my hometown and not have much contact with my daughter in the next few days. What do you think?"

Mother Liu quickly objected, "No, I don't agree. If you go back to your hometown like this, it would be like waiting to die. Besides, who can take care of you back home?"

"If I don't go back to my hometown, I have to move out. I can't let my daughter know about my illness, otherwise her studies will be affected."

"Then rent a small house nearby, eat, drink and live at home, and just come back when my daughter is not at home."

The couple was discussing how to hide the truth from their daughter, but they didn't know that Jiang Feng had sold them out completely and their daughter already knew the truth.

…

After coming out of the Laoyou Noodle Shop, Jiang Feng invited Liu Xiaoye to the office of the matchmaking agency. Then he took out his cell phone and started making calls, asking for help in contacting an authoritative expert in the field of liver.

Soon, we contacted some of the most authoritative experts in the country.

Liu Xiaoye sat in the office listening to Master Jiang's phone call, her heart filled with gratitude. Although she was still a junior high school student, this was an age of advanced information, and she knew quite a lot.

She knew that for an ordinary family like hers, without the help of Master Jiang, it would be impossible for them to invite one of the most authoritative experts in the country to treat and perform surgery on her father.

After Jiang Feng finished the call, he looked at Liu Xiaoye and said, "Sister Xiaoye, I have already made an appointment with an authoritative expert for your father. I will give you the expert's phone number later and you can take it back and tell your parents."

Liu Xiaoye thanked him repeatedly. Although authoritative experts might not be able to cure her father's serious illness, Master Jiang was willing to help contact the experts, which was a great favor to her!

Jiang Feng comforted her for a while, and then said seriously: "Sister Xiaoye, your parents didn't tell you the truth because they were afraid that it would affect your studies. I, an outsider, told you the truth without your parents' consent. You must not let me down!

No matter what the final outcome of your father's illness is, you must study hard, can you do it?"

Liu Xiaoye replied solemnly: "Brother Jiang Feng, I promise you here that no matter what the final outcome of my father's illness is, I will study hard and will not let you down."

"Well, I believe you can do it!"

Jiang Feng nodded with satisfaction, then took out a business card from the table, wrote the mobile phone number of the authoritative expert on the back, and handed it to her, saying, "This is my business card. On the back is the mobile phone number of the expert. Take it back to your parents and ask them to call the expert. I have already greeted them, so just tell your parents to tell me my name."

Liu Xiaoye carefully put away the business card, and then asked a little embarrassedly: "Brother Jiang Feng, my family's financial situation is average. I wonder how much it will cost to see this expert?"

Jiang Feng smiled upon hearing this and said, "Sister Xiaoye, don't worry, that bowl of Laoyoufen you just had was not for nothing. This expert will treat your father for free, and your father only needs to pay part of the medicine fee."

Liu Xiaoye naturally thanked him again. Although she had not yet left the campus, she also understood how expensive the hospital charges were. The modern people's joke about being unable to afford illness and unable to afford death was not a deliberately made-up funny joke, but because medical treatment could really make a family go bankrupt.

Next, Jiang Feng repeatedly told Liu Xiaoye to study hard, and then said: "Okay, sister Xiaoye, it's getting late, you should go back. Call me when you need help."

Liu Xiaoye nodded obediently and said, "Okay, goodbye, Brother Jiang Feng!"

"Well, bye!"

Watching Liu Xiaoye leave, Jiang Feng silently gave her his blessings.

…

After Liu Xiaoye left the matchmaking agency, she did not choose to go back to school. Instead, she immediately used her phone watch to call her father.

When the call was connected, Father Liu's voice came over: "Xiao Ye, have you finished your meal with your classmates?"

Liu Xiaoye did not live on campus and lived and ate at home, so when she came to see Master Jiang at noon, she called her mother and lied that she was having lunch with her classmates.

Hearing her father's question, Liu Xiaoye did not answer but asked: "Dad, are you home now?"

Father Liu said, "I'm at home. What's wrong? Did anything happen?"

Liu Xiaoye said: "I have something to tell you. Wait for me at home. I will be back soon."

Father Liu said, "Xiao Ye, tell daddy quickly, what happened?"

Liu Xiaoye said, "Don't worry, Dad. Nothing happened to me. Wait for me at home for a while. I'll tell you when I get back."

Father Liu said, "Well, come back and be careful."

Liu Xiaoye said: "Okay, got it, I'm hanging up now, bye!"

"Bye-Bye!"

…

A residential area.

Father Liu looked at the hung up phone and frowned. No one knows a daughter better than her father. His daughter's behavior today was a little abnormal and he didn't know what had happened!

At this time, Liu's mother had just laid down to rest. She also listened to the conversation between the father and daughter and also found it a little strange.

Father Liu couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that someone in school is bullying our daughter?"

Mother Liu shook her head and said, "It shouldn't be possible. My daughter's school is a key middle school. She has good grades and the teacher favors her. Who dares to bully her?"

Father Liu pondered and said, "Could it be that a classmate at school sent her a love letter?"

Mother Liu hesitated and said, "This... This is unlikely, right?"