Chapter 454 Oh my God!
An awkward silence spread in the empty house. Everyone in the Du family wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, but they didn't know what to say.
After an unknown amount of time, Duan Rao finally let out a long sigh and said stiffly, "Dad, are you kidding me?"
"I'm not kidding, it's serious." Du's mother looked at her miserable little daughter with a face full of guilt and heartache.
"Mom, why are you also..."
"What mom and dad said is true. We can indeed hear...your voice." Du Yuxi's words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back.
[How is this possible? It's not scientific at all. No, the existence of that huge library in my head is not very scientific, right? Could it be true? Then they know all the things I complained about behind my back, such as my father's henpecked father, my mother's smiling face, my eldest brother's rigidity, my second brother's fussiness, my third brother's stinginess, and my fourth sister's being taken advantage of?!]
Everyone: “…” You may not have known it before, but you know it now.
[No, I have to find a way to try them. ]
Duan Rao cleared his throat: "You said you could hear what I was thinking. In that case, tell me what I was thinking just now."
Du Hexuan stood up without thinking: "You said you secretly complained about your father being henpecked, your mother being a smiling tiger, and your eldest brother being rigid, umm umm..."
Before Du Hexuan could finish his words, Du Anrao covered his mouth tightly and said, "Stop talking, stop talking."
[Damn it, don’t I have any dignity? No, if my second brother knows this, it means that what my parents said is very likely true. Doesn’t that mean that what I just said, they have already…]
Du Junyan replied expressionlessly: "Yes, I heard it."
Duan Rao: “…”
[Oh my God, please let me die! ]
Duan Rao was like a miserable little cannon fodder in a comic book who had suffered a fatal blow, with a petrified face and spewing out his own transparent little soul from his mouth.
Some people appear to be still there, but in fact they have been gone for a long time!
"An An..." Seeing this, Du's mother was really worried that her little daughter would be hit too hard by this incident and become autistic on the spot. She was even more worried that she would be angry with her family because of their concealment.
"We were definitely wrong about this. We should have told you a long time ago."
"When did it happen?"
"What?"
"When did you start being able to hear...what I was thinking?"
Everyone in the Du family froze again, and this time it was Du's mother who spoke: "When you first came home, or to be more precise, when Bai Xiuqing first came to our house."
In the past two days, they went to Wangjia Village to dig up graves to vent their anger, instead of looking for Du Anrao immediately after learning the truth. On the one hand, it was to vent their anger, and on the other hand, they wanted to leave time to organize their words to explain to Du Anrao.
Du's mother had prepared her answer countless times before she came, but when faced with her daughter's face asking for confirmation, all she could do was answer truthfully.
Duan Rao calmed down after hearing what she said: "So, that's why you cooperated so well when I suggested taking her to the hospital for a re-examination."
"Um."
"And my eldest brother, he suddenly showed up at that time and said that he accidentally found a hidden camera in the hotel room where he stayed..."
"I lied to her. There was no camera at all. I just heard your thoughts outside and came up with this idea."
Duan Rao suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."
"An An, I'm sorry. We didn't tell you about this at first because we were worried that you had just returned home and that you were at your most uneasy. I was afraid... I was afraid that if we told you the truth, you would distance yourself from us because you were worried about revealing what you were thinking."
Mother Du's eyes were red as she spoke: "Later... Later I admitted that I was too selfish. What you said was confirmed one after another, and we were all a little scared."
Duan Rao's expression was a little stiff: "Are you afraid of... me?"
"It's not that we're afraid of you. It's that we're afraid that there will be more terrible things waiting for your brother and sister, and our family after this. That's why we kept it a secret from you, fearing that you'd feel uncomfortable because of this..." We couldn't take them to eat the melons in time like we did before.
It can be seen that Duan Rao is indeed a little awkward at this moment. She curled her lips in displeasure and muttered, "Am I such a stingy person in your eyes?"
This was a blow to the Du family. They were planning to explain (quibble) more, but their morale dropped instantly. After saying a thousand words, they could only say one sentence: "I'm sorry."
Du Anrao's eyes swept over everyone, and finally he sighed and asked, "Can Third Brother hear it too?"
"Yes." Du's mother felt that she had an obligation to help her third son explain to her youngest daughter, so she added carefully, "He actually wanted to come here today, but his supervisor diagnosed him with colon cancer and he was hospitalized for treatment a few days ago. His research is at a critical juncture, and the research institute is unwilling to let him go..."
Duan Rao's eyes flickered slightly. It turned out that Mr. Lu had cancer. No one took it seriously at first. It was not until later that it was discovered that it was already in the advanced stage and it was too late to save him.
"Then Third Brother said that his mentor...is the situation okay?"
"Very good. Your third brother said that his mentor listened to your advice and went to the hospital for a checkup early. Although it is cancer, it was discovered early and has not spread much. Early surgery and early treatment, although it may not be cured, it should not be difficult to extend his life by ten or eight years."
The main thing is that Mr. Lu is not young anymore. At his age, every day he lives longer is a day he earns. These ten or eight years may pass in a blink of an eye for young people, but for Mr. Lu and his family, they are precious and cannot be bought with any amount of money.
"That's good." Du Anrao heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and a smile appeared on his face, as if his mood was not affected by what had just happened.
Several people were unsure of Duanrao's mood at the moment, but they knew there was an old saying that went, "Once it's bad, twice it's bad." Now that things have come to this, they might as well take this opportunity to tell it all, so as to avoid being settled later.
They looked at each other tacitly, and understood each other's meaning in just a moment.
"Ahem, An An, besides this, we have something else we want to tell you."
"What's up?"
"Besides us and the third brother, many relatives also..."
The smile on Duanrao's face froze completely: "Many relatives mean..."
Mother Du: "For example, your cousin Lianshuang and her two children."
Du Junyan: "The fourth aunt and her family, the fifth aunt and her family."
Du Hexuan: "Grandpa and grandma, cousin Bixiao, and my uncle and his family."
Du Yuxi: "My uncle's family was not able to do it at first, but after you gave them a New Year gift, they were able to hear it recently."
Father Du made the final decision: "The ones I transferred money to you at the last auction are basically all of them."
Duan Rao: “…”
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