"Mom, the test results are in."
"The doctor said this is the third time I've fallen into a coma due to insufficient blood supply to my heart, and I need to have bypass surgery immediately."
"The doctor also asked me to find a family member to take care of me after the surgery. Could you please come to the ancient city to take care of me?"
At the Central Hospital of the ancient city, a pale-faced middle-aged man lay on a hospital bed, holding a mobile phone in his hand, speaking in a weak voice that sounded almost humble.
His name is Chen Feng, he is thirty-five years old this year. He grew up in an orphanage. When he was fifteen, his parents took him home with the results of a paternity test.
No one could understand how overjoyed Chen Feng, an orphan, was at that moment.
Chen Feng thought he had finally found the parents he had longed for and a family that could bring him warmth.
But reality slapped him hard in the face.
What awaited him was not the warmth he had longed for, but the indifference and beatings from his parents, and the humiliation and mockery from his older sister and younger brother.
"cannot."
Without even thinking, Wang Yaqin, the mother, refused, saying, "Your brother's birthday is in three days. I need to celebrate with him. How can I have time to go to the hospital to take care of you?"
Even though he had already guessed that his mother would refuse, Chen Feng was still taken aback.
The younger brother Wang Yaqin mentioned is named Chen Haoran, who is one year younger than Chen Feng. He was taken home by his parents in the second year after Chen Feng went missing.
Compared to Chen Feng, Chen Haoran is tall, handsome, and intelligent, and always ranks first in the class in every exam.
Humans are emotional beings. Chen Haoran grew up with his parents and was so outstanding that he naturally became their darling.
However, Chen Haoran is a cunning man. After Chen Feng returned to the Chen family, he was afraid that he would be ostracized because of Chen Feng's return, so he smeared and targeted Chen Feng in every way. It was because of Chen Haoran's painstaking efforts, coupled with his parents' doting on him, that Chen Feng became the "unpopular" person in the family.
"Mom, is my surgery less important than my brother's birthday?"
"No."
Wang Yaqin disregarded Chen Feng's feelings and directly expressed her true thoughts, "You know I'm the one who organizes your brother's birthday celebrations every year, and I don't want to miss it."
"You missed your brother's birthday this year, but he still has next year's birthday, the year after that... countless birthdays."
Chen Feng argued forcefully, "But the doctor said that if I can't have the surgery in time, my life will be in danger!"
"The doctor said, the doctor said, listen to the doctor in everything, you should go and be the doctor's son!"
After saying that, Wang Yaqin hung up the phone.
"call!"
Chen Feng took a deep breath and then called his father, Chen Liqiang.
Same request, same rejection.
“Dad, I won’t force you to come and take care of me, but could you please send me some money to pay for my surgery? Consider this money a loan, and I will pay you back after I recover.”
Chen Feng had given up hope that his parents would help him. At this moment, he only hoped that his father would contribute some money out of consideration for their father-son relationship.
"Money? You're actually asking me for money?"
Chen Liqiang immediately became anxious, "Aren't you a trader at a securities company? You've worked for so many years and earned such a high salary, haven't you saved any money? You can't even afford a small amount for surgery?"
“Dad, every month after I get my salary, I only keep 800 yuan to cover basic living expenses. I send the rest to you. I... I don’t have any savings.”
After a moment of silence, Chen Liqiang on the other end of the phone spoke again: "You have no savings, and neither do I."
"Oh, by the way, your brother's birthday wish this year is to get a Mercedes. I found out it costs 500,000."
"Transfer the money to me today, so I can find time to take him to buy a car."
Upon hearing this, Chen Feng was stunned. "I can't even afford the surgery fee, where am I going to get 500,000 yuan?"
"Think of a way. If all else fails, borrow from your colleagues or friends and pay them back slowly."
"Hehe, hehehehe!"
Chen Feng was so angry he laughed. "Don't even mention that I can't borrow 500,000 yuan. Even if I could, do you think I would use that money for surgery or to buy Chen Haoran a car?"
"You bastard! Can you really bear to watch your brother's birthday wish go unfulfilled?"
"Dad, I'm your son too. Can you really bear to watch me die without being able to have the surgery?"
"If you can't come up with 500,000, you might as well die now!"
"Beep beep beep..."
After the call ended, Chen Feng turned to the female nurse beside the hospital bed and said, "You must have heard everything, right? I can no longer afford the treatment costs."
A flicker of pity crossed the nurse's eyes. "If your parents don't care about you, you can ask your siblings."
Chen Feng shook his head with a wry smile.
Brothers and sisters?
They'd love to die!
"Then...you must have a wife or girlfriend, right?"
"girlfriend?"
Chen Feng's face paled even more.
He used to have a girlfriend.
That was the girl he had been pursuing for six years, from his first year of high school to his third year of university.
Unfortunately, she was snatched away by Chen Haoran right after graduating from university, and now she has become Chen Haoran's wife and his sister-in-law.
At the time, Chen Feng angrily went to his parents to accuse Chen Haoran of his shameless behavior. He thought his parents would stand up for him, but they told him that it was for the best. At least the child born to his ex-girlfriend would still have the surname Chen, which meant that the good stuff should not go to outsiders.
To this day, Chen Feng still remembers the scene of his parents advising him to be more magnanimous, and he still remembers Chen Haoran's smug face.
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