Seeing Uncle Xie lying motionless on the ground, Xie Qian yelled fiercely, "Alright! I won't argue with you anymore! And stop acting!"
"Get up!"
But the people on the ground remained motionless.
Realizing that something was wrong, Xie Qian quickly threw off the quilt, got out of bed, and reached out to pull Uncle Xie.
Xie Qian finally panicked when she found Uncle Xie lying on the ground like mud and unable to get up.
"dad!"
Her mother and sister have left her, and this is the only relative she has left!
"doctor!"
*
Uncle Xie was rushed to the emergency room.
After the hospital team's full rescue efforts, he was finally brought back from the brink of death.
The doctor told Xie Xi: "Your father is having a cerebral infarction. Is this his first attack?"
Xie Qian shook her head blankly, "I don't know."
She has been busy with her career in recent years, and the father and daughter only talk once a week. Every time they call, Uncle Xie always reports good news and never bad news.
Xie Qian really didn't know whether Uncle Xie had a cerebral infarction.
When the doctor saw Xie Xi's reaction, he guessed that the young girl might not understand the physical condition of her family.
It has become a social norm that empty-nest elderly people lack care from their younger generations.
The doctor then asked, "Is there anyone else at home? Where is your mother?"
Xie Qian shook her head and murmured absentmindedly, "My father is all I have."
The doctor sighed, "Ms. Xie is successful in her career now. If you have time, you should spend more time with your family. Do you understand?"
The doctor's next words were like a bolt from the blue, leaving Xie Qian's limbs weak. "Your father has liver cancer, and the cancer cells have spread very badly..."
"How could he get liver cancer?" Xie Xi's head was buzzing and she could hardly stand.
She heard herself asking the doctor, "What causes liver cancer?"
"It's quite complicated. For example, it could be the side effects of medication or long-term alcoholism..." At this point, the doctor pulled a small medicine bottle from his pocket and said, "This is the bottle that fell out of your father's pocket."
"In my opinion, this should be a tranquilizer. Tranquilizers made from this type of element are quite harmful to the internal organs. Long-term use is generally not recommended in clinical practice."
"How long has your father been taking this medication?"
Xie Qian was speechless again.
She didn't even know that her father was taking tranquilizers.
Seeing that Xie Qian didn't know anything, the doctor gave her a few more instructions and went back to the office.
Xie Qian came to Uncle Xie's ward.
He was still unconscious, his mind was confused, and he could only utter intermittent and unclear syllables.
Xie Qian moved closer and heard Uncle Xie calling out, "Yin Yin..."
That's her mother's name!
Xie Qian covered her mouth and almost burst into tears on the spot.
She stayed in the ward for a while before she walked out quietly and called Aunt Lan.
At the sanatorium, Aunt Lan had just helped Chu Zhi to bed. She and Aunt Zhang couldn't leave at night, so they sat in the small living room outside and dozed off.
Aunt Lan was a little surprised when she received Xie Xi's call.
"Xixi? Why are you still awake so late?"
"Auntie Lan, I have something to ask you." Xie Qian leaned against the wall in the corridor and asked Auntie Lan in a low voice, "Does my father have a habit of taking tranquilizers?"
Aunt Lan was silent for a moment before she told Xie Qian honestly, "Your father has to take two tranquilizers every night to barely get a few hours of sleep."
"You always say your father has forgotten your family's suffering, but in fact, he has never forgotten it. You have never seen him run barefoot to the river in the middle of the night to burn paper for your mother and your sister."
"After your mother passed away, your father's pain was no less than yours. You should also be considerate of your father and stop arguing with him in the future..."
Xie Qian was already in tears.
The crying sound came into Aunt Lan's ears through the receiver, startling her so much that she immediately sat up from the sofa.
Aunt Lan quickly walked to the balcony outside, anxiously concerned about Xie Xi: "What happened, Xixi? Did something happen to your father?"
"Auntie Lan, my dad suddenly had a stroke and fainted tonight. He was just brought back from the brink of death by the doctor. The doctor also told me that my dad has liver cancer and is in the advanced stage..."
"The doctor found tranquilizers in my father's pocket and speculated that he developed liver cancer from long-term medication use."
"Auntie Lan, I didn't know my dad was in so much pain."
"I thought he had long forgotten what happened to my sister, and my mother's last words before she died..."
"Auntie Lan, I'm going to be without a father soon."
Aunt Lan's heart broke when she heard this.
"Good boy."
"Birth, aging, sickness, and death are all we have to go through. You're still young, and life has to go on. You have to cheer up and take advantage of these few days off to spend some time with your father..."
Thinking of something, Auntie Lan suddenly changed the subject and asked Xie Qian, "Shouldn't you be going back to Country H? Why are you still in Qing City?"
Xie Qian hesitated for a while and then made an excuse to hang up the phone.
Aunt Lan felt strange, but there was no time to delve into it.
Upon learning that Uncle Xie had liver cancer and had also suffered a cerebral infarction, Aunt Lan was worried and went to Captain Zhou to ask for leave. "Captain Zhou, I'd like to ask for leave. A relative of mine just had a cerebral infarction and is still unconscious."
"I want to go and see it."
Captain Zhou nodded, "Wait a moment, I'll ask for instructions."
Captain Zhou returned quickly and not only agreed to Aunt Lan's request for leave, but also asked, "Are you going to the hospital to see Uncle Xie?"
Aunt Lan was a little surprised, "You know Xie Zongbin?"
Captain Zhou said, "Of course. Uncle Xie is the father of Mr. Song's old friend. He helps Mr. Song run a restaurant. Whenever we brothers have a happy event, we will go to take care of Mr. Xie's business."
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