…
The scene ends here, and the surroundings return to nothingness again.
The wingless figure reappeared and spread his hands: "Do you want to continue the test?"
"How do you know all this in the past?" Su Ming'an asked after letting out a breath.
"Don't get me wrong, I can't see your past. It's all in your own mind." Wu Yi said.
Su Mingan calmed down for a moment and said calmly: "Continue."
He didn't know what the test was, but just reviewing his memories only made him more reluctant to leave... It wasn't a very difficult test.
The surroundings changed again.
The scene of buying a car disappeared, and instead, Zhao Zhuozhong's somewhat staggering steps appeared.
The old electric car was still parked in the yard. It was unknown what the reason was that made them give up on buying a car.
Little Su Mingan picked up his schoolbag and didn't rush to school. Instead, he walked to Uncle Zhao.
At some point, Zhao Zhuozhong's honest and broad face quickly sunk down, and he looked like a dry branch that had been drained of moisture. He walked with weak steps and panting. He always said that he was fine, but it didn't look like he was really fine.
Fear wrapped around Su Ming'an's throat like an icy vine, getting tighter and tighter.
"You need to go to the hospital."
"What are you looking at?" Uncle Zhao waved his hands. "As soon as the doctor opened his mouth, he started with a bunch of tests that cost money, but in the end they didn't find anything wrong! Your uncle is fine!"
Su Mingan's face was pale, his lips were pressed into a stubborn line, his voice was not loud, but it hit the ground like a stone:
"If you don't go to the hospital, I won't go to school today. I won't go tomorrow. I won't go in the future."
Uncle Zhao's cloudy eyes suddenly widened, with shock, exhaustion, and panic intertwined in them. He looked at the young man in front of him whom he had almost risked his life to protect, and the determination in his eyes made his heart tremble.
The air froze for a long time, leaving only Uncle Zhao's heavy and difficult breathing.
“…”
In the end, all the resistance on that weather-beaten face turned into deeper fatigue and a kind of resigned sadness. He closed his eyes, sighed deeply, and nodded weakly.
"Go ahead, go ahead. I can't see anything wrong with it anyway..."
When they arrived at the hospital, Su Mingan supported Uncle Zhao and felt that the body under his arms was so light that it seemed as if it could be blown down by a gust of wind.
They sat on the cold benches, listening to the cries of patients coming from unknown corners, waiting for the verdict, stretching every second into torment.
Until the door opened and the pale verdict fell into their hands.
"This, I..." Uncle Zhao clutched the piece of paper tremblingly.
Only one word could be seen in the corner of the paper.
"……cancer".
Su Ming'an's eyes went dark for a moment, his ears were buzzing, and he could only see the doctor's lips moving. The subsequent words about treatment plans and astronomical costs became vague background noise.
Su Mingan's memory of how he walked out of the hospital that day was a blur. He only remembered that the sunlight in the city was extremely dazzling, but it did not bring any warmth to his body.
The huge "treatment costs" were like an insurmountable iceberg, standing before them, emitting a cold and chilling light.
Fate hung from the rafters of the dilapidated cottage and around his neck like an inescapable curse.
The countless zeros after the amount on the draft paper calculating the medical expenses are dizzying.
There's nothing they can do.
They can only go home.
Under the setting sun, the old electric scooter was still making the "thump thump thump" sound. The man's hair seemed to have turned white overnight, and he no longer sang the song "My passion is like a fire". The two of them were as silent as the frozen river, one in the front seat and the other in the back seat.
"Uncle." Su Mingan said.
"Um."
"rule."
“I don’t have any money…”
The word "no money" expresses so much sorrow.
"No matter how much it costs, we will treat you." Su Mingan hugged his broad body and felt the warmth.
The broad body trembled, and the tired man took a deep breath and exhaled deeply.
"Okay, let's cure it, let's cure it..."
"You are not grown up yet, you still have to go to college, we have to treat you..."
"Once you're cured, we'll go buy that electric car and take you for a ride along the river, ah..."
Uncle Zhao's illness was like the receding tide, quickly taking away his last bit of strength. His arms, which once could lift bags of cement, now shook so badly that he could barely even hold a bowl of porridge.
The pain gnawed at him, day and night.
All little Su Ming'an could do was to take care of him clumsily, cooking thin rice porridge, washing clothes stained with vomit, and trying in vain to warm Uncle Zhao's cold feet with his palms when he curled up in agony.
However, a silent change quietly took place. Uncle Zhao began to avoid his gaze. When Su Mingan approached with a bowl of water, he would turn his face away and pretend to be asleep; when Su Mingan tried to rub his aching stomach, he would gently brush the boy's hand away and say vaguely, "Don't bother me."
Silence spreads and grows like mold in the small space, covering up the rough yet warm atmosphere of the past.
Little Su Mingan was suffocated by the silence. He could feel Uncle Zhao's alienation, but he didn't know what huge decision was brewing behind the silence, which almost crushed Uncle Zhao. He just felt panic, as if his heart was being tightly grasped, as if he was abandoned in the endless wilderness.
The quality of life became worse and worse. The dishes on the table were once again replaced with porridge and side dishes, and no meat was seen for several days.
It was like a thunderbolt that struck them back from their tiny happiness and returned them to the time before liberation overnight.
It turns out that it is so, so difficult for a "family" like theirs to be happy.
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