33: Chapter 33: Hard to Believe 33: Chapter 33: Hard to Believe “Clang.”
The stainless steel vegetable washbasin in Zhang Yuehong’s hand fell directly to the ground.
Zhang Yuehong, excited, ran towards Liu Lingxiu, who had just gotten off Ye Qiu’s bike.
She tightly hugged Liu Lingxiu and asked, “Lingshow, what did you just call me?”
In that instant, Zhang Yuehong’s eyes turned red, and tears streamed down her face.
When Liu Lingxiu was in the fourth grade, she became mute.
Liu Lingxiu felt terrible, and Zhang Yuehong and her husband, Liu Daqing, felt even worse.
They only had one precious daughter, Liu Lingxiu, who was very smart, obedient, and beautiful.
But unexpectedly, when Liu Lingxiu was in the fourth grade, she suddenly became mute.
Not only did this affect Liu Lingxiu emotionally, it also greatly impacted her life and studies.
Since then, Liu Daqing and Zhang Yuehong spent almost all their savings on her treatment, but whether it was traditional Chinese medicine, Western medicine, or other remedies, they tried everything.
She took and drank many medicines.
In the end, they had to admit the fact: their daughter had become mute.
Desperate, Liu Daqing and Zhang Yuehong took their daughter to learn sign language.
Initially, according to Liu Lingxiu’s condition, they should have sent her to a special school for the deaf and mute.
But Liu Daqing and Zhang Yuehong refused.
Besides having a teacher teach her sign language, Liu Lingxiu continued to attend a regular school.
Because Liu Lingxiu became mute in fourth grade, she already knew most characters and could understand what others were saying.
She just couldn’t express herself verbally.
Despite this, over the years, after becoming mute, Liu Lingxiu was often pointed at and called names like “mute” and “mute girl.”
Although people said they shouldn’t discriminate against the disabled, what they said and thought behind her back was another matter.
Under various psychological pressures, Liu Lingxiu remained optimistic, which had a lot to do with her personality and her parents’ education.
Of course, Zhang Yuehong and Liu Daqing were often pointed at behind their backs, being told that it’s better not to have a mute child, that they should have another son or daughter for the future.
Some even suggested they have another child for a more secure retirement.
However, Liu Daqing and Zhang Yuehong knew they were almost forty years old.
Although they could still have children, with their ordinary financial situation, they knew it was better not to have another if they couldn’t provide a good environment.
Now that Zhang Yuehong heard her daughter could finally speak, she asked, “Lingshow, how can you suddenly speak?”
Zhang Yuehong thought that maybe Liu Lingxiu’s vocal cords had miraculously healed.
Liu Lingxiu shook her head and said, “Mom, it’s not sudden.
It’s Ye Qiu who cured my illness.”
Since she hadn’t spoken for a long time, Liu Lingxiu sounded a bit stuttered.
Zhang Yuehong noticed this clearly.
But hearing that Ye Qiu cured her daughter’s illness, she was naturally very surprised.
She was aware of Ye Qiu, a young man.
Last time, when Ye Qiu was hospitalized at Jinling Hospital, Zhang Yuehong and Liu Daqing had taken Liu Lingxiu to visit him.
Of course, it was Liu Lingxiu who suggested it, because as far as she was concerned, Ye Qiu was her only friend in class, and Ye Qiu never discriminated against her for being mute.
Possibly for that reason, Liu Daqing and Zhang Yuehong took the time to accompany their daughter to visit Ye Qiu in the hospital.
But back then, Ye Qiu’s condition in the hospital wasn’t very good, something Zhang Yuehong knew.
So she didn’t expect that Ye Qiu would be out now.
The most surprising thing was that Ye Qiu had cured her daughter’s illness!
“Ye Qiu, how did you cure my daughter’s illness?”
Obviously, Zhang Yuehong was still a bit skeptical.
“Auntie, my medical skills are very special, different from other medical skills outside.
Also, I have cured my sister’s illness; she can walk normally now.”
Had it been just Liu Lingxiu saying so, Zhang Yuehong wouldn’t have believed it.
But upon hearing that Ye Qiu had also cured his sister’s illness, she knew he wasn’t lying.
Zhang Yuehong hurriedly invited Ye Qiu inside and then called Liu Daqing.
Both Zhang Yuehong and Liu Daqing worked at the same factory, but Liu Daqing’s shift ended later.
When Zhang Yuehong called him, he took a long time to answer, thinking it was a call to come home for dinner.
“Yuehong, you and Lingshow have dinner first.
Save some for me; I’ll be back later.”
“Daqing, I have great news for you.
Lingshow can speak normally now.”
When Zhang Yuehong said it, Liu Daqing thought he hadn’t heard correctly and asked, “What did you say?”
“Lingshow can speak.”
Liu Daqing was still quite shocked.
After confirming it, he naturally didn’t stay at work any longer.
He informed the shift supervisor, took a leave of absence, and hurried back on his electric bike.
Upon arrival, he saw not only Zhang Yuehong but also his daughter and Ye Qiu.
At that moment, Liu Daqing was so excited he almost fell off his electric bike.
However, being a man, he quickly controlled his excitement, parked the bike, and asked, “Lingshow, when did you start speaking?”
For short dialogues, Liu Lingxiu spoke simply and fluently.
But if the conversation was long, she showed some stuttering because she wasn’t used to speaking for so long after a long period of silence.
While Liu Daqing and Liu Lingxiu were talking, they soon learned that Ye Qiu had cured their daughter’s ability to speak.
Of course, now Liu Daqing and Zhang Yuehong thought Ye Qiu had used some folk remedy, which was very effective.
“Uncle Liu, do you remember how Lingshow suddenly became mute?”
“I remember very clearly.
At that time, Lingshow was in the fourth grade at a nearby elementary school.
One day, she suddenly got a high fever, and her voice became hoarse.
Yuehong and I didn’t give it much thought, thinking it was just an ordinary fever.
I brought some Western medicine after work from a pharmacy.
After taking it, her fever subsided, but she couldn’t speak.”
“The next day, Yuehong and I were terrified and took Lingshow to the best hospital in Jinling.
After various examinations, there were no results.”
“She underwent a long period of treatment, but Lingshow still couldn’t speak.
The hospital’s examination results showed that her vocal cords were severely damaged and couldn’t be treated.
They said it would take a miracle for her vocal cords to heal on their own.”