The scorching sun baked the earth while Xu Nianhua lay in her room, planning to take a nap. However, as she drifted into a light sleep, she fell into a dream.
"Dad, Nianhua is my sister too. I know elder sister is sick and needs second sister, but, over time, second sister has d blood for elder sister several times. She’s your daughter too, don’t you feel sorry for her?"
Gu Mingcheng watched Xu Nianhua lying on the bed, weakened from excessive blood loss, and he didn’t approve of Gu Hai’s actions at all.
"Mingcheng, do you really want to watch Mingzhu die?" Gu Hai said sternly. Gu Mingzhu had a natural gift in business and was intelligent, having helped him through several crises.
Unlike Gu Mingcheng, who only wanted to paint. Could painting feed you?
One daughter had helped him through many difficulties, and the other had only just been acknowledged by the family. In Gu Hai’s heart, naturally, Gu Mingzhu took precedence.
"But, there are so many people in this world, why does it have to be Nianhua?" Gu Mingcheng couldn’t bear it; his second sister had suffered hardships outside since childhood. After coming home, she continued to blood to her elder sister, and now, she even had to a kidney.
Indeed, when elder sister became ill, the only one in their family who was a match was Xu Nianhua.
"What are you talking about? It’s destiny that Nianhua can match with Mingzhu. Besides, it’s not like she’s going to die. What are you worried about?" Gu Hai didn’t like Gu Mingcheng’s interrogative tone, as if he had done something utterly unforgivable.
He said, "Just treat Nianhua better in the future, compensate the Xu family more, wouldn’t that make things right?"
Gu Mingcheng didn’t speak, and just silently stayed in the hospital room where Xu Nianhua was staying.
"Mingcheng?" Xu Nianhua woke up in a daze and saw Gu Mingcheng sitting at the side of the hospital room. Propping herself up, she leaned on the hospital bed and asked, "What’s wrong? Argued with dad again? You know, don’t be so stubborn, talk properly with dad, he still loves you."
"I know you love painting, just paint to your heart’s content. I believe that in the future, you will become a great painter, and I will be proud of you, big sister will be proud of you," Xu Nianhua gently encouraged, always looking at him with such supportive eyes.
"Second sister," Gu Mingcheng wanted to tell her to refuse, but once he thought of Gu Mingzhu, he sighed deeply.
"Don’t worry, I heard from the doctor, being short of a kidney won’t kill me. I can still live well, and if it can help elder sister survive, I feel happy," Xu Nianhua, seeing his worried and conflicted eyes, knew that his kind heart must be concerned for her.
"Thank you," she said sincerely. In this family, the only one who truly accepted her, besides Gu Mingcheng, was there anyone else?
Gu Hai didn’t cheat her of money as a daughter, but when it came to familial affection, it was far less.
Compared to Xu Qinghe, who was brimming with fatherly love, Xu Nianhua preferred Xu Qinghe. From childhood to adulthood, Xu Qinghe’s love for her was something money could never compare to.
To Fang Yue, her mother, aside from the son Gu Mingcheng and Gu Mingzhu, her daughter was like a blemish to her.
Gu Mingzhu seemed close, but Xu Nianhua knew that Gu Mingzhu looked down on her.
She might be simple, but that didn’t mean she was stupid. She knew very well who was good to her, who wasn’t, and whether they were truly sincere.
As Gu Mingcheng listened to her grateful words, he felt even more guilty. He said, "Second sister, you can refuse. There are so many people in the world, there must be someone else who is a match. Didn’t the doctor say, if there’s an accident and someone passes away, there might still be a chance?"