"I’m sorry, but for this illness, surgery is the only option right now, although I can prescribe some medication first to help ease the pain when it flares up," Gu Yecheng said as he began writing the prescription.
"Dr. Cheng, could you possibly perform the surgery on my mom? I know you helped with Brother Su’s surgery, and hers is also in the brain. You can definitely do it, right? Dr. Cheng, please, you must save my mom," Lin Yue pleaded as she knelt down again.
"Lin Yue, please get up," He Ximei urged, fearing that Gu Yecheng would be put in a difficult position, and helped Lin Yue to her feet: "This will only make Acheng feel embarrassed. If Acheng is confident, he will surely not refuse to help."
"Yes, Lin Yue, don’t panic just yet. If Acheng can find a way, he will surely help you come up with a solution," Su Peng added.
Gu Yecheng shook his head: "I’m not certain at the moment, but I can start by helping to prevent it from spreading to other areas. As for the surgery, we need to bring in a specialist in this field."
He had limited exposure to tumor surgeries and couldn’t make promises about things he was uncertain of.
"Dr. Cheng, do you know any specialists? Even just a recommendation would be helpful," Lin Yue said after hearing that Yecheng wasn’t very confident, her mind buzzing.
Luo Yuzhu, however, seemed to have accepted her fate, finding peace in the diagnosis: "Yueyue, don’t treat mom’s illness anymore, if I go, then I go. Go back and live well with your Grandma. She’s all alone at home now, with no one by her side. Spend your days with her. I was too selfish before, stealing someone else’s child and abandoning them. This is my retribution. I never believed in ’It’s not that it won’t be avenged, it’s just that the time hasn’t come yet’. Now I see, everything in the world has its cause and effect. Now my karma has arrived, and I think it’s fine, I can accept it, truly."
"The outcome isn’t as bad as you think," Acheng said as he finished writing the prescription: "As long as we find a good hospital with a skilled specialist to operate, living a bit longer definitely won’t be a problem."
Acheng handed the prescription to Lin Yue: "Go to the pharmacy and get these medications, three times a day, one pack each time, continue for more than five days, it should help control her condition."
"Yes, I understand," Lin Yue replied, taking the prescription, tears uncontrollably running down her cheeks.
Dr. Cheng not being able to help meant that they needed to take mom to a bigger hospital for surgery.
According to the doctor, the entire surgery would cost at least fifty thousand.
If it were the old Lin Family, this sum of money wouldn’t be considered a huge expense, but for them now, it was an enormous amount.
All their money combined amounted to less than ten thousand.
"Lin Yue, take good care of your mom," He Ximei said, feeling unsettled as she watched Lin Yue: "After the New Year, take your mom to a big city hospital. There should be a way."
"Thank you all," Lin Yue didn’t mention her own lack of funds and secured the prescription: "No matter how difficult it is, I must cure my mom’s illness."
Having a mom means having a home. If she no longer had her mom, she would also lose her home.
As for her father and grandmother, it seemed that in their hearts, only Lin Jing existed, not her.
After sending off Acheng and the others, Lin Yue gripped Luo Yuzhu’s hand: "Mom, did you hear that? Your disease isn’t incurable. As long as you undergo surgery, there’s still a chance of getting better."
"You’re the one who’s suffered," Luo Yuzhu, who was clear about the reality, said: "Hand me my bankbook- there’s ten thousand yuan in there; I saved it when I was with the Lin family. There’s another bankbook with just over a thousand yuan, which I saved from working outside this year. Treating this illness means burning through money. If we don’t treat it, however, there’s still some money left for you."
"I’m still young. What do I need your money for? I’ll fight for the life I want in the future. As I’ve said, I just want you to be well."
"Yueyue, things are not the same as before. In the past, you could easily marry into a good family and not worry about food or clothes. If I’m gone, take this money back to the Lin family. Even though life won’t be as good as before, at least no one will bully you. I’ve thought about it, I won’t seek treatment. I need to think of you, and I can’t be selfish anymore," Luo Yuzhu explained.
If she died, and Lin Yue didn’t return to the Lin family, a young woman without anyone to rely on might attract the unwanted attention of many men.
"Mom, it’s alright. I’ve grown up and know what to do," Lin Yue, holding Luo Yuzhu’s hand, said: "I know you feel guilty towards Sister Xiaofeng."