Gu Yan felt her heart sink, and quickly asked the doctor, "Can we transfer now?"
"Not right now. The patient’s condition isn’t stable yet, moving him rashly could be risky, and it’s not possible to transfer in the middle of the night here. Tomorrow."
"Okay, thank you, doctor."
Gu Yan returned to the ward, and Mrs. Gu rushed over to grab her, asking, "How is it? Can he be transferred?"
"He can, but it has to be tomorrow. The doctor said transferring now would be dangerous."
"Ah! How did it come to this! How did it end up !" Mrs. Gu clutched her, crying and shouting, her hair messy, with no regard for her image.
"Mom, calm down, Dad will be fine." Gu Yan tried her best to comfort her, and aunt Li Xiulan also came over to pull her away.
"Sister-in-law, don’t get worked up, big brother will get better."
However, Mrs. Gu seemed to ignore their comforting words and suddenly, like a madwoman, charged at Gu Yan, slapping her across the face and glaring at her fiercely.
"It’s all because of you, you jinx! When you weren’t here, Old Gu was perfectly healthy. As soon as you came, all sorts of problems started. How unlucky I am to have adopted a jinx like you, bringing harm to our whole family."
Mrs. Gu cried and yelled, while Gu Yan silently covered the slapped side of her face, lowering her eyes without saying a word.
Mrs. Gu had disliked her for quite some time, always blaming her whenever there was any dissatisfaction. She was used to it, but still felt a little sad inside.
Her uncle’s family stood on one side watching her, no one speaking on her behalf, and no one persuading Mrs. Gu not to take out her anger on her.
In their eyes, she was always an outsider.
"Old Gu, why did you insist on adopting this useless thing to curse you! If anything happens to you, what am I supposed to do!"
Gu Yan stood at the ward door, not caring about Mrs. Gu’s words, only looking at the unconscious Gu’s father on the bed with a heavy heart.
Deep into the night, the uncle’s family had long gone home. Mrs. Gu stayed at the hospital, and with an empty bed in the ward, she slept there while Gu Yan made do on the bench outside for the night.
Even though it was summer, it was a bit cold at night, and Gu Yan didn’t sleep very well.
Early the next day, she got up to buy breakfast for Mrs. Gu.
Mrs. Gu rudely took the breakfast and sat on the side eating, not even giving her a proper look.
She didn’t mind and softly said, "I’m going to find the doctor to come and see if Dad can be transferred now."
Mrs. Gu didn’t respond, and Gu Yan lowered her head and walked out by herself.
Only when her figure disappeared at the door did Mrs. Gu lift her head and snort disdainfully.
The doctor came, did a general check on Gu’s father, and after confirming there were no issues, arranged for a vehicle to transfer him to the city hospital.
But a new problem emerged.
Although the city hospital had good facilities, it was very expensive.
Gu’s father’s broken right leg needed surgery to heal, and his heart condition required hospital observation. If it was serious, a heart transplant surgery would be needed. All these would add up to at least a million!
Given Gu Yan’s circumstances, she had no way to afford such costly medical expenses.
But Mrs. Gu stubbornly demanded that she figure out a way to cure Gu’s father.
"Even if you have to sell yourself, you have to get the money to treat your dad!" Mrs. Gu said this.
Gu Yan felt a sadness in her heart.
She was determined to find a way to cure Gu’s father, yet Mrs. Gu’s words hurt her deeply.
Even if she wasn’t their biological daughter, was there really no affection after all these years?