Chapter 970

Seeing Xu Hongdou speak so bluntly,

the boy's parents exchanged a glance, then helplessly shook their heads and forced a bitter smile.

Although just moments ago, they and Chen Nanxing's parents had agreed that they absolutely must not tell Chen Nanxing or anyone else about the arrangement of a ghost marriage,

at this very moment,

Xu Hongdou's aggressive questioning left them with no idea how to explain.

After hesitating for a moment,

the boy's mother, Aunt Li, smiled bitterly and then said, "Nanxing, the truth is, we knew your real situation from the very beginning. We knew you had terminal cancer, so that is why we found you."

"Because, our Taotao he..."

Aunt Li, her voice thick with tears, was about to speak the truth,

but Chen Nanxing's father immediately cut in, "Sister Nannan, it is Father who wronged you. Actually, their child is also a terminal cancer patient..."

"???"

Hearing this, Chen Nanxing looked at her father in disbelief.

Xu Hongdou also looked at the boy's parents with a bewildered expression, then turned her head to look at Chen Nanxing's father.

"Yes, that is exactly it."

Blurted out in a panic,

Chen Nanxing's father could only continue spinning his lie, saying, "Their son, Taotao, is also in the late stages of terminal cancer and doesn't have many days left. But, just like us, they wanted to see you two get married, have children, and grow old together..."

"But we know you have no time and no such opportunity left. Yet, we cannot bear it. Sister Nannan, Father cannot bear to lose you!"

As he spoke these words, Chen Nanxing's father was genuinely moved, tears streaming down his face as he said, "Sister Nannan, Father knows you are in great pain, knows you are very tired, knows you have suffered greatly. But what about your mother and me? We are also very tired and have suffered greatly!"

"You are the child we raised from infancy, the flesh that fell from your mother's body. Oh, if you close your eyes then and leave me and your mother behind, have you thought about how we are supposed to live?!"

"Sister Nannan, you are our only child. Since you were born, your mother and my greatest wish has been to watch you grow up, then watch you get married and have children, and then help you raise the kids and do the housework..."

"Sister Nannan, since you were born, your mother and Father's lives have been filled only with your existence. Yet, you suddenly got terminal cancer and suddenly must leave. I know you are in great pain, but have you thought about how much more painful it is for your mother and Father?!"

"You are the daughter we raised with our own hands, yet we must also bury you with our own hands. Have you thought about what an agonizing, heart-wrenching pain this is?!"

Wiping his tears, Chen Nanxing's father cried out in a low voice, "Sister Nannan, if you just leave like that, have you thought about your mother and Father? How are your mother and Father supposed to live? We raised you for so many years, and is this how you repay us? You are unfilial, Sister Nannan..."