Chapter 1136

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"You make it sound so damn easy! You don't know what this feels like at all!"

Wang Zhanggen was in so much distress he exploded with profanity.

Then he started crying again:

"Why is my life so bitter? I was poor for most of my life, finally waited until you three sons all grew up, all became promising, but before I could even enjoy a few days of peace, I got cancer!"

Wang Zhanggen wailed to heaven and beat the ground.

The other patients nearby were all looking askance.

"Dad, can you stop this? There are people watching around us, throwing a childish tantrum like this is pretty shameful..."

Wang Erhai reminded him weakly.

Wang Zhanggen just flung his hand away:

"I'm about to die, why would I care about shame or not!"

Then he asked again:

"Will this chemo really work? It's too unbearable!"

Li Xiulan watched him like this, feeling uneasy inside, yet unable to say anything.

Wang Dashan kept encouraging Wang Zhanggen nonstop:

"Dad, be strong, it'll definitely work. I heard people say the stronger the reaction, the more effective it is on the cancer cells!"

Wang Zhanggen sighed:

"Hope it really works. Otherwise suffering like this before death, that would be too useless!"

After the first day of low-dose chemo, a re-evaluation was done the next day, and it was found to actually have an effect on the cancer cells, so they started a relatively larger dose of chemo.

The side effects of the high-dose chemo were even greater.

Wang Zhanggen not only had nausea and vomiting and couldn't eat, his hair also started falling out in large handfuls.

His weight also dropped extremely severely!

In the blink of an eye, less than a week, his hair had fallen out by more than half.

His weight had also lightened by nearly twenty jin.

"When will this ever end? I might as well just die directly!"

Every day Wang Zhanggen both cried and made a scene, both feared and resisted, then because he was afraid of death he steeled himself to continue accepting treatment.

This led to not only the chemo drugs bringing him enormous physical torment, but also because of the repeated inner conflict and struggle, bringing him enormous mental torment.

The vital breath on his body could be said to be dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Watching it continue like this, before the cancer cells were killed by the chemo drugs, he would already have been tormented to death.

At this time the doctor came to tell him he could be discharged.

The first phase of chemo had good results; just come back regularly for continued chemo and physical exams, no need to stay hospitalized.

"Every Tuesday is a fixed outpatient clinic, no need to register, just come find me directly. And come early for blood draws. We must keep constant track of the cancer cell changes, so the later exams will be relatively frequent."

The doctor spoke thus to Wang Zhanggen, Wang Dashan, and the others.

"Okay Doctor, I'll definitely make my dad follow your instructions!"

After Wang Zhanggen was discharged, he moved into Wang Dashan's villa.

Li Xiulan stayed to accompany Wang Zhanggen; Wang Erhai went back to Shanggou Village.

The high-standard farmland he contracted had already been transplanted with seedlings; he had to go back and check, and additionally settle wages with the workers.

Also he still had to establish an agricultural products distribution company.

Zhang Sheng's side had already urged him several times, asking when he could bring his free-range chickens to Huangsheng Hotel.

Since last time Wang Erhai transferred 11% of Liguo Mountain's equity to Zhang Sheng, Zhang Sheng had become much more enthusiastic toward Wang Erhai.

That was enthusiasm from the heart.

After all, Wang Erhai had brought him too many benefits!

Now although Liguo Mountain had parachuted in this great Buddha Zhang Tianhe, basically it had already been grasped by Zhang Sheng; Founder Huo Guoqiang, on the contrary, had been gradually marginalized, gradually transforming into a professional manager with singular power.

Facing this situation, Huo Guoqiang could be said to have not a single method.

He now even somewhat regretted letting Wang Erhai resign. If Wang Erhai hadn't resigned, even if he only had 15% equity left, he could still have been won over to help him counter Zhang Sheng.

A few days ago Huo Guoqiang sent a message to Wang Erhai, expressing the hope that he would return to the company.

Wang Erhai only replied with one sentence: "I'll consider it," then ignored him again.

One, because Wang Erhai simply had no intention of going back.

Two, at that time his dad Wang Zhanggen was in the hospital doing chemo; he was busy taking care of his dad, where would he have the mind to consider these things?

After leaving Guangzhou, Wang Erhai let out a deep breath.

Truthfully, these days accompanying his father for medical treatment were truly too oppressive.

His father would also act up from time to time, make a scene, it was really exhausting.

His head was about to explode.

So as soon as his father was discharged, he found an excuse saying he had to go back to Shanggou Village to handle matters.

This had the suspicion of avoidance, but he indeed also had matters to handle.

Additionally, in his heart toward his eldest brother Wang Dashan he actually had some resentment.

He shouldn't have told Father about his condition in the first place; wouldn't it have been better to let him live on in blissful ignorance?

But Big Brother insisted on telling him, and even said that as long as he actively cooperated with treatment, he would definitely defeat the disease!

He's nearly thirty years old — how can he still be so naive?

Wang Erhai had a premonition that Father probably didn't have much time left; he estimated three months at most.

So he had to make the psychological preparation to accept Father's passing.

Wang Erhai returned to Shanggou Village, settled the daily wages with the villagers, glanced at the two hundred acres of high-standard farmland where the rice seedlings had already been transplanted, took a stroll around his farm, and then hurried off to the County Town.

Arriving at the County Town, he went non-stop to handle the company registration procedures.

By the time he finished and returned to Zhang Yueran's residence, he was exhausted; he collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.

Not until Zhang Yueran came back after finishing evening self-study duty did he wake up in a daze.

"I brought you a late-night snack."

Zhang Yueran was carrying a box of fried rice noodles.

Wang Erhai got up, opened the lunch box, and started eating in big mouthfuls.

"Didn't you eat anything in the evening?"

"I came back in the afternoon and wanted to take a short nap; I didn't expect to oversleep, and only just woke up now."

"You shouldn't overwork yourself either. By the way, how is your father's situation?"

Zhang Yueran asked with concern.

Wang Erhai gave a bitter smile:

"I'm afraid it's not good. The chemotherapy side effects are too severe. It's only been a week, and he's already haggard beyond measure — can't eat, can't drink, lost a lot of hair, and his body has wasted away considerably."

Zhang Yueran sighed:

"My grandfather had cancer before and went through chemotherapy; it was the same — suffering terribly. That was the only time in my life I saw an old person's emotions collapse."

Wang Erhai ate his fried rice noodles with his head down, not knowing what to say.

At this point Zhang Yueran spoke again:

"If I get cancer in the future, if it's early stage I'll treat it; but if it's already late stage, I won't treat it — spending that money to suffer, better to go do something more meaningful."

Wang Erhai sighed:

"You make it sound easy. We're all ordinary people; when it really comes down to it, who wouldn't be afraid of death?"

Yet Zhang Yueran said with firm determination:

"When that time really comes, I definitely won't undergo treatment. To endure that kind of pain — even if it buys another year or half a year, what meaning would that have?"

Wang Erhai fell silent.

He had to admit, what Zhang Yueran said was reasonable.

But Father has already started treatment now; he can't just stop halfway, otherwise the cancer cells will rebound and his physical condition will deteriorate even faster.

Additionally, Big Brother probably won't allow him to take Father away right now.

Big Brother has always firmly believed that as long as he actively cooperates with treatment, he'll see a miracle.