Chapter 1154

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Xiaohua was also somewhat surprised at Wang Zhanggen's choice at first, but after carefully analyzing it in his heart, he knew this was also within reason.

A person afraid of death, their desire for life, can burst forth with boundless courage.

Letting Wang Zhanggen go back to Shangou Village to wait for death, Wang Zhanggen would absolutely never accept that.

"You'd better think it through; the trial drug may have even greater side effects, and you may suffer even more."

Wang Xiaohua gave Wang Zhanggen a warning in advance.

Wang Zhanggen's face was gloomy:

"That's also helpless; I can only endure it……"

Li Xiulan, however, was concerned about another matter; she asked with a face full of worry:

"Speaking of which, how much money has this treatment already cost? Will this trial drug cost a lot of money again?"

Wang Dashan answered truthfully:

"Mom, the money spent on Dad's treatment is much less than I expected. I originally expected to spend five million, but so far it's only cost over 900,000, not even one million."

Wang Dashan was telling the truth. At the start, domestic anti-cancer drugs were used, which were relatively cheap. Later, imported anti-cancer drugs were used, which cost more. However, Wang Zhanggen's body was in very poor condition; the imported drugs only treated two cycles before the doctor said there was no need to continue tossing about, as the imported drugs had already stopped working.

"Then what about the trial drug? How much money would that be?"

Li Xiulan had cared about money all her life, and now with Wang Zhanggen's illness, it was no exception.

If too much money was spent, she would truly feel heartache.

In her view, since there was no cure anyway, it would be better to keep the money.

Wang Dashan said:

"Mom, if it's the trial drug, it doesn't cost money; it's completely free."

Wang Dashan was telling the truth. Regular cancer clinical trials not only provide the drugs for free, but related examinations and treatments also don't charge fees. Some good hospitals even provide transportation subsidies and lost-wage subsidies to participants.

However, not every patient can go for a trial drug; they need to go through registration and screening, and only those selected at the end get this opportunity.

Li Xiulan had no education and didn't know these things.

So when she heard it was actually free, she was very surprised:

"Real or fake? Don't deceive your mother. The previous treatment cost so much money, yet this last treatment opportunity is actually free? Impossible……"

Wang Xiaohua patiently explained:

"Mom, this is equivalent to a dead horse treated as a living horse doctor. The research institutions need to conduct human trials to collect usage data on the new drug, so this trial drug channel came into being."

Wang Zhanggen also didn't quite believe it:

"If it's free, is it reliable?"

To tell the truth, it's not reliable at all.

This new drug thing — how much efficacy it has, how great the side effects are — even the research institutions aren't clear.

If they were clear, they wouldn't need to find people to test it.

This kind of new drug filled with all sorts of uncertainties — if it were reliable, that would be seeing a ghost.

According to data published online, the majority of trial participants ultimately didn't get good results; only an extremely small portion of patients were lucky enough to become the ones favored by heaven, controlling the cancer in their bodies during the process of trying the new drug, thereby extending their lives.

Wang Dashan said:

"Dad, this is the last chance. Even if it's unreliable, it's still better than waiting for death."

Wang Zhanggen sighed and could only accept it.

Du Xiaojuan, learning that Wang Zhanggen actually chose to continue treatment, was very unhappy in her heart, because this meant Wang Zhanggen would have to continue living in her villa, and this family would likely continue in chaos for a period of time.

She really didn't want to endure Wang Zhanggen's commotion anymore; these days she hadn't had a single night of good sleep, and she felt she was getting a bit of neurasthenia.

So when the next day arrived, and Wang Dashan, Wang Erhai, and Wang Xiaohua together took Wang Zhanggen to the hospital to apply for the trial drug opportunity, she started searching online for nearby rental housing.

Wang Xiaohua originally planned to return to Beijing today.

But seeing his father's condition so poor, and that his days might already be numbered, he ultimately chose to stay.

Anyway, it's summer vacation now; returning to Beijing would just be doing odd jobs for Wan Zhiyuan's research team, and he wouldn't gain much harvest.

So he made a call to Wan Zhiyuan, told him about his father's situation, and then told Wan Zhiyuan that he might not return to Beijing for the whole summer vacation, and would only go back when school starts.

Wan Zhiyuan, learning that Wang Xiaohua's father had cancer and was already in the late stage with not many days left, was immediately very surprised.

At the same time, he felt very sympathetic toward Wang Xiaohua's experience.

Wang Xiaohua's wife had just died not long ago, and now his dad probably wouldn't last much longer before leaving him too.

Blows came one after another; he was afraid Wang Xiaohua wouldn't be able to hold on.

"Xiaohua, if there's anything you need help with, just speak up to me, Wei Qian, and Wen Lingyun. If the three of us can help, we'll definitely do our best."

Wan Zhiyuan spoke these words from the bottom of his heart.

Wang Xiaohua smiled knowingly:

"Zhiyuan, thank you. I appreciate your kindness, but for now I don't need your help."

Wan Zhiyuan then proactively asked:

"Speaking of treatment costs, do you need us to help raise some?"

In Wan Zhiyuan's impression, Wang Xiaohua was a poor rural child; he thought Wang Xiaohua's family was very poor, and that treating his dad's illness had probably used up the whole family's savings, which was why he asked this.

Wang Xiaohua answered truthfully:

"No need. My eldest brother and second brother have earned some money doing business in recent years, so they can handle the treatment costs. It's a good thing they earned money these years; otherwise I might really have needed you classmates to help raise funds."

Wan Zhiyuan didn't know what to say for a moment.

He felt a surge of emotion in his heart; it truly verified that sentence by Tolstoy:

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Wan Zhiyuan had just hung up Xiao Hua's call when Gu Wenqing walked in.

She had heard that Xiao Hua was recently doing scientific research with Wan Zhiyuan's team, so she wanted to come over and see how Xiao Hua was doing, hoping he could walk out of the pain of losing his wife.

At the same time, she was recently engaged in literary creation; she felt that the story of Xiao Hua and his late wife was excellent material, so she wanted to seek Xiao Hua's agreement to collect more relevant information from him to lay a foundation for her creation.

It was just a pity that her information was somewhat delayed; Xiao Hua had already gone home, and only then did she come here to look for Xiao Hua.

"Zhiyuan, where is Xiao Hua?"

Gu Wenqing saw no trace of Xiao Hua in the laboratory, so she asked this one sentence.

"Teacher Gu, he went back to his hometown." Wan Zhiyuan said truthfully.

"Didn't they say he was going to do scientific research with you? How come he just went back?" Gu Wenqing's face showed puzzlement.

Wan Zhiyuan said:

"Someone wants to seize the house his wife left behind; he needs to go back and handle it. Additionally, his father got cancer. Originally he planned to come back after handling the house matter, but now the doctor says his father might not have many days left, so he just called me and said he might not return to Beijing this summer vacation; he wants to accompany his father on his final journey."

Upon hearing this, Gu Wenqing immediately widened her eyes, her face full of disbelief:

"No way, how could all these terrible things happen to him one after another..."

Learning of this situation, the sympathy in her heart for Xiao Hua became even stronger.

At the same time, the idea of creating a literary work based on Xiao Hua as material also became even stronger.