Chapter 1473

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Another sleepless night.

Niu Chunsheng thought of many things, had many impulsive ideas, but in the end rejected them all.

Before he knew it, it was five-thirty the next morning.

He got up on tiptoe, washed his face and brushed his teeth on tiptoe, dressed and put on his shoes on tiptoe, then slipped out the door on tiptoe, terrified of waking his wife and children.

Niu Chunsheng drove his car, racing alone down the empty expressway.

At this hour, only a fish-belly white touched the horizon; the expressway held only a scattering of vehicles.

Utterly empty.

Niu Chunsheng felt as though he were driving toward the terminus of solitude.

Just like his life.

Emotion surged up unbidden.

Then tears followed, breaching the dam.

A grown man, driving while weeping.

Only at a time like this did he dare release his emotions.

Whether at the company or at home, he never had the right to release his emotions.

Clouds and rosy light appeared in the eastern sky, burning like fire, as if burning Niu Chunsheng's heart.

What should have been a beautiful sunrise looked, in Niu Chunsheng's eyes, endlessly bleak.

Around eight in the morning, he arrived at a third-class hospital on the Guangzhou side; after checking in at the nurses' station, he waited anxiously.

He had booked an appointment with an old specialist.

Practicing for nearly forty years.

Online reviews of him were excellent, saying he was very patient.

Because he had booked the earliest slot, eight to eight-thirty, Niu Chunsheng did not wait long before his turn came.

Niu Chunsheng hurriedly handed over the materials he had prepared in advance:

All previous physical examination records — B-ultrasound, X-ray, blood routine, urine routine, gastroscopy and colonoscopy results, and pathology lab results.

"Doctor, please take a look at my situation."

The old doctor, wearing reading glasses, leafed through Niu Chunsheng's physical examination reports unhurriedly; the further he read, the graver his expression became, and as Niu Chunsheng watched his face grow heavier, his own heart sank to the bottom.

He had already braced for the worst.

After finishing, the old doctor did not give a conclusion immediately, but asked three questions.

The first question:

"What is your family situation?"

Niu Chunsheng answered truthfully:

"At home it's just me and my wife, plus my eldest daughter and youngest son; both my parents and my wife's parents have already passed away."

The old doctor's second question:

"How much money do you plan to spend on your own treatment?"

Niu Chunsheng froze for a moment:

"I'm not too sure about that, haven't thought it over; best if it can be cured, if not, then no forcing it."

The old doctor nodded, offering a word of approval:

"Your mindset is pretty good — that's a good thing."

Then he asked the third question:

"Do you value length of life, or quality?"

Niu Chunsheng answered truthfully:

"I haven't thought deeply about that either; probably quality — we work hard, isn't it to live a life of quality?"

The old doctor sighed:

"This stomach ailment of yours is related to your eating habits; I see you only worked hard, meals irregular, and never really lived a life of quality."

Then he said:

"Let me put it this way: you have stage three gastric cancer, with quite a few lymph node metastases, classified as stage 3B lung cancer — clinically very common; curing it is not easy, but as long as you face it positively, extending your life is still possible."

Hearing this, Niu Chunsheng let out a huge breath of relief:

"Really? That's wonderful!"

He was only afraid he would die too early, his son still so small, Lin Xiaofang unable to support this family alone.

As long as he could extend his life by a few years, until his son entered primary school, then his departure would mean a completely different situation.

The old doctor said:

"Medical statistics show: the five-year survival rate for stage 3A is roughly 40% to 45%, for stage 3B it's 30% to 33%, worst is stage 3C with a five-year survival rate of only 18% to 20%. Your mid-stage 3 lung cancer — as long as you maintain an optimistic mindset, actively cooperate with treatment, I dare guarantee you can live past five years; what's most feared is wild thoughts, internal mental drain, then neglecting diet and giving up on yourself — if that happens, even the Jade Emperor couldn't save you."

Niu Chunsheng said:

"For the child, for the family, I will definitely actively cooperate with treatment; may I ask what the general treatment plan on your side is?"

The old doctor said:

"Your cancerous stomach area is rather large, so generally it's chemotherapy first, to shrink the cancer cell range and lower their activity, then surgery to remove the diseased portion, then postoperative chemotherapy."

The old doctor looked at Niu Chunsheng:

"Chemotherapy is quite torturous, the side effects are relatively large, you must have psychological preparation."

Niu Chunsheng then said:

"I looked it up online, I have some psychological preparation."

The old doctor however said:

"Don't always go searching on Baidu, what comes out of Baidu can scare people to death, if there are any problems just come to the hospital!"

The old doctor at this time returned the materials to Niu Chunsheng:

"If you are not reassured, you can run to a few more hospitals, ask a few more doctors, compare each doctor's treatment plan, and then you choose one suitable for you, anyway anti-cancer this kind of thing is a protracted war, as for how to treat it, it also doesn't matter these ten days half a month."

Niu Chunsheng nodded:

"Okay, thank you Doctor!"

The old doctor again said:

"I will first prescribe you some stomach-nourishing medicine, from now on three meals a day must be eaten on time, additionally quit smoking quit drinking, especially alcohol, don't drink anymore, that stuff hurts the stomach the most."

Niu Chunsheng hurriedly nodded:

"Okay okay!"

The doctor wrote the prescription.

Niu Chunsheng holding the prescription walked out of the consultation room.

Then on his mobile phone he paid the fees.

Discovered apart from the registration fee, this old doctor only prescribed him 50-some yuan of medicine.

This is enough to see, this old doctor indeed quite has conscience, no wonder online reputation would be this good.

Niu Chunsheng went to the pharmacy window got medicine, then drove back.

Returned to county city side, also only eleven o'clock.

He just like a nothing-person that way, went to company inside to attend work.

Just entered company office, secretary came over to him said:

"General Manager Niu, Zhenxing Building Materials' boss, invited you tonight to eat meal, said has business matter to tell you."

Niu Chunsheng subconsciously refused:

"You help me refuse him, just say I have other matters."

Secretary however weakly said:

"General Manager Niu, Lianqiang Building Materials' boss Liu Lianqiang, is County Town Finance Bureau Director Liu's nephew, he almost monopolized entire county city's building materials business, even Huangsheng Group's Boss Zhang, has to give him a few points of thin face..."

Niu Chunsheng hearing this, immediately hesitated a moment.

Secretary again said:

"One of the projects we've been working on recently requires not few building materials; if we offend Liu Lianqiang, I'm afraid it'll provoke not few troubles, and could even cause this project to fall through..."

"Our recently working on a project, needs not few building materials, if offend Liu Lianqiang, afraid will provoke come not few troubles, even lead to this project falling through..."

【92】 Niu Chunsheng sighed, finally compromised:

"Okay okay, you and Liu Lianqiang say, tonight I punctually arrive!"

Niu Chunsheng naturally knew, tonight went that dinner gathering, wine certainly cannot be avoided drinking.

But adult's world, where has easy two words?

Person in rivers and lakes, body not by self.

Some matters, again unwilling do, also must brace scalp go do.

Some wine, again not want drink, also must pinch nose go drink.