Chapter 753: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 753: Wang Zhanggen's Worry

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Liu Xiaoli, accompanied by Wang Zhanggen and Zhou Hongwei, returned to Director Huang's office in the Liver Disease Department.

As soon as they entered, Director Huang said:

"Your condition isn't good; our County People's Hospital definitely can't treat this. After all, this is a small hospital. You should contact your family and discuss it together. It's best to go to a big city for treatment as soon as possible."

Director Huang's words struck Liu Xiaoli like a bolt from the blue:

"Doctor, what... what illness do I have?"

Director Huang calmly gave the answer:

"Liver cancer, and most likely late-stage. The exact progression requires further examination, but don't be too afraid. You haven't developed ascites yet. With active treatment, there might still be a glimmer of hope."

"Liver cancer..." Liu Xiaoli instantly felt she couldn't breathe. A strong sense of fear, like steam suddenly bursting from the lid of a boiling pot, scalded her scalp until it went numb.

Hearing this, Wang Zhanggen was also surprised.

He remembered that Liang Yuanchao seemed to have had liver cancer too, and before Liang Yuanchao passed away, he had suffered terribly.

Looking at Liu Xiaoli now, he didn't know if she would also have to go through what Liang Yuanchao experienced.

Besides, Liang Yuanchao at least had his wife and children to care for him before he passed away, but Liu Xiaoli had neither husband nor children, and no money either.

She couldn't believe how she would get through the days ahead.

"Xiao Li, don't be afraid. Didn't the doctor say it's still treatable? Why don't you call your brother first?"

Zhou Hongwei hurriedly comforted her.

But actually, even he didn't believe those words himself.

In the rural area, because of financial reasons, for most people who got liver cancer, it was equivalent to a death sentence.

And they would die quickly.

Because by the time it was diagnosed, most were already in the late stage.

Just like Liu Xiaoli—she didn't easily go to the hospital for an examination, and only went when she had no choice. As a result, once it was found, it was already late-stage.

Liu Xiaoli stood there blankly, as if she hadn't heard Zhou Hongwei's comfort.

Her eyes were fearful and dull, her sallow complexion turned even paler, and cold sweat had already broken out on the back of her neck.

As an ordinary person, who doesn't fear death? Who can face death calmly?

"Xiao Li, Xiao Li..."

Wang Zhanggen shook Liu Xiaoli a few times:

"What's your brother's phone number? I'll call him for you."

Liu Xiaoli then came back to her senses.

But she said:

"Better not to bother my brother. Even if he comes, what can he do?"

Liu Xiaoli gave a bitter smile:

"Let's go back. Go back now. No treatment. Anyway, it can't be cured."

After the fear, Liu Xiaoli actually became much calmer.

She accepted this result.

To be exact, she had no choice but to accept this result.

What else could she do if she didn't accept it?

She had no money.

And no one was willing to pay for her.

Wang Zhanggen and Zhou Hongwei both said nothing.

Because they certainly weren't willing to spend too much money on Liu Xiaoli either.

A few hundred or a thousand, they were willing to give Liu Xiaoli.

But what if it was tens of thousands?

That was obviously impossible.

Even if they were willing, their wives wouldn't be willing.

After all, they and Liu Xiaoli were neither relatives nor acquaintances.

"Fine, then let's go back."

Zhou Hongwei sighed, then added:

"Xiao Li, if you want to go to a big hospital in Guangzhou for treatment, tell me and I'll go with you."

Liu Xiaoli's face was full of emotion:

"Brother Hongwei, thank you, but no need. I won't go to Guangzhou."

So the three of them returned from the county town to the town just like that.

They sent Liu Xiaoli back to her old home, the Niu Lan Wu.

Then Zhou Hongwei and Wang Zhanggen returned to Shangou Village together.

Zhou Hongwei still had to go to work in the afternoon.

At noon during the meal, Li Xiulan casually asked about Liu Xiaoli's condition.

Wang Zhanggen just kept his head down eating and said nothing.

Zhou Hongwei sighed heavily and said:

"Liver cancer, and it's late stage; I reckon he doesn't have much time left. Xiao Li has such a hard fate!"

Li Xiulan heard this, her face full of surprise, finding it hard to believe:

"How could this happen? Xiao Li isn't very old, just in her forties, right? How did she get liver cancer?"

Liang Xinghua said at this time:

"I know this one. I reckon she has Hepatitis B, didn't go for treatment, let it develop, and it finally developed into liver cancer. My father was just like that."

Wang Changgen's heart skipped a beat.

Speaking of which, he also had Hepatitis B. When he had thyroid surgery before, he needed blood tests, and that was when it was detected.

However, he hadn't really gone for treatment either.

Anyway, it didn't hurt or itch, so he hadn't paid it any mind.

Now, hearing Liang Xinghua say this, he felt somewhat afraid in his heart.

"Speaking of which, why are so many people getting Hepatitis B these days?"

Zhou Zhihao asked: "Isn't there a Hepatitis B vaccine?"

Zhou Hongwei said:

"There wasn't such a thing before; it's only available now. For our generation, we almost never got any vaccines. Being able to live to this age is all due to having tough lives."

In the blink of an eye it was afternoon, and everyone continued working.

Wang Changgen paced around the Construction Site.

With his hands behind his back, slightly hunched, a Cigarette in his mouth, he walked back and forth.

Looking full of worries.

No one knew what he was thinking.

"Brother Changgen, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing Wang Changgen looking absent-minded, Liang Xinghua asked with concern.

"Nothing, you just do your work!"

Saying it was nothing on his lips, his heart was filled with Worry.

He wasn't worried about Liu Xiaoli, but worried about himself.

He didn't know if his own Hepatitis B had developed into liver cancer.

Additionally, he heard Hepatitis B was contagious. Speaking of which, his own Hepatitis B couldn't have been transmitted by Liu Xiaoli, right?

If Liu Xiaoli transmitted it to him, then had he transmitted it to his family at Home?

If he, his wife, and his Three Sons all got Hepatitis B, what could be done?

The more Wang Changgen thought, the more uneasy he felt.

When Evening came and he went to sleep, he tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

"What's wrong with you?"

Li Xiulan had originally fallen asleep, but was woken by the noise Wang Changgen made tossing and turning.

"Nothing, you go to sleep."

Wang Changgen kept his worries bottled up in his heart.

He was just that kind of person: not only was he stubborn, but he was also a tight-lipped sort.

"Are you worried about Liu Xiaoli?"

Li Xiulan showed Displeasure on her face and said Coldly:

"Don't think I don't know. You and Liu Xiaoli definitely have some shameful relationship!"

Wang Changgen hurriedly denied:

"What are you guessing? What kind of shameful relationship could I have with her?"

As long as Li Xiulan didn't catch any evidence, Wang Changgen would naturally Beat to Death rather than admit this relationship.

Some things are best never mentioned again in a Lifetime; it's best to let them be buried in the dust of the past.

"Then why are you so restless?"

Li Xiulan questioned.

Actually, she no longer Cared About Wang Changgen's rotten affairs.

She was just annoyed that Wang Changgen had disturbed her sleep.

Tomorrow at dawn, she had to get up and work. She wasn't like Wang Changgen, who could just let things go!

She had to make breakfast at Home, feed the Beast at Home, and wash the dirty Clothes he took off at night early tomorrow morning.

She had far too much work to do; she had to rest well.

Wang Changgen was left speechless by Li Xiulan's questioning. He hemmed and hawed for Hao Hui Er before finally speaking his Worry:

"I'm wondering if I'll also get liver cancer. When I had thyroid surgery before, I was also found to have Hepatitis B Small Three Yang. Could it have also developed into liver cancer?"