Xie Huai sat there, looking at the examination report in his hand, without moving.
How can it be…
He just has occasional joint pain and it's just a sprained ankle. How could it be advanced bone cancer
Xie Huai's hands trembled slightly. He raised his head and asked the doctor with a smile, "Are you kidding me?"
The doctor didn't know how to answer this child who was only seventeen years old for a moment, and his eyes were slightly red when he lowered his head.
"No," the doctor exhaled a few seconds later, looked at Xie Huai and said, "We... We are very rigorous in issuing reports. They are all checked from many aspects. There will be no mistakes. In other words, there have never been any mistakes. We will not joke with patients like this."
The doctor's words disproved all of Xie Huai's unrealistic ideas.
At this moment, Xie Huai suddenly felt very fortunate that Jiang Xu did not come with him today.
Jiang Xu would definitely not be able to accept it, and he didn't want to see Jiang Xu sad.
Xie Huai only took a few minutes to digest the fact that he was in the late stage of bone cancer. He suppressed the emotions in his eyes, stood up with his phone, and said to the doctor very calmly: "I'll make a call."
After saying that, Xie Huai opened the door and walked out.
There were many people in the hospital corridor. Xie Huai passed the emergency room and the intensive care unit. He saw family members kneeling outside the emergency room door, crying and praying, and relatives crying heart-wrenchingly outside the intensive care unit.
How they wished that the people inside could be rescued and survive.
Xie Huai walked to the innermost window, reached out and pushed it open, and a warm breeze blew in his face.
He opened the address book on his phone and the first recent call record was from Jiang Xu, the next one was from Ms. Zhao Li, and the next one was from his father.
The moment he saw their names, Xie Huai couldn't hold back his tears.
He clicked on the call with Ms. Zhao Li and dialed the number with gritted teeth.
The call was quickly connected. When Zhao Li saw that it was Xie Huai calling, she immediately smiled: "Huai Huai, what are you doing? Is your foot injury better?"
Xie Huai raised his head to prevent more tears from flowing out. He said "mmm": "Much better."
Zhao Li was stunned and asked quickly: "Huai Huai, what's wrong with you? Are you crying?"
"Mom..." Xie Huai called Zhao Li, his voice a little hoarse, "I'm sick, bone cancer, late stage."
"Huaihuai, what did you say?" Zhao Li stood up suddenly from her office chair, and the tone of the last word rose.
Xie Huai's nose felt sore, he opened his mouth and repeated, "The doctor said I have advanced bone cancer."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a "bang" sound, and Xie Huai knew that Ms. Zhao Li's cell phone had fallen to the ground.
He looked out the window somewhat dully, tears in his eyes.
Why him
"Huaihuai, where are you now?" Zhao Li's choked voice came through the intercom, "Mom is here to see you."
Xie Huai told Zhao Li the name of the hospital.
After hanging up the phone, Xie Huai opened WeChat and clicked on the chat box with Jiang Xu, wanting to send something to Jiang Xu.
His fingertips rested on the screen for a moment and typed—
Xie Huaihuai: Jiang Xu, what are you doing now
Jiang Xu should still be in a meeting in the school conference room at this time. Xie Huai knew all this, but he just wanted to talk to Jiang Xu for a while, and he was afraid that he would not be able to talk to him later.
Jiang Xu was taking notes with a pen in hand when suddenly the phone in his pocket vibrated. He knew it was a message from Xie Huai.
Because his phone was set to silent and vibrate mode and he only gave Xie Huai permission, his phone would only respond when Xie Huai sent him a message or called him.
Everyone in the conference room was looking at the podium, and no one noticed him. Jiang Xu freed one hand to type a reply to Xie Huai.
Jiang Xuxu: Still in the meeting.
Jiang Xuxu: What’s wrong, baby
Xie Huai couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, and it was difficult for him to breathe.
Even his hands were shaking as he typed.
Xie Huaihuai: Nothing much, I just miss you QVQ.
After sending this message, Xie Huai turned off his phone, took a few deep breaths, and his legs were weak on the way back to the doctor's office, and he almost fell.
It turned out that the occasional leg and shoulder pain he suffered from was not due to arthritis, but bone cancer.
Zhao Li and Xie's father rushed to the hospital without delay. As soon as they entered the hospital, they saw Xie Huai sitting on a chair beside them. He looked very calm, with only slightly red eyes, obviously because he had just cried.
Zhao Li rushed over, hugged Xie Huai, and began to cry softly.
Only Mr. Xie seemed calm, but that was just an appearance.
He walked up to the doctor and said, "Doctor, can you show me the medical report?"
The doctor handed over the examination report.
When Mr. Xie saw the words "advanced bone cancer", he raised his head and closed his eyes.
The doctor couldn't bear it, so he said, "Based on my observation, his condition is already very serious. Although the final result... won't be very good, if he actively treats it, he will be fine in half a year."
After saying this, the doctor turned his head away.
Only half a year...
After hearing this, Zhao Li hugged Xie Huai and cried even harder.
Father Xie staggered and turned to look at his son.
He asked: "Is it really only half a year?"
"Yes, maybe longer, but no more than a year," the doctor sighed, "If it had been discovered a year earlier, it wouldn't have been in the late stage."
The doctor left his office to the family and walked out first.
Zhao Li suddenly remembered that one night a year ago, Xie Huai suddenly had difficulty breathing. It was finally diagnosed that Xie Huai had acute heart failure and he stayed in the hospital for half a month. On the night of the onset of the disease, Xie Huai was in a semi-conscious state with a high fever, so he had no idea about that incident.
After waking up, I thought I was admitted to the hospital because of a high fever and didn’t think much about it.
Neither Zhao Li nor Xie Huai's father mentioned this matter to Xie Huai, because they didn't want Xie Huai to know. They just wanted him to be happy every day. They had plenty of money anyway, and even if Xie Huai didn't go to school in the future, they could afford it as long as their son was well.
But in order to avoid relapse, he had to take medicine regularly. In order to prevent Xie Huai from noticing anything wrong, Zhao Li replaced the medicine for treating heart failure with a vitamin bottle and asked Xie Huai to take one pill on time.
From then on, no teacher ever disciplined Xie Huai when he slept in class.
Fortunately, the disease was under control and Xie Huai never had this kind of situation again.
Only occasionally would I hear Xie Huai complain about sore shoulders and legs.
So at that time, her Huai Huai was suffering from bone cancer
Zhao Li cried and hugged Xie Huai tighter: "Huai Huai, I'm sorry, it's mom's fault."
If she had checked more carefully at that time, her Huai Huai would not be like this now.
"Mom," Xie Huai reached out and gently patted Zhao Li's back, "Don't cry, you're so pretty, you'll look ugly if you cry."
Zhao Li couldn't help laughing when she heard the last sentence: "How can you talk about your mother like that?"
Xie's father also came over. To be honest, Xie Huai had never seen his father cry.
He reached out and held his parents' hands, and said softly, "I will treat you well, don't be sad, I can't bear it."
Xie Huai couldn't bear to see them cry and be sad, even if it was for his own sake.
"Classmate Xiao Jiang, do you know?" Zhao Li wiped her tears and asked Xie Huai.
Xie Huai's breathing stagnated, then he bit his lip and shook his head, his throat tight: "He doesn't know, Mom, you guys don't tell him yet, okay?"
"I know I should get proper treatment," Xie Huai felt so upset when he thought of Jiang Xu that he couldn't speak, "but you have to give me some time. I... haven't figured out how to tell him yet."
Xie Huai lowered his head, and the fingertips of his left hand hurt the palm of his hand.
Besides, I don’t want to be separated from Jiang Xu.
Father Xie went to handle the hospitalization procedures for Xie Huai first so that he could come in for treatment at any time. Zhao Li wanted to drive Xie Huai home, but was stopped by Xie Huai.
"Mom, I want to go back alone," Xie Huai smiled, "I'm fine."
Looking at Xie Huai's smile, Zhao Li couldn't help but turned around. Her vision gradually blurred. Seeing her husband walking towards her, Zhao Li threw herself into Xie's father's arms and burst into tears.
Xie Huai twitched the corner of his lips and walked in another direction.
When he was almost at the bus stop, he saw Jiang Xu.
Jiang Xu stood alone under the bus stop. The sun was shining brightly in the sky, and golden beams of light were shining down, outlining the tall and thin figure of the young boy.
As if noticing Xie Huai's gaze, Jiang Xu raised his eyes and looked at Xie Huai from a distance.
Xie Huai suppressed the sadness in his heart and walked towards Jiang Xu, even running the last distance.
Then Xie Huai ran into Jiang Xu's arms.
Jiang Xu hugged Xie Huai and said slowly: "Your foot isn't healed yet, why are you running?"
"Almost well." Xie Huai replied.
Hearing Jiang Xu's voice, Xie Huai felt much more at ease, and the faint scent of grass and wood also made Xie Huai relax his body.
Jiang Xu took out a dolphin gummy candy and handed it to Xie Huai, saying, "Baby, do you want to see me so much?"
"Yeah." Xie Huai didn't dare to look into Jiang Xu's eyes. He was afraid that he would not be able to hold back. He had to lower his eyes and took the candy. "I miss it very much."
The bus arrived at the station very quickly, and Xie Huai took Jiang Xu's hand and walked on. There were not many people on this bus, so Jiang Xu and Xie Huai sat in the row behind the back door, which was more convenient for getting off the bus.
Jiang Xu pinched Xie Huai's fingers and asked, "What are the results of the examination?"
Jiang Xu could clearly feel Xie Huai's fingertips pause. He was silent for a while, looked at Xie Huai, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"…Nothing," Xie Huai said nonchalantly, "The doctor told me to fight less, otherwise it's bad for my bones."
He lowered his eyes. Jiang Xu couldn't see the emotions in Xie Huai's eyes, so he didn't think much about it.
"Doctor knows that you fought?" Jiang Xu raised his eyebrows slightly.
"What kind of fight?" Xie Huai glanced at Jiang Xu, "I was clearly acting bravely for justice."
Jiang Xu lowered his head and smiled: "Yes, it's a brave act."
Xie Huai raised his eyelids and found that Jiang Xu looked really good when he smiled, but he had never seen it before. After all, Jiang Xu looked indifferent to everyone at that time. Just imagine, if Jiang Xu smiled at him at that time, Xie Huai would think he had seen a ghost.
Now he sees Jiang Xu smile every day, which makes him a little uncomfortable.
After returning home, Jiang Xu went to make lunch. Xie Huai followed him all the time, helping out occasionally. He knew how to wash and cut vegetables.
Little Huaihuai also walked into the kitchen slowly. He didn't run around, but just stayed aside, lying down and wagging his tail while watching them cook.
After dinner, he and Jiang Xu washed the dishes together. Xie Huai was really impatient, so he got some water on his hands, then flicked them at Jiang Xu's face from a few steps away. Jiang Xu glanced at Xie Huai indifferently, and his eyes darkened immediately.
Xie Huai realized that if he didn't leave, something dangerous would probably happen, so he slipped away immediately.
He walked into the bathroom and took out a box of medicine from his bag. These were the "ibuprofen sustained-release capsules" he brought back from the hospital. He took out one and ate it, then put the medicine back into his bag.
Xie Huai walked out of the bathroom and looked straight at Jiang Xu's back as he mixed milk for little Huaihuai.
He didn't know how to talk to Jiang Xu because it was too cruel and unfair to Jiang Xu.
Jiang Xu has liked him for four years, and now they are finally together, but she is diagnosed with bone cancer, and it is in the late stage.
He didn't dare to imagine what would happen if Jiang Xu knew.
If the diagnosis had been made earlier, Xie Huai would definitely not agree to be with Jiang Xu. Even if he liked Jiang Xu much, he would have rejected him.
In this way, when Jiang Xu later found out that he had bone cancer, he would definitely not feel so uncomfortable.
"Baby, do you know what will happen if you look at your boyfriend like that?"
Jiang Xu didn't know when he had stood in front of Xie Huai.
Xie Huai was a little confused: "What?"
Jiang Xu said lightly: "You won't be able to get out of bed for a week."
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(End of this chapter)