Zhou Xiu hurriedly ran to the hospital, and fell heavily when running up the stairs, Xie Cheng helped her up.
"Don't worry, go slowly. Uncle is waiting for you."
Zhou Xiu crawled and ran to the door of the emergency room, and Liu Mei handed her daughter a critical illness notice with sweaty palms.
Liu Mei was illiterate, but struggled to sign crooked names on the critical illness notice. When Zhou Xiu came, she seemed to have found her backbone.
"Xiu'er, look at this, the doctor just gave me—"
Zhou Xiu glanced at Zhou Cheng's critical illness notice, "The patient may be life-threatening at any time... Even so, we will still take effective measures to actively treat him."
Unexpectedly, the situation was more dangerous than imagined, and Zhou Cheng was still inside for rescue. Zhou Xiu's mind froze for a moment, feeling a sudden earth-shattering, the scenery in front of him seemed to be covered with a layer of gray.
The corridor was quiet, and Liu Mei said with tears: "The doctor said that there is a tumor in the brain. Your father often told me that he was tired and couldn't sleep. I should have thought of it—should have thought of it! "
Zhou Cheng's health has been poor since he was a child, and he can't do physical work. His hands and feet are not very agile, and he occasionally falls and knocks his head. But Zhou Cheng was able to bear hardships, and he did every job carefully. Liu Mei only thought that he had not eaten well since he was a child and lacked nutrition, so he did not take care of his body. No one thought that someone would have a tumor in his brain!
Liu Mei thought of the last time he broke his leg and was hospitalized, that time he should have a full body checkup! But he cheerfully refused the examination, fearing that he would be discharged from the hospital as soon as his leg healed.
Zhou Xiu pinched the critical illness notice and fully understood it.
So it is! In his previous life, Zhou Cheng didn't die from a slip and fall down a mountain, but from brain cancer. In the dream, parents in the countryside often asked "Zhou Xiu" for money, but after asking for a while, they were unwilling to ask again. Then "Zhou Xiu" heard the news of Zhou Cheng's death. He didn't want medical treatment anymore, so he didn't ask "Zhou Xiu" for money anymore.
Zhou Xiu bit her lip tightly, trying her best to keep calm. She put her hand on Liu Mei's head, "Mom, don't cry. Dad is still waiting for us inside."
Liu Mei's hands and feet were icy and cold, and finally she lay on Zhou Xiu's shoulder and cried. Fast forward ten years, Zhou Xiu has already grown half a head taller than her. She tremblingly absorbed the warmth of her daughter.
Xie Cheng was at the side of the corridor, comforting softly: "Uncle must be auspicious."
Zhou Xiu and Liu Mei waited at the door of the operating room for two hours. They were tired from standing, so they sat on the chairs for a while. The hospital was a bit cold, Xie Cheng took off his coat and put it on Zhou Xiu's body.
He walked to the other end of the corridor and turned on his phone, and a bunch of messages flooded in.
After missing class all morning, Xie Cheng's phone rings off the hook. Two top students disappeared inexplicably, and the teachers were very worried. But thinking that these two people are usually well-behaved, and they are not those naughty students, I am relieved. Most of the people who called Xie Cheng were students from Rocket Class and Class 24.
Xie Cheng asked his homeroom teacher for a make-up leave, and asked for leave for Zhou Xiu.
Three hours later, the door of the operating room opened, and the doctor came out of the operating room. He looked at Zhou Xiu and Liu Mei and nodded, motioning for them to come to the office to talk.
The doctor said to Liu Mei and Zhou Xiu, "Mr. Liu's CT scan has a slightly high-density lesion on the edge with calcification, which is judged to be a meningioma. There is edema around the meningioma, and changes in intracranial pressure can cause headaches and syncope. A surgical resection removed some of the tumor from him ... but it was not a good thing, he had spread a lot."
Dr. Liu asked sternly: "His condition is very critical. It must have been a long time. Why did he come to the hospital until now?"
Zhou Cheng was used to living a poor life, but when he came to a big city, the pressure of life suddenly increased. He just wanted to earn more money. Zhou Cheng has been taking medicine since he was a child, and he avoids going to the hospital the most, for fear of wasting money and burdening his family. I endured any headaches and brain fever, and went to the hospital when I couldn't.
Zhou Xiu chewed and listened to every word the doctor said repeatedly, and his heart felt like a knife was twisted.
It was hard for her to imagine how Zhou Cheng endured it day by day, until today he couldn't bear it and was sent to the hospital? Meningioma has developed to dizziness and fainting, which is already in the middle and late stage, and every day feels like years!
The doctor looked at the grief-stricken look of the mother and daughter, and he, who was used to seeing this scene, had no way to comfort him, so he could only sigh heavily.
The nurse came over and informed Liu Mei, "Patient's family, the patient will stay in the intensive care unit for three days for observation. Please go to the payment office to pay the fee first."
Liu Mei gritted her teeth and said, "This disease will cost a lot of money... Doctors, we are not afraid of spending money. We must do our best to save him and use the best medicine."
She planned to sell the house to Zhou Cheng for medical treatment.
Zhou Xiu went to the payment office to pay the medical expenses, and she got a stack of thick bills. Surgery fee, pharmacy fee, nutrition fee, hospitalization fee...the sum totaled to more than 60,000. After swiping the card, the deduction text message popped up. It's 20,000 yuan a night—
Zhou Xiu didn't have much money left. During the summer vacation, she donated her savings to Xiushui Primary School to buy books. Fortunately, she had a reward from the IELTS competition in her hand, which temporarily solved the urgent need. But the money is far from enough to treat Zhou Cheng's illness.
The reality is menacing, and it is so cruel that people are caught off guard.
After Xie Cheng made the phone call, he went to the toll office to find Zhou Xiu, but he couldn't find anyone, but he found her in the stairwell. She frowned slightly holding the payment slip, and he quickly understood.
Xie Cheng quietly deposited 200,000 yuan in advance for Zhou Cheng's medical expenses, and used up all the pocket money in the card.
After swiping the card, he found Zhou Xiu and asked, "Zhou Xiu, do you need anything? I'll help you get it to the school."
Zhou Xiu shook her head and nodded again. She remembered the extremely difficult set of test papers that Lao Wang had given her. "I have a set of Lao Wang's 10 sets of papers in my bookcase. I only wrote one. I know where to put them. Afternoon Send it over for me after school, thank you, Xie Cheng."
This is the set of test papers that Zhou Xiu couldn't write last year... She racked her brains to write the test papers with only a 30% correct rate.
The system said at the time, [Complete Teacher Wang's Olympiad test paper with an 80% correct rate to get 30,000 RMB.]
[Complete Teacher Wang's Mathematical Olympiad test paper with a correct rate of 90%, and you can get 100,000RMB]
[Complete the teacher Wang Olympiad test paper with a correct rate of 100%, and you can get 500,000RMB]
Xie Cheng quickly went to school to fetch Zhou Xiu's schoolbag and test papers. On the way, he bought two hot box lunches. Zhou Xiu accidentally took the schoolbag and a stack of test papers.
Xie Cheng's gaze stayed on Zhou Xiu for a moment, and he comforted him for a long time: "Zhou Xiu, don't be sad."
In just a few hours, Zhou Xiu had already experienced the feeling of falling from heaven to hell. She smiled and said softly, "Thank you, Xie Cheng."
Zhou Xiu is not sad, how could Zhou Xiu not be sad
She came outside the ICU ward and looked eagerly at Zhou Cheng who had just finished the operation.
She looked at Zhou Cheng who was filled with tubes through the transparent glass window, and her eyes gradually glistened. Zhou Xiu recalled that brief dream over and over again, but never thought that Zhou Cheng contracted cancer and died.
"Zhou Xiu" must have felt helpless and blamed himself at that time.
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Jiang family.
After Jiang Jiajun returned to City B, Jiang Dongxue told Mrs. Jiang that he begged Gu Mingxi to help Zhou Xiu apply for Harvard, and accused him of turning his elbow outward. "Jiajun is disgusting, I want to go to Harvard, he never told Brother Mingxi about it!"
Jiang Jiajun said, "If you want, I can also talk to him for you."
People are different. When Jiang Jiajun and Zhou Xiu competed in the same arena, it felt like being hung up and beaten by her, and his IQ being rubbed against the floor. Although the audience only found it amusing watching from the audience, only those who actually participated in the competition knew how terrible it was to be caught by her.
Gu Mingxi could persuade her elders to help Zhou Xiu apply for the school, because she has strength. If it were Jiang Jiajun who applied, they probably wouldn't bother. Not to mention Jiang Dongxue. Besides... Gu Mingxi has a good impression of Zhou Xiu.
After hearing her daughter's accusation, Mrs. Jiang said, "Jiajun owes Mingxi a great favor by troubling Mingxi like this. Don't bother your senior casually in the future."
Jiang Jiajun said happily: "I told my father about this matter, and he approved of my behavior. I can win the gold medal this time, and my sister helped me a lot."
Jianghuai is actually willing to waste favors and let Jiang Jiajun mess around? Mrs. Jiang was a little surprised.
the other side.
Jiang Huai immediately received news that Zhou Xiu's adoptive father was sick and hospitalized, and was considering going to C City to visit Zhou Xiu.
The Jiang family lost a child seventeen years ago, and they couldn't find it after searching for a long time. Jiang Huai only recently found Zhou Xiu. It's not easy for Zhou Cheng to pull big Zhou Xiu these years, without them Zhou Xiu might not be able to live long ago.
After finding Zhou Xiu, he notified his parents immediately. "The child has been found and is studying in City C. You are going to bring her back. She is almost an adult. It doesn't matter if she doesn't want to come back. I respect her wish."
Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang were surprised by the news for a long time, but when they heard that their granddaughter grew up in the countryside, they both murmured. The education in the countryside is so bad, one can imagine what she looks like now. In the countryside in the valley, if you get married early, you may be married at the age of seventeen.
"We have to consider the feelings of Dongxue and Jiajun." Grandma Jiang said.
As for the child Jiang Huai said might not be willing to come back, they completely ignored it. The Jiang family can provide her with the best conditions and environment. Would she be willing to come back
The two elders of the Jiang family set off with Jiang Huai to look for Zhou Xiu in City C.
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City First People's Hospital.
Tidbits came to the hospital in the evening, although Xie Cheng went back to school to help Zhou Xiu get things during the day, but did not reveal a word.
But when Momo went to the office to hand in her homework, she overheard Miss Li and other teachers discussing Zhou Xiu's leave with regret. Only then did she know that Uncle Zhou was ill, very seriously ill. Zhou Xiu didn't tell anyone about it, I'm afraid
So she brought the books that Zhou Xiu often read to the hospital. When she arrived at the hospital, she was surprised to find that Zhou Cheng was actually in the intensive care unit.
Huaxu put her arms around Zhou Xiu, patted her on the shoulder lightly and said earnestly, "If you have any difficulties, please tell me as soon as possible."
She emphasized two certainties. Zhou Xiu finally showed her first smile today.
She listened and shook her head, "You came to see me, I'm already very happy. I don't have any difficulties. The monthly exam is coming soon. If Xuxu can get the top three, I will be more happy. Go back, study hard, don't worry I."
What Zhou Xiu lacks most now is money, and what he lacks most is money. Because her friends are all very good friends, Xie Cheng secretly deposited 200,000 yuan in medical expenses for her father, and tidbits rushed to the hospital immediately after learning about the situation, and Zhou Xiu believed that she was also willing to help.
The incandescent lights in the hospital corridor illuminated Zhou Xiu's face as snow-white, with a light makeup, and her jet-black eyes were as clear as snow-washed. There is a kind of fragile and ethereal beauty.
The system has been silent today. It comforted Zhou Xiu with tidbits, and watched with distress as Zhou Xiu took out the math materials, sat on the chair in the corridor and turned over.
Zhou Xiu took out a test paper and wrote it until one o'clock in the night. After finishing writing, she corrected it according to the answers. The correct rate was 67%.
At the same time, the mobile bank card popped up a message that 10,000RMB was credited, and the system seemed to be muted today, and there was no notification sound for sending rewards. Zhou Xiu put her phone back in her pocket, took out her iPad, and concentrated on reading the mathematics documents given by Lao Wang.
Liu Mei was so sleepy that she dozed off in the lounge, while Zhou Xiu flipped through pages of mathematics literature.
The intensive care unit does not need family members to accompany them, and they can only go to the family room to rest for a while late at night. A small lounge, filled with all kinds of world.
There are children weeping silently, there are old people who cry because they have just sent their loved ones away, and there are also tired and numb women. The sound of chatting, complaining about Mai Tai, boring D-sounds, playing TV dramas, and even harsh sounds of quarrels and fights between relatives.
Only Zhou Xiu was doing calculations with a pile of draft paper, which seemed so different.
Liu Mei woke up in the middle of the night and found that her daughter was still doing math, and advised her to go to bed early. Her jet-black eyes were slightly reddened by the heat, but there was unparalleled determination in her eyes. Liu Mei swallowed her words again, and just patted Zhou Xiu's head,
Everyone in the village said that Zhou Xiu was too handsome, unlike her and Zhou Cheng, but Zhou Xiu's stubborn personality was exactly like Zhou Cheng's, and he couldn't pull back ten cows in the things he decided.
Her back was straight, and she kept flipping through the documents with both hands. The bright red score of 67 on the test paper is densely packed with revisions.
Zhou Xiu wrote it again, and the correct rate was far from 90%. For the first time, she felt that her IQ was not enough. She was holding Tidbits' ipad in a daze, feeling so frustrated that she didn't know what she was doing.
At three o'clock in the morning, Gu Mingxi, who was already on the other side of the ocean, found that Zhou Xiu's profile picture was still on, and sent a message asking, "Zhou Xiu, are you still online so late?"
Zhou Xiu didn't say anything, but just took a test paper and sent it to Gu Mingxi.
The sky seemed to be dawning soon, the faint light drove away the chaos and darkness, and the rays of the rising sun pierced the sky through the thick clouds. Zhou Xiu sent a message to Lao Wang, "Mr. Wang, how can I do these test papers correctly?"
Lao Wang was getting old and woke up very early. He turned on his phone after washing up, and Zhou Xiu's news rolled out immediately.
He squinted his eyes to look at the test paper taken by Zhou Xiu, with a score of 67. He was angry at first, but when he took a closer look, it turned out to be a certain set of papers he gave Zhou Xiu a long time ago.
Lao Wang's anger subsided strangely, and was instantly soothed gently by a gust of spring breeze.
He typed a line in a daze, and said carelessly: "It's okay, Zhou Xiu, don't worry about it."
"It wasn't written for you."
Because... students with gold medals may not be able to pass the test. When he created this set of papers, he never planned to ask students to write them! How to make a group of arrogant and smart students study with an open mind and understand how much they are? So Lao Wang sent them this set of very obscure and profound competition questions.
After Lao Wang finished his meal, he glanced at the time when Zhou Xiu sent the message, five o'clock in the morning.
Zhou Xiu was already writing the test paper at five o'clock, Lao Wang was both surprised and moved.
He typed a line, "Probably it is unremitting efforts, exerting intelligence and talents, and doing everything possible to love mathematics. Treat mathematics with heart, and mathematics will give you back in equal measure."
Hospital, family room.
There are only seven out of ten test papers left, and the chances of trial and error are getting less and less. Zhou Xiu tried to do it twice before when he was naive, one time for 30 points, one time for 40 points, and this time for 60 points.
Zhou Xiu's phone vibrated and saw the message from Lao Wang, "Treat math with heart, and math will reward you equally."
At the same time, Gu Mingxi took a picture of the test paper he wrote, with a score of 81, "It's very difficult, finish it overtime."
Zhou Xiu's heart skipped a beat, and he stared at the line of words on the screen for a long time.
…
In the morning, Zhou Cheng woke up after the operation and looked for his daughter and wife with a weak voice.
Zhou Xiu finally had the opportunity to visit his father in the intensive care unit. Zhou Cheng's head was wrapped in layers of gauze, and his hair that used to be mixed with silver threads was plucked clean, exposing his scalp.
Zhou Cheng cheerfully said, "Where is this place? I've spent a lot of money to go to the hospital again. I'm fine. I'm fine anywhere. What are we doing with the money? When are we going to go home?"
He has never stayed in an intensive care unit, but it feels different from the room he stayed in last time. It should be quite expensive. He loves money so much, and his words reveal deep heartache.
Liu Mei chattered about his situation with Zhou Cheng, concealing the fact that he had cancer, "The doctor said you had something growing in your brain, and I cut it off for you, stay here for a few more days and wait until it's all over. Would you like to go back?"
Zhou Cheng nodded and urged Zhou Xiu to go to school, "Xiu'er, it's already so bright, you should go to school, there will be a math competition next month!"
"Oh, I slept very deeply this time, and I feel uncomfortable all over. I don't even remember what day it is today. Why are one or two looking at me like this?"
Zhou Xiu shed tears all day yesterday, and seeing Zhou Cheng say that at first glance, her eyes were so sore that she couldn't help but splash.
Zhou Cheng is a very strong person. I have never seen him cry out that he is tired or hurt. He has been carrying it alone for so long and he has never complained of pain. Today he said he was not feeling well and wanted to go home.
Zhou Xiu forced back tears, touched his cold hand and said, "The grader gave us competition students a few days off, and let us arrange our own review. I have finished reviewing the content of the third year. I will accompany my father these few days, okay?" Okay? If Dad is in pain, don't bear it, tell us."
Liu Mei kept crying behind him, suppressing her crying, and said in her usual proud tone: "Yeah, you don't know how smart our Xiu'er is, and he has learned everything in his sophomore year. Zakat doesn’t matter, just keep us company.”
Zhou Cheng was always optimistic, he showed his snow-white teeth through the breathing mask, and giggled.
Zhou Xiu couldn't see him smiling, and couldn't hold back his tears.
How wonderful it would be if there was no cancer in the world. The thought crossed her mind for the first time.
She loved her father so much that her whole heart was throbbing with pain.