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Qing Zihao already felt the bad news before the doctor even told him. If he was going to be honest with himself, he paid no mind to his health. He was a strong man and he had lived a full life. If it was his time to die then it was his time to die. Still, his doctor tried to ease the news to him, beating around the bush until he finally had enough of it.

"Just say it," he said kindly.

The doctor was one of the people he had put under his wing. He had once been a homeless boy until Qing Zihao picked him up from the side of the street and brought him to the orphanage that he was sponsoring. The boy showed promise of intelligence despite everything and Qing Zihao put the boy in school until he finished.

Funny how life plays out, Qing Zihao thought. He had once saved this boy from poverty and starvation and the same boy might be the one who would be able to prolong his life.