389 Surpassing Light Years of Love (Grand Finale Part 2)_3

But none of that seemed to matter anymore.

"It's cancer. Terminal."

Chen Yifan's voice sounded like a pencil scraping on sandpaper, hoarse and filled with suppressed pain, "He doesn't want people to know. Mr. Qiao, you understand, he's very conscious about his image. Even now, he doesn't want others' pity, especially... yours."

That "you" was heavily weighted.

Qiao Dongyang didn't know what to say.

After a long silence, he asked, "Is there no hope for a cure?"

Chen Yifan: "Of course, we hope there is."

Her reply was clever, aligning with her friend's most ardent hopes while also acknowledging the brutality of malignant tumors. Clearly, the prognosis wasn't optimistic.

After another moment of silence, Qiao Dongyang asked, "Is there anything else he wants to do, something he hasn't had a chance to do?"