Chapter 4: Critically Ill

Shen Modi stood at the stairs, took a deep breath to compose herself, and then went home.

Opening the door, her father, Shen Weiguo, was leaning wearily on the living - room sofa, watching TV.

Her younger brother was in the kitchen.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Shen Weiguo looked over with a smile and said, "Xiao Di, you're back?"

He tried to sit up.

Shen Modi immediately rushed over and said, "Dad, just lie down and don't move."

Seeing her father like this, her heart ached and her nose felt sour.

Shen Weiguo smiled and said, "Silly girl, Dad is fine. After coming home, I feel much more comfortable."

"Dad, let's go to the hospital, okay? I have money. My design works are selling better and better, and we'll have more money in the future. Look!" Shen Modi crouched in front of her father, took out her phone with red - rimmed eyes, and showed him the balance.

Looking at the balance of over two hundred thousand, Shen Weiguo said, "Child, you've worked hard."

He knew that he might be seriously ill, but he didn't expect it to be late - stage liver cancer.

From the moment he knew the truth, he felt even more that his child was having a hard time.

She had been taking care of him all the time and hiding it from him with good intentions.

He also hated himself for being useless and having a poor - health body.

He should have borne the burden of this family, but instead let the children suffer.

In a word, Shen Modi broke down again. With red - rimmed eyes, she shook her head and reached out to hold her father's hand tightly: "It's not hard, Dad. I'm not hard at all. As long as you are well and Xiaoguang is well, I feel particularly satisfied. Dad, you can just stay in the hospital at ease. The current medical level is high and you can be cured."

Shen Weiguo reached out and stroked his daughter's head lovingly, saying, "Xiao Di, you are 24 years old this year. For a girl, if there is a suitable partner, it is better to get married earlier. Having children earlier will do less harm to your body."

"Yes, Dad. I have a boyfriend. He is my colleague. We have known each other for more than two years. We have always been quite familiar. He confessed to me yesterday, and I quite like him. I'll bring him back for you to see another day. If it's suitable, we'll get married." Shen Modi told a well - intentioned lie.

Shen Weiguo smiled and sincerely said for his daughter's happiness: "Good. Colleagues are good. Knowing each other for a longer period, knowing each other well, is much better."

"Dad, don't worry about my affairs. I will handle them well. I will send you to the hospital now." Shen Modi stood up.

Shen Weiguo held her hand and said, "Xiao Di, Dad won't go to the hospital. Don't waste money on Dad. You need money to get married."

The matter of Xiaoguang's ear surgery suddenly made her feel that she couldn't open her mouth. Xiao Di, this child, is really suffering.

Shen Modi cried with tears streaming down her face: "Dad, I'm still young. I can make money. I can earn a lot of money in the future."

However, there is only one father, and life is only once. She wants to make the greatest efforts to let her father live a little longer!

"Dad, shall we go to the hospital?" Shen Modi's voice choked, and her whole body trembled slightly.

Shen Weiguo couldn't bear to see his daughter like this, and his heart ached.

He glanced in the direction of the kitchen and said, "Dad also wants to be home and stay at home for a few days. Dad has brought back all the medicine prescribed by the hospital. There are still a few days' worth of medicine left. After taking the medicine, we'll go to the hospital again."

He knew his own body well. He felt that he didn't have many days left. After finishing the medicine for these few days, it would be... almost over.

There were just too many reluctances and concerns.

"Dad, there are still CT scans and other examinations at the hospital tomorrow. Can we go to the hospital after having a meal later?" Shen Modi held her father's hand tightly, looking at him with pleading eyes.

Even though her father already knew about his illness, she still couldn't bear to say words like chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Shen Weiguo couldn't bear to see his daughter's eyes like this. Her eyes were red, and that determined light made his heart ache.

"Dad!" Shen Modi called out.

Her tears fell on her father's hand.

The hot tears burned Shen Weiguo's heart. With red - rimmed eyes, he said, "Okay... Dad will go to the hospital tomorrow. Tonight, Dad wants to stay at home for a night."

He would go to the hospital tomorrow to put his daughter's heart at ease.

It's just a matter of these few days.

Going to the hospital means spending money and adding burden to Xiao Di.

"Okay, today we'll stay at home, and I'll cook with my brother." Shen Modi calmed down and immediately wiped away her tears, getting up to cook with her brother in the kitchen.

During this period, when her father was hospitalized, she cooked meals and sent them to the hospital every day. She ran between the company, the hospital, and home. On weekends, she also had part - time foreign - language teaching jobs.

She never felt tired. She was only afraid that even if she tried her best, she still couldn't let her father stay with them for a longer time.

...

Dinner.

The family was happy together.

Shen Weiguo's appetite also became surprisingly good.

Not only did he eat more than a bowl of rice, but he also drank two small bowls of soup.

The Modi siblings saw this and were happy in their hearts.

How they hoped that their father would get better like this. Although they knew it was just a wish.

After the two siblings cleaned up, they accompanied their father to watch TV for a while.

Afraid that their father would be tired, at a little past eight o'clock, Shen Modi and her brother helped him back to the room to rest.

Early the next morning, Mo Di got up to make breakfast.

Afraid that something might happen to her father, she also got up twice during the night and quietly went to check on him.

Seeing that her father was sleeping soundly, she felt relieved.

Just as she had fried the egg pancakes, she suddenly heard her father's violent coughing coming from the room.

Mo Di was startled and immediately dropped the spatula and rushed into her father's room: "Dad..."

What came into view was a light - blue face with terrifying bloodstains.

"Dad!" Mo Di rushed over, trembling as she picked up the phone to call 120. "Hello, is this the emergency center? Please be quick. My dad is vomiting blood. We are in Li Yuan Community. Please come quickly..."

Shen Weiguo reached out to grab Mo Di's hand, trying to snatch her phone.

Mo Di didn't let go.

She regretted not taking her father to the hospital yesterday afternoon.

"Xiao Di, child, don't cry. Listen to what Dad has to say..." Shen Weiguo leaned against the headboard, and it was already difficult for him to speak.

"Dad, don't talk. Don't talk. Xiao Guang, I'm going to get Xiao Guang." Mo Di was afraid that her father would die like this.

The house they rented was small, and her younger brother was sleeping on the balcony in the living room. Because he was born deaf - mute, he couldn't hear the sound.

Mo Di was about to rush out of the living room to find her brother, when Shen Xiaoguang had already run over.

He was about to get up and make breakfast, and when he saw the door of this room was open, he immediately came over.

At the sight of the bloodstains, he, a mute, was so anxious that he made strange noises.

Shen Weiguo smiled with red - rimmed eyes and reached out to Xiaoguang.

"Ah... ah..." Xiaoguang made painful noises.

"Child, don't be anxious. Dad is okay," Shen Weiguo gestured with difficulty.

"Ugh, Dad..." Mo Di sobbed, kneeling by the bedside, holding her father's hand with one hand and constantly looking at the time on her phone with the other, hoping the ambulance would come faster.

"Xiao Di, you shouldn't have to bear these hardships... Xiao Di, when you graduated from university, Dad told you... you are not Dad's biological child. Dad picked you up at the amusement park. Go and find your biological parents..."

"Dad, stop talking. Please stop talking," Mo Di cried into tears. "In this life, I only want to be your daughter."

Dad told her about this when she graduated from university.

When Dad picked her up at the amusement park, he even waited there for a day.

However, no one came to look for her.

So, Dad raised her.

Even in the most difficult times, Dad never abandoned her.

Maybe her life wasn't rich since childhood, but Dad has given everything.

"Silly child, why are you so silly? You should have gone to find your parents after graduating from university... then you wouldn't be burdened by me!"

"Dad, stop talking. Save your strength. The ambulance will be here soon." Shen Modi held her father's hand tightly.

"Xiao Di, don't struggle. Dad won't go to the hospital... wants to stay at home."

"No, Dad. Let's go to the hospital, to the hospital."

"Dad wants... to see your boyfriend..." Shen Weiguo said, vomiting blood again.

He felt that he was dying and wanted to see Xiao Di's boyfriend before he died.

Just in case there really is a soul after death, he always wanted to know who he should protect.