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My daughter is seriously ill in bed, yet my wife took the surgery money to buy luxury goods for her ex-boyfriend.

I frantically called her, telling her our daughter would die without the surgery.

But she didn't care and even cursed at me, "Jiang Ce! You're disgusting, cursing your daughter with illness just to trick me into giving back your private money! Do you deserve to be a father?"

I tried to explain, to tell her it wasn't my private money, it was the fund raised for our daughter's surgery, but before I could continue, she hung up the phone.

The next second, her ex-boyfriend posted in his social feed.

In the picture, he was wearing a sparkling Vacheron Constantin watch, smiling brightly.

"Friendship has a price, true love is priceless."

But she didn't know that the daughter had already died in the hospital that day because there was no money for the surgery.

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Ten days ago, my wife went to Europe to celebrate her ex-boyfriend's birthday.

During this time, I called her several times, telling her that our daughter was seriously ill, but she always thought I was lying to her.

Since all the salary cards were in her hands, I had no choice but to borrow money from relatives and friends to gather enough for the daughter's surgery.

Yet, even the life-saving money for our daughter was transferred by her to buy her ex-boyfriend a birthday gift.

For eight years after our marriage, our family was always an object of envy.

But ever since three years ago, when my wife's first love divorced and returned from abroad, everything changed.

During the day, she was nowhere to be found at home, and at night, she never returned before midnight.

Even ten days ago, when An An had a persistent high fever in kindergarten, and the teacher called her to pick up An An, what we got in return was a call where she didn't show up.

She used the gentlest tone to say the words that most disappointed An An.

"Mom has to go on a business trip suddenly and can't pick you up, let Daddy get you, and when Mom comes back, she'll buy you a gift."

But she didn't know that the best gift for An An was her company.

After hanging up, I rubbed my face vigorously outside the ward, and only when I adjusted my emotions did I walk into the ward.

I didn't want my negative emotions to be exposed in front of my daughter.

The room was filled with the smell of disinfectant.

An An lay on the hospital bed, her face thin, the once rosy cheeks also lost their luster, becoming pale and transparent.

It was like a fragile doll.

My daughter heard the contents of the phone call outside but didn't know what happened, just timidly asked me:

"Dad, is it because I'm not good that I made Mom angry?"

Looking at my daughter's timid and wronged expression, my heart ached, and I hurriedly explained, "No, An An is the best little child!"

"Mom just doesn't know that An An is sick."

I carefully touched An An's cheek, telling her she would be discharged soon.

An An looked forward to the future, nodded and told me, "When I get better, I want to take a family photo with Mom and Dad, is that okay? This way, other kids won't laugh at me for not having a mom."

Listening to my daughter's words, my heart ached, and I then remembered, ever since my wife became infatuated with Gu Xuan, the three of us haven't taken a family photo in three years.