An Xiaoyu and Tong Xi were walking back when, near the entrance to the residential area, they saw Tao Zhixiang hurriedly running out from there, even failing to notice An Xiaoyu and Tong Xi.
Soon, Tao Zhixiang got into a taxi parked along the roadside and quickly drove away.
An Xiaoyu was sowhat surprised.
"Where could Xiangxi might be going this late?"
Tong Xi was taken aback, "Xiangxi? Are you talking about the senior from high school?"
An Xiaoyu nodded.
"Yes, she lives in...uh, next door!"
"Ah, for how long? I didn’t know this when I last visited," Tong Xi also knew Tao Zhixiang naturally.
An Xiaoyu said lightly, "For quite a while now!"
"Oh, let’s invite her for a al so day then! It’s been years since we’ve seen her, and it’s surprising she lives in the sa community as you!"
An Xiaoyu smiled, "That sounds good!"
Both continued walking back, but An Xiaoyu did not ntion the matter between Tao Zhixiang and Chu Mucheng to Tong Xi.
Everyone has their secrets, and Tao Zhixiang’s feelings for Chu Mucheng... they better not interfere.
*
Tao Zhixiang went to the hospital, where her mother was in ergency care, with her brother Tao Zhiyan waiting outside the operating room.
The operating light remained on, and Tao Zhixiang didn’t leave either.
Finally, the operation ended, and Tao Zhixiang’s mother was moved to the ICU, still unconscious.
The doctor called them both over and said, "If your mother doesn’t undergo surgery soon, she may not last much longer..."
Tao Zhiyan bowed his head.
Their mother’s illness had already nearly drained their family’s savings, and they had amassed a considerable amount of debt.
But the surgery was extrely expensive, costing three to four hundred thousand, and he really couldn’t afford it now.
With debts piling up at ho, his wife had already angrily taken the child back to her parents’ ho...
He truly didn’t know what to do.
But how could he just watch his mother suffer?
Unless he sold the house...
But their ho was originally small, a two-bedroom apartnt was already quite cramped, and for this reason, Tao Zhixiang was renting another apartnt.
If they sold the house now, where would his family live?
Torn between his own mother and his wife and child, Tao Zhiyan felt imnse pain. He thought he was really pathetic, couldn’t even afford his mother’s surgery, nor could he take care of his own wife and child...
Tao Zhiyan, a grown man, now had red-rimd eyes, and slapped his own face fiercely twice!
"Brother, don’t do this!"
Tao Zhixiang quickly went up and grabbed her brother.
"Xiangxiang, it’s because I’m useless! I’m really so useless!"
Tao Zhiyan said this, and tears fell down.
Tao Zhixiang saw her grown brother cry like this, and her heart clenched suddenly.
What else could they do?
Their father died early, and their mother struggled alone to raise both of them.
Tao Zhiyan, two years older than Tao Zhixiang, was not good academically and started working after high school to earn money. He said, "I’m not cut out for studying, but you’re good at it, surely you will go to a good university. In the future, it’s up to you to get into a good university for our family!"
During the first two years of university, her tuition and living expenses were financed directly by her brother to her account.
Later, she found a part-ti job and could afford her own tuition and living costs, relieving her brother from these worries.
Just as her brother had married and had children, and life seed better, their mother fell ill, plunging the whole family into hardship.
Tao Zhixiang looked at her brother and muttered, "Brother, don’t be sad... I’ll figure sothing out!"
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