Didn’t it mean that there was a half chance that there was a match between immediate family members, why was it still not possible? Li Xi’s eardrums buzzed for a while, and he didn’t seem to understand a word of what the doctor said.
It seemed that because his legs couldn’t support him, Li Xi slowly sat on the sofa behind him. He spoke, his voice trembling uncontrollably even though he tried his best to calm down, “Does that mean that he has to undergo radiotherapy treatment next?”
Zhang Chengye stood up from the sofa, took the test sheet from the doctor’s hand, and glanced at it. Although he had long been prepared that it might not match, it was still a little difficult to accept at this time.
“Yes, but Mr. Li doesn’t have to be too pessimistic. The patient is still very young and all organs of the body are healthy. Even if the treatment is conservative, it will not be life-threatening soon. It’s just that the process may be a little painful, but there is no way…”
The doctor also didn’t want to face such a situation very much. If he was lucky enough to be able to match the type successfully this time, not only would the patient suffer a lot less, but even his future work would be much easier.
Li Xi’s mind was in a mess. After listening to the doctor’s words for a long time, he nodded hesitantly, “I understand…”
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At the end of the hospital corridor was a balcony facing the garden. The morning sun shone on the fountain hidden in the bushes, reflecting a dizzying fine light.
The voice on the other side of the phone was calm, and there was no trace of disappointment or sadness in it.
“I know, my sister told me when she came back just now.”
Li Xi raised his hand and pressed his eyes, trying to say something, but his heart seemed to be tightened by a big invisible hand. It was very difficult to say a word, even had to gasp to breathe.
“Li Xi, what’s wrong with you… Why don’t you talk?”
The voice was different from the coldness of the past, mixed with a bit of unconsciously revealed tenderness and care, and even made Li Xi think that he had heard it wrong…
All along, he had been indifferent to his feelings. Li Xi was not sure if he also had himself in his heart. If so, why could he say those things that made him sad without changing his face? But if not, why would he rather be misunderstood and let himself leave him?
Li Xi raised his hand and rubbed his red eyes with the back of his hand, “I was thinking, even if it doesn’t succeed this time, it doesn’t matter. It will be fine next time, please… Please don’t give up, okay?”
His voice had a rare hoarseness, and even through the speaker of the phone, he could feel the fragility in it. This surprised Chu Yan a bit. Li Xi in his impression had always been very optimistic and strong, and he rarely showed such a fragile and helpless posture. Even when he was diagnosed with leukemia, he showed the same calmness as usual…
There was a depressing silence on the other end of the phone. Li Xi paused for breath, his clenched joints were blue and white because of the force. He didn’t know how long it took before he heard the other end of the phone say softly.
“If I give up so easily… it will make me feel a little sorry for you…”
After he finished speaking, there was a buzzing sound on the phone. Li Xi didn’t expect to get such an answer. He gritted his teeth tightly and gasped violently a few times before suppressing the sourness that spread from his heart because of his words.
When Li Xi returned to the apartment at noon, the food was already being cooked. He originally went into the kitchen to help but was kicked out.
“I think there are a lot of things in your refrigerator, so I just made some casually. Today I will cook a meal for you, so just let Xiao Ci help on the side.” Liang Fangyuan put Chu Yan’s washed vegetables into a pot of hot oil, turned her head, and said to Li Xi with a smile.
Although Chu Yan had basically never done housework, he would still do such things as washing vegetables, cutting scallions, and beating hands.
“Well, you go out.”
The kitchen was not very big, and the three adults still seemed a bit crowded together.
Chu Yan said so, and Li Xi could only go to the living room and sit obediently.
However, he was limited to these housework, and his movements were very slow, so he accidentally cut a hole in his index finger while cutting.
Fortunately, the hole was not deep, and Chu Yan didn’t even feel very painful. He put his hand under the cool water of the pool and took a shower for a while.
Liang Fangyuan saw it when she took the plate, “Ah, his finger is broken, do you have a band-aid here…”
“Oh.” Chu Yan drew a few paper towels to wrap his injured index finger, trying not to let the blood drip down and stain the floor.
Seeing him coming out, Li Xi asked, “What’s the matter?”
“Li Xi, where do you put the band-aid?” Usually Li Xi buys this kind of thing, and he doesn’t know where it is for a while.
Only then did Li Xi notice the blood between his fingers. He reacted and his face changed slightly, “You wait.”
Li Xi got up and went around the coffee table to take out the medicine box in the drawer under the TV cabinet, and then said to him, “Come here.”
Chu Yan handed the broken index finger to him, but the coagulation disorder caused by the lack of platelets was obviously a very small hole. In other words, the average person might have quickly formed a blood scab, but at this time the blood still flowed non-stop.
When Liang Fangyuan came out of the kitchen to serve food, she just saw Li Xi on the sofa giving Chu Yan medicine.
Perhaps for convenience, Li Xi rolled up the sleeves of his shirt while bandaging, while her brother was playing with his mobile phone carelessly with the other hand. It was actually just a very small wound, but Liang Fangyuan noticed that his movements were particularly careful and serious, gentle and cautious.
That feeling was very strange. Liang Fangyuan had a subtle and weird emotion from the bottom of her heart. She put the cooked dishes on the table. When she turned around and came back, she found that they were finished. Li Xi was getting up to clean up, and her brother was still sitting still on the sofa. Looking up at the TV screen twice.
This kind of atmosphere of getting along was actually very wrong, not like a roommate who shares a room together at all…
Getting along with true friends shouldn’t be like this.
It may be because of doubts in her heart, Liang Fangyuan also noticed a little bit of Li Xi’s intentional or unintentional care for her brother during the meal.
But in fact, their behavior was not very close…
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Because the high match was not successful, and they couldn’t leave the store unattened, Liang Fangyuan decided to buy back the tickets for D Province the next day.
In the evening, Chu Yan accompanied her to a nearby shopping mall. On the way, she suddenly remembered what her parents had told her, and pretended to mention it casually and asked, “By the way, did you meet the girl we asked you to meet last time? How’s it going? Is there any progress?”
Chu Yan lowered his eyes, shook his head, and said, “…not yet.”
“Why don’t you look at me? You don’t care about the big things in your life. I don’t know how many time Mother told you about it.”
Chu Yan sighed, “Sister, I don’t have this plan yet…”
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