Chapter 420: Chapter 376: Bring Me the Wild Seed Tied Up
These people are all experts in liver disease, representing the highest medical authority in the world, so the results of their consultation are undoubtedly reliable.
Although Gu Qili was also a bit nervous, her nervousness was nothing compared to Mu Shuoqian, who had his lips tightly pursed throughout the whole process, showing no expression at all, and his hand gripped hers so tightly that it hurt a bit.
Although he said nothing, Gu Qili knew that he was even more afraid than she was, and if the final diagnosis was bad, then...
While Gu Qili was still lost in her thoughts, Mu Shuoqian suddenly stood up and walked over to Luo Shangqing.
Luo Shangqing felt somewhat helpless under his intense gaze, never would he have expected that the always sunny and kind Qili would suddenly contract such a severe illness.
"How is it?" Mu Shuoqian’s voice was hoarse when he spoke, his throat had been bad these days, and no medicine had helped, making it hard to recognize his voice when he spoke.
Luo Shangqing looked at Gu Qili and sighed silently: "It’s worse than the previous results, it has progressed to the middle and late stages."
"Are you sure there’s no mistake? It was said to be early stage before." Hearing this, Mu Shuoqian couldn’t stay calm, it was like falling from heaven back into hell. Middle to late stages, he knew what that meant.
Gu Qili silently bowed her head, despite having hope and even wishing it was just a misdiagnosis, the outcome turned out to be worse than before. Middle to late stages, does it mean she won’t live much longer? She still has plenty of youth, a husband and children who love her, friends who care about her, and dreams she hadn’t given up on.
Luo Shangqing patted Mu Shuoqian’s shoulder to comfort him: "Don’t get too agitated, although the mortality rate of liver cancer is extremely high, it is not incurable. The plan we have come up with is a liver transplant, which is currently the best treatment, it can remove the tumor and the hardened liver to the greatest extent, essentially eliminating the breeding ground for liver cancer. There are many cases abroad of people who have survived for decades after a liver transplant."
Liver transplant?
Mu Shuoqian saw a glimmer of hope: "Then arrange it quickly, the sooner the surgery, the lower the risk, right?"
"The surgery must be done, but it requires a suitable donor. Our country has a very limited number of liver donors, and it’s not easy to find a match for Qili. To ensure a high success rate, I recommend not using a cadaver’s liver if possible, rather organs freshly harvested from recently deceased individuals, as many cases have shown that living donor transplants have a higher success rate and the possibility of no recurrence after surgery is also higher."
"I understand," Mu Shuoqian was remarkably calm at this moment, "I will do everything I can to find a suitable liver."
"I will also notify a few major hospitals I know to keep an eye out, Mu, you can’t panic now, once you panic, everything will become chaotic."
"I won’t, I’m clear on what needs to be done," Mu Shuoqian turned around and pulled Gu Qili up from the chair, "You heard Professor Luo, there’s still hope, as long as we find the right donor, miracles can always happen."
"Yes," Gu Qili slightly lifted her lips, "I won’t give up."
"Qili, while we have not found a suitable donor, you will need to undergo chemotherapy to control the progression of the disease."
"Okay," as long as it could stabilize her condition, she was willing to do anything; she had never been so afraid of dying, only because there were people in this world she couldn’t bear to leave behind.
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Since Gu Qili couldn’t go to work at the vineyard, she stayed at home, becoming a freeloader, and the vineyard would contact her by phone if needed.
With nothing else to do, she and Qiu Lan started preparing for the New Year’s goods, and went to pick up Mu Qinian from school; suddenly having free days, she felt quite relaxed.
One day, just after breakfast, as she was preparing to go shopping for fresh seafood and meat with Qiu Lan, an uninvited guest showed up at the door.
When Gu Qili saw Qiu Yufei standing outside the door, her attitude was cold: "You’re not welcome here."
"Qili, I specifically came here to apologize," Qiu Yufei was holding a few boxes, "These are clothes I bought for you, all the latest models, see if the size fits? I was wrong before, it was my obsession with Shuoqian that made me behave so shamefully. Qili, please forgive me, I will no longer pursue Shuoqian, and I will sincerely wish you both happiness."
Seeing her tearful appearance, Gu Qili could only think of three words: insincere.
She did not believe that Qiu Yufei could change for the better so quickly, the nature of a person was there, how could it possibly change easily.
"Qili, who is it?" Qiu Lan came over upon hearing the voices, and upon seeing Qiu Yufei’s pitiful eyes, she frowned slightly, "Feifei, why are you here again, I’ve told you, you’re not welcome here."
"Mom, I came specially to apologize," Qiu Yufei held Qiu Lan’s hand, "These past few days, I’ve thought a lot and realized my mistakes. The way I treated Qili and Niannian, I was truly blinded by evil thoughts before, I dare not do it again, I will genuinely consider Qili as my sister-in-law and Niannian as my nephew, Mom, please let Qili forgive me." Qiu Yufei said this and knelt down with a thud, "Qili, please forgive me, I really made a mistake, just give me a chance to make amends, let me prove it to everyone, okay?"
Gu Qili just watched her perform this act, and only after she finished speaking did she look towards Qiu Lan, "Mom, I’m going back to my room."
"Alright, go rest," Qiu Lan’s care and consideration made Qiu Yufei feel somewhat frightened; it seemed like Gu Qili had successfully won Qiu Lan’s heart.
"Feifei, if you keep pestering me like this, I will really send you back."
"Mom, I know I was wrong, why won’t you forgive me?" Qiu Yufei’s expression turned grim, "Won’t you give me one more chance?"
Qiu Lan knew her daughter quite well; she stood at the door with no intention of letting her in, looking down like a queen: "Feifei, don’t play dumb with me. Whether you truly want to change or not, others might not know, but am I not clear about it? What are you really here for?"
Qiu Yufei guiltily lowered her head, her gaze evasive: "Mom, I really have no ulterior motive."
"Alright, now go. Return to M country immediately before Shuoqian’s wedding. Don’t stay here and make others uncomfortable."
"Shuoqian is getting married?" Qiu Yufei raised her head incredulously, her eyes filled with terror, "This can’t be true."
"They had already registered, the wedding is just a ceremony. So, Feifei, give up. Shuoqian has never liked you; would it not be better to earnestly be his sister instead of causing such chaos? Now see, he doesn’t even want to see you. What do you hope to achieve?"
Qiu Yufei hadn’t recovered from the shock when two security guards already dashed towards her.
"It really is her, I was wondering why she looked so much like the one on the blacklist." One of the security guards grabbed Qiu Yufei, "Mr. Mu said to throw you out immediately if he ever saw you in the neighborhood."
Qiu Yufei didn’t expect she’d end up on the neighborhood’s blacklist. Mu Shuoqian must really detest her to have even informed the security guards.
"Mom, please tell them that I’m your daughter," Qiu Yufei pleaded desperately.
Qiu Lan, however, ignored her and turned to shut the door. As she listened to Qiu Yufei’s screams from outside, Qiu Lan silently sighed - if only she knew this would happen.
Qiu Yufei was thrown out again, the humiliation seared into her memory. She was Qiu Lan’s daughter, who had always had things go her way in M country and even some significant figures respected her, yet now she was bullied by two mere security guards.
Unable to bear it, her phone suddenly rang, and she answered after glancing at the caller ID.
"How did it go?"
"That Gu Qili is so proud, she absolutely refuses to forgive me. I have no chance to get close to her," Qiu Yufei spoke into the phone as she got into a taxi, "But I heard another piece of news—they are getting married."
"Is that so? Did you find out the exact location?"
"That won’t be difficult. With brother Shuoqian’s influence in Aus City, it’s easy to find out."
"Good, then find out as soon as possible and let me know."
"Understood."
Qiu Yufei hung up the phone, revealing a sinister smile. Her beloved Shuoqian, even if he couldn’t be with her, she wouldn’t allow him to be with another woman for life.
Back at her place, Qiu Yufei found a cup of water on the coffee table; she walked into the room and saw Xu Tong sleeping on the bed.
Her eyebrows furrowed in displeasure: "Xu Tong, didn’t I tell you to go back to M country? Why are you still here?"
Xu Tong woke up from the noise, turned over, and sat up: "Where have you been?"
"Xu Tong, you need to understand something. You have no right to control my freedom. What are we exactly to each other?" Qiu Yufei threw a pillow at him, "Go back to M country quickly."
"Did you go to see Mu Shuoqian again?" Xu Tong shook his head in disapproval, "When will you get out of this dead end? Yufei, don’t wait until it’s too late to regret it."
"I did nothing wrong. What’s wrong with liking someone?"
"But he doesn’t like you at all; your actions will only make him despise you more."
"He doesn’t like me now just because he hasn’t seen my good points. He will realize it one day; I’ve waited for him for so many years, I have enough patience to keep waiting."
Qiu Yufei, reluctant to argue further, took a sip of water. Halfway through, she suddenly looked at Xu Tong: "Xu Tong, do you really like me?"
"You know well what my feelings for you are."
"Then good, since you’re willing to do anything for me, go and kidnap that bastard child of Gu Qili for me right now. He escaped a disaster four years ago, and now that I see him, I find it increasingly displeasing—it’s because of him that Shuoqian can’t leave Gu Qili, so go, get him."