Chapter 101 - The Human Realm, Unworthy (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The woman’s name was Zheng Yunxia and she was twenty-eight years of age this year. She had once been a kindergarten teacher in Sea City.

During a clinical checkup half a year ago, she had discovered a s.p.a.ce-occupying liver lesion, and after a detailed a.n.a.lysis had been carried out in Sea City General Hospital, it was determined to be liver cancer requiring surgery.

Zheng Yunxia was from a small farming village and was not wealthy. She would often allocate 500 yuan of her meager pay to her family and would also be obligated to hand some money over to her own brother for him to buy lottery tickets every month.

Any normal patient from Sea City would not choose to have their surgery done thereafter finding out they had liver cancer.

This was especially since Imperial City was not far and had higher medical standards. Hence, most people would travel to Imperial City for treatment; as long as they could be admitted there, most people would not mind the extra cost.

However, Zheng Yunxia could barely afford her surgical fees in Sea City, and the money she had used to pay for her treatment were savings she had sc.r.a.ped up over a very long period of time.

After being informed of her current ailment, her husband disappeared without a trace for two whole days. He did not even come by to sign her pre-operations acknowledgment form.

Zheng Yunxia had been on the brink of a breakdown after being relentlessly rushed by the doctor.

Two days later, her husband finally showed up. Unfortunately, when he did, it was with neither compa.s.sion nor support but a divorce agreement.

The impact of this single action had greatly broken her.

However, she persevered and fought on. Her post-op recovery was slow, but she began working again before she had even fully recovered.

Due to her cancer, she was no longer able to work as a kindergarten teacher.

The princ.i.p.al’s excuse was that if any of the parents found out their children were in contact with someone with liver cancer, they would undoubtedly cause a huge argument.

Hence, she was only able to work jobs within her abilities.

However, fate was not through with her series of unfortunate events. There was no compromise or poetic justice. Life was tragic for her.

During a routine checkup a few months later, her doctor reluctantly informed her that her cancer had recurred.

This news was earth-shattering and absolutely devastated her. She was no longer fit for surgery and her only option was chemotherapy in the oncology department.

There was no localized drug available for liver cancer and her only choice was chemotherapy similar to that used for gastrointestinal cancer.

The effects were…limited. However, she was out of options.

Even though the treatment was the most basic and possessed the highest rate of side effects, Zheng Yunxia was only able to afford a single treatment and was forced to roam the city with a cancer-stricken body after that.

She sc.r.a.ped by for every single meal and would save up the rest in order to afford a cheaper brand of Capecitabine. She knew that Capecitabine was used to treat gastrointestinal cancer and would have no effects on liver cancer.

However, she had no other options left.

This was a manic state of survival; the desperation to cling to life.

Zheng Yunxia was in no way able to afford targeted drug therapy, and Chinese herbal medicines were either too expensive or did not inspire confidence.

Based on her own judgement, traditional Chinese doctors were only able to judge an illness based on one’s appearance, body condition, body odor and heartbeat. Hence, what kind of life-saving herbal concoction could such a doctor prescribe when they could not even label which G.o.dd*mn artery was which?

This time, she was completely penniless and had absolutely no other alternatives.

Her gradually declining health and her increasingly exhausted body would no longer allow her to work more jobs. She was no longer able to afford Capecitabine, having to switch from an imported brand known as Xeloda to a locally-made variant.

To add insult to injury, her family kept demanding money from her. Her brother had gotten himself a new girlfriend and had demanded twelve thousand yuan as a betrothal gift.

The last phone call she had was moments ago. Zheng Yunxia’s mother had told her that raising her had been an absolute waste and that she was useless.

After she hung up, she forced a smile for her oncologist who had been taking care of her all this time before leaving. When she arrived at the hallway, she opened a window and proceeded to sit on the ledge.

She was ready to enjoy the final moments of her life. The sky was dark and the winds were strong. The snowflakes that grazed against her face slightly stung her.

Oh the human realm, how unworthy.

These were the events recounted by Su Yun.

Zheng Ren only ate in silence as he listened without any intention of interrupting.

The nurse who was listening by their side was tearing up, and although situations like these were common in a hospital, every situation would invoke different reactions in people.

“How’s crowdfunding going?” the nurse asked while wiping away her tears.