Chapter 189: Several Parties
Beijing City, Steel Factory Family Courtyard.
“Those useless bastards, after squatting for days they didn’t even see a single hair of a person?”
Xu Zixin, who already had nameless anger pent up in his heart, was completely ignited by her sharp and piercing voice, “Shut up!”
“What’s the use of venting your anger on me?!”
No matter how tough her words were, Qian Huiru was still startled by his appearance and instinctively retreated two steps, her voice dropping several degrees.
Thinking of how he had sworn that this time he would definitely catch that wretched girl, not only saving Little Treasure but also getting all those things.
But now, just this?
Still unable to fly even with wings, not even a single hair left!
She clenched her fist tightly and quickly released it; those houses, gold, silver, and jewels that once made her green with envy and longing were now nothing compared to her son’s life.
She could stop scheming for those things, as long as Su Ning was willing to save Little Treasure’s life!
“If it really doesn’t work, let Shanshan go; they are blood siblings, maybe even more compatible than that bastard Su Ning.”
“Brother Xin?!”
Qian Huiru looked at him in disbelief; Little Treasure’s life was a life, but Shanshan was also their daughter—how could a mother watch her daughter trade life for life?!
“Then what do you say we do? Are you expecting me to go?!”
Right after Xu Zongbao was born and diagnosed with this illness, the first to get tested for matching were the three of them, his closest relatives.
Fortunately, aside from Qian Huiru the mother, Xu Zixin as the father and sister Xu Shanshan both matched successfully.
The two of them, as expected of blood father and daughter, inheriting the same selfishness.
At a time like this, the first thought was always for themselves; Xu Shanshan was timid and afraid of death on the operating table, and with her age and experience, it was forgivable to be worried and scared.
But Xu Zixin was unwilling from the bottom of his heart, even repulsed; he valued his son, but no matter how much, could the son be more important than himself?
One kidney for a man went without saying—who could easily agree to give it up?
“Shanshan has a special constitution; anesthetics don’t work on her—how could she get on the operating table? She… she would die!”
“Brother Xin, you… even one kidney, as long as it’s properly cared for, the damage to the body isn’t…”
“Shut the fuck up! If I collapse, the family is left with you three—do you want us all to stop living properly?!”
“Then, then what do you say we should do! What about our son Little Treasure!”
He grabbed his hair fiercely, not caring how many strands he yanked out; Xu Zixin panted roughly through his nose, his chest heaving more and more.
Logically speaking, such a matching result, even among closest relatives, didn’t have such a high probability of three out of them matching two.
Moreover, the kidney transplant proposed by the doctor was a surgery that hadn’t even succeeded in clinical trials; the first case was a corpse donor kidney transplant. Although he said the expert academicians in this field promised to perform it personally, the success probability was still not high.
In other words, even if he agreed, there was a high chance the surgery would fail, the son would be gone, and he would lose a kidney too.
“Huiru, we can still…”
“Don’t even think about it!”
Qian Huiru pushed away his reaching arm, her eyes reddening vividly like blood; the whole person felt like she’d been struck hard on the head, the world spinning around her.
She had always known how callous and cold this man she liked was, how ruthless and cruel.
But she always thought that was only toward things he didn’t care about, people not in his heart.
The two of them were childhood sweethearts, innocent playmates, knowing each other for a full forty-two years.
At eighteen, he said once his studies were done he’d come marry her in glory, but what she waited for was him turning to marry someone else.
At twenty-four, when the daughter was born, he said wait another ten years for him, and he’d hand over all of the Su Family to make their mother-daughter lives worry-free.
At thirty, she finally saw the clouds part for the moon, but at the cost of ruining her reputation, marrying him as a widowed second marriage.
And now, what had she gotten? In his heart, what exactly were she and her son and daughter?
“Little Treasure is my life; Xu Zixin, if you save him or not and just abandon him like this, I will make you regret it!! The things you’ve done, I…”
He seized her neck, Xu Zixin slowly tightening his fingers, meeting those bloodshot eyes that didn’t retreat at all, then slowly loosening his grip, “What nonsense are you saying? That’s also my son, my only son—how could I not want to save him?”
“What I mean is, we can still try my father and mother and younger siblings.”
“You mean? Have father and mother and them all come for matching?”
“Right, maybe our Xu Family bloodline is special, with such high probability, there really might be a few that match successfully.”
“Then what are we waiting for, let’s set off now to pick them up!”
“What’s the rush!”
Pulling her to sit on the sofa, Xu Zixin lowered his eyes, “Have you forgotten our relationship with them?”
The wedding feast was all set up, which in the village was like announcing to the world, but one had made it big yet married someone else in the city, the other ignored family opposition to go from big wife to little for a heartless man.
This was utterly outrageous and absurd, utterly shameless; the damage wasn’t just to the two of them involved.
The Xu and Qian families, because of the two of them, openly cut ties with them; even after they really married and were together, so many years later, relations hadn’t eased or resumed contact.
“Brother Xin, no matter what, this is the Xu Family’s direct blood grandson—they definitely won’t let him die without helping!”
“Let’s try it first.”
……
Beijing City, Qinghe Lane Fu Family.
“Dad, I’m back.”
“How’d it go.”
“All settled.”
Fu Chenggong nodded without saying more, but secretly resolved that this time he would definitely give that beast a harsh lesson.
To dare threaten Ning Yatou and actually act on it—did he think he was dead?!
Fu Xingguo didn’t know what his old dad really planned, but he still felt faintly uneasy inside.
“Dad, we can’t cause any deaths!”
“Scram, brat—looking at you pisses me off!”
Fine, use and toss aside.
Got it, he understood all too well.
Fu Xingguo felt sour inside, sighing that his status kept dropping day by day; he once thought there was a bottom, but after Ning Ning came, he knew it had no bottom.
Retreating to the doorway, changing his expression, Fu Xingguo looked at him seriously, “Old dad, even with your status, if you commit a crime you still have to go in; your son doesn’t have the ability to get you out!”
“Scram!”
“Hey~”
……
Jilin Province, Yan County Guesthouse.
Before dawn, Su Ning was already dressed neatly and out the door.
Not only had she changed into a set of drab gray thin cotton clothes and pants specially distressed with several patches, but she also wrapped her head in a breathable scarf, exposing only her eyes.
Finding a good spot to hide, looking around several times with no one in sight, Su Ning quickly entered the space.
It felt cold outside, but entering Peach Blossom Spring immediately made her feel so comfortable she wanted to sigh out loud.
Once her body warmed up a bit, she undid the buttons of her jacket, took off the scarf, and put them together in the small courtyard to wear again when going out to avoid sweating.
With light steps, she first collected what needed collecting in the space, planted what needed planting, then sprinkled spring water over the medicinal herbs in the medicine garden before going down to the underground storage room to see what things to bring out for the Jiang Family.
Picking and choosing for a good while, until the large sack at her feet was full, she finally stopped.
She hadn’t been to the black market here and didn’t dare take out too much grain without knowing the details.
Just ten jin of rice and flour together, plus some commonly eaten beans available here.
One lamb leg, one pork belly, plus the cured sausage and blood tofu that Aunt Gao Fen had sent before.
The rest was fluffy cotton that she had squeezed and stuffed hard into round balls to fill the bag.
Packing these things separately then all into the largest sack, tying it tight.
Putting on her jacket and scarf, Su Ning grabbed the sack and flashed out of the space.
A gust of cold wind blew, making her stomp her foot instinctively; hefting the sack with effort, she first sent the things back to the guesthouse room before really heading to the food store entrance to line up with the crowd.
Food store, supply and marketing cooperative, state-run restaurant.
Running back and forth several times, finally buying everything after the sky was fully bright, Zhang Ze finally blocked her at the room door.
“Ning Ning, are you planning to move all the good things in the entire county to the Jiang Family?”
“Hehe, I just bought whatever came to mind, and when I snapped out of it, it was like this.”
“Do you have enough money and ration coupons left? I have some here.”
“Enough, enough; I brought plenty this trip out. Jiaming and Xi You gave me all their coupons. Things are mostly bought; shall we head out first? They’re probably eating brunch over there.”
