Gu Chen never thought that he would meet a middle-aged man living in such a miserable state outside the library.
Originally, I simply thought that the man might just encounter some temporary difficulties, leading to income constraints.
So I was frugal, and on my birthday, I ordered a roasted whole chicken takeout as a birthday dinner as a reward.
But such a simple and unpretentious wish suddenly shattered at night.
The takeaway was stolen, causing him to suffer an emotional breakdown.
Gu Chen thought that he might be able to order a roasted whole chicken takeout for him to help this middle-aged man celebrate this difficult birthday.
Unexpectedly, this conversation between the man and his wife instantly overturned Gu Chen's cognition.
From the phone call, Gu Chen could tell that the man had also made a huge determination, and then made a seemingly unreasonable decision, which was to let his wife give up treatment and wait at home to die.
Such a cruel reality really makes it difficult for Gu Chen to imagine that this is how a husband should behave.
But looking back, I realized that the man may have been burdened with too much pressure, including the elderly, children, mortgage and car loans, and the high medical expenses of 120,000 per month.
The heavy pressure may be like a big mountain, crushing the man mercilessly.
Because of this, the takeaway was stolen on his birthday, which may have been the last straw for the man.
Just when the man hung up the phone, it seemed that his sadness could no longer be concealed.
The man suddenly sat on the ground and cried loudly, no longer caring about his personal image.
Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei looked at each other and quickly sat down next to the man. Lu Weiwei also enthusiastically handed over a tissue:
"Then what? Sir, please wipe your tears first."
"Thank you." The middle-aged man did not refuse Lu Weiwei this time, but directly took the tissue and put it in the corner of his eyes to wet his tears.
Gu Chen patted him on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Your love?"
"It's an advanced stage." The man seemed to be very calm as he spoke.
Gu Chen continued to ask: "Is there no other way?"
The man shook his head: "The doctor has already said that there is no other way. Even if you continue treatment, it will only extend your life."
"But the monthly life renewal fee is nearly 120,000 yuan, which I really can't afford."
After sniffing, the man also choked and said: "I know, even if I borrow various things to make money, it will be difficult for me to collect the treatment cost of 120,000 yuan a month."
"I still have children at home, there are elderly people to support, and I still have the pressure of mortgage and car payments every month."
"Now I wake up every day and have to work three jobs. I even dare to eat only two meals a day, or even one meal a day."
Rubbing his face with rough hands, the man also looked at Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei beside him, and said aggrievedly:
"When I learned from the doctor that my wife could not be saved, if her life were to be continued, at least the various expenses combined would cost 120,000 yuan a month."
"The doctor advised me to give up and spend the remaining time with my wife."
"When I heard the news, I almost collapsed, and today is my birthday. I made a lot of determination and ordered a luxurious takeaway for myself after work."
"I don't dare to go home. I'm afraid of facing my family. I just dare to find an excuse for myself and hide here secretly, thinking that I will be rewarded with a luxurious takeaway for my hard work over the past few days."
"After I finish eating the takeaway, I will muster up the courage to tell my wife that I will take you home. However, I feel that I am really cruel, ugh."
At the end of the sentence, the man instantly felt like a baby, leaning on Gu Chen's chest and sobbing loudly.
It seemed that at this moment, the man had completely put down all his dignity and wanted to find someone to talk to.
Gu Chen still patted the man on the back and said comfortingly: "I heard you call your lover just now. Your lover is really a very good person."
"When she learned that she could no longer be cured and might face death, her expression did not fluctuate too much. Instead, she agreed without a trace of complaint. I..."
Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen also choked with sobs and said, "I really admire her. She must love you very much, right?"
"Yeah." The man nodded in response with a trembling voice, also feeling extremely sad.
He turned to look at Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei, and said helplessly: "She is my colleague after graduation. We entered a company for internship together, and we are good partners."
"We hit it off in almost everything and believe each other can have a bright future."
After sniffing, the middle-aged man choked and said, "Neither of us has a good family background, and we both come from rural areas."
"Therefore, we will understand each other's difficulties. That is, because of the tacit understanding developed at work, we gradually came together and became a couple."
"Even when I had nothing, she was willing to be with me."
"Then you are so lucky, right?" After hearing the middle-aged man describe the scene when he and his wife met, Lu Weiwei also looked at him with longing, and couldn't help but say with envy:
"How lucky you are to have such a soul mate?"
"Yes, I am lucky." The middle-aged man wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. It seemed that the extreme sadness just now had eased, and he continued:
"When we first met and fell in love, when it came time to talk about marriage, she once asked me, if her father asked for a bride price of 200,000 yuan, would I still marry him?"
"Then what did you say?" Gu Chen was also curious.
The man sighed and said truthfully: "To be honest, when I heard this number, I was completely stunned."
"You have to know that at that time, I had just graduated, and with the salary I had earned in the previous few years, I still had to pay off some of my family's previous debts."
"Under those conditions at that time, it was a bit difficult to even come up with a 200,000-yuan gift, let alone a 200,000-yuan gift."
"At that time, I was really a pauper, but I answered her without any hesitation."
"I said just save it slowly. Anyway, I will recognize you for the rest of my life."
When talking about his sadness, the man choked up a few times again and said with sobs:
"But my lover, after hearing what I said, flicked my forehead with his finger."
"She smiled and told me, you idiot, you don't need any gift to marry me. My household registration belongs to me alone. I have the final say."
The air suddenly became quiet.
Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei were stunned on the spot, and they also looked at each other.
It’s hard to imagine that this middle-aged man’s love story could be so exciting.
The reason why Gu Chen found it wonderful was that both of them had the same expectation of happiness.
Hearing this, Gu Chen also said with envy: "Then you can be considered a happy person, with such a good wife and children."
"Yes." The man looked at Gu Chen and said with sobs:
"I originally thought that a person like me could have such a happy family. I am very satisfied. I am really satisfied."
"So, after we got married, we didn't have children immediately. We both worked hard, and our lives gradually developed in a good direction."
"We quickly saved up the down payment, bought a house and a car, and brought the elderly at home to live together."
"We were a happy family, and we even had our own child. Really, that's when I discovered that I was the happiest man in the world."
After sniffing, the man seemed unable to hide his sadness. He wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes with his right hand and said again:
"But I never would have thought that one day, while I was at work, I would suddenly receive a call from my lover."
"But when I thought it was my wife calling me for something, I found out that the caller was another stranger."
"The man told me that my wife fainted on the road, and kind people took her to the hospital together and told me the hospital address."
After a pause, the man put his right hand on Gu Chen's shoulder, looked at Gu Chen with a sad face, and confided:
"When I came to the hospital, I thought it was caused by my wife being overworked at work. I kept blaming myself, blaming myself for being useless and unable to take good care of her."
"But the doctor's diagnosis suddenly gave me a bolt from the blue."
"It's cancer, right?" Gu Chen said.
The middle-aged man nodded silently: "When it was found out, it was already in the advanced stage. I really damned myself for why I didn't let my wife go for a physical examination earlier."
"She had been feeling unwell before, but I didn't pay attention to it, which led to her current outcome. I'm really damned."
At the end of the sentence, the man burst into tears again and confided his various unwillingness to Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei:
"Why is fate so unfair to me? I just want a good family, even if the family is poor, it doesn't matter."
"As long as my wife can live well, I can do anything for her. Really, I can trade one life for another."
After sobbing a few times, the man also said loudly: "My wife has been an orphan since she was a child. She has no father to love her and no mother to love her."
"When she grows up, I will be her only support, I will be her everything."
"But now, even she wants to leave me. I am really useless. Why can't I save her?"
Gu Chen patted the man on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Your decision is not wrong. If it is beyond treatment, then don't worry about it."
"Spend the remaining days to accompany your wife and let her leave happily."
"I know." After hearing Gu Chen's words, the man also sniffed and explained with sobs:
"In order to treat my wife's illness, our family has actually incurred a lot of foreign debt. Now I am struggling to eat every day."
"Do you know? In order to give myself a luxurious birthday, I have been frugal and frugal for several days."
"I just thought, I'm miserable enough. I have to be able to have a good meal on my birthday. That's enough for me."
"The pressure these days has made me breathless. I want to work hard to live."
"But what did God do to me? It's obviously hard enough for me, but why would someone steal my takeaway?"
"Why? Why on earth is this?"
The man said several reasons in one breath, and seemed to be on the verge of emotional collapse.
Gu Chen was a little worried about the man's next move, so he quickly comforted him and said, "How much money do you still have on you now?"
"I have no money anymore." The man shook his head: "In order to treat my wife's illness, I have already borrowed all the money I should borrow. I can't even afford to pay for my mortgage. It's already overdue."
"I have also found a buyer for the car and am planning to sell it in exchange for some money."
"But even so, in the hospital, the cost of daily treatment is a bottomless pit."
After looking at Gu Chen, the middle-aged man opened his mobile wallet, showed it in front of Gu Chen and said, "Now, all my belongings combined, I only have less than 80 yuan left."
Gu Chen casually glanced at the number and saw that the change was 79. He couldn't help but sigh and said: "How about this? I will lend you a sum of money first and you can use it for emergency purposes."
"Also, you must remember to never give up hope of living at any time."
"After all, you have elderly people and children at home, and you are their mainstay."
"I understand, but this money..."
Before the man could finish speaking, Gu Chen took his mobile phone and started transferring money to him.
In less than a moment, the balance on the man's mobile phone quickly became 3,079 yuan.
"So much?" The man was also stunned. He originally thought that if he confided his pain to this kind-hearted person, the kind-hearted person would give him a few hundred yuan in exchange for his kindness.
Unexpectedly, this handsome young man would transfer 3,000 yuan to himself at once.
The man was a little flattered and said in surprise: "Young man, aren't you afraid that I am a liar? Are you transferring so much money to me at once? This... this is not appropriate."
"Don't worry." Seeing that the man also looked worried, Gu Chen smiled and said in order to dispel his worries:
"I can tell at a glance whether you are a liar or not. Brother, you are just a little unlucky, but you are not a liar."
"Yes." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, Lu Weiwei also interjected:
"Are you a liar? In fact, we can tell at a glance. Don't worry, we can trust you. Besides, we only lent you this money for emergency use, and we didn't say we wouldn't let you pay it back."
After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, the man felt relieved and said slowly:
"Okay, I'm borrowing this money from you. Young man, please leave me your contact information and your workplace. When I have a chance to recover, I will definitely come to thank you."
"Okay." It seemed that the man would not accept the money if he didn't leave him a contact information.
Gu Chen thought about it and agreed, so he gave the man his mobile phone number.
After the man finished recording, he raised his head and asked, "Excuse me, what is your surname?"
"For your surname is Gu, my name is Gu Chen." Gu Chen said.
"Gu Chen?" After hearing this name, the middle-aged man nodded silently and couldn't help but said: "My benefactor, I will remember you."
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