Chapter One: The Incident Occurred Suddenly

  "Xiao Wu, how did you come back?"

  Li Lanzhi, who was lying on the kang and dripping with sweat, struggled to sit up. Her thin face was full of expression as she looked at her son in surprise and fear. Huang Xiangyun put down his things and hurriedly helped her lie back down, smiling and saying, "Mom, lie down quickly. Lin Auntie said you're sick, I came back to take a look."

  "Look at her sharp tongue! It's not a big deal, just look... Xiaowu, what about your work then?"

  Huang Xiangyun took a deep breath and held back her tears. She took out a bag of black sesame paste from her trunk, opened it and made a cup for her mother.

  Huang Xiangyun used to buy sesame paste for his mother when he was in vocational school, she liked it but left it all for him and Jiao Jiao Rourou. However, both older sister Huang Jiaojiao and younger sister Huang Rou Rou were also sensible and reluctant to eat it.

  As a result, only a little of that bag of sesame paste was eaten, and the rest became damp and moldy, so it had to be thrown away.

  "Mom, I've taken a leave of absence, don't worry about my work... Mom, have some sesame paste. It's good for your body."

  Huang Xiangyun helped his mother up and let her lean on him, then fed her with a small spoon. This time she didn't run away, but as she ate, she burst into tears in his arms.

  Since childhood, Huang Xiangyun had never seen her mother cry, but now she not only cried, but also cried so sorrowfully and painfully, as if her heart was broken!

  Huang Xiangyun put down the bowl, tightly hugging his mother, with red eyes, but no more tears flowed. From now on, he couldn't cry anymore, because from then on, he would be the pillar and backbone of this family!

  After crying for a long time, Li Lan Zhi's sobs gradually subsided. Huang Xiang Yun looked down and saw that her mother had closed her beautiful big eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly as she still sobbed softly... She fell asleep!

  Huang Xiangyun gently laid his mother down, checked that the IV was finished, and then skillfully and tenderly removed it, pressing a cotton ball against her small hand.

  Looking at his mother's face that should be young and beautiful, now so haggard, Huang Xiangyun's heart ached terribly!

  He held his mother's rough small hands with his big hands, tucked her in and leaned against the wall, letting out a long sigh. Thinking of his mother's life, he felt even more heartache!

  Li Lanzhi is not Huang Xiangyun's biological mother. Huang Xiangyun was an abandoned baby in a hospital, brought home and raised by Li Lanzhi's sister and brother-in-law who had been married for many years but had no children of their own despite visiting many hospitals and being unable to determine the cause of their infertility. As both of them were getting older, they were just thinking of adopting when Huang Xiangyun appeared at the right time! It has to be said that this was the fate between Huang Xiangyun and the Huang couple.

  Thus, Huang Xiangyun became the adopted son of the Huang family. Although the Huang family was not well off, they treated him like a precious gem, and from a young age he had never suffered any hardships.

  It's also a wonder that after Huang Xiangyun arrived at the Huang family for more than two years, Li Lanqi's sister became pregnant and gave birth to a pair of delicate twin daughters: Huang Jiaojiao and Huang Roujiao.

  In less than three years, the Huang family not only had children but also had a boy and a girl, which made the Huang couple overjoyed. At that time, Li Lan Zhi, who was orphaned at a young age and raised by her sister and brother-in-law, was only in her early teens and still in elementary school.

  The Huang couple was very capable and clever. Gradually, the Huang family began to have money, and their days became more and more prosperous.

  If things had gone on like this, Li Lanzhi and Huang Xiangyun as well as Huang Jiaojiao and Huang Rourou would have lived a very easy life, and their fate wouldn't have been so miserable later on.

  But just as Li Lanzhi was 16 years old, shortly after receiving the admission notice from the municipal key high school, Huang's couple's agricultural four-wheeled vehicle was squeezed into a deep and wide ditch full of rainwater on the side of the road by a large truck!

  A whole truck of goods, and the people with four-wheeled vehicles were all submerged in that accursed deep ditch on that summer night. It wasn't until several days later, after some of the water had evaporated, that they were discovered.

  Happiness and misfortune are just a thin line apart!

  Li Lanzhi had just finished burying her sister and brother-in-law, and the family was already impoverished, with a lot of external debt. But looking at Huang Xiangyun and Jiao Jiao's pitiful appearance, she knew that her university dream could no longer be realized - she had to take care of these three children, what high school to attend!

  Thus, Li Lan Zhi became the second "mother" of three children. With hardships and bitterness, she endured countless difficulties before stumbling to where she is today!

  Just as Huang Xiayun had graduated from a vocational school and landed a good job, she was diagnosed with cancer! She is only eight years older than Huang Xiayun and is just 28 this year!

  Thinking of his mother still being in the flower-like age, thinking that she had not experienced love, thinking of so many years of silent dedication, thinking of her miserable life, Huang Xiangyun's heart ached to death!!!... He and his two sisters' feelings towards Li Lan Zhi were something ordinary people could never understand!

  Huang Xiangyun held his mother's slightly cold little hand in his, and secretly vowed in his heart: "Mom, even if I have to sacrifice my own life, I must let you live! Fate shouldn't be so unfair..."

  Just then, the door to the inner room was pushed open and Lin Xiaoyu, their neighbor and also a close sister of their mother, walked in. Seeing Huang Xiangyun's appearance, she felt both bitter and warm in her heart: Lan Zhi had not raised this little guy for nothing!

  Thinking of herself at such a big age, still alone. Lin Xiaoyu let out a soft sigh. Huang Xiangyun heard her sigh and turned to Lin Xiaoyu, saying softly: "Aunt Lin."

  "Hmm... Has your mother eaten? I've cooked some millet porridge for her." Lin Xiaoyu pointed to the small bowl covered with a lid on the cabinet.

  Huang Xiangyun nodded: "Thank you, Aunt Lin. I just fed my mom some black sesame paste earlier. Aunt Lin, you haven't eaten yet, have you? The sesame paste is right there, why don't you make some to drink too, it's good for your health. There's also a bag in my pocket that I bought for you."

  Lin Xiaoyu's heart warmed up, but looking at Li Lanzhi's thin face, her heart was filled with worries again. She asked softly: "Xiaowu, have you thought of what to do?"

  Huang Xiangyun said without hesitation: "I've thought it through, tomorrow I'll take my mom to the provincial city for a check-up. Sometimes the hospitals in our city are not accurate, so it's better to go to a big hospital in the provincial city for a good check-up. If she is diagnosed with this disease, we will have her hospitalized... Anyway, I will make sure my mom enjoys our blessings... Lin Yi, if you want to avoid trouble, come with me too. I won't be able to handle it alone."