Leukemia was a type of hematopoietic stem cell malignant cloning disease. It was known as an incurable disease a few years ago. Chinese medicine defined it as blockage of the five meridians, stagnation of blood, and invasion of cancer in the bones.
Although the medical technology was advanced and it could be cured through chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant, the chemotherapy process was extremely painful. A bone marrow transplant could easily cost 300,000 to 500,000 yuan.
To Ye Chen's parents, 300,000 to 500,000 yuan was equivalent to their lifetime savings.
"Mom, when did this happen?" Ye Chen asked after taking a deep breath in.
He had just seen his daughter when he heard such a terrible news.
Wu Lan covered her face as tears rolled down her cheeks. "In the fourth year after you disappeared, when Mengmeng was three, she suddenly had a fever and a nosebleed. Your dad and I brought her to the hospital for a checkup, and we found out that it was leukemia.
We went to countless hospitals, but Mengmeng's condition couldn't be controlled. Instead, it was getting worse. The doctor said we would either have a bone marrow transplant or chemotherapy.
Both of these paths would take our lives.
Mengmeng was so young, so how could she endure the pain of chemotherapy? However, a bone marrow transplant would cost hundreds of thousands of yuan. Your dad and I really couldn't do anything about it.
Since we had no choice, your dad and I could only treat her condition with medicine temporarily. The medicine alone costs 1,000 yuan. We've spent all our savings in the past year … "
Wu Lan looked like she was in pain and blamed herself when she mentioned the sad part.
Ye Chen took the bottle of medicine from his mother's hand and saw the name 'Gleevec' on it. He asked by instinct, "What about Yuhan?"
Wu Lan wiped her tears, looking rather unnatural. "Yuhan …"
"What happened to Yuhan?" Ye Chen's expression changed, seeming to have realized something.
Wu Lan hesitated and said, "The Su family took Mengmeng away by force when she was just two years old!"
Ye Chen lifted his head when he heard that. A ferocious gleam flashed deep in his eyes.
The Su family!
Back then, Ye Chen met Su Yuhan in university. Back then, Su Yuhan was the campus belle. She had many suitors, but she fell for Ye Chen who came from an ordinary family. Ye Chen only found out about Su Yuhan's identity after they fell in love.
She was the daughter of the wealthy Su family in Beijing!
What was a wealthy family?
In the words of the young man who had stepped on Ye Chen to the ground and looked down at him in a condescending manner back then, "In ancient times, there's a toad that wants to eat swan meat. However, to my Su family, you lowly commoners are worse than a toad. You're an ant at most. If not for Yuhan, my Su family wouldn't even bother to step on you. Since you're an ant, you must understand that you're an ant. Don't have any unrealistic fantasies. Otherwise, I guarantee that you'll die a horrible death!"
Ye Chen was indignant after that. He secretly swore that he would prove himself with some results. In the end, he was knocked out on his way back from work. His hands and feet were tied and he was dragged into the Surge River.
Needless to say, it was done by the Su Family!
Ye Chen clenched his fists slowly as he thought to this point. A smirk appeared at the corner of his lips. "Su family, thanks to you, I, Ye Chen, didn't die after falling into the river. Instead, I returned to the city with the might of a Heavenly Emperor. Just you wait. I'll show you what an ant is and what fear is!"
Wu Lan thought Ye Chen was mad when she saw that he was silent. She explained immediately, "Xiaochen, don't blame Yuhan. After you disappeared, your father and I couldn't bear to see her suffer, so we asked her to abort the baby and go home.
However, this girl was stubborn and said that she would wait for you to come back. She even did housework and went to work with her pregnant belly. She took care of Mengmeng until she was two years old. She could only go home with them when the Su family came. "
"I know, Mom. It must have been hard on her all these years." Ye Chen smiled, but the ferocity deep in his eyes was growing.
With Su Yuhan's character, she would never leave her daughter, Mengmeng, unless she had no other choice. The Su family must have used many underhanded methods such as threatening her with Ye Chen's parents.
Wu Lan said while wiping her tears, "Yuhan never came back after she left. She couldn't even contact me and your father. She must have suffered a lot. After Mengmeng was diagnosed with leukemia, your father went to Beijing to look for her. The Su family chased him out and even broke one of his legs."
"One day, I'll bring Yuhan back myself. I guarantee that day won't be too far away." Ye Chen smiled coldly. The rage within him had risen to its peak.
How could the Su family let Su Yuhan know that Mengmeng had leukemia? Otherwise, she would definitely go crazy over it.
Wu Lan's expression changed slightly as if she noticed what he was thinking. "Don't do anything. We can't afford to offend the Su family. We're old. Our only hope in this lifetime is that you and Mengmeng are healthy. However, Mengmeng …"
"Don't worry, Mom. I've learned some medical skills during the few years that I disappeared. I have a way to treat Mengmeng's illness, but it'll take some time," Ye Chen comforted while smiling.
To ordinary people, leukemia was no different from a terminal illness. However, to the East Rising Immortal Venerable, a Rebirth Pill was all that was needed to help Mengmeng be reborn and rebuild her vital energy and blood. The only difficulty was that the Rebirth Pill could only be refined with a Foundation Building cultivation base. However, he had lost his cultivation base at the moment.
It seemed like he had to find a way to recover his cultivation base as soon as possible. By then, he would be able to refine the Qi and Blood Pill to suppress Mengmeng's illness. The effect would be 100 times more powerful than the Gleevec.
Ye Chen secretly made up his mind.
Wu Lan sighed and said nothing. She took it as a consolation.
At that moment, an argument came from outside the house. Wu Lan was stunned. She got up and walked to the door by instinct. "Your father is back!"
Ye Chen followed her immediately.
When the mother and daughter walked out of the house, they saw a middle-aged man in a work cap surrounded by a bunch of people. The leader was a young man with dyed blonde hair.
The middle-aged man was Ye Chen's father, Ye Hai.
The blonde young man was chewing gum while glaring at Ye Hai ferociously. "Ye, you've been hiding from us for days. I've finally caught you, haven't I? If you don't get the money today, don't blame me, Bao Kun, for turning against you. "
Upon hearing Bao Kun's name, the people who wanted to stop the fight had a drastic change of expression. They retreated far away immediately, afraid that they would be implicated.
"I don't have money now. Can you give me more time?" Ye Hai said while his face was flushing.
"You don't have money now? Sure, keep one of your fingers as interest! "
Bao Kun spat the gum out and took a pair of scissors from behind him. He said with a ferocious expression, "Press this old fart's hand. I'll teach him a lesson today!"
As soon as he was done speaking, the few people behind him hugged Ye Hai.
"Stop, all of you!"
Ye Chen was enraged when he saw that. He gestured to his mother to stand still and walked over while roaring.
The people were shocked and could not help but look at him.
Bao Kun's expression turned grim immediately. "F * ck, where did this idiot come from? How dare he interfere with my business? I'll beat you up too if you don't get lost! "
"You have no right to know who I am!"
Ye Chen glanced at him extremely coldly and said to Ye Hai while smiling, "Dad!"
Ye Hai was stunned. He looked at Ye Chen in disbelief and said, "Y-you're Xiaochen?"
"Yes, Dad. What exactly is going on?" Ye Chen nodded and subsequently looked at Bao Kun and the rest coldly.
Ye Hai opened his mouth, but Bao Kun, who was standing aside, interrupted, "You're this old fart's son? It's great that you're here. This old fart owes us 50,000 yuan. Pay it for him now and kowtow a few times. Then, we'll … "
Piak!
Ye Chen lifted his arm and slapped him before he was done speaking. "Your mouth stinks! Also, it's not your place to interrupt when I'm asking questions! "
The slap was unusually loud.
Dead silence filled the surroundings. Everyone stared at Ye Chen in disbelief with their eyes wide open. Even Ye Hai, who was involved, was stunned.
"Y-you f * cking dare to slap me?" Bao Kun was dumbstruck from the slap. He only snapped back to his senses after being stunned for a few seconds. He looked at Ye Chen blankly while covering his face.
He, Bao Kun, was Brother Leopard's trusted subordinate. Even the city's top leader had to be polite to him. Now, someone had slapped him just because of a disagreement.
Piak!
Another slap came, and the other side of Bao Kun's face swelled up.
"Shut up!"
Ye Chen retracted his hand slowly, looking extremely cold!
Things were getting out of hand!
Ye Hai's heart sank to the bottom.
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