novelno Chapter 691 - 697: The Touching Chuchu
Chapter 691 - 697: The Touching Chuchu
Chuchu also tugged at Li Li’s coat, in her sweet childlike voice, "Grandma, don’t cry..."
Li Li looked down and saw a tiny little girl.
She bent over and scooped Chuchu into her arms, "Your name is Chuchu, right? Come, let Grandma take a good look at you..."
"Yes! Chuchu, the adorable Chuchu!" Chuchu giggled, trying to make her grandma smile.
"You’re so cute, Grandma likes you." Li Li kissed Chuchu’s little face, then held Chu Xiaoge’s hand, just about to say something when she received a phone call.
Li Li’s face immediately changed, she quickly apologized on the phone.
"Sorry, Second Brother, I’m really sorry, that money we owe you should have been paid back a long time ago... Don’t worry, I’ll gather some money this afternoon and give you my retirement pension first... Yes, yes, I will repay it for sure!"
Hearing Li Li mention repaying money and retirement pension on the phone, Xiaoge was puzzled.
After Li Li hung up, Chu Xiaoge quickly asked, "Mom, what money? Do you owe Uncle money?"
Li Li put away her phone, knowing that Xiaoge would ask sooner or later, she didn’t plan to hide anything and took her hand, speaking earnestly, "Xiaoge, don’t blame your dad. Actually, all this time you were gone, he has been looking for you everywhere, afraid you’d be wronged or run into bad people. He often said that he would sell everything just to find you. Later, he went around asking for favors, searching for your whereabouts. We used up all our small savings long ago and even borrowed a lot from relatives..."
"Mom... you..." Chu Xiaoge choked with sobs and finally couldn’t hold back her tears. "It’s my fault, Mom, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry..."
"Silly child, it’s good enough that you’re back, what’s there to apologize for? Your dad may have a sharp tongue but a soft heart. All these years you’ve been gone, he looked at your photo every day, wondering when you would come back..."
Li Li hugged Chu Xiaoge, then looked back at the emergency room door, "When your dad wakes up, have a good talk with him. He’s such a stubborn man, like a mule, never willing to admit defeat in his life!"
Just as Li Li finished speaking, the emergency room door opened.
The doctor walked out, pulling down his mask.
Chu Xiaoge immediately rushed over, "Doctor, how is my dad?"
She desperately wanted her dad to get better so she could apologize in person.
The doctor frowned, the situation didn’t look very optimistic, "The patient’s heart needs a stent placement, we should have mentioned this to your family earlier. Have you considered it? The sooner we do the stent surgery, the sooner the patient can be relieved of some burden. How exactly to proceed with this surgery can’t be decided by me alone, it has to be determined by a panel of experts."
Chu Xiaoge didn’t understand the specifics of the surgery, but from the complexity mentioned by the doctor, she knew her dad’s condition was really serious...
"Doctor, please, you must save my dad, we’ll do the surgery..."
"Rest assured, we’ll do our best. You should gather the money first, the initial estimate is about eighty thousand."
"We’ll gather the money, Doctor, please, you must save my dad..." Chu Xiaoge earnestly held the doctor’s hand, her heart aching.
She truly felt like an unfilial daughter for driving her dad to this condition!
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Chu Lianghua was moved to the ICU, the doctor specifically warned that his heart condition was critical and he must avoid any further shocks.