The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

In the doctor's office, Huang Jianjun stared at the boy with vacant eyes, speechless for a long time.

"sorry."

After a long silence, he apologized.

He knew that he was the one who gave this boy hope, which made him give everything and sacrifice everything for it.

But it still couldn't change the final outcome.

"Thank you, Director Huang, for taking care of us during this time."

Xu Nian forced a smile.

"How much longer can my sister live?"

Huang Jianjun pondered for a while.

"At the shortest, a month; at the longest, a month and a half."

The longest is one and a half months...

Xu Nian clenched her fists, but felt her body was so soft and weak.

It seems like I can't muster any strength at all.

Huang Jianjun sighed, took a box of medicine from the drawer, and handed it to the boy.

"I asked someone to bring this medicine back from abroad. Give your sister one pill a day."

"What kind of medicine is this?"

A glimmer of hope flashed in Xu Nian's eyes as he trembled as he took the black medicine box.

Could this be a miracle cure for Xiaoxi's illness?

"It can reduce the suffering of terminally ill patients before their death."

"Remember, eat no more than one a day."

......

In the ward, friends who received the news rushed over immediately and stood silently by the girl's bedside.

Their faces were streaked with tears as they listened intently to the unfinished words of this soon-to-be-fading white rose.

"Yaoyao, Linlin, Qiyu... cough cough... from now on, Xiaoxi Cafeteria... is in your hands..."

"My brother...cough cough...borrowed...a lot of money...please help me...help me pay it back..."

The girl lay weakly on the hospital bed, muttering to herself, too weak to support herself as she looked at her best friends.

In the end, all this girl wanted to do was pay off the debts her beloved boy owed.

He came into this world innocent and pure, yet he carries the burden of being covered in mud.

She was sorry to him.

"Don't say anymore... Waaah... Xi Bao... We're still waiting for you to get better... so we can go to school together and play together..."

Wen Yao hugged the emaciated Xu Xi tightly, tears streaming down her face.

Qi Yu and Zhao Lin also turned their heads to the side, secretly wiping away their tears.

They all knew in their hearts that from the moment drug resistance appeared, Xu Xi's life had already entered its countdown.

One day, they will not be able to afford the medical expenses needed next month.

Even though they had been working overtime for a year and their bodies were on the verge of collapse.

But to give up a precious life, especially one of their best friends, was something they simply couldn't accept.

Moths know the danger of the flame, yet they still rush headlong into it, eager to be consumed by its fire.

Only when the flames extinguish themselves will their meaningless efforts cease.

The ward door opened, and Xu Nian silently approached the girl's bedside.

"Brother...cough cough...the doctor said...how much longer can I stay with everyone?"

"One and a half months."

Xu Nian did not hide anything and told the poor girl the truth, as well as her friends who had also given everything for her, and herself, to accept this reality.

However, he still harbored some selfish motives and chose to inform them of the best possible outcome.

It seems that in this way, Xu Xi can truly develop in the best possible way.

"A month and a half..."

The girl smiled faintly.

She is already very content.

Thinking back to when my mother was in the hospital, she didn't even last a day and a half.

She not only got to see this colorful world for an extra year, but she also got an extra month and a half from the King of Hell.

She still has a month and a half left to celebrate her 20th birthday.

That's so good...that's so good...

Xu Nian squatted down, gently picked up the girl, and fed her the black pills that Huang Jianjun had given her.

After taking the medicine, Xu Xi seemed to be in better spirits.

His breathing was no longer weak, and his body regained a bit of strength.

"Brother, I want to eat your dumplings."

She nestled in the boy's arms and whispered.

That year, besides eating lush green vegetables, she drank only thin porridge that was as bland as plain water.

The cravings in her stomach had long since begun to gnaw at her internal organs.

"Okay, I'll make it for you!"

Xu Nian took a deep breath and resolutely decided not to follow the doctor's advice.

No matter what Xu Xi wanted to eat, he would give her that.

Can't we do whatever we want in this last month and a half?

He had just turned around to leave when the girl gently grabbed the hem of his clothes with her small hand.

"Brother, let me help you wrap them."

The girl looked at him with pleading eyes, her expression pitiful.

In the last month and a half, she wanted to be with her beloved boy every single moment.

this...

Xu Nian hesitated.

He certainly can't make dumplings in the hospital.

Given Xu Xi's condition, how can we get her out of the hospital?

He gritted his teeth.

Does staying in the hospital mean Xu Xi can live a few more months?

What finally made him decide was the reassuring look in Huang Jianjun's eyes at the ward door.

"Little Stream, let's go!"

He carried the girl on his back, left the ward, and walked towards the hospital gate.

The restaurant's lease was only for one year. After the summer vacation, the school banned food delivery, so Xu Nian did not renew the lease.

Their luggage has been moved to Compound No. 5, to Deng Xiaoping's house.

Returning to this familiar place, tears began to well up in the girl's eyes.

This place holds so many beautiful memories for her and her brother.

They counted stars together on the balcony in summer and basked in the sun together on deck chairs in winter.

They slept in each other's arms on the clean sheets and kissed with their eyes closed on the soft sofa.

For the first time, I experienced the taste of happiness; for the first time, I had a boy I wanted to entrust my life to.

Little did anyone expect that her life would be so short.

She wiped her eyes, trying hard not to let the tears fall.

She knew that if her brother saw her crying, he would definitely cry until his tear ducts broke down too.

This adorable boy always presents his strongest side to himself, as if he were an omnipotent superman.

But his heart was so fragile, so in need of love, so in need of a gentle embrace to soothe his wounded soul.

But she would never have the chance to do those things for him again...

......

Preparing the filling and kneading the dough, repeated dozens or even hundreds of times, the skills ingrained in Xu Nian's bones are an instinct she can never forget.

Even when he was on the verge of emotional collapse, he could still skillfully complete these tedious steps.

This time, he specially added hot oil that had been fried with ginger, cilantro, scallions, and Sichuan peppercorns to the filling.

One bite, and the sizzling oil is the most blissful way to eat dumplings.

Just then, his phone rang.

Seeing the unfamiliar number on the caller ID, Xu Nian hung up without even looking at it and added it to the blacklist.

A short while later, another unfamiliar number called his phone.

"Brother, your phone is ringing."

The girl reached out her small hand and answered the phone.

"Your credit loan is overdue by 400,000 yuan. To avoid impacting your credit score, please log in to the credit loan APP within 24 hours to settle the debt."

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