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"What's wrong with your mom?"he asked.
I sighed."Dad,don't be angry after knowing this.I heard that Mom went to work for a single old man.His children are abroad,and he's very rich.I heard that he lives in the house in the community we went to see before."
When he heard this,he squinted his eyes and his breathing became uneven.
Back then,he brought my mother-in-law out of the countryside because although she was from the countryside,she was a beauty.Even though she was old now,she still had some charm among her peers.
"Dad,our current house is quite popular.Recently,several families have come to look at it,and they offered a pretty good price.The agent asked me if you were interested in selling it,"I said.
"Sell it!We must sell it!I have to show that old bitch!"He was holding his breath,determined to make my mother-in-law regret her decision.
I quickly put this matter on the agenda.He was so focused on getting back at my mother-in-law that he didn't care about much else.
After signing the contract,he suddenly felt a pain in his chest and his heart started beating faster.I quickly called the emergency number.He was taken to the hospital,and he authorized me to handle the remaining matters.
I took out a piece of paper with my bank card number on it and handed it to the agent."Transfer the house payment to this account."
With the authorization letter,the agent nodded.
The payment was transferred in the afternoon.I exchanged the more than one million dollars from the house sale into gold jewelry in its entirety and didn't go to pay the deposit for the new house.
The next day,I went to the hospital to pick up my father-in-law.I showed him some of the house sale documents and the deposit documents for the new house.
"Dad,the house has been sold.In a while,when the procedures are completed,we can move into the new house.I told the buyer that we can still live in this old house until the end of the month,"I said.
My father-in-law was overjoyed."Good!You're really efficient,Amanda."
When we got home,he still said he felt hot all over,but the hospital didn't find anything wrong with him that day.
"Dad,I'll take you to another hospital in a couple of days.Maybe this hospital might miss something,"I said.
"Okay.I don't know what's wrong with my body.It just doesn't work all of a sudden.I was fine not long ago,but now I always feel flustered and hot all over,"he said.
"Elderly people are prone to all kinds of problems.But don't worry,"I comforted him.
I left his room.Looking at his hot and wriggling body,there was an electric blanket under the two layers of quilts that I turned on for him.How could he not feel hot?
When he woke up,he was sweating all over,and his joints ached terribly.He was also extremely weak.
"Dad,why are you sweating so much?"I quickly stepped forward and handed him a glass of water.
He wiped the sweat off his head.He also felt weak all over.He gulped down a glass of water."Amanda,you said we should go to another hospital to see a doctor the other day.Let's go today."
My belly was getting bigger day by day."We can go tomorrow.I'm not feeling well today,"I said,rubbing my gradually rounder belly.I was almost seven months pregnant now.
"Let's go today.I feel that my body is getting worse day by day.If there's something wrong,it's better to find out early,"he said.
"Okay Dad,"I agreed.
At the hospital,he had a blood test first.
When the results came out,there were several items at a critical value.
I was sitting at the door searching on my phone.The doctor called me in,and I casually put my phone on the bench beside my father-in-law.
He lowered his head and saw the content on the phone:Fever,night sweats,joint pain.Be careful of diseases like leukemia...
When I came out with the test results,he saw me frowning and panicked immediately.He stammered,"Amanda,how is it?Is there anything wrong?Why did the doctor call you in alone?"
I put the test results in my bag."Dad,it's okay.The doctor said everything is fine."
But the more I said that,the less he believed me."Amanda,don't lie to me.What's wrong?Is there something bad?"
After he kept asking,I finally said reluctantly,"Dad,why don't we wait until Eric comes back and discuss this?"
"What's going on?"He cherished his life the most.Seeing me being so evasive,he had a premonition that something was wrong.
"The doctor...the doctor said that according to the blood test,there are a few more white blood cells,and they suspect it might be leukemia,"I said.
When he heard these three words,he almost fainted...
