177: Li Yueling asks for help

Chen Xiangbei picked out some dishes he liked, not caring about the price, just grabbing them first.

There was Stir-fried Beef with Green Onions, Ginger Mother Duck, Stir-fried Pork Kidney, Braised Pork, Boiled Prawns, Braised Pig Trotters, Garlic Broccoli, Stir-fried Bok Choy, and more.

These were all dishes he loved. Before, when he ate, he only dared to take one or two, but now his appetite was big and he had money, so he could eat without restraint.

When he put the large bowl full of dishes on the scale, it showed over 142 yuan. The staff member nearby was stunned; it was the first time he had seen one person eat so many dishes.

This meal was very satisfying, giving him a feeling of being back when he first graduated and was looking for a job, but his mindset was different now.

Before, he was rushing around for survival, but now it was like a light boat that had passed thousands of mountains, living for the sake of living.

After eating, Chen Xiangbei left this familiar place and drove home.

It was already past 8 PM when he got home.

He comfortably took a shower, then brewed a cup of coffee and sat on the balcony to enjoy the breeze.

He opened his phone to check the latest news headlines.

Suddenly, he saw a piece of news saying that a Monkey Country fishing boat had been missing for several days, and several crew members on board had disappeared. Search and rescue personnel still had no news after two days of searching.

Chen Xiangbei smiled. These Monkey Country people were just courting death. Of all people to provoke, they had to provoke him. Wasn't this just asking for death?

He silently liked the news report and then continued scrolling through videos.

As he was scrolling, his phone suddenly rang. He saw the caller ID and realized it was Li Yueling calling, so he answered the phone.

"Hey Yueling, are you missing me calling so late?" Chen Xiangbei teased.

However, what came from the other side was not Li Yueling's cheerful voice, but weak sobbing.

"Wuwuwu~"

Chen Xiangbei became a little anxious and quickly asked, "Yueling, what's wrong? What happened? Don't cry first, tell me what's wrong, I'm here."

"Wuwuwu~ Xiangbei Ge, my mom is hospitalized. The doctor said her condition is serious. I'm alone at the hospital right now, and I don't know what to do," Li Yueling sobbed.

Chen Xiangbei comforted her, "Which hospital are you at? I'll come right away. Don't be afraid, Auntie will be fine!"

"I'm here at the Emergency Center of Linhai City Hospital."

"Okay, wait for me a bit, I'll be there right away."

Chen Xiangbei quickly changed clothes and left the house, retrieved his car from the underground garage, and sped towards the City Hospital.

Relying on his excellent driving skills, he arrived at the City Hospital in less than half an hour.

After parking the car, he rushed to the Emergency Center. As he approached the emergency room, he saw Li Yueling sitting by the door, crying from a distance, her tears dripping onto the ground.

Chen Xiangbei hurried over, patted her back and said, "Yueling, I'm here. Don't worry, everything will be fine."

After Li Yueling saw Chen Xiangbei, she couldn't hold back anymore. She threw herself at him, hugging him tightly, and cried heartbreakingly.

Chen Xiangbei comforted her briefly, then asked, "Can you tell me what illness Auntie has?"

Li Yueling said tearfully, "The doctor said it's liver cirrhosis, there's no cure, she needs a liver transplant."

Hearing about liver cirrhosis, Chen Xiangbei realized that it was indeed one of the diseases that middle-aged and elderly people often easily contract.

He gently patted her shoulder and continued to comfort her in a gentle tone, "Okay, don't worry, everything will be fine. I'll go in now and check on Auntie's condition. You wait here for a bit, okay?"

As he spoke, he reached out and wiped away the tears on her cheeks, saying with a smile, "Don't cry anymore, okay? Your eyes will get swollen from crying, and that won't look good. You have to believe that Auntie will be safe and sound."

His eyes were full of concern and comfort, making people feel incredibly warm.

Only then did Li Yueling stop, but her body still couldn't help but tremble intermittently.

Chen Xiangbei walked into the infusion room and found the bed where Li Yueling's mother was.

He saw a thin-faced middle-aged woman who looked very much like Li Yueling, lying asleep on the hospital bed with an IV tube in her hand.

Chen Xiangbei walked up to observe Li Yueling's mother's complexion and some marks on her abdomen.

He saw that her complexion was dark and dull, a grayish tone that seemed impossible to wash away, like a layer of haze covering her face, highlighting the erosion of her body by liver disease.

Both her sclera and skin were tinged with an abnormal yellow color; the symptoms of jaundice were clearly visible, an external warning of impaired liver function.

Her abdomen was highly distended, as if a balloon that could burst at any moment was hidden inside. This was a large amount of ascites at work, making her originally flat abdomen so strange.

On her abdominal wall, veins stood out like twisted earthworms, varicose and conspicuous.

Looking at her limbs again, her lower extremities were severely swollen, heavy as if filled with water.

And the spider-like moles on her upper body further demonstrated the impact of liver cirrhosis on her body to the fullest extent.

Chen Xiangbei went to see what fluid was being infused and found it was just some medication for reducing swelling and relieving pain. He then knew that the doctors here were also powerless.

As the mother of his good friend, he couldn't bear to watch her constantly suffer the torment of illness.

Therefore, Chen Xiangbei began to use his master-level medical skills in his mind, constantly simulating the optimal solutions for liver cirrhosis using various medications.

After about ten minutes, Chen Xiangbei successfully constructed a method in his mind using traditional Chinese medicine to alleviate the condition.

He quickly ran out to find Li Yueling and said seriously, "Yueling, do you believe me?"

Li Yueling instinctively replied, "Yes, I do."

"I have carefully studied your mother's condition. With current medical technology, it is almost impossible to completely cure this disease.

Unless a liver transplant operation is performed, there is no other way to save her life. However, if I tell you that I have a way to cure your mother's illness, will you believe me?"

Li Yueling gazed at Chen Xiangbei. The confident and determined light flickering in his eyes made her couldn't help but recall their school days.

At that time, Chen Xiangbei always stood passionately among the crowd, solemnly making various promises.

Every time he said the words "I can do it," that unparalleled confidence and determination were as dazzling as sunlight.

Now, years had passed, and things and people had changed, but his eyes were still the same as before, without changing in the slightest.

Li Yueling knew deeply that Chen Xiangbei would never easily speak about things he wasn't confident about.

Precisely because of this, whenever he said he could do something, it meant he definitely had enough ability to achieve it.

For so many years, it had always been this way, without exception. Therefore, at this moment, facing the man before her, Li Yueling chose to trust him without hesitation.