"I know you're feeling awful right now. Getting a diagnosis like this makes you think you don't have much time left. But let me tell you this: as long as I'm here, you'll be able to stay with Grandma."
Bai Qingzhu voiced all the worries weighing on Xiao Yongzhi's heart, and his mood really did improve a lot.
"Moyamoya disease—of course hardly anyone's heard of it, and most people don't even know what it really is. But it's okay. I can promise you, one hundred percent, that I can cure you."
Xiao Yongzhi said sadly, "Qingzhu, if you hadn't come looking for me, if I'd gone to the hospital on my own, I would have had no idea what to do. I've practically done nothing for this family, haven't contributed a thing, and in the end I end up with this kind of illness. Do you know how awful I feel inside? I thought I was going to go before your grandma does. Tell me, how could I do something like that to her? What if she can't take that kind of blow…"
