death of hope

Chapter 30 "The Windfall" (30) Lisa

The elevator stopped on the 229th floor. The corridors were full of rubbish. There were many maggots crawling in the cracks of the walls and no one cleaned them up. A half-naked man was lying in the middle of the corridor, covering his face with old newspapers. He didn't know whether he was dead or alive.

"Should we... help him?" Anna said as she opened the newspaper.

Roy quickly reached out to stop him, and said in a low voice, "Don't touch it, it might be a member of the Fox Gang. These guys like blackmail and sneak attacks the most."

Anna knew what her lover said was true. In this cold and ruthless city, good people usually don't live long.

The wires on the wall were criss-crossed, and the only surviving electric light sizzled, and the light was on and off, and the dim light illuminated the plastic house number on the rusty iron door:
"229041, this is it, your brother is not at home, right?"

Anna shook her head: "Albert is still working overtime in the factory,

Or, he couldn't be at home during the day, and he worked several odd jobs, just to get a few more hemodialysis treatments, so that Lisa could live a few more days, thinking about it makes me feel so bad...God bless them Father and daughter tide over difficulties. "

The two came to pick up the child without telling Albert. Due to the procrastination of her illness, Lisa's uremia has reached a very serious level, and there have been many complications, so it is very likely that she will not be able to get off the operating table.

The two secretly picked up the child to go out to play, just to prevent the worst from happening, and at least let the child leave some good memories.

Anna loves her little niece very much, and there is a unique rhythm code for knocking on the door between them.

"Boom...boom...boom!"

"Oh! It's my aunt!" The little girl jumped up and down to open the door.

Ana hugged Lisa in circles as soon as she entered the door; she let her braids rub against her cheek, enjoying the tickle.

"I miss you, cutie."

"I miss you too, Auntie."

There was a patched teddy bear on the floor with two buttons for eyes, and the broken track of the toy train was super glued back together, Albert dug it out of the trash can and repaired it.

Roy sighed and thought:
(Albert this guy... has a hard temper, a high self-esteem, and refuses help from others, but he is indeed a good father, willing to shed every drop of blood in his body for his daughter.)
Lisa picked up the teddy bear and introduced it to Anna:
"This is Mr. Chambers, the little brown bear. He likes to travel by train. Let me show you, beep... beep... the train is moving, click... Dad told me to play and distract when I feel uncomfortable. Forget about the pain for a while."

Tears flashed in Anna's eyes: "He is such a strong and good boy. He is tortured by illness and always laughs."

"Father also said that a good girl should smile, no matter how uncomfortable she is, but he seldom smiles himself, and the family is dead."

Anna knew that her elder brother couldn't be blamed for this. How could a person like him who worked part-time and was exhausted all day could laugh.

Roy came over and said, "Little cutie, let's go out to play together, don't tell your father, this is our secret, okay?"

"Okay, Uncle Roy."

"Call uncle."

"But Dad said... Uncle Roy and Aunt Anna aren't married yet, so they can't call you uncle yet."

"Sleeping under the covers all day long, it makes no difference whether you get married or not."

"Roy!" Anna blushed, and elbowed him: "In front of the child... what nonsense are you talking about?"

"What nonsense, it's the truth. Lisa, call me uncle." Roy took out a lollipop from his pocket and dangled it. "

"Uncle!" Lisa obviously liked it very much, because this lollipop was in the shape of a little white rabbit and wrapped in beautiful colored paper.

"Hey, look, this trick has been tried and tested."

After getting a windfall, Roy is used to throwing money everywhere to give benefits, and doing so can always solve the problem.

In the corrupt and inefficient Terra bureaucratic system, nothing can be done smoothly without benefits. The interstellar immigration qualification certificates of the two are the best example. If they don’t waste money, they may not be approved for a lifetime.

"Wait, can Lisa eat sugar when she's sick?" Anna said worriedly.

"You can eat it, the doctor said." The little girl flashed a pair of big innocent eyes, and said in a childish voice:

"During hemodialysis, I would feel very hungry, because the sugar and the toxins in the blood were dialyzed out, the blood sugar became very low, dizzy, and I felt weak all over the body. I felt much better after eating a piece of candy, but Dad said dialysis was too expensive to go on often."

"It's so pitiful." Anna hugged her niece; "Soon, you won't have to suffer from dialysis anymore."

"After the artificial kidney is transplanted, will I become as healthy as other children?"

"of course."

"If I fail...will I... never see my father...grandparents...Uncle Roy and aunt..."

"A good boy won't fail the operation." Roy lied.

When going out, Lisa accidentally bumped into the leg of the chair because she was too excited, and she yelled "Ouch!"

Roy picked up the slippers and patted the chair gently: "Bad chair! Let you be naughty and bully our cute little princess!"

Lisa immediately stopped feeling the pain and smiled happily:

"Uncle Roy, please hit this naughty chair hard."

"You're pretty good at coaxing children," Anna said.

"Of course, when we arrive at the colony planet, we will give birth to seventeen or eighteen children, and let them run around in the yard, how lively it is."

"Damn it! You're a piggy!"

It was the first time for little Lisa to ride in a private car, and she excitedly pawed her head out the window. Even though there were piles of waste and polluted rivers as far as she could see, the little one still watched with gusto.

When a colorful paradise appeared in her vision, she exclaimed:
"Oh my god! It's Disneyland! I thought it was an ordinary playground!"

This is every child's dream, but the high ticket price makes most poor families prohibitive.

Roy bought three sets of tickets, which allowed him to enjoy all the amusement facilities in the park. As soon as he entered the gate, he saw a brightly colored candy castle. Anna accompanied his little niece to play on the slide, and Roy went to buy cotton candy.

Every time Lisa saw the toys in the window, she would sigh habitually.

"Not feeling well?" Anna asked; "I have medicine with me."

"No need to take medicine," Lisa said, looking at the stuffed unicorn in the window:

"When I see beautiful things, I always get used to sighing, because these have never belonged to me."

Anna's eyes were moist again, Roy swept across the shopping street, bought all the most expensive toys in the window, and stored them all in the storage box.

"How's that for a shopping spree, Lisa?"

"It's cool! But... it's not good to let you spend money. Dad said that the money should be spent wisely. It's better to return all these. I'm enough to play with old toys."

"So sensible!" Roy loved the little girl more and more, and kept kissing her forehead:
"Don't worry, uncle is not short of money, bring back everything you want!"

(End of this chapter)