Lingzi is not too cold today

Chapter 71 If one day I die, I will be the most beautiful butterfly

"Grandma made you favorite ribs today, why don't you eat them?"

Looking at Zhong Shu'er, who was sitting on the dining table with her head drooping and lacking appetite, Zhong Lingzi asked softly.

"I don't know, I don't really want to eat recently."

Zhong Shu'er shook her head, feeling drowsy and lacking energy.

"Are you feeling unwell?"

Zhong Lingzi asked with concern, leaned over and reached out to touch her forehead.

Grandma couldn't help feeling a little nervous when she heard this.

"Do you have a fever?"

"One thing, why have you always had a fever and a cold in the past few months?"

Zhong Lingzi touched his forehead again, feeling a little strange.

"Are you wearing less clothes?"

"No, I've worn several clothes."

Zhong Shuer pouted and rolled up her sleeves to show grandma.

"I'll take her to the hospital for a checkup."

Zhong Lingzi put down the bowl and chopsticks, got up and put on his coat, and took out the medical insurance card from the cabinet.

"I'll go with you."

"No, I'll just take her there. It's inconvenient on the road, so stay home and have a good rest."

After Zhong Lingzi finished speaking, he took his sister's hand and walked outside.

It was a bit cold at night, and she touched her sister's hand, but she still felt that she was wearing less clothes.

Entered the hospital and queued up for registration.

During the consultation, the doctor asked a lot, but did not come to a conclusion, so he asked her to go for a blood test.

"Blood test, the needle is so painful."

When Zhong Shu'er heard that a blood test was needed, she was very unhappy.

"It's okay, just a moment, soon."

Zhong Lingzi comforted her, and covered her sister's eyes with her hands.

The nurse applied alcohol to Zhong Shu'er's fingertip, pricked it with a needle, and then took blood from her finger in a glass test tube.

"Hiss~ It hurts!"

Zhong Shu'er was in pain, pouted with resentment on her face.

I feel that the old nurse who tested her blood is like the nurse Rong who pierced Ziwei in "My Fair Princess".

"Be patient for a while."

Zhong Lingzi pressed her finger with a cotton swab and coaxed her softly.

"Sister, do you need an injection later?"

Zhong Shuer blinked her eyes, a little scared.

"I don't know, maybe."

When Zhong Lingzi said this, Zhong Shu'er's mouth dropped.

"Whoa, can I skip the spanking? It's so embarrassing."

"I'll go to the room later and ask a sister to call you. It's not shameful."

Zhong Lingzi smiled slightly.

It was just a small cold, and I didn't realize what I was going to face next.

The wait for the blood test was unusually long.

"Zhong Shu'er!"

The doctor shouted while holding the blood test report.

"Oh, here."

Zhong Lingzi took her sister's hand and walked over.

"Doctor, what are my sister's symptoms?"

Zhong Lingzi felt a little apprehensive. Generally speaking, a cold does not require a blood test.

But she didn't think about it too badly. When she had a respiratory tract infection before, she also had a blood test.

What she worries about is nothing more than the cost of treatment.

The doctor looked at the blood test report, then lowered his head to look at Zhong Shu'er, the little girl was holding her sister's hand, her eyes were full of ignorance and curiosity.

"You, come with me alone."

The doctor thought for a moment, then walked towards the back of his office.

Zhong Lingzi felt a little strange and faintly uneasy.

"Shu'er, sit here for a while, don't run around."

"Uh-huh."

After getting her sister settled down, Zhong Lingzi followed behind the doctor.

"There is bad news and there is good news."

The doctor looked at the well-behaved girl sitting on the chair in the distance, feeling a little distressed.

"What... bad news?"

Zhong Lingzi's heart skipped a beat, and he fell into panic, his lips were twitching, a little pale.

"The number of white blood cells in her blood was abnormal, reaching 126. According to our test, it can be judged that it is chronic myeloid leukemia."

"This disease is more common in middle-aged and elderly people, and children are relatively rare, but the incidence rate among young people is also increasing year by year."

The doctor sighed, and handed the report to Zhong Lingzi.

"What... what?"

Zhong Lingzi seemed to be struck by lightning, his feet were almost unsteady, and his face was as pale as paper.

The word leukemia was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, making her mind go blank.

"Is there no problem with the test? How could it be leukemia? Impossible, my sister has always been in good health."

"It shouldn't be...how could it be...leukemia?"

Zhong Lingzi muttered, his eyes glazed over, and there seemed to be a thorn stuck in his throat.

She looked at the various abnormal indexes on the test report, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

The doctor was not surprised by her reaction. He has been practicing medicine for many years, and he is used to seeing life and death.

The respect for death is at least five percentage points lower than that of ordinary people.

"Keep calm, the data on this test report will not be faked."

"Accept the truth."

"How can I be calm? She is only nine years old, nine years old..."

Zhong Lingzi lost his voice.

"Don't panic, there is another piece of good news. The chronic myelogenous leukemia your sister suffers from has been overcome."

"Conquered?"

Zhong Lingzi did not know about chronic myelogenous leukemia, but in her knowledge, leukemia is a terminal illness.

"Having leukemia is unfortunate, but chronic myeloid leukemia is a blessing in misfortune."

"This is the only leukemia that can survive for a long time after suffering from it."

"The disease can be controlled by taking targeted drugs, and after a few years of proper treatment, it can even turn negative, which is no different from the life of a normal person."

"Chronic myelogenous leukemia is no longer a severe disease. You can understand it as a chronic disease similar to high blood pressure."

When Zhong Lingzi heard this, he still had some doubts.

"Can she be cured by taking medicine regularly? Can she live a normal life?"

"It's absolutely possible, and with the advancement of medical technology, better targeted drugs will appear in the future. You can rest assured and don't put too much pressure on it."

The doctor is very serious.

"Then, that targeted drug?"

When Zhong Lingzi heard this, a glimmer of hope was ignited in his heart.

Having said that, the expression on the doctor's face was a bit complicated.

"This is also the most troublesome part. This targeted drug is called Gleevec, and the price is very expensive."

"How much?"

Zhong Lingzi's heart was beating very fast, and her voice was trembling.

"The current market price is 23500 per box."

"How many?"

Zhong Lingzi couldn't believe her ears.

"23500."

The doctor repeated it.

"This...why...a box of medicine costs more than 2 yuan, why is it so expensive?"

Zhong Lingzi spoke incoherently.

"And a box of medicine is a month's supply, and you have to take it every month."

The doctor's words completely extinguished the flames that had ignited in her heart.

"Is this medicine included in the medical insurance?"

Zhong Lingzi was in a trance, and his whole body seemed to have fallen into numbness.

"At present, I heard the news from above that it is ready to enter."

"So it's not in yet, is it?"

"Well, don't give up hope."

The doctor's voice also dropped, not knowing how to comfort her.

After speaking, he returned to his post and continued to work.

Zhong Lingzi leaned against the wall of the hospital, fell powerlessly, and squatted down on the ground.

What the hell is this shit...

A box of medicine is more than 2 yuan.

How come those beasts who do evil and leave their children alone don't get this disease?
What happened to my sister?
Zhong Lingzi opened his eyes wide, looking at the blood test report in his hand, he felt a little dreamy no matter what.

She even wondered if what she was experiencing now was a nightmare.

She tried to pinch her own arm, it hurt, and she was more conscious than ever.

"It's not a dream."

Zhong Lingzi sighed, folded the blood test report and put it in his pocket.

Wiping his eye sockets, he sorted out his emotions in the mirror.

After making himself unable to see anything unusual, he went out and walked towards his sister's position.

"Sister, did the doctor say I need an injection?"

Zhong Shu'er looked at Zhong Lingzi, feeling a little worried.

"It's okay, the doctor said that you are in good health, you can go back and rest more, you don't need injections."

Zhong Lingzi reached out and rubbed her sister's head, then took her hand and walked outside.

"Phew, it's great that you don't need an injection."

Zhong Shu'er smiled charmingly.

Seeing the smile on her younger sister's face, Zhong Lingzi couldn't smile for some reason.

"Is there anything you want to eat? Tell my sister, I'll buy it for you."

On the way home holding her hand, Zhong Lingzi said softly.

"Yes, lamb skewers."

"Ah, no wonder I don't want to eat at home. It turned out that I was thinking about these snacks."

Zhong Lingzi stared wide-eyed, pretending to be angry.

Zhong Shu'er just shook her arm, coquettishly.

"I'll buy it for you today, but you have to eat obediently at home, you know?"

"I know~"

The little girl's ending sound was very long.

What she has is not terminally ill, but for poor people, it is no different from terminal illness.

After arriving home, looking into grandma's eyes, Zhong Lingzi smiled softly.

"She's fine, just get some rest."

"That's good."

Grandma breathed a sigh of relief.

That night, Zhong Shu'er ran to her sister's room and insisted on sharing a bed with her.

"What? Want to sleep with me?"

Zhong Lingzi pinched his younger sister's face, pretending to look disgusted.

"Woo~"

Zhong Shu'er just put her little head into her sister's arms and rubbed her affectionately.

"Okay, okay, there's nothing I can do with you little fat girl."

Zhong Lingzi reached out and hugged her younger sister to the bed, and took off her sweater.

Accompanied by the sound of slapstick, the two sisters got into bed.

"Yeah, your feet are so cold, don't stick them on my stomach."

Zhong Lingzi gasped, as if he was frozen, he reached out to hold his younger sister's feet, and warmed them with his own.

"whee"

Zhong Shu'er just smiled coquettishly, with an innocent look on her face.

There is such a sentence in "The Little Prince", "I always think that if a person can remain simple and innocent, it must be bought at a greater price by someone around him."

It couldn't be more suitable for this pair of sisters.

"Sister, can you tell me a story? Yuyu said that her brother is very good at telling stories, so he tells her stories every day."

"Yuyu also told me the story my brother told her, which is very interesting."

Zhong Shu'er's eyes flickered, and she looked at Zhong Lingzi expectantly.

"Really? What stories did Yuyu tell you?"

Zhong Lingzi thought of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai as he sat on the back of Gongsun Jin's bicycle and listened to his talk.

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Sleeping Beauty, and the Three Little Pigs."

"Really? My sister has never heard of these stories."

Zhong Lingzi was a little surprised.

What does Gongsun Jin look like when telling stories to children?

Should be laughing.

He has a nice smile.

"Yuyu's elder brother also told me a story, I'll tell it to you."

After finishing speaking, she began to tell her sister the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

"At the end of the story, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai turned into butterflies, staying and flying together, and no one can separate them."

"Sister, do people turn into butterflies after they die?"

Zhong Shu'er asked innocently.

"Will do."

Zhong Lingzi is a materialist, if someone else asked her that, she would say that when a person dies, there is nothing left, and after a fire, only a pile of ashes remains.

However, the person who asked her was the younger sister.

"If one day I die, I will be the most beautiful butterfly."

Zhong Shu'er is crisp and authentic.

"Silly girl, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"No, you won't die."

Zhong Lingzi shook his head lightly, stretched out his hand to pull her into his arms, and patted her on the back lightly.

She was very afraid of the word death, being mentioned by such a young child.

The next day, Zhong Lingzi got dressed early and was ready to go out.

"Shu'er, my sister is going out, you have to listen to grandma at home. Do your homework properly. After finishing your homework, go to see Ultraman."

She kept a straight face and said seriously.

"Well, I will."

Zhong Shu'er was holding a pencil and writing homework honestly on the table.

On the train leaving home, Zhong Lingzi looked at the address in the memo on her phone, and slightly pursed her lips.

If she had other options, she really didn't want to come to him.

ZZ urban area, a newly built community.

This is Zhong Lingzi's second time here.

The first time she came here was the day her sister officially started school.

The registration fee for primary schools in the countryside is 99 yuan, and she came to her father to ask for it.

He played mahjong on the table for a day and didn't give it.

Zhong Lingzi made up his mind and never came to him again.

But now she really didn't know who to turn to.

The community is beautifully built. At a glance, the houses have at least 30 floors, and it looks very grand from the outside.

Compared with this place, the Tongzilou where she lives now is like a kennel.

There is a gate control outside the community, and outsiders cannot enter without a card.

Zhong Lingzi stood outside for a while, then sneaked in after the owner swiping his card.

"Six buildings and three units."

After wandering around the huge community for two times, she finally found Zhong Qing's apartment building.

There is another access control before going upstairs, and the owner needs to swipe the card to open a door to enter the elevator.

"High-end residential areas are exquisite."

Zhong Lingzi muttered.

After guarding outside for a while, she also sneaked into the elevator with the owner who opened the door. She remembered that the house number was 2301.

There was a couplet from last year pasted in front of the door, Zhong Lingzi looked at it and felt a little uncomfortable.

After standing in front of the door and hesitating for a long time, she still knocked on the door.

After a while, the door opened.

The door was opened by a well-maintained middle-aged woman.

After seeing Zhong Lingzi, he was a little surprised, and stared at her seriously for a while before he recognized who she was, showing a dazed expression.

"I'm looking for Zhong Qing."

Zhong Lingzi said calmly.

"Oh, come in."

The woman responded softly, looked at the floor, and at the shoes she was wearing.

She didn't bring her shoes, and that look made Zhong Lingzi feel very uncomfortable.

But Zhong Lingzi still resolutely stepped forward and stepped on the floor.

At that moment, the woman frowned.

　Gleevec has already entered the medical insurance in 17, but the time and space background in the book is different.Gleevec is now buying four and getting eight free. After medical insurance is reimbursed, the cost per cycle is about 17000. Generally speaking, ordinary families can afford it.

　　Chronic myeloid leukemia, which has been basically conquered at present, is similar to chronic diseases such as high pressure, and regular medication treatment will not affect daily life

　　
　
(End of this chapter)