He Xiaoyan touched her chest, her little face was pale. Mercury sat beside her and asked, "The chest hurts?"

He Xiaoyan whispered a little, "Feet hurts too." Just this sentence is already a rare act of coquettishness.

Mercury slowly rubbed her legs and saw that the bruises that could not be dissipated after blood was collected from her hands.

"Xiaoyan, I want to tell you something."

He Xiaoyan looked at her with clear black and white eyes in confusion.

Mercury slowly said: "You have leukemia, which is a disease that cannot be cured by the hospital at present. It may take a few days or months, and your condition will become more and more serious. I don't know when you will die."

Leukemia is difficult to cure even in later generations, not to mention that now there is a shortage of doctors and medicine. She thinks that He Xiaoyan is likely to have acute leukemia, but leukemia is just a general term. Even if the term acute leukemia has been proposed, I don’t know whether it has been proposed. If I get such a disease at this time, I can only wait to die.

When she heard the doctor's notice, Mercury finally understood why He Xiaoyan had never appeared in the future tasks given by the system. Because she had no future in that plot setting.

She could even imagine that in the original plot world, Mu Xiang did not leave that home, but still worked hard for the two stepsons and stepdaughters, and ignored the sick He Xiaoyan, and how tragic and depressed the little girl would lose her life in a miserable and depressing life.

Moreover, she also vaguely understood why the system has been so quiet over the past year. It was waiting for He Xiaoyan's death, waiting for her to suffer because of He Xiaoyan's death.

The system's "training" of her has never been just those brainwashed idiotic remarks, but also allowing her to constantly experience the pain of life in these worlds. And to destroy a person, it is easiest to start with feelings.

He Xiaoyan looked at her mother with a calm expression, blinked blankly, and asked for a while: "My illness cannot be cured, can we go home now?"

"The medicine is very expensive. I can't cure it anyway. Can we stop curing it?"

Mercury: "If you treat it here, you may be able to live for a longer period of time. If you want to live for a longer period of time, I will have a way to make money for you to treat it."

He Xiaoyan shook her head vigorously, and tears suddenly burst out, "Mom, I don't want to treat it anymore."

"I, I'm afraid of injections." She cried.

Mercury looked at her deeply and did not expose the lie.

"Okay, then let's go home."

Grandma Yang didn't expect He Xiaoyan to be like this and she cried several times while holding the child.

Mercury: "I want to take Xiaoyan out to move out."

Grandma Yang refused, "How can you move out in this situation now? I am so old, are you still taboo? You can live here with peace of mind."

Mercury didn't insist anymore, but she didn't go out to work every day after that. When the weather was good, she would carry He Xiaoyan out for a walk. The Shanghai Stock Exchange was so big that they had been here for a year, but they had never been to many places. Mercury carried He Xiaoyan to the tallest building in the Shanghai Stock Exchange and took her to taste expensive desserts and a lot of delicious food, even though the child couldn't eat too much.

He also took her to see the famous big wharf and harbour.

He Xiaoyan likes the harbor very much. There are big ships coming and going there, so they sit in the small harbor square where you can see the sea.

"Mom, can I still be your child in my next life?"

Mercury looked at her thin and pale face and said, "Wouldn't it be too miserable if she still wants to be a human in the next life?"

He Xiaoyan sat in her arms and saw the birds flying over the sky. She raised her hand and pointed at them, "Can I be a bird? I want to fly back to see my mother."

Mercury: "...It's better to be a tree, growing on mountains or in forests."

He Xiaoyan smiled happily, with a look of hope on her face, "Then I will wait for my mother, we can be a companion together."

Mercury: "Okay."

He Xiaoyan's condition worsened very quickly. One day, Mercury still carried the child to the harbor to see the big boat. The child, who was like a sick kitten, moved his head and rubbed her palms, and then quietly fell asleep in her palm forever.

There was the sun on this day, and the golden sunset fell on the child's side face, soothing the endless pain in this small body and making the child look extremely peaceful and peaceful.

The harbor's ships made a sound of sailing. The harbor was very noisy. They walked by the old people walking with each other, ran by a group of laughter and playful children, and walked by a few young college students who were talking loudly.

An old man who often walks here walked to the side and glanced at them, saying in disagreement: "The wind is strong here and the sun is about to set. How can I let my children fall asleep here? Let's go home quickly."

Mercury nodded to the old man, picked up the cold little body in his arms and stood up and left.

She is a foreigner, and He Xiaoyan has no hometown, so Mercury cremated her body, took a boat to the harbor, and sprinkled her ashes into the sea against the lead-gray sky.

Instead of letting this little girl with short life be buried in the deep soil and rotten, it is better to ride the wind into the sea, and perhaps it will be more free.

The system that had been silent for a long time suddenly went online at this time.

[I know you care about this child, I can let her return to you]

Mercury looked at the flying seagulls, as if she didn't hear the tempting sound in her mind.

[As long as you and He Dongpeng form a family again, I have a way to let He Xiaoyan entrust you and He Dongpeng's children. You can give her a complete family, how about it]

[You are still the disgusting smell of the past. How are you asking me? Can't you guess my answer?]

Mercury's expression was very calm and even a little cold.

[You should not be so selfish. If everyone is as selfish as you, the country will have no descendants. How to develop? As a fertility resource, you also have the obligation to contribute to the reproduction of mankind. Only by becoming a great mother can your life be truly valuable, otherwise how do you reflect your value]

[Reproduction has no value, and I don’t need the value recognized by society.] After saying this, Mercury no longer cares about the system.

She has now completely seen through the core of this system. It advocates dedication and sacrifice, and maternal love. But after all, it doesn't care about whether it loves or not. If you tear off those high-sounding words, it only values ​​cold value.

Because He Xiaoyan will die early and is worthless, the system does not require her to "love" her as a mother. He Chengzu and He Xiaolian can survive and have children and reproduce offspring, which is valuable in the system, so it requires her to "love" them.

Is this maternal love? No, this is a slave to breed and a labor that reproduces humans.

If reproduction is not for love, but for future retirement life, what is the difference between this and cold investment? But in this world, there are all bankrupt investors.

【As sooner or later you will change your mind】

[At different stages of a person's life, his ideas are always changing. The only thing I have to do is to always fight against my cowardice]

Mercury still lives with Grandma Yang. Perhaps it was too sad that the old man was also sick. Mercury took care of her for a while before she recovered.

"If you want, just be my daughter." Grandma Yang said to her after recovering, "Although you have lost one daughter, you can have another mother."

The relationship between people does not depend on blood ties, but only on feelings. If you can think about it easily, this is undoubtedly the easiest.

The weather is already very cold, but the Shanghai market is even hotter. The current situation is not good. On the one hand, the ordinary people are in panic, and on the other hand, the upper class is full of flowers and wine.

Dong Lingye has been home several times since her mother was ill. After hearing Grandma Yang's words, she changed her name to Mei Yin. She seemed very excited about her having a younger sister. Not long after, she started to take her out to play frequently.

She is also a socialite who can squeeze into the middle and upper class. She is the kind of rich woman who is generous by nature and can play with her wealth, looks and suitors. In addition to work, she often goes to dance halls and banquets, and calls her sister to a group of rich ladies and ladies, and has a rich nightlife.

"Come out with me more. There are so many happy things in this world. If you have fun, you won't think about those sad things. Who doesn't have a difficult time? I'm here too." Dong Lingye shook with half a glass of wine, looking at the dance floor below with a blurred look.

Mercury also held half a glass of wine, standing beside her and watching the crowds of laughter on the dance floor. Compared with the slightly drunk Dong Lingye, she seemed too sober.

Dong Lingye looked at her for a while and suddenly burst into laughter, "You, I thought you were a very obedient 'good woman'. I didn't expect that you were skilled in smoking and drinking so well. You were not afraid of coming to such a place for the first time."

Mercury put down her wine glass and smiled at her. Of course she was not afraid. After all, it was not the first time she had come to such a place. Although the times were different, the unique atmosphere of this place was familiar to her, which reminded her of some things in the past.

Dong Lingye wanted to say a few more words to her, but unfortunately her female companions called them over upstairs. Dong Lingye pulled Mercury and said, "Let's go, they're playing cards upstairs and take you to see."

There were many people gathered upstairs, and there were two tables of cards, and there were many well-dressed wives around. Dong Lingye stepped forward and said hello, then shouted and opened another table. "My sister, can you play cards? If you know, let you play."

Mercury looked at the cards they played, "I'm not very familiar with them, I'll watch them next to me."

Dong Lingye: "That's fine, then I'll fight first. You can watch from the side. If you learn, you will help me with two matches."

These things are actually very familiar with Mercury. After all, the gameplay is similar. After watching them for two rounds, she felt confident, but she lacked interest. Seeing that Dong Lingye had become obsessed, she exited the encirclement and sat aside, gently turned the wine glass in her hand in a free manner.

"Miss Mu?" Mercury looked up and saw Miss Song who hadn't seen for a long time.

"Why are you here?" Song Ting sent her female companion away and sat next to her.

The relationship between the two is actually very strange. It is not a friend to say that friends are not friends. They just said something to be a nod and said that the enemy does not have the tense atmosphere.

Song Ting has not had a good life recently, and she is more haggard than before. Since He Dongpeng hit the head and was sent to the hospital, she has not woken up. She didn't know whether her husband could wake up. At first, she often went to visit her, but she was getting thinner and thinner in her lie there, and she had to take care of her for food, drink, defecation and sensation. There was also a strange smell. Song Ting slowly stopped going.

She didn't know whether she was afraid of seeing her husband's haggard appearance or the hideousness of this disease.

She was really upset that she followed her friends to relax, but she didn't expect to see Muxiang. For a moment, she was actually jealous of Muxiang, so why didn't she care about anything?

"He Dongpeng is in the hospital now..." Song Ting suddenly said for some reason.

Mercury glanced at her and said oh.

Song Ting couldn't continue to say anything. It happened that Dong Lingye lost a few sets over there and turned his head to greet Mercury: "Little sister, come and play a few sets for me!"

Mercury put down his wine glass, walked towards the crowd, and replaced Dong Lingye's position.

Song Ting sat there and looked at the laughter and praise that broke out over the past for a while. She couldn't sit still and got up and left in annoyance. Who knew that as soon as she got home, the hospital called.
Chapter completed!