Chapter 52 11. Opportunity

It is the beginning of October now, and I am already a third-year student in high school. The burden of my studies has not increased my psychological burden. What worries me the most is my brother's illness.At this moment, I am sitting in front of my brother's hospital bed, and it is the weekend.My mother was peeling apples, and my brother and I were chatting about some interesting things about our school.As Dr. Han Buqiang predicted before, almost half of his brother's hair fell out. Under the side effects of chemotherapy, his handsome face became thin and dull, lost its former brilliance, and his body weakened a lot.But compared to this, the optimism and strength he displayed broke our hearts even more.

"Believe it or not, I'm really much better." My brother took the apple handed to him by his mother, took a bite, and winked at us, "It turns out that chemotherapy really works." "Of course." I echoed, but my heart was throbbing—every week we thought about Dr. Han's understanding of my brother's condition, and the answer we got was that the cancer cells were gradually spreading.In fact, he himself knows this, but he is still trying to comfort us.He gave us more hope than Dr. Han gave him. At two o'clock in the afternoon, my brother was sent to the chemotherapy room.He's going to be in there for a while.In this gap, Dr. Han Buqiang found my mother.

"Professor Li, I want to talk to you." He said. We were invited to Dr. Han's office, he politely asked us to sit down, and then looked at us sternly. Mom probably guessed something from the doctor's expression. She was silent for a long time, and finally asked an extremely important question that she was afraid of hearing the answer: "How much time is left?" "Based on our previous experience, at this point, only one in eight lung cancer patients survives a year, and most die quickly." Although my mother tried hard to contain it, she couldn't keep the tears in her eyes.Doctor Han's words were like a bomb, shattering her last hope.Now, my brother's life is like the countdown to the college entrance examination in the back of my classroom - there is not much left.

The mother covered her face with her hands in pain, and her heart was like a knife: "I just want to know, is there really no way to keep my son?" The answer to this question should have been yes.But Dr. Han did not speak for a long time, with a puzzled look on his face.My mother and I looked at him together. After a while, he said, "Professor Li, if...you just want your eldest son to stay in this world, no matter what state he becomes..." My mother and I were stunned.After several seconds, we all opened our mouths at the same time, obviously hearing what he meant. Dr. Han Buqiang seemed a little embarrassed at the moment: "Perhaps you think it is ridiculous... I completely understand. But please believe that I have never made this suggestion to any patient or family member. The reason I am telling you is because I I really like this kid Lawson, and I don't want to see him die like this. Because of work, I have the opportunity to come into contact with some... living dead. I think, if you can accept it, maybe I can help You are busy."

Hearing that he finally said the words "living dead", my heart was clenched tightly by an invisible hand. "You mean, let my eldest son become a living dead..." Mother's voice was trembling, "The hospital can provide this kind of..." She couldn't find the right words to express it, and her hands circled in the air . "No, no, no..." Dr. Han quickly denied, "It doesn't matter to the hospital, how can the hospital provide such a service? My suggestion is purely personal." Mom and I looked at each other, frowning and hesitating for a while. "If we agree with this proposal... how do you think it should be implemented?"

"First of all, I think this matter needs the consent of Lawson himself. If he agrees, then my idea is to let Lawson be discharged from the hospital and go home. Then I asked someone to get the serum containing the solanum virus, and then ...do you need to say no more?" Mother was silent for a long time: "I want to discuss it with my son and husband." "Of course." Dr. Han said, "but I want to remind you one thing: hurry! There is not so much time for you to think and hesitate: first, Lawson's time may be numbered; second, you know , the "Living Dead Act" may be introduced soon. If before you make a decision, the law strictly prohibits all acts of actively becoming a living dead, then this plan will be impossible to implement. Professor Li, are you Legal experts, I believe you will not openly violate the law."

"Well... of course." Doctor Han nodded slightly. "It's good that you can draw attention to it. To put it bluntly, these few months may be the last time to take advantage of the loophole."