The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 90: The Poisonous Childhood Friend (Part 19)
Chapter 90: Chapter 90: The Poisonous Childhood Friend (Part 19)
Shi Shen extra
Over the years, the aftereffects of missing a kidney had become increasingly severe under the corrosion of time.
Every month, Shi Shen spent a third of his income on medications.
He holed up in a small single room in the urban village, agonizing over every penny.
The initial car accident happened on a rainy night and conveniently, the surveillance in that area was broken at that time.
The Shi Family couldn’t even find the person responsible, let alone have them pay for medical expenses.
This loss was unjustly suffered by Shi Shen.
The family home was sold, the money from the sale was fraudulently taken, and after paying for Shi Shen’s medical expenses, there was hardly anything left.
He had hoped to get some money from Ye Ruolan, but unfortunately, the Ye Family went bankrupt at that time.
At first, under Shi Shen’s instigation, the Shi Family blamed Ye Ruolan, who was helpless against them.
Shi Shen, taking his parents with him, moved into a two-bedroom apartment owned by Ye Ruolan, and they actually managed to live quite comfortably for a while. ƒrēenovelkiss.com
There were two rooms in the house—one for the parents of the Shi Family, and the other for Shi Shen and Ye Ruolan to share.
Initially, Ye Ruolan was reluctant, wondering why...
Being followed by these relentless scroungers was annoying enough, let alone having to share a room with Shi Shen, which was absurd...
Ye Ruolan was unwilling to agree, but Shi Shen, who had now lost his affection for her, wouldn’t listen to her opinions and dragged her into the bedroom for a harsh lesson.
The parents of the Shi Family sat outside, calmly listening to the bursts of screams from the room.
A twisted pleasure appeared on Shi Mu’s face.
Hit her, hit her harder, that would be better.
When Ye Ruolan appeared in the living room with a swollen face, sticking close to the walls, she dared not speak out again.
Once a man starts hitting, a first time will lead to a second; later, whenever he was frustrated, Shi Shen would grab Ye Ruolan and beat her.
He blamed her for his family’s misfortune, thinking no amount of beating her would be excessive.
Ye Ruolan was not one to submit easily, but as one against many, faced with the several blood-sucking leeches of the Shi Family clinging to her, she was extremely frustrated but unable to shake them off.
Still, she secretly contacted the Ye Family, hoping her relatives could help her.
But the Ye Family had their own troubles; her parents had fled abroad with the last of their assets.
And the eldest son of the Ye Family had been involved in dirty deeds and was now in prison, not expected to be out for ten to twenty years.
Ye Ruolan had been abandoned by the Ye Family.
After learning such news, Ye Ruolan sank into a long silence, daily enduring the Shi Family’s cold taunts in silence.
But she guarded her last bit of private savings even more closely, not letting the Shi Family coax or threaten any of it out of her.
Originally, under such mutual torment, the path of the Shi Family and Ye Ruolan could have been ever distancing.
However, karma comes after too many misdeeds.
Within just four months, Ye Ruolan’s body began to reject the kidney that was not her own.
The disease progressed quickly, but today, without the financial support of the Ye Family or a second kidney available for transplant, Ye Ruolan was like a withering leaf, watching herself approach the end.
"Ah Zhi, please, help me once more..." Ye Ruolan, holding the doctor’s diagnosis, had her face smeared with tears and snot.
Facing the threat of death, she was truly terrified.
She clutched at Shi Shen’s hem, "As long as you’re willing, my house, my money, everything I have, it’s all yours."
Before she could finish, Shi Mu barged in and slapped Ye Ruolan to the ground.
"You vile woman, what now, you want to take my son’s life too?"
Shi Mu was exceedingly anxious; her son had a criminal record, and she feared that Shi Shen would become muddled like before, possessed, and give another kidney to Ye Ruolan.
Faced with the hope of life, Ye Ruolan was unwilling to give up. She crawled on the ground, kneeling, and kept pleading, "Ah Zhi, for the sake of our past, save me, can you really bear to watch me die?"
As Ye Ruolan spoke, each word mourned, every sentence wept blood.
"You won’t be able to bear it, right? I know you love me."
"I promise you, from now on I will treat your parents as my own... and, all I have will also be theirs.... agree?"
Shi Mu violently grabbed Ye Ruolan, dragging her like a dead dog, and threw her out, "Shut up, just give up hope."
Shi Shen looked at the person he once deeply loved, his eyes revealing satisfaction, he said harshly, "You had this coming."
"Just let it go. I only have one kidney left. You want to live, don’t I want to live too?"
Hearing her son’s words, the parents of the Shi Family finally felt relieved.
They no longer attended to Ye Ruolan but kept slandering her with their words.
The disparity in life had long unbalanced their minds, and verbal abuse towards Ye Ruolan had become their daily channel for venting emotions.
With her body visibly deteriorating day by day, Ye Ruolan deeply hated Shi Shen’s heartlessness.
Having lost all hope for life, she saw no need for those who tormented her to continue their pitiful existence.
In the middle of the night, Ye Ruolan, while the members of the Shi Family were deep in sleep, lit the gas stove in the house.
With a "bang".
Everything in the room was engulfed in roaring flames.
Shi Shen, having fortuitously gotten up for a drink, narrowly escaped, leaving him alive but severely burned around his waist.
The parents of the Shi Family and Ye Ruolan perished in the blaze.
Death was a release for them, but Shi Shen still had to drag his battered body around, barely surviving in a numb existence since he lacked the courage to end his own life.
Sometimes in the middle of the night, Shi Shen would reminisce about the first half of his life, the times of glory and pride.
What was it like when he was truly alive?
Shi Shen felt it was becoming vague, as though these moments had only appeared in his dreams, increasingly unreal.
If only in the beginning...
If he had never met Ye Ruolan.
Or if he had followed his conscience and harbored ill thoughts toward Su Li.
Perhaps he would be in a different situation now.
Shi Shen, holding the spot where a kidney was missing, slowly lay down on the damp wooden bed in his shabby rental, waiting for another beautiful dream to emerge.
In his dreams, he envisioned a life completely different from his current one; his body was healthy, Ye Ruolan was alive and well, and the Su Li in his dreams was very different from the current Su Li.
It seemed all changes started when Su Li no longer harbored affection for him...
