Things were better with Yan Zhao’s expression. A slight light appeared in her eyes. "So that's how it is. Then... Miss Bai, please sit. I'll pour you a glass of water."
After she finished speaking, she was about to pour water.
However, upon looking, she realized there were no extra glasses on the table. A blush of embarrassment spread across her face. "I'm sorry, there are no cups here."
Poor families would not buy any unnecessary items, especially when they were in urgent need of money.
Bai Xi smiled, "Auntie, please don't mind. You don't have to make a special effort to entertain me."
Yan Zhao still looked a little embarrassed, but seeing Bai Xi's sincere smile, she felt a little better. "Xili, you're still standing here. Go buy Miss Bai a bottle of water!"
Xili finally reacted. "Okay, I'll go right now."
Bai Xi originally wanted to stop him, but Xili had already walked out the door.
Xi Bei, lying on the bed, looked at Bai Xi, her eyes shining. "Big sister, you're so beautiful."
Bai Xi looked at the thin girl on the bed and said, "You are also very beautiful."
When Xi Bei heard this, her first reaction was happiness, but it quickly turned into disappointment. "I, I, I'm not pretty at all anymore."
In this world, there was no girl who did not love beauty.
It was just that she was now tormented by illness, her hair had fallen out, her cheeks were gaunt, and her skin had turned sallow. She was no longer beautiful in any way.
Seeing those lost eyes, Bai Xi's eyes held a hint of gentleness. "Then do you want to become beautiful again?"
Xi Bei's eyes brightened a little when she heard this, but then they dimmed again. "Surgery requires a lot of money, but... our family hasn't saved enough yet."
She wasn't stupid. She had heard her parents talking while lying in the hospital bed before.
Her and her brother's bone marrow matched, and surgery could be performed, but the surgical fees alone would cost three hundred thousand.
Even if they sold everything in the house, they couldn't raise this three hundred thousand. Her parents had tried their best, and her brother had also racked his brains, but they had only managed to raise a hundred and twenty thousand, with eighteen thousand still missing.
Therefore, she had no hope.
Now, their family even found it difficult to enter the city and earn money, so they probably wouldn't be able to raise this sum.
What she had thought before was that if she could be cured, she would do her utmost to ensure her parents and brother had a happy life.
And now, she was thinking about how she could avoid being a burden to her family.
Bai Xi looked at Xi Bei, her face still wearing a smile. "Xi Bei, you need to know that as long as people are alive, there is hope. Once people are gone, everything is gone!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Xi Bei was slightly stunned. She instinctively reached out to pull at her sleeve, as if to cover something.
Bai Xi looked at that spot and said no more.
Yan Zhao, however, was slightly stunned and couldn't help but her eyes welled up.
When Bai Xi entered, she had already smelled a very strong scent of blood, which was quite noticeable even in the hospital room with its strong smell of disinfectant.
Moreover, Xi Bei's pale expression and the unnatural flush on her cheeks were all signs of excessive blood loss. While leukemia patients also had a chance of bleeding, and even profuse bleeding, patients in the ward would generally avoid such situations.
Then there was Xi Bei's subtle attempt to hide her hand. Even though she still had an IV drip, she still wanted to cover it with something.
She... must have tried to commit suicide not long ago, and now she had been saved.
Xi Bei looked at Bai Xi, something churning in her eyes.
Indignation, pain, struggle, guilt, regret, and attachment.
"Sister... I, I'm in so much pain. I'm not only in pain myself, but I'm also making my father, mother, and brother suffer with me. I don't want to live anymore."
As she spoke, the tears she had been holding back finally gushed out.
Yan Zhao, standing by, could no longer hold back her tears.
Xili returned with the water and saw this scene. He quickly rushed over and hugged Xi Bei. "Beibei, how could you think like that? Whether it's Mom and Dad or me, we've never thought you were a burden. We all hope you can get better! Our family is only happy and joyful when we are together. We can't do without any of us."
Xi Bei listened to this and sat stunned for a while, finally crying out loudly, "Brother..."
The family cried for a while before gradually calming down.
Bai Xi just stood quietly watching.
Crying was a normal physiological response. A good cry when one was extremely depressed and in pain could be considered a loud release for the psyche and a form of detoxification.
Xili got up, sniffled, his eyes still red. "I'm sorry, Sister Bai Xi, for bringing you here and making you witness such a spectacle."
Bai Xi said indifferently, "A family that loves each other can at most be considered a beautiful story. How can it be called a spectacle?"
Hearing Bai Xi's words, Xili's red eyes gradually began to calm down.
Bai Xi said indifferently, "Actually, I have another purpose for coming here today."
Xili didn't understand but still listened attentively. "What is it?"
Bai Xi said indifferently, "I intend to sponsor Xi Bei's surgery."
Xili was slightly stunned and became speechless for a moment. "This, this, this... How can this be!"
Yan Zhao also quickly stood up to refuse. "Miss Bai, this is not advisable. So much money... it's not good."
Xi Bei also widened her eyes, her eyes shining with anticipation.
Although all the education she had received over the years told her not to take what wasn't hers, she couldn't help but wonder what it would be like if she really had the surgery, if she could be cured, if she could live a healthy life as before, and if she could do something for her parents and brother.
Bai Xi said indifferently, "I will cover all the surgical expenses as well as the subsequent recovery costs. However, I am not giving this money to you for free. I plan to hire Xili and Xi Bei to work for me, and these expenses will be gradually repaid from their salaries in the future."
Upon hearing this, Yan Zhao still refused. "Miss Bai, I know you are kind-hearted, but doing this would make us feel uneasy."
She wanted Xi Bei to be treated, but for Bai Xi to cover all the expenses, she knew her own children. They had not received much education and had no great abilities. Even if they were by Bai Xi's side, what kind of work could they do?
Even with Bai Xi saying this, it was just finding an excuse to help them.
Taking Bai Xi's money, she truly couldn't feel at ease.
Bai Xi said indifferently, "Aunt Yan, there is nothing in this world more important than Xi Bei's life. Money can be accumulated as long as one is alive, but if life is gone... it can never be brought back."
As soon as these words were spoken, Xili, who had been about to refuse, stopped.
Yes, money could be earned back through any means.
He believed that even if he didn't have much value, as long as he worked hard, he could raise this money. But what about his sister? She couldn't afford to wait any longer. She had already developed suicidal thoughts and wanted to give up on herself.
He felt scared at the thought of this.
"Sister Bai Xi, I'm willing. I'm willing to work for you from now on."