CHAPTER 490: CHAPTER 489: DON’T BOTHER WITH HER!

Mrs. Zhen, having chatted with Aunt Li until she was tired, lay down to rest.

Over at Gu’s father’s place, however, it was completely shrouded in clouds of sorrow!

Because Aunt Gu had only watched the child for one night and refused to do so anymore, insisting that Gu’s father should hire someone right away!

Because of the leg injury, Gu’s father was unable to take care of the constantly crying child, so after the ambulance took the family of three to the hospital, Gu’s father took advantage of the moment Mrs. Zhen was being resuscitated to make a phone call and summon his sister!

And the reason Zhen Yan did not show up when he transferred Mrs. Zhen to another hospital yesterday was because he was with his sister getting the child examined! A brain CT scan!

The results came out not long after the scan in the afternoon.

Diagnosis confirmed! It was hydrocephalus! Following the doctor’s guidance, Gu’s father could clearly see in the CT images that the whole perimeter of the child’s brain was surrounded by fluid!

The doctor said that it’s normal for the brain to have cerebrospinal fluid. However, this child had a clearly excessive amount, already surpassing the normal range of a healthy infant’s cerebrospinal fluid levels!

The child’s constant crying day and night must be greatly related to the condition! With a case like his, it’s crucial to closely monitor the growth rate of his head circumference!

Because if the cerebrospinal fluid is too much, it will cause increased intracranial pressure, which not only directly affects the child’s overall growth and development, but it may also potentially lead to mental decline or dementia!

As for treatment, surgery is usually the main approach.

But this child was just a month old, still too small! Clearly, he’s not able to undergo surgery immediately!

So for now, observation is the only option.

After listening to the doctor explain the surgical methods and the approximate cost, Gu’s father was on the brink of collapse.

And that wasn’t even the end of it! The doctor said that the disease wouldn’t simply be over after the surgery! Because it could likely cause several complications, such as intellectual disabilities, epilepsy, blindness, and so on...

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Not long after Mrs. Zhen was transferred to another hospital, Gu’s father and his sister finished listening to the doctor’s lengthy explanations, and with heavy hearts, took the child and headed home by taxi.

Throughout the whole process, nobody thought to go see Mrs. Zhen or to arrange for someone to take care of her.

Perhaps Gu’s father might have assumed that since Zhen Yan had arrived, Mrs. Zhen was taken care of.

And Aunt Gu Qing, who had no idea about this, simply didn’t think about caring for her at all throughout the entire time!

After getting back home, Gu’s father, who hadn’t even had lunch, immediately made a phone call to have Little Gu’er come over and bring dinner.

Once dinner arrived, the two men started to eat, while Aunt Gu Qing could only wait as she held the child!

She had been holding back a belly full of questions for Gu’s father, and with her mouth conveniently idle at the moment, she naturally brought up the matter concerning the child directly.

"Brother! What are you thinking? According to that doctor, this child’s treatment is going to cost a fortune! And Xiaoqing has to go to college in just two more years!"

Gu’s father’s chopsticks paused, "I don’t know either!"

After swallowing the food in his mouth, he sighed deeply! "Ah! It’s so hard to finally have a son! And now, it’s damn frustrating!"

"Uncle, I think we should let the Zhen Family pay for his treatment! Having this disease from birth – it must be hereditary!"

Aunt Gu Qing immediately echoed: "Right, right, right! Exactly! My nephew is speaking sense! Brother, do you think we can come up with a solution?!"

"What solution?!" Gu’s father said dejectedly: "That heartless wench has truly stopped caring about whether her mother lives or dies! Cheng Yan’er even attempted suicide, but I haven’t seen Zhen Yu come to take a look!"

"Uncle! Did you forget? Xiaoqing said Zhen Yu, like her, also has to attend the performance!"

Little Gu’er reminded quietly.

Gu’s father shook his head, clearly not holding much hope for Zhen Yu to come and see Mrs. Zhen.

"I think even if she’s in Qi City now! It probably wouldn’t make much difference."

"Brother, are you saying... those two definitely won’t fork out any money?!" Aunt Gu Qing’s eyes darted around, then she suddenly asked: "Did you pay for Cheng Yan’er’s hospitalization?!"

"No! I was in such a rush at the time, I didn’t carry much money with me, only paid a 120 taxi fare!"

Aunt Gu Qing asked again: "That depression Cheng Yan’er has, doesn’t it also cost a fair amount of money to cure?! I heard the charges at the second hospital are expensive! Way more expensive than the nursing home!"

Gu’s father looked at his sister in mild surprise, "She doesn’t have to be admitted to the psychiatric hospital for her illness, right? But what you’re implying is..."

"She’s still in the hospital now, right? We might as well just stop bothering about her!" Aunt Gu Qing said with a smile that seemed to be triumphing: "Just make a phone call to her children! If they don’t take care of it, neither will we! Let her be however she wants!"

"I had the hospital call them long ago; when we left, Zhen Yan should still have been by her side!"

"Brother, that’s the right thing to do!" Aunt Gu Qing praised: "Saving wherever possible! Even if you really spend money on treating the child, at least he is your son! What is she? You can always find another wife!"

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And so, Mrs. Zhen was ruthlessly abandoned and deliberately forgotten by the Gu Family.

However, in the end, Gu’s father still made the decision to keep his son and observe for a little longer!

After all, the doctor had said! The child is still young, and there is still a chance that the hydrocephalus could be absorbed on its own!

However... that night at the Gu Family, everyone was up all night, and Gu’s father and Aunt Gu finally experienced the pain and torment that Mrs. Zhen went through when looking after the child.

The next day, early in the morning at around five, the child probably wore himself out as well. Finally willing to be put down, he was placed in bed and didn’t cry anymore, instead he continued sleeping.

Aunt Gu Qing massaged her aching lower back, feeling that this was simply no way for a person to live!

Although she hasn’t had a proper job since she was laid off, and it’s nothing but a name in Taipingyang! However, selling insurance and occasionally selling products, she has never tired herself out.

But last night! No need to mention the hardship...

It was even more exhausting than attending meetings at the insurance company and participating in Amway business trainings! At least there were seats to sit on at those events!

But this damn child! Not only must you hold him, but he also forces you to stand up and walk around!

Unless you rock him to sleep, don’t even think about sitting down!

What hydrocephalus? This is clearly mental illness!

Aunt Gu Qing looked at the sleeping infant on the bed and suddenly guessed maliciously: "Your mom barely gave birth to you before she got that depression! Sounds so fancy! But in plain terms, isn’t that just mental illness?"

"Could it be that you’ve inherited mental illness from the womb?! Our family definitely doesn’t take care of the mentally ill! It’d be embarrassing when people find out, making them point at our spine and laugh!"