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I opened my eyes to see my brother glaring at me furiously.
“Had enough of your act yet?”
“You knew Tiffany and I were going to KFC, so you deliberately coughed up blood in front of us, right?”
“Don’t hit my big sister!” Chloe rushed over and pushed him away.
“Chloe, come here,” I called out softly.
Chloe obediently took my hand.
Then I looked up at my brother, who had come from the same womb as me.
My face stung from the slap, and my heart felt like it was shattering.
I had been rushed to the hospital, yet no one had told him about my condition?
He was a doctor too. If he had examined me carefully, he would surely have seen how ill I was.
“Get out,” I said quietly.
He gritted his teeth in anger,
“Ruby, you’ve really gone too far this time!”
He raised his hand to hit me again.
“Brother,” I called out to him.
He froze.
I hadn’t called him that in so long, not since Tiffany had slandered me,
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This was the first time I had called him “brother” in a long time, and it would be the last.
“Let’s cut ties”
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“In your eyes, I’m a sinner, I’m a liar, so I don’t want to upset you anymore.”
I never thought there would come a day when we’d be like this.
After all, he used to cherish me above all else.
Everyone knew that the Gu family had a rough son, but he was incredibly gentle when it came to his sister.
He really was good to me back then.
When I had a fever, he would stay up all night to take care of me.
He would buy me whatever I wanted.
Once on my birthday, I casually mentioned wanting to go to Nanjing Road in Shanghai, and he drove me there overnight.
He used to tell me, “Ruby, big brother will protect you for life.”
Until Tiffany appeared, and everything changed.
“Say that again!” my brother clenched his fists in anger.
“I said, let’s cut ties.”
“From now on, I don’t have you as a brother, and you don’t have me as a sister.”
I don’t need family, and I don’t want family like them.
“Fine. You said it,” he stormed out, slamming the door.
Just then, a young man in a white coat walked in.
I glanced at the name tag on his coat.
He was an intern named Dr. Sean.
He came over and adjusted my IV drip to slow it down.
“This should make you feel a bit better,” he said.
“Thank you,” I replied.
Then I looked at Chloe beside me. Her eyes were red, and her face was full of concern.
“Big sis, are you really sick?”
Tears welled up in my eyes uncontrollably.
“Big sis is fine. Can you go home first? I’ll come back soon, okay?”
She was always obedient. She nodded and left with her backpack.
After she left, Dr. Sean sighed.
“Your condition isn’t good right now. You need to be hospitalized for chemotherapy, otherwise you won’t have much time left.”
“Then I’ll do the chemo,” I said.
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I had originally planned to use the bonus money to find a place to end things myself.
But now the bonus was gone.
That night, Lucas came to see me.
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