Xu's mother sobbed on the phone, gasping for breath, "Xiaoya, my daughter, I beg you, come to the hospital to see your father... your father has cancer. We've already spent thirty to forty thousand. Now, your brother and sister-in-law aren't willing to contribute a single penny, insisting that your father should go home to recuperate. They say treating him would be a waste of money..."
"…"
"My dear girl, I beg you, those two heartless, cruel wretches... I knew we couldn't rely on them, but I never imagined they could be this malicious. Your father refused to leave the hospital, so they simply went home and never came back to visit… Are we just to let your father wait to die in the hospital? Please, we have no one else to turn to but you... After all, he's still your father..."
