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Watching Daniel’s breathing grow weaker and weaker, he tremblingly tugged at Mary’s sleeve with his shaking hand. “Mom, save me.”
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Mary thought it was still about the money and quickly said,
“Don’t worry, we won’t let you down. We’ll definitely hide the money safely.”
Daniel shook his head desperately, but to outsiders it looked like just a slight movement.
He barely managed to squeeze out a voice: “Help me.”
I immediately burst into loud tears, wailing heartbreakingly: “Daniel, how could this happen to you? Being pushed to this point–don’t die!”
Daniel couldn’t catch his breath, his eyes rolled back, and he nearly passed out on the spot.
A neighbor urged me, “Fiona, hurry up and take your husband to the hospital. Just lying there like this–isn’t that just waiting to die?”
I cried until I was delirious, standing up sluggishly, but Mary rushed over and grabbed me. “You can’t go! Daniel is still lying here, and instead of caring for him, you’re running off to find some doctor?”
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She blocked me in every way possible, and others couldn’t help but advise, “Mary, Daniel isn’t dead yet. You need to find a doctor to save his life quickly. If you won’t go, fine, but why are you stopping Fiona?”
Mary obviously couldn’t say it out loud, stammering for a long time without making any sense.
Just then, a voice came from the crowd: “Let me through, I’ll take a look!”
Someone shouted with delight: “Dr. Nelson is here!”
Derek Nelson, a doctor who happened to be passing by, immediately ran over.
Taking one look at Daniel’s complexion, he said gravely: “His condition is very serious. He must be rushed to a major hospital immediately.”
But Mary held on even tighter: “No!”
As a doctor, Derek couldn’t worry about anything else at this moment and directly took Daniel from Mary’s arms.
He shouted urgently: “It’ll be too late if we wait any longer. Please, everyone help!”
Some neighbors came forward to carry Daniel, others continued
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persuading Mary to agree to medical treatment, and someone even brought over their tricycle.
The scene was complete chaos. When the vehicle arrived, everyone worked together to lift Daniel onto the tricycle.
But Mary suddenly threw herself at the wheels, crying and shouting: “Where are you taking my son? Give him back to me!”
I pleaded with her through red–rimmed eyes: “Mary, the doctor said Daniel can still be saved. He can definitely be cured!”
Mary became even more agitated, shrieking: “No! How do I know if you’re really trying to save him? I know my son best. He’s beyond saving–there’s no point going to the hospital!”
Her decisive words shocked everyone, who found it incomprehensible: “You’re his own mother! Without even trying, you’re just letting your son wait to die. That’s too heartless.
Mary angrily shot back: “What do you know? I naturally have my reasons.”
No one understood her “reasons.” But the next second, everyone saw the dying Daniel begin to vomit violently.
At first it was ordinary vomit, and people around instinctively pinched their noses and stepped back.
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But within seconds, Daniel actually started vomiting blood- massive amounts of fresh blood poured from his mouth as if his stomach had burst open.
While everyone was still in shock, Mary had already rushed over and snatched Daniel back into her arms.
She put her hands on her hips and shouted: “I told you he couldn’t be taken to the hospital! Now look what happened–all this moving around made my son vomit blood!”
A neighbor spat and pointed at her, scolding: “We were trying to save your son out of kindness. The tricycle was ready, but you were the only one blocking us. Now we’re the ones in the wrong for trying to help!”
I desperately pleaded: “Mary, if you keep blocking us, Daniel really will be beyond saving!”
Mary turned and slapped me: “You bitch! Your husband just had an accident, and you’re already siding with outsiders against me!”
I covered my face and cried: “But Daniel keeps vomiting blood!”
The blood seemed endless. After Mary put him on the ground, fresh blood flowed from both corners of his mouth, pooling beneath him.
Mary looked down and panicked a little, holding Daniel and
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saying softly: “Daniel, we’re not going to the hospital. Stop vomiting blood–you’re fine now.”
The villagers around looked at her like she was crazy, but I understood–she still thought Daniel was acting.
Derek took the opportunity to run over and carefully examine Daniel, checking his pulse.
After confirming that Daniel had completely stopped moving, he withdrew his hand and said gravely: “It’s too late. He drank too much pesticide–his stomach has been corroded. My condolences.”
Mary instinctively retorted: “Impossible! You quack doctor!”
She glared viciously at Derek but didn’t notice that Daniel’s face had turned blue and his lips purple.
I said quietly: “Mary, you may not know how to treat illness, but surely you can tell whether someone is still breathing.”
Hearing this, Mary looked toward Daniel, who had long since stopped breathing, and tremblingly extended her finger toward
his nose.
Two seconds later, her face went deathly pale, and she collapsed to the ground.
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