Chapter 223
Coralie had never expected that such a small child would be afflicted with this disease. What could she
do?
"We can''t cure this disease here. I suggest that you go to Syngene Hospital in A city. Besides, the child
is still so young, you can''t afford to dy anymore."
The doctor saw that Coralie wasn''t rich, but he was worried that she would refrain from treating the
child because of money problems. He gently reminded her.
"Okay, I know. Thank you, doctor," Coralie said.
Hendric was a sensible child. When Coralie was talking to the doctor, he stayed out of trouble and kept
silent. Until Coralie walked out with him in her arms, Hendric told Coralie, "Mommy, no scared."
Hendric was less than two years old, so he could only mumble simple words.
However, these words touched her heart. She hugged Hendric, caressed his little head, and said,
"Don''t worry Hendric, I will definitely cure you."
Hendric nodded.
After Coralie exined the situation to Aaron and his wife, they expressed their understanding and
were willing to gather some money for Coralie, but she refused.
She knew that treatment for leukemia would not be settled with just a small amount of money. She
needed to spare hundreds of thousands of dors at least. Thus, Coralie made up her mind to sell her
emerald bracelet.
After Coralie packed up her things, she took Hendric to A city in a taxi. The journey took more than ten
hours.
After more than two years, Coralie finally stepped into this familiar city again. However, it was for such
an unfortunate reason.
Coralie, wearing a mask, went straight to the hospital with Hendric in her arms.
Hendric vomited a few times along the way.
When she arrived at the hospital, the doctor checked Hendric''s condition and asked him to be
hospitalized immediately. The doctor subsequently conducted a bone marrow test for him.
Coralie had less than ten thousand dors in her card. When she went to pay for Hendric''s bill at the
counter, her hand trembled upon hearing the huge cost from the doctor.
"Can I pay for a part of it first? Please let my child stay in the hospital. I''ll figure out a way."
Coralie begged.
When she said this sentence, she felt that it sounded so familiar. Back in the day, it was because her
mother and brother were hospitalized that she had no choice but to look for Skr Hond.
The doctor craned his head and looked at Coralie. She was dressed ordinarily and had her hair tied up;
it was obvious that she came from an insignificant ce. Then he said, "Please discuss this with the
outpatient doctor."
Coralie went to see the doctor with Hendric in her arms. As soon as they reached the door, Hendric
hugged Coralie and said, "Mommy, sorry."
Coralie was stunned. She didn''t expect that Hendric would say that. She rubbed Hendric''s little head
and felt distressed looking at his tiny face. Sheforted, "Please don''t be sorry. It''s Mommy who is
sorry."
Right now, she had to be strong.
Coralie held Hendric in her arms and went into the outpatient room again. She tried to ask the doctor if
she could pay part of the fees first and let Hendric stay in the hospital for the meantime. She promised
to pay the rest of the money when she came up with a way.
The doctor was sympathetic seeing that Hendric was still so young, so he thought for a while and
agreed.
After settling the hospitalization procedures for Hendric, Coralie took him to the ward. There were only
two people in the ward. Aside from Hendric, there was a little boy about seven or eight years old.
Coralie was in a hurry to save money for the fees. After putting Hendric down, she said to him,
"Hendric, Mommy will go out for a while. I''ll ask the nurse to y with you. I wille back in a few
hours, okay?"
Hendric nodded; he seemed to understand.
Coralie couldn''t rest assured, so she bought a small toy ne for Hendric and asked the nurse to take
good care of him before leaving.
She had done her research and found that there was a pawn shop near the hospital. Coralie had
already decided to pawn Grandmother Hond''s emerald bracelet for some money.
However, when Coralie arrived at the pawnshop and showed the emerald bracelet to the boss, the
boss looked at Coralie and thought that she had stolen the bracelet, so he said, "Ten thousand."
"Ten thousand? No way!"
Coralie did not know the exact value of this emerald bracelet, but based on certain previous events and
Grandmother Hond''s status, she knew that this bracelet must have been worth at least hundreds of
thousands of dors.
When she saw that the boss was a scammer, she was so angry that she was about to leave.
The boss saw that Coralie was going to leave, so he immediately stopped her and said, "Hey, wait, how
about this? How about thirty thousand?"
He could see that the emerald bracelet was a rare one. It was delicately crafted, and there was even a
small diamond on top of it. At first nce, he could already tell that it was an exquisite piece of the
highest quality.
If it was met with someone who liked it, even two or three hundred thousand dors would do no justice
for it. It was even possible to sell it for five hundred thousand dors!
"No!" Coralie denied.
Looking at the boss''s expressions, Coralie was even more certain of the value of this emerald bracelet.
This bracelet was given to her by Grandmother Hond before her death. If it was not for Hendric''s
illness, how could Coralie bear to sell it?
When the boss saw that Coralie clearly knew the value of the bracelet, he said, "Lady, then tell me how
much you want from it?"
"This..."
When the boss asked Coralie to set the price first, she started to weigh her thoughts up.
"Lady, it seems like you don''t know the exact price of this bracelet. It''s not the same as before. Emerald
is still expensive, but it''s not in demand now. To put it in a nice way, it''s very valuable, but how many
people really know about its value? Even if it is really priced at millions of dors, how many people are
willing to spend several millions just to get their hands on it? Don''t you think so?"
The boss saw that Coralie only knew that the bracelet was valuable, but she couldn''te up with the
specific price. So he began to fool her into selling the bracelet at a cheap price.
"But what you said is too cheap," she replied.
"Yes, yes. Is your family in urgent need of money? Why don''t you sell it to me for one hundred
thousand dors? I have one hundred thousand dors in cash. Let''s make a deal right now."
The owner set up his shop near the entrance to the hospital and had already earned a lot of money
from the people who were in urgent need of money.
A lot of them brought what was obviously very valuable to the pawnshop to gather urgent money for
their ill family members. However, there would be no return from the treatment fees in a hospital.
Hence, most of the things would belong to the store after they pawned them away.
"One hundred thousand?"
"Yeah, look at this bracelet..." The boss continued.
"I''ll pay five hundred thousand."
Just as the boss was about to continue lowering the price with Coralie, an old man''s voice sounded
from the door of the shop.
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Both of them turned around at the same time.
An old man in a suit walked in. Although his beard and hair were all white, he still looked very
energetic.
There was a short-haired woman in her twenties walking behind him.
Coralie recognized the woman at a nce. She was Xenia Lowell!
She was so astonished that she quickly turned her head away.
"Youngdy, I''ll pay five hundred thousand dors for your bracelet," the old man said.
Coralie did not dare to look back, nor did she dare to look at the old gentleman. She was afraid that
Xenia would recognize her, so she said repeatedly, "Okay, okay, five hundred thousand dors. Deal."
The boss looked at the old man. Although he was angry, he still shed a smile and said, "President
Lowell, what brought you here?"
The old man listened to the boss''s question and answered, "I am going to hold an auction soon, but I
still need a few more things before I''m done. So I came to search for something valuable."
It seemed that Coralie''s bracelet was what he set his eyes upon.
Xenia, who was standing behind, had been looking at the bracelet initially. However, Coralie kept
turning her face away. She was slightly angered as she said, "What''s wrong with you? Why are you not
looking at my grandfather when he''s talking to you? Don''t you know what respect is?"
As she said that, she went over and pped Coralie on her shoulder.