Chapter 1535


    Under Rat''s guidance, Matthew managed to arrange a satisfactory amodation for himself. Later,


    he went out with Rat to enjoy some local delicacies.


    Just like that, Matthew treated his trip to Cummeal this time, as a vacation.


    Rat brought Matthew to a small local restaurant. When they entered, they saw there were quite a


    number of customers in the restaurant.


    Once they took their seat, Rat ordered some local specialties, while Matthew ordered some beer.


    The two acted like they were friends, sitting and drinking together, enjoying their meal.


    After they had chatted for a while, Rat finally let his guard down against Matthew. As time passed, he


    even briefly summarized his life story and current situation to Matthew.


    Through his brief story, Matthew learned that Rat''s real name was Karl Wanderbach. However, due to


    his petite figure and being imprisoned for theft before, people around this area nicknamed him Mouse.


    Later, some people thought the nickname Mouse was somewhat positive for someone with a thieving


    background, so they came up with a more mocking term and called him Rat.


    Over time, people kept addressing him as Rat. Just like that, many didn''t know or had forgotten his real


    name.


    Through Rat''s brief life story, Matthew also learned that he had a tragic fate. When Rat was still


    studying, his father died in an ident, leaving him alone with his mother and sisters to depend on


    each other for survival.


    As for his uncles, they didn''t hesitate to drive Rat, his mother, and his sister out of the house for the


    sake of upying his family''s homestead.


    Alone, his mother raised him and his sister, who was still an infant, while struggling to make ends meet.


    As a result, she wore herself out and fell ill.


    In desperation, Rat dropped out of school and worked part-time to subsidize the family expenditures.


    Nevertheless, who knew his sister would contract an extremely rare disease three years ago? Rat


    spent a lot of money to treat his sister''s illness, but he didn''t expect that there would be no cure.


    Therefore, in order to treat his sister''s illness, Rat took a risk and burgled once. He stole more than


    200,000 and paid her surgery fee.


    Nevertheless, fate seemed to treat Rat as their personal chew toy. That was because he was caught


    just after Tiana''s surgery was over.


    Eventually, instead of being convicted of burry, he was sentenced to jail for a year on other trivial


    charges.


    Later, Rat realized that the money from the family he stole at that time wasn''t from a legal source. For


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    that reason, they didn''t dare to make a big fuss about the burry.


    Otherwise, Rat certainly would be sentenced to several years in jail for stealing so much money.


    After that, Rat''s mother passed away less than a month after he was released from jail. Thus, Rat had


    no choice but to take care of his sister alone.


    Since the previous surgery didn’tpletely cure her sister''s disease, Rat could only work hard and


    earn money to support her medicinal fee. So on weekdays, he would let her stay in the clinic and


    sustain her life with intravenous drips.


    Still, Rat had to take her to the hospital every once in a while for hemodialysis. Otherwise, she would


    be critically ill.


    Most of the time, Rat would work on the construction site to earn money.


    s, he had borrowed and owed too much money because of his sister''s illness, so he was presently


    deep in debt.


    He knew that he would have to bring his sister for another hemodialysis session soon. Out of


    desperation, he slid into bad habits, considering he really was in need of cash. Therefore, he went to


    steal near the stop where the buses were parked. Yet, he didn’t expect he woulde across Matthew.


    Rat gripped his beer tightly as he said with tears in his eyes, "Matthew, I''m sorry. I-I was really


    desperate. That''s why I took your wallet."


    Matthew only smiled lightly as he couldn’t help but see himself in Rat.


    Rat was so overjoyed that he couldn''t help the tears rolling down his cheeks. He wiped away his tears


    and said anxiously, "Matthew, a-are you saying that my sister''s illness can still be cured? I have been to


    the hospital in Eastshire before, and those reputable surgeons in Eastshire told me that only Dr. Ellis in


    Eastshire could cure my sister’s illness. Otherwise, n-no one can cure her in Eastshire!" Content of


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    Matthew smiled faintly as he replied,


    Rat''s facial expression twisted into one of despair at Matthew''s remarks.


    Nevertheless, Matthew continued. "But—I can definitely cure her!"