Chapter 1173: Chapter 1173: Turning Point (14)

Shu Jiao felt a foreboding rising in her heart.

The main reason was that right now was a critical time for Ruan Jiaojiao; she feared that something might have happened since Jiaojiao hadn’t shown up.

She hung up the phone and called Ruan Jianguo’s cell phone. Fortunately, this time it was quickly answered.

“Wife…” Ruan Jianguo’s voice was a bit hoarse, and if you listened carefully, you could hear a slight tremble.

Shu Jiao was attentive and immediately noticed, but she thought something had happened to Jiaojiao, her heart almost stopped: “What happened? Is it Jiaojiao…”

“No, it’s mom. Mom has been diagnosed with a brain tumor.”

“…” Shu Jiao’s furrowed brows hadn’t relaxed. She paused for two seconds, then said: “Where are you now… okay, I’ll be right over.”

After hanging up, since the next class was hers, she asked another teacher to cover for her and then rushed to the hospital.

When Shu Jiao arrived at the hospital, Ruan Jiaojiao and Xiu Xi were no longer at the entrance.

Ruan Jianguo still couldn’t accept this fact; he was squatting on the left side of the hospital entrance, smoking with his head down. When he saw Shu Jiao walk up to him, he extinguished the cigarette, stood up, and embraced her.

Two out of the three most important women in his life were now in trouble; even Ruan Jianguo was struggling to cope.

From the moment he found out until now, everything was chaotic for him, and he really didn’t know what to do.

Shu Jiao patted his shoulder silently, comforting him. Only after a while did she speak, “What exactly happened, how could mom have a brain tumor out of the blue?”

In Shu Jiao’s view, the timing of the brain tumor seemed too coincidental; why now of all times?

Moreover, a brain tumor is no small issue. Ruanlin was admitted to the hospital only yesterday, and today they could already diagnose a brain tumor? Since when has medicine advanced this much?

Most importantly, Ruanlin didn’t seem like a person suffering from a severe illness. Before Ruan Jiaojiao’s incident, her health was better than anyone’s. Everyone who met her commented on how she seemed to be getting younger and younger.

Publicly, they all claimed that it was due to improved living conditions and better quality of life that Ruanlin seemed to age so gracefully.

But the Ruan Family knew it wasn’t like that at all. It was all thanks to Xiaobai; the Lingzhi it brought back wasn’t called a miracle medicine for nothing, but it indeed had a miraculous effect. Years ago, Ruanlin had a severe stroke, and two months of taking it cured her completely. Shu Laozi also recovered thanks to it, and Duan Qianyang is now lively, all thanks to this Lingzhi.

Therefore, the chances of Ruanlin, who often drank Lingzhi tea, developing a brain tumor were incredibly low.

“I’m not sure either. Just after you went back yesterday, a nurse asked me to take mom for a scan with a machine. Today they said the initial diagnosis is a brain tumor,” said Ruan Jianguo.

“Initial diagnosis?” Shu Jiao felt something odd upon hearing this.

Fukang Hospital was undoubtedly the best hospital in their city. A brain tumor isn’t a minor illness. How could they make an initial diagnosis of a brain tumor overnight as if it were nothing?

“Yes.” Ruan Jianguo looked troubled: “The doctor said not to delay, advising treatment as soon as possible, mentioned that Yuan Hui knew some expert and suggested we look for him, but Yuan Hui seems to be on a business trip.”

Hearing this, Shu Jiao’s expression grew stranger. She asked Ruan Jianguo, “The doctor told you to find Yuan Hui?”