Matthew glanced at Crystal and sat down next to the man. Despite being insulted by the people around
him, the man turned a deaf ear toward everybody. Instead, he held his bowl and gulped down all of the
soup. Seeing this, Crystal felt even more angry and thought that this swindler was too arrogant.
“Matthew, if you can’t tell me what I’ve done wrong, I’ll call the police right now!” Crystal yelled furiously.
Deep down, she secretly vowed to never meet Matthew again. The reason she asked to meet Matthew
was because she admired him deeply. However, what Matthew did today really made her look down on
him.
Then, Matthew patted the man’s shoulder and suddenly asked, “When’s the operation?”
Hearing this, the man was stunned for a moment and his expression instantly changed. Looking at
Matthew in disbelief, he asked, “H-How did you know?”
In a soft voice, Matthew replied, “I could tell at one glance as soon as you and your father entered the
restaurant.”
The man immediately lowered his head and with tears in his eyes, he murmured, “Soon. The operation
will be done in a few days once we collect enough money.”
When Matthew heard this, he sighed and said, “Do you know as soon as the operation is done, you’ll
lose your life?”
The man gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Meanwhile, Crystal was a little shocked. With her voice lowered, she asked, “W-What operation? Are you
sick? The reason you tricked people out of their money… is to cure your illness?”
At that moment, she panicked. If she had treated a patient rudely, she would feel apologetic. However,
the man shook his head and replied, “No. I’m not sick.”
Crystal immediately blushed in embarrassment. “If you’re not sick, why are you swindling? You… You…”
The man solemnly replied, “But my dad is!”
After saying this, the man burst into tears. “He has uremia. We couldn’t find a suitable kidney source, so
we can only use mine. I can’t skip meals and I have to make sure I have enough nutrition. I-I have to
save him!”
After Crystal heard this, she was completely dumbfounded. The statement shocked her so much that her
mind went blank completely. Meanwhile, the onlookers also became silent. Nobody had imagined that
this would be the case.
After a while, a man from the crowd said, “Oh, this man is really filial! However, it’s just a kidney
transplant. It’s not something serious. Sir, I know a friend who had one of his kidneys cut off and he’s
living well right now, so be a little more optimistic. There’s no challenge in this world that you can’t
overcome.”
Crystal nodded in agreement. However, Matthew sighed and said softly, “If he has two kidneys, he can
still live after giving one up for transplant. But what if he only has one kidney?”
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room was stunned. Then, Crystal shouted in surprise,
“How does he only have one kidney?”
Matthew turned to look at the man, who was clenching his fists so tightly that his fingers cut into his
palms. After gritting his teeth for a while, he whispered, “In order to pay for his bills for the past few
years, I… I sold one of my kidneys a long time ago.”
At that instant, there was a commotion in the restaurant. No one had thought that it would be such a
situation.
Crystal anxiously said, “You only have one kidney left but you’re planning to give your father a kidney
transplant. Doesn’t that mean that you’ll definitely die? H-How can you do that?”
The man glanced at Crystal before looking at the street outside the restaurant. Then, in a whisper, he
replied, “He has always taught me to be honest and down-to-earth. It doesn’t seem like I can be honest
in this life so I can only repay what I owe him! I was born into this world because of him so there is
nothing wrong for me to leave this place for him! I’m sorry, everyone!”
As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed out of the restaurant in tears. Crystal, on the other hand,
slumped onto a chair and was completely dumbfounded. It was only then that she understood what
Matthew meant when he said not all things can be defined as right or wrong. At that moment, Crystal
suddenly recalled how the man carried his father into the restaurant a while ago.
Perhaps his father used to carry him like that when he was young. There is a saying, ‘You raised me up
so I’ll take care of you when you’re old. The biggest regret in this life is that I can’t stay by your side
forever.’
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