Soon, a large dinner was ready on the table.

Over a dozen people sat around the table.

Everyone started chatting happily and laughing.

Most of the topics revolved around Su Fuqiang.

Su Fuqiang gradually relaxed and spoke eloquently.

The table was filled with laughter and joy!

The atmosphere was warm and harmonious, and Old Su was very happy, but it seemed there was always something he couldn't bring himself to say, or perhaps he didn't know how to start.

"Cough, cough..." Suddenly, Old Su coughed twice, and his face immediately turned pale.

Old Zhao was the first to notice the situation; he quickly looked over and asked worriedly, "Old Su, what's wrong? What happened?"

Old Su slowly waved his hand, plucked a fish bone from his mouth, then smiled and said, "It's nothing, just a fish bone."

Only then did everyone relax, their anxious hearts settling down.

"That's good, that's good. Be careful!" Old Zhao said.

"Of course!" Old Su smiled again, but the next second, he quickly grabbed two clean white tissues and started coughing forcefully!

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough!"

The violent coughing shook his very core!

Everyone immediately turned their attention back to him!

"Old Su, how can you be so careless? Did you get another fish bone stuck?" Old Zhao joked.

"Haha... I'm getting old... getting old..." Old Su quickly tucked the tissues away and self-deprecatingly replied.

These few words made Old Zhao feel that something was seriously wrong!

He immediately looked at the tissues Old Su was holding and noticed a trace of red on them!

His brow furrowed instantly, and he quickly tried to snatch the tissues from Old Su's hand!

"What are you doing! Old Zhao, are you robbing me?" Old Su said jokingly, physically resisting the attempt.

"Old Su, hand over what you have in your hand!"

"Hurry up and take it out!" Old Zhao said very seriously.

"What, what! It's just two pieces of paper! Do you have to be like this?"

"I won't give them to you!" Old Su clenched his hand tightly, refusing to let go!

"I'm telling you, Old Su, this isn't a joke. Hand them over to me right now!" Old Zhao still didn't give up!

The people at the dinner table were amused by this scene; two men so old, yet squabbling like children!

"Dad, what are you doing? You're trying to snatch tissues Old Su has used? I know you two are close, but not this close, right?" Zhao Huihuang joked, laughing.

Everyone around them laughed at the two men's actions.

Su Yun frowned tightly at this moment. He looked at Old Su's expression, which was clearly wrong; his face was nearly flushed red!

He looked extremely uneasy!

Old Su had weathered all sorts of storms; why would such a small matter cause such a drastic change in his expression?

And Old Zhao, too—why was he so insistent on snatching the tissues from Old Su's hand?

There must be a problem here!

Su Yun had sharp eyes and immediately spotted traces of bright red on the tissues in Old Su's hand!

Instantly, he realized something was terribly wrong!

"Cough, cough, cough..." After struggling for a few moments, Old Su was clearly exhausted. He leaned back in his chair, constantly coughing, covering his mouth with his hand!

Taking advantage of the lapse, Old Zhao snatched the object from his hand!

"Old Zhao... give it back to me!"

"What exactly are you trying to do!" Old Su was furious!

"What am I doing! What are you doing!" Old Zhao was equally enraged!

The voices of the two men instantly made the atmosphere in the room serious!

They looked toward Old Zhao and watched as he slowly unfolded the item in his hand!

All they saw was a patch of bright red!

"What is going on!"

Su Yunjiang and his brother immediately stood up, looking astonished!

That was blood!

What was happening!

"Dad! What is going on!"

"Why..." Su Yunjiang was extremely anxious!

"Cough, cough..." Old Su clearly hadn't recovered yet and coughed a few times without replying.

"Ketchup, it's ketchup..." Even now, Old Su was still trying to argue.

"Ketchup! Old Su, does the ketchup in your house smell like this!"

"Tell us, what illness have you actually contracted!" Old Zhao asked urgently.

"When you get old, this sort of thing happens, it's unavoidable..." Old Su still refused to say.

"Little Zhao, Little Zhao, where is Zhao Tian!"

"Zhao Tian, you tell us, what is going on!" Old Zhao loudly called ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) out Zhao Tian's name.

Zhao Tian entered, looking confused. He looked between Old Su and Old Zhao and only saw a tissue stained with blood.

Immediately, his mind went blank, unsure how to speak. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

"Little Zhao, this has nothing to do with you, get out!" Old Su scolded him.

"Little Zhao, ignore him. You know the truth, and he told you not to speak—I know all that!"

"But your job is to protect and look after Old Su, not to conceal his illness!"

"His words have no effect right now, you don't have to listen!" Old Zhao stated.

"Little Zhao, hurry up and tell us what the real reason is!" Su Yunjiang and his brother were desperate, and everyone present looked grave...

"You... you..."

"Are you trying to anger me to death..."

"Are you trying to anger me to death..." Old Su desperately slammed the table, his face full of despair!

He had no strength left now and could only rely on the chair to prop up his body!

"Old Su, what exactly are you hiding!" Old Zhao shouted!

"I... I..." Old Su was weak and felt his whole body go limp.

"Dad... are we still your children? Can't we even know about your health condition?"

"Are we the kind of unfilial sons who wouldn't care?"

"As sons, to not even know that our father's health is worrying, we... we..." Su Yunjiang felt immense heartache!

They had been too busy with work these past years, only coming home a dozen times a year, completely neglecting their father's health...

"I'm just an old man; there's no need to make everyone worry... Aren't I doing fine right now?"

"It's not nearly as serious as everyone thinks..."

"Everyone, please don't focus on me so much..."

"Little Zhao, you go down first." Old Su still struggled to maintain his posture.

At this moment, Zhao Tian took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind.

"Old Su, please punish me!"

"At this point, concealment serves no purpose!"

"Didn't you always teach me that one must bravely face everything?"

"Today, as a junior, I disrespectfully ask you to face this bravely!"

"All these people are your closest and dearest! I cannot bring myself to conceal the truth!" Zhao Tian declared.

"Sigh... you've suffered..." Old Su sighed after hearing this. He knew that no matter what he said tonight, he couldn't avoid the truth, so he closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Zhao Tian knew Old Su had given his consent. He then slowly spoke: "Late-stage cancer..."