The day I finally saved a million yuan after seven years of working, I was diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer. Treatment would cost at least three million. To save me, my parents sold their car and house, emptied their savings, and begged every relative they could think of until they scraped together two million. On the way to the hospital for surgery, I bought a scratch-off lottery ticket on a whim and won three million. Just then, Mom called to tell me Dad had suffered a sudden stroke, and his surgery would cost three million too. Without a moment's hesitation, I transferred the money I had to them first. I was relieved that this unexpected windfall meant Dad and I could both survive. But
