Grandpa Yao is eighty this year and has early-stage liver cancer. He insists on having part of his liver removed.
For an elderly liver cancer patient of his age, the results after surgery may fall short of expectations, and the survival rate is low. The slightest mistake could cost him his life much too soon.
The doctor says, “Without surgery, he might not die for another ten years. With surgery, he might die right now.”
His granddaughter urges him, “At your age, Grandpa, the cancer might not even have time to become serious.”
But Grandpa Yao insists on going through with it.
Grandma Yao doesn’t even try to stop him.
His granddaughter is frustrated, but she still has to go home and pack for his surgery.
Grandpa Yao’s belongings are neat and few. Aside from books and clothes, the only thing that catches her eye is a hardback notebook: a diary.
On the first page, written in red with every stroke forceful, the young Grandpa Yao is seething: “Would killing that man outright be too good for him?”
On the tenth page, written in messy blue, the young Grandpa Yao is complaining: “How can there be such an annoying woman in the world?”
On the hundredth page, written neatly in black, the young Grandpa Yao accepts his fate: “I’m done for.”
The young Grandma Yao was exactly the sort of person the young Grandpa Yao hated most. She loved looking pretty, being spoiled, and putting on a baby voice.
Grandpa Yao is cruel to Grandma Yao after she accepts a gift from a suitor. “You really have no standards.”
The next second, the dainty, gentle, sweet girl in Grandpa Yao’s eyes kicks over his desk. “Say that to me again, you little punk!”
Later, Grandpa Yao understands that he never really hated Grandma Yao for caring about her appearance, acting spoiled, or putting on a baby voice.
He just hated that she did those things for anyone but him.
A compassionate, big-hearted heroine x a gloomy, selfish hero
Theme: Don’t judge people by their appearance
