She took a deep breath, and when she looked up again, she had regained the pride that Gu Qianci should have. "You've seen Xixi's condition. She suffers from a rare blood disease; there aren't many worldwide with her condition. Neither the doctors nor I could do anything but continuously spend money on her blood transfusion surgeries. What's more frustrating is that this disease doesn't just require surgeries and blood transfusions every once in a while, but also costs a fortune for her to take imported medicine regularly. Xixi's illness was discovered when I was in my third year of high school. To treat her, our home expended all of our savings and even sold the house. In fact, had I not already paid that semester's tuition, I might have dropped out of school to work and earn money a long time ago..."