In my senior year of high school, the school took the entrance qualification examination for Star University.

That was my dream school. I studied hard day and night just to be admitted to Star University.

My head teacher had a talk with me and told me to relax because I had a great chance of getting admitted based on my previous grades.

Just the day before the exam, Gavin suddenly tied me up.

I struggled desperately to free myself and begged Gavin to let me go, but he remained unmoved.

By the time I arrived at the examination room, the first exam had already started for fifteen minutes, which meant that I missed out on attending my dream university.

Later I knew that the person who was qualified for admission was Gavin's girlfriend.

My uncle and aunt brought Gavin, whose back was bleeding, to apologize. My parents generously said that even if Gavin hadn't made such a fuss, I would not have been able to get into Star University.

We were all family, so they just forgot about it.

The past events came to my mind one by one, so of course I would not donate a kidney to Gavinn.

My parents, who were not close to me, directly called me an ungrateful person.

Lucy also said that I was heartless and ungrateful, and that I would end up living a lonely life because I didn't get married.

I couldn't stand their nagging, so I just quietly moved out of the house and lived with my colleague.

When I looked out of the window at work, I saw my uncle and aunt standing downstairs of my company.

That day was the day when the boss from the headquarters held a regular meeting. If my uncle and aunt made trouble in the company, I may lose my job.

I begged my colleague to help me.

She went downstairs for five minutes, and then she came back with an OK gesture.

"I said you resigned, and the old couple left soon."

Just as I was relieved, I heard the voice from the front desk, "Yuki, someone's looking for you!"

Everyone need an access card to enter the company. How could they go upstairs...

One colleague who was my competitor at work bumped my shoulder with a cup of water in her hand, and said with a meaningful smile, "I just brought it up. No need to thank me."

As soon as I stepped into the living room, my aunt knelt down and said, "Yuki, you can't be so cold and indifferent. Please save your cousin!"

Her voice was so loud that it was heard through the living room door, which had not yet been closed.

Colleagues were eagerly waiting and listening to the gossip.

There was a lot of noise in the office, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the boss.

My leader asked me into the office. He gave me three days off to deal with the thing.

I didn't have to go to work and the holidays were approaching, so I carried my suitcase and went home.

The house was empty, and no one was there.

I fell asleep on the bed. In a daze, I heard the door closing and my parents came back.

Just as I was about to open the door and go out, I heard Mom say, "Gavin's illness can't be delayed any longer. What if Max knew that Yuki is also a match?"

Dad yelled at Mom, "If we don't tell others about it, nobody will know it! Don't keep saying it. If someone hears it, it'll be over!"

My hand paused on the door handle.

I left home while my parents went out for a walk after dinner.

The door of my room was right next to the kitchen. If they had been more careful, they would have noticed that I went home today, but unfortunately they didn't.

I called Eric Lee, the son of Uncle Lee, who was my good classmate in high school. After a few words, Eric told me the truth.

Holding the report given by Eric, I returned home again.

When Lucy saw me come back, she tried her best to persuade me to save Gavin.

I stared at her chattering mouth and asked, "If it turns out that your kidney is a match, would you be willing to donate your kidney to him?"

"Of course."

She answered righteously, and then asked me, "Have you forgotten how good Gavin was to us when we were young?"

Gavin was nice to her, but not to me.

"I heard that after donating a kidney, people can't do manual labor for the rest of your life. If something unexpected happens in the future..."

Lucy interrupted me impatiently, "Our young people won't do much physical work. I think you are just afraid of death. If I can do it, I will definitely save Gavin first."

I had been waiting for Lucy to say this for a long time. I curled my lips and opened the door. "Uncle and aunt, Uncle Lee who did the matching called me today and said that the result was wrong. Lucy can also donate a kidney to Gavin, and she just agreed to donate. This is really a great joyous event."

My uncle and aunt took the report I gave them and turned to the last page. They were overjoyed and rushed forward to surround Lucy.

"Lucy, Gavin loves you the most. It is a fate given by God that you can save your Gavin's life."

Lucy, who usually spoke of morality and justice, was so frightened that her face turned pale and she couldn't even stand steadily.

She was not as righteous as when she advised me. She said, "It's a big deal to donate a kidney. I have to go home and discuss it with my husband."

Gavin had treated Lucy like his own sister since he was a child. My uncle and aunt thought that the "discussion" my sister mentioned was just a formality, so they happily returned to the hospital.

After the uncle and aunt left, Lucy lost her temper.

I pretended not to see it and enthusiastically expressed that when the operation day came, I was willing to sacrifice my annual leave to take care of her in the hospital.

She said nothing, and walked away angrily with her daughter in her arms.

When she advised me, she said that people only used one kidney to work, so why couldn't she do that?

Things turned out just as I expected. Lucy refused to donate a kidney on the grounds that her in-laws did not agree.

I also received abusive phone calls from my parents.

"Yuki, what were you thinking? How could you harm Lucy like this?"

"Are you going to let Lucy divorce? Come back right now."

I had long been accustomed to Dad's temper and tyranny, so I went home with the attitude of having fun. I wanted to know what "big event" had happened at home.

Lucy was crying on the sofa and her eyes were red and swollen. Mom held Lucy's hand and patted her back to comfort her.

Dad stood by the window smoking, not saying a word.

As soon as I got home, Dad directly said, "You are responsible for resolving the problems you caused. Hurry up and give me five hundred thousand dollars to return to your uncle."