The world begins with shameless people

The Jackson family.

First floor.

Silla covered her face, feeling extremely regretful. After a long while, she calmed down a little and turned her head to look upstairs.

Seeing this, Sheila inexplicably missed Jody again.

The next second, Silla didn't dare to look anymore, and quickly retracted her gaze, forcing herself to divert her attention.

On the second floor, in Karen's room.

Jody felt relieved and lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

Karen was up, sitting in front of the computer, looking up information.

Karen had been researching for two days, and after searching for about half an hour, she finally made a decision.

She decided to go to Los Angeles to deal with her child's problems, and after that, go to the beach and Hollywood for some fun.

Having made the decision, Karen smiled happily, and without thinking too much, she quickly turned off the computer, picked up her phone, and sent a text message to Ding Xiu, "I have decided to go to Los Angeles."

It was only a little after ten o'clock, and Ding Xiu hadn't slept yet. When she saw the message, she replied casually, "Okay, when do you want to go?"

[It depends on your arrangement, any day is fine.] Karen replied immediately.

[Okay, I'll contact you tomorrow] Ding Xiu replied.

【Thank you,】Karen replied.

Ding Xiu didn’t reply.

Karen put down her phone, stretched herself, and imagined the scene of going to Los Angeles to play in a very good mood.

Karen was really looking forward to it. After all, she had never left Chicago in her life.

*******

The Gallaghers.

Lip, who had slept soundly for a whole day, lay on the bed, opened his eyes, stared blankly at the yellow roof for a while, then got up and got out of bed.

There was no one else in the room for the time being.

In order to leave the South District with Kathy, Ian still works in the grocery store with Kathy, hoping to make more money by extending the business hours.

Karl did come back, but it was still early, so he didn't go upstairs and was watching TV on the first floor.

Lip silently looked around the familiar room, picked up a cigarette, walked to the stairs outside the second floor, leaned on the railing, lit a cigarette, and subconsciously looked at Ding Xiu's house next door.

After only looking for two seconds, Lip quickly looked away, not daring to look again.

There is no other reason.

After what happened during the day, Lip was really scared and didn't dare to do it again.

Lip, cigarette in hand, turned to look at the night sky.

The starry sky in summer is quite bright.

Lip stared blankly, thinking absentmindedly.

He had never wanted to leave here so badly, and wanted to become truly strong.

Lip thought about this for a long time.

As I thought about it, some questions gradually became clear.

First of all, he realized that he had to learn from Fiona and focus on himself in the future... This family, Ian and the others, were no longer that important.

Secondly, he couldn't keep the baby in Karen's belly! He couldn't marry Karen, or he would be stuck in this hellhole of the South District for the rest of his life, unable to escape!

Again, he must take the SAT this winter and get as high a score as possible, even a perfect score!! Then, strive for a college scholarship...

Finally, college... It's best to choose a university outside of Chicago! If I stay in Chicago, I might be influenced by this family, this hellhole, and even Ding Xiu.

As he was thinking, Lip lit another cigarette, took a deep puff, and exhaled a long breath of smoke.

*************

Gallagher's house, second floor.

In Debbie's room.

Debbie lay in bed with her eyes open, also thinking.

The conversation with psychologist Miller in the afternoon was very effective.

Dr. Miller made her realize many problems, most importantly, that Frank was an extremely selfish and narcissistic man who did not love her or care about her at all.

"The right thing to do is to pretend that Frank doesn't exist, Debbie. I know it's hard for you to do this, but for your own sake, you have to do it..."

Dr. Miller's words unconsciously echoed in Debbie's ears.

Debbie blinked subconsciously, feeling a terrible headache.

for a long time.

Debbie suddenly stood up, went out and downstairs to Frank's side.

Frank had just taken a lot of medicine and was feeling great. Seeing Debbie, he smiled and said, "Debbie, you have to hurry up with Fiona's matter. I don't have many days left to live."

Debbie heard it, bit her lip, and said, "Fiona won't agree. I... give up."

When Frank heard this, he turned his head sharply, stared at Debbie with wide eyes, and shouted, "What the fxxk? What do you mean you gave up? How could you give up?"

"If you give up, what should I do? Are you going to watch me die?"

"No! You must not give up!!"

"Go, find Fiona quickly and ask her to borrow money from Ding Xiu!"

"..."

Frank yelled all at once.

Debbie pursed her lips and said nothing until Frank finished yelling. Then she moved her mouth and said, "Daddy, I won't ask Fiona for help again, but I will do my best to take good care of you and make your last days more comfortable."

The words hit my ears.

Damn it! Frank was extremely afraid of death and didn’t want to die, but he couldn’t stand such words. He immediately got really angry, “Fxxk! You fucking…”

Frank started to curse directly, without any politeness.

Seeing Frank like this, hearing such scolding...

Debbie's heart sank little by little, and sadness gradually showed on her little face.

What she had just said was a test, and Dr. Miller had taught her to say so.

Now, the test has yielded results, and the results are exactly the same as what Dr. Miller said...

What does this prove?

Proves that Dr. Miller was absolutely right.

Frank is a complete scumbag who doesn't care about her at all. All those nice things he said to her a few days ago were just to take advantage of her...

Once he found out that she was no longer useful, Frank started to abuse her...

"It's better for a father like this to die early."

Debbie's eyes turned red as she suddenly thought of this. Then, she felt relieved and turned to go upstairs.

On the first floor, Carl, who witnessed the whole incident, turned around and watched Debbie's back. Then, he looked at Debbie and opened and closed his mouth several times, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just felt that there were so many troubles in this family.

Debbie ran back to her room, slammed the door, lay down on the bed, and cried silently.

When Lip saw Debbie's performance, he sighed and became more determined to stay away from here.

-

a new day.

At 2118 North Wallace Street, life goes on as usual.

Bianca woke up early and did not disturb Ding Xiu. She went downstairs, opened the back door, and let Daijiu go to the backyard for a walk by himself. Then, she went into the kitchen and skillfully made breakfast.

At 7:30 in the morning, Ding Xiu sat down at the dining table, thanked Bianca for her hard work as usual, and then prepared to have breakfast.

Just at this time.

dong dong dong~~~

There was a knock on the door.

Ding Xiu was a little too lazy to move, so he asked Dai Jiu to open the door.

Daijiu was squatting beside the dining table, about to eat meat, and was too lazy to move. However, he still moved obediently and went to open the door.

It was Karl who knocked on the door. Seeing Dai Jiu, he smiled and then asked, "Ding Xiu, can I come in?"

Hearing that it was Karl, Ding Xiu immediately replied, "Come in, it's a good opportunity to have breakfast together."

Not long after.

Carl sat at the dining table, and Bianca packed a breakfast and placed it in front of Carl.

"Thank you," Carl has really grown up a lot. He smiled a little and thanked Bianca.

"You're welcome," Bianca smiled back.

Ding Xiu ate two pieces of bacon. He knew that Karl came here so early in the morning not for breakfast but most likely for Frank's matter, so he took the initiative to ask Karl, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Karl heard it, was silent for a moment, and nodded, “Well, Debbie and I went to see Fiona yesterday, and Fiona refused to come to you to borrow money.”

"Then, last night, I don't know what happened to Debbie. She suddenly changed. It was as if she didn't care about Frank or whether he lived or died."

Carl said in a calmer breath, "I still care. I hope Frank survives."

"So, I want to ask, is there any other way? Are you willing to lend money to save him?"

Ding Xiu listened quietly, somewhat puzzled by Debbie's situation.

So, what happened to Debbie?

After thinking for a while, Ding Xiu asked Bianca, "Frank is an alcoholic and has destroyed his liver. Now he needs to replace at least part of his liver in order to survive."

"As far as I know, this kind of surgery requires not only money, but also a suitable donor."

By now, Bianca had already decided that Frank was a scumbag, and she had no feelings about Frank's impending death, so she nodded, "Yeah, yes."

"Assuming there is a suitable donor, how much would such a surgery cost? Frank has no health insurance."

Bianca thought for a moment and said, "I'm just a resident doctor. I don't know much about this kind of major surgery... I think it will cost at least 150,000 to 200,000 US dollars."

Ding Xiu turned to Karl again, "Karl, do you understand? Money alone is useless. We also need donors."

Carl roughly understood what he heard and thought for a moment, "Can I go buy a liver?"

Bianca heard this and choked, "It's illegal to buy and sell human organs. You can't buy them."

Carl stopped talking.

"Carl, how about this? Let Frank find a suitable donor first. If he finds one, we can talk about borrowing money. At that time, I can lend it to you. How about it?" Ding Xiu looked at Carl and said.

When Karl heard this, he was immediately excited and nodded quickly, “Okay!”

Soon, Carl finished his breakfast, said goodbye to Ding Xiu and Bianca, and ran home.

Ran home.

Carl didn't delay and repeated Ding Xiu's words to Frank.

After hearing this, Frank was naturally excited, and then he smiled and praised Carl.

Debbie was in the restaurant and heard Frank's words clearly. She instinctively felt extremely disgusted.

in the living room.

After praising Carl, Frank took a puff of Malaysian cigarettes, smiled and said to himself, "The next thing is to get a liver problem!"

Samantha, who was very happy for Frank, immediately apologized after hearing this, "Sorry, Daddy, we are not a match, otherwise I would definitely donate part of my liver to you without hesitation!"

The truth is, Frank was also very disappointed about this, but he didn't say anything, "It doesn't matter, there's no way to force it if it doesn't match."

Samantha smiled and said, "What about your friends? You can talk to them and maybe find a match."

"At worst, we can borrow a little more money from Ding Xiu and buy it from your friends."

hear this

Debbie couldn't stand it anymore. She took two quick steps and sneered at Samantha, saying, "Haha, Frank doesn't have any friends. He only has people he hasn't offended yet."

"Fuck you!" Frank cursed Debbie immediately after hearing that. Then he turned to Samantha and said, "Help me go to Elber later. My friends are all there. If I pay them, someone should be willing to help me."

Samantha immediately smiled brightly, "Okay."

*********

As usual, Bianca was sent to the hospital. Afterwards, Ding Xiu did not go directly to the restaurant, but drove to find a travel agency.

It's not appropriate for Karen to go to Los Angeles alone.

Compared to the Karen in the original drama, today's Karen has grown a lot.

In other words, Karen is still useful.

Ding Xiu didn't want Karen to never come back, so after thinking about it last night, she decided to spend some money to hire a tour guide to accompany Karen to Los Angeles to have surgery and to travel with her.

The fact is, Ding Xiu's demand is indeed very strange.

But, this is a capitalist country, and money is a very good thing. As long as Ding Xiu gives enough money, what's so strange about it?

Still arranged properly.

After spending about an hour discussing the details in detail, Ding Xiu didn't waste any time. He walked out of the travel agency and called Karen.

Karen answered the phone immediately.

"Karen..." Ding Xiu didn't delay and directly explained the situation. After that, he asked, "Is there any problem?"

In fact, Karen was a little nervous about traveling to Los Angeles alone.

Now, Ding Xiu was very careful to eliminate the tension...

Karen immediately agreed with a smile, "No problem, thank you Mr. Ding, you are so thoughtful."

"You're welcome," Ding Xiu couldn't stand the green tea, and replied briefly, "Then I'll go and confirm it one last time and contact you later."

"Okay," Karen responded teaily.

Ding Xiu didn't say much, hung up the phone, and went to communicate again.

After communicating for about ten minutes, everything was settled.

The travel agent said they would immediately contact the best hospital in Los Angeles to confirm the surgery date.

The surgery date is confirmed, and the day before is the departure date.

Ding Xiu paid a deposit and got in the car to return to the restaurant.

**********

It's about ten o'clock in the morning.

Samantha pushed Frank in a wheelchair under the scorching sun for a long time before she finally succeeded in pushing Frank into the Elber Bar.

In the bar.

The old drunkards were all more or less surprised when they saw Frank's appearance and his empty right arm.

"Jesus, Frank, what happened?"

"Where's your right arm?"

"… .."

"How are you going to wipe your butt without your right hand?" Kermit suddenly asked seriously.

"???" Frank heard it, his eyes widened, and he was angry, "Fxxk off! Kermit!"

Frank said something vicious to Kermit. He didn't waste any words. He shouted loudly, "My friends, I have a big problem."

"My liver is useless. I must replace at least part of it, otherwise I will die soon."

“Friends, can you donate part of your liver to me?”

"I can pay for it."

Hear the words.

A bunch of drunkards: “????”

Hahahaha.

The next second, everyone in the Elibor Bar burst into laughter.