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On the day I was diagnosed with late-stage cancer, the System descended out of nowhere. It claimed it could convert the negative energy that resulted from physical and emotional hurt into health points to be added to one's lifespan. When I got home, my husband and son were happily celebrating his lover's birthday. Since his lover was staying over, my husband said there weren't enough rooms in the house and told me to go stay at a hotel. Naturally, I refused. Before my son could open his mouth to scold me, I said to the father-and-son duo, "No need to go to all that trouble. Hugh Lingstroem moved nearby with his daughter after his divorce. I can just stay at his place. I've already informed him, and he'll come pick me up. "To show my appreciation to him, I gave him the tie I gave you for our anniversary. You are not going to wear it anyway. "As for you, my boy, I'll be giving the amusement park tickets I bought for you to Ceci. I believe you don't have time to go with me anyway." My words made the father and son so incensed that their faces turned purple with rage. The System emitted a dull beeping before declaring that I was beyond saving. To my surprise, it absorbed a significant amount of negative energy the next instant and extended my lifespan by six months. I smiled and rebutted the System which had gone erratic momentarily: [You didn't specify who had to be the one suffering the emotional hurt.]