Amidst fear, illness, and uncertainty, a young woman from China's Shanxi Province discovered that compassion and companionship can transform even a life-and-death transaction into true love.

In 2014, 24-year-old Wang Xiao was diagnosed with uremia and warned that she wouldn't survive a year without a kidney transplant. With no suitable donor among her relatives, she acted on a suggestion from another patient.

The South China Morning Post, citing Marriage & Family magazine, reported that Wang posted a message in an online cancer support group, seeking a terminally ill man willing to marry her so she could receive their kidney after her death.

"After marriage, I will take the best care of you. Please forgive me; I just want to live," Wang appealed to the group.

Soon after, Wang received

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