“You’re Just a Beggar!” Screamed My Billionaire Mom, Unaware I Have Days to Live! #cdrama

Summary

Ethan’s story begins with a grim family secret: his mother, Claire Hayes, has been held captive for years. After Claire is rescued, Ethan refuses to leave with her, afraid that returning together would expose the circumstances of his birth. Traumatized and desperate to sever ties with her past, Claire cruelly tells him she never loved him. Ethan grows up apart from her, carrying that rejection with him.

Years later, Ethan arrives at a hospital for a free stomach-cancer trial and runs into Claire, now a powerful Hayes family matriarch. She initially rejects his claim that they are mother and son, then offers him millions of dollars to disappear. Ethan refuses the money: he only wants treatment and plans to leave when it’s over.

The reunion is further complicated by Emma Clark, a doctor who was once Ethan’s girlfriend. She’s furious that he vanished from her life, but soon discovers he has terminal cancer and has been enduring the illness alone—working through the pain and giving himself injections because he couldn’t afford care.

Claire’s son Lucas also treats Ethan as an unwelcome outsider, even blaming him for trouble at the hospital. But when Ethan collapses, the truth comes out: he has advanced cancer and may not have long to live. Claire realizes how badly she misjudged him, and Emma admits she had mistaken his withdrawal for cruelty. Ethan insists he never hated Claire; he understood that she had been protecting herself after her captivity.

The heart of the story is their attempt to make up for lost time. Claire apologizes for the years she failed him, while Ethan reassures her that having her back in his life is enough. Emma stays by his side, and Claire tries to give him the family and care he never had.

There are softer, playful moments amid the melodrama: Emma brings him different kinds of oatmeal, Claire fusses over his meals and medicine, and Ethan jokes about learning to drive—though his mother promptly tells him to study instead.

Ethan’s condition worsens, and doctors give him only months. He leaves a farewell message thanking his family for the happiest five years of his life, even though those years haven’t actually passed yet. After Ethan appears to die, he unexpectedly wakes two days later. Tests show no detectable tumor, astonishing his doctors: the experimental drug has worked. The family celebrates his second chance, promising to gather every year and take care of one another.

Characters

• Ethan Stone — Claire’s son; guarded, self-sacrificing, and quietly forgiving.
• Claire Hayes — Ethan’s mother, a wealthy and influential family matriarch.
• Emma Clark — Ethan’s former girlfriend and his doctor.
• Lucas — Claire’s other son, who initially resents Ethan.
• Marcus — Claire’s family member and ally in bringing Ethan home.
• Dr. Brown — The doctor involved in Ethan’s cancer treatment.