He Zhichu quickly walked over and knelt on one knee in front of He Chengjian's bed. He said carefully, "Father, your memory is gone. We can help you get it back. But if you don't receive treatment, it's not just the loss of memory that awaits you. "
Lu Jin nodded and said straightforwardly, "Yes, there's also the deterioration of your IQ. At your age, it's not just Alzheimer's. So why did you refuse? "
He Chengjian looked straight at the shadowless lamp above the makeshift bed and said firmly but slowly, "No, you can't help me get my memory back."
He Zhichu closed his eyes and lowered his head silently, but his back was still straight and his shoulders did not collapse.
Gu Nianzhi couldn't bear it, but she understood what He Chengjian meant.
To He Chengjian, the days he lived with Qin Suwen were the most cherished memory of his life, right?
Before He Zhichu was born, how could He Chengjian and Qin Suwen know everything about the days they met and fell in love?
"Ah-Chu, when I met your mother, it was her first day of college."
"I saw her back and thought it was very familiar. I thought she was Qin Yaoguang." He Chengjian chuckled. His voice was already a little muffled.
"At that time, I was already engaged to Qin Yaoguang. I never thought that there would be someone in this world who would have such a similar back to another person."
"When she turned around, I knew I had mistaken her for someone else. But she smiled at me generously and said, 'You must have mistaken me for someone else, right? It's okay. "
"She waved at me, turned around, and left."
"My heart actually beat faster. I wanted to hear her speak again like I was possessed."
"Her voice isn't the most pleasant to listen to, and her looks are average, but in my eyes, her every move, every action, and every word she speaks are all very much to my liking."
"At the time, I didn't know what it meant. Later, I found out that it was love at first sight."
He Chengjian was immersed in his memories of the past.
The makeshift ward in the RV was quiet. Only his voice echoed.
"I found all kinds of opportunities to see her and created all kinds of opportunities to meet her."
"The library, the cafeteria, and the classrooms of the school. I've graduated and distinguished myself in the army. My military rank has been promoted to lieutenant colonel, but I'm still like a hotheaded boy who creates' accidental encounters' every day when I'm free.
"She's so smart. She should have known about it long ago, right?"
"But she didn't say anything. When she saw me, she just casually chatted with me, just like a normal friend."
"On her birthday, I prepared a small birthday dinner for her. There was no one else, just the two of us."
"I baked the cake myself, although it was burnt."
"All kinds of seafood are boiled. It's fine as long as it's cooked."
"I've never cooked before, but for her, I can learn from scratch."
"But I don't have the talent, so I can't do it well. So, I choose boiled seafood. "
"Because seafood itself is delicious. Just boil it in plain water and add a little sauce, and it will be very delicious."
"She took a bite of the cake I made and picked up the boiled seafood I made with her chopsticks. She smiled and said that I was wasting God's gifts."
"Then she asked me if I had any more ingredients for the cake."
"I said yes, took her to the kitchen, and watched her quickly make a beautiful birthday cake."
"That was the best birthday cake I've ever eaten in my life."
He Chengjian licked his lips, as if he was reminiscing about the delicious birthday cake from more than 30 years ago.
"… Then I told her that I liked her, wanted to be with her, and wanted to … marry her."
"She smiled and stroked her hair, saying very clearly that she couldn't."
"She told me the clues she had noticed. Finally, she said that your identity was definitely not ordinary. You hid your identity in front of me. If you didn't have a wife at home, you had a fiancée or girlfriend. And she wouldn't be with someone like me. "
"I was very surprised by her acumen, but not long after I met her, I broke off the engagement with Qin Yaoguang. Because I knew her, I knew what the person I liked was like. And I'm not a superficial man who looks at people's faces. "
"Qin Yaoguang confused me before. I don't know why it was like this. I admit that when I first saw Qin Yaoguang, I did feel moved, so I agreed to get engaged to her, but that was only limited to the stunning and attractive appearance."
At this point, He Chengjian chuckled again. "… It wasn't until today that I realized that the appearance that stunned and tempted me back then was also Susu, not Qin Yaoguang."
He sighed. "Can you say that I'm a man who doesn't look at appearance and only cares about inner qualities? It doesn't seem like it, but I'm not a superficial man who only looks at appearance. At least from beginning to end, Susu's appearance was the only one that attracted me. "
Gu Nianzhi's heart was filled with sorrow.
This was a story that belonged to Qin Suwen and He Chengjian. She and her father, Gu Xiangwen, were excluded.
Although she didn't want to admit it, she had to admit that she wasn't the product of two people falling in love and getting to know each other.
Gu Nianzhi couldn't help walking to the dejected Lu Jin. She hugged his arm and leaned her head on his shoulder.
Lu Jin also wrapped his arms around her thin shoulders and hugged her tightly, like a drowning person grabbing onto the last straw. He refused to let go.
He Chengjian was silent for a long time before continuing, "On that day, I confessed my identity to her. I even said that I used to have a fiancée, but after I met her, I had already broken off the engagement with that fiancée. I asked her if she could give me a chance to pursue her. "
"She smiled and nodded. She said, 'Did you really break off the engagement? Then it doesn't matter. "
"She's such a straightforward person who can let go of things."
"She's never pestered me about whether I loved my former fiancée or not. The people who stood up for Qin Yaoguang once mocked her."
"She said, so what if I loved her before? Now that I don't love her anymore, isn't it reasonable to break off the engagement? If you don't like her, why force her to be together? "
"Those people said that He Chengjian likes you today, but he'll like someone else in the future. Don't think that a playboy like him will be loyal to you for the rest of his life."
"In the end, she choked those people with one sentence. She said, 'How can you be so sure that I'll like him for the rest of my life?'"
"This is a two-way choice. If I don't like him anymore, I can break up. If he doesn't like me anymore, he can break up. It's that simple. "
"I was scared out of my wits when I heard what she said. I was scared every day, afraid that if I didn't do well, she would break up with me."
"Not to mention that I've never loved Qin Yaoguang, even if I did, that kind of love and the feeling of being with Su Su would be completely different."
"Every day I spend with her, I'm fascinated, and I'm often worried about gains and losses."
"That's why I tried my best to marry her and immediately got her pregnant and had children. Only then did I feel a little relieved."
However, this kind of life couldn't go on forever.
"… Later, we started to quarrel about treating Ah-Chu's illness and had a disagreement. She really did what she said and planned to divorce me."
Although he was talking about something as uncomfortable and embarrassing as divorce, He Chengjian still looked like he was yearning for it.
"I tried everything I could, but I couldn't get her to change her mind, until that day …" He Chengjian turned to look at Gu Nianzhi. "That day, Gu Xiangwen sent you here and finally saved our marriage that was about to fall apart."
When Lu Jin heard this, he was so regretful that his intestines turned green.
He couldn't help but beat his chest and stomp his feet. He said regretfully, "If only I had waited a few more days!"
It could be said that if he had waited another day, he wouldn't have had to send Gu Nianzhi to the He family. He would have directly proposed to Qin Suwen, and then the three of them would have been able to live happily together …
Lu Jin began to fantasize about the beautiful days of the three of them.
"Don't even think about it!" He Chengjian suddenly propped himself up from the hospital bed and said sternly with a ferocious expression on his face, "I will never let go! I will never divorce Su Su! Never! "
He shouted so loudly that it was as if he had used up the rest of his life to shout.
After saying this, he fell onto the hospital bed.
The equipment around the makeshift hospital bed let out an ear-piercing sound, and the numbers on the dashboard began to jump rapidly.
Lu Jin's expression changed. "… His heart has stopped beating!"
As he spoke, he quickly walked over to the hospital bed, picked up the pacemaker, and began to shock He Chengjian's heart.
Lu Jin's movements were fast and accurate. Not long after, He Chengjian's heartbeat returned to normal, but it was much weaker than before.
He opened his eyes again and saw He Zhichu's pained face.
He felt extremely guilty towards He Zhichu. He tried his best to raise his hand and caress his head, but he couldn't reach He Zhichu.
Lu Jin said, "We have to find an antiviral drug and a vaccine immediately. Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable."
He could also develop a vaccine and drug himself, but the problem was that it would take time.
No matter how smart Lu Jin was, he couldn't synthesize a vaccine and drug in an instant.
For Qin Baye to be able to hide the virus in his teeth, he must have been immune to it. In other words, he had injected himself with a vaccine.
It was such a pity. If Qin Baye hadn't been blown to smithereens, He Chengjian might have been rescued faster.
However, seeing He Zhichu's heartbroken expression, Lu Jin had "emotional intelligence" for the first time. He didn't say it out loud to rub salt on He Zhichu's wound.
He Zhichu jumped up abruptly, picked up the phone, and called the people he had left behind in the imperial capital. He roared, "How's the search of Qin Baye's laboratory going?!"
"Chief, we found a lot of vaccines and drugs. What do you plan to do with them?"
"Send them all to me! Find the fastest private plane! "He Zhichu said without hesitation.
He Chengjian shook his head weakly. "Ah-Chu, there's no need. I've let you down. I'm going to see your mother …"
As he spoke, he used the last of his strength to pull off the oxygen mask.
His heart, which had just been stimulated by the electric shock, quickly lost enough oxygen supply and stopped beating again.
The piercing pain spread from his heart to his limbs, but He Chengjian didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
He looked calmly in Gu Nianzhi's direction and slowly closed his eyes.
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This was the second update of today: Chapter 1923, "Love at First Sight".
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