"Ms. Song is here," the person in charge of TNC said to Gu Shao over the phone. Then, the person sneered: "I thought she wouldn't come."
Previously, Song Kexin called TNC to set up a time, but during this time, Song Kexin seemed to have changed her mind and did not show up.
However, the treatment program itself was voluntary, so Song Kexin had the right to choose whether to come or not, and they would not interfere.
Hearing the other party's words, Gu Shao simply replied, "Got it." Then, he ended the call.
Meanwhile, in the reception room of TNC Biotechnology Center.
The person in charge of the center met with Song Kexin.
"Hello Ms. Song, my surname is Ye, and I am the person in charge of TNC. I am also one of the main people in charge of this treatment program," Ye Huo introduced herself to Song Kexin.
At this time, Song Kexin's eyes were slightly sunken, and her face was sickly pale. She looked to be in a very bad condition. It was as if she had finally found TNC after being cornered.
"Hello Mr. Ye, I am here to receive treatment. The day before yesterday, I was delayed by some other matters, so I didn't come," Song Kexin explained to Ye Huo. She did not tell him that she actually did not come because she had doubts about TNC's so-called treatment technology.
"It's okay." Ye Huo did not care about Song Kexin's reason. They already had enough volunteers, so it didn't matter if Song Kexin had more or less Song Kexin.
"Then, when can I start the treatment?" Song Kexin asked in an urgent tone.
Ye Huo interrupted her and said: "The program's testing time is scheduled to start next week."
"But before that, there are some technical issues that I need to explain to you in advance, Ms. Song Kexin." As he spoke, Ye Huo handed a book in front of Song Kexin.
Song Kexin flipped open the treatment book and glanced at it casually. The words and numbers on it gave her a headache.
However, she heard Ye Huo slowly introduce the project: "Our organ treatment project is one of the 'National XC1 Medical Development Projects'. It mainly involves several aspects of medical treatment, biotechnology, and new technologies. The project is mainly divided into two stages. In the first stage, our technology is mainly geared towards special cases. For example, Madam Song, because of special physical conditions, we can't find a suitable organ to transplant from the organ bank, or because of severe rejection and can't accept organ transplants from other sources. We will specially cultivate a suitable replacement organ for the patient."
Pausing for a moment, Ye Huo continued, "And in the second phase, we expect to popularize this technology. In other words, in the future, this technology and the organ transplants used to cultivate 'sex' will mostly be transplanted from real people. In other words, unless there is an immediate need for an organ transplant …"
Before Ye Huo finished speaking, he was interrupted by Song Kexin: "Mr. Ye, I don't want to know about your plans for this technology. I just want to know how high the recovery rate is and if there are any sequelae."
Being interrupted, Ye Huo didn't mind. He smiled politely and said: "I'm not doing publicity or advertising. The reason why I'm telling you this is because I hope that you can better accept the 'sex' organ, which is artificial organs, and let go of your psychological worries."
"I'm fine with it, as long as you can cure me," Song Kexin insisted. Even without the Lin family to rely on, Song Kexin still didn't want to die.
"We'll do our best." After Ye Huo finished speaking, he straightened his face and said in a serious tone: "However, there are some things that I need to explain to you in advance."
"What?"
"The risks of the treatment." After a slight pause, Ye Huo continued: "You should know that any treatment has risks. Even traditional medical procedures have risks, and our treatment is no different."
"Currently, our project is still in the testing stage, so it can't be said to be a fully developed treatment method. It also has the risk of treatment failure or sequelae. These are all in the materials in front of you."
Because of this, the first batch of volunteers who participated in the test mostly needed to transplant auxiliary organs from their bodies, or to patch up some organ defects.
Only Song Kexin's situation was more serious, so the corresponding risks were higher.
"It's possible that the organs we cultivate are completely compatible with your body, which will lead to other problems. It's also possible that the degree of compatibility won't reach the target, and in the future, you'll need to use drugs for the rest of your life to maintain the balance and vitality of your organs."
Hearing Ye Huo say this, Song Kexin's face darkened. He once again flipped through the materials in front of him and found the part of the situation that Ye Huo was talking about. Looking at the description of the risks, Song Kexin's heart grew colder and colder.
In the worst case scenario, she might even be paralyzed?!
"How is that possible? It's clearly just a lung problem. "
"From a medical treatment point of view, it is indeed possible." Ye Huo said honestly.
"Think about it carefully."
"I … I agree." After struggling for a long time, Song Kexin finally nodded his head with difficulty.
If there were any other choice, Song Kexin definitely wouldn't have chosen this place.
Two days ago, she secretly went to the hotel that Xu Jiaofeng was staying at.
The Lin family went bankrupt, and even their original properties were used to pay off their debts. Therefore, Xu Jiaofeng could only temporarily stay at the hotel with Lin Anxin.
Song Kexin wanted to persuade Lin Anxin and let her decide to stay in China.
But he didn't expect that Lin Anxin would actually reject him.
Lin Anxin's reason for rejecting Song Kexin was very simple: Now that her father was sentenced and the Lin family went bankrupt, she had become a complete joke in the eyes of others. In school, her little followers, people that she didn't care about, now dared to bully her.
Lin Anxin couldn't stand the current situation, so she wholeheartedly wanted to go to M country with Xu Jiaofeng. At that time, no one would recognize her.
Moreover, Song Kexin had at least some money in her hands. How much money could Song Kexin have? All these years, other than being good at being Mrs. Lin, Song Kexin didn't know how to do anything else. She also didn't have a job, so how could she support her in the future?
Although Lin Anxin also felt that recently, Lin Anxin didn't seem to be very good to her, between suffering with Song Kexin and going abroad with Xu Jiaofeng, she still selfishly chose the latter.
Song Kexin originally wanted to forcefully take Lin Anxin away, but in the end, she was discovered by Xu Jiaofeng's temporary assistant, who stopped her.
Song Kexin already had a guilty conscience. Plus, she didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so she could only give up.
Before she could think of a second way to make Lin Anxin stay, she heard that Xu Jiaofeng had already left with Lin Anxin in advance.
"Since you don't have any more questions, then please sign and put your fingerprint on the application form. Also, for the last sentence, if you're sure that there's a mistake, then copy it according to what's written on it. There will be three copies, one for each of us, and the other one will be submitted for filing. "
Song Kexin took the pen from the assistant beside her and found the place to sign on the application form.
The last sentence on the application form was very similar to the form on Gu Xi's application form for organ donation that they had forged back then. Song Kexin never thought that one day, retribution would actually fall on her head.
— — But, she will definitely be fine.
Song Kexin thought to herself.
After all, for so many years, her life had always been very smooth.
— —
On the other side, on the way back to the Gu family's main residence, Gu Shao received a message from Ye Huo.
[Madam Song has already signed the application form to participate in the test. According to the plan, she will begin the examination together with this batch of 15 other volunteers. After confirming that there's no mistake, she will officially enter the treatment stage …]
Other than knowing that Song Kexin was related to the chairman of the Lin Group, who had become famous not long ago, Ye Huo did not know the relationship between Song Kexin and Gu Shao. Ye Huo only thought that Song Kexin was an acquaintance of Gu Shao. Therefore, Ye Huo tried to be as detailed as possible in the message.
However, Ye Huo did not know that Gu Shao was not interested in the long message that followed. Therefore, Gu Shao only glanced at the message and put away his phone.
On the other hand, Gu Xi, who was sitting next to Gu Shao, was very interested in the message that Gu Shao received. Gu Xi was curious about the content of the message, but she felt that it was impolite to just lean in and read it, so she could only stare at Gu Shao anxiously.
Seeing Gu Xi craning her neck and looking anxious, Gu Shao was amused and directly handed the phone to Gu Xi.
Gu Xi knew Gu Shao's password — 0717.
After opening the message, Gu Xi immediately saw the message that Ye Huo had just sent. Ye Huo had previously sent a message: [Ms. Song did not come to the center as promised. She might be worried about our treatment.]
Gu Xi knew about this message, but she did not expect Song Kexin to go to TNC again.
"I thought she wouldn't go," Gu Xi muttered.
At the side, Gu Shao said indifferently, "She has no other choice."
"Huh?" Gu Xi was stunned and looked at Gu Shao.
Gu Shao continued to explain, "Lin Anxin was taken away by Xu Jiaofeng."
"Huh?" Gu Xi did not understand.
Gu Shao did not explain further.
Before Xu Jiaofeng left, Song Kexin went to find Lin Anxin. If it was just a simple farewell or reluctance, Song Kexin did not seem to need to make an appointment for Lin Anxin's physical examination in advance.
However, Gu Xi soon understood Gu Shao's meaning. She widened her eyes slightly and shook her head. "I don't think so."
Although Gu Xi said "I don't think so", her tone was firm.
Gu Shao raised his eyebrows. Before he could ask Gu Xi why she thought so, Gu Xi muttered to herself, "You don't know. Lin Anxin's situation in the Lin family is different from mine."
"I, uh, Song Kexin treats her very well." Even though she had already distanced herself from Song Kexin in terms of relationship and psychology, Gu Xi's expression still carried a trace of sorrow and loneliness when she spoke of this.
Gu Shao raised his hand and rubbed Gu Xi's head. Suddenly, he asked for no reason, "Xixi, do you want a mother?"
Of course, it was not Song Kexin. As for who it was, it did not matter.
Gu Shao's thought could be said to be on a whim, but it was not entirely true.
Perhaps it was because of the articles with titles such as "What Mothers Should Do When Children Grow Up" and "The Role of Mothers in Children's Education", or perhaps it was because of the interactions between Gu Xi, his sister-in-law, Cui Min, Dong Mingming's mother, and even a few female teachers of A University and Meng Zixin that Gu Shao had such thoughts subconsciously.
As Gu Xi gradually grew up, she needed someone to teach her what a girl should know. In this regard, as a father, Gu Shao was afraid that he would not be able to do so well.
Upon hearing Gu Shao's sudden question, Gu Xi was stunned. Then, she was shocked.
Gu Xi did not know that Gu Shao had such thoughts entirely because of her. In Gu Xi's mind, Gu Shao might have said this because he liked a certain woman.
So, is Gu Shao trying to find a stepmother for me?
Gu Xi secretly muttered in her heart. At the same time, she could not help but think about who Gu Shao would like.
Could it be one of the two female students from A University who would always take the opportunity to ask Gu Shao to help them look at the data? Or was it the female teacher who was very enthusiastic and insisted on sitting at the same table as Gu Shao when he took her to A University's cafeteria for a meal?
Or was it the beautiful young ladies at the front desk of NTN's president's office? Or was it the gentle and young auntie from NTN Building 204's R&D Center? Or was it Meng Zixin, the white moonlight of Lin Yize in the novel?
However, these people seemed to have a normal relationship with Gu Shao, so it should not be them.
Otherwise, could it be Xu Bei, who had been substituting for Chen Ziyang these days?!
In Gu Xi's view, the other party's behavior had always been a little strange. She seemed to be rash and eager to show her presence. She was even more "diligent" than when Chen Ziyang was here. In the past few days, as long as Gu Xi went to NTN with Gu Shao, the other party would give Gu Xi a bunch of beautiful trinkets. After being rejected by Gu Xi, the other party persevered and changed the gifts to snacks.
Suspicious, very suspicious.
Gu Xi furrowed her brows and pondered over it.
In just a minute or two, Gu Xi had already checked the people around Gu Shao in her mind.
When she thought about how Gu Shao was about to find a stepmother for herself, Gu Xi's feelings could only be described as a myriad of twists and turns.
Although she knew that Gu Shao was single and that it was only right for him to find someone he liked and even get married and have children in the future, this situation had come so suddenly that Gu Xi felt indescribably depressed.
Gu Xi struggled for a long time in her heart, but she still could not think of an attitude to use to answer Gu Shao's question. Thus, she resorted to a stupid but useful method: pretending to be asleep.
"Oh, I'm so sleepy …" Gu Xi said and even pretended to yawn. Then, she slowly turned around and pulled a small blanket that had been specially prepared in the car from the back to cover herself. Then, she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
The whole action was done in one go.
Seeing this, Gu Shao did not say anything else. He only reminded Gu Xi, "Cover yourself well."
Then, he helped Gu Xi pull up the small blanket.
— —
Later on, Gu Xi didn't know when she started to fall asleep for real.
By the time Gu Shao pinched Gu Xi's nose and woke her up, she realized that the car had already arrived at the entrance of the Gu residence.
"Oh, are we home?" Gu Xi rubbed her eyes and looked out of the car window in a daze.
"Let's go, let's go," Gu Shao said and prepared to get out of the car.
At this moment, Gu Xi called out to Gu Shao, "Daddy, wait."
"What's wrong?" Gu Shao turned around and saw Gu Xi looking at him with a serious expression. Not only was she serious, but she even looked a little serious.
"Daddy."
"Yes?"
"Do you know Jin Yanyan?" Gu Xi asked.
Gu Shao was slightly stunned, "I don't know."
"Okay, then what about Zhang Xianyue? You should have heard of him, right? "
Upon hearing this, Gu Shao slightly searched his memory and asked, "That famous director?"
"Yes, yes, that's him!" Gu Xi nodded and continued, "Jin Yanyan used to be a very popular female idol group. Later on, she married Zhang Xianyue."
Gu Shao did not pay much attention to the affairs of the entertainment industry, so he did not know much about what Gu Xi was talking about.
Upon hearing Gu Xi's words, Gu Shao frowned slightly, but he did not interrupt Gu Xi.
Then, Gu Shao saw Gu Xi shake her head and say, "However, they still divorced at the beginning of this year. It was said that after they got married, they realized that the age gap between them was too big. It was difficult for them to reach a consensus in all aspects, so they had no choice but to divorce."
"Oh, what?!" Before Gu Xi could finish speaking, Gu Shao knocked her on the head.
"Don't read so much entertainment gossip in the future," Gu Shao said, "You're still so young, but you're already so concerned about other people's divorce.
"No, I don't read entertainment gossip. I'm telling you this is very important!" After thinking for a while, Gu Xi continued, "It's … it's not from the entertainment industry. Zhou Ningji is that old calligrapher. He also married a young wife who was his student. The two of them had similar interests, but in the end, they parted ways and moved on!"
Seeing Gu Xi blabber on and on, Gu Shao's temples twitched. Finally, he sighed and asked slowly, "So, what are you trying to say?"
"I'm trying to say … erm, erm, Dad …" Gu Xi was tongue-tied, but she finally managed to straighten her tongue. She looked at Gu Shao seriously and said word by word in a serious tone, "I think it's wrong for an old cow to eat young grass."
Gu Shao: "…" His temples throbbed even more 'happily'.
Gu Shao's face darkened and he frowned. He thought to himself, "In the future, it's not that I have to stop Gu Xi from reading entertainment gossip, but that I have to reduce the amount of time she uses her phone as much as possible."
An old cow eating young grass?
What the hell is going on?
Before Gu Shao could speak, Gu Xi looked at him seriously and said, "I've thought about the question just now …"
As she said this, Gu Xi subconsciously lowered her head and said softly, "You're looking for an old, uh …"
Gu Xi almost blurted out the word "old wife", but she realized that something was wrong and quickly corrected herself.
"I don't object to you finding someone to marry, but it can't be someone who's messy. It has to be someone who's proper and proper. Also, it can't be someone who's too old."
Gu Xi could tolerate having a stepmother, but if it was someone who was young enough to be called "Miss" and wanted her to call her "Mom", Gu Xi would not be able to accept it.
"However," Gu Xi quickly said, "if you really, really like her, that's … that's fine too."
Gu Xi compromised.
After saying this, Gu Xi suddenly felt an indescribable sadness in her heart. Without waiting for Gu Shao, she opened the door, jumped out of the car, and ran home.
Gu Shao also got out of the car behind Gu Xi, but he had a strange expression on his face.
—
Gu Xi entered the house first, but when she reached the living room, she stopped in her tracks.
This was because she realized that other than Old Master Gu, there was another person sitting opposite him. The other party had white hair and a long beard. He was wearing a white Tang suit and looked much older than Old Master Gu. At this moment, he was drinking tea with Old Master Gu and chatting about something.
"Then who is it?" Gu Xi asked in a low voice, puzzled.
Gu Shao entered the house behind Gu Xi, then glanced in the direction of the living room and said, "Xie Hongbo."
Gu Xi:?!
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