Chu Yue held the brewed brown sugar tea in her hand, while Lu Yuanbao moved a stool and brought it to Mrs. He.

"Grandma He, please sit down."

Lu Yuanbao probably knew that Chu Yue and Mrs. He had something important to talk about, so he put down the stool and ran out immediately, dug a hole in the yard, and then put the seeds Chu Yue gave him into the small hole.

Mrs. He looked at Lu Yuanbao's back, her face full of satisfaction and fondness. The young child could always arouse the tenderness in her heart.

The last time Chu Yue saw Mrs. He was on the first day of the first lunar month. They had agreed that she would come for a follow-up visit every ten days or half a month, that is, for acupuncture.

This time today is just right.

So Chu Yue not only prepared brown sugar tea, but also took out the acupuncture bags and the disinfectant alcohol lamp.

She felt Mrs. He's pulse while chatting with her, "Auntie He, how are you feeling lately?"

"I've been feeling much better lately. I've been practicing the book you gave me every day, and now I've memorized everything. I practice once in the morning and once in the evening, and my body is getting better. Do you think I'm more energetic?"

Mrs. He seemed to be in a good mood and even told jokes to Chu Yue.

Treatment of illness is one aspect, but the patient's mood is also very important. Sometimes an open mind can help one recover without taking any medicine.

Chu Yue smiled and said, "Yes, you look very energetic."

Madam He looked at Chu Yue tenderly and asked softly, "What about you, Yue? Are you worried about anything? Did you rest well yesterday?"

This question... Chu Yue took her hand off the wrist where Madam He was taking her pulse and put it aside.

She should have thought that He Meijiao had done such a thing yesterday, and Mrs. He's sudden appearance was not just a simple follow-up visit.

Chu Yue frowned slightly. She was worried that Mrs. He was here to act as a lobbyist. After all, He Meijiao's grandfather and Commander He were comrades-in-arms. It was not unusual for him to take good care of his old comrade's granddaughter.

The fact that He Meijiao can be so bold is closely related to the environment in which she has been protected for a long time.

When Mrs. He saw Chu Yue frowning, she immediately knew that she was thinking wrongly and hurried to explain.

"Ayue, don't worry. I'm not here to ask for your forgiveness. Wrong is wrong. Meijiao has caused such a big disaster. As an adult, she should take her responsibilities. No one should protect her."

When Chu Yue heard what Mrs. He said, her frown relaxed and she listened quietly to what Mrs. He said next.

Mrs. He said, "I have discussed it with the old man and asked Meijiao to go back."

Chu Yue asked, "Return to the capital?"

"Yes, let's go back to the capital. Meijiao is not my child after all. There are some things that are inappropriate for me to say. Someone will teach her."

Mrs. He and Commander He initially agreed to send He Meijiao back to the capital, and they were unaware of Lu Zhanlin's punishment requirement of "taking off military uniform."

Chu Yue knew that "returning to the capital" was not a punishment at all for He Meijiao.

But Madam He asked her softly, "Ayue, I want to say sorry to you on behalf of Meijiao, can you accept it?"

"Aunt He, as long as He Meijiao never appears in front of me again, I can pretend that what happened yesterday never happened, and I will also persuade Zhan Lin to pretend that it never happened." Chu Yue promised solemnly.

Chu Yue and Mrs. He are both smart people. Mrs. He came here to apologize and to preserve He Meijiao's reputation.

If Chu Yue sent a letter of complaint, He Meijiao's reputation would be completely ruined, and it would be extremely difficult for her to get married in the future.

So the two of them understood each other tacitly and made a big thing into a small thing.

Mrs. He thanked her, "Ayue, thank you."

Chu Yue smiled, "Aunt He, can I take your pulse now?"

“Excuse me—”

Mrs. He put her wrist on the table, and Chu Yue gently placed her fingers on it. The situation was similar to last time, and Chu Yue still gave Mrs. He acupuncture on her head.

Because of the previous experience, both the doctor and the patient were at ease and cooperated well.

Fifteen minutes later, the silver needles were removed from Mrs. He's head one by one, neatly put away and placed in a cloth bag.

Chu Yue patiently reminded Mrs. He of the things she needed to pay attention to in daily life, but she heard Mrs. He ask.

"Ah Yue, what will my disease look like at its worst?"

Chu Yue realized something and when she turned around, she noticed the sadness in Mrs. He's calm smile, hidden deep in her eyes, and also in the fact that she was holding her wallet tightly from beginning to end.

Mrs. He said slowly, "After leaving you that day, I went to several hospitals these days, some in the city, some in the provincial capital, and some to powerful and authoritative professors. They all said the same thing as you said. It's not just that I will be a little forgetful in my daily life, but it has no effect on my life, and I won't have any physical pain."

She smiled, and her smile was full of melancholy and bitterness.

"But this is an illness. There is no such thing as an innocuous illness that has no impact on life. If it is not serious, I don't need to go to different hospitals one by one. When I asked them, the old man refused to say anything, and neither did the doctor. Ah Yue, although we have known each other for a short time, I trust you the most. You will tell me the truth, right?"

Chu Yue looked at the smile on Mrs. He's face and felt a sudden pain in her heart.

She saw the pleading look in the other person's eyes.

Mrs. He must have consulted many doctors, but everyone kept it from her and were unwilling to tell her the truth. It was also Commander He who wanted to hide it from her.

With her kind heart and gentle mind, how could she not notice it?

Chu Yue's treatment and the initial reminder to "play mahjong more often" could only alleviate the deterioration of the disease. Alzheimer's disease has no possible cure in the medical field so far.

For a long, long time.

Chu Yue fell into silence, which was also her inner hesitation.

Mrs. He didn't say anything else, just looked at Chu Yue quietly.

As a patient, she has the right to know.

After a long while, Chu Yue said, "It is forgotten."

She said, "You forget everything that happened and everyone around you, including your lover, your children, and even yourself."

Mrs. He trembled all over, her fingers had no strength, and the wallet in her hand almost fell to the ground. She finally grabbed it again with great difficulty.

She looked for a glimmer of hope and asked, "Can't you remember anything at all? Do you remember it intermittently?"

Chu Yue shook her head. "If you forget, you forget."

The patient himself does not feel any pain due to this disease, because forgetting itself also includes forgetting the pain.

The one who is truly suffering is the person who is still awake and alive, watching his lover forget him little by little, unable to remember the fact that they once loved each other, nor able to remember everything they had experienced together.

It’s like seeing one’s own death in the other person’s consciousness.