Chapter 11

Shen Shiqian kept his promise and immediately took Feng Ran to complete the discharge procedures. However, Feng Ran was not in good condition, so he carried Feng Ran the whole way, using only one hand.

Feng Ran was distracted the whole time and didn't react, so he didn't think anything of it. But when Xi Sen saw Shen Shiqian with his child, he couldn't bring himself to say anything.

It wasn't until they were on the hovercar that Shen Shiqian put her down. It was past midnight, and the annoying horns that usually filled the air traffic lanes were gone. Shen Shiqian then picked up the conversation again.

"Are you feeling better? You were unconscious for almost six hours. Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"

Feng Ran nodded obediently. She was still wearing the hospital gown and was staring at the stripes on it.

What would you like to eat?

"Anything is fine, you can arrange it."

"If I have a housekeeping robot cook some home-style dishes, are there any dietary restrictions?"

"No."

Shen Shiqian had just opened the terminal and hadn't even found the instructions for the housekeeping robot when Xisen's message popped up. He was clearly dissatisfied with Shen Shiqian's insistence on taking people home from the hospital, but he still followed up with some instructions, though his tone was definitely not pleasant.

Xisen: [Ha~ Yo yo yo, Marshal Shen's military might is quite impressive~ Is there something wrong with your kid's mental state? Are you just pretending to be blind? Do you really think you're omnipotent and can coax this out? Remember to schedule a mental evaluation and counseling, and you should probably get checked out too, just in case it can cure love-struck brains.]

[We haven't clarified the hallucination symptoms yet, but you should at least get a list of the medications she's taking. Also, I've reviewed her test results again; clearly, the disorder and drug reactions should cause localized inflammation, but her full-body scan shows absolutely no signs of these symptoms! This is completely illogical!]

[Just to be on the safe side, it would be best to bring her for another check-up when you have some free time!]

Shen Shiqian subconsciously glanced at Feng Ran's reaction first. Feng Ran was sitting right next to him, and when she looked up, she saw every single word. When she realized that Shen Shiqian had noticed her, she turned her head away sullenly.

Shen Shiqian wasn't sure what Xisen was saying, since Feng Ran didn't seem to have a mental illness in his memory. Even if she did, it shouldn't be during this period. At least before she left the Capital Military Academy, she seemed to be in good health.

That seemed more like a stress response, but what was the target of that response? Was it a hospital? It didn't seem like it.

Because of Feng Ran's special circumstances, Shen Shiqian had already decided to adopt a special approach to her treatment. Rather than simply making decisions for her that he thought were beneficial, he wanted to first shorten the distance between them.

Shen Shiqian looked at her: "Do you want to get a checkup?"

Feng Ran fidgeted nervously with his hands, giving an irrelevant answer: "I don't like him."

"Hmm? Xisen? He just sometimes says things that are hard to hear. You don't need to pay attention to him. You can change to another doctor if you want."

Feng Ran blinked slowly, then shook his head: "Last night I took a comprehensive drug with magnesium indomethacin as the main active ingredient, and 5:3:2 of picaridin and sage extract as active adjuvants. It was a psychotropic drug formulated to treat hallucinations, but the blocking factor was too active, which caused immune disorder. The side effects were delayed due to the body's drug resistance."

She rattled off this string of words before slowly explaining, "I don't like Dr. Calishie just because he's a bit like the kind of person I hate."

Shen Shiqian simply nodded upon hearing this: "Okay, we won't go to the First Hospital anymore, and we'll change our private doctor as well."

Feng Ran blinked again. It seemed that when she was shocked and at a loss, she would unconsciously widen her eyes and blink mechanically and blankly, as if she were receiving cognitive information.

She pulled at the hem of her hospital gown, creating wrinkles that couldn't be ironed out. "I don't want to go for the checkup, is that okay?"

Shen Shiqian: "Okay, but please tell me immediately if you feel unwell. Don't take any medication on your own, okay? Xisen said you have some drug buildup in your body. Let's be a little careful about that, okay?"

Feng Ran: "Okay."

Although drug residue was the least noticeable thing for her, she did intend to stop taking the medication for a while. She needed to find a way to verify whether the images that appeared from time to time were just simple hallucinations or a memory distortion.

She returned to the apartment at just the right time. The housekeeping robot had just prepared four dishes and a soup and put them on the table. Although Feng Ran was indeed a little hungry after waking up, she had a small appetite and slowed down after taking a couple of bites.

Shen Shiqian ladled out a small bowl of soup and placed it beside her. "Is it not to your liking?"

She blinked. "No, I'm full."

Shen Shiqian looked at the mostly uneaten rice in her bowl and sighed inwardly. "Okay, do you want to go back to your room to rest? If you've slept for too long and aren't sleepy anymore, there's a media room next to your room with gaming equipment."

Feng Ran stood up, and once away from the hospital, he regained his sober and aloof demeanor: "I'll go back to my room now. Please enjoy your meal. Thank you very much for today. Get some rest."

Shen Shiqian: "Call me anytime if you need anything."

Feng Ran nodded hesitantly and walked away.

She returned to her room, where the suitcase she had kicked over was still lying on the carpet. She tightened the door, but still felt that Shen Shiqian's attitude was strange.

It's like an iceberg starting to melt, turning into a gentle spring stream.

However, the matter of Shen Shiqian might have to wait until later. Feng Ran felt that she now had a lot more things to do. She casually stuffed her suitcase into the lower part of the wardrobe and jumped onto the bed.

"Xiaotong, pull up the scan images from your physical exam and let me take a look at them, along with the blood analysis report."

Feng Ran's physical condition is a top-level confidentiality matter in Xing Tong's special object monitoring system, especially the matter of nerve damage. It cannot be disclosed to anyone without Feng Ran's permission or instructions, whether actively or passively. Therefore, during the examination when Feng Ran was unconscious, it followed the procedure and consciously changed the images and values ​​for her to ensure that no one else could see anything.

Feng Ran hadn't seen this kind of examination report image in a long time. In the first two or three months after her hearing recovery, she had this kind of full-body scan every week, but because there was no possibility of a cure, the areas of inflammation were marked in red and were particularly conspicuous. Feng Xi Qiao got annoyed when she saw it, so she threw the report on the ground and told the doctor that she didn't need to have any more physical examinations.

Feng Xiqiao chose to avoid facing this matter, while Feng Ran resisted recognizing it. At that time, she was still very naive and cowardly. Those scan images with red markings all over the heads looked like bombs counting down to her life in her eyes.

But now that she's grown up a bit, she seems to have become more open-minded, or perhaps she's gotten used to the ticking time bomb in her head over the years.

Red no longer frightens Feng Ran, nor does dark brown, which is close to black. She looks at the scan image very carefully, blinks slowly, and can still remember what the scan image from the examination she had six years ago looked like.

Despite not having used a suitable hearing aid, her already hearing-impaired left ear became increasingly precarious. In addition to the already damaged areas and areas severely affected by compression, other nerves also appeared to be in considerable danger.

When Feng Ran loses control of his mental power, the only way he can obtain information from the outside world is through the thermal sensor behind his ear that connects to his star pupil. It uses a special current to write electrical signals that can be received and recognized, and then transmits them to the central nervous system for interpretation through other nerves. However, the load on the nerves is extremely high.

With the recent continuous medication, this brain scan is quite colorful, and Feng Ran has to marvel at her strength, as she seems to have survived until now as if nothing happened.

If basil saw this, she'd be terrified and cry.

The image of Basil holding her tightly flashed through Feng Ran's mind again, but this time it seemed not to be a hallucination as she thought, but rather the image of Basil using pheromones to soothe her not long ago in the music classroom.

I'm the one who needs to apologize.

Thank you for all your hard work.

Thank you for everything you've done for me.

She seemed to have said something like that. Feng Ran tried to find the logical starting point for her saying that in that situation, but no matter how she thought about it, it was nonsensical. However, from an emotional point of view, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it, so she forgot about it afterward with a clear conscience.

Physical ailments are something she needs to address, but memory loss is probably something she needs to figure out more urgently right now, because neurological medications have no effect on her recent hallucinations, and she can't help but wonder if they are hallucinations, dreams, or something else entirely.

Because those images often don't last long and are hard to string together, they're like fragments, mostly things beyond Feng Ran's understanding. But the characters that appear are all people she knows: Luo Le, Shen Shiqian, and herself. However, these hallucinations started after she met Shen Shiqian, which is terrifying to think about.

Putting aside the scenes between her and Basil, the indifference that Shen Shiqian displayed in those clips was like that of a completely different person compared to him. But Feng Ran didn't understand either of them. She just had a feeling and checked the color of the military combat training uniforms, and found that they were indeed gray.

Although Feng Ran's impression of Shen Shiqian changed slightly after today, she still couldn't forgive him for approaching her with ulterior motives. Was it love? Although the atmosphere was somewhat similar to that of Qin Xin before, it probably wasn't. After all, Qin Xin didn't seem to love her that much.

Feng Ran glanced at the scan image and examination report briefly, then touched the sensor behind his ear that was almost embedded in his skin.

"Xiaotong, what's your opinion on which approach to research on the treatment of nerve damage would be most likely to yield results?"

"I suggest that physical surgery and chemical drugs be studied simultaneously, which would increase the chances of a cure. However, both of these are highly challenging areas that no one has ventured into before, and they require repeated experiments. It might be a bit difficult for you to study them, Master."

What about nerve compression?

"There is a lot of relevant research and data on this. Considering the master's physical condition, and without overdrawing his mental energy, and with the theoretical treatment plan I calculated, if the plan is feasible, the current cure rate can reach 72%, but the minimum cure rate is 56%. Don't worry, master, I will continue to work hard on the research!"

Feng Ran rolled over and lay sprawled out on the bed.

"I'll give it a try."