"Li Yuheng!" Shu Bai's expression changed drastically, and he reacted extremely quickly, almost instinctively reaching out to grab him.
He pulled the person into his arms, preventing Li Yuheng from falling directly to the floor.
The body in her arms was heavy and limp, with its eyes closed and its breathing seemingly weak, appearing to be unconscious.
"Doctor!" Shu Bai's voice tightened instantly, filled with a panic he himself was unaware of, as he looked up at the beta doctor, who was equally startled by the sudden situation.
"Quick! Get him to the emergency room immediately! Prepare for a deep brain scan and neurological function assessment!" The doctor quickly pressed the call button, and the nurses rushed in with a mobile bed.
After a flurry of activity, Li Yuheng was quickly ushered into the advanced inspection chamber.
Shu Bai was blocked outside the door. He looked at the tightly closed metal door and his fists clenched involuntarily.
His eyes churned with clearly visible anxiety and a hint of unbelievable lingering fear.
Could it be... that it was really that serious?
Did he misunderstand Li Yuheng?
Inside the inspection cabin, Li Yuheng was placed under a sophisticated scanning instrument.
As the machine hummed to start, he kept his eyes tightly shut: "Little system, give me some data, emmm... just mild concussion with transient retrograde amnesia."
[Received, Your Highness! Initiating intervention in the medical system, simulating corresponding neural signals and physiological indicators... Data generation in progress... Injection successful.]
After the scan was completed, Li Yuheng was moved to the intensive care unit for observation.
Shu Bai immediately followed him in, stood by the bed, and frowned as he looked at Li Yuheng's still unconscious profile.
After a while, Li Yuheng's eyelashes fluttered a few times, and he slowly opened his eyes.
His gaze was initially empty and lost, as if veiled by a layer of mist, slowly focusing on the ceiling, and then turning with some effort to the sparse white beside the bed.
Shu Bai immediately stepped forward and bent down to look at him: "Li Yuheng? How are you feeling? Are you still dizzy?"
Li Yuheng's gaze fell on Shu Bai's face.
He opened his mouth, his voice hoarse and weak, carrying a genuine sense of bewilderment: "My head feels a little heavy...you..."
He paused, his brow furrowing slightly, as if trying to make out who it was, "...Who are you?"
Shu Bai's figure suddenly stiffened.
A flicker of disbelief crossed his eyes: "Li Yuheng, don't joke around. I am Shu Bai."
“Shu…Bai?” Li Yuheng repeated the name. “The name sounds familiar…but…”
He seemed to want to touch his forehead, but then his head drooped limply, his eyes filled with even more confusion. "I feel like I've forgotten so many things..."
At that moment, the attending physician walked in with the detailed report that had just come out.
Shu Bai immediately turned to the doctor, her voice urgent: "Doctor, what's wrong with him? He seems... not to recognize me?"
The doctor looked at the data on the screen with a serious expression: "The test results show that Mr. Li Yuheng did suffer a mild concussion, but the more troublesome thing is that the scan shows extremely brief abnormal neural discharges in the hippocampus region, which may have triggered a rare transient retrograde amnesia syndrome."
"Forgotten?" Shu Bai's heart sank.
"Yes, based on the data analysis and his reaction, he may have lost his memory. The exact extent of the forgetting needs further testing to confirm. However, this condition is usually temporary, and there is a high probability that the memory will gradually recover over time with the stimulation of a familiar environment, but there is also a very small probability..."
Shu Bai could barely hear what the doctor said after that, and his gaze returned to Li Yuheng's face.
Li Yuheng was looking at him with the kind of bewildered look one would give a stranger.
His gaze was so genuine, without a trace of the playful expression Li Yuheng usually showed when looking at him.
Shu Bai's heart felt as if it had been squeezed tightly by something, and a sense of panic quickly spread through him.
He misunderstood him.
That impact really caused unexpected consequences.
Li Yuheng is really fragile...
"Then... what should I do now?" Shu Bai's voice was a little tense as he forced himself to calm down.
"The best approach right now is for him to rest. You can talk to him about things from the past, especially important people and information from the period he forgot. Familiar environments and objects may also help trigger memory recovery," the doctor suggested. "We recommend hospitalization for 24 hours of observation."
"Okay, thank you, doctor." Shu Bai nodded.
The doctor gave a few more instructions and then left the ward.
Only the two of them remained in the room.
Shu Bai took a deep breath, sat down on the chair beside the hospital bed, and tried to speak calmly: "Li Yuheng, look at me carefully, really... you have no recollection at all? We were just tidying up the dormitory together..."
Li Yuheng looked at Shu Bai cooperatively, and after a few seconds, he shook his head, his eyes still looking confused.
Shu Bai's hands, resting on her knees, tightened silently.
Looking into Li Yuheng's innocent and bewildered eyes, he felt somewhat lost for the first time.
A long silence fell over the ward.
Li Yuheng leaned against the pillow, his gaze still carrying that just-right sense of bewilderment as he lingered on Shu Bai's face.
He frowned slightly, as if trying to salvage something from the blank fragments of his memory.
After a long pause, he hesitated before speaking, "Are we close? Why do I feel a strange sensation in my heart when I see you?"
His gaze was fixed on Shu Bai as he asked the carefully crafted question:
"Could it be... that you're my boyfriend?"
"..."
Shu Bai's breathing paused almost inaudibly.
Those pure black eyes suddenly narrowed, staring fixedly at Li Yuheng.
Under the bright lights of the ward, Li Yuheng's expression showed no trace of his usual carefree and playful demeanor, only an almost instinctive search.
For a moment, Shu Bai almost believed it.
I believe Li Yuheng has truly forgotten, and that he asked the question because of some deep-seated subconscious attraction.
My heart started pounding uncontrollably, and a warm rush of heat quietly crept up to my ears.
But he immediately suppressed that fleeting feeling of excitement.
What a coincidence!
It was as if... Li Yuheng had always wanted to hear what he had to say, and now he took advantage of the amnesia to ask him directly.
Shu Bai did not answer immediately.
He leaned forward slightly, closing the distance between them, his eyes filled with undisguised scrutiny.
"Why do you ask that? Did you recall a specific scene, or is it just a 'feeling'?"
"A specific image? No. It's just a feeling. My mind is blank, but when I see you, my heart feels a little throbbing, a little sour... It's strange."
Once the play has started, there's no reason for any retakes!
The word "blooper" doesn't exist in the dictionary of male protagonists!
Li Yuheng tried hard to recall the amnesiac male leads in all the melodramatic dramas he had ever watched, his eyes vacant, carrying just the right amount of pain:
"If we're not in that kind of relationship, then why... do I feel so drawn to you? And why do I have this inexplicable flutter in my heart?"
Shu Bai listened quietly, not missing a single subtle expression or body language from Li Yuheng.
Medical scanning in the interstellar era is extremely accurate, with virtually no false alarms.
Shu Bai's rational mind told him that he should trust science.
But then again...
Shu Bai narrowed his eyes and slowly leaned back in his chair.
His voice was steady, even carrying a hint of something unfathomable:
"yes."
One word, crystal clear.
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