The day before the formal medication, Lian Jun was arranged by Uncle Long to stay in the ward downstairs of the laboratory, and Shi Jin stayed with Lian Jun.
When tidying up the accompanying bed, Shi Jin realized belatedly that since he met Lian Jun, Lian Jun had slept on the accompanying bed to take care of him several times, but he never took care of Lian Jun in return.
Obviously, Lian Jun was the one with worse health...
"Jin Jin, this is a good thing. This proves that after meeting you, the baby has been well taken care of by you and has never been sick again!" Xiao Si hurriedly comforted him, trying to ease Shi Jin's tension as much as possible.
Shi Jin came back to his senses, put the folded blanket on the accompanying bed, looked back at the bed that had been made, rubbed his face to cheer himself up, and replied: "Keep it up! I hope this is the first and last time I see Lian Jun lying on the bed."
...
Shi Jin did not sleep well that night. He kept his eyes open and looked at Lian Jun who was sleeping soundly under the influence of the medicine. His mind was numb and confused, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
The clock turned round and round, and the sky became brighter.
At around six o'clock in the morning, Lian Jun opened his eyes. Shi Jin instinctively closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.
There was a rustling sound of people getting out of bed, and then Shi Jin felt a shadow falling on him, and then his hair was touched, and the blanket that was covering half of his face was pulled down. Shi
Jin forced himself not to move, and just lay there quietly.
"Sleep so messily." Lian Jun sighed helplessly, and then his hair was touched again, and then a familiar breath left, and footsteps sounded, gradually fading away.
Click, the sound of the bathroom door being closed. Shi Jin
opened his eyes, stared blankly at the bathroom door and the empty bed, raised his hand to scratch his hair, and pulled the blanket to cover his face.
He clearly wanted to accompany Lian Jun for treatment in a more mature and stronger manner, but the closer he got to this point, the more timid he became. What was there to be afraid of? Uncle Long and the others had prepared everything and emphasized that this treatment would not be very dangerous. To reassure him, Li Jiuzheng also explained all the symptoms that might occur during the treatment to him, so that he could be mentally prepared, but...
"What are you afraid of?" He smacked his head, secretly hating himself for not being good enough. In the end, he couldn't lie down anymore, so he simply got out of bed and stuffed himself into Lian Jun's bed.
Lian Jun's body temperature and breath were still on the bed, and he lay on it, feeling like he was being held in Lian Jun's arms.
He had to be more stable. He couldn't let Lian Jun comfort him... He buried his head in the blanket that Lian Jun had covered him with, smelling Lian Jun's breath. His brain, which had been up all night, gradually became confused, and he fell asleep unconsciously.
Click, and the bathroom door opened.
Lian Jun walked to the bedside, touched Shi Jin's hair that was exposed outside the blanket, gently pulled the blanket off, looked at the dark circles under Shi Jin's eyes, and leaned over to hug him in his arms.
...
Shi Jin was awakened by a palpitation. After waking up, he instinctively looked around the ward, but didn't see Lian Jun. Thinking of something, he hurriedly looked at the progress bar belonging to Lian Jun in his mind. After discovering that the value of the progress bar had dropped to 200 at some point, he was startled and hurriedly got out of bed and ran out.
At the end of the corridor, a group of people stood at the door of the sterile isolation ward, all of them looking into the ward through the observation window with frowns on their faces. Shi
Jin's heart skipped a beat when he saw this, and he quickly approached Gua Er, who was standing at the outermost edge, and asked anxiously, "What's the matter? Have you taken the medicine? How is the reaction?" As he asked, his eyes turned towards the ward, and then after seeing the situation inside, his legs almost went weak and he fell to the ground.
In the ward, Lian Jun, who had changed into a hospital gown, was lying on a special bed with his head tilted, and he had obviously lost consciousness. Uncle Long and Shao Jianping were standing by the bed, communicating something while injecting him with medicine.
Li Jiuzheng was also in the ward, wearing a sterile suit, with his head lowered, adjusting various medical instruments. He quickly spotted Shi Jin, who was standing at the very outside of the crowd, with a pale face and panicked eyes. He frowned, walked to the window and mouthed to Shi Jin, "He's fine." Then he raised his hand and pulled the curtains, blocking everyone's view inside.
"Don't pull it—" Shi Jin couldn't stop himself in time, and his mind was completely confused.
Gua Er pulled him back and said, "Calm down. Young Master Jun just fell asleep. The drug was just injected. The follow-up situation still needs to be closely observed. Don't scare yourself."
Shi Jin slowly came back to his senses from the palpitations. He also knew that he was too worried. He took a deep breath and tried to adjust his mood. However, his heart was still beating fast. He said in a mess, "I know, I know... His progress bar has dropped, which is a good thing. I shouldn't be anxious... It's okay, it's definitely okay..."
Gua Er heard that he was talking nonsense, frowned, and looked at Gua Yi. He simply grabbed Shi Jin back to the ward, sent him to the bathroom, and wet a towel and smeared it directly on his face.
The cold water stimulated the brain, and Shi Jin was stunned for a while, and raised his hand to take the towel off.
Gua Er asked, "Calm down?" Shi
Jin nodded, then suddenly lowered his head and buried it in the sink, turning on the tap.
Cold water poured down, splashing all over his head.
"Stupid or not?" Gua Er said in disgust, but he reached out and took some cold water on his face.
Everyone was the same. Lian Jun, who had always been so powerful to protect everyone, just lay on the bed with his eyes closed and let others do whatever they wanted. How could they not panic?
...
Shi Jin finally understood how troublesome neurotoxins are. They come in many forms and can cause countless diseases. It is almost completely random what symptoms the human body will show at what stage. If you are not careful, the patient's body will be left with huge and irreparable damage. It is extremely scary.
On the first day of taking the medicine, Lian Jun spent it in a coma. That night, the game between the medicine and the toxin began. Shi Jin woke up to Xiao Si's screams and was horrified to find that Lian Jun's progress bar, which had dropped to 200, suddenly rose to 800.
The temperature rose by 600 in one night. What a terrible increase! He almost stumbled every three steps as he ran to the isolation ward. He found that it was in chaos. Lian Jun was lying on the bed with a purple face. He seemed to have turned into a corpse.
"It's a hemolytic reaction! Prepare to rescue!"
The vague words leaked from the ward door when it opened and closed almost frightened Shi Jin to the ground. He suddenly remembered the death of his adoptive parents. He felt that his body began to get colder and colder. His ears seemed to be deaf and suddenly he could not hear any sound.
"Xiao Jin!"
A pair of big hands suddenly covered his eyes from behind, and then his body was turned over and trapped in a thick chest.
"Don't think, don't look, he will be fine." Fei Yujing pressed Shi Jin on his shoulders and raised his hands to cover his ears.
He could not see the picture, nor hear the sound, only the warm body temperature of human beings came over him. Shi Jin wanted to take a deep breath to calm himself down, but found that it was useless. He raised his hands to grab Fei Yujing's clothes and hit his shoulder with his head slightly, trying to use the pain to regain his sanity.
"What are you doing!" Fei Yujing pinched his ear to stop his self-harming and hurtful action, frowned and scolded, "Calm down, this is normal, haven't you read the treatment reports, these are all normal!" Shi
Jin certainly knew that these were normal and possible situations, but... He took a deep breath and suddenly bit his wrist.
The pain was overwhelming, and he finally calmed down. He pushed Fei Yujing away, turned around and looked at the ward expressionlessly, raised his hand and pressed it on the glass of the observation window. Through the shadows of the doctors, he vaguely stroked Lian Jun's face.
"It will be fine." He whispered with a firm tone. It was not known whether he was comforting himself or trying to convey his thoughts to someone through the glass. "It will be fine, come on."
Fei Yujing looked at the bleeding teeth marks on his wrist and frowned.
...
Lian Jun's progress bar dropped rapidly after the rescue was over, and it was stuck at 300. Shi went to the bathroom and stayed there for a long time. After coming out, he calmly asked Uncle Long about Lian Jun's current situation, and then took the initiative to invite everyone who heard the news to rest, and he also went back to the ward obediently.
Everyone looked at him with worry as he suddenly calmed down.
After that, everyone spent two days in peace. Lian Jun woke up in the middle, but he couldn't speak. He just looked at Shi Jin through the glass for a while, his eyes were gentle and soothing. Shi Jin smiled at Lian Jun as if nothing had happened, waved at Lian Jun like a fool, and encouraged him with his mouth.
At dinner time that day, Lian Jun suddenly developed symptoms of nausea and vomiting. He lay on his side on the bed facing the garbage bag beside the bed. Although there was nothing in his stomach, he still couldn't help wanting to vomit something.
In fact, these are normal. Nausea and vomiting are one of the possible conditions that Uncle Long mentioned in advance, and it is relatively mild and harmless. However, everyone knew it, but when they really saw Lian Jun in such a bad state, they still couldn't help showing pity and worry.
"It's okay, Uncle Long has given him medicine, and these symptoms will disappear soon." Shi Jin comforted everyone and signaled Li Jiuzheng in the ward to draw the curtains to cover Lian Jun's wolfish appearance at this time.
"Go and rest, we still have to prepare for the meeting tomorrow, remember to go to bed early." He patted Gua Er's shoulder and signaled everyone to disperse.
"But..." Gua Er wanted to say something, but was held down by Gua Yi.
"It's okay, Uncle Long is here." Gua Yi interrupted Gua Er, looked at Shi Jin, and asked, "Master Shi, do you have any other instructions?" Shi
Jin was stunned by his address, and then quickly reacted, glanced at Gua San and Gua Wu who were frowning and silent behind Gua Yi, and said, "You should summarize the current meeting preparation progress and report the general situation to me tomorrow. That's all for now, let's go."
"Yes, Master Shi." Gua Yi replied, and then patted Gua Er.
Gua Er understood Gua Yi's meaning, and also called Master Shi, and finally couldn't help but said, "You should also have a good rest, don't worry too much."
Shi Jin smiled and nodded, and replied, "I know."
Gua Yi and others left, taking the first order issued by Shi Jin as the deputy leader. After they left, Shi Jin stared at himself for a while, then turned around and sat on the bench outside the ward, raising his hand to press his forehead. Inside the room, Lian Jun leaned on the bed, glanced at the drawn curtains in the ward, frowned and closed his eyes.
...
The next day, Guayi sent a report on the progress of preparations for the meeting: the ships for the voyage have arrived, various materials are being transported here, and personnel are also being gathered. Before April, everything will definitely be ready.
Shi Jin read the report carefully, then called Zhang Zhuoyuan and asked him if the date for this year's meeting had been set.
This was the first time that Shi Jin had contacted the official as the deputy leader of Mie. Zhang Zhuoyuan was a little uncomfortable and looked down on him in his heart. I still remember that last year, Shi Jin was just a small follower who pushed the wheelchair for Lian Jun. With Zhang Zhuoyuan's status, he didn't even have to look at him straight in the eye. But now, Shi Jin took advantage of Lian Jun's recuperation and turned himself into the spokesperson of Mie. Everyone had to coax him to talk.
What's going on? Lian Jun can't handle this kind of thing, so why not let Gua Yi come? He is obviously just an adult kid who is curled up on the sofa and buried in his homework. He is not worthy of the position of deputy leader at all. He should just be protected honestly. What's the point of pretending to be a deputy leader?
Zhang Zhuoyuan thought so in his heart, and his words were inevitably perfunctory and pretentious. Shi Jin
was not in the mood to play any psychological warfare with him. Seeing him like this, he hung up the phone directly.
Gua Yi raised his eyebrows and curled the corners of his mouth when he saw this.
A few minutes later, Zhang Zhuoyuan called back and started with a long speech. Shi Jin hung up the phone again without giving him any face.
After the second time, no matter how dumb Zhang Zhuoyuan was, he understood that Shi Jin didn't want him to give him too much advice. He was holding his breath and wanted to ignore him, but when he thought of Lian Jun's instructions, he called again.
"Date." Shi Jin went straight to the point.
Zhang Zhuoyuan was choked and swallowed the desire to scold him. He held his breath and replied, "The New Year ended early this year. The higher-ups intend to hold the meeting earlier. The specific date has not been decided yet, but it has basically been finalized for early April. You should be ready to set sail at the end of March."
"Thank you for letting me know." Shi Jin thanked him politely, then changed the subject and said coldly, "Director Zhang, I don't mind your perfunctory attitude today, but there is one thing I want to remind you. If Lian Jun really gets into trouble, the next leader of Mie will only be me. If you neglect me now, don't blame me for neglecting you in the future. Don't think that I will listen to your orders because I am young. I am not as well-educated as Lian Jun."
Zhang Zhuoyuan was shocked and almost blurted out "What did you do to Lian Jun?" He said stiffly, "Mr. Shi, you are too good at joking. Mr. Lian knows that you--" Shi Jin
hung up the phone again, determined to give Zhang Zhuoyuan a warning today. This kind of old-timer in the officialdom is the most annoying. If you don't shock the other party in the first confrontation, even if you cooperate in the future, you probably won't get the maximum help and honesty from the other party.
"A jerk who looks at people and treats them differently." He frowned and muttered, and when he saw Guayi looking at him, his expression froze, and he silently suppressed his emotions and said seriously, "Be prepared to sail at the end of March. This year's meeting will start earlier."
Guayi suppressed his laughter and replied yes.
After settling the meeting date, Shi Jin silently reflected on his lack of stability, then looked at the pile of documents on the desk, cheered up, and reached out to take one down.
——Although Lian Jun arranged for Gua Yi and others to share these tasks in advance, Gua Yi and others still had other things to do. As the only "free man", he had to do something he could do.
Half an hour later, he was stuck on a decision-making document that was obviously beyond his knowledge. He wanted to ask Lian Jun for his opinion, but thinking of his current discomfort, he silently suppressed the impulse, hesitated for a while, and chose to call Shi Weichong. After the call was connected, he said embarrassedly: "Brother, I have something to ask you about the external business integration of City A. I..."
Shi Weichong, who was far away on the other side of the earth, held the phone in a daze. It took him more than ten seconds to realize that it was Shi Jin who was in charge. Xu Jie called him and asked him for help. After coming to his senses, he stood up from his chair and walked towards the study room, saying, "Is it about foreign trade? I have explained this in the notes I gave you... Wait a minute, I'll find some paper and pen, you can talk slowly, I'm free today, you can ask me any questions." Shi Jin
spent the whole day busy reviewing documents - asking Shi Weichong - reviewing the next document - and asking Shi Weichong again. The two of them didn't realize that this was the first time they had a long communication without any negative emotions since Xu Jie's accident, no, since Shi Xingrui's death.
After a busy day at work, Shi Jin had dinner with Fei Yujing, then came to the laboratory building, changed into sterile clothes with the help of Li Jiuzheng, and went into the isolation ward to visit Lian Jun.
Lian Jun was awake, leaning on the bed watching the news on TV. He actually wanted to go to work, but Uncle Long didn't allow him to, and even wouldn't let him touch the book. When he saw Shi Jin coming over, he quickly turned off the TV, stretched out his hand to Shi Jin, and asked, "Have you had dinner?" Shi Jin
nodded, didn't shake his hand, and directly leaned over and hugged him.
Lian Jun was stunned, then hugged him back gently and asked, "Did I scare you the other day?" Shi Jin
shook his head and hugged him quietly for a while, until he was sure that all the emotions of missing and worrying in his heart had settled down, then he sat up and replied with a smile, "No, I just missed you. By the way, I contacted Zhang Zhuoyuan today and asked about the meeting date. I also helped you deal with half of the documents."
"So amazing, did Zhang Zhuoyuan make things difficult for you? What about the documents, is there anything you don't understand?" Lian Jun asked along the topic, smiling on his face, but there was not much happiness in his eyes.
"Zhang Zhuoyuan is relatively easy to deal with, but there are some things I don't understand about the documents. I wrote down all the things I don't understand. Can you teach me?" Shi Jin took out a small notebook and a pen, looking like he was going to ask a teacher for help.
Lian Jun looked at him trying to act like he was doing his normal self, lowered his eyes, held his hand, squeezed it gently, and said, "Okay."
The two chatted about work for more than an hour, and the atmosphere was quite relaxed. Shi Jin restrained himself and packed his things before nine o'clock, ready to leave.
"I will try to move out of here as soon as possible to accompany you." Lian Jun couldn't help but call him before Shi Jin left, and promised softly. Shi
Jin stopped walking, turned around and hugged him again.
...
Time passed unknowingly, February passed, March came, Lian Jun was unable to move out of the isolation ward as soon as he promised, he had more and more symptoms, nausea and vomiting became more serious, he often couldn't eat a bite of food all day, and his body became weaker and weaker.
Shi Jin would go to accompany him every day, trying his best to help him relax and trying his best to get him to eat. In the process, Shi Jin gradually stabilized. He was no longer so casual and unnatural when issuing orders to Gua Yi and others. He approved documents better and better, and his contact with Shi Weichong became regular.
Everyone saw his changes, and they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts - when encountering difficulties, Shi Jin was indeed the one who grew the fastest. It's a pity that his growth was probably what Lian Jun least wanted to see.
In early March, Fei Yujing flew out of the island to finish the energy part; in mid-March, Lian Jun's birthday arrived, and Shi Jin put on the birthday gift prepared for him while Lian Jun continued to be in a coma; in late March, Li Jiuzheng took off his white coat and began to prepare to sail with Shi Jin to attend the meeting.
On the day of sailing, Shi Jin went to Lian Jun's ward alone.
Over a month, Lian Jun had basically experienced all the symptoms caused by the neurotoxin. His body, which had been in good condition, became worse than when the two first met. He was so thin that he looked like a bag of bones, his face was pale, he was unconscious more than he was awake, and he was completely unable to move.
Shi Jin's eyes were a little dim, and his heart was aching. No wonder Uncle Long strongly requested Lian Jun to take good care of his body before starting treatment. If he hadn't taken care of it beforehand, Lian Jun might have been unable to survive the seemingly endless torture of the toxin.
When will he get better? Will it really take three months, half a year, or even longer...
"The most active period of the toxin has passed." Uncle Long appeared behind him at some point and soothed him, "Don't look at him like this. In fact, this is already a relatively good situation. He is bound to lose weight. The nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite caused by the toxin are long-term. These need to be slowly recuperated after the active period of the toxin is over. There is also the problem of his inability to move his legs. Don't worry about this. Without the influence of the toxin, he will recover quickly."
"I know." Shi Jin turned around to look at Uncle Long and asked, "Can I go in to see him? Just for a while. I know he is weak now, but..."
"Go in, just disinfect it, he can't get sick again now." Uncle Long replied, patting him on the shoulder, "When you come back from the meeting, he may be able to get out of bed, so don't worry too much."
Shi Jin glanced at the progress bar of Lian Jun in his mind, which had risen to 500, and responded in a low voice.
...
After changing clothes and disinfecting, Shi Jin entered the ward and sat down beside the bed.
Lian Jun was lying face up with an IV in his arm. The oxygen mask on his face was removed, and he finally looked less like a critically ill patient. Shi Jin looked at Lian Jun's face, lowered his head, held his hand on the bed, took out a ring from his pocket, and gently put it on Lian Jun's ring finger.
The ring was a little big, Shi Jin touched Lian Jun's finger and pursed his lips.
He had secretly asked Gua Er's contact to prepare this ring a long time ago. The shape is the same as the engagement ring that Lian Jun gave him, but it is inlaid with blue diamonds. It looks elegant and luxurious, which is very suitable for Lian Jun's temperament.
He originally planned to give this ring to Lian Jun on his birthday to surprise him, but he didn't expect that Lian Jun had symptoms of confusion on that day and fell into a coma after taking the medicine. Although he later put the ring on Lian Jun, he always felt that something was missing.
"You have to gain weight quickly." He said in a low voice, "Don't lose it again this time."
The size of the ring was made according to the size of Lian Jun's finger before the treatment. Now it is a little too big. On the second day of Lian Jun's birthday, when he came to see Lian Jun, he found that the ring he put on Lian Jun the day before had rolled to the ground. After seeing it, he picked up the ring and put it back in his pocket, thinking about whether to change it again.
But now, he doesn't want to change it.
"If you can't gain weight to fit this ring, then we're done." He said, taking the ring off again, and found a thin red string, carefully winding it up, "Just make do with it for now."
Round and round, the light of the diamond was blocked by the red string until it disappeared completely.
He carefully wound the red string tightly, got rid of the excess, then took Lian Jun's hand and carefully put the ring back on him.
"It's just right." He touched Lian Jun's hand and held his fingers together, "Get well soon, you said you would pick me up after the meeting, don't go back on your word."
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