episode 61
A breeze carrying the dryness characteristic of autumn swept through the hall, causing the black trouser legs to sway.
Li Yili sat on the dark stair steps, one leg bent, while the other boldly dangled from the gap between the railing and the steps.
He casually tossed the towel in his hand like he was tossing a handkerchief, his eyes fixed on He Xun, who was wiping the stair railing as he climbed the stairs.
From this angle, he could clearly see the other person's long eyelashes, high nose bridge, and long legs, even though they were slightly bent.
It was a handsome face, so handsome that it made him feel threatened and disgusted.
"Excuse me."
He Xun looked up, his right hand resting on the cold stair railing, and calmly looked at Li Yili.
"Why should I give way?" Li Yili blinked, her eyes looking innocent yet barely concealing malice. "Are your eyes bad? Can't you just walk around it?"
"I can't wipe it if you don't move aside." He Xun crossed his arms. "Aunt Mu will be inspecting it later, and there's an event at the villa tomorrow."
"Oh, Aunt Mu wants to check you, what does that have to do with me?"
As she spoke, Li Yili tilted her body to the side, and her legs swayed even more violently.
He Xun stared at him for a while, then looked away, grabbed a wet towel, and walked to the other side.
Unexpectedly, a leg suddenly appeared in front of his ankle.
He looked up along that leg and saw Li Yili smiling at him: "Sorry, my leg is a little sore, I'm just stretching it out."
He Xun's face turned cold: "If you don't move aside, I'll step on you."
"Fine, go ahead and step on it. If you dare to step on my leg, I'll tell Brother Shilin—ah!"
Before Li Yili could finish speaking, He Xun suddenly grabbed her collar and pulled her up from the ground like a spring up from dry land!
"What are you doing?!"
"You really think I wouldn't dare to deal with you, huh?"
He Xun pressed down hard on his neck and shoved him forward, causing Li Yili's entire upper body to dangle from the stair railing to the outside of the stairs at an unbelievable angle.
If you looked up from downstairs, you could see that half of Li Yili's body was swaying precariously like a fruit on a branch. If He Xun had used even a little more force, it would have looked like a murder scene.
"W-What's wrong? You get angry as soon as I mention him. You're not actually delusional enough to like him, are you?"
Li Yili's body trembled uncontrollably from dizziness, but she continued to taunt him, chattering incessantly.
He seemed certain that He Xun wouldn't actually push him off the building.
"What does my anger have to do with him? You provoked me first." He Xun wasn't swayed by his words, lowering his gaze to mock him. "Besides, you're such a grown-up, why are you acting like a three-year-old, nagging and complaining?"
He narrowed his almond-shaped eyes and suddenly tightened his right hand: "What? Mo Shilin is your father?"
"ah!"
Now Li Yili's entire waist was sticking out, and the fear of falling from the building finally became a reality. He finally knew what fear was.
"What are you doing? Are you crazy? You really want to push me down? Let me go right now!!"
"Let you go? I thought you liked it when I treated you like this."
If you refuse a toast, you'll have to drink a penalty shot.
He Xun wore a half-smile, but in Li Yili's eyes, that fair and beautiful face was no different from a demon.
"you--"
Li Yili was furious. She had only uttered one word when she suddenly stopped talking.
His face suddenly turned deathly pale, his originally pale pink lips began to turn bluish-purple, and large beads of sweat, unusually large, gradually seeped from his smooth forehead.
His voice grew weak: "Let go...let go of me..."
He Xun keenly sensed that something was wrong with him, immediately loosened his grip a little, and abruptly pulled the man back from outside the stairs, frowning as he asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Suddenly, Li Yili grabbed her own neck as if possessed, her delicate features contorted in pain, and she gasped for breath like a madwoman.
He almost collapsed into He Xun's arms, his voice strained and urgent: "Yes, yes, yes!"
"......"
He Xun was silent for a moment. Under Li Yili's anxious gaze, he finally frowned, supported Li Yili's back, tilted his head, and slowly uttered three words with a puzzled and speechless expression: "Check it out?"
!
Li Yili's eyes suddenly widened, and she almost fainted on the spot.
He pointed to his nose and mouth with all his might: "I...I said medicine! I...I can't breathe! I...I have asthma!"
He Xun: ?
Are you sick in the head?
Knowing you have asthma, you still dare to act recklessly?!
What were they thinking?! This isn't how you stage an accident to extort money!
But the situation was urgent, and lives were at stake. He Xun couldn't bother to reprimand Li Yili anymore. He immediately picked her up and rushed downstairs to Li Yili's room at lightning speed.
The door was kicked open forcefully, and He Xun threw Li Yili onto the bedside table. He stretched out his long arm and quickly pulled open the drawer of the bedside table.
When I pulled up to the second drawer, a bottle of salbutamol aerosol finally came into view!
Without any hesitation, he grabbed Li Yili's chin, picked up the spray, and shoved it into Li Yili's mouth.
Li Yili obediently closed her eyes, gripped the medicine bottle tightly, and drank it in large gulps as if she were starving.
Salbutamol aerosol is used to rapidly dilate the bronchi, and it usually takes effect 1 to 5 minutes after inhalation.
About two or three minutes later, Li Yili's breathing gradually calmed down, and her curled eyelashes stopped trembling.
He Xun crossed his arms and watched coldly for a few seconds.
"Don't bother me again if there's nothing else to do. If it happens again, I definitely won't save you."
He left those words coldly and turned to leave.
A soft chuckle immediately came from behind, clearly audible in the enclosed small room.
I know you like him.
“I can tell.”
He Xun abruptly stopped in his tracks. He took a deep breath and turned around: "What exactly do you want to say?"
"If you like her too, you can go after her."
He sneered.
Why bother him?
Li Yili laughed out loud, but this was followed by a series of violent coughs.
After a long while, he calmed down, raised his head to meet He Xun's gaze, and said in a hoarse voice with a leisurely tone, "Since you saved me today, I'll tell you the truth."
“Shilin and I are childhood sweethearts. We liked each other when he was in middle school.”
"We only separated later because he wanted to study abroad."
"He begged me to come this time too."
Unable to describe his feelings, He Xun simply glanced at him coldly and asked, "So?"
“You know how smart he is. If he didn’t still have feelings for me, he would never have let me into his house.”
Li Yili leaned against the bed, tilted his head back, and smiled brightly. He stared at He Xun, but a dark look flashed in his eyes. "So, please don't interfere in our relationship, okay?"
"Stay away from him."
*
“Mr. Mo, I’m reminding you again that while tDCS may be able to rebuild the memory network, there is also a 50% chance of short-term memory loss. Furthermore, this therapy is extremely damaging to the body. Have you really thought this through? Can you take responsibility for your actions?”
The foreign doctor, sitting behind his desk, held up a black-and-white waiver, and spoke very seriously to Mo Shilin, having lost count of how many times it had been done.
Mo Shilin closed his eyes, remained silent for a few seconds, and then opened them again, replying affirmatively in English: "Certainly, I confirm."
He has never been an indecisive person; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to reach his current position.
Since you've decided to do it, then do it.
What in this world is without risk? Even the act of living itself is risky. How many bizarre and wonderful ways of dying are there around the world every year?
If something really happens, he won't regret it; it's all fate.
So now he wants to gamble with his life.
The stakes were the protagonist he had forgotten, yet who subconsciously kept proclaiming to him how extremely important he was.
"Alright, alright, it seems that person is really important to you." The doctor shook his head, a helpless expression on his face. "Then good luck."
"Thank you, I appreciate your kind words."
Mo Shilin signed the waiver with a flourish, changed into a soft light blue hospital gown, was taken by a nurse to wash his hair, and was then allowed to enter the treatment room.
The treatment room was decorated in cool colors, and stepping inside felt like entering an endless white snowfield. Only the EEG monitoring screen flickered steadily, indicating that this was not a desolate, uninhabited area.
tDCS, or transcranial direct current stimulation, is a non-invasive physical therapy that uses a weak direct current of 1-2 mA to target and stimulate the cerebral cortex through scalp electrodes, regulating neuronal excitability. It is commonly used to treat patients with mental illnesses, and a few people also use it to restore memory.
The advantage of this treatment is that the electric current penetrates the skull through electrodes in the scalp, eliminating the need for craniotomy, anesthesia, and incisions, and eliminating the risk of infection and bleeding.
The downside is that you might accidentally die, or even go insane—duh! Even the King of Heaven would be at risk of getting electrocuted! —Unless you send the Thunder God and the Lightning Goddess.
Most importantly, this patient also proactively requested an increased current, setting the complete recovery of memory as the primary goal.
To be honest, the doctor was also very nervous.
"This treatment will take approximately 30 minutes."
The doctor, expressionless, took the electrode cap, gestured for Mo Shilin to sit down, and then adjusted the restraints on him.
The electrode pads have been soaked in conductive paste beforehand to reduce scalp resistance.
The doctor placed electrode caps on Mo Shilin's temples and forehead. Once the current was turned on, it would strongly stimulate the prefrontal and temporal lobes, forcing the brain regions to synchronize.
Mo Shilin uttered a single word, "Okay," and then closed his eyes.
In an instant, everything went black. Then, a buzzing sound came from the electric current. What followed was an intense, piercing pain, as if countless needles were piercing my skull, accompanied by a metallic, metallic smell.
Mo Shilin even felt a bit nauseous. He gripped the armrest tightly and struggled to push the vomit back up with the tip of his tongue, thus avoiding an embarrassing vomiting at the very beginning of the treatment.
The electric current violently stimulated the nerve endings, and the stinging and numbness spread to every part of the body in an instant.
The brain's consciousness quickly turned into distorted, snowy noise, and blurry figures began to flash back in the mind.
—I've come to deliver the milk. The red wine melts into the skin.
The muscles throughout my body began to contract slightly under the impact of the electric current.
"Are you new here?" A pair of almond-shaped eyes stared at him with a distant yet wary gaze.
As the electric current increased, the muscles began to twitch violently.
How do you know I won't side with you?
My pores opened, and cold sweat slid down my cheek to my chin.
—Sudanese gold cost me over a thousand dollars.
Sweat dripped heavily onto the cold floor.
—For me? Did everyone get some?
His Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.
"Do you want me to pay you?" Soft lips pressed against mine.
The veins on his arms were bulging.
—Don't you dislike me? Why are you still trying so hard to seduce me?
it hurts.
—It looks good on. The turquoise lake water shimmers on her fair collarbone.
Who is it?
—Mo Shilin, will you stay with me forever? The night sky is dazzling and the deep blue sea has a salty smell.
Why can't I see who that person is?
—I will only love you in this lifetime.
Who is it?!
A piece of his heart was removed.
Who is it?!
"Don't you remember me?" Her eyes were flushed red.
The blurry face and white noise intertwined, spinning wildly in my mind like a kaleidoscope.
Didn't you say you loved me?! Why have you forgotten me?!
I love you!
I have no idea...
I didn't mean to!
A sharp knife brutally pierced the shoulder, the rose was crushed by the speeding wheels, and blood gushed out!
"Who...who is it?!"
Mo Shilin painfully tilted his head back, finally letting out a muffled groan under the continuous stimulation of the electric current.
—Beep beep!
The timer rang sharply.
The doctor immediately stopped the treatment and quickly removed the electrode caps and restraints from Mo Shilin's body.
Mo Shilin's back slumped down instantly, crashing into the back of the chair with a thud.
His arms and chest were already covered in horrible bruises from the restraints, his vision was beginning to blur, and the nauseating metallic smell was still seeping into his nostrils.
"Mr. Mo, this treatment has ended."
Mo Shilin's vision gradually returned to normal when two doctors helped him onto the hospital bed.
The doctor stared at his handsome yet extremely haggard face and asked, "Mr. Mo, do you feel it's effective?"
"...Yes, I think I've remembered some things."
"During the treatment, can you clearly see the people who appear in your mind?"
Mo Shilin took a heavy breath, his brow furrowing involuntarily: "No."
"This is normal." The doctor breathed a sigh of relief. "If there are no problems, you can come to the hospital 3 to 5 times a week, depending on your schedule."
"good."
As the hoarse voice faded, Mo Shilin closed his eyes heavily.
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