Gong Jun couldn't resist in the end and came out in his wheelchair to take Gong Jing inside.
He looked at the young man whose face was pale from the rain and whose lips had completely lost their color, and his eyes showed not only heartache but also deep helplessness.
Yan Ge already knew that Gong Chun had lost a leg, but seeing him now, so thin and haggard, with no light left in his green eyes, her heart still ached terribly.
"Xiao Chun, Mom has something to tell you later, so get ready."
Yan Ge handed Gong Jing over to the doctor who came to examine him, watched him enter the examination room, and then returned.
A thin blanket was placed over Gong Chun's legs. When Yan Ge returned, he steered the wheelchair to the balcony outside his ward.
He was staying in a high-end private ward, and there was no adjacent balcony.
From this vantage point on the outer balcony, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the entire military hospital.
Not far away are layers upon layers of trees with colors that blend together, yellow, green and red, creating a strong autumnal feel.
Yange followed behind Gong Chun, gazing at the beautiful autumn scenery. She recalled that at this time last year, she and Gong Chun had been hiking and enjoying the autumn views, but this year…
She suppressed the tears welling up in her eyes, pulled her gaze away from his legs covered by the blanket, and asked him, "What are your plans now? Get an electronic leg implanted, or will you just leave it as it is?"
With current interstellar medical technology, damaged eyes or legs can be repaired with electronic materials.
It just doesn't look very attractive.
Gong Chun holds a high position in the Federation Army and has been active in the interstellar monster battlefield for many years. It can be said that he has devoted his entire life to this since graduating from the Federation Academy.
Therefore, Yan Ge naturally assumed that Gong Chun would choose to have an electronic leg installed.
But to her surprise, he shook his head, his usually serious face showing a gentleness she had never seen before.
He looks about six or seven parts like Miyako, but his temperament is rather aloof.
After lowering his eyelashes, he told Yange that he planned to stay at home to recuperate and do other things.
"But I don't know what it is yet. Before that, I need to talk to Xiao Jing. The reason I didn't want to see you and him before was because I didn't want you to worry too much. I planned to wait until my health improved enough to be discharged from the hospital before we talked about it. But I didn't expect that I still couldn't get my wish."
Gong Chun is Yan Ge's biological son. Although she was unable to spend much time with him due to her illness and missed many moments of witnessing his growth, she still knows him quite well.
Knowing that Gong Chun is a very strong-willed person, he probably didn't want to show his vulnerable side to his loved ones.
He sighed and nodded, without asking any further questions. He simply told him that he had thought it through.
When Gong Jing woke up, he found himself in a hospital room with an IV drip in his right hand.
The sky outside was still overcast, but the rain had changed from a downpour to a drizzle.
He struggled to sit up and noticed a figure on the outer balcony. He called out in a hoarse voice, "Brother."
The figure turned around upon hearing the noise. A sense of suppressed emotion lingered in his eyes, but he concealed it well as he wheeled himself into the room. He smiled faintly and asked, "Awake? How are you feeling? Are you very hungry?"
He turned on his smart bracelet, brought up the hospital cafeteria menu, and handed it to Gong Jing, who was positioned in front of and behind the hospital bed, so that he could choose what he wanted to eat.
Gong Jing looked at the time displayed on his smart bracelet and realized it was already 2 PM.
And the time he was unconscious was clearly nighttime.
Has he been sleeping for almost a whole day?
"I'm fine, brother, you..."
Gong Chun didn't speak, but simply pushed the smart bracelet a little closer to Gong Jing, the meaning of which was quite clear.
Because of his natural position as the younger brother in the family, Miyako could only reach out and take the computer bracelet to order food.
After doing all that, he looked at Gong Chun's legs covered by a thin blanket. His dry, chapped lips parted slightly several times, but he didn't know what to say first.
Gong Chun noticed his gaze, glanced down at his own legs, and chuckled, "What? You were fine just now, and now you've suddenly become mute?"
“No…” Gong Jing looked at Gong Chun’s still smiling face, and the bitterness in her heart grew stronger and stronger, and the tip of her nose began to sting. “I just feel very guilty that I didn’t listen to what they said and use that method to go to the battlefield with you, brother.”
If he had known this would happen to Gong Jun, he certainly wouldn't have run away from it so many times before.
However, the consequence of not running away is that he will become just like those people.
Gong Jun patted Gong Jing on the right shoulder and told him that it was not his fault.
"You're not some interstellar monster that caused me to lose feeling in my right leg, so why are you apologizing?"
"Besides, even if you come to the battlefield with me, can you guarantee that I will be 100% protected from the attacks of the interstellar monsters? No matter how strong you are, you can't be stronger than a C-level interstellar monster, can you?"
Gong Jing thought that even so, if he went, he could definitely help reduce the risk of Gong Jing injuring his right leg.
But before he could finish speaking, Gong Jun continued, saying that he planned to retire from the Federal Army.
"I'm thirty-five years old this year, which is considered middle age. I've dedicated the most energetic years of my life to the federal army, and that's enough."
Gong Jing pursed her lips, puzzled: "Brother Ke, you clearly said that your favorite thing to do is to kill enemies on the interstellar monster battlefield and protect the interstellar space, didn't you?!"
Gong Chun smiled bitterly, avoiding Gong Jing's stubborn gaze.
"Yes, but Xiao Jing, people change. I'm really tired now and don't want to stay in the Federation army anymore. And that other way, you absolutely, absolutely must not try it."
Gong Jing remembered that method clearly; Gong Chun and his father had asked him to try it more than once.
His stubbornness at the time was so great that it forced him to transfer directly to the Federal College to become a teacher.
Now, Gong Chun suddenly changed his mind and even advised him in this tone not to try it, saying that it would be easy to tell whether there was anything fishy going on.
He clenched his fist and looked at Gong Chun, his voice very hoarse: "Is it because the side effects were too severe? Brother, tell me honestly, is your sudden injury related to that method?"
Gong Chun glanced at the surveillance camera in the ward and shook his head to interrupt him.
"No, it was caused by the interstellar monsters. Xiao Jing, you just need to remember that you don't need to go back to the interstellar monster battlefield. I'm already useless. You're the only man left in the family who can stand up for himself. If something happens to you, what will happen to your mother and the entire Gong family?"
Gong Jing did not miss Gong Chun's gaze as he looked at the surveillance camera. Although he was in a hospital room with only the two brothers, he suddenly felt goosebumps, as if someone was watching him through the surveillance camera.
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