The manor, the study.
Chu Liyue had just taken a shower, and her body was still slightly steaming.
She wore only a black, fitted strapless dress, which showed off her figure and long, alluring legs. She exuded a unique charm, like a beauty emerging from a bath, mature and sexy.
However, her slender back view rarely revealed a strong sense of dejection.
She was barefoot, her long legs bent, her back pressed against the cold wall, sitting on the windowsill.
The sky outside the window had darkened, and the soft light from the study slanted across her, outlining a somber silhouette.
She silently lit a cigarette. As the smoke drifted by, her slender fingers ran through her waist-length hair, fiddling with it, her cold eyes filled with sorrow and heartache.
Let's go back an hour.
She drove back to the manor and saw Ye Jinyu with her fingers interlaced, arms resting on the table, her eyes lowered as she stared at the papers in front of her.
He seemed to be waiting for her. As soon as she entered the room, he turned his head to look at her, his eyes deep and unreadable.
He understood her perfectly and spoke first: "She's not awake yet."
"In addition, the test results are in."
His expression was somber. After a pause, he said, "Let's talk and discuss what's to come."
Chu Liyue rubbed her fingertips together and sat down beside him.
Ye Jinyu pushed the test results toward her, crossed her arms, leaned back in her chair, and remained silent for a moment.
After Chu Liyue finished reading the test results word for word, he tilted his head slightly, his gaze fixed on the ceiling, and spoke in a deep, slow voice:
“His condition is worse than I thought. When he is asleep, his bodily functions are in a semi-dormant state, which greatly reduces the burden on his body.”
"Now that he's awake, his bodily functions have fully recovered, and the exertion and burden his body will bear are far greater than when he was asleep, so..."
"His health deteriorated very quickly."
He lightly pinched his brow, and even though he knew what was coming would be cruel, he still straightened his face and spoke in a cold, deep voice:
“His lesions have completely relapsed, and his body is completely unable to withstand such a drain in order to maintain its bodily functions after he regains consciousness.”
"Therefore, the lesions will rebound very quickly in the future."
"His body will enter an unprecedented period of weakness, which is the period of full-blown onset of IV disease."
He took a silent breath, his fingers clenched his arms silently, and he gritted his teeth, uttering each word slowly and deliberately:
"Three months."
"At most four months."
"This is the longest I can save his life, and also the last chance for the second and third stages of surgery."
“Once this period has passed, if he has a relapse, I will have virtually no ability to counter it, and his body will not be able to meet the requirements for surgery at that time.”
After he finished speaking, the air fell into a cold and deathly silence, almost suffocating.
Above her head, a magnificent crystal chandelier cast a soft glow, obscuring Chu Liyue's stunning beauty in the shadows.
She leaned back in her chair, her slender fingers pinching a corner of the test results. She didn't react excessively, but her aura was so cold it could freeze a person.
After a long silence, she was enveloped in light and shadow, and spoke, her voice as cold as accumulated snow and as hoarse as a saw:
"How far along are you in preparing for the surgery?"
Ye Jinyu replied in a deep voice: "Everything is ready on my end. As long as reagent number three and the bone marrow are in place, I can start at any time."
Chu Liyue silently stood up.
Ye Jinyu's eyes flickered, revealing a struggle. Gritting her teeth, she suddenly spoke:
"I must remind you, I can perform the surgery, but... I'm only 50% sure!"
"If he fails, he will not have a chance to leave the operating table."
Chu Liyue paused, her slender hands clenching silently at her sides. After a long while, she uttered a few words: "I understand."
"actually--"
Ye Jinyu suddenly stood up, her slender fingers gripping the edge of the table tightly, and said with difficulty:
“I have another treatment option – conservative treatment.”
"Instead of performing surgery on him, extract reagents No. 2 and No. 3 for medication and adopt a chronic treatment approach."
"It can guarantee his survival for five years..."
He stopped talking, his gaze complex as he watched Chu Liyue's cold figure walk away into the distance.
Chu Liyue went back to the room and took a look. Xiao Wujie was still holding the pillow she had stuffed into his arms, his face as pale as paper, and he was sleeping soundly.
She took a shower in the empty room connected to the study.
As the cool water cascaded down from the showerhead, her heart, like a drop of water, began to sink uncontrollably.
A sense of powerlessness welled up from the depths of her soul, causing her body to sway slightly. She reached out to steady herself against the tiled wall, her head drooping heavily, water droplets sliding down her hair and skin.
She turned up the water temperature, and the rising steam washed over her body again and again. Every pore on her body opened happily, and the warm breath flowed through every corner of her body, but it couldn't reach her heart.
The dressing room in this room was mostly filled with her formal dresses for important occasions. She casually picked up a corseted tube top and put it on.
The steaming hot bath couldn't wash away her fatigue.
Her sexy and alluring attire could not conceal the sorrow in her heart.
The darkness of night swallowed the last rays of the setting sun. Chu Liyue, with her long hair loose and her beautiful legs bent, sat on the windowsill.
The soft glow and swirling smoke made her face appear noble and mysterious, exquisitely beautiful and enchanting.
She exhaled rings of smoke, but the heavy sorrow choking her heart still made it hard for her to breathe.
She tossed her long hair in disarray, her slender neck leaning back against the cold wall, her beautiful eyes filled with dejection and sorrow as she turned her head to the side.
She dared not show such an expression to anyone, including Xiao Wujie.
If even she gives up, he will truly be trapped in the cold darkness forever.
But it really hurts so much.
He had just woken up from the darkness and was just beginning to enjoy a little warmth; she hadn't even had time to pamper him back to how he used to be.
But now he tells her that he will be tormented by illness to the point of being weaker than ever before, and that he only has one hundred days left to live.
Heartache is such a magical yet awful feeling.
Although she had become numb to this feeling over the past two years, every time it swept over her, the pain was so clear that every cell in her body was trembling in resistance.
Just as Chu Liyue felt her emotions were about to break down, the sound of the door opening suddenly came from outside.
In just a moment, Chu Liyue concealed all her emotions deep within her eyes.
In the door frame, the light illuminated a thin, frail figure. His beige pajamas hung loosely on his body, making him look like a piece of paper from a distance, as if a strong gust of wind could sweep him away.
Xiao Wujie's handsome face was deathly pale, as if he had been awake for a long time. Although he looked sickly, his eyes were so clear that they seemed to shine into the depths of one's soul.
His gaze was as tender and gentle as ever, and the moment it touched Chu Liyue, it was like the gentle moonlight that melted away the frost all over her body.
He walked towards her, his steps unsteady and weak, yet like a bird flapping its wings with all its might, soaring from the cold abyss behind him into his warm world.
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