Chapter 548 The Road to Redemption
Shen Lijun's consciousness suddenly left her body, as if her soul had left her body. She looked at her younger self with disheveled hair and screaming with tears streaming down her face.
Why! ?
Why! ?
This time, she had clearly blocked all of Shu Jianfeng's channels for making friends, but why did it still end like this?
I don’t accept it!!!
Her consciousness roared in the thick fog.
In the fourth reincarnation, light flashed again.
She got pregnant right away and asked Shu Jianfeng to quit his job to take care of the child, hoping to tie Shu Jianfeng down with the child. She worked outside and called home every hour to check on him.
As a result, one day, Shu Jianfeng disappeared with his child.
However, one day at noon, her phone was unreachable, so she rushed home and found no one there.
Shu Jianfeng disappeared with the child without leaving even a note.
She knelt in the empty living room, her nails digging into the floor, her eyes bloodshot, like a skinned animal.
The four failures made Shen Lijun even more crazy. She thought that all this was Shu Jianfeng's problem. Shu Jianfeng's whole soul was dirty, so he was ungrateful and ungrateful.
This kind of man must be reformed!
So, in the fifth reincarnation, she no longer showed mercy and decided to completely transform Shu Jianfeng's emotions.
He was forced to write a gratitude diary every day. If he failed to meet the requirements, he would be deprived of cold food and water and made to kneel outside the door in the cold wind.
At first Shu Jianfeng did as he was told, but later he began to tremble, become dazed, and stop talking.
When he saw her, he would tremble all over and hide in the corner.
In the winter of the third year, she poured boiling water on Shu Jianfeng because he omitted writing the four words "Thank you Lijun".
Shu Jianfeng stood up, his eyes like a wild dog, and suddenly held her down, his eyes bloodshot, and strangled her neck until her body in her dream completely lost consciousness.
In her sixth reincarnation, she began to instill in her daughter Shen Shuyao the idea that "father is a devil."
When the daughter was four years old, she learned to report her father's whereabouts to her mother every day.
Shu Jianfeng completely lost his trust in the mother and daughter.
One day, Shen Lijun instigated her daughter, "If Dad wants to escape, report to the police and say he raped you."
Shu Jianfeng completely collapsed and committed suicide by cutting his wrists. When he died, he was still holding the hairpin he bought for his daughter.
The daughter saw her father's dead body and was so frightened that she became insane.
Her consciousness floated in mid-air, and she cried loudly as she looked at the blood all over the ground.
After her seventh reincarnation, she was completely disappointed with Shu Jianfeng. After her daughter was born, she directly expelled Shu Jianfeng, leaving the child behind and putting the father aside. She focused all her attention on her daughter.
Grades, diet, friendships, volunteering, clothing, weight, makeup... everything is decided by her.
She doesn't allow her daughter to have a romantic relationship, checks her diary, tears up envelopes, and changes the lock screen of her phone.
When my daughter was in her senior year of high school, she committed suicide by jumping off a building the day before the final exam.
All that was left was a note that said "I hate you".
Shen Lijun's emotions completely collapsed.
Why? Why? Why are all the people I meet like this?
My husband is like this, and my daughter is still like this!
Why is my life so miserable?
In the thick fog, Shen Lijun no longer had the energy to throw a tantrum.
"The road to redemption is right under our feet."
The calm voice sounded again, still saying the same two sentences.
"Redemption! Let me die! Let me die!"
Shen Lijun's consciousness suddenly went out of control. She had never thought that one day she would be able to say such vulgar words.
But no matter how hysterical she was, the familiar white light enveloped her whole body again.
The eighth reincarnation.
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"Director Han, it's already the ninth day, and my parents haven't woken up yet. Will they..."
In the ward, Shen Shuyao stood beside the beds of Shu Jianfeng and Shen Lijun, looking worried, with dark circles under her eyes.
She basically spent these nine days in the hospital. Even though the special care ward was no different from an ordinary apartment and there were professional caregivers and nurses to handle everything, her parents were both lying there, and it was unknown whether they were alive or dead. It was obviously impossible for Shen Shuyao to get a good rest.
Fang Yu comes here every day these days and even stayed here with Chen Shuyao for two nights, but he has too many things to do during normal times and it is impossible for him to be here all day.
Shu Jianfeng and Shen Lijun had bruises all over their arms and hands, all from the acupuncture treatments they had received these days.
In addition to 24-hour heart rate monitoring, a number of electrode patches were also attached to the heads of the two people. On the neon electroencephalogram (EEG) in the ward, a green curve kept jumping.
Director Han, who was wearing a white coat, pushed his glasses and frowned.
He has been in this business for more than 20 years and has never seen anything so strange.
Gas poisoning may indeed cause cerebral edema or brain nerve damage. In severe cases, it is indeed possible to be in a coma for several days or even become a vegetative state.
However, the brain CT scans of the two people did not reveal cerebral edema, and the MRI results also showed a clear distribution of gray and white matter, with no suspicious signals in the hippocampus and thalamus structures.
What is particularly strange is that the brain waves of these two people are more active than those of normal people!
EEG showed that the two people's brain waves even occasionally showed high-frequency gamma band activity.
This is an EEG characteristic that only appears in a highly alert state and is extremely unusual in comatose patients.
Based on brain wave signals, he once judged that these two patients were most likely suffering from locked-in syndrome caused by damage to the ventral pons or brainstem.
The symptoms of this disease are that the patient has regained consciousness but cannot control his body.
But after testing, it was found that the brain waves of the two people did not respond to any external stimuli such as speaking, touching, or stabbing.
This test result directly overturned his guess.
Patients with locked-in syndrome have only lost the ability to control their bodies, but their brain waves still respond to external stimuli.
There are indeed changes in the brain waves of the two people, but these changes have almost nothing to do with external stimuli. Instead, they show a clear periodicity on a daily basis.
Not only has he never seen this strange brain wave phenomenon, but neurosurgeons around the world have probably never seen a similar case.
If one person is in this state, it may be just an individual phenomenon, but both of them are like this!
And he was in a coma for eight days!
After coming out of the hyperbaric oxygen chamber, the two never woke up.
It is true that there are many unknown areas in neurosurgery, but this situation can no longer be explained by the phrase "unknown areas".
Shen Shuyao couldn't help but get nervous when she saw Director Han's expression.
"The current situation is indeed... rather special."
Director Han pushed his glasses and slowed down his tone.
"But you don't have to worry too much. Judging from the current EEG, they should be conscious, but they haven't recovered their autonomous reactions yet."
"A few days ago, we sent the imaging and EEG data to Professor Wang at the Temple of Heaven and Professor Li at Huashan. They both replied, saying that while they couldn't quite explain it, they judged it to be a 'non-deteriorating stable state.'"
Director Han paused and added, "At least in the short term, there is no obvious risk of pathological degeneration."
"We will continue to observe and do another functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) test later."
After hearing Director Han's comfort, Shen Shuyao's eyes became even more worried.
It’s better not to comfort you.
Being such a smart person, she certainly understood the implication of Director Han's words.
To put it bluntly, we don’t know why we fell into a coma, when we will wake up, and whether there will be any sequelae.
Chen Shuyao bit her lip and looked at her parents lying on the hospital bed sadly, her eyes slightly red.
Even though she usually had many complaints about Shen Lijun and Shu Jianfeng, at this moment, seeing both of them lying on the hospital bed, their life or death unknown, Shen Shuyao still couldn't hold it back.
What if...what if something really happens to them, I will be left without parents.
"Director Han..." Shen Shuyao cleared her throat and was about to speak, but out of the corner of her eye she seemed to see Shu Jianfeng's right little finger move.
"Director Han, my dad... seemed to have moved his fingers just now."
Shen Shuyao said to Director Han a little hesitantly.
Director Han was stunned and quickly bent down to look at Shu Jianfeng carefully. He saw that Shu Jianfeng's eyelids were slightly bulging and his eyeballs seemed to be moving.
Director Han quickly took out a small flashlight from his pocket and was about to open Shu Jianfeng's eyelids to see the reaction of his pupils when he saw Shu Jianfeng slowly open his eyes and let out a faint sigh.
"Dad! You're awake!"
Shen Shuyao squatted beside Shu Jianfeng's bed, tears streaming down her face as she could no longer hold back.
"Nannan..."
Shu Jianfeng's eyes regained focus. He moved his fingers, gently stroking the back of his daughter's hand, and said in a weak voice: "I'm sorry..."
Chen Shuyao shook her head with tears in her eyes: "I am your only daughter. If I don't take care of her when something like this happens, who will?"
Shu Jianfeng shook his head slightly, his weak voice filled with remorse and apology: "Dad is saying... I'm not a good father. Shu Yao, you've suffered so much over the years. It's me who is useless and irresponsible. I didn't protect you well and I'm not worthy of being a father."
Shen Shuyao froze for a moment, looking at Shu Jianfeng in disbelief.
Although Shu Jianfeng has a soft personality, his escapist character largely comes from his fear of facing his own mistakes.
After all these years, this was the first time that Shen Shuyao heard Shu Jianfeng admit that he had no sense of responsibility.
Director Han, who was standing next to him, saw this and immediately pulled Shen Shuyao up: "Miss Shen, Mr. Shu has just woken up, and we still have to give him a comprehensive examination. In addition, he needs to be replenished with water and nutrition. He has relied on nutrient solution for the past nine days. It is best to keep the patient calm."
Two nurses nearby hurried forward to draw blood and add nutrient solution to the IV bottle.
Another nurse brought a bottle of water with a straw in it and asked Shu Jianfeng to take small sips to moisten his mouth and throat.
"I'm fine." Shu Jianfeng struggled to sit up by supporting himself on the bed, and the two nurses next to him hurried forward to support him.
"You just said it's been nine days?" Shu Jianfeng took two breaths and looked around. "Where is this?"
"This is the First Hospital, Mr. Shu. My last name is Han, and I'm a neurosurgeon at the First Hospital. Yes, you've been in a coma for nine days. Miss Shen has been here taking care of you and your wife these days. She's very filial."
Director Han also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Shu Jianfeng wake up.
However, an examination is still necessary first. Some cases show that some people who are in a coma due to gas poisoning will rapidly deteriorate after waking up, so it should not be taken lightly.
"It's been nine days... I thought it was nine lifetimes..." Shu Jianfeng looked out the window, his eyes seemed as if he was in another world.
"How is your mother?" Shu Jianfeng turned his gaze and saw Shen Lijun lying on the bed next to him. "Is she still not awake?"
Chen Shuyao's expression darkened and she shook her head.
Shu Jianfeng sighed, his eyes flickering: "The road to redemption is right under her feet. Whether she can wake up or not depends on herself."
Chen Shuyao was stunned. What road to redemption is right under her feet?
Why is Dad acting so weird?
Could it be that his brain was damaged during the coma?
"Dad, are you okay?" Shen Shuyao touched Shu Jianfeng's forehead worriedly.
Shu Jianfeng twitched the corners of his mouth and forced a smile: "It's okay, it was just a dream."
"Dream?" Chen Shuyao was slightly startled.
"Yes, it was a dream, a very long dream."
Shu Jianfeng let out a long breath and looked towards the ceiling, but there was a determination in his eyes that had never been seen before.
——
Both couples have psychological problems. Although Shen Lijun is mainly responsible for the problems between them, Shu Jianfeng is not completely innocent either.
In some ways, it was his personality that contributed to Shen Lijun's control and made Shen Lijun's paranoid personality disorder more serious.
Since he had already cast the "Ten Reincarnations" on Shen Lijun, Fang Yu naturally could not favor one over the other. The next day, he found an opportunity to cast one on his cheap father-in-law as well.
The dreams of the two of them are not interconnected, they each have their own dreams.
However, if Shu Jianfeng still cannot escape the shackles of "character determines destiny" after ten reincarnations, Fang Yu will pull him out of the dream.
After all, he didn't make any big mistakes, he was just a coward.
Facts have also proved that Shu Jianfeng does have serious problems.
It took him eight reincarnations to completely get rid of his cowardice and escape, firmly shoulder his family responsibilities, and quickly end his relationship with Shen Lijun.
For the first time, he realized that he did not love Shen Lijun. The reason why he dated and married Shen Lijun was simply because he felt that only Shen Lijun truly loved him and was willing to give everything for him.
It was also the first time that he realized that Shen Lijun didn't actually love him, but just had a distorted desire for control.
His fear and obedience to Shen Lijun were essentially an escape from the pressure of making his own decisions.
The moment he said to Shen Lijun for the first time in his dream, "Let's get a divorce," and resolutely left home with his daughter, he successfully escaped from the dream.
And the calm voice that occasionally appeared said, "Congratulations on finding the path to salvation," and his consciousness seemed to travel through time and space, returning to his body from more than ten years ago in his dream.
"Believe in your mother, you will definitely be able to get out of this."
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In the eighth reincarnation, Shen Lijun's consciousness was like a walking corpse, no longer exerting any influence on her younger self.
She just watched helplessly as her younger self repeated her own tragedy step by step.
Falling in love, getting married, having children, countless quarrels, divorce, and constantly slandering her ex-husband in front of her daughter like a nagging wife... Finally, after her daughter told her that she was in a relationship, she found her ex-husband, but he kept avoiding her. She finally blocked him at his workplace, but he just sat there and watched as the security guard at his workplace treated her like a madman and speared her out with an explosion-proof fork.
So she went to her ex-husband's current residence, knocked him out with ether she had prepared in advance, and turned on the gas, intending to die together with her ex-husband.
What am I doing?
Only now did she truly see her actions from a third-person perspective for the first time.
Is this me?
Is this what I am like?
Shen Lijun suddenly felt a little scary.
And at the moment when both of them were knocked unconscious, the ninth reincarnation began.
Shen Lijun was reborn as a sophomore. At that time, Shu Jianfeng had just entered the junior college class of the Normal College. She was an undergraduate student, one year older than Shu Jianfeng, and had not yet started a relationship with Shu Jianfeng.
This time, she did not try to pursue Shu Jianfeng again, but just watched from afar this man who had been entangled with her for several lifetimes, and occasionally secretly helped him complete some tasks that he was not capable of completing. Apart from that, she was like a small transparent person on campus.
After graduation, the two had no more contact.
Many years later, she is still single.
In the last few years of her life, she suddenly saw the elderly Shu Jianfeng in the park.
He was also old, and the moment he saw her, he hesitated and walked towards her.
“Are you Shen Lijun?”
Shu Jianfeng, who was leaning on a crutch, stared at her with his cloudy eyes.
"I'm Shu Jianfeng. Do you remember me? We're from the same school."
"For so many years, I have always wanted to say thank you to you. Thank you for helping me so much back then."
Shen Lijun's eyes burst into a brilliance that had never been seen before.
He knows!
And at this moment, the white light came again.
The tenth reincarnation has begun.
(End of this chapter)
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