After untying all the knots, Ye Jiu, still not entirely at ease, went through the knots again from beginning to end. Once she was sure it was really healed, she still felt a little empty inside. After years of hard work, she had finally completed this huge project.
Looking back now, it still feels somewhat unbelievable, considering how terrible his condition was when we first met.
Ye Jiu stroked his forehead. She had just finished combing his hair and still didn't know how to deal with Huaiyou. If Huaiyou found out, Huaijin's life would probably not be so good.
Forget it, I'll keep it a secret for as long as I can. After all, he doesn't come to the villa even once every year or two, and who knows where he's having fun.
Ye Jiu stood up and left Huai Jin's room.
"Goodnight," she whispered.
——
Huai Jin slept soundly. He always had a good night's sleep whenever Ye Jiu returned to the villa. Perhaps it was because he felt at ease, the sense of security that came from seeing the person he wanted to see as soon as he opened his eyes.
However, Huaijin was woken up by pain today.
Despite having lost all feeling in his legs, he suddenly felt a sharp pain, as if his tendons were being stretched. The pain intensified, and he could feel his legs spasming uncontrollably.
Huaijin was in so much pain that he was covered in sweat, but he clenched his teeth so that he wouldn't make a sound.
He really didn't have any extra energy to think about why this was happening; all he could think about was not making a sound and not letting his sister worry.
It felt like an eternity had passed before the pain finally subsided.
He looked as if he had been pulled out of the water, his clothes soaked with sweat, and he was panting heavily, unable to calm down for a long time.
Huaijin chuckled self-deprecatingly, "How pathetic! I haven't been this pathetic in a long time."
He tried to sit up in the wheelchair, but he had no strength in his arms.
He gripped the blanket tightly, thinking dejectedly, "I might as well just saw off these two legs."
He drifted into aimless thoughts, hoping that his sister wouldn't knock on the door to see him since he hadn't gotten up on time today, or that it would be the housekeeper who would wake him up.
Huai Jin took a breath, his nasal cavity filled with the smell of sweat. He despised himself, feeling disheveled and smelly.
But it seems that the more you try not to want something to happen, the more it happens.
Ye Jiu gently knocked on the door. "Xiao Jin? Are you up? Was something holding you up?"
Huai Jin's brain went blank for a moment. He opened his mouth and said, "I'm up, I'm fine." But his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, and he didn't sound like he was fine at all.
"May I come in?" Ye Jiu asked politely.
Knowing he couldn't hide it any longer, Huaijin said dejectedly, "Come in."
Ye Jiu wasn't surprised to see Huai Jin's disheveled appearance. A hint of astonishment flashed in her eyes. She picked up a wet wipe from the bedside and handed it to him. "Wipe your sweat first."
Huaijin wiped his forehead and neck. The sticky feeling from the sweat had lessened considerably.
He spoke up first, "Aren't you going to ask me why?"
"If you want to tell me, you will tell me on your own initiative. If you don't want me to know, then I don't have to know."
“There’s no point in hiding it.” Huai Jin forced a smile onto his bloodless face. “I guess… I’m hallucinating, phantom pain? I feel my legs hurting a lot… It must have been a muscle spasm just now, but I haven’t been able to feel these legs for over ten years.”
Huai Jin gestured for Ye Jiu to pick him up, and Ye Jiu complied, letting him lean on her shoulder.
Huaijin continued, "This is so strange. Does this mean my mental confusion is getting worse...?"
Ye Jiu knew the reason, of course, but she couldn't say it.
She looked serious. "How about I have Song Baichuan come over and examine you? It sounds quite serious."
Huaijin stammered, "Ah...maybe we should just forget about it. It's not that serious, really."
He didn't want to see Song Baichuan, and he didn't want to investigate; those things were like a raging flood to him.
"Are you sure you don't need to?" Ye Jiu gently brushed the hair from his forehead. "You're clearly in so much pain."
Huaijin said weakly, "I just really don't want to see a doctor..."
"Alright then." Ye Jiu wouldn't press him this time.
“But I invited a rehabilitation therapist over today, so no matter what, you have to start rehabilitation.”
Huai Jin froze, remaining motionless and silent for a long time.
Ye Jiu couldn't help but reach out and pinch his arm. "What's wrong? Is it because you don't want to do rehabilitation?"
"...Do we really have to start?"
"You have to choose between the check-up and rehabilitation. You must start one." She rarely has a week off, so it's best to start as soon as possible, or have him get checked out. Once he realizes that he has a chance of recovery, she won't need to urge him anymore.
Huaijin said sullenly, "Sister, you know perfectly well that I don't like any of them. Rehabilitation, rehabilitation, I have absolutely no chance of recovering..."
"I promise you, as long as you start now, you'll be fine."
Huai Jin took it as her coaxing him, "My sister will say anything to get me to go for rehabilitation."
Ye Jiu was unfairly scolded, "I'm telling the truth, why don't you go and try it?"
Ye Jiu: "Moreover, in my eyes, mental disorder is not a terminal illness. Xiao Jin will live to be 150 years old!"
Huai Jin laughed out loud. He didn't believe it, but he didn't want to spoil Ye Jiu's mood. He hugged Ye Jiu tightly and said, "I'll listen to my sister. I'll go for rehabilitation, but I want my sister to come with me."
"Of course, the next six days of my life are yours too."
Huai Jin was satisfied now and happily withdrew her hand. "Sister, put me in the wheelchair. I need to take a shower and change my clothes first."
——
As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning...
The middle is difficult, and the ending is also difficult.
Huaijin's first rehabilitation session was worse than he had imagined.
The therapist conducted initial tests on his body, and the situation wasn't too good. However, the muscle atrophy wasn't severe, and things would gradually improve.
The examination also revealed an encouraging fact—Huaijin's legs were indeed feeling again, not just a figment of his imagination.
After Huaijin realized what had happened, she hugged Ye Jiu and cried after the therapist left. "I thought... I was really going to be in a wheelchair for the rest of my life... but it... it suddenly got better. I... I'll get better, right?"
"Of course, slowly, you will become an ordinary person, an ordinary human being who walks on two legs."
Ye Jiu's description was so strange that Huai Jin couldn't help but laugh out loud.
The moment he realized this, his mind was filled with her; she was all he could think of. He thought that if he recovered, he would be worthy of her, and perhaps they could have a future together…
Also, does regaining feeling in the legs mean that mental strength is also improving?
He desperately wanted to know the answer.
"Sister, I regret it. Please call Song Baichuan over to examine me."
Ye Jiu was naturally overjoyed, which showed that he had also realized the changes in his body.
Ye Jiu made a phone call to Song Baichuan in front of him.
"Dr. Song, could you please come over today?"
Huaijin shouted, "Now! Come here now!"
Ye Jiu nodded with a smile and repeated, "Okay, your employer requires you to come over now."
Song Baichuan was somewhat surprised; it was rare for Huaijin to take the initiative to ask him to come over.
"I guess something good has happened?"
"Yes, but you still need to come over and check to confirm."
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