Chapter 143
During these two days, Lin Sen could hardly leave Lin Yuanlai for a moment.
Lin Yuanlai asked Li Xingyuan to go to the supermarket to buy vegetables and meat, and personally prepared the stuffing to make dumplings for Lin Sen.
"When Waiwai was little, he loved eating the dumplings I made the most. I had to mix the stuffing myself and roll the dough myself. Alas, ever since I was busy figuring out the book-traveling system for Waiwai, I've been cooking for him less and less."
Lin Sen was helping nearby, and his eyes immediately turned red when he heard his father's words: "Dad, I never blamed you."
"Dad knows, my good baby is the most sensible." Lin Yuanlai was afraid that the child would feel uncomfortable, so he changed the subject and said that he would put a few coins in it, and whoever ate it would be blessed.
Li Xingyuan was responsible for washing the coins, and then handed them to Lin Yuanlai and asked, "Brother Lin, I want to learn how to make dumplings. Is this enough for tuition?"
Lin Yuanlai smiled and glared at him: "I only learned enough to knead dough."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The three of them were having a great time, just like it was New Year’s Eve.
At night, Lin Sen pestered Lin Yuanlai to sleep with him. Lin Yuanlai laughed at him: "You have grown into a big boy, and you still sleep with your dad. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"
"Don't be afraid." Lin Sen lay beside his father, holding one of his arms, and said, "When I was a child, I liked to hold you like this when I slept. It made me feel safe."
Thinking that his father would leave tomorrow, Lin Sen resisted the urge to cry, moved closer to him, and asked, "Dad, can you really be reborn?"
"Yes," Lin Yuanlai held his son's hand and said, "It's not really rebirth, it's just that the world in the book keeps looping, I return to the beginning, and still remember what happened now. So, my dear, daddy's death is not a farewell forever, he just changed his body and continues to live, we will see each other again."
Lin Sen wiped his tears on his father's pajamas sleeves: "But... I still can't bear to leave you."
Lin Yuanlai is the same. What he is most worried about is his son.
"Waiwai, you have your own path to walk and your own destiny to fight for. The path that Dad has paved for you is limited and can only go so far. Whether you can change the fate of our father and son depends on you."
He deliberately threw a big task to his son, hoping that he would cheer up and not be crushed by the pain of losing his father.
Lin Sen nodded: "I know, I won't succumb to fate."
Lin Yuanlai touched his head with his other hand and said, "You have good judgment. Xingyuan is indeed a reliable man. He is capable and responsible. Most importantly, he values you very much and can tolerate your temper. If you are unsure in the future, just listen to him. You won't go wrong."
"I know, Dad."
Lin Yuanlai felt that the arm sleeve that his son was holding was soaked and hot. He wiped the corners of his eyes with his fingertips and said, "My dear, go to sleep. Dad will hold you while you sleep."
Lin Sen just like when he was a child, snuggled in his father's arms and slept all night.
The next day, the three of them went to the hospital early in the morning.
Even though I know that this probably won't help, what if? What if I can be saved this time?
They accompanied Lin Yuanlai to do a full body check-up in the morning. Apart from a little high blood lipids, he had no other problems and his heart was normal.
At noon, they had lunch in the hospital ward. In order to ease the tense atmosphere, Lin Yuanlai kept telling jokes, and laughter could be heard from the ward from time to time.
In the evening, Lin Yuanlai suffered a sudden heart attack and was rushed to the emergency room.
Lin Sen sat outside the operating room in a daze. Li Xingyuan waited with him for a long, long time. Until the doctor came out, Lin Sen suddenly seemed to have tinnitus and could not hear any sound from the outside world.
Just seeing the doctor sighing and shaking his head, Lin Sen's legs went weak and he almost fell to the ground.
Li Xingyuan hugged him. He could only see Li Xingyuan's mouth moving but couldn't hear what he said.
Only one sentence kept echoing in his mind: fate, a fate that has already been determined, an ending that cannot be changed.
From Lin Yuanlai's death to the simple funeral held for him, everything was handled by Li Xingyuan.
After the funeral, Lin Sen fell seriously ill with a persistent high fever, sometimes even falling into a coma, and stayed in the hospital for several days.
Li Xingyuan took care of him every step of the way. Even at night, he didn't dare to sleep too deeply and had to get up after a while to take Lin Sen's temperature.
At night, the ward was so quiet that only the faint sound of electricity from the instruments could be heard.
He sat beside Lin Sen's bed, looking at Lin Sen's weak and pale face in the moonlight, and couldn't help thinking that he had never appeared in the countless times the plot had been repeated, and Lin Sen had to face all of this alone.
How helpless must he be when his father passed away suddenly without any warning?
There were also subsequent events such as the company's bankruptcy. How did he get through them alone?
Thinking of this, Li Xingyuan couldn't help but feel distressed. He thought that this time he would definitely stay with Lin Sen, take good care of him, and change his fate.
After being discharged from the hospital, Li Xingyuan took Lin Sen home in a taxi, but the direction they were heading home was wrong. They stopped at the gate of a very ordinary community.
Lin Sen asked: "Aren't you going home? Why are you here?"
Li Xingyuan said: "Come on, go in first, I will tell you slowly."
Lin Sen followed Li Xingyuan in a daze. There was no elevator in the building here. They climbed to the fifth floor. The decoration inside the house was very ordinary, which was a far cry from the luxurious flat he had lived in before.
Li Xingyuan pulled Lin Sen to sit down and said to him: "Your father's real estate company has declared bankruptcy, and the house you lived in before was mortgaged to the bank by your father. He invested all the money in the research team. Therefore, the house was taken away by the court and auctioned, and we will live here from now on."
He thought Lin Sen would not be used to it and would need a long time to adapt. Unexpectedly, he just looked around, nodded, and said: "Okay."
Li Xingyuan hugged him in his arms with a distressed look on his face: "Brother Lin knew that the technology company would be dismembered after his death, so he had already made preparations. We don't need to worry about the part that is announced to the public. The team researching the book-penetrating system will continue in secret. As long as the research funds are in place, they will always listen to me."
Lin Sen said worriedly: "But we have no money?"
Li Xingyuan said: "I will find a way. Just take good care of yourself. The subsequent book-penetrating experiments will definitely require you to have a healthy body. Lin Sen, we must succeed."
Lin Sen nodded. He knew there was no turning back. For him, for his father, and for Li Xingyuan, he would definitely move forward without hesitation.
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