"I..."

After a long silence, Ye Qiu didn't know what to say to Luo Bing, but then he suddenly slapped his forehead, "Oh no, I didn't go back all night, will Xu Lei be in trouble?"

Luo Bing was also anxious, "Then, let's hurry back."

Nodding to each other, Ye Qiu and Luo Bing briefly freshened up and rushed back to the hotel.

Thankfully, upon entering the hotel, Xu Lei was quietly watching cartoons on the sofa. When Ye Qiu and others entered, Xu Lei bounced up like a child and then ran to Ye Qiu, hugging him tightly.

Suddenly, the two soft mounds pressed against Ye Qiu's chest, making him slightly helpless, but he had no other thoughts and said, "How did you sleep last night, Lei Jie?"

Xu Lei nodded, "I slept well, but at first, I was a little scared because you weren't there!"

Seeing Xu Lei speaking with a pout, Ye Qiu smiled slightly, "Don't worry, it won't happen next time, I will always be with you."

"Okay." Xu Lei happily nodded and then ran to the sofa to continue watching cartoons.

Ye Qiu looked at the utterly joyful and carefree Xu Lei and thought that actually, living happily like this every day without worrying about anything was pretty good.

Luo Bing watched the scene the entire time, walked to Ye Qiu's side, and whispered, "Teacher Xu, she now..."

Ye Qiu said, "Her intelligence is now only equivalent to that of a six or seven-year-old child..."

Ye Qiu then explained Xu Lei's condition and other details.

Luo Bing was shocked, "You're saying Teacher Xu Lei only has a month, and if she can't recover her memory in that time, she will remain a vegetative person forever."

Ye Qiu nodded, saying nothing, but thought to himself, "It's time to leave and help cure Lei Jie's illness."

"When do you plan to head out?" Luo Bing asked at that moment.

Ye Qiu replied, "The day after tomorrow!"

"So soon?" Luo Bing was surprised, but then said, "It's only a month left."

After speaking, silence fell, Ye Qiu didn't say anything, thinking internally, "I'll deal with what needs to be done tomorrow and then leave."

...

The night gradually descended, and after dinner with Ye Qiu and others, Luo Bing left. Before leaving, she told Ye Qiu to inform her when he was leaving; she wanted to see him off, and Ye Qiu agreed.

As night fell, the outside was quiet. Watching the sleeping Xu Lei, Ye Qiu was sleepless, went to the window, and looked at the dazzling neon-lit bustling street outside, feeling somewhat dazed.

This time, he came to Shangjing to save Xu Lei, and secondly, to see Lin Xirou. But he hadn't met Lin Xirou and instead experienced so many things, leaving him helpless.

"Aik is here, why hasn't Xirou come? Could she really be training?"

That day when he called Lin Xirou, Ye Qiu sensed something unusual in Lin Xirou's tone, felt this way at the time but didn't ask. As days passed, the feeling in his heart grew stronger.

He couldn't help it; although he originally didn't want to disturb Lin Xirou, he pulled out his phone and called her.

The phone rang several times without connecting until the system's response came from the other side, and Ye Qiu hung up.

Looking at the phone, Ye Qiu frowned, and at that moment, the phone rang, Lin Xirou was calling him.

Ye Qiu was delighted, quickly answered, "Xirou, what's wrong? Why didn't you pick up the phone just now?"

"Oh, I was in the washroom and didn't have my phone with me. What's wrong, Ye Qiu, did you miss me?"

Lin Xirou's soft and gentle voice soothed Ye Qiu's worries significantly. He nodded, "I did miss you, but I was afraid of disturbing your training, so I didn't call."

Ye Qiu said.

Lin Xirou said, "No worries, you can call me anytime if you miss me..."

"Hey Xirou, why is it so noisy over there with so many people? Are you at the airport?"

Ye Qiu heard what sounded like an airport announcement on Lin Xirou's end, so he asked suspiciously.

"What? You must have heard wrong, oh maybe it's the sound from my TV, I'll turn it off, is it quiet now?"

Indeed, it became much quieter, and Ye Qiu chatted a bit more with Lin Xirou before hanging up, feeling much better afterward.

...

In the washroom of Huaxia Shangjing Airport, a woman wearing a white round hat, her exquisite face barely concealed by black sunglasses, dressed fashionably in casual attire emphasizing her perfect figure, exhaled in relief while holding her phone, muttering to herself, "Ye Qiu has sharp ears, almost got caught by him just now."

After saying this, the woman put away her phone, adjusted her clothes, left, took a taxi, arrived at the hotel, lay on the white bed, stared at the ceiling, and as she removed her glasses, deep anticipation was revealed in her luminous, watery eyes, muttering, "Ye Qiu, three years, I can finally see you up close."

"But I so wish to hold you, wish for you to hold me too... But..."

The woman was Lin Xirou, and amid the anticipation, she also wore a thick sense of reluctance.

Why was there reluctance even before meeting? It's because Lin Xirou had developed a kind of fatigue-induced vascular atrophy within her body; although it's in the early stages, this disease is incurable and will soon gradually worsen, eventually leading to vascular atrophy, blood flow cessation, and death.

"Sigh, this time I'll just watch you from afar, I'm afraid, afraid that seeing you will make me lose control, afraid that I'll be unable to leave this world, I'm truly afraid..."

Lin Xirou curled up.

"Why, why did heaven make me suffer from such a disease!"

"Ye Qiu, we haven't fulfilled our promise yet, we haven't traveled the world together, I truly don't want to leave like this..."

Lin Xirou and Ye Qiu had a promise, for later, when both retired, to travel the world together, reflecting the desire to see the vast world.

She and Ye Qiu shared this thought of wanting to wander around, but fate didn't favor her, as heaven struck her with this illness.

This disease is more terrifying than cancer because it's incurable and progresses rapidly. Looking at Lin Xirou's current condition, the time left for her is less than a year.

She once thought about spending this year doing nothing but finding Ye Qiu, for the two of them to passionately fall in love, making up for everything left behind before.

But she later dismissed this idea; she didn't want to give Ye Qiu happiness only to suddenly bring him pain afterward.

Instead of giving such intense agony at that time, it's better to start slowly parting from Ye Qiu now; maybe over time without contact, Ye Qiu will gradually forget her.

Lin Xirou stared blankly at the ceiling, "Ye Qiu, will you forget me?"

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