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    The cat’s golden pupils suddenly narrowed, blood oozing from the corner of its mouth, and a low growl emitted from its throat.

    It was a warning, anger.

    It was so angry it vomited blood.

    Jiao Bai pursed his lips against Qi Yi Liao’s ear, his redder eyes drooping, and he said in a hoarse voice, “I’ll ask you one more time, are you sure you don’t want to?”

    The cat glared at Jiao Bai, its blood-red back arched, and all the fur on its tail stood on end.

    That kind of feline’s habitual aggressive movement, set off by its head that was about to fall off, seemed particularly creepy.

    Jiao Bai shivered and laughed: “What are you getting angry about, Third Brother? I just came to ask for your opinion, not to make a decision for you directly. Okay, okay, if you don’t want to, then we won’t do it.”

    It’s so damn cold.

    With the mask and hand guards on, he can’t properly talk to Qi Yi Liao, and can’t feel anything when he touches him.

    But without them, he can’t stand the cold.

    “Whatever choice you make, I respect you.” White air puffed out of Jiao Bai’s mouth, and a thin layer of frost formed on his eyebrows, “Since you’ve made your choice, then leave the rest to me.”

    “However, the most effective way to deal with your sister, who both abides by family rules and provokes wildly, and is also stubborn, is for you to wake up.”

    The temperature of the medical pod was extremely low, like a morgue.

    Jiao Bai only had his face and one hand exposed, and he felt that his limbs were stiff, but Qi Yi Liao was very hot, as if he was in a furnace, and all the bones in his body were crackling.

    The two’s heads were close together, but they seemed to be in two different worlds.

    Jiao Bai moved his cold, bluish finger joints, slowly clenched them, released them, and repeated this several times. When he was flexible, he put his hand on Qi Yi Liao’s superior bridge of his nose, stroking all the way to rub against that small cinnabar mole: “It’s July now, and medical university starts in September. I have to go to report, won’t you send me off? Does that make sense?”

    “I’ll wait for you.” Jiao Bai straightened up, “I’m leaving.”

    The cat, full of death, stared at him unblinkingly.

    Wanting to take another look, one more look.

    Looking all the time.

    Jiao Bai walked to the door of the medical pod, his footsteps stopped, and his upper and lower lips touched, making a very light “tsk” sound.

    The next second, Jiao Bai retreated, and his cold lips pressed against Qi Yi Liao’s scorching lips.

    This was the second time Jiao Bai kissed someone, kissed Qi Yi Liao.

    Last time he wasn’t familiar with the business, even if he stuck his tongue out to lick, it was still not ambiguous, not lingering, and even less erotic. It was like giving his confession a coronation ceremony, stamping it, you are my person.

    Practice makes perfect.

    This time he was a little more familiar, he held Qi Yi Liao’s lower lip, and couldn’t help but take a bite, leaving a very shallow watermark.

    Hey, boring.

    Kissing, it’s only interesting when you come and go, chasing each other.

    The essence is eating the tongue, but what’s there to eat at this time.

    Jiao Bai found it uninteresting, but the cat didn’t, its waist arched up very obviously, and it also meowed a few times.

    “What are you getting excited about, if you have the guts, you fucking get up.” Jiao Bai sneered fearlessly.

    Qi Yi Liao couldn’t get up.

    The cat’s tail drooped.

    Jiao Bai clicked his tongue. He couldn’t pet the cat, he could only pet the cat master. He stroked the cat master’s head a few times: “I’m not an alien, not your destined one hundred percent match. Sleeping with me won’t have any effect on your genetic disease.”

    “I’m also very sorry about this. There’s no way, life, there are always regrets, it’s impossible to be perfect.”

    Jiao Bai muttered to himself, and he resolutely and excitedly laughed, his eyebrows and eyes filled with bright light, “Although I don’t have a body that is naturally compatible with you, I can still be your beginning and end.”

    It depends on whether my confidence and your persistence can overturn this bowl of dog blood.

    After saying that, Jiao Bai put on his hand guards again, buckled his mask, and his voice was muffled inside the mask, “I won’t say more, I’m leaving, I’ll come see you when I’m done with my work.”

    Hospital Dean Qi was waiting in the corridor. As soon as Jiao Bai came out, she looked over.

    “Are the results out?” Jiao Bai asked knowingly, as he untied the heavy special protective suit, letting Qi Huai help him take it off.

    Hospital Dean Qi didn’t care that there were subordinates present, and she rebuked him on the spot: “You’ve been in there for almost ten minutes, what were you doing? I didn’t let you come here to vent your lovey-dovey feelings!”

    Jiao Bai ignored her. The research institute could detect Qi Yi Liao’s brainwaves or something, and judge his perception and reflection of the outside world. After Jiao Bai went in just now, Hospital Dean Qi stared at Qi Yi Liao’s data fluctuations, and the answer made her very dissatisfied. It seemed to be within expectations.

    So she got angry, and that fire seemed to be directed at Jiao Bai, but in reality, it was spraying at Qi Yi Liao.

    The head of the Qi family, the head of the clan, the burden on his shoulders hadn’t been unloaded to the successor yet, but he was so indiscriminate.

    Love is more terrible than desire.

    It turned a person who stepped on the blood of his relatives to rise to the top, and who walked in the dark gray world for many years, into a fool who destroyed his body for the sake of love between children during an important physical examination, and even gave up getting rid of the dead end and extending his chance to live.

    Having restrained himself for so many years since he was a child, he stretched his head into the lasso of emotion, willingly being strangled.

    It was still better than those people in the Qi family, who had desire without love, and were all in a state of madness and frenzy when they died.

    “If he doesn’t agree, you won’t persuade him? Did you try to force him, did you beg him, did you express your attitude to him, did your efforts amount to even 10%?” Hospital Dean Qi issued a series of questions, and didn’t get a single answer. The way she looked at Jiao Bai was like looking at a coward who only amused himself in his own little square inch, and didn’t consider the country or the world, “Those words I said to you in the Lanmo Mansion were all for nothing.”

    “You can’t say that, Hospital Dean Qi.” Jiao Bai retorted lightly, “I just came out of a dangerous situation, and my health isn’t good, but you came to my door, and I came here without even waiting for the next day. I also told Third Brother your plan. I think from my standpoint, I’ve done everything I can.”

    Hospital Dean Qi took a few steps to Jiao Bai, and said in a volume that only he could hear: “Still quibbling, you are an extremely selfish, self-centered person. In your eyes, his fidelity is more important than his life. You would rather he die, than want him to be with someone other than you. Foolish and ridiculous to the extreme!”

    The corridor was dead silent.

    Jiao Bai had no expression at all. He pulled the sleeves of the protective suit down forcefully, turned around and left.

    Behind him came Hospital Dean Qi’s sharp voice, “If I were you, I wouldn’t even have the face to go back to Lanmo Mansion. Those in the graveyard in the backyard are all watching you…”

    Jiao Bai walked out of the research institute without stopping. He stood in the parking lot, breathing in the humid air, and his internal organs felt like they were wrapped in a layer of cotton, wet and heavy, very uncomfortable.

    Qi Huai opened the back door of the car, standing with his hands down, and a soft whisper rang in his ear, “Qi Huai, as a member of the Qi family, what do you think? Do you also think that I am selfish, only caring about whether my love has any stains?”

    “Speak frankly.” Jiao Bai stared at him.

    The smooth lines of Qi Huai’s jaw tightened slightly: “Young Master Bai respects the chairman’s choice, and the subordinate respects Young Master Bai’s choice.”

    Jiao Bai was speechless for a moment, he looked at the assistant that Qi Yi Liao had arranged for him: “You have a promising future.”

    Qi Huai was wearing a suit and tie, his shoulders were level and wide, his waist was narrow and his legs were long, full of high-quality aura. At this time, he bent his back, and the thin eyelids behind his glasses were slightly lifted, “Thank you for your blessing, Young Master Bai.”

    Jiao Bai: “…”

    Elite assistants all have the same taste, Qi Huai’s answer was simply Chen Yiming himself.

    After that night, Hospital Dean Qi never looked for Jiao Bai again.

    Whether it was the research progress of the research institute, or the changes in Qi Yi Liao’s condition, Jiao Bai knew everything clearly, and the reports were delivered to him on time every day. He didn’t lie down to recuperate when his spirit was slightly better. He couldn’t lie down, and he was full of things in his heart.

    When the first rain of July came, Jiao Bai went to the hospital to see Zhang Zhen, and ran into his psychologist telling him stories.

    It was still a children’s picture book.

    “Bai Bai, why are you only coming to see me now…” Zhang Zhen’s voice had a heavy nasal tone, and his face was full of innocent grievances.

    Jiao Bai was stunned, and the psychologist whispered to him, “The patient’s emotional age is in childhood.”

    “That’s his refuge.” The psychologist told Jiao Bai this.

    As soon as Jiao Bai walked to the bed, Zhang Zhen grabbed his hand, tightly gripping his left wrist, and nervously rubbed it with his thumb: “Bai Bai, Bai Bai.”

    “I’m here.” Jiao Bai sat on the bed, and seeing that he wanted to say something but hesitated, and was anxious and uneasy, he took the initiative to say, “I’m fine, I’m all better.”

    Zhang Zhen’s peach-shaped eyes were red, and his slightly moist long and dense eyelashes fluttered lightly: “Then will you still in the future…”

    “No.” Jiao Bai showed a clear smile. He was now just waiting for his three friends to automatically join the group, and the task was coming to an end.

    Zhang Zhen stopped rubbing his wrist: “Really?”

    “Really.” Jiao Bai said, “I promise.”

    The tense back muscles of Zhang Zhen relaxed, and he began to ask Jiao Bai questions, such as what time he went to bed last night, how many bowls of rice he ate today, and what dishes there were, all trivial things in life.

    Jiao Bai answered one by one, his left wrist was always held by Zhang Zhen, and the pair of hands holding him were fair, with thick calluses on the tiger’s mouth, and many on the palm, tightly wrapping him.

    Back then, his wrist was bled by Cen Jingmo, leaving a cut, and he wore long sleeves to hide the wound.

    Now that Zhang Zhen made this move, it was obvious that he knew.

    Most likely, after he fainted in the dark room, Zhang Zhen accidentally discovered it.

    Jiao Bai accompanied Zhang Zhen for a long time, until he fell asleep.

    The psychologist watched Jiao Bai pull out the hand that was being held by the patient, and patted the patient’s back. She lowered her voice and said, “Young Master Bai, may I ask a question, when are you planning to get married?”

    Jiao Bai:?

    This sister, I haven’t even gone to university yet.

    “I can see that your brother’s cause of illness is a lack of security. That part does not refer to himself, but only to your safety. He always feels that you will encounter danger, so he is in a state of neurasthenia, paranoia, and suspicion for a long time.” The psychologist said, “If you are doing well, he will be at ease and relieved.”

    Jiao Bai was quite realistic: “Getting married doesn’t mean you can live well.”

    The psychologist choked slightly: “Indeed. I mean, he hopes to have one more person to take care of you, cherish you, and even be able to stand by your side and advance and retreat with you when he is unable to do so.”

    “I already have one.” Jiao Bai fiddled with the small handicrafts on the bedside table, all of which were very childlike and should have been bought by the doctor, “He knows.”

    The psychologist blurted out: “But that person is much older than you, and the environment he is in is not peaceful, and his own safety cannot be guaranteed, let alone you.”

    The air in the ward was vaguely thinner.

    The psychologist secretly regretted that she hadn’t grasped her sense of propriety well. A soft “tsk” sound rang beside her, “What, are you asking me to change my partner?”

    “Nothing of the sort.” The psychologist’s crisp white top was stained with fine sweat.

    “Don’t be nervous,” Jiao Bai smiled, “Even if I stay away from the upper class and find an ordinary person to live with, I still can’t guarantee that everything will always be smooth sailing. People at every level have their own kind of devastation and suffering. Living is cultivation. Even children can’t be carefree, let alone adults with burdens. There are circles and deficiencies, that’s life. I think the main treatment plan for my brother is to correct his mentality.”

    The psychologist murmured: “Yes.”

    “Thank you, doctor, for taking care of my brother wholeheartedly during this time.” Jiao Bai said thank you, “When my brother is discharged from the hospital, you are welcome to come to Lanmo Mansion as a guest.”

    There was no frivolous teasing in these words, only gratitude and an appropriate formality.

    The psychologist sighed silently. Although this young man’s education is only high school, he lives a transparent life.

    After all, he has dealt with some famous and promising businessmen, and has experienced a lot, and his mind is more mature than his peers.

    ——The cuts on the body can accelerate death, and can also allow people to be reborn and become stronger.

    After seeing off the young man, the psychologist brushed his phone. She hasn’t taken any patients recently, and the time she freed up was all used here, one-on-one treatment.

    Hopefully there will be a good result.

    The psychologist closed the curtains, blocking the prying eyes of the summer rain, and she picked up the vase on the table and went to the bathroom to change the water.

    “Bai Bai…”

    The person on the hospital bed let out a dreamlike murmur, his eyebrows furrowed, his hands clenched into fists, and blue veins burst out on his arms.

    The psychologist stuffed the baseball cap left by the young man into his arms.

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