You're my wife, don't doubt it!

"Father Yu, how can you be so unreasonable? This place is in the middle of nowhere, who will be responsible if something happens?"

"Old Zheng, stop the car. I'm his maternal uncle, I take full responsibility." Yu Bo was already helping Yu Luying towards the car door.

"How about this," driver Lao Zheng, who hadn't spoken for a while, finally said, "I'll drive to the columbarium, there are cars there, you can drive her back to the city to the hospital, is that alright?"

Father Yang wanted to argue further, but Old Zheng didn't hesitate any longer. He turned the steering wheel and veered onto the side road leading to the columbarium.

Yu Bo scooped Yu Luying out of the car with his arms around her, and several aunties followed, helping Yu Bo to put Yu Luying into the back seat of a red sedan.

"Drive carefully!" The resident priest at the columbarium tossed a key to Yu Bo. "Call us again if anything happens!"

Yu Bo floored the gas pedal, and the old car roared as it sped out of the courtyard of the columbarium.

He ran wildly towards the city center.

Looking back at Yu Luying, the girl's eyes had already rolled back.

These symptoms look exactly like epilepsy, but epilepsy...

Yu Bo was certain that Yu Luying had no history of epilepsy.

Neither I nor my sister have epilepsy, and there is no history of epilepsy in the entire Yu family.

But he knew that if it was just epilepsy, even if he was taken to the hospital later or not at all, nothing serious would happen.

The thing I fear most isn't epilepsy.

At this moment, what Yu Bo was most worried about was the problems caused by the mysterious connection between Yu Luying and Xiao Yao.

There seems to be a traffic camera ahead...

To hell with it, Yu Bo increased his speed by another 20 mph.

"Answer the phone... answer the phone..." he muttered to himself through gritted teeth.

No one answered Xiao Yao's phone, and neither did anyone answer Shen Jie's.

Tsao.

We can only assume that Xiao Yao is currently still in the area where he usually operates and has not traveled far.

After driving from Songjiangfu into Xuhui District, the ground traffic became much more congested, but Yu Bo did not become more anxious because he noticed that Yu Luying's symptoms had begun to ease significantly.

"What's this in my mouth..." came the girl's soft voice from behind.

"Yingying, how are you feeling right now?" Yu Bo stopped at the red light and looked back at Yu Luying.

"I...I don't know, what's wrong with me all of a sudden?" The girl's eyes were dazed.

Yu Bo grabbed a few tissues and handed them back: "Wipe your mouth, we can talk about it when we get to the hospital."

It seems I've probably made the right bet, Yu Bo thought.

Ah, symbiosis, this damned symbiosis.

Yu Bo's phone rang.

"Hello? Is this Xiao Shen?"

"Brother Bo... uh, Father Yu, what's wrong? You've called me several times all of a sudden." The girl's voice on the other end of the phone sounded a little panicked.

"Is Xiao Yao with you? Where are you now?" Yu Bo asked directly.

"We're here, we're here," the girl seemed to have been suddenly stunned by a beating: "What's this called, the..."

"Which district!" Yu Bo asked impatiently.

"Hongzui District, Hongzui District!"

"Stay where you are and don't run out of Hongzui District."

Yu Bo hung up the phone abruptly.

In Hongzui District, that's fine. This distance shouldn't be a problem, otherwise I would have had a seizure long ago.

When Yu Bo was pursuing his doctorate in theology in Italy, he met a Gypsy woman who said some crazy things to him.

It's said that she knows a kind of witchcraft that prevents two people from being too far apart. Once they exceed a certain distance, it will trigger symptoms of epilepsy. If they cannot return to a safe distance for a long time, it will cause irreversible brain damage.

At the time, Yu Bo didn't ask too many questions, but simply laughed it off as nonsense.

Moreover, in Yu Bo's view at the time, as a future clergyman, it was not appropriate for him to associate too closely with these pretentious Gypsies.

Like all normal humans, Yu Bo forgets many unimportant things every day, including the words of that Gypsy woman.

Furthermore, she only mentioned that "too much distance can trigger epilepsy" and did not mention anything about sharing senses or pain. Therefore, when Yu Bo learned that Xiao Yao and her niece had this strange symbiotic relationship, she did not think about it at all.

However, when Yu Luying suddenly had an epileptic seizure without warning, Yu Bo seemed to have a flash of... light? It was like a sudden enlightenment, and he suddenly remembered what the Gypsy woman had told him.

I guessed right, thank goodness I guessed right.

Lost in thought, Yu Bo drove into Hongzui District and headed towards the First People's Hospital, a place he knew very well.

"Uncle, I'm fine now, so we don't need to go to the hospital, right?" The girl in the back seat shifted uncomfortably.

"Just to be on the safe side, I should get it checked out. I should trust the diagnosis of modern medicine," Yu Bo said. "Besides, without a certificate from the hospital, the record of my speeding and running a red light fine and points deduction won't be erased."

“?” Yu Luying sat up straight and carefully continued wiping her mouth.

-

at the same time.

The First People's Hospital of Shanghai.

"A history of epilepsy?" Shen Jie stared in surprise, her already enormous eyes widening. "I didn't know! He never told me!"

"No, no, really... I've never had this before." Fortunately, Xiao Yao had regained consciousness and explained to the doctor while lying in the hospital bed.

"That must be the first trigger," the doctor said, holding a board and scribbling something on the paper with a ballpoint pen. "Do you have any relatives with this problem?"

“No…” Xiao Yao thought seriously for a while: “Anyway, as far as I know, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it.”

"Alright," the doctor nodded.

"Doctor, is this illness very dangerous?" Shen Jie asked worriedly. "Does it require hospitalization?"

The doctor shook his head and said, "Generally speaking, most epilepsy patients only need outpatient treatment and do not need hospitalization, unless the seizures occur frequently, last longer than 30 minutes, or become status epilepticus, in which case it may be life-threatening. So, don't worry, we..."

"Should we prescribe him some medicine?" Shen Jie was still very anxious.

"No rush, no rush, here's what you do first..."

……

Shen Jie rented a wheelchair on her own initiative and pushed Xiao Yao toward her VIP ward.

"I'm really fine, let me get down and walk by myself." Xiao Yao was very uneasy.

How should I put it? I'm almost 1.8 meters tall, and I was being pushed around by a middle school girl who was also a hospitalized patient... Although it felt very heartwarming to be taken care of, this was just too much... Well, even someone as thick-skinned as me would feel embarrassed.

"Shut up," Shen Jie retorted. "To use your catchphrase, this was paid for! How can we not push it!"

Xiao Yao chuckled: "Then why don't you get down and I'll push you along—we can take turns."

“Okay,” Shen Jie readily agreed, “but since you’ve just recovered from your attack, let’s wait a bit longer. I really didn’t expect that hitting you with a pillow would cause such a big problem—”

"You used your inner strength, didn't you?" Xiao Yao teased. "To be honest, how could a pillow cause an illness? This is the first time I've ever encountered something like this. I'll have to get a follow-up check-up later."

“Yes, you must do it,” Shen Jie said. “I’ll settle the score with you after you’ve cured your problem.”

"What are you talking about?" Xiao Yao feigned ignorance, saying, "Oh, we're an old married couple..."

The voice was a little louder than usual, and a few passersby cast surprised glances at Xiao Yao, who was sitting like an old man, and then at the petite girl in a blue and white striped hospital gown behind him, who was using her chest to push the wheelchair up the hill. Their eyes were full of envy... and perhaps even disdain.

Anyway, Xiao Yao was absolutely certain that it was the expression he would make when eating a raw lemon.

Chapter 97 Congratulations, you have a girlfriend!

2023-02-01

Shen Jie pushed Xiao Yao to her bedside and reached out to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

Xiao Yao remained seated in his wheelchair, gazing up at Shen Jie's face.

"What are you doing?" Shen Jie glared at her with her small eyes: "Are you waiting for me to carry you to bed in a princess carry?"

“I love you,” Xiao Yao said, “my wife.”

Shen Jie was slightly taken aback, then laughed: "Yeah, me too."

...?

"What did you say?" Xiao Yao asked, confirming.

Normally, Shen Jie's answer would be "I know" or "Yes, I know."

What's the deal with "Me too"?

Shen Jie raised her head even higher, staring straight at the ceiling: "I said, I know."

……

Xiao Yao silently climbed onto the hospital bed and buried his head under the covers.

Seeing that he had buried his head under the covers, Shen Jie felt a little relieved.