Xiangzi's face was calm: "Xiao Ai."

"Xiao Ai..." Ain's face appeared in Chuhua's mind, and Ain's voice echoed in his ears.

Indeed... Xiaoxiang likes Xiaoai. She is so gentle, so considerate, and so sunny... I can't compare to her in any way... It's undeniable that Xiaoxiang likes Xiaoai...

Then...what about me?

"Xiao Xiang...I..." Chuhua stood up from the chair and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Xiangzi.

"Chuhua, if you are willing to be good friends with me, then I will be very happy. We can form a band together happily. But if you really want to continue to confess your love to me, then I can only shake my head and refuse. I wish you happiness."

Xiangzi sighed inwardly. She didn't want to say it so decisively, but seeing that Chuhua still refused to give up, she had no choice but to do so.

Chapter 203 The good times can’t come back

Chu Hua's eyes were filled with tears, and she uttered these words with her last hope: "Eh? But Xiao Xiang...we used to be so happy..."

"Ever? On that island?"

"Yeah." Chu Hua nodded desperately, as if Xiangzi would change his mind by doing so. "We were so close in the beginning... why is it like this now?"

Sighing softly, Xiangzi shook his head: "Chuhua, I only regarded you as a good friend at that time."

"Eh?" Chu Hua's pupils shrank, and she shook her head gently, "No... Xiaoxiang, you clearly pulled me out of the darkness and showed me so much care, why are you..."

Chu Hua's familiar words reminded Xiangzi of her other good friend. Immediately, Xiangzi raised his finger and made a silencing gesture: "Chu Hua, let's stop here. The past is for reminiscing, not for dwelling on. I hope you can walk out of your previous world and not stop dwelling in it."

"Xiao Xiang..."

"Chuhua, that's enough." Xiangzi didn't give Chuhua another chance to speak. "I've already said that I appreciate your love, but I like Xiaoai. Let's stop here."

The fire in her heart was finally extinguished by Xiangzi's ruthless words. Chuhua said in a weak voice: "Then...Xiaoxiang, can we still be good friends?"

Thanks to the silence in the room, Xiangzi still heard Chuhua's words. She nodded: "Yes, okay."

Seeing that Chuhua didn't say anything more, Xiangzi said "I'm going back to my room" and left the lounge, leaving Chuhua alone.

After Xiangzi left, Chuhua sat down on the chair again and looked at the closed door. Endless bitterness spread from his heart, and the colorful world gradually faded.

Why...Xiaoxiang, compared to Xiaoai, I was obviously here first...

The world in front of Chuhua gradually became blurred, and a tear flowed from his eye socket and fell to the ground along his cheek.

I worked so hard to get out of that small island, come to Tokyo, and become an idol, just so that I can stand by your side in the future... But, if that's the case, is there any meaning in my efforts?

Chuhua's thoughts gradually drifted back to the island of his childhood...

"Have you heard? That young lady is here again. She must be in the big house over there."

"I heard she's the eldest daughter of the Toyokawa family. She's so cute."

On the street, Chu Hua listened to the adults' chatter and felt a little curious: "Young Miss?"

With doubts in his heart, Chuhua came to the summer house of the Fengchuan family, stood quietly by the wall, and looked inside. Next to the wooden house, there was a blue-haired girl wearing a sun hat and holding a doll. It was Xiangzi.

Similarly, Xiangzi also discovered Chuhua who was peeking, and the two looked at each other, only the cicadas in the tree were still chirping.

Xiangzi spoke first: "Who are you?"

Chu Hua shrank his neck timidly: "I am Triangle Chu Hua, I came here to see the legendary young lady."

"The legendary young lady?" Xiangzi was stunned. "I've never seen any legendary young lady."

Chu Hua blinked: "What's your name?"

"Toyokawa Shoko."

As the sun was setting, Chuhua and Xiangzi were walking in the woods, the sound of cicadas ringing in their ears.

"What is that?" Xiangzi looked at the rhinoceros beetle climbing up the tree in surprise, his eyes shining. "I've never seen it before."

"It's a rhinoceros beetle." After spending an afternoon with Xiangzi, Chuhua also knew that she was the "legendary young lady" she had been talking about. "Didn't Xiaoxiang come here every time before? Hasn't he ever come out to see it?"

In response to Chuhua's question, Xiangzi just nodded.

Then, Chuhua reached out and caught the rhinoceros beetle. Xiangzi just stood aside, his eyes full of admiration: "What a great achievement! You caught it."

Chu Hua handed the rhinoceros beetle to Xiangzi and asked, "Xiao Xiang, do you want to catch one?"

"It won't bite me, will it?" Xiangzi held the doll tightly with one hand, and was eager to try with the other.

Chu Hua shook his head: "It's very interesting, Xiao Xiang, just follow my example and hold the ball in your hand."

"Yeah." Xiangzi nodded, imitating Chuhua's way, gently grabbing the rhinoceros beetle, his eyes full of disbelief, "I really caught it, Chuhua."

"Yeah." Chu Hua clapped his hands softly, "That's it."

"Chuhua, I want to catch some other small insects. Let's go together." Xiangzi put the rhinoceros beetle in his hand back on the tree and picked up a branch from the ground to use as a weapon.

Chu Hua smiled slightly and picked up a branch as well: "Okay!"

Soon, the two found a hole in the ground. Seeing this, Xiangzi squatted down confidently, picked up the branch in his hand and gently poked it into the hole: "This should be able to drive the little bugs out, right?"

"It should be possible." Chu Hua nodded, squatted beside it, and looked at the cave entrance carefully.

"Hmm?" A glimmer of joy flashed in Xiangzi's eyes. "Chuhua, I think I hit the nail on the head."

Hearing this, Chu Hua's eyes flashed with surprise: "So fast? Xiao Xiang is amazing."

The next moment, a black figure crawled out of the cave. When the two saw it clearly, they found that it was a big spider.

When Xiangzi saw clearly that it was a big spider crawling out of the hole, he was stunned on the spot. Then, the spider crawled towards Xiangzi along the branch in Xiangzi's hand.

"Ah!!!" The two of them let out a sharp roar at the same time. Xiangzi threw the branch in his hand and turned to run away.

"Xiaoxiang!" Seeing this, Chuhua hurriedly followed.

After running for an unknown amount of time, Xiangzi finally stopped. She turned around and saw Chuhua behind her.

"How could there be a spider in there..." Xiangzi's eyes were filled with tears.

"Xiao Xiang, don't cry. It's normal to have spiders in there." Chu Hua saw that Xiangzi was about to cry and comforted him softly, "Let's go watch the stars tonight. They are beautiful."

"Star?"

That night, the two of them lay on a wooden board.

The night sky is very clear, and the gradient of purple flows from afar to the eyes. The sky is full of twinkling stars, and the starlight is splashed on the lush trees, following the shadows of the trees and falling into Chuhua's heart.

"Xiaoxiang...thank you for letting me experience friendship."

"Eh? Chuhua doesn't have any friends?"

"Well, everyone left the small town for the big city."

"Then I'll come and accompany you every summer vacation from now on, okay?"

"really?"

"Ah."

However, since a certain summer vacation, Chuhua never saw Xiangzi again in the following summer vacations. In order to see Xiangzi again, she came to Tokyo alone and climbed up desperately, thinking that one day she could return to Xiangzi.

However, when she really returned to Xiangzi, reality gave her a hard slap in the face.

Thinking back to the present, Chu Hua covered his mouth and sobbed silently, venting his inner pain.

The good times of the past can never come back.

Chapter 204 Hospitalization Examination

In the evening, Aiyin finally returned to the Sushi family. After opening the door with ease, she saw a kind woman sitting inside.

"Little Ain, are you back?" Su Shi's mother picked up the black tea that Su Shi had brewed for her and drank it in one gulp.

"Uh... you're back. Are you Soyorin's mother?" Aine thought of the message Su Shi sent her and could easily guess it.

Su Shi's mother nodded and gently patted the sofa next to her: "Don't stand, come and sit down."

"Oh, okay." Aiyin nodded and sat down next to Su Shi's mother, with a visibly reserved look on her face.

At this moment, she could finally understand how Xiangzi felt when he met his mother.

Mother Sushi gently rubbed Aine's head and said, "Little Aine, don't be so nervous."

“Yeah, okay.” Aine nodded stiffly. Although she answered like that, the tension in her body did not decrease at all.

"Okay, Aine-chan, come, eat some strawberries to lighten your mood." Su Shi walked out of the kitchen with a plate of bright strawberries in her hand.

Walking up to Aine, Sushi took a strawberry from the plate and held it to Aine's mouth.

Aiyin stared at Su Shi blankly, then glanced at Su Shi's mother, her face full of confusion.

No, why did you put it near my lips first? In this situation, shouldn't you give it to your mother first? This is... so embarrassing for me.

Aiyin swallowed her saliva and took the strawberry from Sushi stiffly, then handed it to Sushi's mother: "Um, Auntie, you eat first."

"Thank you for your kindness, little Aiyin, but Auntie doesn't like strawberries, so you can have them." After politely declining Aiyin's offer, Sushi's mother pulled Sushi to the sofa, "Your girlfriend is indeed very well-behaved and sensible."

"That's right." Su Shi's mouth curled up slightly, "The girlfriend I personally selected must be good."

"I'm very satisfied." Sushi's mother turned her head to look at Aine, "Little Aine, are you free tomorrow?"

Aine looked confused. "Eh? I have time. Why are you asking this so suddenly?"

"Is that so? Then let's go to NCNP with Auntie tomorrow."

"NCNP? What's that?" Aine was bewildered by the new words that suddenly popped into her mind.

"The National Center for Neuroscience and Psychiatry in Japan." Sushi's mother put away her smile. "A leading authority in the field of neuroscience in Asia, focusing on genetic research and stem cell therapy for ALS."

Aine also reacted: "So, we're going to the hospital tomorrow?"

Su Shi's mother nodded: "Su Shi finally has a girlfriend, and this girlfriend is also very pleasing to me, so I can't just leave her alone."

Aine bit her lower lip. "Where is that hospital?"

Su Shi answered, "It's in Tokyo. Let's go there tomorrow morning."

……

The next day, NCNP.

Since they had made an appointment in advance, the three of them arrived at the doctor's diagnosis room smoothly.

"In other words, you were diagnosed with ALS in the UK before, and then got medication at another hospital in Tokyo, but you haven't been hospitalized for treatment yet, right?" The doctor looked at Aine in front of him with a serious expression.

“Yes.” Aine nodded, “It’s been over two months since the diagnosis.”

The doctor turned his gaze away from Aine and placed it on the computer in front of him, fingers tapping the keyboard: "Did you get your report?"

Aine shook her head, then pulled her phone out of her pocket: "No, but I have photos on my phone, is that okay?"

"Please bring it here so I can have a look."

After saying that, Aine handed the phone to the doctor. The doctor looked at the photo on the phone and frowned slightly. "The report is incomplete. It only states that it is ALS, but it doesn't clarify the pathogenic mechanism of ALS."

The doctor then handed the phone to Aiyin. "Go get your blood drawn first, then a cerebrospinal fluid test, and an electromyogram. You'll need to complete the admission procedures today. These tests will take more than a day to complete. After completing the admission procedures, wait in the ward. The nurse will come and perform these tests. You can leave tomorrow."

"Okay, thank you, doctor." Su Shi's mother nodded, took Su Shi and Aine's hands and left the diagnosis room.

After learning that there was a vacant single room, Su Shi's mother did not hesitate. After signing the "Special Ward Use Consent Form", Su Shi's mother took Aine and Su Shi to the single room they had applied for.

“We need to draw more blood.” Aine sat on the hospital bed with a worried look on her face.

Sushi's mother stood in front of Aine and stretched out her hand to draw a smile on her face. "Okay, little Aine, don't be so sad. You look so beautiful when you smile. You should smile more often."

“Yes.” Aine forced a smile, “Thank you for the expense, auntie.”

"It's nothing. As long as you get better, it doesn't matter how much it costs." Su Shi's mother placed her hand on Aine's head and stroked it gently.

Not long after, the nurse came in with a tray of medical supplies. She glanced at Aine and said, "Little sister, which arm do you want to be injected?"

“Um… my left arm.” Aine rolled up her sleeves, revealing her fair arm, and followed the nurse’s instructions, stretching out her hand and clenching her fist.

After seeing the needle the nurse took out, Aine turned her face away. The reason was simple: she was afraid of injections.

A few minutes passed and Aiyin's ears were terribly quiet. She subconsciously turned her head and saw that there were already seven or eight tubes of blood on the tray, but the nurse still showed no intention of stopping.

Su Shi, who was standing next to her, was a little anxious. Before she could ask, the nurse seemed to sense her mood and spoke first: "Don't worry, we have to draw more than a dozen tubes."

In addition to blood tests, the second item is a cerebrospinal fluid test, which is scheduled for the afternoon.

When the door of the ward was pushed open again, a very experienced looking female doctor came in. As soon as she entered the ward, she asked, "Who is Chihaya Aine?"

"It's me." Aine, who was lying on the hospital bed, sat up.

"Lift your shirt up to your chest and lie on your right side."

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