Why does it feel like Rikki is a completely different person even though he was only away for a short time? What did Umirin and Meowmengqin say to Rikki?

"Um, Aine...can you listen to me for a moment?" Li Xi's body couldn't stop shaking. She lowered her head and no longer dared to look at Aine.

"Okay." Aine nodded, biting her lower lip. Rikki wanted to speak... what? It shouldn't be a confession, right? It didn't seem like it, after all, Umirin and Meowmengqin should have told her... If that was the case, then what could it be?

Not only Aiyin, but Xiangzi and others also have the same doubts.

Lixi took a few deep breaths and slowly opened her mouth, but found that the sound was stuck in her throat, unable to go up or down.

Just when Li Xi was getting anxious, a hand gently rested on her shoulder. She turned around and it was Hai Ling.

"Don't be nervous. Speak slowly. This room is full of people you know well. No one will laugh at you." Hailing gently patted Lixi's shoulder. "Everyone hopes you can speak well."

"Is...is that so?" Li Xi was stunned. She turned around and glanced at everyone.

Just like Hailing said, Lixi only saw tenderness and encouragement on everyone's faces.

“Um…Aine, I…I…”

Li Xi closed her eyes, and her inner anxiety made her stutter again. Seeing this, she swallowed her saliva, trying to suppress the panic in her heart. Just as Li Xi thought, after swallowing her saliva, the panic in her heart eased a little. Taking advantage of this moment, she clenched her fists and shouted loudly.

"Can I chase you?"

After Li Xi said this, the entire ward fell into endless silence again.

At this moment, Li Xi didn't dare to open her eyes at all. Her body was still tense, her hands were clenched, and tension was written on her face.

"Rikki...open your eyes first." Aine called softly.

Hearing Aine's words, Lixi slowly opened her eyes. Because Aine did not give her a clear answer, her heart was pounding with fear.

“Are you serious?” Aine tilted her head slightly.

"Yes." Li Xi nodded. Her answer was very straightforward.

Seeing this, Xiangzi and the others clapped their hands softly.

Deng smiled widely: "Lixi, you finally spoke out your inner thoughts. I am happy for you."

Su Shi nodded: "Li Xi is not so awkward anymore."

Xiangzi covered his mouth and chuckled: "It's funny to think about you and Xiaoai being alone together, Rikki, please change your ways in the future."

Mu smiled slightly: "Lixi, congratulations."

Chu Hua nodded: "Yes, Li Xi, that's how you should say it."

After listening to what the others said, Riki turned his gaze back to Aine, waiting for her answer.

Aine nodded softly, her face flushing slightly: "If you want to pursue me... then I can... but it depends on your performance."

I don’t want to take the Turing test anymore—Aine didn’t say this out loud.

Hearing this, Li Xi's heart finally settled down, and she nodded gently: "Yeah."

Miao Meng came closer to Li Xi and said, "Well, you did a good job this time. Better than the human-machine."

Li Xi nodded shyly, then she looked at Hailing: "Well, Hailing, thank you."

Hailing looked at Lixi quietly: "Well, nothing."

Chapter 356 Unexpected Joy

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and the morning sunlight slipped into the ward through the window and climbed onto Aine's bed.

Aine sat calmly on the bed, her eyes fixed on the scenery outside the window, a little absent-minded.

Of course, she was not obsessed with the scenery outside the window, but too many things happened in the past week.

After Li Xi told her that he wanted to pursue her, she had been the first one to arrive at the ward and busy herself around in the past few days - wiping the table, cleaning the room, and chatting with him.

but……

Aiyin withdrew her gaze and turned to look at the newly replaced glass on the table - this was the third glass replaced in the ward since Li Xi started working. The first two glasses were accidentally sacrificed when Li Xi was cleaning the room.

Although it seemed that Lixi was cleaning the room, he actually made a lot of mess because he was clumsy.

Whenever Lixi made a mistake, she would always blush and apologize.

Thinking of this, Aine's lips curled up slightly. Well, although he caused a lot of trouble, Rikki was unexpectedly cute.

She used to argue with me all the time, but now she has this expression of a little girl... What a shame.

“But…she should be arriving soon by this time, right?” Aine looked up at the clock hanging on the wall. It was already half past seven.

"Little Li Xi?" Aine's mother asked.

Aine nodded gently: "Yes."

"Since it's this late, I should go downstairs to buy food."

Just as Aiyin's mother stood up, she heard a knock on the door of the ward and Lixi's voice came in: "Um, Auntie, Aiyin, can I come in?"

"Come in, little Lixi."

With the permission of Aine's mother, Lixi pushed the door open and walked in. She knew very well that she was now in the process of pursuing Aine and she couldn't make the same mistake of not knocking on the door.

No matter what, I still want to leave a good impression on Aine.

Li Xi walked up to the two of them and handed them the food she had bought. "Auntie, I thought you wouldn't be able to have breakfast at this time, so I bought it for you. Aiyin bought hers in the hospital cafeteria, and I bought yours at the breakfast shop."

"Huh?" Aiyin's mother was stunned. She didn't expect Lixi to bring breakfast, and even go to the hospital cafeteria specially.

The food there was not only expensive but also not very tasty. However, since Aiyin needed to eat the hospital's custom meals, she had to go.

"Xiao Lixi must have spent a lot of money. Auntie will give you whatever you spent."

"No, no." Li Xi quickly waved his hand to refuse, "I...I should do it."

Lixi actually didn't think about buying breakfast, but fortunately she had a phone call with Hailing last night, and Hailing gave her an idea - let Lixi buy breakfast when she went.

Because it's on the way, and your aunt can relax a little, she will definitely like you more - that's what Hailing said.

Now it seems that it is true.

Aine's mother nodded with satisfaction. She looked at Lixi tenderly. Although little Lixi was a little clumsy...it might be because she was nervous about seeing Aine, but she was really thoughtful and gentle. She even thought of bringing us breakfast when she came.

Aine stared blankly at the breakfast on the table. After a moment, she came to her senses: "Rikki, thank you, but you still have to accept the money for breakfast."

Seeing that Li Xi refused again, Ai Yin's mother covered her mouth and chuckled, and said jokingly: "How about your uncle and I give you some extra money when you get married later?"

"Eh?" Hearing this, Li Xi's face turned red, and she stammered, "Ah...Auntie, this..."

Aine's face flushed red, and she pouted in dissatisfaction: "Really, Mom, you always make jokes like this."

After breakfast, Su Shi and Deng also came to the ward.

After Su Shi placed her bag on the table, she turned to look at Aine: "By the way, Aine-chan, Xiaoxiang and the others have to rehearse today, so they can't come."

"Rehearsal?" Aine looked confused. "Sakki, why didn't you tell me?"

"Xiao Xiang said that a program suddenly contacted them and wanted them to perform on stage."

“I see.” Aine nodded.

Sushi sat down next to Aine, "It's going to be checked today, right?"

"Well, it's almost time." Aine glanced at the clock and saw that it was already eight o'clock.

Just as Aine finished speaking, the door of the ward was pushed open and a nurse walked in. Her eyes fell directly on Aine: "Little Aine, it's almost time. You can go for the checkup."

"Okay, nurse." Aine nodded.

"Do you need a wheelchair this time?" The nurse looked at the fair and tender Aiyin with a slight smile on her lips.

This little girl with ALS is well-known in their department. Similarly, the outgoing Ai Yin is also basically familiar to all the nurses.

"No, let's walk."

"What a strong little girl." After saying this, the nurse left the ward.

By the time Aiyin finished all the examinations, it was already noon.

In the ward, Dr. Yamada stood at the end of Aine's bed, raised his eyebrows and looked at the several reports in his hand. On them were the test data of Aine's work today.

"Doctor Yamada, may I ask...how was Aine-chan's examination?" Su Shi clenched the corner of her clothes. She looked at Doctor Yamada's raised brow, feeling anxious and uneasy.

"It's very strange that Dr. Yamada wanted to use the device." The light words of Dr. Yamada made the hearts of several people present hang in the air.

Li Xi walked up to Dr. Yamada, her voice trembling: "Dr. Yamada, how is Aine...?"

"There aren't many fluctuations in the levels of SOD1 mutant protein and neurofilament light chain." Dr. Yamada handed the report to Aine's mother. He looked at Aine and said with a hint of surprise, "The AAV vector was lost a lot due to the craniotomy, but the result is surprisingly like this."

Aine was also surprised: "Huh? Does that mean... my ALS condition hasn't gotten any worse?"

"Yes." Dr. Yamada nodded. Even before the examination, he had already prepared himself for the condition to worsen, but now it seems that the situation is much better than he expected.

With such a low retention rate, the disease can still be controlled steadily, which shows that their efforts are in the right direction. If this inflammation had not caused intracranial hemorrhage, the second gene editing operation would definitely have been successful.

Dr. Yamada sighed inwardly, but then smiled. He thought this result was acceptable.

The third gene editing surgery also had a clear answer, and this time it would definitely work - Dr. Yamada thought so.

"It looks like, Chihaya-san, once you've recovered, we can prepare for the third gene editing surgery."

“Really?” Aine nodded softly, “As long as it doesn’t delay the surgery.”

After saying this, Dr. Yamada pushed open the door and walked out of the ward. He took out his mobile phone and told the other departments the news in the "ALS Treatment" group that he had established not long ago.

Chapter 357 The Confused Bassist

"Om-"

The shrill bass sound once again interrupted Xiangzi and the others' rehearsal. Miao Meng, who was sitting next to Hailing, finally put down the drumsticks and looked at Hailing with confusion.

After a moment of silence, Miao Meng finally asked her doubts: "Haizi, what happened to you today? This is the third time you've made a mistake."

As early as the second time, Miao Meng wanted to ask, but because Hailing said it was a mistake, she let it go.

Based on Miao Meng's understanding of Hailing, she shouldn't make this kind of mistake. She had never made a mistake during the rehearsal before, but she made it three times in a row today. This made Miao Meng wonder if something had happened to Hailing.

"Are you worried about something?"

Hearing Miao Meng's question, Hailing stopped what she was doing. She lowered her head and looked at Bess in her arms, shaking her head gently.

I don't know whether it's a refusal to answer or no answer.

Chu Hua looked at Hai Ling worriedly: "Hailing, are you too tired? Do you want to take a rest?"

Xiangzi nodded: "It's no use practicing like this, Hailing, take a break first."

However, although Mu also set her sights on Hailing, she did not think like the others. Instead, she kept her eyes on the bass in Hailing's arms. So, even if the bass made a mistake, it could be heard clearly? Then what happened between me and Su Shi before...

However, thinking of this, Mu stopped thinking about it. It would be bad if Su Shi knew about it.

Hearing everyone say this, Hailing nodded and casually placed the bass in her arms on the table.

But this abnormal behavior once again aroused the suspicion of others. Miao Meng frowned slightly. Haizi would not play her bass like this. What on earth happened?

After putting the bass on the table, Hailing slumped down on the sofa, closed her eyes and took a long breath.

"Haizi, what's wrong with you? You can't even play the bass properly." Miao Meng sat next to Hailing, "Talk to everyone, everyone will give you some advice."

"Yes." Chu Hua nodded.

"I haven't slept well these days." Hailing said perfunctorily.

However, although she said it was perfunctory, the actual situation was that she really hadn't slept well these past few days.

Ever since Li Xi made up his mind and started pursuing Ain, he has become Li Xi's personal strategist. From what to do every day to how to answer Ain's questions - no matter what happens, Li Xi will come to ask him.

During this period, apart from studying and practicing bass, I used the rest of my time to teach Li Xi how to pursue Ai Yin.

Hailing opened her eyes and turned her head to look at the bass on the table.

My mind has been full of Aine and Riki these past few days... Seriously, I feel completely drained...

"Are you really okay?" Xiangzi walked up to Hailing and handed her a glass of orange juice.

"Thank you." Hailing took the orange juice and put it on the table. She was not in the mood to drink it now.

It’s not that Hailing is unwilling to teach Lixi how to pursue Aiyin, but there is a kind of puzzled feeling mixed in.

After Hailing put the orange juice on the table, she glanced at Xiangzi, Chuhua and Mu, who were also in a relationship with Aiyin, as well as Su Shi and Deng.

I really can't understand it... Although I know Aine is a good girl, she is sunny, cheerful and considerate, but... just based on these, can she really have such a great magic to attract so many people? And they are all girls.

Although I have seen many lesbian couples in bands...

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