Seeing Hailing's serious expression, Li Xi replied reluctantly, "I feel... I should be able to confess soon, right? After all... we've been getting along very well during this period."
Although... I may have made a lot of small mistakes... but, overall the result is good.
"Really?" Hai Ling nodded. This time, Li Xi was right. "Indeed, but it's better to wait a while before confessing. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry."
"I know." Li Xi lowered his head, "After all... I seem to be able to feel it."
"You? You figured it out?" Hai Ling blinked in confusion. She could understand these words when they were separated, and the meaning was also very clear when they were put together as a sentence, but when Li Xi said them, she felt like she was listening to a foreign language.
"Yeah, what?" Li Xi frowned in dissatisfaction, "I know I have low emotional intelligence, but you can't treat me like a fool, right?"
"Who knows..." Hailing muttered softly, but Lixi didn't hear it. "The reason why rehearsal ended early today was because I made a mistake."
"I see," Li Xi nodded, "Who made the mistake? Xiangzi? Or Ruomai? After all, her drumming is quite difficult, so it's normal for her to make mistakes."
Hailing's mouth twitched: "My bass is wrong."
Li Xi, who was about to take a sip of orange juice, stopped dead in his tracks when he heard this: "Is your bass wrong? What happened? Are you feeling unwell?"
Lixi suspected everyone in Mujica, but didn't suspect Hailing, because she didn't believe Hailing would make a mistake at all.
But the truth had already come out of Hailing's mouth, and she had no choice but to believe it.
"No, it's because when I was playing the bass, I kept thinking about you and Aine." Hailing didn't intend to hide it from Li Xi.
"Eh?" Hearing this, Li Xi lowered his head guiltily, "I'm sorry... Have I been bothering you all the time? Has it bothered you?"
"No." Hailing shook her head.
"That……?"
"Because I'm very curious, why does Aine have such a great magic that can attract you and make you fall in love with her?" Hailing held her chin with one hand.
"And... you all seem to get along really well." Hailing looked at Aiyin calmly, "That's something I don't see in other bands."
Chapter 360 She and I are just ordinary friends
"Maybe it's because we are familiar with each other?"
Hearing Li Xi's doubts, Hai Ling shook her head: "I told Ai Yin the same thing before, but Ai Yin said that when Su Shi confessed to her, she didn't know who Ai Yin's other girlfriend was."
"Eh? Is that so?" Li Xi was stunned. She had never heard Aiyin and Su Shi mention such a thing.
To be exact, she wasn't very clear about the confessions of Aine's other girlfriends.
Seeing Hailing nod, Lixi fell into a brief silence. Not long after, she said, "Why are you suddenly telling me this?"
"It's just a doubt..." Hailing moved her gaze to the white wall next to her, as if this could divert her attention.
Was it doubt? Aine had already told him, but it was better to say that he just wanted to tell Riki the thoughts that were suppressed in his heart.
"Confused?" Li Xi tilted his head. "What's there to be confused about? Didn't everyone know everything when we first joined?"
Hailing nodded. This sentence was indeed true. When she found out that Aiyin had so many girlfriends, she was really surprised.
After that, the ramen for the two was served. Li Xi picked up the chopsticks and picked up the ramen in the bowl, then turned his gaze to Hai Ling: "So... what do you think now?"
"what?"
"Wakamai said you were interested in Aine before, is that true?"
To be honest, Lixi didn't quite believe Hailing's reason for this matter, which was just simple doubt. Instead of believing this reason, she felt that the reason that Miaomeng said at the beginning, that Hailing liked Ain, was more reliable.
"Tsk." Hai Ling sighed helplessly and looked at Li Xi speechlessly. "I said at the beginning that it was just an excuse to go with you, but then you went alone, so I let it go."
Although Hailing admitted that she was somewhat interested in Aine, that interest was purely based on an exploratory interest stemming from confusion. As for "liking" her, Hailing did not feel that she currently possessed this emotion.
"really?"
Seeing Hailing's expression, Li Xi narrowed his eyes slightly, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "If you really like it, then as a senior, I can teach you well."
"You? Teach me?" Hai Ling's eyes twitched. "Even if I really like her, it's not your turn to teach me. I taught you everything you have now."
"Ahem." Lixi coughed twice awkwardly, then lowered her head and slurped her ramen silently without saying a word.
After the two finished eating, Hailing said goodbye to Lixi and returned to her rental house alone.
After closing the door, she seemed to have been drained of all her strength. She lay down on the bed without even taking off her shoes.
"It's obviously something that has nothing to do with me, so why do I feel so tired?" Hailing turned over and lay on her side on the bed, her eyes quietly looking at her desk.
Like Aiyin? How could that be possible? That's the person Riki likes. How could I possibly steal my best friend's love? Besides... I'm just interested in her story. Yeah, I'm quite interested...
Thinking of this, Hailing closed her eyes...
The next day, at the agency.
When Hailing pushed open the door of the rehearsal room, Xiangzi and the other three were already waiting for her.
"Haizi, how do you feel today?" Miao Meng stood up from the sofa.
"Yeah, it's okay now." Hailing nodded. Last night, she closed her eyes and fell asleep in a daze. When she woke up, it was already the next morning.
"What happened to you yesterday?"
Listening to Miao Meng's doubts, Hai Ling shook her head: "It's nothing, really. I'm just very interested in Aine's affairs."
When Aiyin was mentioned, Xiangzi, who had originally just wanted to watch silently, suddenly spoke up: "Xiao Ai? What's going on with her?"
"She can have so many girlfriends at the same time, and the key is that her girlfriends get along well with each other."
As she spoke, Hailing glanced at Xiangzi and the other two.
After Hailing said this, Chuhua's face turned red first, but it was actually Mu's.
Xiangzi turned his head away and muttered, "It's obvious that everyone has known about this for a long time."
"Indeed," Hailing nodded. "Even though everyone already knew this, I'm still very interested. After all, it's different from other bands I've seen before."
After Hailing expressed her inner thoughts, Chuhua replied softly: "After all...that was Xiaoai, not someone else."
"So..." Miao Meng suddenly spoke, interrupting Hai Ling's thoughts, "You left in such a hurry yesterday, did you go to find Ai Zi?"
"Yes."
"I told you before that you like Aiko too, is that true?"
After Miao Meng finished saying this, the entire rehearsal room fell into silence. Chu Hua and Mu looked at Miao Meng blankly, as if they had not expected that these words would come out of Miao Meng's mouth.
Chu Hua asked in surprise: "What do you mean? Hailing...you like Xiaoai too?"
Hailing shook her head and denied it: "No, don't listen to what Ruomai says."
"Hey, Haizi, you clearly said it yourself..." Miao Meng subconsciously glanced at Xiangzi, but she knew that Xiangzi had not told anyone else about this. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Miao Meng did not say anything.
Miao Meng withdrew his gaze and continued to focus on Hailing.
Mu was sitting on the sofa, holding the guitar in her arms at a loss. She never thought that Hailing would have any feelings for Aiyin. They obviously didn't communicate much, so why would such a thing suddenly happen?
"So, I gave up my clothes and umbrella and went to the temple just to accompany Li Xi..." Hai Ling spread her hands helplessly, "I told you that before, right?"
"Although I chose to believe you at the beginning," Miao Meng said with a look of doubt. She walked up to Hailing and looked her up and down, "but how many times did you make mistakes yesterday because of Ai Zi's matter? It's hard to believe that you are interested, and not..."
Miao Meng didn't continue speaking, and she didn't need to continue. Everyone in the room could understand what Miao Meng meant.
"That's enough." Hailing breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's rehearse. We didn't rehearse well yesterday, so we'll make up for it today."
Hearing Hailing say this, Miao Meng nodded, sat back in front of the drum set, and silently picked up the drumsticks.
Looking at Haizi's expression, was she really not lying? Was she really just interested in Aizi's deeds?
"Everyone, let's start today's rehearsal. We'll be performing on the show soon." Xiangzi glanced at Mu who was still sitting on the sofa. The latter understood and walked to the rehearsal area with a guitar in his arms.
Hailing walked to Miaomeng's side and lowered her head to look at Beth in her arms.
Really, why would Riki and Ruomai have such thoughts? Aine and I are just friends, one or two, sigh...
After hearing Miao Meng gently tapping the drumstick, Hailing threw all the thoughts in her mind away.
Time to play bass properly, after all, the show is just around the corner...
Chapter 361 The Third Surgery
Today, one month has passed since Aine came out of the ICU.
In the NCNP ward, Dr. Yamada stood at the door, looking inside with a smile on his face. During this month, Aine had four examinations, and each result made Dr. Yamada very happy. Although the amount of AAV vector was much less, the progression of ALS was stopped by the remaining injection.
It cannot be said that the disease has not progressed at all, it has just progressed extremely slowly.
And now, several neurosurgeons were standing by Aine's bed, checking her condition.
After a moment, several neurosurgeons turned to look at Dr. Yamada. "Yamada, Chihaya's inflammation didn't damage any critical areas, and she's almost fully recovered. When do you plan to perform the third gene editing surgery?"
Dr. Yamada asked in return, “When do you think it will be okay?”
"Actually, today's situation is enough."
After receiving the response from the neurosurgeons, Dr. Yamada nodded and said, "I understand. All departments have already made preparations for this operation."
The neurosurgeons nodded. They were also involved in this matter, although they did not make any substantial contribution.
"So, when does your neurology department plan to start the third surgery?"
The reason they asked this question, in addition to their concern for Aine, was mainly to check the time. They knew the importance of ALS surgery, and the director had specifically told them that if surgery really had to be performed, they would call back the doctors on vacation in advance to prevent the corresponding department from having no doctors available.
"Three days later, we need to use anti-inflammatory drugs in advance, how about that?"
"That's fine, we'll go back and do some statistics later."
"Yes." Dr. Yamada nodded. "Thank you for the trouble."
After sending the neurosurgeon away, Dr. Yamada looked up at Aine who was sitting on the bed.
The latter also looked at her: "Doctor Yamada, why can the operation be performed so soon this time?"
Xiangzi nodded aside, she was also confused. There was a three-month gap between the second edit and the third edit, but now it took less than two months to do the third edit.
"Your body has almost recovered. I just consulted a neurosurgeon," Dr. Yamada continued. "Also, due to the loss of the AAV vector, the concentration in your body is not high. It dropped to a safe range a week ago."
After hearing Dr. Yamada's explanation, Aine nodded, "I see."
"The surgery will be done in three days..." Su Shi was a little worried. She was afraid that the situation would repeat itself. "Doctor Yamada, this time... Aine-chan won't have the same problem as last time, right?"
Hearing this, Dr. Yamada fell silent, and it was this silence that gripped the hearts of everyone present.
Dr. Yamada shook his head slightly. "I can't guarantee that it won't happen, but we will minimize the probability and harm of it happening."
That was all Dr. Yamada could say. He really wanted to give them a positive answer, but unfortunately, he couldn't.
Aine nodded and smiled slightly, "I feel relieved when Dr. Yamada says that."
"Please rest assured, this operation was prepared after our various departments summarized the advantages and disadvantages of the secondary editing."
Dr. Yamada tried his best to calm their nerves, and it turned out that what he said was really useful.
"The summaries of the various departments?" Chu Hua was a little stunned. "Then... it should be very impressive, right?"
Hailing nodded: "Well, trust Dr. Yamada and the others."
……
Time quickly came to three days later, the day of Aine's surgery.
"I heard from Doctor Yamada that a new carrier is used this time." Aine lay on the bed, letting Xiangzi play with her left hand.
"Yeah." Xiangzi nodded. "It seems to be something like AAV-PHP.eB. It sounds very powerful."
Aiyin looked at Xiangzi in confusion: "Didn't Sakki teach herself about ALS? Don't these carriers know about it?"
"Although I have learned a lot, there are always some gaps."
"That's it."
"Dr. Yamada is here." Miao Meng pushed open the door of the ward and told the news to other people in the room.
Hearing this, the others stood up from their seats and walked to the door, just in time to see Dr. Yamada on the other side of the corridor.
Dr. Yamada saw them and nodded at them with a smile. Seeing this, Xiangzi and the others also greeted Dr. Yamada.
After Dr. Yamada came over, they walked out of the ward and made way for the doctors.
Entering the ward, Dr. Yamada looked at Aine lying on the bed and called softly, "Chihaya-san, are you ready?"
“Yeah.” Aine nodded. She glanced at the doctors standing behind her out of the corner of her eye. They were exactly the same as the last time they came.
It seems like there are doctors from various departments here – Aine thought to herself.
After making all the preparations, Dr. Yamada took out the syringe from the medical cart, and then took out the glass bottle containing the injection solution.
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