He looked at the glass bottle in his hand. Inside was the hard work of their neurology department during this period - AAV-PHP.eB.

In order to produce the required dosage, the doctors in their department have spent almost all of this time in the hospital. Although the production process is complicated, fortunately they know how to produce it and the time spent is within an acceptable range.

Dr. Yamada drew the injection from the syringe, walked behind Aine, and began the third gene editing operation...

Outside the ward, Hailing looked at Lixi quietly. Although the latter was worried about Aiyin, because she was being stared at by Hailing for a long time, her attention was still attracted by Hailing.

Li Xi pulled Hailing aside and asked, "Hailing, what's wrong?"

Hailing's voice was so soft that only the two of them could hear it: "When...are you going to confess your feelings?"

When Hailing's question fell into Lixi's ears, the latter was stunned and his pretty face flushed: "I...I feel it's still early."

"That's what you told me a month ago." Hailing turned around and looked out the window.

Looking at Hailing's back, Lixi slowly lowered his head.

During this month, I would come to the ward to take care of Ain every day after school or on weekends. Ain had already accepted that I could hold her hand and was willing to let me feed her with my own hands.

The relationship between herself and Aine had warmed up quite a bit - although Hailing told her so, Li Xi still felt that it was too early to confess her feelings, and she was still a little timid inside.

"Hailing...I..." Li Xi K Yilin Yiqi Sisi (jiub) Scar's weak mosquito-like voice struggled to reach Hailing's ears.

Hailing turned around and said calmly, "Are you still scared? You've been together for so long, you should be used to it, right?"

Chapter 362 Much More Difficult

After Hailing finished speaking, she continued to look out the window. The sky outside was very blue, and when it fell into her eyes, it suppressed her slightly irritable mood.

During this period of time, I have been acting as Li Xi's military advisor, and I have been considering all the trivial matters concerning Ai Yin for Li Xi.

When she has time, she will come to the ward in person. In addition to checking whether Riki's actions satisfy her, another reason is to satisfy her curiosity about Aine.

So during this period of time, not only did I help Riki many times, but I also learned more about Aine's affairs.

Not only does she have a sunny personality, but she also has her own little thoughts and bad ideas. The more you understand her, the more interesting she becomes - this is Hailing's idea.

The less perfect someone is, the more comfortable Hailing feels when getting along with them. After all, anyone would feel pressured when getting along with someone who is more perfect than themselves. Otherwise, she would not choose Li Xi as her friend.

"Are you used to it?" Li Xi repeated Hai Ling's words in a low voice. She nodded, "I am indeed used to living with Ai Yin by my side."

"That……"

Hailing originally wanted to continue speaking, but when she turned around and saw Lixi's eyes, she suddenly stopped.

"Hailing..."

Hailing nodded gently: "Well, I know you don't plan to confess now."

Li Xi was stunned, and she nodded slightly: "Yeah."

Seeing Hailing's expression, Li Xi slowly walked forward to her side and said without warning: "I... plan to confess my feelings after Aiyin feels better."

"Eh?" Hailing was stunned. She didn't expect Li Xi to suddenly say this to her. "Are you doing this to deal with me?"

"Ah?" Li Xi blinked in confusion, "Why...why do you say that?"

"Because I really can't think of any other reason to explain why you suddenly said this." Hailing's voice was very calm. "You just said that you didn't plan to confess your feelings for the time being, and now you have confirmed the approximate time."

"No..." Li Xi shook his head stiffly, "This...this is also what I think."

"Really?"

Hailing didn't seem to believe Lixi's answer. She looked at Lixi with suspicion. At this moment, Lixi's face was full of nervousness.

After a moment, Hailing withdrew her impudent gaze from Lixi: "Well, you don't have to deal with me. After all, I'm just curious about when you're going to confess your feelings. But as a friend, I still hope you'll wait until you're ready."

After saying that, Hailing smiled slightly.

"Hailing..." Li Xi was stunned. She turned her face away in a panic, "I, I know, but... I really plan to go after Aiyin feels better."

Li Xi's brain had stopped working at this moment. Hailing had clearly told her to be well prepared before going, but for some reason, her mouth uttered these words uncontrollably.

Is it for the sake of face or fear of embarrassment?

Li Xi himself doesn't know.

“I see.” Hailing nodded and turned to look out the window. “Wait until Aine feels better… after she recovers from this surgery, right?”

Li Xi nodded blankly. Facing Hai Ling at this moment, she could only see Hai Ling's mouth moving, but could not hear any sound at all.

Yu Guangyueyi%First release*Seeing Li Xi nod, Hai Ling leaned forward, supported her chin with one hand, and felt the breeze blowing across her face.

Not long after the two finished their conversation, the door of the ward was gently pushed open and a nurse walked out.

The moment the door opened, Xiangzi and the others gathered around. Su Shi was the first to speak: "Nurse, how is Aine-chan? Is there any inflammation?"

The nurse shook her head. "Aine's condition is currently stable, please don't worry."

After saying that, the nurse glanced at everyone and said, "Please make way for the doctors to leave."

After the doctors left, Xiangzi and others couldn't wait to squeeze into the ward. Inside, there was only Aine lying flat on the bed and Dr. Yamada standing beside her.

Seeing everyone enter the room, Dr. Yamada turned to look at Aine's mother. "Aine's mother, if there are no problems with the three edits, you can call Aine's father over to continue signing the notice for the subsequent surgery. After all, I have already talked to you alone before."

"Okay, I understand." Aine's mother nodded.

After confirming that Aine's mother was clear, Dr. Yamada reconfirmed Aine's physical data. Only after making sure there were no abnormalities did he leave the ward.

After Dr. Yamada left, Xiangzi trotted over to Aine's side, his tone filled with anxiety and concern: "Xiao Ai, how are you feeling?"

"It's okay. It feels the same as the first time I did gene editing." Aiyin lay quietly on the bed, not daring to move.

"Doctor Yamada, is there anything else you want to say?" Su Shi sat aside and gently held Aine's exposed left hand. The cold temperature of the left hand was transmitted to Su Shi's hand, making her frown slightly. "Your hands are so cold."

“Yeah, it’s normal. I’ll recover in a while.” Aine said, and continued, “As for the rest… it’s just the same instructions I gave after editing. Nothing special.”

Chuhua turned to look at Aiyin's mother and said, "Auntie, what did Dr. Yamada talk to you about back then? Can you tell us?"

This was the first time Chuhua had heard this question. Although she felt it was impolite to ask Aine's mother directly, she was very conflicted because of her concern for Aine.

"Sure." Aiyin's mother smiled and nodded, naturally agreeing to Chuhua's request. "Not long ago, Dr. Yamada called me into his consultation room and told me all the surgical procedures that their neurology department has determined. As long as the three edits are successful, then for their department, the only difficult thing is the surgery."

At this point, the smile on Aine's mother's face gradually faded. "But they said that difficult surgery was even more dangerous than gene editing. I think it's called something like environmental manipulation."

"Environmental control?" Xiangzi turned around. She had heard of this term before when she was studying ALS at home.

If the probability of a cytokine storm occurring during gene editing is 50%, then the probability of this link occurring can reach 90%, and its intensity is not comparable to that of gene editing. Of course, the mortality rate caused by the cytokine storm is also high.

"What's wrong with environmental control, Xiangzi?" Mu tilted her head slightly. She had no idea what this term meant.

Seeing everyone's eyes turned to him, Xiangzi hesitated for a moment and finally said what he knew: "This step is much more difficult than the other steps."

In fact, Xiangzi originally wanted to directly say that the mortality rate was much higher than that in other links, but because Aine and Aine's mother were still there, she thought for a moment and decided to change the wording.

Chapter 363 Unspoken Confession

Upon hearing this, the entire ward fell silent.

Three gene editing surgeries have already been performed. If environmental control is more difficult than this, it is hard to imagine how the next surgery will be successful - this doubt is prevalent in everyone's mind.

"Xiaoxiang, is it true?" Deng clenched her fists. This news was like a bolt from the blue to her.

"Xiangzi...how did you know?" Li Xi bit her lower lip. She personally found it very difficult to accept this news.

"I saw it before when I was looking up information."

After Xiangzi finished speaking, Deng lowered her head. She had also looked up a lot of information about Aine's ALS, but it seemed that it was far less comprehensive than what Xiangzi knew.

Seeing the atmosphere in the ward gradually becoming depressing, Xiangzi gently waved his hand: "Everyone, don't worry... Doctor Yamada and the others will definitely be fine."

But even after Xiangzi said this, he still only got silence.

I feel like... I shouldn't have said this. Is there any other reason that can dispel their concerns?

Got it!

"Everyone, I asked my grandfather to get some equipment in the United States. Don't worry, these devices will definitely come in handy."

As expected, after Xiangzi finished speaking, the others raised their heads and looked at her. Su Shi said softly, "Xiao Xiang, is that true?"

"Yes." Xiangzi nodded, patted his chest and promised solemnly.

Although she initially wanted to find a reason to dispel their concerns, this reason actually existed.

Seeing Xiangzi so confident, Chuhua also breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, Xiaoxiang, you really scared me when you told me that news just now."

"I'm sorry." Xiangzi put her hands together and apologized. She originally just wanted to answer Mu's question, but she didn't expect to make everyone so worried. It seems that the issue of mortality rate cannot be mentioned anymore.

Thinking of this, Xiangzi unconsciously clenched his fists. Really... could this happen? No way... After all, Xiao Ai is so lucky, she hasn't had a cytokine storm so far... Well, I won't let my imagination run wild.

Miao Meng breathed a sigh of relief: "Since there is nothing wrong, I will go back first."

Hailing nodded: "I'm leaving now."

"Ruomai, Hailing, have a safe journey." Chuhua nodded gently.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was a week later.

When Lixi arrived first, he found that the door of the ward was not closed.

"Huh? The door isn't closed? What's going on?" Li Xi frowned slightly. She walked into the ward, but it was empty. "Eh? Where's Aiyin?"

"Lixi, are you looking for Aiyin?" A female voice sounded behind Lixi.

Li Xi turned around and saw a nurse. She nodded gently, "Yes, nurse sister, where is Ai Yin?"

"She went for a checkup this morning. After all, it's been a week since the three edits." The nurse explained, then she walked to Aine's bedside, hung up the IV bottle, and waited for Aine to come back to administer the medicine.

"Is that so..." Li Xi nodded slightly, "She didn't tell me."

"I just told her last night." The nurse looked at Li Xi, "The doctors just discussed this matter last evening."

"So this is ah."

Just as the two were talking, slow footsteps were heard in the corridor. Li Xi hurried out of the ward after hearing it.

Looking at Lixi's back, the nurse smiled slightly: "What a good relationship."

After taking over the support from another nurse, Li Xi helped Aine to the bed and then closed the door.

The nurse waiting in the ward gave Aine an injection and then left the ward.

At this moment, only Aine and Lixi were in the huge ward. Lixi sat beside Aine's bed, his fingers subconsciously twisted together.

"Rikki, you came early today too." Aine smiled sheepishly, "Well, the nurse just told me yesterday that I would have a checkup today. I'm sorry for not telling you in advance."

Li Xi shook his head: "It's okay, how do you feel now?"

"It's going well. There's been no cytokine storm during the three-day critical period, and no complications either." Aine smiled slightly. "If nothing happens in half a month, then all the critical periods will be over."

"Really..." Li Xi nodded, "That's good."

After saying that, Li Xi lowered his head. Now Aine is fine. I told Hailing that I would confess my feelings to Aine... should this be the time?

Thinking of this, Li Xi slowly reached out and gently held Aine's soft hand. The latter was stunned, but did not resist, just let Li Xi pull.

But... there doesn't seem to be a better time than now, right? It's just me and Aine...

Li Xi took a deep breath, raised her eyes, and slowly looked at Aine.

“Um, Aine…”

"What's wrong?" Aiyin tilted her head slightly, blinking her eyes and looking at Lixi quietly.

Rikki looks so nervous, is she going to confess her feelings? Or... is she asking me for something else?

"Actually... I... I like..."

Just as Li Xi was about to stammer and say something, the door of the ward was suddenly pushed open and Xiangzi walked in harmoniously.

"Xiao Ai, Li Xi, good morning." Xiangzi greeted the two with a smile.

“Good morning.” Aine nodded and responded with a smile.

Lixi was startled by Xiangzi's sudden voice. Her eyelids twitched wildly. After fixing Xiangzi with a resentful look, she weakly replied, "Good morning."

"Are you so listless so early in the morning?" Xiangzi looked at Lixi in confusion.

Hearing this, Aine couldn't help but chuckle at the sight, she understood in her heart that Rikki陾亿III武七六貳's words just now were meant to be a confession, but unfortunately he was interrupted by Sakki.

Xiangzi walked over to the other bed and sat down. Mu also sat on the side and looked at Aiyin quietly: "Are you feeling better?"

"Yeah, I'm better." After answering Mu, Aine turned her head to look at Li Xi, looking at her with a smile in her eyes, as if asking: Do you want to continue?

Seeing this, Li Xi lowered his head. It had already taken all his courage to confess his feelings to Aine when they were alone together. Now that there were other people present, how could he possibly say it?

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