Not long after, Su Shi and his companions also arrived, and finally, Li Er Lin gave up the idea of confessing today.
"Are you going to talk about it today?"
A voice sounded behind Lixi. She turned around in confusion. It was Hailing. She didn't know when she arrived.
"When did you come?" Li Xi asked.
"I came here just as Su Shi arrived." Hai Ling glanced at Su Shi, then continued to focus her eyes on Li Xi, "How was it today?"
"Don't mention it." Li Xi shook her head and sighed. She stood up and whispered in Hailing's ear, in a voice only the two of them could hear, "I was going to start talking today, but before I could finish, Xiangzi and Hemu arrived."
Chapter 364: Li Xi is the bottom, this is the underlying logic
After hearing Li Xi's explanation, Hai Ling was stunned. She never expected that Li Xi would actually take the initiative to try to confess his feelings.
However, Hailing didn't quite believe it. She lowered her voice and asked, "Really? Are you really going to ask for it?"
"Huh?" Li Xi looked at Hai Ling with a puzzled look, obviously not very satisfied with her reaction.
But this "Ha" also attracted everyone else's attention.
"Ahem." Li Xi coughed twice to ease the awkwardness. She then pulled Hai Ling to the wall and said softly, "Hailing, are you questioning my determination, Shiina Li Xi?"
Hailing nodded: "Yeah."
"You bastard..." Li Xi took a long breath, suppressed his inner speechlessness and anger, and continued, "I'm serious, if Xiangzi hadn't come just now, I would have been dead by now."
Seeing Li Xi's confident look, Hai Ling nodded doubtfully: "In that case, why don't you perform again?"
Li Xi was stunned. She refused outright: "How is that possible? I'm not the only one here. Everyone is here. How can I possibly open the exit?"
"You are so determined, why are you afraid of others?" Hailing blinked in confusion.
"Of course." Li Xi nodded.
Aiyin, who was sitting on the hospital bed, looked at the speechless Rikki with an inexplicable smirk on her lips. She said softly, "Rikki, do you want to continue the conversation just now?"
Although Aine's voice was not loud, it was enough to catch everyone's attention.
In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Li Xi.
After receiving these gazes, Li Xi felt as if ants were crawling on his body - very uncomfortable.
Hailing fixed her gaze on Ain. She clearly saw the smile in Ain's eyes and sighed inwardly. Ain did it on purpose. Well, what a mean-spirited girl. Was she trying to see Lixi's reaction?
Similarly, Xiangzi's eyes also fell on Lixi. She blinked thoughtfully, recalling the scene when she first entered the ward. At that time, Rikki seemed to want to say something to Xiaoai, so... Rikki was listless just now. Was it because I interrupted her conversation with Xiaoai?
Li Xi swallowed subconsciously, her face flushed slightly. Continuing the previous conversation? What a joke! I...how could I possibly say that!
Thinking of this, Li Xi shook his head gently: "Aine... I... let's just forget it..."
Seeing Rikki like this, Aine naturally didn't want to let her go easily. She wanted to take back everything that Rikki had pressured her to do... Besides, she hadn't seen such an interesting reaction very often.
With this thought in mind, Aine spoke again: "Rikki, come here for a moment."
"What's wrong?" Li Xi took a deep breath, the blush on her face gradually faded, and she slowly walked to Aine.
"Sit down." Aine gestured for Riki to sit on the edge of the bed.
"Oh." Li Xi obeyed Aine's words and sat aside quietly.
After confirming that Riki was close enough to her, Aine leaned forward and put her mouth close to Riki's ear. Just when Riki thought Aine was going to say something to her, a hot and wet feeling spread to her ear - it was Aine who blew a breath.
The slightly itchy feeling spread along Li Xi's ears and all over his body.
The next moment, Li Xi's whole body trembled. Almost instantly, she stood up and moved a little behind her, staring at Ain blankly. Ain's action was completely beyond her expectation.
"Ain...you...you..." Li Xi raised his hand tremblingly, pointed at Ain, and stammered, unable to utter a complete sentence.
"Hmm?" Aine hung her hands between her legs, tilting her head slightly, as if puzzled by Riki's reaction, but the smile at the corner of her mouth revealed her inner thoughts - in fact, Aine was very satisfied with Riki's reaction.
Looking at Aine's silly and cute look, Riki's blush reappeared on his face.
"Lixi, what's wrong with you?" Deng looked confused. From her perspective, as soon as Aiyin leaned close to Lixi's ear, the latter stood up directly.
"The light...I...Aine she..." Li Xi didn't know what to say. When she turned her gaze back to behind Aine, she clearly caught the little devil in Aine's eyes.
Seeing this, Li Xi understood in her heart that all this was done on purpose by Aine. However, she didn't know how to deal with it. She seemed to be being played around by Aine.
"Alas." Hailing, who was standing by the wall, sighed softly, walked behind Lixi, and whispered, "Lixi, just confess your feelings directly. It's okay. Everyone knows that you like Aiyin anyway."
"Impossible." Li Xi turned around and replied in a low voice, "Asking me to confess in front of so many people, you might as well ask me to die..."
Hearing Li Xi's desperate voice, Hai Ling's eyes twitched. This weird guy...
Although Aiyin couldn't hear their voices, she could roughly guess what they said based on their expressions.
It seems that the string in Rikki's head seems to have been stretched to the limit... Forget it, I won't tease her anymore, so as to avoid making this little girl cry later...
Aine smiled softly and continued to speak softly: "Rikki, come here again."
"Ah?" Li Xi had never expected Aine to speak like this. Although she felt a little resistant in her heart, out of trust in Aine, she sat back on the edge of the bed.
"Are you...really not going to continue what you were saying?" Aine asked with a slight curl of her lips, her voice only audible to the two of them. "Come to think of it, I was really looking forward to hearing those words spoken by you. I feel like the contrast must be huge."
Hearing this, Li Xi's face turned redder. Aine's meaning was very clear. If he didn't understand it, it would seem impolite.
Li Xi lowered his head and twisted his fingers together: "That...Aine..."
"It's okay, it's the same if you tell me quietly." A glimmer of anticipation flashed in Aine's eyes.
Lixi raised her head and met Aine's eyes. Those sparkling eyes made Lixi's heart a little turbulent. After a long time, she nodded.
Leaning forward, supporting himself on the bed with one hand, Li Xi leaned close to Aine's ear: "Um... Aine, I... I like you, can you be my girlfriend?"
Although Li Xi had been nervous before, when he actually opened his mouth, he found that it was not as difficult as he had imagined.
When Li Xi finished speaking, she felt a touch of pink in front of her eyes, and her lips became softer.
"Well!"
Li Xi widened her eyes and looked at Ain in front of her in disbelief. She didn't expect Ain to kiss her directly. This action that had been haunting her dreams was happening to her at this moment.
After a moment, Aiyin moved back a little, her cheeks flushed slightly, but there was a cunning light in her eyes. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, but her gaze was fixed on Li Xi, and the curve at the corner of her lips did not smooth out for a long time.
Chapter 365 Secondary Editing
Even though her heart was beating like thunder, she pretended to be at ease. However, Aiyin looked at Li Xi, and it was obvious that the latter's heart was beating even more violently than hers.
At this moment, Li Xi was completely stunned, and the air seemed to still be filled with the sweetness of the kiss just now.
This...did I kiss Aine? Eh? Really? It wasn't just my imagination, but it felt...and Aine's fragrance, it seemed real...
Just as Rikki was brainstorming, Xiangzi's voice came from behind her: "Rikki, are you thinking about something weird?"
This short question woke Lixi up. She turned around suddenly and everyone behind her looked at her with an "I understand" expression and a smile.
Recalling Xiangzi's words just now, Lixi's face flushed even more in an instant. She hurriedly shook her head and explained: "That... I, I'm not thinking about anything weird..."
"Really?" Xiangzi grinned wickedly, looking Lixi up and down, his suspicion growing even stronger. "It's very doubtful."
"Lixi...congratulations." Deng looked at Lixi with a smile, his eyes full of blessings.
"Indeed." Su Shi nodded. "It's not easy to take this step. However, don't let anything strange happen to your mind. Aine-chan's health is not good right now."
"So I already said I wasn't thinking anything weird!"
Hailing looked at Lixi calmly, then shifted her gaze to Aiyin. The latter seemed to sense it and turned her head back. Their eyes met, but no one spoke.
"So, Li Xi is this kind of person?" Chu Hua looked at Li Xi in surprise. She didn't expect that Li Xi, who looked like such a simple kid, was thinking about such things behind his back.
"So it's not true!" Li Xi felt that he had no way to defend himself.
"Alright, alright, stop making trouble." Xiangzi interrupted the farce she had started. She turned her head to look at Aiyin, "Xiao Ai."
Shoko's soft call brought Aine's attention back to her, "What's wrong, Sakki?"
"Did Li Xi confess his feelings to you just now?"
"Yes." Aine nodded and looked at Riki, who had his head lowered.
"Really?" Xiangzi sighed and put his hand on Rikki's shoulder. "Rikki, we are so close, why don't you confess in front of everyone?"
Li Xi's face flushed, and she turned away from Xiangzi: "Shut up."
"Tsk, what a tsundere guy." Xiangzi shook his head and gave up the idea of teasing Lixi.
"How do you feel?" Hailing leaned against the wall, looked at Lixi from the side, and asked softly.
Li Xi turned his gaze to Hai Ling's face: "What?"
Hailing continued in a voice that only the two of them could hear clearly: "Ain kissed you, what did you say?"
"Well... that's all..." Li Xi lowered his head, his voice so soft that it was almost inaudible.
"Really?" Hai Ling subconsciously raised her head, wanting to look at the sky, but all she could see was the cold ceiling. "I thought you would say it was very good."
"No..." Li Xi lowered his head. Although he said this, his heart felt as if it was immersed in honey. That was the kiss Aine gave him, and it was his first kiss. How could it be worth an evaluation of "just so-so"?
Although the kiss was short, it was deeply engraved in Lixi's heart.
In this way... I can be considered to have obtained Aine - thinking of this, Riki's mouth curled up slightly.
Hailing turned her head and looked at Lixi's raised mouth. She shook her head and laughed. This guy, he was so happy in his heart, really...
"Xiao Ai, you kissed Li Xi, what about me?" A slightly aggrieved voice attracted the attention of Hai Ling and Li Xi. They focused their eyes on the source of the voice - Chu Hua.
At this moment, Chuhua was sitting on Ain's bed, gently holding Ain's hands and acting coquettishly.
"Chuhua, do you want it too?" Aiyin looked at Chuhua with a doting smile. She didn't expect that a big star would act like this.
"I do." Chuhua nodded and looked at Aiyin expectantly.
"Okay, Chuhua, stop acting like a spoiled child." Su Shi interrupted Chuhua, "If you're like this, Xiaoxiang and the others will be itching inside too. Aiyin-chan isn't feeling well right now, so let her get some rest."
To be honest, Su Shi was also very envious in her heart, but she couldn't bring herself to act coquettishly and cutely with Aine in front of so many people, so in order not to appear to be eccentric, she could only rely on this statement to stop Chu Hua.
It was similar to what Su Shi thought. After saying this, Chu Hua said "Oh" with some grievance. Compared with his own selfish desires, Chu Hua still wanted Ai Yin to recover quickly.
Just at this moment, the door of the ward was pushed open again, attracting the attention of several people - the person who came was Dr. Yamada.
Dr. Yamada was very fast, with a slight smile on his lips. He held sheets of A4 paper in his hands, which were covered with dense text.
"Chihaya-san, your medical examination report is out."
As soon as Dr. Yamada finished speaking, everyone's heart couldn't help but tighten, but when they saw the smile on Dr. Yamada's lips, their hearts gradually relaxed. They knew that if it wasn't good news, Dr. Yamada would not show such an expression.
"Doctor Yamada, what's the result?" Aine looked at Doctor Yamada. Although she felt a little relieved, she still wanted to know the answer impatiently.
"The results are very good." Dr. Yamada handed the report to Aine's mother. There was a line of words written on the column of test results: SOD1 mutant protein has decreased slightly, and neurofilament light chain remains unchanged compared to the last examination.
"The SOD1 mutant protein has decreased, and there is no change in the neurofilament light chain." Dr. Yamada nodded with a smile.
Hearing this, Xiangzi looked puzzled. "Um, Dr. Yamada, I saw in the book that normally it shouldn't take about a month for the SOD1 mutant protein to show a decrease, right?"
Dr. Yamada nodded. "Toyokawa-san, you're right. However, because of the previous secondary editing, although it failed, there are still some AAV vectors in Chihaya-san's body that continue to function."
"Oh, so that's it." Xiangzi nodded, his eyes much clearer.
"Chihaya-san, from now on, I plan to conduct a small-scale checkup on you every week. Compared to the second edit, the third edit's stage checkup can be done a month earlier."
Aine nodded: "Yeah, okay."
"If everything is normal, we can perform nerve reconstruction surgery." After saying this, Dr. Yamada left the ward.
When he came to the corridor, the corners of his mouth, which were originally upturned, gradually became flat and he sighed softly. Although the results of the inspection were good this time, he was afraid that the results would be like the first editing, which was good at the beginning but problems would appear at the end.
After Dr. Yamada left, Aine couldn't help laughing. She seemed to see that hope was getting closer.
"Xiao Ai..." Chu Hua looked at Ai Yin tenderly, "It looks like you'll be back to health soon."
Chuhua believed that since Dr. Yamada had already begun planning the nerve reconstruction surgery, it meant that the gene editing surgery was almost ready.
“Yeah.” Aine nodded. “We’ll know after we finish these few tests and see the results…”
Chapter 366 Hailing's Envy
The sun was high in the sky and it was noon.
Hailing and Lixi walked side by side on the street. There were not many people on the street at this moment.
"Li Xi." Hai Ling put one hand in her pocket and held her cell phone in the other, as if looking for something.
Li Xi replied calmly: "What's wrong?"
"Are you happy now?" Hailing's pace gradually slowed down as she spoke. She put her phone back in her pocket and turned her head to look at her.
"Happy?" Li Xi shook his head stiffly.
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