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Aine nodded, a smile on her face. "They came over every day during the time I was hospitalized here, but I didn't think there was much to worry about, so I didn't let them come for the checkup today. I wanted them to rest at home."

Dr. Yamada nodded. "I see."

After that, Dr. Yamada placed the report on the table. He spoke slowly, his voice soft but firm: "The nerve reconstruction surgery was a success."

"As expected." Aine grinned. She could feel it now. Her hands and legs were in much better condition than before. She had tested it in the ward over the past two days. She could only hold the phone in her left hand for three or four minutes.

But looking at Aine's appearance, Dr. Yamada's smile gradually disappeared, replaced by a serious look: "It's just right, Chihaya-san, those girls are not here, it's just you and your mother, I have something I must tell you."

“Eh?” Seeing Dr. Yamada suddenly serious, Aine was stunned for a moment. She had never expected Dr. Yamada’s mood to change so drastically. A bad feeling spread in her heart. “Um… Dr. Yamada, what do you want to tell me?”

"Up to now, all our tests on microenvironment regulation have failed without exception. Not a single experimental animal has survived," Dr. Yamada said word by word. "If you stop the surgery now and only proceed to this stage..."

Dr. Yamada glanced at the test report, paused, and continued: "With conservative treatment, although life will not return to normal, there is still a long way to go."

At this point, Dr. Yamada looked at Aine: "But if... you choose to continue with the surgery, the hope is slim."

Chapter 377 The Final Surgery

Dr. Yamada's expression was serious, and he had no intention of joking at all.

"Also, after a period of recovery, I should be able to lift objects weighing about three pounds with both hands. My physical fitness will also be better than it is now, and I won't feel tired after walking for a while."

"So, in my opinion," Dr. Yamada said with sincerity, "it's best to stop the surgery here."

Although Dr. Yamada knew that microenvironment regulation was the last step, he also knew that their neurology department was not very confident about it. The probability of success was currently zero percent, which was much lower than the probability of gene editing.

It’s not that the surgical process is more difficult than gene editing, but because the probability of cytokine storm in this process is too high, the speed is too fast, and the damage is also very great.

Of course, the most critical issue is that with current technology, they have no way to control the probability of a cytokine storm occurring.

Thinking of this, Dr. Yamada looked at Aine who was lost in thought. "Also, Chihaya-san, if a cytokine storm really did occur during microenvironmental manipulation surgery, leading to organ failure, even if we were prepared in advance, the chances of being able to control it would be very small, almost non-existent."

After saying this, Dr. Yamada fell silent. The images of other doctors' experiments during this period kept echoing in his mind. There was more or less red oozing out from under the skin of those animals - that was the blood oozing out of the blood vessels torn open by the cytokine storm.

"So..." Dr. Yamada spoke again, "Chihaya-san, I hope you can take my advice. The stakes are really too high. Now that you've saved many lives from ALS, you can be content."

After Dr. Yamada finished speaking, Aine's mother nodded. "Yes, Aine, Dr. Yamada and I had a private conversation before. If this operation is successful, you won't have much of a problem living to around forty. Let's stop here."

Aine's mother's voice was filled with a hint of pleading. Originally, Aine only had a few years left, but NCNP had given her more than twenty years. She was already very satisfied.

After hearing her mother's voice, Aine was stunned for a moment. She raised her head and met her mother's eyes. For a moment, Aine didn't know what to say.

Dr. Yamada nodded. "Yes, Chihaya-san, there's no problem for you to live into your forties. With regular checkups and recovery, it's not impossible for you to live into your fifties. Chihaya-san, I hope you can think carefully about this. The risks of this operation are too great. Even the most experienced doctors in our hospital don't have much confidence."

As Aine's attending physician, Dr. Yamada certainly hopes to cure ALS, but reality slaps him hard in the face, and he is forced to shift his goal from "cure" to "prolong life."

Of course, is Dr. Yamada willing to accept this? Of course not. It has come to this point. As long as we get over it, ALS caused by a single pathogenic factor will basically be harmless, but the reality is not like this.

“Um…” Aine began slowly. She looked at Dr. Yamada, “Dr. Yamada, is microenvironmental control the only option for future surgeries?”

Dr. Yamada nodded. "If the microenvironmental manipulation surgery is successful, then the foundation for all nerve recovery will be laid. The next step is functional recovery and the prevention of complications. There's not much risk."

Hearing this, the desire that had been suppressed by Dr. Yamada began to stir again. There was no doubt that Aine was very moved by this sentence.

After thinking for a moment, Aine slowly spoke: "I...I want to continue the operation."

Dr. Yamada was stunned for a moment. "Chihaya, as your attending physician, I sincerely care about you. I do not recommend that you continue with the surgery. We currently have no way to completely prevent a cytokine storm during surgery. Moreover...if a level 4 cytokine storm occurs..."

Doctor Yamada didn't continue talking. Aine knew very well in her heart that she knew what was going on without him continuing to talk.

Aine's mother, who was standing next to her, reached out and held Aine's hand. "Aine, you already have a safe plan, why do you still want to take risks?"

Aine's mother does not support Aine's surgery. They can still be together for a long time afterwards, so why take the risk?

"Chihaya-san, I completely support your mother's opinion." Dr. Yamada crossed his fingers and placed them on his forehead. "You have to understand that the fact that the surgery has even been able to proceed to this point is a miracle. Gene editing surgery isn't even mature yet, so to meet deadlines, all of our surgeries were conducted on animals while we were trying to find the most reliable method to treat you."

Doctor Yamada sighed. "Very few animals survive, but in your case, the worst that can happen is an intracranial hemorrhage caused by inflammation."

Of course, although it is due to Aine’s young body, most of it is due to the simple pathogenic mechanism of ALS.

After some persuasion, Aiyin still insisted on her own idea. She looked at Dr. Yamada with a firm gaze and said, "Dr. Yamada, I want surgery."

“You kid…” Aine’s mother took a deep breath.

"Mom, I... I really don't want to live this kind of life anymore." Aine's voice trembled. "This kind of life is really terrible... Watching myself reach the brink of death..."

After hearing what Aine said, Aine's mother fell into a brief silence. After a long moment, she nodded and said, "I understand, Dr. Yamada. Aine's father and I will sign the surgery notice."

"Chihaya, have you really thought it through?" Dr. Yamada confirmed again.

"Well, Dr. Yamada, no need to say more. I've made up my mind and I'm going to have the surgery." Aine nodded. "The chance to become a normal person again is right before my eyes... I want to seize it."

"In that case, I understand." Dr. Yamada stood up, took out his phone, typed a few words, and then put it away. "I'll be back in the ward to prepare for the skin fibroblast collection surgery."

“Okay.” Aine nodded and followed her mother out of the diagnosis room.

On the way back to the ward, Aiyin held the handrail with one hand and listened to Dr. Yamada's words. This last operation... is it just life and death?

Perhaps I could prepare something for everyone in advance, in case something unexpected happens?

Why did Fei Yi San Wu Liu III take such a risk? That’s what my mother asked herself just now…

Besides the fact that I was really afraid of this kind of life where I felt death but couldn't do anything about it, there was also... the promise I made to everyone: to be a band for life. Then, after I recovered, this promise would come true, right?

I really want to be with you all the time... When I feel better, I'll go out with you all and have a good time...

Thinking of this, Aine smiled.

Chapter 378 Meeting with Su Shi

After Aiyin had completed the surgery to collect skin fibroblasts, she told everyone in the group the results of her examination, which showed that she was fine.

After leaving the hospital, Aine's mother held Aine's hand and walked on the street.

Ain told everyone the results of the examination. Ain's mother naturally saw it, but she didn't understand why Ain would hide such an important thing: "Ain, aren't you going to tell everyone the consequences of the microenvironmental manipulation surgery?"

“I…” Aiyin looked troubled. “If I really told everyone the consequences, they would definitely not agree to my surgery.”

"But..." Aine's mother clenched her hands a little tighter. "Mom, let me be frank. If anything happens to you, what are Xiaoxiang and the others going to do?"

"They don't even know the consequences of the surgery. Don't you think... it's unfair to them?" Aine's mother stopped and turned to look at Aine. "They put in all this effort for you, but in the end..."

Hearing this, Aine's body trembled slightly, but before she could say anything, Aine's mother continued speaking.

"Mom knows what you're thinking. I'm scared too, but... that's no reason for you to hide it from them. They trust you so much."

Aiyin was suddenly stunned. Su Shi had said the same thing to her before, but that was before she came to NCNP.

Taking a deep breath, Aine nodded: "Mom, I understand. I'm sorry, I didn't think about it so much. I will tell them later."

“Yeah.” Aine’s mother nodded.

……

In the afternoon, in an unknown coffee shop.

Aiyin sat at the innermost part, her hands hanging between her legs, tightly clutching a small blue box that looked very luxurious.

From time to time she raised her head and looked towards the window to see if the person she was waiting for had arrived.

The door of the cafe was gently pushed open, and the wind chimes on the door rang. Su Shi walked into the cafe. She quickly scanned everything inside, and soon, her eyes stopped and fixed on Aine.

Su Shi's lips curled up slightly. After Aiyin sent him a message this afternoon, he quickly dressed up and went out to meet her.

But I didn't expect Aine-chan to ask me out all of a sudden. She just came back from the hospital this morning. Shouldn't she rest a bit? Or... is her health already this good?

Thinking of this, Su Shi only felt happier. If this was the case, then it couldn't be better.

Looking at Aine who had been lowering her head, Su Shi walked up to her and called out softly, "Aine-chan, what are you looking at?"

"Ah?" After hearing Su Shi's voice, Aine raised her head, but the moment she met Su Shi's eyes, she suddenly looked away.

Somehow, when Aiyin looked into Su Shi's eyes, she felt as if she had done something wrong.

Seriously, I was planning to tell everyone about the consequences of the surgery after giving them the gifts, so why do I still feel this guilty?

Su Shi sat down in her seat. She looked at Aine who had suddenly turned her face away, and was a little confused for a moment: "Aine-chan?"

Why did Aine-chan's first reaction when she saw me was to look away? Is there something on my face?

Su Shi took out her phone and carefully looked at her face with the help of the screen. After confirming that there was nothing strange, she breathed a sigh of relief and spoke again: "Aine-chan, why aren't you looking at me?"

“No.” Aine turned back, the smile on her lips looking extremely stiff.

Seeing this, Su Shi's eyes twitched: "Aine-chan, are you... not feeling well?"

“No.” Aine shook her head, “Oh right, Soyorin.”

"Hmm?" Su Shi held her chin with one hand and looked at Aine tenderly, "What's wrong?"

"I called you out because I wanted to give you something."

"Give me something?" Su Shi's eyes lit up when she heard this. She had only received things from Aine on her birthday, but never on ordinary days like this. "What is it?"

"this."

As she spoke, Aine slowly raised her hands from under the table and handed the small blue box in her hands to Su Shi.

Su Shi reached out to take it, and after opening it, there was a pair of silver earrings inside.

"Well... I'm not sure if you like it or not, but... I remembered that you gave me a necklace on my birthday, so..." Aine blushed slightly and said shyly.

Su Shi stared blankly at the silver earrings in front of her. The light fell on them, reflecting rays of light, and a sour feeling flowed through Su Shi's nose.

She suppressed her emotion and reached out to close the lid of the box: "Aine-chan, I like it very much."

“Really? As long as you like it.” Aine breathed a sigh of relief.

Putting the gift aside, Su Shi took a deep breath, and after calming herself down, she asked, "By the way, Aine-chan, why did you suddenly give me a gift?"

“Uh…” Aine was stunned. If she told Soyorin the purpose of her gift now, then when she gave it to other people later, they would also know it… In that case, she would wait until she had given them all away before telling Soyorin the truth.

“It’s a secret.” Aine smiled slightly.

"A secret?" Su Shi tilted her head, her gaze once again fixed on the small blue box, a gleam in her eyes. "Am I the only one who has it? Or... does everyone have it?"

"Ahem... everyone, has..."

"Oh, I see..." Su Shi nodded. A hint of disappointment flashed across her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by relief.

Come to think of it, why would I have such an idea? With Aine-chan's personality, she definitely wouldn't be thinking of me alone, but...even if I'm not the only one who has this thought, then judging by the timeline, I should be the first one, right?

Without giving it much thought, Su Shi immediately asked, "Then Aine-chan, am I the first one?"

“Ah, yes.” Aine nodded.

The corners of Su Shi's mouth rose slightly. That's good... Aine-chan was the first one who thought of me... Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem like a big deal.

After getting the answer she wanted, Sushi looked at Aine with a frown on her face: "Aine-chan...the secret you just told me...is there anything else you can't tell me?"

Aine reached out and gently grasped Soyo, "Oh, Soyorin, I can tell you, but... I wanted to wait until I've given you the gifts before I tell you, is that okay?"

Feeling the warmth on her hand, Su Shi's slightly frowned brows gradually relaxed. She nodded: "Okay, tell us after you give us the gift."

Judging from Aine-chan's appearance, it would probably be a surprise, right?

Su Shi reached out and took the small blue box containing the earrings, which still had the warmth of Ain on it. Without thinking too much, Su Shi stood up, slowly held Ain's cheek, and left a light kiss on her mouth.

Chapter 379 Everyone noticed something was wrong

The next day, Aine gave the gifts she had prepared to Xiangzi, Mu, Lixi, Chuhua and Miaomeng one after another. Of course, the reason was the same as the reason she told Su Shi yesterday.

The next day, the park.

"Hmm, Umirin hasn't arrived yet..." Aine sat on the bench. She looked around but still couldn't see Hailing.

Half an hour ago, she was at home thinking about the order of their meetings today...

Aine lay on the bed, looking troubled: "Well... there are only Tomorin, Umirin and Ryuna-chan left..."

The reason why I didn’t give Deng a gift yesterday was because Aine knew what kind of girl Deng was and was afraid that she would guess something.

Thinking of this, Aine had an answer in her heart: "In that case, let's go find Umirin first, then Rakuna-chan, and finally Tomorin."

After sending a message to Hailing, Aiyin took the handicraft she had made in the UK and walked out of the room.

Thinking back to the present, Aine looked at the handicraft in her arms. Although it might be a long time old, she had kept it well and it looked as good as new... Umirin wouldn't mind, right?

Just as Aine was thinking, a hand suddenly climbed onto her shoulder.

"ah!"

Aiyin was startled by the sudden touch. She turned her head hurriedly and was relieved when she saw it was Hailing.

However, this situation only lasted for a moment. Aine puffed her lips and looked angry. "Really, Umirin, scaring people will scare them to death."

"Sorry." Hailing bowed her head and apologized after seeing Aine's reaction, but her eyes immediately fell on the handicraft in the latter's arms, "What is that?"