Having said that, Aine's mother glanced at the others. Seeing that they were all staring at her, she sighed, "Maybe I'll need to continue the surgery later."

“Huh?” Li Xi stood up, her pupils trembling. “Continue the operation? Aine’s body… How could it be possible that she could still support the operation?”

"Doctor Yamada said we need to wait until Aine's body has recovered a bit," Aine's mother looked up at Riki, "and then we need to go to the neurology department for a thorough examination. We'll proceed only after they confirm the need."

“Even so…” Li Xi sat down again and turned her face away. “Although Aine wants to have surgery, I don’t want her to undergo this kind of surgery again…”

Li Xi said, his voice getting smaller and smaller.

The others nodded. They naturally thought the same as Li Xi. Seeing two critical illness notices in a short few days would probably scare a normal person to death.

Hailing walked to Lixi, patted her shoulder gently, and said nothing.

"In the afternoon, Dr. Yamada said we can go to the ICU to visit Aine." Aine's mother's words cheered up the others.

"Really?" Su Shi widened his eyes.

"Ah."

Chapter 388 Awakening

A week had passed since the end of the second storm, and Aine's vital signs had long since stabilized. The sedatives had been discontinued two days ago. Not only Aine's mother and Xiangzi were watching over her every day, but the doctors and nurses were also waiting for Aine to wake up.

The early morning sunlight penetrated the blinds of the ICU, followed the trail, and climbed onto Aine's face little by little. As if feeling the sunlight, Aine's eyelids moved slightly.

This small movement caught the eye of the nurse who had been guarding Aine's bedside. She immediately held her breath, leaned forward, and stared at Aine's face.

Immediately, Aine’s cracked lips moved slightly, and tiny water droplets condensed on the edge of the breathing mask covering her mouth and nose trembled slightly.

The nurse, with barely suppressed excitement, pressed the call bell at the bedside. Her voice was extremely low: "Doctor Yamada, come and see."

The door of the ICU ward was quickly pushed open, and Dr. Yamada and the ICU doctor came to Aine's bedside.

"Beep, beep..." The rhythmic sound of the monitoring device fell into Aiyin's ears, causing her to frown slightly. After a moment, her eyelashes began to tremble violently, as if she would wake up at any moment.

At the same time, Xiangzi and others who were standing outside the window also noticed something strange inside the ward. They moved close to the window and watched everything inside.

Under everyone's gaze, Aine opened her eyes with difficulty. This was the first time she woke up after the operation.

The moment Aine's pupils came into contact with the sunlight, they instinctively contracted. Her unfocused eyes were filled with ignorance and confusion. She had no idea where she was.

"Chihaya-san? Chihaya-san?" Doctor Yamada leaned closer, making sure Aine could hear him. "You're in the ICU now. The surgery is over. You did very well."

Aine's face was filled with confusion, her pupils moving slowly, trying to find the source of the sound.

Finally, her sight came to Dr. Yamada, and her throat rolled up and down: "Hmm..."

"Chihaya, there's a tube in your throat and you can't speak for the time being. If you can react, please blink your eyes." After Dr. Yamada said this, he signaled the nurse beside him to moisten Aine's lower lip with a cotton swab.

Aine's eyes moved again, and this time, there was finally a glimmer in her eyes. Her gaze fell on Dr. Yamada in front of her. After a few seconds, she blinked gently.

"Very good." Doctor Yamada nodded and breathed a sigh of relief. He picked up a small flashlight and gently checked Aine's pupil's light reflex. After confirming that there was no problem, Doctor Yamada looked at Aine lying on the bed with relief.

This girl actually made it through, it's incredible...

"Chihaya-san, get some rest. It won't be long before you can resume your activities."

Aine blinked lightly, then continued to look at Dr. Yamada.

Seeing this, Dr. Yamada smiled slightly and nodded: "Well, come on."

Outside the ICU ward window, Li Xi's eyes were fixed on Ai Yin. After seeing the latter blink, Li Xi suddenly grabbed Hai Ling's arm. Her voice trembled: "Hailing, Ai Yin is really awake."

Feeling the pain in her arm, Hai Ling frowned. She looked at the blue veins popping up on Li Xi's palm, then looked at Li Xi, whose eyes had been fixed on the ward. She was speechless: "Yeah, I saw it."

"Su Shi, Xiao Xiang...Aine-chan is finally awake." At this moment, Deng breathed a sigh of relief, and the days of worry could finally be briefly paused.

"Yeah, I'm awake..." Xiangzi nodded, and she couldn't suppress the smile on her lips.

Su Shi shook her head slightly: "Aine-chan, really, you really make me worry."

"Finally woke up... These past few days have been really torturous..." Chu Hua patted his chest.

"Yeah." Mu nodded slightly.

"Little Lenai doesn't even want to eat Matcha Parfait." Miao Meng nodded, agreeing with Chuhua's words. As she spoke, she looked at Lenai beside her.

These days, Lenai has been with them, and she has never touched either the guitar or the matcha parfait. To be more precise, she has no mood to touch them.

Lenai just looked at Aine in the ward quietly without saying a word.

The next day, Aine's consciousness had fully recovered. She lay quietly on the bed, her eyes fixed on the nurse sitting next to her.

Seeing that Aine was still looking at her, the nurse smiled slightly and said softly, "Little Aine, do you want to chat with me? If so, just blink."

Hearing that, Aine blinked a few times and moved her throat up and down.

The nurse held her chin with both hands and looked at Aine, thinking for a moment: "Do you want to know when you can speak?"

Aine blinked a few times and looked at her expectantly.

"It'll take at least another week," the nurse said helplessly, "after all, your organs are still recovering, so you still need assisted breathing."

Hearing this, Aine turned her face away in frustration.

"Okay, don't be so depressed. It's not good for your condition." The nurse gently rubbed Aine's head. "By the way, little Aine, is there anything else you want to talk to me about?"

After a moment of daze, Aine blinked softly.

"In that case, I'll write down a few topics on a piece of paper. See if there's anything you'd like."

After Aine finished blinking, the nurse took out a record sheet and pen and began to write. After a while, the nurse finished and handed the record sheet to Aine: "Little Aine, blink a few times if you want to talk about a certain topic. If not, just shake your head."

In this way, the nurse finally found the topic that Aine wanted to talk to her about.

The nurse looked at the dozens of records filled with them and said, "I want to know the results of my surgery..."

"How should I put it..." The nurse held her chin with one hand, a look of worry on her face. "Ain, after these two cytokine storms, the efficiency of your microenvironment regulation surgery remains around 10%. That's what Dr. Yamada said."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Aine's eyes. Since the nurse had been looking into her eyes, she naturally caught this emotion. She smiled slightly, "Okay, don't be sad. We're not completely sure yet that the operation was a failure. Doctor Yamada said that after you recover a little, the neurology department will give you a full body checkup."

Aine's gaze fell on the nurse again, a hint of doubt in her eyes.

The nurse nodded and gently pinched Aine's soft cheek: "Yes, I didn't lie to you, it's true."

Aine let out a long breath, and the mist in her breathing mask increased.

"That's why Doctor Yamada told you to recover well yesterday. I'll give you a thorough checkup later." The nurse said gently, "Get well and don't worry those who are worried about you anymore."

Hearing this, Aine blinked, as if confirming the nurse's words.

Chapter 389 Aine's Changes

More than twenty days passed quickly. During this time, Aine's body recovered well. Not only did she take off her breathing mask, she could also get out of bed and do some short activities.

After confirming that Aine's body had recovered to a certain extent, the ICU doctor also agreed to transfer her from the ICU to her previous single room.

And today was the day that Aine returned to the general ward.

After learning that Aine would be back today, Xiangzi and others came to the ward early to wait for her.

In the ward, Xiangzi sat on the bed, shaking his legs in anticipation: "I wonder when Xiao Ai will be able to come back."

"It should be soon." Su Shi turned her head to look at the clock on the wall. After she knew that Aine could leave the ICU today, the smile on her lips never disappeared.

Hearing this, Li Xi, who had been sitting in the chair, stood up and walked to the door. She looked to both sides of the corridor. After confirming that Aine had not arrived yet, she closed the door of the ward and sat back in the chair: "Not here yet."

“Finally… I don’t have to stay in the ICU all the time.” Deng sat on the bedside, lowered his head and played with his fingers, a smile on his lips, “Aine-chan must be very happy, right?”

“Yeah.” Mu nodded, “Aine-chan must be very happy…”

Chu Hua stared blankly at the expectant people. She turned her face away and swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her mouth. She knew that in this atmosphere, she could not say anything about the inefficiency of the operation.

Although Chuhua wanted to be happy with Xiangzi and the others for Aine's upcoming return to the general ward, all the joy disappeared in an instant when she thought of what Aine's mother had said.

Not long after, the sound of wheels was heard outside the door, and they knew that Aine had returned.

Without thinking too much, Lixi stood up, walked to the door, opened it, and met the nurse's eyes. Then, Lixi's gaze slid down and fell on Ain lying on the hospital bed. She just opened her mouth and was about to call Ain, but was interrupted by the nurse's voice.

"She's asleep. Let's talk to her when she wakes up."

Hearing this, Li Xi raised his eyes and met the nurse's eyes again. After a moment, she nodded and moved out of the way.

After settling Aiyin down, the nurse turned and left, returning to the ICU.

Sitting beside Aine, several people stared at her sleeping face. They hadn't seen Aine like this for a month.

As if unable to help himself, Su Shi stretched out his hand and tremblingly placed it on Aine's face, gently stroking the face that he had been thinking about day and night.

But the next moment, she suddenly withdrew her hand, as if she was burned. Su Shi looked at Aine's face and smiled gently.

"Xiao Ai is still the same as before..." Xiangzi gently pinched a strand of pink hair, and a faint fragrance drifted into Xiangzi's nose, making her feel a little moved.

"You slept really comfortably..." Riki put his hands on his hips, a face full of speechlessness, but he kept his voice low enough to not wake Aine but still be heard by the others, "You made us so worried."

"Hmm~" Aiyin seemed to have heard what Li Xi said. She hummed softly and continued to sleep on her side.

Li Xi was startled when she heard Aine's voice. She was afraid that Aine would hear her complaints. After confirming that Aine was still asleep, she breathed a sigh of relief.

“Aine-chan, you’re so cute…” Mu squatted beside Aine’s bed, quietly watching Aine sleeping on her side. It had been a long time since he had seen Aine-chan’s sleeping face…

"Yeah." Chuhua nodded, briefly putting aside her previous concerns. She stood by, looking at Aiyin's face, feeling as if her heart was about to melt.

Just when they were engrossed in watching, Hailing's voice of "Hey, stop watching" interrupted their interest.

Li Xi frowned and turned around slowly: "Hailing, what's wrong?"

Not only Li Xi, but everyone else turned around and looked at Hai Ling in confusion, as if asking why she suddenly interrupted them.

"Didn't you notice that something was wrong with Aine?" Hailing crossed her arms and looked at them quietly.

"What's wrong?" Xiangzi tilted her head, her brows slightly furrowed, and turned back to look carefully at Ain's face, but found nothing unusual.

After hearing Hailing say this, everyone else turned their attention to Aine. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with Aine, they turned their attention to Hailing again.

Seeing them like this, Hailing was speechless. She glanced at Miao Meng beside her and said, "Ruomai, you didn't notice it either?"

Miao Meng shook her head gently: "Haizi, Aizi looks exactly the same as before the surgery... Is it because of his hair that has grown longer?"

Seeing this, Hailing didn't intend to let them find out on their own. By the time they did, it might take forever. "Didn't you notice that Aiyin just turned over on her own?"

It was quiet, so quiet in the ward that it was frightening.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Aine. Indeed, what Hailing said was right. Aine was now lying on her side. If it were before, she would definitely need help from others to turn over, but now, she could do it by her own strength.

"Then... could it be that..." Su Shi's pupils shrank. Although she knew that her guess was a bit absurd, after all, Dr. Yamada had said before that the efficiency of the operation was only a dozen percent, but she still felt that Aine's body had recovered a lot.

"Was this operation...successful?" Xiangzi turned her head to look at Su Shi. Although she didn't dare to believe such a thing, Aine's performance made her doubt it.

"Eh?" Deng was stunned. She looked at Su Shi, "Could it be that... Aine-chan doesn't need to undergo this surgery again?"

Su Shi shook her head slightly: "I don't know. This needs to be checked by Dr. Yamada and others later."

Xiangzi nodded: "After all, Auntie told us that the neurology department still needs to do a comprehensive examination."

Aiyin's ears were filled with the voices of several people. Her eyelashes trembled as she slowly opened her eyes. What came into view was the scene that Xiangzi and the others were discussing. She yawned and called out in a lazy voice, "Good morning, everyone."

Aine’s voice abruptly interrupted their conversation. Everyone turned around and their eyes fell on Aine’s still somewhat tired face.

Xiangzi's voice trembled: "Xiao Ai...?"

Aine blinked in confusion, "Huh? What's wrong, sakki?"

After hearing this familiar name, Xiangzi got down from the other bed, hugged Ain, and gently kissed Ain's thin lips.

After a moment, their lips parted, and Aine looked at Xiangzi in surprise, not realizing why Xiangzi reacted so strongly. "Sakki, what's wrong with you?"

Before Xiangzi could answer, Aiyin's neck was hugged again. Su Shi hugged her tightly, afraid that Aiyin would disappear if she let go: "Aine-chan..."

Aiyin looked at the two of them in astonishment. She had no idea what had happened during the time she was unconscious.

Chapter 390 Aine's Choice

Aine glanced at the others: "Um... everyone seems surprised."

Hearing this, Xiangzi and Su Shi let go of each other's hands. They stood in front of Aiyin and nodded slightly.

"Uh...what happened during the time I was unconscious?" Aiyin's face flushed slightly. The nurse who accompanied her in the ICU every day did not tell her these things, even though she had asked.

However, when Aine saw the expressions of the crowd, she vaguely guessed that it was not a good thing.

As expected, after Xiangzi told Aiyin that she had been given two critical illness notices by the doctor, the latter lost her previous playfulness and laziness, and was replaced by self-blame and fear.

Ai Ne looked weakly at the people standing in front of her and lowered her head: "I'm sorry... I made everyone worried..."

Seeing Aiyin like this, Su Shi sighed: "You also know that we are worried... Everyone told you that it's good that you are holding on now, if..."

Su Shi didn't continue talking, and Aine didn't need her to continue. She knew very well what would happen if she didn't make it - death, a simple and direct result.

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