Li Xi nodded: "Yes, Deng, Hailing and I are good friends."
"Then... aren't you happy for her?" Deng tilted his head with confusion in his eyes.
"I'm really happy for her, but... I still don't quite understand why she thinks that way." Li Xi bit her lower lip lightly, "I'll ask her when I go to school tomorrow."
Meanwhile, in Mujica's rehearsal studio.
"Ah?" Xiangzi's hands on the keyboard froze. She stared blankly at Hailing and gently scratched her ears. "Sorry, Hailing, I didn't hear what you said clearly."
"I confessed to Aine." Hailing glanced at the others, her voice still flat.
"With Aine-chan..." Mu was puzzled, "Hailing, are you very familiar with Aine-chan?"
After saying that, Mu lowered her head. She had not seen Hailing talk to Aiyin many times.
"We were good friends before," Hailing replied, "Usually, I would ask Aine out alone."
"They acted so quickly..." Chu Hua complained, "Should I say she's worthy of being Hai Ling?"
Hailing nodded gently and cast her eyes on Miao Meng who was standing there in a daze. After seeing Hailing's gaze, Miao Meng's face flushed red and she said with a furious look: "What? Why are you looking at me? I'm not a girl!"
Chapter 399 A Very Long Dream
Seeing the suspicious eyes of several people, Miao Meng shouted out in embarrassment: "Why? Don't you believe it?"
Hailing retracted her gaze and asked lightly, "Did I say anything?"
After hearing this, Miao Meng realized that she had been tricked. She snorted lightly: "Tsk, I won't bother with you guys."
Xiangzi looked at Hailing curiously and asked softly, "Hailing, when did you fall in love with Xiaoai?"
"It's been a while." Hailing turned her head and replied, "It's about the same time she gave me the gift."
"Is that so?" Xiangzi nodded gently, his eyes falling on Hailing. "What a surprise! You actually like Xiaoai."
Hailing shook her head: "Nothing surprising. Or rather, it would be surprising if I didn't like her."
……
The next day, lunch break, Hanasakigawa.
"I heard that you confessed to Aine?" Li Xi sat on the bench and spoke to the air in front of him.
Hailing, who had walked behind Li Xi, murmured "hmm" after hearing her words and replied, "Aine told you."
Li Xi turned around, looking puzzled: "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Don't you know this?"
Li Xi's mouth twitched, and she shook her head: "I'm not talking about this, I mean... As your good friend, it's okay for you to tell me in advance."
"I'm afraid you'll say something nonsense."
"Don't you trust me so much?"
"It's hard to say." Hailing answered decisively, "Considering that you are Aine's girlfriend, I have to hide it."
"Then...then why didn't you tell me after you confessed your feelings?"
"I want to see your reaction." Hailing's lips curled up slightly, "It looks like the reaction is quite intense."
Ignoring Hailing's teasing, Li Xi lowered his head: "Why do you like Aiyin?"
"Didn't she tell you?" Hailing sat next to Lixi. Hailing knew that Aiyin went to meet RiNG and other people from mygo yesterday. She also knew that it was Aiyin who confessed her relationship with her to them.
"I did." Li Xi's voice was very soft, "But... I'm still very surprised."
As he spoke, Li Xi turned his head to look at Hai Ling. She was clearly his best friend who always gave him advice, but now she had suddenly become his girlfriend's girlfriend.
What a bloody mess.
"Unexpected?" Hai Ling was stunned for a moment, then nodded in sudden realization. "Indeed, for you, my relationship with her had no foreshadowing at all, and it went straight to the conclusion, right?"
Li Xi nodded: "Yes, you said before that you didn't like Ai Yin, but in the end..."
"It's human nature," Hailing said. "It's really comfortable to be with Aine. We can both be very tactful in our words, but we both understand what we mean."
"And...this kind of gift and this kind of thoughtfulness is the first time I've received one."
At this point, Hailing looked up at Lixi: "Of course, Lixi."
"what happened?"
Hailing didn't intend to hide it from Lixi. She said it directly: "Part of the reason is because of the curiosity I felt when I was helping you pursue Aiyin."
Hearing this, Li Xi was stunned for a moment. What did he mean? What did he mean by "curiosity arose while helping me pursue Aine"? So, while pursuing Aine, I had created a rival for myself?
ha? ? ?
Noticing Li Xi's expression, Hai Ling spoke to comfort him, "Well, what's wrong? Are you feeling very unwilling?"
Li Xi shook his head: "No, it's just that the surprise in my heart hasn't been fully digested yet."
In the blink of an eye, it was time to go home after school.
As early as two days ago, after Aine passed the entrance examination, she planned to hold a celebration party. Of course, in addition to celebrating her promotion, the more important thing in Aine's mind was to make up for the regret of not celebrating when she was discharged from the hospital.
Aiyin felt happy as she saw the house decorated in a festive manner.
"Aine-chan...I'm very happy." Deng stood beside Aine. She was happy seeing Aine happy, and she was happy too.
“Of course.” Aine nodded. “Celebrating the promotion is a small matter, but being discharged is a big deal.”
As she spoke, Aine looked at her legs. She had recovered very quickly during this period, especially her legs, which could already perform small jumps.
"Aine-chan, all the balloons have been packed." Su Shi looked at the balloons hanging on the wall and smiled with satisfaction.
"Is that so? Thank you for your hard work, Soyorin." Aiyin gently left a kiss on Su Shi's lips. The latter's face turned pale red and there was a smile in his eyes.
Looking around, Aine lowered her head in thought: "Is there anything else that needs to be decorated?"
"It seems so." Xiangzi nodded. "Xiao Ai, is that it?"
“Yeah,” Aine replied, “That’s about right. The others should be here soon.”
Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door of the room. The light closest to the door opened the door, and it was indeed them.
"Good afternoon, everyone." Aine greeted with a smile.
"Xiao Ai, is the party ready?" Chu Hua leaned over and looked at the colorful decorations in the house.
"Well, come in, I prepared a game. After we finish eating, let's play the game. There are exactly ten of us."
Time unknowingly came to late at night, Su Shi covered her mouth and yawned, exhausted by a day of hard work and high-intensity games. She put down her phone first, walked to Ain's single sofa, slowly closed her eyes, and planned to take a nap.
Seeing Su Shi leave, Xiangzi stretched and put his phone on the table: "I'm so sleepy, I want to go to bed."
"Eh? Is everyone sleepy?" Aiyin held her cell phone and looked at Xiangzi and Su Shi with some disappointment.
At this moment, Su Shi's breathing had become even and it seemed that he had fallen asleep.
"Yeah," Chu Hua nodded. Her body was a little overwhelmed. "Xiao Ai, I'll play with you tomorrow, okay? I'm sleepy too."
“Hmm…” Aine lowered her head.
Li Xi's voice reached Aine's ears: "Aine, I'm not sleepy yet. I can continue to play with you."
"Eh? Really?" Aine looked up in surprise.
But the next moment, Hailing's words extinguished Aiyin's hope: "Okay, if you're not sleepy, Aiyin will be. Go to sleep and we'll talk tomorrow."
Li Xi turned her head and met Shanghai Ling's unquestionable eyes. After hesitating for a moment, she nodded gently: "Okay, I also want to try to sleep in advance."
"Mention?" Deng tried hard to open her heavy eyes. She looked at the clock on the wall. If she was not mistaken, it was almost twelve o'clock.
"I can't take it anymore. I'm going to sleep first." After saying that, Miao Meng lay down on the ground.
"Good night." Lenai jumped onto Aine's bed with ease, covered herself with the quilt and closed her eyes.
"Aine-chan, I want to sleep too." Mu said to Aine pitifully.
With a soft sigh, Aine nodded, "Well, go to sleep, Mumu."
Accompanied by the sound of even breathing in the room, Xiangzi and the others seemed to have had a very long dream...
(if line) Moon falls and flowers break
Chapter 400 Bad News
They had a very long dream, a dream that seemed endless and desperate. The dream felt so real and yet so unrealistic...
NCNP, darkness filled Aine's hospital room.
Everyone stayed in the ward, hoping that Aine would be able to survive this sudden critical illness.
The clock hand on the wall finally pointed to "3". The ward was terribly stuffy, and the oppressive air stuck together. In this environment, even breathing loudly seemed like a luxury.
"Knock knock knock."
There was a hurried knock on the door, and before anyone could open it, the door of the ward was pushed open by the nurse. She frowned and looked at the dark ward, then reached out to turn on the light.
A sudden bright light emanated, dispelling the darkness in the ward. The nurse, holding a sheet in her hand, glanced at everyone before finally fixing her gaze on Aine's mother: "Aine's mother, right?"
“Yes…” Aiyin’s mother clenched her fists, her heart skipping a beat. In this situation, she instinctively felt that the nurse calling her by name was not a good thing.
That's exactly what happened.
The nurse's expression was calm, a calmness that made one uneasy. She walked lightly to Aine's mother and handed her the report.
Aiyin's mother took the report handed over by the nurse tremblingly. After seeing the line of big words on it, her legs went weak. Fortunately, Xiangzi and Hemu next to her reacted quickly and supported her in time, preventing Aiyin's mother from kneeling on the ground.
Seeing this, Su Shi came over, reached out to pick up the report, and looked at the line of words at the top with bloodshot eyes. The more he looked, the more glaring and unreal it seemed - the patient's death notice.
"I'm so sorry..." The nurse took a deep breath, her tone very soft, as if she was afraid of waking something up. "Aine experienced a severe cytokine storm during the operation... We tried our best to save her, but she didn't make it."
The door of the ward was pushed open again, and Aine's father, who was staying next door, received a message from another nurse. He looked at Aine's mother who could no longer stand, and his whole body was trembling.
Aine’s mother’s lips trembled as if she wanted to say something, but only a broken sob came out of her throat.
"Auntie..." Xiangzi's voice was tearful. She wanted to comfort Aiyin's mother, but as soon as her voice came out, she couldn't hold back her tears anymore.
“Impossible… Obviously…” Aine’s father shouted hoarsely, the voice seemed to be torn out from his chest, “She was smiling during the day…”
Mu stood there stiffly, the sudden news flooding into her mind, leaving her not knowing what to do. She could only subconsciously support Aine's mother.
Deng, who was squatting by the wall, stared blankly at the nurse's back. She opened her mouth to say something, but found that the words that had surged into her throat could no longer flow out. Only tears rolled down silently and hit the ground.
"Nurse, did you make a mistake?" Chu Hua shook her head. She couldn't believe it. She couldn't believe that an operation would separate them forever.
Chu Hua stumbled to the front of the nurse and reached out to grab the nurse's clothes: "There must be a mistake, right? Nurse sister... Nurse sister? Say something! There must be something wrong?"
Seeing Chu Hua gradually collapse, the nurse sighed softly and patted Chu Hua's shoulder gently: "Little sister, I am sorry for your loss."
The words of comfort fell on Chuhua's heart. She seemed to be crushed. She suddenly let go of the nurse and knelt on the ground with a plop, her eyes full of disbelief.
Li Xi didn't know when tears started streaming down her face: "She...really left us?"
"Rikki..." Lenai stared at Lixi blankly, but Lixi was not in the mood to pay attention to her. Seeing this, Lenai could only silently grab Lixi's sleeve, as if this would make her feel more secure.
Hailing faced the wall. She didn't say anything, but just leaned her head against the wall silently, not knowing what she was thinking.
"Aiko..." Miao Meng felt as if all the strength had been drained away. He was obviously her first close friend in this city, but this kind of thing happened to her.
Miao Meng asked herself honestly, she couldn't accept it.
Two hours later, they were taken to the transitional ward by nurses. The ward was quiet, with only the blank screen left after the ECG monitor was unplugged.
Aine lay in the hospital bed, seemingly asleep. She had changed into a clean hospital gown. Her hair was a little messy from the weight of her surgical cap, with a few strands clinging to her forehead. Her skin was an unnatural paleness, and her lips were slightly purple. If you looked closely, you could see faint traces of blood at the corners of her mouth.
The nurse had already removed most of the tubes, but there were still traces of tape from the surgery on the side of Aine's neck, and a circle of bruises on her wrist - left by repeated injections during the rescue.
When Aine's mother saw Aine lying quietly on the bed, she staggered, rushed to the bedside, and touched her daughter's face with trembling fingers.
“Aine…?”
Her voice was very soft, as if she was afraid to wake her.
When her fingertips touched the skin, Aine's mother could clearly feel the coldness. Her fingers unconsciously stroked Aine's cheek and suddenly found that there was a small electrode stuck behind her ear, which was used to fix the monitor during the operation.
Aine's mother tried to tear it off carefully, but the tape was too strong and she was afraid of hurting her - but at this moment, she suddenly realized that Aine was no longer in pain.
Thinking of this, Aine's mother couldn't bear it any longer, and she fell on Aine, her shoulders shaking violently, but she couldn't make a sound, only the broken gasps squeezed out of her throat.
Aine's father stood at the end of the bed, his eyes aching but the tears wouldn't fall.
Xiangzi instinctively walked to Aine's bed. Her body softened and she knelt beside the bed. She reached out and gently grabbed one of Aine's hands. A cold feeling bloomed in Xiangzi's hand, but she did not let go, as if by doing this, Xiangzi could warm Aine's body again.
Su Shi stood aside, she felt that the surroundings were very noisy, full of hazy buzzing sounds. She just wanted to look at Aine quietly, why... couldn't even this small wish be fulfilled?
You'll Also Like
-
My Crystal Palace
Chapter 240 17 minute ago -
Travel through the Collapse Iron and start your journey from Genshin Impact
Chapter 98 18 minute ago -
I'm Xiaoyuan. I'm really sorry.
Chapter 144 18 minute ago -
mygo, but Cthulhu
Chapter 233 18 minute ago -
Mygo? Bandori Girls? The goal is The Idolmaster!
Chapter 98 18 minute ago -
Chihaya Aine is a member of the team Zero
Chapter 173 18 minute ago -
The Heroine Mountain! The Beautiful Man of Lanling!
Chapter 294 18 minute ago -
Marvel: Awakening the Universe
Chapter 99 18 minute ago -
I'm here to form a band, what do you want to do!
Chapter 269 18 minute ago -
Four-Armed Divine Emperor
Chapter 182 18 minute ago