Collapse: Raising a Wife Since Childhood

"Sister Ji Zi!" This was the first time Shen Yunie spoke to Ji Zi in such a serious tone after they had known each other for so long. Under the boy's calm appearance, he was already feeling uneasy and about to go crazy, but the peaceful sleeping appearance of Leah gave him a glimmer of hope, so he did not completely collapse.

He was afraid something might happen to Leah, afraid that something might arise that he couldn't solve, so he could only wait for her to wake up and hope that this matter would just pass.

Ji Zi was stunned, frightened by her junior brother's tone and unable to speak. Her red lips slightly opened but no sound came out for a long time. She closed her mouth and her hand on the door gradually slipped away.

Junior brother should be fine, he just wants to rest...

Hearing the footsteps getting smaller and smaller, Shen Yunie sighed. His confused mind made him unsure whether he should continue to worry about Leah or regret driving Ji Zi away.

Time seemed to stand still, Cecilia's regular breathing fell on his face, Shen Yunie felt like every day was a year, his heart ached with every passing second. The days in the welfare home and the days when they wandered together emerged in his mind, and the beautiful memories now became the sharpest weapon to torture his body and mind.

If it weren't for Leia, he would have died somewhere long ago. Shen Yunie had determined this a long time ago. He didn't think Leia would leave him, nor had he thought about what would happen if his world became completely dark one day.

The torment in his heart made his consciousness blurry. The warm breath hit his face, and he absentmindedly wrapped his arms around that delicate body, seeming to lose all feeling in his body.

Cecilia woke up, her body aching from being squeezed. She knew without thinking that it was the body of the little boy that she was pressed against. She felt like she had slept for a long time. Although she was still tired, she was much more awake. "Hmm."

When I opened my eyes, I saw the little boy's face in front of me. His eyes were slightly open and his expression was dull. Tears were still on his cheeks, and the pillow they were lying on was already wet. I don't know how long he had been crying.

"Yune, what's wrong with you?" Leah was frightened. The little boy looked like a fool at this moment. She quickly hugged him and shook him, "Why is this happening?"

Shen Yunie came back to his senses and stared blankly at that pretty face. Tears welled up in his eyes again. He buried his face in Leah's arms, "I'm fine, Sister Leah, you're finally awake."

"Stupid, it's just one night of sleep..." Leah said helplessly as she wiped away the little boy's tears. She looked up and found that it was already dusk outside the window. She looked away and asked hesitantly, "I slept for a whole day, right?"

Shen Yunie hugged her tightly, even if it made her uncomfortable, he didn't let go at all. This was the only time he felt that he was going to be separated from Leia, which was more serious to him than the destruction of the world. "What's wrong with your body?"

"I don't know." Cecilia shook her head, feeling pain in her heart. She was also tormented by the fact that she didn't know how her body was doing and when she would leave the little boy. Maybe she should have been prepared earlier? But if Yu Ni knew, he would definitely collapse. "Sister will be with you."

"Stay with me forever." Shen Yunie said, but after waiting for a long time, he still couldn't get a positive answer from Leah. He put more force into his hands and said seriously, "If Sister Leah disappears, then I don't need to live anymore."

"You kid..." The little boy said seriously without any intention of lying or joking. The pain of being tightly strangled constantly stimulated her mind. Leah sighed and said seriously, "Sister will always be with you. No matter how long I sleep, you must believe that I will wake up."

She looked at the sun setting outside the window and couldn't help showing a confused look. She didn't want to leave, but she always felt uneasy in her heart.

51. Apology, Indulgence

The dish tonight was made by Ji Zi. She was determined to learn how to cook, and under the guidance of Teacher Shirley, and after making charred food dozens of times in a row, she finally mastered the basics of cooking.

On the table were steaming and fragrant dishes that she had made. She sat at the table in a daze without picking up her chopsticks. From time to time, her eyes fell on the room with the closed door. She stared at it for a long time, but never opened the door and then looked away.

Junior brother hasn't left the room for the whole day. Is he really okay? According to Ji Zi's character, if something like this happened, she would have broken into the room long ago. Even if the other party wanted to be quiet, she would have to make sure it was safe. But in the case of the junior brother, just three words suppressed her.

Just as she was in a daze, she saw the door of the room was pushed open, and Shen Yunie with messy hair walked out, "Yunie?"

"Sister Ji Zi..." Shen Yunie's expression froze, and he felt a little embarrassed to face her. He was upset this morning and got angry at Ji Zi who cared about him. He walked slowly to the living room and sat down, whispering to her, "I'm sorry, I was in a bad mood this morning and got angry at you."

After she finished speaking, she didn't get a response. Shen Yunie thought she was still angry, and was about to apologize again, but her face was held in the hand.

Ji Zi looked at the junior brother up and down with a worried look, and then looked at his body. After confirming that there was no problem, she breathed a sigh of relief, "I was just worried that there was something wrong with your body. I'm glad you're okay. Let's eat."

"Yeah." Shen Yunie smiled. Listening to the conversation between the two, Cecilia couldn't help but feel confused and asked, "What are you angry about? How come I don't know?"

"You didn't wake up in the morning, and Sister Ji Zi was worried about me, but I was afraid of waking you up, so I got angry with her." Shen Yunie embarrassedly explained what happened in the morning.

"Well, it's right to apologize." Leah looked at Himeko, a pretty face under her long burgundy hair, and her amber eyes were always gentle, and when she looked at Yu Ni, the gentleness was even stronger. Just as Ragnar said at the beginning, Himeko was really a good person, kind and gentle.

……

The physical examination was postponed, and Jizi did not mention it again. After being sleepy all day, Cecilia's body did not show any aggravated reaction. She seemed to have recovered, but she still felt tired and sleep-deprived every day.

For this reason, Shen Yunie began to try to find the cause and solution, but the two of them searched everything on their mobile phones, and even went to the library of Saint Freya to look through it, but they still had no clue. One body, two souls, this kind of thing may not have happened before in the world.

Cecilia was a little dizzy from her sleep. She squinted her eyes and saw that face was less than ten centimeters away from her. It seemed that it had been awake for a long time with its eyes open, just looking at her.

She stretched and held the little boy in her arms, "Good morning~Did I oversleep today?"

"I didn't sleep for long." Shen Yunie smiled when he saw Leah wake up. This has become the thing he looks forward to most every day in recent times. Not wanting to encounter the same thing as last time, he even wanted to stay awake and watch Leah, but she refused in the end.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Yu Nie added, "The alarm rang eight times."

The happy expression on Liya's face after she just woke up suddenly froze. When she silently calculated the time in her mind, her expression turned bad. Because of sleeping, she made Yu Nie miss the normal class time again. "It's already nine o'clock... Oh, let's get up quickly, we missed it again today."

"It's okay." Shen Yunie was grabbed by Liya and put on clothes. She said nonchalantly, "It's a little less time, but my results are still the best."

"But we've already missed half a month! Next month is the end of the semester, we have to hurry up!"

After quickly packing up everything, Shen Yunie walked out of the villa and headed towards the teaching building at Cecilia's urging. Cecilia often sleeps for a long time, but it is enough for her to wake up in the morning. Shen Yunie would rather miss class time or not go to class than wake her up by force.

In the third grade physical education class, Sayou was standing outside the treadmill. In the past year, her body was able to withstand the pressure of 200 kilograms and complete the tasks set by the teacher. After the warm-up exercise, she did not enter the machine, but looked around for someone. Unfortunately, she did not see the figure she wanted to see.

"Will Junior Yunie come today?" The girl murmured softly, feeling a little regretful. In the past half month, he was often late or absent. For other students, such things would be scolded by the teacher, but if Shen Yunie didn't come, the teacher didn't mention anything.

Sometimes, when her junior classmates arrived late for class, she would ask them the reason but they would always give her the excuse.

At the door of the classroom, a figure hurried over, and the teacher standing there just nodded to signal him to come in. Shen Yunie exhaled twice to try to stabilize his heartbeat. There was not much time left for the physical education class, and he needed to complete today's training requirements as soon as possible, so he simply walked straight to the treadmill without even doing warm-up exercises.

"Junior!" Sayou was about to get on the treadmill when she saw the boy rushing over. She waved at him excitedly and asked him the same question as usual, "You're late again today. What's wrong with you recently?"

"I overslept and haven't been feeling well lately." Shen Yunie didn't want to talk to her any more, so he reached out to open the cabin door and walked in.

Just as Sayou was about to speak, she saw her junior walk into the cabin door. He didn't seem to want to talk to her. The girl's love heart was a little broken. She bit her lip and could only start her training. Did she do something wrong? No!

"Click——"

The pressure was coming down. Three hundred kilograms of pressure was already bearable for Shen Yunie. Then came the high-speed treadmill. The overload training put pressure on every cell in the body. A normal person might collapse under this kind of training, but for the students of Saint Freya, it was the best way to break through the limits of their bodies.

Shen Yunie began to sweat as he exercised vigorously. The slight soreness and numbness in his body made him consider whether to increase the intensity of his training. "Sister Leah, I'll turn up the pressure a little bit."

"You have exceeded the pressure limit for third-year students." Leah said helplessly. The pressure adjustment button was inside the cabin. She turned her head and her eyelids twitched. She had a bad feeling in her heart, "Do you really want to continue to increase it?"

"Let's give it a try." Shen Yunie was thinking that as long as he could bear more pressure, he would be more in line with the requirements of transplanting the stigmata. He wanted to complete this as soon as possible to fulfill the dean's last wish and what Leah often mentioned.

The pressure in the space increased dramatically, and the faces of the two turned pale at the same time. At that moment, Shen Yunie's body instantly became extremely hot, and Leah's reaction was even more intense.

52. Physical changes

The body seemed to be ignited instantly, and every cell began to burn and dissolve. The sudden change made Shen Yunie unable to react, and she was thrown off the treadmill in severe pain.

"Oh!"

The loud noise from the hatch attracted everyone's attention. They all looked over here and saw a very strange scene. The boy's cheeks and arms began to turn purple-white, which was the state of a person who was infected by the Honkai virus and was about to become a dead soldier. The virus spread rapidly upwards, and vaguely he could see that his chest was also turning purple-white.

"Sister Leah..." Shen Yunie opened his mouth but couldn't breathe any air. He felt like he was in a vacuum environment. The severe pain in his body instantly made his mind blurred. He didn't even know what was going on. He could only feel that he was being squeezed and bleeding madly.

The teacher in the classroom looked at the scene in astonishment. The boy's body was infected by the Honkai virus very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was already up to his neck. With only the last bit of his brain left, he would be completely killed. It was so fast that she couldn't react. There was no medicine in the world to cure Honkai disease.

"Sister Leah, my body hurts so much..."

Just before he lost consciousness, Cecilia stumbled towards him. She stretched out her hand, spoke inaudibly, and then fell to the ground, with confusion and astonishment in her beautiful eyes. Shen Yunie completely lost consciousness, and the sounds around him and Cecilia in front of him disappeared.

The boy's body stopped changing when the Honkai disease spread to his chin. Under everyone's gaze, the purple skin disappeared and he returned to his original state. It was as if the previous disease had never happened. The teacher was the first to come to his senses. He rushed forward, opened the hatch, and picked up Shen Yunie, "Help!"

Ji Zi was dumbfounded when she received the news that her junior fellow apprentice was in trouble. The stable life she had managed to maintain was suddenly shattered. Shen Yunie showed symptoms of the Honkai virus infection, and when he was about to become a dead soldier, the virus mysteriously disappeared.

When she arrived at the institute, Theresa was standing in the corridor, quietly watching the situation behind the glass window. There were countless testing instruments placed around the room, connected by wires to the glass cabin in the center that was filled with a special solution.

Shen Yunie was floating quietly in it. The young man, shirtless, watched his thin body connected to several wires. Whenever something was extracted, his muscles would subconsciously contract because of the pain.

Ji Zi walked over blankly, and when she saw her junior brother appear in the glass cabin, she suddenly lost her strength and fell down. Theresa reached out and supported her and pressed her to sit on a bench beside her.

"He's fine now. His body's damage value is only six points. He won't become a dead man."

"How could this happen..." Ji Zi's eyes suddenly turned red. She found that she could no longer do anything when she was worried and confused. She didn't know the physical condition of her junior brother, and she failed to help him get a chance to transplant the stigma. She once promised to protect her junior brother, but what did she do now?

The message on the phone was from a researcher. There was an instrument for detecting Honkai energy in the physical education classroom. When Shen Yunie got into trouble, the Honkai energy value in the classroom rose to nearly a thousand points in an instant, almost approaching the strongest value among the lower-level Honkai beasts. The surveillance also recorded the scene where he was about to become a dead man but returned to his original state at the last moment.

"Could it be a natural stigma?" She suddenly asked with some hope. To recover from a dead soldier to a normal person was something that had never happened in the world.

Theresa shook her head. "I thought about that, but the researchers have tried many times and still can't find any signs of the stigmata. The testing is almost over and they should have the answer."

The solution in the glass chamber began to drop, and the lines connected to Shen Yunie's body were automatically disconnected, leaving a needle-sized wound on his body. Ji Zi couldn't wait to walk in, and the researchers handed her the certificate after testing and research.

"Is that so?"

……

The world in Shen Yunie's eyes was not completely dark, as there was also a ray of light from Leah. However, the environment he was in was boundless darkness, as if he was sinking to the bottom of the sea. His body was wet and he could not touch anything or make any sound, so he could only let his body sink.

In this lonely torture, he suddenly opened his eyes, and all those feelings disappeared and he returned to the dark world. Cecilia was lying quietly beside him, still looking beautiful like a sleeping beauty without any discomfort.

"Shen Yunie?" He was about to try to wake up Leah, but was interrupted by someone in reality calling his name. Judging from the surrounding environment, he should be in the ward.

"it's me."

The researchers looked at the blind boy and were very surprised at his calmness. After all, any normal person would have worriedly asked himself about his physical condition at this time.

She held a document in her hand, and after calming down, she continued, "You fainted during physical training, and your body showed serious symptoms of death, but the symptoms disappeared at the last moment. After our physical examination and research, we have roughly determined the cause."

Shen Yunie's expression froze, and he asked hesitantly: "What's the reason?"

"Before I get the reason, I want to ask you a question to confirm it." Without answering immediately, the researcher put away the documents in his hand and sat down beside him. "Have you ever killed a dead soldier or a Honkai beast, and had their blood stain your body?"

So this is also one of the causes of the disease? Shen Yunie was puzzled, but since the other party had said it, he had to admit, "Yes, I did."

"And it happened many times. Normally, people who come into contact with the blood of Honkai beasts will be infected with the Honkai virus. The reason why you didn't become a dead soldier is because there are special inhibitors in your blood. Your blood suppressed the spread of Honkai.

However, intense exercise in the environment of Honkai energy will cause the virus to divide and grow, and the inhibitors cannot eliminate them, which is why you developed lesions during physical training. But don't worry, now these viruses are suppressed and gradually eliminated, and the inhibitors are also disappearing. "

Shen Yunie understood what the other party meant, and recalled the scenes of killing the warriors. Since the first time she killed them, she was stained with their blood. The reason why the skin absorbed it quickly was actually because it was suppressed and removed. The inhibitor mentioned by the other party was actually Sister Leah! Lethargy and fainting, everything was explained.

A bad premonition emerged in his mind, and he asked the man with an unpleasant look: "Will my inhibitor recover?"

"Unfortunately, it won't recover. Maybe when you were young, the number of inhibitors was huge, but as more and more Honkai viruses appeared, its number began to decrease, and now only a little is left." The researcher had just finished saying this when he saw the boy almost fall off the bed. The infusion tube slipped from his left hand, and blood instantly dyed the white little hand red. "Shen Yunie, what's wrong with you?"

"How can I stop the inhibitor from disappearing?"

"Ah...what did you say?"

"Tell me how to stop the inhibitor from disappearing!"

53. It’s a pity that I’m one step late

The boy suddenly became crazy and yelled hysterically at the researchers. For them, the inhibitor was a component in the blood, a new and strange existence that had never appeared before, but for Shen Yunie it was completely different. It turned out that he was swallowing Leah little by little to keep his body safe and sound, until now he almost swallowed Leah completely!

He was going to kill his beloved Leia, and he simply couldn't accept this result.

"I, I don't know..." The researcher's hand was grabbed, and the thin boy burst out with a terrifying force at this moment, as if he was going to crush her wrist. Seeing the blood dyeing the white coat blood red, she quickly took out a tranquilizer from her pocket with her other hand and injected it, "Calm down, calm down!"

The moment the liquid was injected, Shen Yunie opened his mouth wide and tried his best to breathe like a drowning fish in an attempt to calm himself. Purple lines instantly appeared on the boy's pale face, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not resist the anesthetic and hypnotic components of the sedative. The hand he was holding slipped away and he fainted again.

"What's wrong with this kid?" The researcher breathed a sigh of relief and quickly straightened him up and bandaged the wound on the back of his hand. Shouldn't it be a good thing to completely eliminate the Honkai virus from the body? But why did he suddenly go crazy?

She frowned and didn't know whether to tie him up. The door of the ward behind her was pushed open, and Theresa walked in with a serious expression. She stuck half of her head out of the door frame to look at the situation inside. Ji Zi didn't know how to face her junior brother. She could only bring disappointment to him and was not worthy of him treating her as a sister.

"What's wrong with him?" Looking at the bandage on the back of the boy's hand, Theresa asked with some confusion.

"He just woke up. I told him the situation and he suddenly went crazy. I was afraid something might happen to him so I gave him an injection of sedative." The researcher said with lingering fear.

Jizi, who was hiding outside, heard these words, and her amber eyes suddenly shrank. She wanted to go in, but she was still afraid. A small figure appeared in front of her. Theresa brought the man out and patted her shoulder again, "Leave it to me. I will explain it to him. If you feel tired, go back and have a drink and take a nap."

"The principal..."

Jizi was finally dragged away by another person. Theresa returned to the room and sat on the chair she had sat on before. Her eyes fell on the pale but still beautiful face. She looked at it with curiosity for a long time and then showed a helpless smile.

Shen Yunie was not the first person whose blood could remove the Honkai virus. She knew someone who could do the same, but that person's name had become a taboo. If his ability had not disappeared, he might have become the first male to have a stigmata transplanted, but it was a pity that he was a step too late.

Shen Yunie woke up again, and Cecilia was sleeping in front of her. She would wake up after a while just like usual, but this time she might not wake up. Just half a month ago, the two made a mutual agreement, but they didn't expect it to be broken so quickly.

"Sister Leah, is it time to wake up?" He called out tentatively, but got no answer. Tears soon welled up in the boy's eyes. There were only three people who had contact with him, and after the disaster at the orphanage, Ragnar and Bianca left one after another. Even the only remaining Leah was leaving, so what was the point of him continuing to live?

The voice interrupted her thoughts. Theresa saw the boy suddenly open his eyes and cry, and her serious look suddenly cracked. "Are you awake already?"

She didn't get a response. She only saw the boy move his body slightly, still crying silently. She continued, "Your body has begun to recover. I wanted to preserve the inhibitor in your body, but it's a pity that it's no longer possible."

"Why?" Shen Yunie was stunned and spoke excitedly. He wanted to act but the tranquilizer in his body had not worn off. "I must preserve it, no matter what I do, even if it means turning me into a dead soldier or a collapsed beast!"

"It's useless. You will definitely die if you do it. After you die, the inhibitor will naturally disappear." Theresa stretched out her hand to hold down his body as he tried to move. "Jizi never told you about the stigmata transplant because she was afraid that you would be sad after she told you, but you still have to understand.

Men cannot transplant stigmata. From the moment the stigmata appeared to the present day, countless experiments have concluded that the mortality rate of men undergoing surgery is 100%. Your body is a little special, but this specialness will soon disappear. If it weren't for Jizi, I would let you make a fatal attempt, but now for her, I must keep your life."

There was a feeling of shattering all the dreams of the people with her own hands. Theresa's face was not very good, but she just hoped that the boy could understand their painstaking efforts.

"Can the inhibitor be preserved by transplanting the holy scar?" Shen Yunie asked.

Theresa didn't know why he asked that, it seemed a bit crazy. She sighed and her expression became serious, "It's possible to survive the operation. With your current body, it's impossible to break the 100% mortality rate. Whether it's transplanting stigmata or inhibitors, Shen Yunie, you have to live well for Ji Zi, you are not living alone."

Shen Yunie felt that he had no strength left in his body. The medicine in the infusion bottle had been replaced, and anesthesia was added to prevent him from going crazy. The blanket covering him was pulled up a little, and Theresa looked at him, "The virus in your body is expected to be cleared tomorrow, so stay here until then. By the way, the method to heal your eyes has been found, and the future will be bright after tomorrow."

"have a good rest."

The door of the ward could be heard opening and closing. In order to keep the boy quiet, no one was guarding outside the ward. Even an adult could not move due to the effect of the anesthetic.