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"This... alright then."
That afternoon, Lu Jinyang woke up, already changed into dry pajamas.
Seeing Li Yan, his first reaction was, "Why are you here? Where is Xiao Qing?"
Li Yan glanced at Gu Chen with irritation, "It’s because of you. He called me over overnight, I didn’t even get any sleep. Now that you’re awake, I’m going to find a room to rest. If you need anything, ask Gu Chen."
With that said, he yawned and left.
With Li Yan gone, Lu Jinyang could only ask Gu Chen.
After Gu Chen spoke, he said with lingering fear, "You don’t know how dangerous it was then. Luckily, you pulled through."
Lu Jinyang’s deep, dark eyes showed a hint of confusion, "I don’t remember being in contact with anyone. It shouldn’t have turned out like this."
"Think carefully, was anything injected into you?" Because Li Yan said he was injected with a white liquid, but he didn’t even know.
Injection?
Lu Jinyang still couldn’t recall.
But Gu Chen remembered something, he said, "When I was changing your clothes, I noticed a hole in your arm. Do you have any impression?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Jinyang immediately took off his clothes, turned his head to look, and sure enough, there was a hole the size of a needle eye on his arm, barely noticeable unless you looked closely.
"No impression. It looks new..." Lu Jinyang paused, recalled that when he was chasing someone, his arm had a stab of pain. He didn’t pay much attention at the time, thinking someone accidentally hit him.
He continued, "The scene was chaotic; if my guess is right, it might have been mistakenly injected while chasing someone."
Hearing this, Gu Chen felt despair; such a major blunder, and now it’s unclear if it’s curable in a short time.
"Hey, where are you going?" Seeing Lu Jinyang get out of bed, Gu Chen immediately stopped him, "Li Yan said you can’t walk around to avoid a nobody being around if you have an episode."
Lu Jinyang froze, looked at him in disbelief, "An episode at any time?"
"Yes, that’s what Li Yan said."
After listening to Gu Chen’s words, Lu Jinyang’s deep gaze held no ripple; he said calmly, "I understand." Then he turned back and lay down on the bed again.
...
Leaving Lu Jinyang’s room, Gu Chen returned to his own. Gu Li immediately asked upon seeing him enter, "How is Mr. Lu?"
"Awake. Gu Li, you must not tell Xiao Qing about this. She’s still pregnant, and if she gets stimulated, no one can predict what will happen, understand?"
Gu Li nodded heavily, "Yes, I understand."
Although they said this, the worry on both their faces increased rather than decreased.
Three days passed, and Lu Jinyang had another episode. Gu Chen watched him endure until he passed out, his eyes red several times. He asked Li Yan, "Is there a better way to make this pain pass quickly?"
"Yes!"
"Go die."
Gu Chen: "...Talk seriously!"
"There isn’t. It’s all about willpower. At best it can pass in a month or two, once the drug effects inside his body completely dissipate, he will return to normal."
"Is that all that can be done?"
"That’s all we can do."
Gu Chen’s gaze slightly lowered, "I’ll find him a nutritionist."
Seeing him about to leave, Li Yan said, "The time of Xiao Qing’s delivery is getting closer; if she finds out I’m not in the hospital, who knows what she will think."