Wu Zhiyuan lifted his hand, signaling her to go to the office to talk.
The two of them walked into the office, and Wu Zhiyuan then showed Chi Gui the scans and test results, "No need for me to say it, you probably can see it yourself."
Chi Gui carefully examined each scan one by one, her expression growing graver and graver.
"There’s a tumor in the brain," Wu Zhiyuan said solemnly, "It seems it was benign before, but has suddenly worsened. At her age, if we perform open brain surgery, there’s a high risk she won’t survive the operation. What do you think?"
Chi Gui reviewed the test results and scans again with great care, finally exhaled softly and looked up, "I will inform Village Chief Wang. The decision on what to do should be made by him."
Granny Zhang had suffered a car accident when she was young, and never had children.
Thus, she and Village Chief Wang depended on each other for a lifetime.
Only Village Chief Wang had the authority to make the decision.
Wu Zhiyuan didn’t say anything; he looked at Chi Gui’s somewhat emaciated face, his heart aching as he spoke, "How come you lost weight just two days after leaving the Capital City? Is the food not good? Should I send someone to bring you something?"
"No, no, no," Chi Gui was startled; Wu Zhiyuan had done such things before, and the two truckloads of vegetables, fruits, seafood, and meat were still her psychological shadow, "I’ve been eating well. Probably just lost weight because I’ve been more active these days. Don’t worry, Master, I’ll gain weight once I’m back in the Capital City."
Hearing her say this, Wu Zhiyuan could only reluctantly let it go, "I’ll arrange a bed for you, you should get some rest. Don’t worry about your grandma, I’ll arrange for a caregiver to look after her."
"No need," Chi Gui smiled, "I’ll just sleep in Granny Zhang’s room."
She insisted, and Wu Zhiyuan didn’t say any more.
Chi Gui returned to the room, saw Granny Zhang with her eyes closed, peacefully sleeping, her eyelashes slightly drooping, hiding the light in her eyes.
After a while, she gently exhaled, slowly walked to Granny Zhang’s bedside, gently held her hand, and just like when she was a child, leaned on her hand and slowly closed her eyes.
Receiving the news, Fu Si, who had hurried over, just happened to see this scene through the window in the door of the hospital room.
He paused, his hand ready to open the door, and then slowly lowered it, leaning against the wall.
Qin Cheng, following behind Fu Si, didn’t dare to interrupt him.
The hallway was eerily quiet. Fu Si stood by the door, hands in pockets, silently keeping company with the person inside.
Until an hour had passed.
Wu Zhiyuan came over to check the room and from a distance saw Chi Gui at the door flanked by two tall men.
He frowned slightly as he approached, about to scold them but recognized Fu Si, "You’re Old Man Fu’s grandson, aren’t you? What are you doing here?"
Worried about disturbing Chi Gui inside, Wu Zhiyuan lowered his voice.
Fu Si slightly looked up, recognizing Wu Zhiyuan as well.
Ever since he knew that Chi Gui was a member of the national senior research institute’s Expert Group, Fu Si had thoroughly learned about every member of the Expert Group and knew that this was the group leader, Chi Gui’s master.
He promptly stood straight and politely greeted, "Hello, Uncle Wu, I came to see Chi Gui."
"See Chi Gui?" Wu Zhiyuan was startled and then thought about Old Sir Fu boasting everywhere recently, his frown deepening, "Is it you, kid, who wants to snatch away my prized student?"
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Fu Si smiled, his slender index finger adjusting his glasses.
He was always patient with those important to Chi Gui, "I indeed intend to marry Chi Gui and take her home."
"You sure have big ambitions, boy!" Wu Zhiyuan clapped a hand on Fu Si’s shoulder, "Come on, let’s go to my office and talk about this in detail."
Leaving Qin Cheng standing there, bewildered and at a loss.
The next day, before Chi Gui woke up, Fu Si had already left.
Academician Wu didn’t say anything, Chi Gui had no idea Fu Si had even been there.
After Village Chief Wang woke up, she detailed Granny Zhang’s condition to him.
Village Chief Wang sat in his chair, his head lowered in silence for a long time before finally looking up with some difficulty, "Then... we won’t treat it. I’ll accompany her... on her last journey..."
He couldn’t finish his sentence before tears started falling.
Chi Gui remained silent, not saying a word.
During the two months of summer vacation, aside from the daily training sessions required for Kyle and his team, Chi Gui spent the remaining time with Granny Zhang.
Only on the last day before school reopened did she leave to return to Nancheng.
Kyle’s Team had left for their country a week earlier to prepare for the next racing season.
Unlike her last visit to Nancheng, this time Chi Gui had just arrived when she received a call from Chi Changjing.