The tip of Mu Ning's nose felt sore.
"fool."
He let go of Gu Zhiyin's hand and opened his arms to hug him.
"You are sick, and you are right. Why do you punish yourself like this?"
He stood here like an atonement. In Mu Ning's opinion, it was almost self-abuse. How distressed she must be.
"Uncle Gu, you will definitely get better." Mu Ning murmured subconsciously.
"Um?"
Gu Zhiyin's sense of smell was very keen. It didn't sound like she was trying to appease him, but rather like she had anticipated the result.
Gu Zhiyin grabbed her chin and stared deeply at her with his dark eyes, "Why do you say that?"
"say what?"
"How do you know I'm going to get better?"
Mu Ning met his questioning gaze, her chest froze, and she quickly covered it up easily, "Because Uncle Gu has his own destiny!"
Gu Zhiyin's dark eyes were like fog, and he held her chin tightly and refused to let go, "Ningning, is there nothing you want to hide from me?"
"No, what can I hide from you?"
"Does Ning Ning know that once you lie or feel guilty, your left ear will tremble?"
Mu Ning was startled and subconsciously touched his ears.
"No, no movement..."
Gu Zhiyin chuckled, with an unknown meaning, and released her chin, "I'm just teasing you."
Mu Ning breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and muttered, "Just tell me, my ears can move, why didn't I know."
Gu Zhiyin glanced sideways at her, his eyes a little cold.
Mu Ning's ears did not move, but her reaction said it all.
"Uncle Gu, let's go home."
"Um."
Mu Ning stretched out his hand, "The mountain road is difficult to walk, so I will hold your hand."
"Okay." Gu Zhiyin handed her his hand calmly.
…
The night went on till late at night, and Mu Ning slept until noon the next day. After dinner, she went to the company.
After I finished revising the drawings, it was 5:30 in the afternoon.
Mu Ning turned off the computer, packed her things and prepared to go home and cook for Gu Zhiyin.
Her cell phone rang suddenly. When she looked at the number, she paused and walked to the window to answer it.
"Nicole, let's meet."
Mu Ning twitched his lips, "You made the appointment at the right time."
"Why, it's dinner time, so we can't have dinner together?"
Mu Ning said bluntly, "He is waiting for me to go back for dinner."
Luther snorted, "Mr. Gu's condition must have worsened. I'm just trying to talk to you about this. Are you sure you want to reject me?"
Mu Ning's expression froze slightly, and he gritted his teeth, "Give me the address!"
"It's so refreshing." Luther smiled, "Do you want me to pick you up?"
"Need not!"
After hanging up the phone, Luther sent her the address.
Mu Ning's call to Gu Zhiyin went unanswered, so she called back to the villa.
"Mrs?"
"Where's Gu Zhiyin?"
"Sir is watering the sunflowers you planted."
"I won't go back for dinner tonight. When you give him food, it must be light. There are a few side dishes that he won't eat. You can cook them according to the recipes I wrote for you. In addition, you must keep an eye on him. Finished a bowl of rice.”
"Okay, don't worry, I'll pay attention."
"Well, give him the phone."
The phone was silent for a while, then a low voice sounded.
"Ning Ning."
"Uncle Gu, I have to work overtime tonight, so I won't go back to eat. You must eat well and don't be picky."
Gu Zhiyin chuckled, "Okay, come back soon."
"Um."
Fortunately, Gu Zhiyin didn't ask anything. After hanging up the phone, Mu Ning took her bag and went out. She took a taxi to the address given by Luther.
It was a manor where camping was possible, and she and Luther were sitting in the outdoor restaurant.
Mu Ning never thought that she could sit face to face with Luther in such harmony.
"Long time no see, Nicole." Luther, wearing an elegant white suit, greeted her with a gentle smile.
Mu Ning didn't want to play hypocritical tricks with him, "Stop chatting, why don't you treat me to dinner? Let's order something."
Luther looked at her tolerantly and called the waiter to order.
Mu Ning was not polite and chose the more expensive ones.
"Miss, have you finished eating so much?" the waiter kindly reminded.
Mu Ning raised his head and glanced at Luther, "Mr. Luther should not be so stingy."
Luther smiled and said, "It's my honor to pay for you. I like your revenge."
Mu Ning tugged at his lips, feeling bored. He ordered a few dishes and closed the menu.
"What do you want to talk to me about about his condition?"
Luther poured a glass of wine and said slowly, "The Seventh Research Institute is the result of your mother. Now I am taking over it. Your mother was doing research on the brain and nervous system during her lifetime. This research was only half completed. You My mother was killed. When it was detected that Mr. Gu’s nervous system was damaged, I went back and perfected the remaining parts.”
"The research has created a machine that can repair the nervous system. It only requires minimal trauma to allow the medium to enter the brain and connect the dead nerves..."
"Wait, you mean that your research results have not been put into clinical use yet?"
"Yes, but we have done many experiments and have a 60% success probability."
“What’s going to happen to that 40 percent?”
"Nicole, I won't lie to you. If the operation fails, the machine will kill all his nerves and he will become a vegetative state."
"..."
Mu Ning felt uncomfortable breathing when he heard this, but surgery has risks. If you don't try, you will never have a chance.
"This surgery can only be done at the institute. You have to convince Mr. Gu to go abroad for the surgery."
"You know, that's impossible."
If you tell Gu Zhiyin directly, there is no way he will agree.
"Nicole, I'm only responsible for telling you the current situation. You'd better think of a solution."
…
Mu Ning returned home after dinner, and the servant brought her slippers. She went to the water bar to pour water, and found that the food on the table had been left untouched and had cooled down.
"Why didn't Gu Zhiyin come down for dinner?"
"My husband has been in the study. I don't know if he was in a bad mood. I went up and knocked on the door several times, but no one responded."
Mu Ning paused to drink water, glanced upstairs, put down the water glass, and quickly went upstairs.
She stood outside the study door and knocked, "Uncle Gu?"
No one responded.
Mu Ning turned the door handle and the door was locked. She frowned and asked the servant to get the spare key to open it. The room was pitch black, so she raised her hand to turn on the light.
A low voice came from deep in the study.
"Don't open."
Mu Ning paused. The light outside the door did not extend into the room, and the curtains were heavily drawn. She could only vaguely see a person sitting in front of the desk in the darkness.
She closed the door and the room was completely dark with no light at all.
She slowly walked deeper into the study, searching for her memory.
Just as she walked to the desk, she suddenly stepped on something. She slipped and fell forward.
Suddenly a hand grabbed her and pulled her forward. She was caught off guard and fell into a hot embrace.
