Witch Punk 2840

Chapter 278 Telephone
"A drink costs 88 credits?! How about we change to a cheaper restaurant, brother."

Dongzhi flipped through the menu several times, but didn't order the last dish.

After successfully settling the professor's matter, Xia Ye suggested going to a restaurant for lunch to celebrate. After Dong Zhou agreed, she took her sister to the best restaurant in the business district.

"We are about to have financial freedom. Why not celebrate now?"

Although Xia Ye's words were illogical, Dong Zhou still allowed her to grab the menu, and like a nouveau riche, he ordered more dishes than two people could finish.

In the end, the two of them could only taste a little of each dish to avoid filling themselves up before the food was even served.

"...The reaction of your professor today was really funny."

"Actually, although the professor is utilitarian and likes to exploit doctoral students, he is right about one thing. Among all the students, he did invest the most resources in me. Probably because...according to my brother, my investment The output ratio is the highest..."

"Are you sympathizing with him?"

"How is it possible, unless one day we become the level of executives of Asia Pacific Power, then we are qualified to show our sympathy."

"Well, as expected of you."

"Brother thinks so too, right?"

"Me? A cold-blooded person like Brother You, unless he ceases to be a human being one day, he doesn't know what sympathy is, right? Hahaha~"

Xia Ye served Dong Zhou with a spoonful of vegetables, and then put another spoonful in his own bowl, and then said: "I just received a reply from the hospital, saying that you can visit at 3pm, but not for more than 20 minutes. Let's go together. ?”

"Okay. Are you going to tell dad that Asia Pacific Pharmaceuticals will help us?"

"Ah."

"Is it too early? What if 'Asia Pacific Pharmaceuticals' finds out after evaluation that it cannot be cured?"

"But if there is no hope, I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on at any time."

……

At 118: in the afternoon, the two arrived at the "Asia Pacific Medical Affiliated Hospital No. " in advance. After registering, they waited for more than minutes before finally entering the "liquefaction syndrome" severe treatment area under the guidance of a nurse.

A moment later, through the thick glass, the two saw their father.

Although my father was just over forty years old, he looked like a man in his fifties or sixties. He looked haggard and had lost all his hair as a side effect of treatment. His body was half lying in a 2X2 meter square pool. The pool was filled with blue transparent liquid. There were two other liquids suspended in the liquid. They were light yellow and very irregular in shape, as if they had just spread. The paint is solidified halfway through.

Those were my father's "legs", legs that had been liquefied.

For people suffering from "liquefaction disease", their bodies will gradually turn into liquid within a period of at least one month to as long as a year. During the entire process, the patient will feel almost no pain, but the psychological horror it brings is other than that of others. The disease is incomparable.

The patient will watch his body dissolve little by little, just like Lingchi who is being tenderly executed. When the limbs disappear, he will not die; of course, when the torso begins to dissolve, he will still not die; even when the internal organs turn into liquid , unable to eat or breathe anymore, he can still maintain a clear consciousness...it is not until the brain melts that the patient can usher in relief.

"Nanorobot repair fluid constraint therapy" is the only effective method that has been used clinically, but it can only significantly slow down the speed of liquefaction, and cannot restore the liquefied body to its original state.

Moreover, this therapy costs 20 credits per month.

But even so, whether it was summer nights or winter days, it was impossible to just watch his father die. The mother died young, and it was the father who single-handedly raised the brothers and sisters. Seeing them grow up and succeed in work and school, the father could finally begin to enjoy life, but "liquefaction disease" fell on him.

On the day when she received her father's diagnosis certificate, Xia Ye finally realized deeply: When God closes a door for you, He will also weld the windows shut to prevent you from taking advantage of the loopholes to escape.

But even so, he and Dong Zhou couldn't sit still and wait for death.

The brother and sister almost forced their father to the hospital and applied for "nanorobot repair fluid restraint therapy" for him. In order to pay for the treatment, the family's house has long been sold. Coupled with Xia Ye's salary and winter day's money from selling the authorship of the paper, the treatment time that can be maintained is only one year. After that, the treatment time can only be Went to borrow it. However, these are no longer problems now...

“You guys are here…”

When he saw the brother and sister, his father immediately put on a relaxed expression. As usual, he first asked about Xia Ye's work, then asked about Dong Zhou's situation at school, and then asked about their daily lives. He repeatedly told them to eat well, go to bed early, and pay attention to their health... Finally, the topic turned to his illness as expected, and the content was the same as before: it couldn't be cured anyway, so why not let yourself suffer in vain here? It's painful, so it's better to interrupt the treatment and relieve yourself or something.

When he said this, his father's expression was cautious - Xia Ye would be unhappy every time he mentioned this in the past, but this time, he was surprised to find that the brother and sister smiled at the same time.

"Tell you two good news, dad. First, we have money, lots and lots of money, and we no longer have to worry about medical expenses; second, there is hope that your disease will be cured, and 'Asia Pacific Pharmaceuticals' will Use the newly developed technology to customize a treatment plan specifically for you..."

……

The 20-minute visiting time was up in an instant. Under the repeated urging of the nurse, the two had no choice but to say goodbye to their father and left the hospital.

Just now, when they told their father about the discovery of "Twilight" in winter and the various conditions that "Asia Pacific Power" promised to them, the other party refused to believe it at first. It was not until he asked many details again and again that he finally realized that the brother and sister had not lied to him. .

For a moment, Xia Ye clearly saw that his father's pale face turned rosy. His lips trembled and he murmured incoherently, "Good, good, good, good, good, my good boy.", "My life is worth it even if I die." "It's gone" and the like, but on the contrary, he didn't care much about the fact that his disease could be cured.

At night, Dong Zhou fell into a deep sleep with longing for the future. Xia Ye waited in the darkness for a while, and found that there was no sign that the city lord was about to appear, so he closed his eyes and let himself fall asleep.

……

January 2085, 1, the first day of the New Year, Xia Ye sadly had to work overtime.

Although after "Asia Pacific Power" fulfills its promise, she will definitely not stay in this lowest position anymore, but the future is the future, and the present is now. Before the big pie is fulfilled, she still needs to listen to the instructions of the small boss in the department. , rushed to the company during the holidays to make PPT materials.

After finishing the materials in half an hour, I spent another hour trying to catch fish. Near noon, Dong Zhou suddenly sent a message: "Is it convenient to call now?"

"Wait for me a moment." Xia Ye returned.

She quickly sent the completed PPT to the little boss, and said hello to the other party, indicating that she would take a step back first, and then walked to an uninhabited corner before dialing Dong Zhou's number.

"what's up?"

"I just received a strange phone call." Dong Zhou said.

"Unfamiliar call?"

"Well, the other party claimed to be from 'Company Z' and said he was interested in my recent research results and wanted to meet and chat with me."

"...How did you reply?"

"I said I wasn't interested. But the other party said that no matter what conditions Asia Pacific Power promised, they could offer better ones. He asked me to consider it carefully and not to refuse in a hurry."

Xia Ye was silent for two seconds and suddenly said: "I suggest you agree to them."

There was no response from Dong Zhou on the other end of the phone.

Xia Ye sighed in her heart. This memory was like a one-line plot game. She couldn't make any different choices from then.

She had no choice but to ask again: "Did the other party say anything else?"

"The other party also asked me...not to trust 'Asia Pacific Power' too much."

"Well, I understand. I'll be back now." After Xia Ye finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

(End of this chapter)