For the following days, Zhou Yun Sheng continued trying to guide Xue Jing Yi to tell him the truth, but disappointingly, no, perhaps as expected, she slowly went from tangled pain to numbness, her nervous, flickering gaze becoming more and more tranquil.
She quietly dialed her private doctor's phone, and asked him whether she could live if she didn't do the surgery, but the doctor gave her a negative answer after a long silence.
"I'm recuperating nicely, never too angry, never too happy. I can live a quiet life, won't that work? I don't want to use someone else's heart." She exclaimed tearfully.
The doctor answered her with a long sigh.
She cried until she grew tired, then hung up the phone. Because of the excessive emotional ups and downs, her heart began to pound in bursts of pain. At first she propped herself up stiffly to endure it, then fell down a few minutes later, feebly calling out, "Fu Bo, Xiao Deng, medicine, my medicine!"
Nurse Xiao Deng wasn't far away, she quickly ran over to give her the medicine, then promptly laid her flat on the ground, undid her top few buttons, and held her head up so she could keep breathing unimpeded.
The old steward immediately called the private doctor, but the other side was already on his way after getting a bad premonition from the phone call. They brought Xue Jing Yi back to her room for treatment. Fortunately, Xue Jia had deep pockets, their home had all sorts of medical equipment, and in order to perform the top secret surgery to give his daughter a new heart, Xue Rui had even remodeled the underground garage into a very advanced operating room.
Busy until eight or nine o'clock that night, Xue Jing Yi's situation finally began to improve. The doctor didn't tell the old butler about her phone call and break down today, he just gave a few random explanations and left. When he met a boy who looked exactly like Xue Jing Yi downstairs, his eyes seemed to ooze coldness like a scalpel.
Zhou Yun Sheng slightly nodded, and made way for the doctor to leave first. He put down a bowl of congee by Xue Jing Yi's bedside and softly said, "Jing Yi, do you feel any better? Eat something if you feel a little better, or your body will feel very weak."
The old butler picked up the congee bowl, and asked with an expressionless face, "Mr. Huang, who authorized you to use the kitchen?" At present, the adults in the house were only him, Xiao Deng and the male assistant, all the cooking natural fell on his head. He didn't know when Huang Yi had the opportunity to learn to use the kitchen supplies, so he was feeling very angry and uneasy. He would never allow the Miss to even touch food made by Huang Yi.
"I didn't do it, it was Mr. Assistant." Zhou Yun Sheng waved, his expression was very innocent.
The old butler was still very harsh, he told him, "In the future, these things need not be done by Mr. Huang, taking care of the Miss is our responsibility."
"But aren't I her brother?"
The steward didn't answer, he only smiled contemptuously and took the bowl away. He had to re-prepare dinner for the Miss.
Xue Jing Yi was lying on the bed, woodenly staring at the gorgeous crystal lights overhead. She knew that her hopes for survival would be slim without surgery. Her blood type was the very rare HH, which was commonly known as the Bombay blood group, the whole country had more than a billion people, but only 34 people had her blood type. Except for this boy, she might never find a second person who would match successfully with her.
"Jing Yi, I feel like your family doesn't like me, maybe I should leave." Zhou Yun Sheng scrunched his brows and complained.
"No, don't leave!" In an instant, Xue Jing Yi went from a state of numbness to wide awake, she forcefully gripped the boy's thin wrist, her nails digging deep into his flesh, and begged, "Don't go, stay with me! You're my only family!"
The closer she was to survival, the more scared she was of death, even she had to admit that she was a selfish coward.
I don't know anything, I really don't know anything, I never saw that report! She kept hypnotizing herself, and her sad and painful expression slowly became calm.
Zhou Yun Sheng understood that she was doing psychological build up. At such a thought, he realized that the same thing had happened in the previous life, Xue Jing Yi was recovering very well, but after an inexplicable attack, she'd woken up and grabbed his hand, staring at him with eyes full of tears, as if she had greatly wronged him.
Had she also discovered the truth at that time? Human nature was indeed really selfish. Zhou Yun Sheng patted the back of her hand in appeasement, "All right, I won't leave, I was just casually complaining. Whenever Fu Bo speaks to me, it's always yin and yang, and Mr. Assistant and Xiao Deng just ignore me."
"Don't get angry, I'll speak to them." Xue Jing Yi gave him a weak smile.
From that day on, Xue Jing Yi's attitude towards Zhou Yun Sheng underwent a fundamental change. She no longer guarded against him, instead, she did everything she could to treat him well, as if to make up for something. She talked to Fu Bo and the others, asking them to treat her brother as best as they could.
There was no doubt that her efforts were making Zhou Yun Sheng very comfortable, except for the more and more feminine clothes he had to wear, nothing was unsatisfactory.
Probably because of the peaceful mood, Xue Jing Yi's physical condition slowly improved, after a month, she could occasionally go for a walk around the garden. Zhou Yun Sheng tried to accompany her, but she rejected him.
Subconsciously, she didn't want to have Zhou Yun Sheng and herself be seen in the same place, it would make the neighbors doubtful. But in order to make up for this, she agreed when Zhou Yun Sheng asked to wander around the golf course alone.
While he cheerfully hopped and skipped around on the lawn, Xue Jing Yi stayed in her room, observing him through the curtain gap. She admired him for his healthy body, bright smile, and bright future. However, she should also have these things.
"Don't look Miss, you'll feel better." Fu Bo pulled in all the curtains, then walked outside to call Zhou Yun Sheng back in, he handed him the counterfeit residence certificate and identity card, "Sir has already finished your household registration, but the school's summer vacation begins in a month, so it's best to start school next semester."
"Okay, I know, I wouldn't be able to follow the classes if I went now anyway." Zhou Yun Sheng nodded cutely, then picked up the ID card and looked at it, his expression turned a bit surprised.
"Xue Jin Yi, this is my new name?"
"Of course, Sir adopted you, you naturally need to take the Xue surname, please completely forget your original name. I'll keep the household registration and identity card for you, before you lose it." The old butler took the items back and unhurriedly left, he didn't think the boy would be willing to abandon his past.
Zhou Yun Sheng stared at his thin back, grinning like a little devil. He certainly knew why Xue family got him a name pronounced exactly like Xue Jing Yi's name. Xue Jia, whether good or bad, was a distinguished family, having huge influence in China. The house was naturally quiet when Xue Rui and the others were out, but when they came back, it was unavoidable for them to hold a variety of banquets, inviting celebrities from all walks of life.
In order to prevent the guests from inadvertently meeting the boy and questioning things, they'd fully prepared. They not only transformed his appearance, they also took away his name, letting him live in Xue Jing Yi's shadow. When Xue Jing Yi needed it, he would completely disappear.
Zhou Yun Sheng chewed on his new name, his hatred insuppressible.
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Xue Jing Yi learned that the boy was renamed Xue Jin Yi, and was even more responsive to him, often staring at his profile in a trance, her eyes filled with tears.
That day, she was practicing her finger positions in the piano room, because of her long-term bedridden-ness, she felt very rusty, and had to stop several times to adjust her condition.
"What are you doing?" Zhou Yun Sheng reclined on the door frame.
"I'm practicing piano. Do you want to learn? I can teach you." Seeing the boy's curious look, Xue Jing Yi waved him over with a smile.
"Let me see it first, I'll be able to repeat it." Zhou Yun Sheng moved a chair to sit beside the girl and boasted.
"Well, then please look carefully." Xue Jing Yi pursed her lips and smiled.
Cheerful piano tinkling resounded in the piano room, improving the mood of anyone who heard it. Zhou Yun Sheng obediently sat, then started swaying and nodding to the music, obviously happy.
Xue Jing Yi saw his lively look, and started playing more vigorously. She hadn't been so happy for a long time.
They were so involved in playing, they didn't notice Xue Zi Xuan quietly standing in the doorway. He had just arrived home today, and had wanted to go back to his room for a hot bath, when his sister's music attracted him over.
The emotional grasp was very accurate, but the skills were lacking. But no matter what, skills could be remedied through training, but perception and emotional input required talent. His sister was very musically talented, he was most proud of her for this aspect. Xue Zi Xuan secretly nodded in approval, and waved his hand to let Fu Bo take his baggage back to the room.
"Nice?" After the song finished, Xue Jing Yi asked with anticipation.
"Very nice." Zhou Yun Sheng nodded.
"Did you learn it?" Xue Jing Yi deliberately teased him. She didn't think that the boy could learn to play the piano after only seeing it played once, unless he was a genius.
But unfortunately, Zhou Yun Sheng was precisely such a genius. Playing the piano was like writing a program, just using a few keystrokes to create a rich rhythm and assemble a combination, not to mention that he had a super photographic memory.
"Scooch over, I'll play for you." Zhou Yun Sheng switched into Xue Jing Yi's position, then sat in front of the piano, casually pressing two keys.
Xue Jing Yi clutched her mouth and giggled, but soon, she couldn't laugh anymore. Strings of a familiar melody overflowed from the boy's flying fingertips, and the sound was lighter and more agile than her own performance.
His eyelids twitching, his expression intoxicated, his slender fingers skipping over the black and white piano keys, the sound was meandering and melodious, like a Kingfisher's cry. It was sometimes gentle, like slowly blooming flowers, and sometimes lively like dripping dew. The first section ended, then he entered the second section, which had a faster rhythm, he bowed his back, pounding the keys, like countless raindrops falling on lush green grass, overflowing a blue lake, stirring up a small flower with a spray of water.
Early summer morning, the scenery as beautiful as a paradise. The teenager used the invisible piano sound to draw out such a vivid, magnificent paradise.
Not only did Xue Jing Yi freeze to listen in closely, even Xue Zi Xuan was intoxicated, unable to extricate himself.