Chapter 76: Where is Gui Gui?
Pain!
So much pain!
My ears hurt! My head hurts! Everything hurts!
Gui Gui, Mu Mu hurts so much! Can you hug Mu Mu? It won’t hurt if you hug me.
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The pain, like needles, fire, and a thousand cuts, spread from his ears to all his nerves.
Perhaps because the ears are part of the head, the pain quickly evolved from the single ear canal to all the organs, nerves, and tissues in his entire head.
Tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. The airtight protective mask changed their direction, preventing them from running into his hair and guiding them down to his chin, leaving two distorted wet streaks.
Mu Mu wanted to shout to stop, to shout for Yan Gui Xing to save him. But he was already too pained to speak, his mouth opening and closing without a sound.
He thought he would soon pass out from the pain, but he didn’t. He was acutely aware of the pain of this rebirth.
This long and continuous torment finally ended when Mu Mu was about to collapse from the unbearable pain.
He could feel his body slowly sinking as the cool and sticky liquid receded. After two or three minutes, his back touched the elastic pad.
Mu Mu vaguely felt the temperature around him rising, a warm and comfortable feeling, like basking in the sun.
The brain and body, after the extreme pain, were abnormally exhausted, clamoring for a good sleep to alleviate the pain just experienced.
In a daze, Mu Mu heard the sound of the repair tank lid opening. He felt the board beneath him slowly rising.
The protective mask on his face was removed, fresh air entering his nostrils, along with a voice falling on his ears.
“…Can you hear me…? The light is too bright…Open your eyes slowly…”
The man’s voice was gentle and refined, with an inescapable indifference; the tone was respectful but lacked intimacy.
Wrong! Mu Mu thought drowsily, this isn’t Gui Gui’s voice! This is Doctor Gongsun’s voice!
Gui Gui had promised him that he would be the first voice he heard when he came out of the repair tank.
Why was it Doctor Gongsun? Where did Gui Gui go?
Mu Mu tried to open his eyes. The specially dimmed light still stung his eyes, causing tears to flow. But he stubbornly opened his eyes wide, searching for Yan Gui Xing’s figure through his blurry vision.
Gongsun was afraid the light would hurt Mu Mu’s eyes and quickly reached out to cover them, “Madam, don’t rush to open your eyes. Adjust to the light first, open them slowly.”
Because of his cold constitution, Gongsun’s fingertips were very cold. Pressing on Mu Mu’s eyes felt like placing ice cubes there, making it uncomfortable.
Mu Mu wanted to cover his ears to avoid hearing Gongsun’s voice. But the stranger’s hand and body temperature on his face caused Mu Mu to react negatively.
He pushed Gongsun’s hand away excitedly, his voice hoarse from the continuous pain, “Where’s Gui Gui? Where is Gui Gui? He said I would see him first when I came out!”
Gongsun knew that patients who had just left the repair tank, after undergoing more than ten hours of torment, were easily agitated and prone to emotional breakdowns.
Afraid of stimulating Mu Mu, he quickly let go, backing away while soothing Mu Mu, “Madam, take a deep breath, don’t rush, calm down. Let’s ignore the boss for now, can you answer a few questions? I need to check your condition.”
Hearing that Gongsun didn’t answer his question, Mu Mu wiped his tears, sulkily turning his body, showing his back to Gongsun, refusing to cooperate.
Gongsun tried again to speak to Mu Mu, but Mu Mu just sat in the repair tank, ignoring him. When he did answer, it was to ask where Yan Gui Xing was.
Gongsun, his left hand clenched tightly in his white coat, felt unprecedented resentment towards Yan Gui Xing.
How could he not fulfill such a simple promise? What was he supposed to do now? He couldn’t forcefully carry Mu Mu out of the repair tank, could he?
Gongsun knew that if he dared to carry Mu Mu out of the repair tank, Yan Gui Xing would cut off his hands tomorrow!
Mu Mu hugged his legs, staring at the reflective glass door, his hoarse voice tinged with a sob, “Where’s Gui Gui? Where is he? Does he not want Mu Mu anymore?”
Gongsun gasped, fearing that Mu Mu would overthink and create a misunderstanding with the boss, who would then blame him.
“No! Madam, don’t overthink it, the boss is…” having dinner with his fiancée, the meal isn’t over yet; he’ll come over after finishing.
Of course, Gongsun wouldn’t say the latter half of the sentence. He paused and fabricated, “The military suddenly called a meeting, and the boss has to attend, so he went back first.”
Gongsun watched Mu Mu slowly turn around, his eyes staring at him intently. For a moment, Gongsun felt that his lie was seen through by the little fool in front of him.
Gongsun clearly felt a cold drop of sweat slowly sliding down his spine, leaving a wet mark, very cold, as if a small snake had crawled past.
Mu Mu said, “But Gui Gui said he had specifically pushed aside everything today to accompany Mu Mu.”
Gongsun’s expression froze. Luckily, his glasses shielded his eyes, preventing Mu Mu from seeing the panic.
He quickly fabricated, “It was a last-minute decision. You’re not in the military, Madam, so you don’t know how many old-fashioned ideas the old guys in the military have; they have nothing to do, so they can find something to do.”
Gongsun threw this black pot to the old commanders of the military. Mu Mu didn’t know them; it was safe!
As Gongsun expected, Mu Mu nodded in a seemingly understanding way, seeming to believe him.
Gongsun continued, “The boss specifically instructed me before leaving, saying that if he couldn’t make it in time, I should send you home to rest first, and he would come home after he was done.”
“Madam, let me take you to change your clothes, and we’ll do a simple check-up.” He extended his hand towards Mu Mu.
Mu Mu looked down at the long, white hand in front of him, puffed out his cheeks unhappily, moved forward, and let Gongsun help him out.
During the subsequent examination and change of clothes, Mu Mu cooperated very well. Gongsun breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he could safely send Mu Mu back, when another change occurred.
Mu Mu sat on a long metal chair in the lobby, his hands tightly gripping the edges, refusing to leave despite Gongsun’s efforts. After saying he had to wait for Yan Gui Xing, he puffed out his cheeks and stopped speaking.
Doctors and nurses on night shift, who didn’t have work, came out. People were standing behind the four pillars in the lobby, by the railings on the second and third floors, watching and sending messages on their light brains.
Gongsun’s face darkened. As the gossip leader among them, he could imagine how outrageous the messages these people were sending in the group chat were.
He took off his glasses and rubbed his temples, realizing this was called backfire. The gossip he had spread in the past had finally come back to him in the form of a boomerang.
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At midnight, Yan Gui Xing finally escaped from Mi Ya and returned to his spacecraft. He leaned back wearily, his eyes silently staring at the ceiling, too tired to speak.
Really, he had been in and out of relationships for so many years; he had had aristocratic young ladies among his lovers. At that time, he had found them troublesome and had decisively broken up with them.
But compared to that Miss Mi Ya, the previous young ladies could be called virtuous and well-behaved.
Yan Gui Xing had reason to suspect that Yan Wangbei had found him such a fiancée as revenge!
Achi, the only other person in the spacecraft and also a recent victim, sat in the driver’s seat, eyes blank, seemingly still unable to recover from the previous situation.
“Boss, are we going home?”
Yan Gui Xing closed his eyes, “Yes, home. Switch to autopilot, you can also relax.”
“Thank you, Boss.” Using muscle memory, Achi switched from manual to automatic mode, drifted like a ghost to the opposite side of Yan Gui Xing, sat down neatly, and closed his eyes.
After returning to the villa, Yan Gui Xing was fully energized. Eager to see Mu Mu, he strode upstairs, but was stopped by Xiao Ting in the living room.
Before Yan Gui Xing could speak, Xiao Ting showed a puzzled expression and asked, “Master, where is Madam? Why didn’t you bring Madam back?”
Yan Gui Xing’s feet stopped abruptly. He looked towards the stairs, but spoke to Xiao Ting, “Mu Mu hasn’t come back yet? What about Gongsun? Did he come?”
Xiao Ting shook her head, “No~ Madam hasn’t come back, and the doctor hasn’t come either.”
Yan Gui Xing’s brow furrowed. He quickly reached for his light brain. At 6:00 PM, when he realized he couldn’t make it to the hospital, he had sent a message to Gongsun, asking him to take Mu Mu home first.
Leaving the repair tank at 7:00 PM, a check-up wouldn’t take long, so by 8:00 PM, they should have arrived home by 9:00 PM. It was now midnight, where were they?!
Yan Gui Xing lit up his light brain, seeing twenty missed calls from Gongsun and ten messages, his temples throbbing.
He quickly opened the latest message, scanned the text, his face changed drastically. He clenched the light brain tightly and turned to leave.
Xiao Ting hurriedly followed, “Master? Where are you going?”
Achi was also surprised and took out his light brain to notify Shaxia as he walked out.
Shaxia and the others were still chatting near the spacecraft when they saw Yan Gui Xing and Achi rushing out, frightening them into thinking something had happened. They quickly surrounded them.
Getting closer, they heard Yan Gui Xing say “go to the hospital” before rushing to the spacecraft, jumping inside before the gangplank was even lowered.
Shaxia hadn’t seen Yan Gui Xing in such a hurry for a long time. He grabbed Achi, who was running over, and whispered, “What happened at the hospital? The boss is in such a hurry, was there an explosion?”
Achi rolled his eyes at Shaxia, removing his hand, “Are you stupid? An explosion? It has something to do with Madam. Don’t dawdle; get in the spacecraft quickly.”
Shaxia made a sound of realization, finally remembering what their main task today was. He turned and ran towards his own spacecraft, urging the others to get on board quickly.