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Chapter 655 Humanity and Spectators (Please Subscribe)
Fang Ziye was doing a math problem in his mind at that moment.

When Fang Ziye met Luo Tingzhu, Luo Tingzhu was only twenty-three years old. Lan Tianluo was Luo Tingzhu's younger brother, who had at least graduated from university and had already come to Zhongnan Hospital.

Lan Tianluo is not much smaller than Luo Tingzhu.

Luo Tingzhu said that her parents separated when I was very young.

Luo Tingzhu's parents divorced after she was old enough to remember things, but Lan Tianluo had already been born before the divorce.

If Lan Tianluo is the child of Luo Tingzhu's father and stepmother Lan Limin, then Luo Tingzhu's father is guilty of "marital infidelity".

But is it possible that Lan Tianluo and Luo Tingzhu are actually siblings with the same parents?
If Lan Tianluo hadn't mentioned Luo Pan to him today, Fang Ziye would never have guessed this...

Referencing Liu Gaobo and Ruan Qiutao's other daughter, Liu Xia—

Lan Tianluo's insistence on finding Luo Tingzhu and getting close to Luo Tingzhu is a very untenable point.

If they were truly half-siblings, would their relationship really be this good? Would they really have such a strong attachment to each other?

If his guess is true, then Lan Tianluo is being rather 'inhuman'...

The three of them remained silent for a long time on the way. When the car was about to arrive at a restaurant, Luo Tingzhu suddenly ordered, "Lan Tianluo, drive back to your home."

"Aren't you going to eat?" Lan Tianluo stepped on the brakes and slowed down.

"Let's go back first and then eat," Luo Tingzhu said in a rather anxious tone.

Lan Tianluo didn't say anything more and simply turned off the navigation.

In a relatively old-fashioned residential area without an underground parking garage, Lan Tianluo parked his car downstairs in front of a residential building.

Luo Tingzhu eagerly pushed open the car door and then quickly urged Lan Tianluo to go upstairs.

Fang Ziye could only follow up with, "Tingzhu, shouldn't we keep our suitcases on the way up?"

The two had booked a hotel, but they were going to stay somewhere else later.

However, Luo Tingzhu, who is usually quite obedient, did not reply to Fang Ziye this time, so Fang Ziye simply did not follow.

After Lan Tianluo led Luo Tingzhu into the room, Luo Tingzhu immediately slammed the door shut with her back.

"Lan Tianluo, did you already know something? Who told you?" Luo Tingzhu's mentality was slightly broken. Her eyes were red and swirling with fear and apprehension.

There was one thing she remembered very clearly: her grandmother disliked Lan Tianluo's parents intensely.

He disliked his own father, and even more so Aunt Lan.

The two of them basically didn't go back to their hometown for the Chinese New Year, but Lan Tianluo did go back, and Luo Tingzhu remembered it clearly!
Lan Tianlu bit her lip and said, "Sister...it's not important."

"No, this is important. I need to know the whole story!!!" Luo Tingzhu said firmly.

Even if I'm wrong, I still need to know the truth.

Lan Tianluo remained silent.

Luo Tingzhu pressed on, "Is my mother really your mother?"

"Aunt Lan and Dad, have they been putting on an act all along?"

Is my mother your mother? This is a ridiculous question. Logically speaking, Luo Tingzhu shouldn't have asked such a question.

"This isn't acting!"

Lan Tianluo pulled Luo Tingzhu aside: "According to what I overheard from Aunt Lan, the year I was about to be born, Aunt Ruan..."

When Lan Tianluo mentioned Aunt Ruan, his Adam's apple bobbed up and down.

"Aunt Ruan has been targeted."

"Who's watching you?" Luo Tingzhu asked.

"I don't know. If I did, things would be much easier. Dad and Aunt Lan were worried about you being affected, so for your safety, they got divorced."

"And Aunt Ruan quickly found Uncle Liu and remarried, and my dad quickly found my mom. My age was changed to be four months younger..."

"I was premature; I heard I was born at only 32 weeks."

"Although some people say that he fell down, I absolutely do not believe that explanation."

Luo Tingzhu asked, "Because of Dad's work?"

Lan Tianlu nodded.

Luo Tingzhu stared intently at Lan Tianluo, her eyes sharp as knives.

China is a great nation, a nation that is constantly developing. At any time, there are those who remain anonymous and those who endure hardship with hidden ambition.

It's not just about doing a good job in my career, but also about the safety of my family and others.

Luo Tingzhu only knew that her father was a professor who lived in Henan Province, and knew nothing else.

if!

If what Lan Tianluo said is true, then Luo Pan and Ruan Qiutao did not separate because of "incompatibility," but because of other concerns.

That?
Doesn't this mean that for the safety of Luo Tingzhu and Lan Tianluo, the fact that Ruan Qiutao was Luo Pan's wife was discovered, so the two were forced to separate, and then Lan Tianluo was fostered by 'Luo Pan' and 'Aunt Lan Limin'?
Then, in order to prove that their relationship had broken down, Ruan Qiutao quickly married Uncle Liu and had a child.
Aunt Lan Limin and Ruan Qiutao?
That?
Luo Tingzhu is very smart; she can analyze everything that Fang Ziye can analyze in detail.

"Knock knock knock!" Fang Ziye knocked on the door at an inopportune moment.

"Don't tell my senior brother," Luo Tingzhu decided quickly.

Lan Tianlu nodded.

Lan Tianluo said softly, "But what I told you before, Senior Sister, Senior Brother should be able to guess a little bit of it."

Luo Tingzhu had already opened the door, and upon seeing Fang Ziye, her voice was slightly sweet: "Senior Brother."

Fang Ziye looked at Luo Tingzhu, who was now a completely different person, and asked with a slight glint in his eyes, "Tingzhu, are you alright?"

Luo Tingzhu shook her head, her expression returning to its aloofness.

"Go get a glass of water," Luo Tingzhu instructed Lan Tianluo.

"Okay, we have tea at home. Senior brother, would you like some coffee? We'll order some..."

……

After the three of them were seated in the living room, Fang Ziye asked, "Before?"

Luo Tingzhu nodded to him.

Fewer mistakes mean fewer mistakes; no mistakes mean no mistakes.

This world is never perfect. China is too big, and no one can say for sure which person might be infiltrated.

Luo Tingzhu only wanted to know the truth, not to publicize it.

"Didn't we say we were going to eat something? Why aren't we going now? Aren't you guys hungry?" Fang Ziye quickly changed his tune.

Just then, there was another knock on the door.

Lan Tianluo quickly stood up and volunteered, "I'll go."

Fang Ziye and Luo Tingzhu sat nervously side by side, thinking that Lan Limin had returned. However, when Lan Tianluo looked out through the peephole, he found that it was Luo Pan.

"Dad!~"

"Why are you back?" Lan Tianluo asked in surprise as he opened the door.

"We have guests at home, so of course I have to come back if I can." A very gentle voice drifted in from outside.

Fang Ziye was certain, based on this tone of voice, that Uncle Luo Pan was definitely not the dull and unsociable person he had previously thought.

The newcomer was upright and dignified, with a face somewhat similar to Luo Tingzhu and Lan Tianluo, exuding composure and grandeur.

After he lowered his head slightly to put on his slippers, he said, "Xiao Fang, Ting Zhu, please sit down and don't be shy."

Fang Ziye maintained his standing posture and forced a smile: "Hello, Uncle, my name is Fang Ziye."

Luo Pan turned around. He was dressed simply, wearing old-fashioned suit pants and a short-sleeved shirt with a breast pocket, without a tie. "Please sit down first. Your Aunt Lan will be back in a little while."

“She originally planned to eat in the cafeteria, but I sent her a message and she went to buy groceries,” Luo Pan said gently.

As she spoke, she walked inside, smiling at Lan Tianluo: "You really aren't being polite, you didn't even buy a single piece of fruit."

Lan Tianlu understood and patted the back of his head: "Dad, I'll go down and buy it right away. I forgot on the way here."

After Lan Tianlu finished speaking, he turned and left.

Luo Pan continued to move closer, his steps firm but slow.

"Dad." Luo Tingzhu was particularly uneasy at this moment, her tone tense.

"Please sit down," Luo Pan said with a smile.

"Uncle, is it inconvenient for you to walk?" Fang Ziye noticed that Luo Pan's gait was slightly off, and if he wasn't mistaken, the muscles in Luo Pan's hands were rather stiff at the moment.

"It's an old problem, nothing serious," Luo Pan said.

"Uncle, may I ask what the problem might be?" Fang Ziye forced a smile again and asked in a gentle tone.

Caring about the health of elders is a serious matter.

Moreover, the moment Fang Ziye saw Luo Pan, he recalled everything from back then, and his mind became clear and enlightened.

Luo Tingzhu chose to go to the trauma surgery department because she recognized Lan Tianluo.

However, when Lan Tianluo went to Zhongnan Hospital, he chose trauma surgery as his residency training direction. This was not a random choice, but a well-planned one.

When Lan Tianluo was defining the hospital's positioning, Zhongnan Hospital was chosen because of Luo Tingzhu, while the direction of trauma surgery was chosen because of Luo Pan.

"My hands and feet are becoming less and less dexterous. A few years ago, I had difficulty writing, and now it's not easy to type even a few words on the computer."

"Today's been tough. I got a meeting with my boss and was given advance notice of my early retirement..." Luo Pan chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Upon hearing this, Luo Tingzhu quickly asked, "Dad, do you want to go to the hospital for a check-up?"

Luo Pan shook his head: "My company conducts physical examinations every year, and I've been to many hospitals, but there's no good solution."

“I’m taking medication too, so you don’t need to worry about it.”

Did you have a good time taking wedding photos in Asia?

"If only my employer had processed my retirement earlier," Luo Pan said, sitting down with a sigh.

Fang Ziye looked at Luo Pan up close. Luo Pan's fingers were slightly deformed, but not in the way that rheumatoid arthritis caused.

The muscles in his hands were atrophied, and the skin was almost covering the bone.

Looking at Luo Pan's face and neck muscles, they all appear quite normal.

"I had a lot of fun!" Luo Tingzhu nodded.

If it weren't for the fact that both my senior and I were acting out of our chuunibyou phase and causing some ridiculous things, we would probably be even happier.

Fang Ziye's eyes darted around slightly: "Uncle, do you have peripheral neuromuscular degeneration?"

"Your hands and feet are quite stiff?"

Luo Pan's eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp light, and he gave Fang Ziye a meaningful look: "Little Fang can also treat illnesses?"

Luo Pan instinctively wondered if Fang Ziye had checked his medical records, but that was impossible; Luo Pan himself didn't even know what his information code meant. There was absolutely no way Fang Ziye could have found it.

"Dad?!" Luo Tingzhu was the first to object.

"Senior Brother Fang is a professor of orthopedics. He is very skilled in orthopedic diseases. He is one of the best in the country."

After Luo Tingzhu finished speaking, fearing that Luo Pan wouldn't believe her, she continued in a low voice to emphasize, "Even if it's not first, it can still be ranked second. It's an ordinal number."

Upon hearing this, Luo Pan frowned and said, "Don't make such exaggerated claims. China is a vast country with abundant resources and many talented people. How old are you all?"

I appreciate your kind gesture.

Fang Ziye interrupted, his tone confident: "Uncle, I have a way to help with your condition!"

"What can you do? I've been to Jishuitan Hospital and Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Do you think you're more capable than the professors here?" Luo Pan directly used the hospital as leverage.

"Everyone has their own expertise. I performed a similar surgery this year, and the results were quite good. However, her condition was much milder than yours."

“But your current condition is not unsuitable for surgical intervention,” Fang Ziye said.

Fang Ziye's confidence stemmed from his current balance of knowledge points.

At worst, I can just use up all my knowledge.

"real or fake?"

"Xiao Fang, you're talking so confidently, I can't very well refuse you, can I?" Luo Pan was still joking at this moment, glancing at Luo Tingzhu.

Fang Ziye did not answer directly: "Uncle, would you mind if I gave you a physical examination to get a general understanding of your condition?"

Luo Pan stretched out two rather stiff hands: "Hey, you come here."

Fang Ziye didn't stand on ceremony. At this moment, he only had the physical examination in mind, so he carefully examined every muscle in Luo Pan's upper limbs.

The more they examined him, the more frozen Fang Ziye's expression became, his eyes hardening: "ALS!"

There are many diseases with the same abbreviation, but ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a one-to-one disease, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Upon hearing this, Luo Tingzhu quickly stepped forward and touched Luo Pan's hands.

Luo Pan chuckled and said, "Right? You two little ones are a bit too confident, aren't you?"

"You can't cure this, can you?"

After touching it, Luo Tingzhu's eyes reddened: "When did this happen?"

"The symptoms appeared a long time ago, and I've been taking medication to control them."

"Fortunately, I'm still quite articulate," Luo Pan replied in a low voice.

After listening, Luo Tingzhu remained silent.

Relationships are a two-way street. While Luo Tingzhu refused to be cared for by Luo Pan, she herself didn't know much about Luo Pan's physical condition.

On the contrary, Lan Tianluo knew more.

Luo Tingzhu was speechless and choked with emotion; her feelings had suddenly become very complicated.

……

Lan Limin returned quickly. Aunt Lan Limin had an ordinary appearance, a tall figure, and was very hardworking and virtuous. After returning, she skillfully cut the fruit and then went into the kitchen to get busy.

After finishing dinner, the group sat for a while longer. It was 7:40 PM when Luo Pan first soothed Luo Tingzhu's discomfort, saying, "Tingzhu, you must be tired from taking wedding photos. Go back and rest early."

"It's getting late."

Luo Tingzhu thought for a moment, but before she could speak, Lan Tianluo said, "I'll go see my senior brothers and sisters off."

Aunt Lan Limin said warmly, "Tianluo, pack some more fruit for your senior brothers and sisters. They can eat and play with it later."

Lan Tianlu nodded: "Okay, okay."

……

On the way back to the hotel, Luo Tingzhu gently pressed her hands against her abdomen, her voice deep and resonant, befitting an elder sister.

"Lan Tianluo, did you already know about Dad's ALS?"

"Then why didn't you say so sooner?" Luo Tingzhu questioned.

Lan Tianluo replied, "Sister, what's the point of talking about this? Apart from the fact that it's a genuine ploy, it has no real meaning."

"And at first, I didn't actually know it was ALS; I thought it was an orthopedic problem."

"Saying it will only cause worry, so it's better not to say it."

Luo Tingzhu said, "So, last time when you were in Enshi, after you performed surgery on Professor Qu Tangwei's niece, you suggested that we collect her specimen because of Dad?"

"Are you planning to create a cell line?"

Lan Tianluo nodded: "We need to find a potential specimen first, right?"

"And I couldn't very well tempt or even suggest that others have the surgery first. Professor Qu Tangwei's niece's surgery was requested by her family themselves."

"Since I'd already cut it up and was going to throw it away anyway, I thought I'd make use of it."

“ALS develops gradually; we can afford to wait several years or even a decade.”

What if it takes even longer?

Lan Tianlu sighed again: "But even if it takes several years or more, it will probably be difficult to find a cure."

"The number of cases of this disease is extremely small. Even my senior brother is unwilling to get involved in the research and development of this disease, feeling that the return on investment is too small."

“At the national level or by pharmaceutical companies, they are even less willing to make such a loss-making investment.”

"I only started thinking about these things after I entered the industry."

Fang Ziye lowered his head upon hearing this.

From a rational perspective, spending money on ALS treatment is simply burning money for publicity. Even if a cure is developed, it will only benefit a few hundred or a few thousand people.

If this money were invested in other diseases, it could benefit millions of people, representing a difference of ten thousand times the population base.

Luo Tingzhu glanced at Fang Ziye and comforted him, "Senior brother, Lan Tianluo isn't blaming you."

“I know. After all, ignorance is no excuse,” Fang Ziye replied.

He had not made the wrong choice. If Lan Tianluo and Luo Tingzhu were to stand from the perspective of a medical professional, they would understand him. Even if they were to stand from Luo Pan's perspective, they would not blame him.

They hadn't discussed this issue with themselves, and probably knew that doing so would be seen as morally blackmailing them.

Doing scientific research requires self-awareness, freedom, and inspiration; it's not about simply thinking of a direction and rushing towards it.

China does have such geniuses and predecessors, but those people are all extraordinary talents. Ordinary geniuses don't even have the chance to see their backs.

Changing careers and research directions midway through a career is not that easy.
Lan Tianluo is Luo Tingzhu's family, and now he also considers Fang Ziye as family. It's impossible for family members to morally blackmail each other.

Luo Pan's illness has nothing to do with anyone else, nor was it caused by Luo Tingzhu ignoring him!

"Senior brother, even if you know, there's no need to change your direction at the last minute."

"The foundation for researching ALS is too weak. If we want to study it, we have to start from scratch."

“Even my dad might not be able to wait.” Luo Tingzhu’s voice was on the verge of tears.

Luo Tingzhu's emotions were fluctuating greatly today. She had too many things to face all at once.

This isn't a problem of Luo Pan being bad at communication; it's just that there are some things that really can't be said.

Even if you were to speak, you could only do so in an extremely, extremely, extremely, extremely subtle way, even more cryptic than a riddle.

It can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words.

Therefore, Luo Pan had no choice!
Luo Tingzhu even felt that her parents actually loved each other, but if they didn't want to be separated forever by death, then the only option was for them to live separately.

These things were beyond the comprehension of someone as intelligent as Luo Tingzhu, and even her own grandmother couldn't understand them.

His grandmother once said that even if she died, he didn't need to go back to mourn her. However, Luo Pan would often go back to offer incense, but he would make sure to avoid going back at Luo Tingzhu's time.

What is a senior? A senior is someone of their generation who learns from the example of their predecessors, doing what they should do with their own flesh and blood, even if they don't think they are great.

But later generations revered their predecessors as saints, and thus became their predecessors...

Fang Ziye suddenly thought of another question.

That is, Luo Tingzhu's photo once appeared in a group. Fang Ziye heard that Luo Tingzhu's father was furious when he found out about it.

What is that professor's current situation?

That internal medicine professor might not have been forced out by Lan Tianluo, nor was he the 'grandfather' that Luo Tingzhu thought he was, but rather Luo Pan.

To be certain of this, Fang Ziye only needed to inquire about the professor's current situation to understand everything.

If it's because of Lan Tianluo, he will only leave.

If it were Luo Tingzhu's grandfather who stepped forward, he would only end up looking disheveled. But if it were Luo Pan, that professor might have already changed careers by now.

But Luo Pan didn't make a big deal out of it; perhaps he was more worried about Luo Tingzhu's safety.

The more developed the internet becomes, the more and bigger the vulnerabilities appear, making it unsuitable for causing trouble.

Lan Tianluo was only at the first level because he was good at data statistical analysis.

Luo Tingzhu stood on the second floor, and Luo Pan stood on the fifth floor...

Fang Ziye had no way to solve any of the above problems.

He could only be an observer, watching the world's prosperity and the brilliance of Luo Pan and others, while Fang Ziye remained unknown.

However, Fang Ziye is, after all, also a member of the human world.

He may not reach the same level of greatness as Luo Pan, but he can make Luo Pan's later years better.

He was Luo Tingzhu's husband and her father-in-law. Perhaps he hadn't fulfilled his responsibilities as a father to Luo Tingzhu, and he had let her down, but he had to live up to her expectations.

Even if Luo Pan achieves nothing in his life and lives in anonymity for the rest of his life, even if his anonymity is meaningless, Fang Ziye still feels that he must live up to his expectations...

Because I have this ability.

"Lan Tianluo, let's do a live stream together when we get back," Fang Ziye said.

"Huh?" Lan Tianluo felt something was off.

"Let's do a live stream together and relax."

"Scientific research requires a balance between work and rest," Fang Ziye said.

Lan Tianlu pursed his lips and nodded blankly.

Geniuses always have quirks, and he did too, as did Fang Ziye. Moreover, Lan Tianluo knew that Fang Ziye used to have a "collecting obsession"!
Fangziye might have some 'pretentious tendencies' these days!
The saying goes, "Returning home in glory is like wearing fine clothes at night." Fang Ziye has achieved great success, and his medical research results are not afraid to be made public.

Therefore, Fang Ziye wanted to show off online and find a group of followers.

This is also a means of self-protection.

(End of this chapter)