Abstinence Pei, don't be too sweet when chasing your wife

Pei Luonan stood in front of the surveillance screen of the suburban medical station, his eyes fixed on Brother Hu's unconsciously twitching fingers in the picture.

Next to Brother Hu's bed, the brain wave monitor was recording data at a frequency of 50 times per second. The fluctuating curves were like undercurrents, surging on the screen.

"Boss Pei, Brother Hu's memory awakening treatment requires specific medications, which are currently unavailable domestically and only available overseas."

Chen Ming's voice came from behind, filled with suppressed anxiety.

As Pei Luonan turned, a red alert suddenly flashed on the electronic map—the city hospital's security system had detected a suspicious individual approaching. He clutched the jasmine-scented handkerchief in his pocket. In the reflection of the glass, the bloodshot veins in his eyes intertwined with the faint blue light of the screen.

In fact, when Gu Fanxing was first hospitalized, Pei Luonan told everyone to block the news and have someone to watch over her 24 hours a day.

He personally called Grandma Gu and said in a light tone: "Grandma, Fanxing has accepted a project in another city and will be busy for a while."

Grandma's hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone: "This girl is always working so hard. Please keep an eye on her for me and make sure she eats on time!" But on the fifth day, Pei Luonan's cell phone rang late at night, and the name "Grandma" was jumping on the screen.

"Xiaonan, tell me the truth. Did something happen to Fanxing?" Grandma's voice was no longer as strong as usual, and it was trembling with an undisguised sound. "My right eye has been twitching for the past few days, and I keep dreaming about her falling into the water as a child. I...I'm really worried."

Pei Luonan tightened his grip on the phone, the lights in the hospital corridor casting a heavy shadow on his face. Finally, he sighed and drove to Gu's house.

I pushed open the familiar door and the scent of jasmine was still wafting through the room.

Grandma was sitting on a rattan chair, with freshly wrapped rice dumplings on the coffee table in front of her - those were Gu Fanxing's favorite candied date rice dumplings.

"What's going on?" Grandma stood up and stared at him, her cloudy eyes full of worry.

Pei Luonan's eyes were red as he told the whole story truthfully.

When talking about Gu Fanxing being kidnapped, his grandmother almost fell down while holding on to the table, and he hurried forward to hold her.

"Take me to the hospital, now!" Grandma's voice was unquestionable and firm.

From that day on, grandma got up at five o'clock every morning to cook porridge for Fanxing.

As she cooked, she kept muttering, "Fanxing can only drink liquid food, so it needs to be cooked until it's soft and tender."

Pei Luonan felt sorry for her and insisted on driving her to and from school every day.

On the way, grandma always looked out the window and whispered: "Xiaonan, do you think Fanxing will blame grandma for being useless and unable to protect her?" Pei Luonan held the old woman's hand: "Grandma, Fanxing knows how much you love her."

Every day when she goes to the hospital, grandma brings flowers to Fanxing: "The doctor said that if she smells the flowers more often, she will wake up sooner."

Early that morning, Pei Luonan's cell phone suddenly vibrated. An emergency report came from the suburban medical station: Brother Hu, under deep hypnosis, drew a rose pattern and a distorted "Wang" character.

Pei Luonan's eyes flashed, and he was about to reply when the door of the ward was gently pushed open.

Grandma Gu walked in carrying a basket of flowers, with tiny dewdrops on her temples.

"Xiao Nan, the doctor said Fanxing is about to wake up?" The old man's wrinkled hand gently rested on his shoulder. "I picked some fresh jasmine this morning. She'll be able to smell it when she wakes up."

Pei Luonan helped the old man sit down on the chair, took the bamboo basket and placed it on the windowsill.

The morning light brushed against the silver hair behind the old man's ears. He suddenly remembered that last week when he accompanied his grandmother to buy wool, the old woman insisted on knitting him a sweater: "It's so cold to wear a suit all the time. Grandma will knit you a turtleneck."

At this moment, the old man was muttering to the jasmine flowers: "You must bloom quickly, so that the stars can see you, and your illness will be cured."

When the first ray of sunlight completely covered the bed, Gu Fanxing's fingers suddenly moved.

Pei Luonan and Grandma Gu rushed to the bedside almost at the same time. The old woman's cloudy eyes were filled with tears, and Pei Luonan held her hand tightly. The sweat from his palms soaked the sheets.

The curve of the ECG monitor began to move, Gu Fanxing's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes.

"Grandma...Luonan..." Her weak voice made Pei Luonan's throat tighten.

He gently wiped away the tears from her eyes and put the jade pendant around her neck: "Welcome back."

Grandma had already burst into tears and stroked her niece's face tremblingly: "It's good that you're back..."

Looking at Gu Fanxing who had just woken up, Pei Luonan regained his composure and felt that everything he had done was worth it.

Seven days ago, Pei Luonan drove alone for three hours and arrived at Ci'en Temple deep in the mountains.

The mountain breeze, carrying the fragrance of pine and cypress, blew towards him, but it could not blow away the depression between his brows.

As you step into the temple, you can smell the scent of sandalwood.

After solemnly depositing the donation into the donation box, Pei Luonan took three thick incense sticks from the monk and lit them. The flames illuminated the piety and anxiety in his eyes. He slowly knelt down, his knees banging hard on the cold bluestone, but he felt no pain at all.

"Buddha," he closed his eyes and said earnestly, "If Fanxing can recover soon, I would give up everything in exchange for her safety." He touched his forehead to the ground and did not get up for a long time.

Gu Fanxing's pale face lying on the hospital bed kept appearing in my mind. Thinking of the pain she suffered when she was kidnapped, my heart ached.

When he stood up to relight the incense, Pei Luonan specially asked for another eternal lamp, "May this lamp illuminate the path to recovery for the stars." He murmured to himself, his eyes fixed on the lamp all the time, as if he wanted to put all his wishes into it.

Pei Luonan sat in the temple's scripture copying hall for two hours.

He held the brush and copied the Heart Sutra stroke by stroke.

His wrist was sore and his fingers were rubbed red by the pen, but he refused to stop.

Every time he wrote a word, he prayed in his heart to the Buddha to bless Gu Fanxing to wake up safely.

After copying the last word, he respectfully placed the scripture before the Buddha, clasped his hands together and bowed in gratitude again.

As he left the temple, he took off the jade bracelet he treasured so much and hung it on a tree branch. "If it can bring peace to the stars, everything will be worth it."

In the days that followed, Pei Luonan continued to travel between two cities.

Every morning at six o'clock, he would appear at the suburban medical station on time to check on Brother Hu's treatment progress.

The medical team tried six memory awakening methods, from drug stimulation to VR scene reproduction. In the flashing images of Brother Hu's memory fragments, the rose tattoo and the blurred transaction scene always appeared.

At the Municipal Hospital, Pei Luonan moved the president's office to Gu Fanxing's ward.

He took time out between meetings to read poetry to Gu Fanxing and told her about the Pei Group's newly launched "Fanxing Education Aid Program" - which would build ten Hope Primary Schools across the country...

All the hard work finally paid off with Gu Fanxing's awakening.

On the day Gu Fanxing was discharged from the hospital, he drove to pick her up personally. On the passenger seat was a necklace he gave her. The pendant was a shining star surrounded by small jasmine patterns - jasmine represents hope, and the stars are always bright, implying that he will protect her until the day the truth comes out.

One day later, when Gu Fanxing leaned against the head of the bed and weakly said that she wanted to see the sea, he immediately mobilized a private plane and took her and her grandmother to Sanya.

At the beach, Gu Fanxing stepped on the waves, and the smile finally returned to her face.

Two days later, Pei Luonan's phone kept receiving encrypted messages from Chen Ming: Five newly discovered anonymous accounts were linked to Brother Hu. Brother Hu also kept repeating the words "Container No. 5 at the dock warehouse" in his dream.

Pei Luonan immediately asked Chen Ming to arrange for someone to investigate overnight, where they found a USB flash drive containing encrypted transaction records. The file was created three days before Gu Fanxing was kidnapped.

In the days that followed, Pei Luonan had to protect the peace of his beloved while collecting evidence in the undercurrent. But he had no choice but to fight this battle against darkness to the end.