The boss has no descendants, but he encounters four smaller versions of himself

Erbao looked at his face, which was distorted with pain and his expression of forced calmness, and said worriedly: "Don't lie to me... You obviously look very uncomfortable..."

As he spoke, his little hand fumbled in his pajamas pocket and pulled out a strawberry-flavored lollipop. He expertly peeled off the candy wrapper and handed it over: "Uncle Nanyu, this is for you. You'll feel better after eating it."

Nan Yu opened his mouth tremblingly and let Erbao stuff the candy into his mouth.

The sweet strawberry aroma melts on the tip of the tongue, miraculously diluting some of the pain.

"Uncle Nanyu, are you feeling better?" Erbao asked expectantly, his eyes sparkling.

Nanyu held the candy in his mouth and nodded gently, "Better."

This is a lie, but also the truth.

The pain in my body was still raging, but a corner of my heart had indeed become warm because of this candy and this child.

Erbao yawned loudly and rubbed his eyes: "Then I'm going to sleep."

He held up his little finger and said, "Uncle Nanyu, hold on, we will definitely find a way to cure you."

Nan Yu also stretched out his little finger and gently hooked it around the small, soft finger: "Hmm."

Erbao walked to the door reluctantly, looked back at the people in the moonlight, and then left quietly.

The medical room fell silent again.

Nan Yu lay in the dark, the candy in his mouth slowly melting, and the sweet aroma of strawberries filled his mouth.

Suddenly, a drop of scalding liquid slid down from the corner of my eye, followed by the second drop, the third drop...

This was the first time he cried in his life.

Growing up in an orphanage taught him to hide his weaknesses early on, and his childhood experiences made him realize that tears cannot solve any problems.

But tonight, in the face of a child's innocent care, all his defenses collapsed.

The sweetness of candy mixed with the saltiness of tears. Nan Yu slowly closed his eyes and let the pain devour his consciousness.

In a trance, he seemed to hear the voices of everyone, telling him not to die.

But he was too tired to even respond.

He wanted to end his life, but when he remembered that he had promised them not to die, he forced himself to hold back.

............

Three days passed quickly, and the four little treasures racked their brains but could not come up with a solution.

There was no news from Zhang Suo yet.

The pharmaceutical company's research department held countless emergency meetings. Top experts shook their heads and sighed at Nan Yu's blood sample: "We can detoxify any known toxin."

The chief scientist delivered the news, "But genetic weapons... there is no solution."

Su Yutang asked again and again with hope, but returned disappointed again and again.

I felt heavier than ever, as if a huge rock was pressing down on me.

And Nanyu's condition, as predicted, is getting worse and worse.

On the first day, he just felt pain all over his body and was able to stay awake with the help of large doses of painkillers.

The next day, red spots began to appear, first a few scattered spots, and then connected into large patches.

By the third day, his body began to peel off and he even experienced partial hair loss.

From that moment on, Nan Yu refused to see anyone, especially Su Yutang.

Only the doctor was allowed into the ward, and he saw no one else.

I learned this from the doctor.

The doctor told Su Yutang: "He doesn't want you to see him like this. He said... it's too ugly."

During these three days, Su Jinyao hardly slept a wink. Although he knew that the chances of rescuing Nanyu were slim, he kept trying to find a way because he had promised his younger sister that he would not give up.

But today, Nan Yu looked at him and asked, "Tell me, am I hopeless?"

Su Jinyao pursed his lips and said, "Don't think too much, little sister. We are all trying to find a way to save you."

Nan Yu frowned and asked again: "I want to hear the truth."

Su Jinyao: “…”

He was silent for a moment, and finally told Nan Yu the truth, including the symptoms he might experience next.

After hearing this, Nan Yu was surprisingly calm and didn't look sad at all. Instead, he said thank you to him.

A moment later, Su Jinyao walked out of the medical room.

When he found Su Yutang, his eyes were bloodshot and he looked tired.

"What's the situation?" Su Yutang asked softly.

"Little sister." Su Jinyao looked at Su Yutang and said in a heavy voice, "The biological agent has invaded the central nervous system. The situation is worse than expected."

He paused, as if choosing his words, "Nanyu is starting to experience numbness in his limbs... Organ failure may follow."

Su Yutang dug her nails deep into her palms, but she felt no pain. "What should we do? Can we just watch him die?"

Su Jinyao was silent for a long time, and finally said with difficulty: "You go and see him for the last time."

He avoided his little sister's eyes and said, "Instead of living in such pain, it's better for him to die quickly."

"Do not......"

Su Yutang's tears burst out instantly. She shook her head and stepped back. She couldn't accept it at all. Nan Yu died like this. She didn't want Nan Yu to die.

Su Jinyao took a step forward, gently patted his little sister's shoulder, and comforted her silently.

As a doctor, he has seen too many separations of life and death and knows the difficulties involved.

"You decide." He finally said, returning the choice to Su Yutang.

Su Yutang squatted down, hugged her knees tightly with her arms, as if she wanted to curl herself up into a ball.

She didn't have the courage to push open the door, didn't have the courage to face Nan Yu's current appearance, and even less the courage... to say goodbye.

The corridor was eerily quiet, with only the occasional "beeping" sound from the monitor leaking through the crack in the door, reminding people that there was a life struggling in pain inside.

Suddenly, a warm hand fell on her shoulder.

Su Yutang didn't look back, but she knew it was Bo Jingzhou, because his breath was so familiar, she knew he was coming.

She turned her head and looked at the blind Bo Jingzhou with tearful eyes.

Bo Jingzhou's eyes were not healed yet, but he knew that she was sad.

"Is there really no other way? Zhang Suo...is there no other way?" She asked with a sob, her voice broken.

Bo Jingzhou clenched his fists behind his back and held back the pain in his heart: "No."

These two simple words completely shattered Su Yutang's last glimmer of hope.

She buried her face in her palms, her shoulders shaking violently, but she couldn't make a sound. The extreme sadness had taken away her strength to cry.

Bo Jingzhou's hand was still on her shoulder. He didn't say those useless words of comfort, but just stayed with her quietly.

She was sad for another man, but he couldn't say anything.

If time could go back, he would definitely ask Zhang Suo to keep an eye on Nan Yu and not let him die without permission, so that Su Yutang would not be sad because of him.