A beautiful summer night

Years ago, Dr. Ude's team proposed using stereotactic brain surgery to intervene and treat certain abnormally active nerves.

The reason the proposal was not adopted is because any surgery carries risks.

Yao Qin was a very important and special patient, and Dr. Wu De dared not take the risk.

Seeing Yao Qin's improvement now, he also saw hope.

If the condition does not worsen but gradually improves, then the success rate of this targeted surgery must be very high.

Liu Shubai pondered this proposal for three days, and even someone as decisive as Xie Qiyan hesitated to make a decision.

Xia Wanzhi also consulted some neurosurgeons. Many of her previous clients were experts in neurology. After truly understanding the surgery, she relayed the information to Xie Qiyan and Liu Shubai.

The rain that had been falling for several days finally stopped, and a few rays of warm sunlight shone down from the horizon. The magnolia tree in the yard was in full bloom, and Xia Wanzhi accompanied Yao Qin to admire the flowers and enjoy the spring.

Knowing that Yao Qin liked flowers, Yun Li and Jiang Baichuan brought many flowers that had not yet been pruned. Besides wanting to see Xie Qiyan's mother, it was Xia Wanzhi who suggested that they bring the flowers to help Yao Qin pass the time.

Sleeping all the time isn't a good thing. Xia Wanzhi's place isn't like an Irish manor; there are no flower fields, and apart from a few magnolia and plum trees, there are no other flowers to admire.

In the backyard, after obtaining Xia Wanzhi's consent, Liu Shubai was cultivating a new plot of land, sowing flower seeds in the spring, hoping that it would be full of vitality next spring.

Yao Qin seemed somewhat displeased upon seeing a stranger, but her emotions softened after learning that he was Xia Wanzhi's guest. After a meal, she began to inquire about Yunli and Jiang Baichuan's marriage in a familiar manner.

During this time, she stared at Jiang Baichuan many times. Xia Wanzhi seemed to sense something and took the opportunity to call Yunli away, leaving the two of them alone.

Yao Qin maintained a gentle smile throughout, and just as Jiang Baichuan was about to get up and leave, she abruptly asked, "Are you Ayan's good friend?"

Jiang Baichuan was startled. He stood up halfway, then sat back down and answered seriously and nervously, "Yes, we've been very good friends since we were little."

So Yao Qin cried, and seemed to be apologizing to herself, as if to the air.

“She remembers Xie Qiyan.” Before leaving, Jiang Baichuan said to Xia Wanzhi with great certainty, “She doesn’t have amnesia, perhaps she’s just confused, or perhaps she’s afraid to acknowledge him.”

“How could someone who knows she has a mental illness not know who is standing in front of her?” Jiang Baichuan’s emotions were complicated. Half of it was because it was the first time he had seen Yao Qin’s episode, and the other half was because he thought of Xie Qiyan’s feelings.

Heaven is never fair.

Xie Qiyan is someone people feel sorry for.

Yao Qin is the same.

But since the mother and son were able to meet today, there will surely be a time when they recognize each other in the future.

Xia Wanzhi was a little distracted. After a moment of hesitation, she nodded and said, "That's what I guessed before too."

Now, Xia Wanzhi has confirmed one thing.

When Yao Qin was communicating normally with her, she was lucid. At that time, there was at least a 70% chance that she remembered Xie Qiyan.

Her consciousness and memory only become confused when she has an attack.

Knowing that Xie Qiyan would have trouble sleeping tonight, Xia Wanzhi stayed up with him. She couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep in the middle of the night. When she woke up just before dawn, she found that Xie Qiyan was still awake.

She shifted her body and snuggled into his arms, raising a hand to cover his eyes.

"Ayan, go to sleep." Xia Wanzhi's voice was hoarse.

She had promised to share his weight, but Xia Wanzhi still felt powerless.

Ultimately, one must bear many things alone.

"I want to find some time to ask Mom if she'd be willing to have stereotactic brain surgery," Xie Qiyan said hoarsely, the result of a whole night of thought.

If Yao Qin is conscious, he wants to ask for her opinion.

The surgery was risky, so Liu Shubai hesitated, as did Xie Qiyan. But Dr. Wu De said that the surgery had at least an 80% chance of curing Yao Qin now.

This is a very high amount.

Hearing this, Xie Qiyan felt a glimmer of hope.

But he dared not gamble, especially on the remaining 20% ​​below him.

Xia Wanzhi hugged him and nodded slightly: "Okay, then Mom will decide."

Upon hearing the news the next day, Liu Shubai was furious and raised his voice, "I disagree! Isn't this ridiculous? How could your mother make such a decision when she's not thinking straight?"

“She’s not out of her mind,” Xia Wanzhi sighed softly. “She’s been trapped in this gilded cage by you for so many years, and she’s never stopped wanting to get an explanation from Uncle Xie. Do you really think she’s out of her mind?”

She wasn't out of her mind; she just found it meaningless.

She was just timid.

She dared not see Xie Tianqi or her little Ayan in this state.

Liu Shubai remained silent for a long time.

He knew this all too well; he understood Yao Qin perfectly.

In the first few years, she would try every means to escape.

She desperately tried to escape, while he desperately imprisoned her.

Over the years, Yao Qin has become dependent on him and trusted him, but she has never confided in him. There has always been a river between them.

Sometimes Liu Shubai would think that if he had brought her back to Xie Tianqi years ago to ask for an explanation, she wouldn't have developed schizophrenia. But he was afraid, afraid of all the uncertainties.

His possessiveness wouldn't allow her to return to Xie Tianqi's side.

"Will you be alright after the surgery?" The door to the room opened, and Yao Qin, without sitting in a wheelchair, slowly moved out.

She didn't look at Liu Shubai, but at Xie Qiyan, her eyes filled with a hint of unease, yet gentle as water: "Qiyan, will I be alright?"

The surrounding air seemed to stand still. After a long silence, with several people in tears, Xie Qiyan walked up and embraced the frail, weathered woman who had brought him into this world.

"Mom—" Xie Qiyan choked out.