Chapter 76

The examination for fatal familial insomnia continues, and Pei Yusheng still has to go through those monitoring and inquiries over and over again.

But in fact, in terms of treatment, he didn't put much thought into it himself, and it was the Pei family who really put in a lot of effort to promote progress.

The Pei family sent people to collect almost all cases of the same type, consulted a large number of relevant materials, and organized the theory quite completely. But the more in-depth and detailed the understanding, the more terrifying the perception of this disease.

Pei Yusheng and Pei Xiaolin have more and more similarities with confirmed patients.

The most unacceptable thing is that, based on the information currently available, hereditary prion disease is genetically pre-emptive, which means that within the same family, the inherited offspring will have a longer onset time than the parents. in advance. The advance time was about ten years. Pei Yusheng's uncle was in his sixties when he died, and if the two were really diagnosed, it might...

Maybe Pei Yusheng won't be 50 years old before he becomes ill.

Fear is like an extremely cold silkworm, biting at everyone's heart bit by bit.

The Pei family found many highly qualified and experienced medical experts in City B, and specially conducted expert consultation on this. But compared to the tense atmosphere in City B, Pei Yusheng himself paid much less attention to the progress of the disease.

Although the Pei family advised him to go back several times, Pei Yusheng still chose to stay in City S. On the one hand, the two teams of Harmony Hospital and Huashan Hospital have reached an instant commonality on this case. Even if Harmony Hospital needs the patient's physical information, Pei Xiaolin alone is enough. On the other hand... Pei Yusheng can only sleep in S City.

Because there is Qi Ji here.

Originally, under Qi Ji's escort treatment, Pei Yusheng's daily sleep time has basically stabilized at more than three hours, which is a pretty good progress compared to before. But since the examination for fatal familial insomnia began, Pei Yusheng's sleep has been affected again. Now, he can only fall asleep when he is holding Qi Ji.

It was also because they learned about Pei Yusheng's sleeping condition that the Pei family did not forcefully bring him back to City B.

Although the matter of returning to City B was delayed again and again, Pei Yusheng followed the advice of the Pei family on the other hand. He began to gradually reduce the affairs of the company, and the intensity of work was not as strong as before.

Pei Yusheng turned to other things and spent more time arranging Qi Ji's future.

But Qi Ji was still unaware of these arrangements.

In a blink of an eye, the New Year is coming, and it's time to welcome the New Year. It's just that because of the illness, the festive atmosphere of the New Year's reunion has also been washed away a lot.

In the past, when Pei Yusheng was in China, he would take turns going to his grandfather's and grandpa's house to celebrate the festival every year. This year he should go to Xu's house in Xiangjiang, but he has no plans to leave.

After the new year, Qi Ji also mentioned this to him: "How does Mr. Pei plan to celebrate the Spring Festival?"

"There is a contract to be signed at the end of the year. It will take about a week to go to Europe." Pei Yusheng said, "I should be in Europe on New Year's Eve and the first day of the new year."

"Hey, do you have work during the Spring Festival? It's too hard." Qi Ji felt a little distressed. "Then take a break for the next two days?"

Qi Ji still didn't know that Pei Yusheng couldn't fall asleep as long as he wasn't there these days. He only knew that the other party was busy and tired.

Hearing Qi Ji's first half sentence, Pei Yusheng was silent for a while before nodding: "Okay."

What he didn't say is that this European cooperation is not obligatory to him. The more crucial reason is that Pei Yusheng does not plan to go to Xu's house for the New Year.

With his current situation, going there will only affect the mood of his relatives. It is better not to show up, so that everyone can spend the festival in peace.

On the twenty-fifth of the twelfth lunar month, Pei Yusheng set off for Europe. This time, it was not the cooperation of Yuntu, but a contract signed by Pei Yusheng as a senior executive of Xinghai. Now he is a member of Xinghai's board of directors. Although the relationship with Xinghai's chairman and deputy directors has not been disclosed yet, because of the achievements of Qingpu Lake Park, Pei Yusheng's qualifications are no longer questioned.

In addition, it was the Spring Festival in China, and the executives were not very willing to travel, so Pei Yusheng took the initiative to travel this time, which was a problem solved.

Although this collaboration was not considered leisurely, due to the time difference, it was daytime in Europe when night fell in China. Pei Yusheng, who was often busy all night, had a lot of time to talk to Qi Ji.

Qi Ji is going to celebrate the New Year at grandma's house this year, which is one of the reasons why Pei Yusheng can go abroad with confidence. As the Spring Festival approached, Qi Ji often went to his grandmother's house to help with the arrangement. Apart from making phone calls, he also sent photos and small videos to Pei Yusheng every day.

The Spring Festival couplets written by Grandpa Xue, the Eight Treasure Ducks made by Grandma Yu, the bearskin cloak brought back by Midov, the newly bought Tang suits by Eric, and the cats sleeping on the floor heating wooden floor, all the time when they woke up. Qi Ji is a catnip lick.

These pyrotechnic bits and pieces gently bake Pei Yusheng's winter.

Every moment related to Qi Ji made Pei Yusheng love him more.

What Qi sent most were photos of cats. In addition to the cats adopted by grandmother, there were also two little white cats met last time met Wen Chuming. It didn't take that long to treat the cat and deworm, but the injured kitten became small and stayed in the hospital. The uninjured kitten was also kept in the hospital for observation because it had been with it before. haven't been able to pick them up yet, Qi Ji will go to the hospital to see them when they are all right.

The big cat occasionally appeared in Qizhi's photos, but it didn't stay in the hospital, because it didn't like to be in contact with people, the big cat still lived alone in the wild, but would come back regularly to see the two kittens, Qi Ji also feeds it sometimes.

Before long, Pei Yusheng's cell phone photos were filled with cats. He sent a message to Qi: [I also missed a cat that was not photographed. 】

[Strawberry Emoji]: [? Did it leak? 】

After a while, Qi Ji replied again: [It's all finished, no more, it's all posted! 】

Pei Yusheng: [Take your phone, turn on the front camera, and take a picture. 】

He gave people a little time to do the same before saying: [Then send it to me. 】

[Strawberry Emoji]: [Image]

Pei Yusheng quickly received the photo. In the photo, the child was staring blankly at the camera.

He smiled and replied with a message: [Okay, it's done now]

[Strawberry Emoji]: […]

Only then did Qi Ji understand who the last cat was.

From time to time, Pei Yusheng would also send Qi some things, such as clouds as thick as oil paintings, squares filled with doves, and ancient Gothic buildings. Qi Ji likes to watch these in his spare time. Different scenery always inspires him.

Of course, his most enthusiastic response is all kinds of European desserts.

Once, Pei Yusheng bought a pair of cufflinks and took a picture and sent it to Qi Ji. The two cufflinks are in the style of one big and one small diamond strawberry, which is chic and delicate.

When Qi sent the photo, he said, "It's so beautiful! 】

He likes everything about strawberries.

Pei Yusheng took out one of the cufflinks and put it on, and took another photo.

He was wearing a dark suit that matched the cufflinks. The photo was sent, and Qi Ji quickly replied: [The seal applauds.Jpg, it looks good! 】

Qi Ji was also surprised: [This strawberry is blue, no red is used]

Pei Yu smiled and took the phone back to him.

[Well, like you, it's a miracle. 】

The dialog box over there has been displayed for a long time [the other party is typing].

Even if Pei Yusheng couldn't see each other, he could imagine the appearance of the child's ears with pink.

Time slipped silently, the distance was farther, and there was no need to do the inspection, so it seemed that there was only Qi Jihe's work left in the world, and it seemed a lot easier.

However, when the unusually smooth negotiation work ended early and the time to return to China could be earlier than New Year's Eve, Pei Yusheng gave up the opportunity to rest for a few days and chose to return to City S.

Although there are images and sounds every day, Mr. Pei still wants to be closer to his little friend.

It's just that it has been snowing in Europe these past few days, and flights have been delayed or cancelled in large numbers, so Pei Yusheng didn't tell Qi Ji in advance, for fear of people waiting for another time.

Fortunately, the weather cleared up for a while, allowing the plane to depart smoothly.

By the time the plane arrived in City S, it was already late at night.

Pei Yusheng returned to the Rose Villa, the house was empty and no one was there. He originally wanted to send a call to Qi, but received a message from the other party.

The boy was still sharing photos with him. The photos were lively and rich, with festive red eyes. It was a very successful New Year.

Pei Yusheng looked up again and looked around.

As the Spring Festival is approaching, cleaning and aunties are also on vacation. In addition, no one was going to come back on New Year's Eve, and there was no New Year's goods in the villa, and the eyes were all deserted, and even bright colors were rare.

There was no hurry to make the call.

Pei Yusheng hadn't called yet, but received a call from Pei's mother. Pei's mother and several brothers are now celebrating the New Year in Xiangjiang, and the Xu family is busy. This is also a rare reunion time throughout the year.

"I'm fine, Mom, um, I fell asleep, don't worry."

Pei Yusheng was sitting on the sofa, and the warm light above his head fell into his eyes, but for some reason it added a cool whiteness.

It was also very lively over the phone, Xu Yunchi still couldn't rest assured, so he called Pei Yusheng just now. In addition to her, Pei Yusheng also chatted with a few uncles on the phone and said goodbye for a year.

The Spring Festival is approaching, and there is joy everywhere.

The whole world is celebrating reunion.

When this call is over, it will be even later. Pei Yusheng looked at his watch, and in more than half an hour, it would be zero o'clock on the New Year's Eve.

He kept the photo sent by Qi as usual, looked at it for a while, and finally decided not to bother Qi.

Pei Yusheng didn't care about these festivals or any special moments, but he didn't want Qi Ji's festival to be ruined.

This should be a hilarious moment.

It's just that because the surveillance plan was suspended, Pei Yusheng can't even watch the children for a while, so he can only save the photo sent by the boy and read it over and over again. This also led to Pei Yusheng not knowing what Qi Ji was doing, not knowing how the boy would cross zero in the future, not knowing whether the other party was going to be old or going to bed early.

Suppressing that urge is hard, really hard.

But Pei Yusheng still forced himself to give up monitoring Qi Ji.

Love will give birth to desire, and love will also overcome desire.

After staying in the empty villa for a while, Pei Yusheng finally put on his coat again. He was afraid that if he stayed at home for a while longer, he would not be able to help himself to check the monitoring of the previous days, so he might as well go out for a walk. .

Pei Yusheng drove by himself to the wooden house on the coast. This was the place he prepared for himself when he was insomnia, and it was also the place he brought Qi to send last time.

It's just that Pei Yusheng hasn't been here since Qi Ji was born.

Compared with the cold and quiet before, the coastal area is much more lively tonight. Fireworks are prohibited in the urban area of ​​S City, and only a few flammable areas have been drawn in the suburbs. This is just one of them. Although it is late at night, the square in the coastal area is still crowded with people, and it is crowded with many people to watch the New Year’s Eve countdown fireworks. people.

Pei Yusheng didn't go to join in the fun. The place where the cabin is located is about 500 meters away from the square. The beach here is a private area he rented. To enter, a fingerprint lock is required, and only his and Qi's fingerprints are passed. .

So there were still no people on the beach, but could vaguely hear some noisy movements in the square.

It's almost zero, and the crowd is very excited.

Pei Yusheng was walking on the beach with his back to the light, and when he looked up, the sea was still the wide sea. The lights on the shore are reflected, and the undulating sea surface is paved with sparkling waves, which are gently gathered together, and then crumbled.

After walking on the beach for a while, he turned around and turned back to the log cabin on the shore, ready to change into a pair of soft-soled shoes and step on the sand again.

The cabin is fully stocked, and water and electricity are also supplied. As soon as Pei Yusheng unlocked the door, the lights in the house automatically turned on.

He lowered his head to look for shoes in the shoe cabinet. The noise outside the window was so loud that he could hear it clearly even on the beach.

But in this far-off noise, Pei Yusheng heard some subtle sounds coming from nearby.

It was the "click" sound of the door lock being opened, and the slight footsteps, mixed with the excited countdown sound in the distance.

Pei Yusheng paused and turned around.

In fact, the rationale can also figure out who can enter this beach, but those unexpected surprises still broke the limit in an instant. The soft-soled shoes that had just been taken out fell to the ground silently, all the sounds in this world disappeared, only the roaring heartbeat was so clear.

The person outside the door who walked out of the dream wrapped in the gentle night was Qi Ji.

Qi Ji obviously didn't expect Pei Yusheng to be here, and he couldn't hide his surprise.

At zero o'clock, the ancient bell rings, and all families celebrate together.

Gorgeous fireworks streak across the sky, and everything is drowned in the sound of fireworks. Even if they are a step away, it is difficult to hear each other's voices clearly.

But it doesn't really matter anymore.

The last distance was also eliminated, their lips and teeth met, and they communicated with their clasped fingers. At this moment, all the bright fireworks in the night sky rose for them.

In the sky full of fireworks, they embraced each other.

After a while, until the sound of fireworks gradually subsided, the boy finally found his voice and made an "ah".

"I forgot to say Happy New Year at 0:00." Qi Ji had some regrets, but not much. "But it doesn't matter, we will still have many New Year's o'clock."

Pei Yusheng looked at his slightly swollen lips, and the watery glow when they opened and closed softly, his eyes dimmed slightly.

He lowered his head again, put a light kiss on the person's lips, and then replied in a low voice, "Yes."

It doesn't matter if not.

He has nothing to fear anymore.

Without Qi Ji, Pei Yusheng might not have survived the last time he lost control. He is not worried about the illness that may occur in two or ten years. Every day now is a gift from him.

"Happy New Year."

***

With a creak, the door was closed, and Qi Ji realized it only after he had reacted. Just now...for so long, he even forgot to close the door behind him.

The warm air was turned on in the house, it was very warm, and people couldn't help but relax a lot. Qi Ji held hot orange juice and Pei Yusheng explained the reason why he came tonight-grandmother Yu and the others went to bed first, and the remaining four young people were still in good spirits, so they planned to come out to watch a New Year's Eve fireworks, and the chosen location was This seaside square,

Qi Ji has a good memory. He has only been here once and can't remember wrong. He wanted to come to the wooden house to take a look. He thought there was no one here, but when he saw the light in the house, he almost thought it was a thief.

Pei Yusheng laughed softly, reached out to help the boy tidy up the collar, and said, "It's such a coincidence."

Qi Ji was silent for a while before he said, "Actually, I suggested that I want to come to this square. I took a detour when I came here."

"I thought Mr. Pei wouldn't come back, so I wanted to come over at midnight and take a picture of the seaside and send it to you."

The boy was a little embarrassed when he mentioned the matter of detouring, but when he said this, he thought of his own question: "Why did Mr. Pei come back?"

"The contract has been negotiated in advance, so I'll be back first." Pei Yusheng added a little hot orange juice to the glass and said, "I didn't tell you in advance because I was worried about disturbing you and Mr. Xue for the Chinese New Year."

Qi Ji pursed her lips.

Others might not understand Pei Yusheng's thought that he didn't want to disturb him, but Qi Ji himself was very familiar with this kind of psychology.

He could also roughly guess what the reason was.

——The undiagnosed disease still affected Mr. Pei's mentality.

"There must be some things you can't tell me," Qi Ji looked at Pei Yusheng, "Just like Mr. Lian before, it's protection not to say anything."

"But you don't need to say it because you're worried about disturbing me," he said in a serious tone. "You have told me many times that I don't bother or bother me, and so do I."

"I won't feel bothered by Mr. Pei."

Pei Yu paused, the corners of his lips curled up, like a smile and a sigh: "Okay."

He knew it before.

His little ones have always been strong.

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Ji's cell phone rang.

The call was from Qi Mingyu.

Qi Ji came back just after saying he was going to take a photo, but ran away without even looking at the countdown. As a result, it was more than ten minutes after midnight, but he hadn't gone back. Qi Mingyu was worried about him, so he called.

Qi Ji said, "It's okay, I'm on the beach."

Qi Mingyu said, "We were on the high platform by the beach, why didn't we see you? We saw a wooden house with lights on."

Qi Ji was startled, but he didn't expect them to come this way. He was hesitating, but saw Pei Yusheng get up: "Let's go, go and meet them."

Qi Ji nodded and said to Qi Mingyu, "I'll go there right away."

As soon as the two walked out, they saw three people on the high platform. Besides Qi Mingyu, Xue Zhongqi and Midov were also there.

Qi Ji waved to them, and together with Pei Yusheng, left the beach through the password gate and walked onto the high platform.

Qi Ji was also a little embarrassed when his younger brother caught him walking out of the hut with others. Fortunately, he was used to pretending before, so this time he introduced it to Qi Mingyu seriously: "This is Mr. Pei, my boss, You've seen it before at Eric's meeting."

It's just that no matter how good Qi Ji's disguise is, none of the people present will believe him.

Qi Mingyu: "...Oh."

Where Qi Ji couldn't see, he gave Pei Yusheng a cool look.

Pei Yusheng smiled and greeted him: "Hello."

Qi Mingyu reluctantly replied, "Hello, Mr. Pei."

As for Xue Zhongqi and Midov, there is no need to introduce them to Qi Ji anymore. Pei Yusheng has long been acquainted with them, and he and Midov are related by blood.

The four of them walked from the beach to the square together. Although the fireworks at midnight had ended, there were still several fireworks shows to come. They planned to watch the fireworks for a while before going back.

Qi Mingyu took the lead, pulled Qi Ji away from the boss he said, and walked in front with him. Midov and Xue Zhongqi said something, and the latter followed, leaving only Pei Yusheng and Miduo. The husband and wife walked behind.

The two spoke Russian, and Dao didn't worry about being heard by others. After a brief chat, Midov asked directly, "Pei, your assets... have you really thought about it?"

Pei Yusheng nodded: "I'm already doing it."

Midov frowned and said, "I still advise you to think about this matter. Your assets are too involved, and you are operating in this environment, so you must be cautious."

Although Midov has made the same choice before, but the two have different nationalities and different financial systems, the resistance to Pei Yusheng's actual operation will only be greater.

"And the operation of your huge assets is likely to cause various rumors, such as tax avoidance... or more serious speculation." Midov shrugged, "This is my personal experience."

More serious things, Midov didn't say - although Pei Yusheng's current physical condition is kept secret, it is not completely unknown to outsiders.

Changes in his assets will only lead to more suspicion and criticism.

But Pei Yusheng said, "I know you have experience, so I'm looking for you because I want to do the same."

Midov asked again: "Are you really sure, Pei?"

Pei Yusheng is still the same answer.

Not only the possible reason for the illness, but also the decision that Pei Yusheng made after chatting with Pei's mother about monitoring.

He raised his eyes and looked at Qi Ji who was not far away. Although his voice was low, he did not hesitate.

"I'm sure."

His little friend has been suffering for too long, and he wants him to spend the rest of his life slowly tasting the sweetness of being owed.

Midov sighed, "Okay."

Pei Yusheng said softly, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Midov also looked at his lover and said, "I'm very lucky, he never made me regret it. I hope you can be as lucky as me."

Pei Yusheng smiled: "I will."

In the distance, the fireworks rose again, blooming above the night. In the sky full of fireworks, the boy's soft outline was also covered with a thin layer of light.

His little boy has always been so beautiful.

Pei Yu called out silently.

Qi Qi.

My miracle.

I don't want you to forget me.

But I want you to be happy without me.