老攻身患绝症[穿书]

Chapter 150

On December 3rd, Qiu Xing was officially admitted to hospital. Xie Yang also moved to the hospital and occupied a bed in the ward. At dinner that day, Feng Qinglin came to the hospital. “Feng Chuang wants to move against Rongding.”

Qiu Xing slowly peeled the apple skin and asked, “How to move?” 

“I don’t know the specifics. This news was discovered by Feng Dian. Based on Feng Dian’s tone, Feng Chuang seems to be…” Feng Qinglin glanced at Xie Yang who was waiting to eat the apple.

Xie Yang raised his eyebrow. “Do they want to start with me?”

Qiu Xing fiercely cut the apple in two and gave Xie Yang half of it. He glanced at Feng Qinglin and divided the remaining half into two again. Then he used the tip of the knife to hand a piece to Feng Qinglin.

Feng Qinglin, “……” He took the quarter of an apple and thanked his uncle. 

The room was full of the smell of apples. Feng Qinglin ate the apple and said, “I will watch Feng Chuang and Fenghua’s movements. If they really want to embarrass Uncle when you are in hospital then I will help you.”

Qiu Xing hummed and solemnly said, “Please.”

Feng Qinglin was taken aback and Xie Yang’s action of chewing on the apple also stopped. The two of them simultaneously stared at Qiu Xing.

Qiu Xing frowned. “What?” 

“Nothing.” Feng Qinglin hurriedly shook his head and suddenly requested, “Uncle, cut another apple. I still want to eat.”

This time it was Qiu Xing who was stunned. He glanced at Feng Qinglin and his expression changed. He avoided Feng Qinglin’s gaze by lowering his head as he took an apple from the basket. “How old are you? You can’t even do it yourself if you want to eat an apple… give me the knife.”

Feng Qinglin listened quietly and obediently handed the knife to Qiu Xing. He was a bit embarrassed. After all, a grown man suddenly acted like a baby and asked his uncle to cut an apple for him. It was too embarrassing.

The ward fell quiet and only the sound of Qiu Xing peeling the apple was heard. 

Xie Yang watched the awkward uncle and nephew and threw the finished apple core into the trash can. He took a paper towel to wipe his hands and asked Feng Qinglin, “Will you celebrate the new year with us this year?”

The sound of the peeling apple stopped before continuing after a few seconds. Qiu Xing didn’t look up like he didn’t care about Feng Qinglin’s answer at all. Feng Qinglin glanced at Qiu Xing and replied, “If I won’t disturb you…”

Xie Yang patted Qiu Xing. “Do you think it will disturb us?”

Qiu Xing became still. He peeled off the last bit of the apple peel and straightened. “We are a family. What disturbance?” Then he divided the apple into two again, half for Xie Yang and half for Feng Qinglin. After that, he changed the subject stiffly. “It is almost time for dinner. Eat less fruit or you won’t be able to eat after a while.” 

So he let Xie Yang eat another half? Feng Qinglin stared at the eccentric Qiu Xing and silently took the apple.

***

On the third day of hospitalization, Qiu Xing received the first treatment of the second course. A few hours later, the new test results came out. Dr Kirkman stared at the checklist for a long time before speaking cautiously. “We have to observe again. If the effect of this treatment is good then there might be no need for a second one. Surgery can be performed directly.”

In other words, Qiu Xing could undergo surgery any day this month at the earliest or January at the latest. 

Xie Yang turned to look at Qiu Xing while silently sensing the small groups of dark energy remaining in his ability core. This should be enough to support the beginning of Qiu Xing’s surgery.

During this period of time, he would absorb these energy groups to sleep. One reason was to find out the details of the system and gain the information he wanted. The other was to quickly replenish his ability so he could treat Qiu Xing one extra time.

Out of these two purposes, he still hadn’t gained much with the former. Apart from watching scenes of Mu Zhouyi ‘poisoning’ people, he hadn’t figured out the origin of the system. Meanwhile, the latter purpose was implemented well.

Maybe Qiu Xing would be able to complete the operation before Christmas. 

Qiu Xing suddenly looked sideways at Xie Yang. Xie Yang was taken aback before smiling. “I think I can receive a great Christmas gift this year.”

Qiu Xing held Xie Yang’s hand and squeezed it gently.

***

In the following week, Dr Kirkman’s team of experts for surgery was in place. Xie Yang finally couldn’t delay it any longer and officially started life as Rongding’s acting chairman. 

On the first day of work without Qiu Xing, Xie Yang ushered in a small, tentative problem.

He Jun placed an invitation letter in front of Xie Yang. “Generally, Vice-chairman Qiu and several other deputies will be responsible for this type of social business meeting. However, this time they are either too busy or are in bad health. Therefore, this has fallen on your head.”

Xie Yang picked up the invitation and turned it over. “Can I refuse?”

“I don’t recommend you do this. The meeting might be social in nature but it is still a meeting after all. The organizer of this meeting is the Northern Business Association. Sometimes, they will announce some new policy trends at the meeting. It is better to attend if possible.” 

“Can’t my two deputies go?”

“One of them is on a business trip and the other is caught by Vice-chairman Qiu’s project.”

Xie Yang put down the invitation letter and leaned back in his chair. “Very well, it seems that only I can go.”

He Jun nodded helplessly before saying, “Little boss, there is one more thing I have to remind you. Generally, this type of meeting will end up with drinking. There are several people in charge of the Northern Business Association who like to be persuaded with wine. Little boss, how is your drinking amount?”