vrcanaries Chapter 642
Chapter 642
Qi Mingyu held Grandma Pang's hand tightly.
Grandma Pang's fingers moved slightly, as if she wanted to shake his hand back, but she had no strength left.
Zhou Shuwan stood aside, watching the nurse adjust the dosage of the syringe and carefully inject the improved Pentaphyllum extract into Grandma Pang's body.
The effectiveness of the drug for the elderly was not yet fully established, but she had no choice but to take a gamble.
Zhou Shuwan's gaze fell on Grandma Pang's face. The face that was once full of vitality had now become much thinner, and her skin looked pale and loose.
Grandma Pang seemed to sense something. She turned her head slightly and looked at Zhou Shuwan, a faint smile on her lips: "Wanwan, you have always been such a sensible child... Grandma is very relieved about you."
Zhou Shuwan's eyes were slightly red. She lowered her head, quickly put away the equipment in her hands, and whispered, "Grandma, please stop talking and have a good rest."
A few hours later, Grandma Pang's breathing gradually stabilized, and a look of peace appeared on her face, as if the pain in her body had been temporarily relieved.
Zhou Shuwan breathed a sigh of relief, but she knew that this was only temporary.
The next day, Grandma Pang's health miraculously improved and she was in good spirits.
But after the first experience, the Zhou family, including Qi Mingyu, did not dare to have too high expectations.
Grandma Pang was even able to sit up and told Qi Mingyu that she wanted to go to the mountain that Qi Mingyu had climbed when he was a child.
Qi Mingyu then realized that Grandma Pang was a little sick and confused.
Doctor Wei came to take a look, sighed softly, and told everyone that this was a last gasp of life.
Qi Mingyu signed the consent form and asked the nurse to remove all the tubes connected to Grandma Pang.
He walked to the bedside and carefully helped Grandma Pang up.
Zhou Shuwan helped her put on her coat.
Grandma Pang was so thin that she was almost just a bag of bones. Her thick coat hung loosely on her body, making it look particularly large.
Qi Mingyu's hand touched her back and he felt the coldness of her bones through the thin clothes.
"Grandma, I'll carry you on my back." He bent down, his voice low and gentle.
Grandma Pang did not refuse. She gently leaned on Qi Mingyu's back, with her hands weakly resting on his shoulders.
Qi Mingyu carried her on his back, moving gently, afraid of hurting her.
Zhou Shuwan stayed by their side, carefully escorting them off the warship. He chatted and laughed with Grandma Pang with a smile on his face, but he felt like something was pressing down on him, making him unable to breathe.
She knew that with the tube removed, Grandma Pang's life would quickly fade away.
Although she is a doctor, she cannot prevent such demise!
The mountain on the island is not high, it is more like a small hill.
The air was filled with fog.
The mist quickly soaked the clothes of several people, and even the protective gear on their faces was covered with a thick layer of water droplets.
Qi Mingyu silently felt the mist at the tip of his nose. Who could have thought that grandma had experienced floods, high temperatures, tsunamis, acid rain, extreme cold, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, but now, it was this mysterious mist that took her life?
Where is the way out of the end of the world?
Will all of them be like this? At a certain stage, they will no longer be able to hold on and will collapse!
Qi Mingyu felt a dull numb pain in his chest.
But he never stopped, and climbed up the mountain with firm and slow steps.
Grandma Pang leaned on his back, her eyes sweeping across the surrounding scenery. Although all around was foggy, she seemed to see the mountain Qi Mingyu often visited when he was a child. A smile played on her lips, "Xiaoyu, the scenery here is so beautiful... It's exactly the same mountain we climbed when we were kids. Look, those are the redbud flowers blooming, and those are the soapberries. You loved playing with bubbles with these soapberries when you were a kid..."
Qi Mingyu paused for a moment and looked around. Apart from the fog, he could see nothing else.
But he still smiled and said in a light voice: "Grandma, let's pick some soap nuts and take them back to wash clothes later."
"Okay!" Grandma Pang's voice was weak, but with a hint of satisfaction: "Xiao Yu, do you remember when you were a child? Back then, you always loved to eat sweet things. Because I said wild fruits couldn't be cleaned properly, every time you went to the mountains to pick wild fruits, you would secretly hide them, for fear that I would find them."
Qi Mingyu's eyes were red, and his throat seemed to be blocked by something, his voice a little hoarse: "Remember... I always caused trouble for you back then."
Grandma Pang patted his shoulder gently, her voice tinged with a smile: "How could you possibly be causing any trouble? You are my most beloved grandson... Later, when you joined the army, I missed you every day, wondering if you were doing well over there... Then you were discharged, and I could finally rest assured."
Qi Mingyu couldn't hold back his tears and finally rolled down his cheeks. He choked and said, "Grandma, I will always be with you."
Grandma Pang didn't say anything else, but just leaned lightly on Qi Mingyu's back, looking into the distance, as if recalling the past.
She stayed on the mountain for more than an hour. Qi Mingyu listened to her whispers silently, responding from time to time, his eyes already red.
Zhou Shuwan stood at the foot of the mountain, looking at the fog on the mountain, feeling mixed emotions.
She did not disturb them from reminiscing about the past, but just stood there quietly, waiting.
When they reached the top of the mountain, Qi Mingyu carefully placed Grandma Pang under a tree. Grandma Pang sat on a large rock. She seemed to regain consciousness and asked vaguely, "Xiaoyu, isn't there no land? Aren't we on the sea? Where is this?"
Qi Mingyu clenched his palm tightly and said with a smile, "Grandma, you're confused because of your illness. We later found another piece of land, and everyone has already landed and lived there! This land is just like the land of our former Huaxia country, beautiful and rich, and it can also support such a large population of ours."
"The end of the world?" Grandma Pang's voice trembled a little.
Qi Mingyu paused, then nodded firmly: "Yes, Grandma, it's over a long time ago. Now people live and work in peace and contentment, very happy and stable, without any disasters."
"That's good, that's good!" Grandma Pang nodded, looking around with cloudy eyes, as if she had really seen a peaceful and prosperous era. "Then Grandma is relieved. You and Wanwan can have a child, so you won't be alone anymore."
Qi Mingyu was stunned and stared at Grandma Pang blankly.
He didn't expect that his grandmother could even guess the truth at this point, but she just kept silent.
"Grandma..." He suddenly choked up.
Grandma Pang smiled kindly and touched his handsome face, just like when he was a child, her palm was light and gentle: "Grandma has long guessed why you don't want children. Look at Chunchun from Xue Tao's family, the child suffered so much! So Grandma never mentioned it again!"
Qi Mingyu couldn't bear it any longer, lowered his head and gently touched Grandma Pang's chin: "Grandma, I'm sorry!"