[Chikusa University Hospital is located in a remote part of the city. There is a business district and a pedestrian street nearby. They are not very popular, especially at night.]
[You push Nakajima Reina along the road. There are no other pedestrians or vehicles on the road. The night sky is vast, and the white light cast by the street lamps above your head is particularly lonely.]
[The wheelchair rubs against the ground, and the low sound echoes in the light circle of the street lamp. Nakajima Reina looks down at the shadow on the ground without saying a word.]
Memory scenes emerge.
It was a cool autumn night with gusts of evening breeze. Nan Youxi was walking on the road and felt that the temperature was just right. He wondered if it was the same for Nakajima Reina in the wheelchair.
"Hand." Nan Youxi put the back of his hand on the girl's shoulder.
Nakajima Reina looked at him suspiciously and put her hand in his palm obediently. The girl's slender palm lacked warmth.
Letting go of her hand, Minami Youxi parked the wheelchair in the corner, took out a black robe from her backpack, and put it around the girl's neck.
The girl put on her sleeves and pulled the hem of her robe to her calves, quickly warming up her slightly cold body.
"The hat looks a little strange." When she put it on, she touched the extra piece of cloth on the top of the hat and felt puzzled.
"Because they are cat ear pajamas." Nan Youxi walked in front of her. The fair-skinned girl was wrapped in a black Egyptian cat-style pajamas, which made her look noble and exotic.
“Cat ears…” A faint blush appeared on Reina Nakajima’s cheeks.
"And cat-ear shoes." Nan Youxi took out a pair of thin black cotton shoes from her schoolbag and lifted her foot with one hand.
"Wait a minute!"
The girl's attempt to stop her was useless. Nan Youxi took off her slippers, held her soft feet, and put on her cotton shoes.
Putting the slippers into her backpack, Nan Youxi stood up.
"Okay, let's continue." He returned to Reina Nakajima and pushed the wheelchair forward.
Nakajima Reina lowered her head and looked at the black cotton shoes on her feet and the hem of her robe at her knees.
The night was a world she had never visited, and the streets were a scenery she rarely saw, but she was not in the mood to appreciate them.
Nan Youxi took her to a convenience store and asked her to pick out some snacks. The bright light in the convenience store was clearly separated from the deep darkness outside, and the dazzling array of goods on the shelves dazzled her, and she felt better.
She hesitated for a long time and just asked for ice cream.
Sitting on the swing in a nearby park, she opened the lid of the ice cream cup, picked up the small wooden spoon, and the cool sweetness spread on her tongue.
"What does strawberry ice cream taste like?" Nan Youxi squatted in front of her and looked at the ice cream in her hand.
His hint was obvious, and Nakajima Reina scooped a piece with a wooden spoon and handed it to his mouth.
The boy held the wooden spoon in his mouth for a long time, and after spitting it out, he smiled mischievously: "In addition to the taste of strawberry, it also tastes like Reina-san."
This intimate teasing was like a white and soft feather, which should have brushed against Nakajima Reina's flank or the soles of her feet, making her feel itchy and giving rise to a shy sweetness, but this time, the feather brushed against the wound in her heart, and the tiny burrs scraped against the flesh of her chest, tearing out a pool of blood.
Tears slid down her cheek, and the sadness that had been pent up since Xiaodou Mountain surged out.
The ice cream rolled out of her hands and fell on the concrete ground under the swing. She covered her face with her hands, and tears flowed down her wrists into her sleeves, spreading a cool feeling.
"You are such a crybaby, Your Highness."
The boy's voice reached the girl's ears. The lightness of his voice was particularly evident in the sadness in her heart, and her tears flowed faster.
At this moment, she felt her wrists being grabbed by a pair of strong hands, which forcefully separated her hands, revealing her tear-stained face.
She looked at the boy's cheek through the tears in her eyes, and the smile between the boy's rosy lips was imprinted on her lips the next moment.
The girl's tears slid down Nan Youxi's face. The wet and cold tears made his heart tremble. He could not dispel the shadow that shrouded the girl. He could only cover the girl's tearful eyes to prevent her from looking at the sad future.
When their lips parted, their positions were unconsciously reversed, with Minami Yuki sitting on the swing and Nakajima Reina sitting sideways on his lap.
The girl, immersed in the world of kisses, realized her situation after a brief moment of unconsciousness. She blushed and pushed Nan Youxi's chest with her hands, trying to get out of the boy's arms.
Nan Youxi hugged her waist tightly, not letting her leave his arms, and he kissed the girl's cherry-red lips again.
The girl closed her eyes tightly, prepared to feel the intense sensation, but Nan Youxi only touched her lightly and then raised her head.
She lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling, feeling lost.
Nan Youxi freed one hand, grabbed the swing chain, touched the ground with her toes, and the two of them began to swing slowly.
Nakajima Reina was afraid of falling, so she hugged his neck.
The waning moon was obscured by thin clouds. The lights in the park were dim. There were dark shadows all around, and it was dead silent. The only sound was the gentle creaking of the swing.
"I have a heart attack."
Nakajima Reina's voice, hoarse from crying, mixed with the creaking sound of the swing, rang out, and her cheek was buried in Minami Yuki's chest.
"Um."
Nan Youxi sniffed the fragrance of her hair.
"There is basically no possibility of cure, and the best outcome is to live a few more years after surgery."
"Um."
The boy's answer without any hesitation made the girl doubt whether he listened to her carefully and whether he was responding to her seriously.
"I'm sorry." She felt guilty, thinking that she had concealed her illness and wasted the boy's feelings.
"I know everything." said Nan Youxi.
Nakajima Reina raised her head and looked at the boy in front of her in surprise.
"I knew all this from the moment I entered Sister Lingna's ward." Nan Youxi looked into her eyes.
"If you know, why... I can only live for three years!" Nakajima Reina clenched her fists.
"Only three years?"
"Only three years!"
"Then we have to hurry up. Hug, kiss, date, get married, make love... We have to experience a lifetime of love in three years."
The boy's gentle words made Nakajima Reina's eyes fill with tears again.
She wiped away her tears and said, "Because my health is very poor, I can't have children."
"Then adopt one."
"You can't even do that kind of thing."
"It's okay, Reina-sama is very cute, I can solve it myself just by looking at you."
Nakajima Reina twisted her hot face and stammered, "It's not that I can't help you."
"How can you help? I'm a little curious." Nan Youxi bit the girl's clear red ear and asked with a smile.
Nakajima Reina understood the boy's words as a hint, and her cheeks became even hotter: "But you haven't confessed yet."
"I love you."
The boy's lips were pressed against her ear, and his gentle voice penetrated into her mind.
Reina Nakajima felt that all the happiness in the universe was rushing towards her body and pouring into her heart at this moment. She suppressed her shyness and turned to look at the boy's face.
"I love it too… "
A fierce pain attacked her. Her broken heart could not contain such great happiness. Fate once again warned her not to get carried away.
The pain was more persistent and intense than ever before. She covered her chest with her hands, cold sweat oozed from her forehead, the blood color faded from her cheeks, and her consciousness became blurred.
She heard Nan Youxi's anxious calls and the busy and brief conversations between the nurses and doctors.
There is no knife! No one is wrong!
(End of this chapter)