The clanging sound from the next room woke Shigego from his sleep, it had been ten days since Xinghe and Anton left Jiangcheng, not long after they left, Dr. Emilio agreed to let Ling be discharged, but their desire to return to the treehouse was directly rejected by Balbo, he cleared his attic and provided it to them, and divided it into two rooms with wooden planks, Ling lived inside, and Shigego lived outside.

Jugo sat up from the bed and patted his cheek with his hand to sober himself up, then he walked to the door and knocked on the door, "Xiaoling, can I come in?"

"Hmm. A whispered response came from the room.

Shigego pushed the door open, and in the room, Rei, who was wearing a nightdress, collapsed on the floor next to the bed, and there was a pair of half-worn shoes next to her.

Shigego didn't say anything, walked over, picked Ling up from the ground, and helped her to the bed, Ling was now as light as if it was made of paper, even if he had little strength, he could easily pick it up, and then he bent down and helped her put on her shoes, and asked at the same time, "Are you okay?"

Ling lowered her head and shook it, and following her movements, the dry white hair that fell down also shook, "Chonggo." ”

"Huh?" Shigego, who was helping her put on her other shoe, looked up, Rei's face was covered by her own hair, and he couldn't see her face, so it wasn't clear what her expression was now.

"I'm hopeless. Rei's voice was small, but Shigego could hear what she said clearly.

He knew about it, from the moment Ling was diagnosed, he Dr. Emilio had said that this disease could not be cured, and when they left the hospital, she also said that all she could do now was to delay Ling as long as possible, but that could not change the fact that Ling would die.

However, they didn't tell Xinghe and Anton about this, and when Rei woke up, Shigego didn't hide from her what happened during her coma, and to his surprise, Rei made this decision on her own, not telling Xinghe and Anton the truth about the matter, so that they could go to the capital to find Arazuki with confidence.

However, he still didn't know how to answer Ling's words, so he pretended not to hear, and Ling didn't speak again, and the attic was quiet, until he helped Ling put on two shoes before he stood up and asked, "Go downstairs?"

Ling nodded, shook her head again, and whispered, "Help me tie my hair up?"

Shigego was a little embarrassed, and he couldn't do this kind of thing at all, so he asked a little unconvinced, "Maybe, maybe it will make it ugly?"

"Hmm. Ling whispered in response, probably to say that she didn't care.

Seeing her like this, Shigego picked up a leather band from the dresser next to the bed, helped Ling pull her hair back of her head, and simply tied a ponytail, probably because of illness, her hair quality was very poor, plus Shigego didn't dare to use force, in short, it was a very badly tied ponytail, not only a little crooked, but also a few strands of hair were not pulled in, and they were left messily outside.

Shigego looked at his masterpiece with some embarrassment, but Rei herself didn't seem to think anything was wrong, and naturally took the bear puppet next to the pillow in her hand, although the bear they had as a birthday present also placed it next to the pillow, and Rei cherished it, but she still had a soft spot for the cloth bear she brought out from Khiva Town, and refused to leave.

Ling sat quietly on the bed with the little bear that had been a little off the thread, lowered her head, didn't say a word, and stood beside the bed for a long time, and finally decided that she wanted to go downstairs, so she asked tentatively, "Do you want to go downstairs?"

Rei nodded, Shigego walked over and put her on his back, and went downstairs down the wooden stairs, in the living room, Balbo was already sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace, reading the newspaper, the big black dog was lying at his feet, when Shigego carried Rei downstairs, it got up from the ground and glared at them, the pet didn't know why, the big black dog seemed to be particularly unkind to them.

Balbo saw them too, and he tapped the big black dog on the head with a rolled up newspaper, and the big black dog whimpered and fell to the ground again, but it was still staring at the two of them with its teeth bared.

Shigego placed Rei on the couch near the fireplace and sat down next to her.

"Is there anything I need to do?" asked Balbo, who said to let them stay on his farm to help, but now that there were no crops left in the field, he was helping Balbo dry corn these days, and because he was relatively idle, he taught him some things to know first.

Balbo's cornfields are very large, compared to him alone, those surplus corn will be sold by him to the corn harvesters in the city, and the rest is kept for food, Shigego's job these days is to help Balbo dry the corn and peel the corn kernels off the cob, which is not a very complicated job, but it is very boring, so in fact, Shigego does not feel that he has helped much, because Balbo has done much more than him.

"I'm going to the hospital today, are you going?" asked Balbo, putting down the newspaper.

"Uh..."Shigego looked at Ling who was sitting on the sofa with the bear in his arms and said nothing, he wasn't sure if Ling wanted to go, but Ling still sat on the sofa in silence, saying nothing.

"Forget it, you stay, it's very windy outside today. Balbo patted his clothes, stood up, and kicked the big black dog on the ground in the ass, "Let's go, old fellow." Saying that, he took his coat on the boat, and walked out of the house with the big black dog, and when he came to the door, he turned around and ordered: "There is some mushroom soup in the pot, you can serve it yourself, and we will not come back at noon, you can solve the lunch yourself, no problem?" ”

"Oh. Shigego took one look at Rei and replied that in order to monitor Rei's condition, Dr. Emilio would visit Rei once a day to do some tests and ask some questions, but it seems that she probably had something going on today.

Balbo nodded, pushed open the door and walked out, and suddenly a cold wind poured in, Shigego couldn't help but sneeze, and when he looked up again, the door was already closed, and the barking of the big black dog was getting farther and farther.

After thinking about it, he went back and sorted out the newspaper that Balbo was reading, and the headline of the newspaper said that a ship driven by a man named García Monroe had sunk in the Little Star Sea, but he had limited literacy and only pieced together a rough idea.

After cleaning up, he went to the pot on the stove to help Ling scoop a bowl of mushroom soup, Ling held the hot mushroom soup, took a sip and didn't drink it again, Shigego took a sip by himself with some doubts, and felt that there was nothing wrong with the taste, so he asked, "What's wrong." ”

Lin lowered her head and suddenly asked out of bounds, "Chonggo, is it troublesome to take care of me?"

Isn't it very troublesome, this question Chonggo didn't think much about, he just felt that the operation book was signed by himself, so he must also have the responsibility to take care of Ling now, so he shook his head.

"Oh. Rei answered, then lowered her head and began to drink the soup, and when the bowl was empty, she raised her head, looked at Shigego, and said, "I remember, what happened before." ”