The next day, 8 am in the morning.

Lin Yixin was sitting on the sofa and staring at me silently. A while later, she said, "Don’t worry, today will definitely be better…"

I nodded. "Mn. And I’ll be right here with you."

It wasn’t long before she began trembling a little. The symptoms arrived at almost the exact time, but they were a lot milder than they had been the day before. This time, she only experienced a minor nosebleed and nothing else. I drew her blood using a syringe and labeled it as she had done it yesterday[1]. My heart ached at the sight of the numerous needle tracks riddling her normally unblemished skin. Lin Yixin had given up almost everything for me.

The girl scrunched up her eyebrows before wiping the sweat on my forehead with a smile. "I’m the one who’s in pain here, so why are you the one who’s nervous? Calm down. As you can see yourself, everything is going fine…"

I smiled. "It looks like most of the virus in your body has been expelled, Yiyi. That is great news…"

"Mn."

Lin Yixin said, "According to the doctors, the viral toxin was supposed to affect my health for 7 days or so. Today’s the 5th day, so it won’t be long now. By the way, your delay is almost...