Xu Zixi ran to several stores before she managed to buy the medicine for treating the wound. In a hurry, she rushed back and saw that her two kids were almost lying on that stinky - faced man, chatting and laughing merrily, looking very intimate.
An alarm suddenly went off in her mind. She quickened her steps and rushed forward.
She subtly pulled the two kids away. Before she could say a word, the man spoke first:
"Ms. Yuan, actually you don't need to go to so much trouble. I've already called my assistant to pick me up."
Xu Zixi looked at the cotton, iodine, bandages, ointment and other items in her hand. She was a bit angry. Why didn't he say so earlier? He waited until she'd bought the stuff back! She and this man surely had clashing auras!
She half - squatted in front of him and forcefully pulled his injured hand over:
"I've already bought the stuff. I don't want this trip to be in vain. I'll treat your wound first. We can talk about other things later!"
Only when she got closer did she realize that his wound was actually quite serious. Fine sand and small gravel mixed with fresh blood and the gaping wound made Miss Xu's legs go weak.
Swallowing hard, Xu Zixi said, "I'm going to clean your wound first. It may hurt a bit. Bear with it."
"Okay," Yan Yincheng replied in a low voice. He could feel her hands trembling slightly.
The next second, the cold disinfectant landed on his palm. The pain caused by the reaction between the medicine and the wound tissue made him frown tightly, but this was not the most unbearable part. The real torture came next when she used the cotton swab to clean the sand and gravel.
Actually, Lord Yan was not a weak - willed man. Given that he had a visual impairment but still managed to reach his current position and become the indispensable Lord Yan of the Yan family, it was evident that he had extraordinary perseverance and means. But at this moment, he didn't want to endure it anymore.
"Um..."
A stone was picked out by Xu Zixi. The man, who had been silent all along, suddenly gasped heavily and let out a suppressed groan.
Xu Zixi looked up in a hurry. "Sorry. Did I use too much force? Are you okay?"
Lord Yan tried hard to suppress the urge to smile and motioned to her, "Don't worry about me. Just continue."
How could Xu Zixi continue! But most of the wound had already been treated. It would be unreasonable to stop now. She took a deep breath and continued. But...
"Hiss..." Yan Yincheng gasped again. Afraid of affecting her, he comforted her, "I'm okay. It's just a minor injury."
Xu Zixi said helplessly, "I really can't continue if you're like this."
Yan Yincheng was silent for a while and then said in a low voice, "Actually... I've never been to a zoo before."
Xu Zixi was taken aback. Her first reaction was to say, "How is that possible? Didn't your family ever take you to a zoo when you were growing up?"
Yan Yincheng gave a bitter smile. "I was taken around by my mother to seek medical treatment since I was a child, just to cure my eyes. The place I've been to most is the hospital, and the people I've been in contact with most are doctors. Not to mention the zoo, I don't even know what a guide dog looks like."
"Then you..." It was so pitiful. Xu Zixi frowned, feeling a little twinge in her heart.
"Is there really no way to cure your eyes? Not even with a corneal transplant?" she couldn't help asking.
"My condition is a rare genetic disease caused by a gene mutation. There are only 20 cases in the world so far. Among these 20 patients, only 6, including me, are still alive. Although some patients left their bodies for research, no effective medicine has been developed yet."
A rare genetic disease? Xu Zixi opened her eyes in surprise.
In her previous life, she was extremely talented. Her ability to make money was no less than her father's. She was already worth over a hundred million by her freshman year in college. It was also during her freshman year that she followed the school's organization to the countryside for charity work. She saw a group of people trapped in the mountains due to poverty and tortured by genetic diseases. That place looked like a purgatory. Miss Xu felt pity for them.
In order to make life better for a small number of people in the world and to be more confident in her wealth, status and power that most people envied, Xu Zixi applied for dropout after that day. The next year, she was successfully admitted to the bio - pharmacy major as a freshman. She spent several years studying from domestic to foreign universities and finally got her doctorate. Then she established her own research laboratory.
Her laboratory mainly focused on the research of specific drugs for rare genetic diseases. But in her previous life, she had never encountered the eye disease that Yan Yincheng had. For people like her, encountering a rare disease was as exciting as a treasure - hunter suddenly finding a peerless treasure.
She had an urge to grab him and learn more about his condition, but Xu Zixi knew that she didn't have the ability to help him at present. She shouldn't give him the illusion that his disease could be cured. It would be too cruel to him.
She still lacked money. She needed a lot more money. Only with enough money could she support a pharmaceutical research laboratory.
However, this also made her understand why this man's temper was so unpredictable. Not everyone could stay positive after getting an incurable disease.
"You're quite amazing, though. Despite your visual impairment, it doesn't affect your ability to make money at all. You drive a Maybach and can spend five million on three meals a day." As she spoke, her tone couldn't help but turn a bit sour.
In her previous life, Miss Xu would never cook a meal for someone she didn't like, not even for fifty million, let alone five million.
Alas, Miss Xu finally had to bow to money.
Chatting was really a good way to divert attention. Yan Yincheng's wound was quickly treated. After applying the ointment on his wound and bandaging it with a bandage, everything was done.
"After you get back, remember to remove the gauze and re - apply the medicine every day. Also, don't let the wound get wet for three days. It should heal soon," Xu Zixi said as she stood up from the ground. However, because she had squatted for too long and stood up too quickly, poor blood circulation made her vision go black, and her body involuntarily fell to the side.
"Mommy fainted!" Yuan Xiaoxuan shouted.
Yan Yincheng was startled and quickly reached out to support her. But because he couldn't see, he didn't know where he grabbed in a hurry. Finally, there was a series of clattering sounds, and two shadows fell on the zoo bench overlapping each other.
Yuan Xiaoxuan stared blankly at the two people on the bench. Only later did he cover his eyes. Seeing Yuan Xiaoxu beside him still looking curious, Yuan Xiaoxuan quickly pulled him and said:
"Brother, close your eyes. You're not supposed to watch this!"
Xu Zixi only felt dizzy. She also experienced what it was like to be blind. She had no idea what was going on at all. When she came to her senses, she looked up and opened her eyes. Only then did she find that she had fallen into Yan Yincheng's arms, and her lips had just...
On Lord Yan's fair side face, there was clearly a lip - print!