老攻身患绝症[穿书]

Chapter 64

Xie Yang stood up according to Qiu Xing’s movements. He didn’t accept Qiu Xing’s actions. He just looked at Qiu Xing, the expression on his face definitely not surprise or kindness. 

Qiu Xing noticed Xie Yang’s expression and paused before lifting up the scarf to cover Xie Yang’s face. He asked, “Are you angry?”

Xie Yang remained silent as his head was wrapped like a potato. Through the gap in the scarf, he saw that Qiu Xing’s face was paler than before he left. He also looked at Qiu Xing’s strangely lighter lips and suddenly reached out a hand and pressed it against Qiu Xing’s chest.

Qiu Xing’s body stiffened before he pulled down Xie Yang’s hand, gently gripping it.

“Why are your hands so cold?” He rubbed Xie Yang’s hand and pressed the other hand to Xie Yang’s head. Then he compared it to himself. “It seems that you’ve grown a bit taller.” 

Xie Yang still didn’t speak but he didn’t pull back his held hand.

“I brought you a present. Come back to the house.”

Xie Yang finally moved. He grabbed Qiu Xing, who wanted to pull him into the house. Then he raised his unheld hand and placed it against Qiu Xing’s chest again. He patted Qiu Xing’s chest lightly and stated, “I will be lenient if you confess, strict if you resist and divorce you if you tell a lie.”

“……”

Qiu Xing looked over at Xie Yang and asked, “Can’t you pretend to be gentle?”

Xie Yang let out a mocking sound.

“……”

Qiu Xing stared at Xie Yang and suddenly smiled. He raised his hand to flick Xie Yang on the forehead before leading Xie Yang into the villa. 

Xie Yang followed Qiu Xing and gazed down at the hand held by Qiu Xing. He noticed that Qiu Xing’s nails had become lighter in colour. He looked up to watch Qiu Xing’s back, the guess in his heart becoming more certain.

As mentioned in the original novel, Qiu Xing’s illnesses mutually affected each other. One was brain cancer and the other was a heart disease.

There were several treatments for brain cancer and the most effective one was to perform a craniotomy. The tumor in Qiu Xing’s brain was malignant and the growth position was very troublesome. The success rate of the craniotomy was very low and even if the operation was successful, it would leave a lot of aftereffects. In addition, Qiu Xing had a heart disease and there were more concerns about a craniotomy. Therefore, Qiu Xing gave up on a craniotomy as a treatment and only used conservative methods to extend his lifespan as much as possible.

Qiu Xing’s heart disease wasn’t something that needed to be paid attention to. However, after the diagnosis of Qiu Xing’s brain cancer, his heart disease started to worsen. Surgery was necessary to treat a heart disease but Qiu Xing had brain cancer and his condition wasn’t optimistic. He never met the conditions for heart surgery so the treatment of his heart disease was delayed. 

The two diseases mutually restrained each other. They prevented Qiu Xing from getting effective and quick treatment, forcing him to delay his life conservatively and wait for his death.