Chapter 209: Chapter 44 Going to the Moon_3 Chapter 209: Chapter 44 Going to the Moon_3 “`
“I never thought about what I’d do when I grow up.”
“Because I…” Zheng Xiangyue blinked her eyes, “because I can’t grow up…”
She lifted her head, looking at Lin Xian:
“I actually know that you’re all just comforting me.
But I’ve overheard the doctors and nurses whispering many times…
They all say I can’t grow up, that I won’t live much longer, almost every year they say I won’t live to see the new year.”
“But you’ve still grown up slowly, haven’t you?
You have to believe in miracles.”
“The doctor said, the bigger I grow, the more dangerous it becomes.”
Zheng Xiangyue lifted her hand, caressing her heart:
“My heart is so weak, the doctor said it can’t support my body as it gradually grows…
and because of my rare blood type, it’s not possible to wait for a suitable heart…
They were saying just a while ago that I wouldn’t live past my 14th birthday.”
It’s not much time until then; she certainly will live to see it.
There probably won’t be any issues, otherwise Zheng Chenghe would not have gone to work so at ease.
“Look, your birthday is approaching, and the doctors got it wrong again.” Lin Xian took Zheng Xiangyue’s hand:
“You will grow up, grow very tall and beautiful.
Believe in yourself and in the scientists; they’ll surely conquer the Hibernation Pod one day.”
“Right, since you like the moon so much, your dream for when you grow up should be to become an Astronaut!”
“Astronaut?” Zheng Xiangyue tilted her head.
“Yes, an Astronaut.” Lin Xian nodded, speaking earnestly:
“Once you’re an astronaut, you can take a rocket to tour the Moon, and looking back at Earth from up there, it must be beautiful.”
He linked his little finger with Zheng Xiangyue’s, making a promise:
“Let’s make a pact then~ When the time comes, just stand on the moon and wave to me and your brother, we’ll definitely see you.”
“Hee hee, okay!” Zheng Xiangyue’s world was small, she didn’t think too much about anything, chuckling as she hooked fingers with Lin Xian.
“Your brother won’t come back until tonight, right?”
“Yes.” Zheng Xiangyue nodded obediently:
“He swaps cars with the night shift driver every day after six and then comes to the ward around seven or eight to be with me.”
“Does he work the day shift every day?” Lin Xian began to probe his main goal for today.
“Mostly day shifts, but sometimes when the night shift driver has something to do, they switch…
those times he’d spend the day with me and work the night shift.”
Zheng Xiangyue answered every question very earnestly:
“Actually, I really wish my brother could rest more…
but whenever he has time, he comes to keep me company, he’s really very good to me.
And he gives me gifts on every festival!
Not just my birthday, but he brings presents for every single festival!”
what gift did your brother give you on New Year’s Eve?]” Lin Xian asked with a smile:
“Although New Year’s Day isn’t strictly a festival, surely your brother wouldn’t miss it, right?”
Zheng Xiangyue puffed her chest out with pride:
“On New Year’s Eve, my brother and I watched the fireworks outside together here!
And just after midnight, he gave me a surprise!
He brought me a Rhine Cat Doll I had been unable to complete!
I love the Rhein Cat the most!”
“Really, that’s a good brother.”
Lin Xian stood up, the stone that had been weighing on his heart finally dropping.
This place is far from the clubhouse where Professor Xu Yun had the incident; one on the east side, the other on the west side of the East Sea.
Even speeding through the night with no traffic, it would take at least an hour.
So, since Zheng Chenghe was still with Zheng Xiangyue in the ward watching fireworks at midnight…
that means the driver who hit and killed Professor Xu Yun at 00:42 wasn’t him.
After all, he doesn’t have the ability to be in two places at once, and Zheng Xiangyue wouldn’t tell a lie.
That’s a good outcome.
Deep down, Lin Xian still hoped that Zheng Chenghe, this hardworking, strong big brother, was a good man.
He hoped this world really rewarded the good and punished the evil, and that one day he would proudly see Zheng Xiangyue waving from the moon.
“What gift would you like for your birthday?” Lin Xian asked, looking down at Zheng Xiangyue:
“I’ll come and celebrate it with you.”
“I want to go to the moon!” Zheng Xiangyue asserted stubbornly.
“But you really can’t go now.” Lin Xian smiled helplessly:
“At this stage, no country has the capability of manned missions to the moon.”
They’ve already started selling tickets to the moon!”
Lin Xian was baffled:
I’ll go get it for you!”
Seeing that Lin Xian didn’t believe her, Zheng Xiangyue hurried back to the next ward and, taking her phone, opened a news screenshot in the gallery:
“Look, Brother Lin Xian, I’m telling the truth!”
Lin Xian half-doubted as he took the phone, and saw that it indeed was a recent news report—
“SPACE-T CEO, world’s richest man Jask announces that along with the sale of space travel tickets, they will also open reservations for moon travel tickets!
Only ten seats available!”