Chapter 115 - Its Only a Matter of Time 3 (1/2)

Chen Nan stepped up and gave Chen Mu a shove from behind, ”we'll keep an eye on her while you're in there. Go.” As his legs went forward a few steps, he found strength to follow Lin Que back to the laboratory where a stack of drug identification reports were waiting for him to review. He could feel the stares of Susu's loved ones as his heavy steps made its way into the labs.

Lin Que stopped in front of the lab room, clenched onto his lab coat before reaching out to Chen Mu's shoulders. He sighed, ”before we head in there, and discuss about the drug that was injected into her body, I need you to prepare yourself. Alright?”

”I'm fine. Let's go in. I'll beat the drug with my medicine and make sure her condition maintains stabilized.” Noticing the tensed grip of his fists, Lin Que squeezed his shoulders to help him relax.

”Listen to me. Maybe the medicine that you've studied and all the herb mixtures brought you closer to curing her cancer, but this time it is different. You need to acknowledge that there are otherwise in medical treatments, especially when you are dealing with complicated substances. I know it is difficult for you to process this because of how much she means to you, but at this time, you need to prepare yourself for the worst or you won't be able to live through it.”

Lin Que had seen Chen Mu's talents and capabilities in researching cures for Susu. Never had he ever thought that he would be saying these words to Chen Mu because he was a believer. He believed that Chen Mu would be able to cure her, and examinations results were the best proof. Except, this time...

”Just let me go read the results. This isn't what I need right now. I just.. I just need to figure out what it is that affected her system to come up with a cure against it. Just like that throat infection and when she was diagnosed with cancer, I fought with her. Nothing would be different this time. Nothing, because I will save her.”

When Chen Mu received the call about Susu regaining consciousness, he nurtured the thought the hope of her recovering. From days, weeks and finally months, they've already been through so many hardsh.i.p.s. There was no way he would ever give up on her. As long as she's breathing, he would do anything to keep her alive.

Lin Que nodded, entered the password and pointed towards the desk where a thick pile of reports were stacked up waiting for Chen Mu. Following his finger, Chen Mu took the reports and skimmed through it as Lin Que summarized the results for him.

He folded his hands loosely as he observed Chen Mu's reaction, ”All these reports identified different immunosuppressants drugs, in which, one of them being Tysabri or Natalizumab. This is just one of the many examples of how deadly the interactions between this drug and the Fludarabine that was used on Susu for chemotherapy are. I've highlighted the drug names for you.”

Chen Mu didn't blink his eyes even once on the reports that he was skimming through. Even when his eyes turned red and watery, he continued reviewing each drug carefully; hoping to figure out a loophole somewhere. His hands were shaking when he saw how many of these drugs functioned to wreck Susu's immune system.

Lin Que could tell how broken he was at this moment, but there's no other way around this situation. He opened his mouth to continue his summary, but Chen Mu beat him to it. ”I know what you are going to say next. You're going to say that the injection is already affecting her body because the drips lasted for twenty minutes or even longer. It doesn't matter whether we win over the cancer because even if this harmful drug doesn't kill her from wrecking her brain, it would lower her body's immune system to the lowest point.”

His rasped voice choked as he chewed on his gums a few times. ”Eventually, her body would shut down, and we have no way of cleansing this drug out of her system. The allergy attack saved her life and will let her live for god knows how many more days? Months? I can't even say years because I don't know when an infection or a cold could cause her death. Infections and common diseases could easily be fatal to her.”

Lin Que stood by his side as Chen Mu shed tears and threw fists at his own chest. ”She's a designer and she already lost the ability to design clothes. And now I have to tell her this?”

He sniffed and pointed at his heart, ”I feel like someone just gave me everything that I have ever asked for in my life. Like I have finally accomplished something that is worth my lifetime and then ..everything made the wrong turn on me. Everything shattered right in front of me.”