Revisiting Yunmiao Village
Wang Yue couldn't very well badmouth her best friend in front of Xu Hongdou. But if he said nothing, he'd feel he hadn't made his point, so he could only offer a reminder. "Chen Nanxing's idea is wrong. She'll live for ten years, spend the last three or five falling in love, and then leave before they even hit the seven-year itch. She'll leave someone with beautiful memories and go off to enjoy herself, but then she'll be gone. How heartbroken would the person left behind be?"
Xu Hongdou listened to Wang Yue's analysis, and her expression clearly faltered. What he said seemed to make a lot of sense.
After all, if you knew you didn't have long to live and still forced your way into someone's life, only to leave them behind heartbroken, that was really immoral.
But in the next instant, Xu Hongdou looked at Wang Yue with delight and asked in disbelief, "Do you mean that your medicine really can let Nanxing live for ten years?"
Seeing how happy Xu Hongdou looked, Wang Yue really wanted to tell her that if the medicine worked, she might live for more than ten years, perhaps much longer.
But even if he said so, he doubted anyone would believe him, and it could cause unnecessary trouble. So he kept it to himself, saving it as a surprise for later.
He couldn't say it wouldn't work, though, so he earnestly reminded her, "I don't know for sure. I'm just a little worried that if her bodily functions really improve, the doctors might keep you at the hospital. It would be a medical miracle to them, and they'd want to study it."
At Wang Yue's reminder, Xu Hongdou realized he might be right. The thought of Chen Nanxing being