Chen Chong returned home with a heavy heart.
He Bufan's condition was difficult enough, but his mother's symptoms seemed even worse.
Chen Chong could tell that He Xiaoli's mind was whole and independent, at least from a physiological standpoint.
That made her different from He Bufan.
He Bufan still had a slim chance of waking, and Chen Chong would work tirelessly for it.
But He Xiaoli? Chen Chong truly felt she was beyond saving.
She had spent so long in a care facility, and specialists from Central City had examined her.
Yet she was still overjoyed by her son's "conversion."
?? A reminder should be enough
Chen Chong silently pushed open the villa door. The noise from the living room reached him down the hall.
"Come on, sis, can I have the remote now? You've been watching for ages."
"Sis, Dinosaur Warrior is almost over."
"Sis, don't you need to study?"
"School's started. Isn't there some guy chasing you? Why are you sitting here watching TV?"
"Ow!"
Shen Dong's pained cry came from the living room.
Standing by the entrance, Chen Chong watched Shen Dong cross the hall clutching his head. He couldn't tell whether the expression on Shen Dong's face was wounded or satisfied.
There were plenty of other televisions in the villa, and Shen Dong had the Audio-Visual Game Room all to himself.
But he liked coming over to fight Shen Ying for the remote, then leaving in high spirits after taking a beating.
It was September, and school had started. The entire Shen Family now worked or studied at Green Mountain Academy across from Green Mountain No. 1, though none of them were particularly busy.
Today was the weekend, so everyone was home.
A television drama played in the living room. Shen Dong thundered upstairs to the