Crying (Second Update)

Inside the machine, Chi Li had not heard any movement from Lu Jiu for some time. Even the faint sounds of the machine operating gradually ceased.

He thought that something might really have gone wrong and was just about to ask Lu Jiu.

Then, the "voice in his heart" belonging to Si Jinyan, which he had heard before and which seemed to reach directly into his consciousness, sounded again.

Chi Li's mind spun for a moment. When he came back to himself, he confirmed that it was Si Jinyan's voice—anxious, frightened, worried. "...Treasure, let me help you. Let me do it, all right?"

This method of communication was far too strange and beyond Chi Li's understanding, but compared to the first time, he was no longer quite so shocked.

Si Jinyan's voice poured ceaselessly into his consciousness.

The weight in his chest finally dropped. Si Jinyan had indeed come. Chi Li parted his lips and tried to respond to Si Jinyan in his mind, but failed. Si Jinyan could not hear him; he did not have that ability.

The voice seeping into his consciousness grew increasingly choked. "Please, Treasure, don't do this..."

"He's scared. He's crying. The baby is crying..."

The image of Si Jinyan crying pearls surfaced in Chi Li's mind for no reason. At the same time, Si Jinyan's words seemed strange and incomprehensible to him, but as Si Jinyan muttered his explanations, Chi Li's expression grew increasingly grave.

Inside the machine, unsure how far the process had gone, Chi Li did not dare move carelessly. He could only press an internal button to ask Lu Jiu.

Meanwhile, he continued to receive Si Jinyan's voice in broken fragments. "Will you let me help you?"

"...Treasure, I'll soothe him."

"He's very well-behaved. He won't bother you..."

Chi Li did