A young man lay in the transparent hood.Judging from his facial expression, he seemed to be falling asleep only slightly tired.However, the multiple tubes connected to him reveal an unavoidable harsh reality.Perhaps, he still had a weak snort, but even if he did, it was covered by the sounds from the life-support devices placed beside him. Up to now, Miyamoto Takumi had nothing to say, but stood silently beside the bed.There was nothing he could do but just stand there and watch. The right hand seems to have touched something.It took a few seconds before he realized that it was Reiko's fingertips.His wife's fingers pinched his right hand.Looking at the hospital bed, he also shook his wife.Her hands were slender, soft and cold.

At some point, the attending doctor came to them.The Miyamotos have been dealing with him for several years.His oily forehead and tired face reveal the hard work of a middle-aged doctor. "Let's talk about it here, or..." The doctor hesitated to speak. Miyamoto glanced at the hospital bed again, and asked, "Can he hear..." "This...should be inaudible, he is sleeping." "Really? Let's talk outside." "Ok." The doctor explained a few words to the nurse and walked out of the ward.The Miyamotos followed closely behind. "Unfortunately, I have to say that his chances of regaining consciousness are slim to none."

The doctor stood in the corridor and said lightly.But to the listener, this sentence is tantamount to a cruel sentence. Miyamoto nodded.He was devastated, but not surprised.This is a verdict that will be heard sooner or later, and he has already been mentally prepared for it.Reiko beside her also lowered her head silently.The stage of crying is long gone. "It's not without a glimmer of hope, right?" Miyamoto confirmed. "How should I say it? If you ask me what percentage of hope there is, I can't answer, but..." The doctor lowered his head. "That's all right!"

"Even if he wakes up, he's probably..." The doctor bit his lips tightly, not letting the words come out. "I understand. As long as he's sober again." The doctor turned his head when he heard the words, and looked at Miyamoto in puzzlement. "If he regains consciousness again, he'll hear me, right?" The doctor thought for a while, nodded, and said, "You should be able to hear it. Just tell him with such confidence." "Okay!" Miyamoto clenched his hands.He and Lizi left the entrance of the intensive treatment room, leaving the rest to the doctor.

There was silence in the inpatient building late at night.They walked to the waiting room, where there were only benches lined up and no one was there.They sat down on the back bench. The two were speechless for a while.Takumi wanted to say something to his wife, but when he thought about her mood at the moment, he found it difficult to speak. "Tired?" The wife spoke first. "No, just for a while, how can it be. What about you?" "I'm a little tired." She breathed out. It's no wonder that the son was bedridden three years ago, and the couple began to struggle long before that.Since the son was born, strictly speaking, from the time he was decided to be born, he was doomed to have today's troubles.Thinking of this, Miyamoto even felt that the day when his wife could relax a bit was finally approaching.

Before meeting Reiko, Miyamoto didn't know Gregory Syndrome at all.He only found out when he proposed to her twenty years ago. The true confession of a lifetime took place in an impersonal place-a large bookstore next to Tokyo Station.On the second floor of the bookstore is a teahouse, where the two sit facing each other, drinking black tea.They have dated many times at teahouses. I wanted to find a place with a better atmosphere, but due to the work relationship between the two parties, I couldn't do so.At that time, the time to meet was very tight, and the other party might say, let’s change another day if it’s too late, but Miyamoto made up his mind early in the morning: to express his heart on that day.He feels that if he delays any longer, the opportunity will be missed.

Marriage proposals are actually old-fashioned, the key is to let the other party understand what you want.Miyamoto didn't think it was too reckless, he believed that as long as he proposed, the probability of Reiko agreeing was 99%.Because at this time the two had already had a relationship, and more importantly, he really felt that Lizi had a crush on him. However, Reiko's reaction took him by surprise. As soon as he opened his mouth, she showed a painful expression, and then lowered her head.She could feel her clenching her teeth instead of crying with joy. "What's wrong?" Miyamoto asked.

Lizi didn't answer, and refused to look up for a moment.Miyamoto just had to wait patiently. Soon, she raised her head, her eyes were slightly red, but there were no tears on her face.She still opened the small bag, took out the handkerchief and pressed the corners of her eyes, then looked at Miyamoto and smiled. "Sorry to surprise you." "What about you?" he asked again. "Well..." She didn't answer right away, but took a deep breath, then looked straight into his eyes, and said, "Thank you! Takumi, this is the first time you have said such words to me. I am very happy."

"So--" "However," she interrupted Miyamoto, "I'm both happy and sad. I'm afraid to hear such words." "Uh?" "Unfortunately, I cannot marry." "Ah..." Miyamoto felt as if he had stepped on the ground, "Do you disagree?" "Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't like you, or that I have another sweetheart. I'm determined not to marry anyone, and to live single forever." From the tone of her voice, she didn't seem to be dealing with it impromptu.She stared straight at Miyamoto with seriousness in her eyes.

"what is the problem?" "I," she said, then turned her face to the side and corrected, "It should be said that my family, according to the ancient saying, was cursed, had bad luck early, and had a bad blood lineage, so I couldn't reproduce. Therefore, I can't have children either. of." "Wait, what kind of curse has no scientific basis." Seeing Miyamoto's bewildered look, she grinned sadly. "That's why I said it according to the old saying. In the past, we also thought it was unscientific. It was just that such a person happened to happen in the family, so the family could not be passed on. But this is not the case, and this has been proved."

Then, she asked Miyamoto, have you heard of Gregory Syndrome? Miyamoto shook his head.She calmly explained the cursed disease. This is a genetic disease discovered by German scholars in the early 1970s.The cranial nerves of patients will gradually die, and generally nothing can be seen before the age of fifteen or sixteen, but symptoms will appear once they reach this age.The typical symptom is a gradual loss of motor function.At first, it was difficult to move the hands and feet, and soon, except for a very few cases, I could not move at all.At the same time, visceral function continues to decline.When it deteriorates to this extent, the patient cannot live without some kind of assistance.After two or three years of bed rest, disturbances of consciousness, memory deficits, and confusion aggravated.Before long, consciousness will come and go, until it is completely lost-the patient becomes a vegetable.However, this state will not last long, and then all brain functions will stop, which means death. Such cases are rare worldwide, and no cure has been found.Although it is a genetic disease, not all people with this gene will get the disease.The only known condition so far is that the defective gene is attached to the X chromosome.The disease is also known as sex-linked genetic disease.It affects mostly men and rarely women, because women have two X chromosomes and men have only one, unable to deal with the disorder caused by the defective gene attached. Lizi's brother-in-law died of illness at the age of eighteen, with exactly the same symptoms.The grandmother's brother also suffered the same fate.As soon as the medical community made the discovery of Gregory's syndrome public, Reiko's father felt that it was similar to the disease suffered by his wife's relatives.He ran many hospitals and found an effective way to find carriers. What he wants to know is not whether his wife is a carrier of the defective gene, but his only daughter, because this result will determine the fate of his grandchildren. "I may never forget the look on my father's face when he told me to go for an examination." Reiko confessed to Miyamoto, "He looks like a devil in my eyes. Well, no, it should be said that he is hunting demons and catching ghosts." I heard my mother crying next door. At that time, it was like being in hell. "Do you hate your father?" "I hated it at the time, and couldn't understand why I was asked to undergo that kind of examination, but after thinking about it, my father was right. It would be too irresponsible for me to marry and have children if I knew that I might be a carrier of the defective gene. However, my father never blamed my mother, never said that an abnormal family married a wife and suffered a loss." "Did you go to check?" Reiko nodded. "Is it needless to say the test result?" Miyamoto nodded silently.Now he fully understands why Reiko wants to be celibate all her life. "When I knew the result, I really couldn't accept it. Why was I so unlucky? I knew it was unreasonable, but I still got mad at my mother. At that time, my father slapped me. He said that marriage is not the whole of life." Reiko wiped her left cheek unconsciously. Miyamoto wanted to say that he was also shocked when he heard it, but he swallowed the words again.Compared with Lizi's pain, what is my own feeling? "Understood, I can't accept your request. It's rare that you treat me so well. I'm so happy that I want to cry, but if you want to get married, you have to find someone else." After she finished speaking, she clutched the handkerchief tightly and lowered her head , long hair covering his face. "Isn't it okay not to have children?" She still shook her head. "I know you like children very much. It's not that I haven't thought about it that way, and I've also thought about making you give up children. However, I have fully understood your yearning for life and can't let you give up your dreams. " Buy a camper van and take the whole family to the mountains or the beach on weekends.It is good to have two sons and a daughter, and you can dress her up beautifully.Everyone grilled the fish they caught by the river together.If you can live such a life, why do you need too much money?As long as there is a family where everyone is healthy and full of laughter, there is nothing more to ask for. The words he said to Reiko appeared in Miyamoto's mind.At that time, she also laughed after hearing this, but these longings of her boyfriend were like sharp knives piercing her heart. "Let's let those dreams go. Anyway, I didn't think about it seriously at the time. There are more important things. I want to be with you, and I want to live with you forever in the future. It doesn't matter if I don't have children." Reiko probably thought he was too childish at the time.When Miyamoto recalled these words, he also felt ashamed.However, that is not false.It was true that he was a bit hotheaded at the time, and he said that on impulse, but he didn't regret it. Ke Lizi seemed to think that he was acting emotionally, so she said "Let's talk about it another day" and said goodbye. Later, we had the same conversation again, but in a different place.Miyamoto came to Reiko's house, bowed his head in front of her parents, said that he already knew everything, and begged them to allow him to marry Reiko. The father, who had known his daughter's bad luck, was small but in excellent shape.From the actions he took, Miyamoto guessed that he must be extremely rational and indifferent, but after meeting him, he was found to be a very straightforward and gentle market uncle.Miyamoto thought, how could such a good old man become a sorcerer who subdues demons and catches ghosts? "Mr. Miyamoto, in a nutshell, this is a very serious matter. Now you are only looking at the present, and you say such things, but people change over time. At first, you think that as long as the two of you are together, But after a long time, you will want children, especially when your friends and relatives have children. At that time, if you regret it, Lizi will suffer unspeakably." "I promise, there will never be such a thing." "It's okay now, but what about ten or twenty years later? If people feel regretful for marrying our daughter, we will also be sad. What's more, what will your parents think? I'll say it up front, I don't In favor of hiding Lizi's illness from your parents. To put it bluntly, we don't want to cheat and marry our daughter off, because sooner or later the truth will come out." "I have no parents." Miyamoto explained his background. Lizi's father was a little surprised when he heard this, but he didn't say anything more about it. "You are not a pampered young master, this is very clear, but marriage matters should not be acted on the spur of the moment." "Please, I will definitely make Reiko happy." Miyamoto bowed his head deeply. Lizi's father seemed to sigh, and asked his daughter: "What do you think? Can you live well?" "I," she said after a short pause, "will believe Takumi's words." "Really?" Dad sighed again. The wedding was held in an old church. It was quite simple, and only some relatives were invited, but Miyamoto was satisfied-the bride was beautiful and moving, the sky was as blue as washing, and everyone's blessings were so touching. The two started a new life in a small apartment in Kichijoji, and everything went well.The inability to have a baby often breaks one partner's heart, and sometimes the two irritate each other, but it doesn't always take long to put it aside. However, suffering came unexpectedly from an unexpected direction.Reiko was pregnant, and that was exactly two years after the marriage. "There will never be such a thing!" Miyamoto lowered his head and roared. "It's absolutely true. I went to the hospital for an examination. Don't think about it, it's 100% your child." Lizi said calmly. Miyamoto didn't doubt that it wasn't his child at all, but he didn't want to face it.Indeed, it is not impossible that they naturally take contraceptive measures, but they are less and less strict.At this time, it should be caused by carelessness. "What's there to worry about? I'll go tomorrow." Reiko said as lightly as possible. "To destroy?" "Well, what else can I do?" "Isn't it just half and half?" "what?" "The probability of inheriting the disease. Even if it is a boy, the probability of inheriting the defective gene chromosome is only 50%, right? If it is a girl, even if it is inherited, the disease will not occur." "What do you want to say?" "That means our child has a twenty-five percent chance of having Gregory's syndrome. Conversely, there's a seventy-five percent chance of having a normal child." "So," Reiko stared at her face, "you want me to be born?" "There is such an option." "Don't talk nonsense. I've made up my mind, so don't shake me." "Isn't there still seventy-five percent..." "The number is up to him. This is not a lottery. What if it is a boy who inherits a defective gene? Could it be just saying 'unlucky, I didn't win the lottery'? The child is sick, and there is a sickness." Personality. For me, it’s either zero or 100%. I choose zero. Didn’t it be agreed before marriage?” Reiko was right.For children, there is no question of winning or not winning the lottery.Miyamoto was speechless. But he wasn't so straightforward.Something came alive in him - something long forgotten. Miyamoto was troubled and thought.Abortion is not the best way, he began to find the true face of the thing haunting his heart. Soon, a young man's voice sounded in his ear—— The future is not just tomorrow. correct!What I was looking for was what "he" said. "Give birth!" He begged Lizi, bowing his head deeply as he begged her father, "No matter what the result is, I will not regret it. No matter what kind of child I give birth to, I will really love him, Doing my best is his happiness. I will do my best." Lizi didn't believe it at first, and even got angry, saying that he was always acting on his temper, but seeing that he was still bowing his head in pleading, she realized that what he said was true. "Do you know what that means?" "I know, if you give birth to a sick child, you will suffer, right? It doesn't matter, I want you to give birth, and that child will definitely want to come to this world." Lizi said, "Let me think about it." After that, she thought about it for three days. I made up my mind too—that's what she thought.This time she didn't discuss it with her parents at all.When she reported to the family after four months of pregnancy, her parents, especially her father, were furious. "Take responsibility! The two of you decided for yourself, and they will solve it by themselves. No matter what the consequences are, don't regret it, and don't cry!" The father did not agree in the end, and the two sides almost quarreled.However, after they went out, the mother who had been silent all the time chased them out. "Since you have decided to give birth, I won't say anything more, but there is one thing you have to remember." She looked at them, "If you really get that disease, needless to say, you will also die a miserable death Yes, life is worse than death." Her younger brother died of a disease of consent.Undoubtedly, the pain at that time was deeply etched in her appreciation.However, she did not tell those painful past events. "We are prepared to suffer, to suffer with our children." After Miyamoto finished speaking, Reiko looked into his eyes and nodded. A few months later, Reiko gave birth to a boy. "The name is Shisheng." Miyamoto hugged the newborn child and said, "The world of time, the life of birth, is that okay?" Reiko didn't object. "Have you already thought about it?" "Well, this..." He replied vaguely. Neither Miyamoto nor Reiko requested Shisheng to have a medical examination.Miyamoto thought at the time that maybe Reiko also agreed: so what if I know? In fact, he was sure that nine times out of ten, if checked, it would yield bad results.It's not that he subconsciously thought so, it can be said that he had a premonition at the time. Shisheng is growing up healthily.Just as he envisioned before getting married, Miyamoto bought a four-wheel-drive van and often took his wife and children for a drive.The happiest time for Shisheng was to drive from Tokyo to Hokkaido, almost traveling there.On a hill overlooking lavender fields, they had a barbecue.At night, the three of them huddled in the narrow car, opened the roof, and looked at the starry sky until they fell asleep.They also went to a nostalgic place - a park next to a bakery in Osaka.Miyamoto didn't say why it was a memorable place. When students go to primary school, there is no problem.He has good grades, is good at sports, has leadership skills, and has many friends.When I was in junior high school, I was basically fine.The so-called "basic" is because he developed certain symptoms near graduation.Various joints of the body began to ache, a bit like ordinary joint pain, and he thought he had played football too much.His parents hadn't said anything about his cursed blood. Miyamoto took Tokio to the hospital, but it wasn't plastic surgery or anything like that.He had already found the hospital with the best treatment technology for Gregory syndrome, and got in touch with an authoritative doctor.The doctor had told him to bring the child as soon as any suspicious symptoms occurred. This is the hospital where Shi Sheng has been hospitalized. The doctor's conclusion was extremely cruel to the Miyamoto family, but it was also expected by the couple: the child's illness was undoubtedly Gregory's syndrome. "I will try my best to suppress the development of the disease, but if I want to completely prevent the deterioration—" the doctor didn't say the following words. Reiko burst into tears on the spot, tears pattering down on the floor. Not long after entering high school, Shisheng was hospitalized because he started to have trouble walking.He brought brand new textbooks to his hospital bed and studied himself so hard that he could go back to school anytime. "Dad, can I always be cured?" Tokio often asked Miyamoto. "Of course it can be cured." Miyamoto always replied like this. Soon, Shisheng said he wanted a computer, and Miyamoto bought it for him the next day.However, it didn't take long for the computer to be useless, and my fingers could no longer move freely. After discussing with a computer engineer friend, Miyamoto bought a voice input device that was still very expensive at the time, and transformed the computer so that almost all operations can be completed with only one finger.While lying in bed, Shisheng can communicate with people all over the world through the Internet. However, the illness did not slow down, and a dark fate befell Shi Sheng mercilessly.Gradually, he was unable to eat normally, had trouble urinating, his immunity weakened, and his heart began to malfunction. Soon, finally entered the final stage.Shi Sheng was clearly awake but did not respond, and the strange assignments became more and more frequent.This is the consequence of disturbance of consciousness. Fortunately, when conscious, he seemed to be able to hear.Therefore, as long as time permits, Miyamoto and Reiko will stay by Shisheng's side, telling him everything he can think of: things in the entertainment and sports circles, current political news, what's going on with neighbors and friends, and so on.When he is happy, Shisheng will blink his eyes a few more times. Finally, it developed to tonight. The nurse walked over quickly, and Miyamoto's body became stiff.But as if it had nothing to do with them, the nurse walked past them. Miyamoto had already half stood up, and sat back when he saw this. "Don't you regret it?" he asked. "what?" "Be born when you are born." "Well," Lizi nodded, "What about you?" "I do not regret." "Oh, that's good." She repeatedly rubbed her hands on her knees. "Do you think it would be good to have him born?" "Me?" Lizi stroked the hair that fell to her forehead, "I want to ask that child." "what?" "Do you have the feeling of 'It's so good to be in this world'? Are you happy? Do you hate us? But I can't ask." After she finished speaking, she covered her face with her hands. Undoubtedly, Shi Sheng knew what disease he was suffering from.Miyamoto knew this when looking at his Internet records.Shi Sheng once entered the keyword "Gregory" and browsed the information of several institutions. Miyamoto licked his lips and took a deep breath. "Actually, I have something to say about Shi Sheng." Reiko looked at him, only to see that his eyes were bloodshot. "I met him a long time ago." "Ah?" Lizi turned her face sideways, "What do you mean?" "That was twenty years ago, when I was twenty-three." "Are you talking about Shisheng?" "Yes." Miyamoto stared into Reiko's eyes, trying to make her believe his words, "At that time, I met Toki." Reiko seemed a little scared, and shrank back. Miyamoto shook his head. "I'm in my right mind and I've been wanting to talk, but I've decided I can't do it while I'm sane. Now, I should be able to." "I met Guo Shisheng... what's going on?" "There is no special meaning. He has spent twenty years looking for me. According to the current state, he is going to look for me when I was twenty-three years old." "Are you kidding me?" "No kidding. I've been in disbelief for a long time, and it's only now that I can say it with confidence." Miyamoto stared at his wife's face.He knew it was unbelievable, but at least he wanted his wife to understand that he wasn't crazy. Not long after, Lizi asked, "Where did you meet?" "." He replied. -------------------------------- Note: