He picked up Bella, strode through the corridor, and swiped open a heavy metal door.
Behind the door was not a bedroom, but an immaculate, all-white private medical pod.
After placing Bella onto the medical bed, various complex wavelengths and data began to jump frantically.
This was the private medical cloud owned by the Ye Corporation. As the equipment started up, real-time connection windows of several top experts instantly popped up on the screen.
The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, with only the monotonous and regular ticking of the instruments.
After a long while, an old professor on the other side of the screen carefully compared the brainwaves and metabolic data through his glasses, his expression turning somewhat peculiar.
Facing this young man in power, he raised his hand to wipe the fine sweat seeping from his forehead, his voice sounding slightly distorted through the microphone:
"Mr. Ye... according to the current real-time monitoring data, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the patient's bodily functions.
All her indicators are very healthy, even more stable than an average person's.
She... her current condition, from a medical perspective, is simply that she has fallen into a deep sleep."
"Just sleeping?"
Even through the screen, the old professor could feel the oppressive aura radiating from the man.
"Then why can't I wake her up?" He suddenly turned his head, his gaze shooting like sharp blades at the experts on the screen. Every word felt like a cold sneer squeezed through his gritted teeth:
"If she's just sleeping, why won't she open her eyes and look at me?
Why can't she hear me speaking!"
"The human brain is miraculous. Perhaps there are some metabolic fluctuations we haven't monitored... or perhaps it's a psychological self-closure..."
The expert was frightened into silence by his almost frantic questioning, his voice trembling.
"We need further testing, or wait until Dr. Huo arrives..."
"The Ye Corporation invests hundreds of millions in your R&D center every quarter, and now, you can't even figure out the simplest physical examination?"
The group of experts on the other side of the screen broke into a cold sweat, not even daring to breathe loudly.
"If this is the only conclusion you can come up with, then don't even bother mentioning the budget for next quarter."
"Mr. Ye... this, this kind of deep coma state is indeed rare, yet all indicators show as normal..."
Hearing this, the expert explained tremblingly, his voice full of terror.
After Ye Jinzhi finished speaking, he directly cut off the remote connection.
The screen instantly went black, reflecting his gloomy and tense face.
He sat back down by the bed, his thumb caressing Bella's delicate lips, murmuring to himself:
"They say you're fine.
But if you're fine, why won't you hug me, darling?
He lowered his head, gently pressing his forehead against Bella's arm.
Their breaths flowed between their overlapping skin.
Smelling the faint fragrance on her body, his originally tense shoulders bizarrely relaxed at this moment, and his tone became so gentle it was almost tender:
"It's okay, darling... Were you too exhausted yesterday?"
He muttered to himself, his fingertips absentmindedly hooking a strand of her black hair, wrapping it around his finger over and over again until the hair dug in, turning his knuckles white, before slowly letting go.
"You want to sleep a little longer? Alright, I agree. No one will disturb my good girl's sweet dreams."
He closed his eyes, his lips pressed against her cheek, letting out a low chuckle, the end of his voice carrying a hint of a tremor:
"But darling... my patience has always been limited.
If the person in your dreams isn't me, or if you're trying to take this opportunity to hide from me..."
He paused, then slowly lifted his eyelids.
A layer of dark red was suppressed in his eye sockets, his gaze landing on her tightly closed eyelashes without moving away.
Ye Jinzhi leaned in closer, his voice lowered as if whispering sweet nothings, yet it also sounded like he was handing down a final sentence:
"Then I'll just have to do things my way... Did you hear me, darling?"
A soft sound came from outside the door.
Immediately after, Huo Dan's slightly frivolous voice came through the door:
"Young Master Ye, I've brought the person you wanted at the risk of a speeding ticket. Is it convenient to come in and 'visit' now?"
Ye Jinzhi did not turn his head. His gaze swept over Bella's entire body, and after making sure everything was fine, his voice was so cold it lacked any inflection: "Come in."
The door was pushed open. Huo Dan shrugged and gestured for the female assistant carrying tools behind him to step forward.
Recalling Ye Jinzhi's warning from yesterday, Huo Dan tactfully retreated beyond the safe line.
For the next half hour, only the humming of the operating instruments remained in the room.
Huo Dan occasionally lent a hand, while the female assistant, under Ye Jinzhi's intense stare, tremblingly completed all the examinations.
From flipping her eyelids to pressing her abdomen, whenever physical contact was required, the man's gaze couldn't be called ferocious, but it exuded a vibe that sent chills down her spine.
Half an hour later, the female assistant took a step back, turned to look at Huo Dan, and after a brief discussion with him, spoke in a low voice at his signal:
"Mr. Ye, the preliminary examination results show that all of the patient's neurological responses are completely normal."
Huo Dan took the report, glanced at it, and looked at Ye Jinzhi, his tone finally becoming a bit more serious:
"The results are the same as what your expert team said. She's just asleep, and in a deep sleep at that."
"When will she wake up?"
Huo Dan closed the report. Looking at Ye Jinzhi's somewhat distorted profile due to extreme tension, he helplessly spread his hands:
"This goes beyond the scope of medicine.
Her body isn't sick; it's a matter of the heart.
When will she wake up? That depends on whether she herself wants to open her eyes."
Ye Jinzhi's breath caught for a moment.
"Depends on herself?"
He repeated these words, carefully gazing at Bella's face. The last shred of reason in his eyes seemed to be crumbling.
"If she never wants to see me, does she plan to just keep sleeping like this for the rest of her life?"
Huo Dan: "..."
Huo Dan didn't answer him and very tactfully took his people and left.
"Ye Jinzhi! What did you do to my sister!"
The door was violently smashed open by brute force, and Tan Yanli stumbled in.
Upon seeing Bella lying lifelessly among the instruments, he staggered, looking as if his soul had been sucked out.
"Sister... did my sister leave again?"
He threw himself at the bedside, tears instantly streaming from his eyes, his voice trembling uncontrollably.
"Shut up!"
Ye Jinzhi whipped his head around, the two words sounding like blood ground out from the depths of his throat.
He couldn't bear to hear the word "leave"; it was like a blade that, lightly falling, immediately sliced open a gash in the softest part of his heart.
He grabbed Tan Yanli by the collar, forcefully lifting him up from the bedside, his grip so strong that the veins on the back of his hand bulged.
"She's only asleep. If you dare curse her with another word, I'll make sure you can never speak again for the rest of your life!"
"Asleep? Then why can't you wake her up!" Tan Yanli showed no signs of weakness. "My sister doesn't want to stay by your side at all!"
"Next time... I will definitely find her before you do!"
Tan Yanli wore a provocative smile on his lips, tears still glistening in his eyes.
"When that time comes, I'll hide her in a place you will never be able to find!"
"Trying to steal her away right in front of my face again. Tan Yanli, do you really think I'm dead?"
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