Chapter 670: Come Back To Me
Lu Yizhou barged into the research institute, carrying with him the burst of chill and snowflakes from outside. He couldn’t care less about the water dripping down from his body or the people gawking at him as he rushed into the elevator toward the floor Zeke in.
As soon as the elevator door slid open, he saw Dr. Xiao, Dr. Feng and a few medical personnel standing in the hallway, arguing about something which was supposed to be Zeke’s condition. Alas, none of it was registered in his mind because of how loud his ears were buzzing right now. Lu Yizhou walked forward briskly, and not giving anyone the chance to speak, he asked with a stricken tone, "What do you mean by he is unresponsive?"
"Lu Yizhou..." Dr. Xiao was startled and gasped at his disheveled appearance. "You—"
Dr. Feng furrowed his brows and opened his mouth to say something, but Lu Yizhou cut him off, his gaze was oppressive and rimmed red on the edges, whether it was due to the difficult trekking here or something else. There was a glint of manic in his usually serene silver eyes, as if he was a ticking time bomb which would explode just by the slightest touch.
He asked again in emphasis, his voice low and frighteningly flat. "What do you mean by he is unresponsive."
The atmosphere instantly became pindrop silent as Dr. Xiao and Dr. Feng clicked their jaws shut. The other medical personnel were too afraid by the low pressure Lu Yizhou exuded that they could only shrink their neck and did not dare to make a peep.
In the end, it was Dr. Feng who answered with a sigh. "Exactly what we mean by that. He has regained consciousness, but strangely he is not responding to anything around him. Not even the stimuli we gave."
Lu Yizhou’s jaws ticked. A monstrous ball of heaviness was stuck in his chest, blocking his airway and suffocating him bit by bit. His frame shook slightly, yet he could no longer ascertain whether it was due to the chill or fear. It took him one long moment to loosen his jaw, enough to whisper, "Did something go wrong...?"
They had been full of hope, waiting for the day Zeke would wake up once again. Every day, Dr. Xiao would not fail to tell him joyfully how Zeke’s condition had improved by leaps and bounds because of him. So why... why did everything turn out like this?