The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

Meanwhile, at Yuncheng Cemetery.

It had just rained, and the air was filled with a damp, gloomy atmosphere.

The boy's footsteps trod across the damp pebbles, his gaze lingering between the graves.

"Sir, this cemetery area is all by the sea and faces the sun. You may not be able to see it because it's raining today, but when the sun is out, this is the area with the most sunlight."

A cemetery staff member walked behind the boy and introduced the place to him.

Xu Nian paused in front of a row of graves.

He looked up and saw that the sea stretched out to the horizon, and he could faintly hear the sound of waves crashing against the shore.

"Is the sun really shining here?"

"Mr. Able".

The staff member took out his phone, found a photo, and handed it to Xu Nian.

"Look, these are photos taken here a couple of days ago."

Xu Nian looked down and saw that the warm sunlight was shining on the earth.

Facing the Ocean, Spring and Blossom.

It has a very poetic and blissful feel to it.

"How much?"

"Sir, each burial plot in this cemetery costs 7800 yuan. As you mentioned, if you purchase two plots, it will cost 7000 yuan each. We can reserve side-by-side plots for you."

Xu Nian's eyes flickered slightly.

One spot costs 7000 yuan, so two spots would cost 14,000 yuan.

He no longer has the money to pay this amount.

"Thank you, I'll think about it."

After seeing the staff off, Xu Nian sat on a bench nearby, quietly enjoying the salty sea breeze.

The girl who entered his life had unknowingly become his whole world.

So, he made his decision.

After Xu Xi left, he followed her.

Living alone in a world without Xu Xi was like being subjected to the torture of being slowly sliced ​​to death.

As he grieved alone, his cell phone suddenly rang.

He glanced at the caller ID; it was his beloved girl.

"Brother, where are you?"

"I..."

Xu Nian looked around.

"I'm shopping."

To be honest, he wasn't lying.

He was buying a house, a house he would live in with Xu Xi in half a month.

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

"Brother, let's get married."

The boy paused, taken aback.

"Get...married?"

On the hospital bed, the girl looked out at the gloomy sky and nodded gently.

"Yes, let's get married."

She once begged Zhou Xiaoman to help persuade her brother not to do anything rash and to live a good life.

Zhou Xiaoman silenced her completely with just one sentence.

"If it were Mr. Xu lying in a hospital bed, about to leave this world..."

"Will the white rose follow Mr. Xu in death?"

She thought about it for a long time.

At that time, I would have been determined to die alongside my brother.

No words could persuade her to change her mind.

Conversely, the same applies to the older brother.

Since her brother was destined to go with her, there was no way to stop him.

So, before their traces disappear from the world.

She wanted to follow her heart and declare her love for her beloved to the world.

When we reach another world, we will grow old together and stay together forever.

"Okay, I promise!"

After hanging up the phone, Xu Nian wiped away her tears and prepared to leave the cemetery.

He wanted to raise money to buy these two adjacent burial plots as his and Xu Xi's wedding home.

"Hmm? What a coincidence! Brother Xu Xi."

A slightly surprised voice rang in Xu Nian's ear.

He turned around and saw a somewhat familiar girl smiling at him.

"Hello, Teacher Jiang."

Xu Nian recognized the newcomer as Jiang Xuening, Xu Xi's former music teacher.

"The New Year is almost here. Please tell Xiao Xuxi for me that I wish her a Happy New Year. I miss her very much."

Teacher Jiang smiled sweetly.

Xu Xi left a deep impression on her.

Even though she has graduated, she still often thinks of this girl who sang so beautifully.

Upon hearing this blessing, Xu Nian's face betrayed an overwhelming sadness.

This year is a leap year, so the Lunar New Year is very late. Xu Xi won't be able to hold on until then.

"Huh? What's wrong with you, Brother Xu Xi?"

Seeing Xu Nian's eyes welling up with tears, Teacher Jiang blinked in confusion.

"Xiaoxi...is seriously ill and doesn't have many days left."

The smile on Teacher Jiang's face froze instantly.

"How...how could this be?"

For a moment, she thought she had misheard.

Xu Nian nodded sadly.

Tears welled up in Teacher Jiang's eyes.

"What illness does she have?"

"Beppen disease".

Xu Nian wiped away her tears and made no attempt to hide it.

"Beppen disease?"

Teacher Jiang frowned, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

"Yes, that's right."

"Is her attending physician's surname Huang?"

"Yes, Huang Jianjun."

Now it was Xu Nian's turn to be surprised.

Teacher Jiang clearly didn't know Xu Xi was ill, so why did she even know who her attending physician was?

"It really is Beppuhn syndrome..."

Teacher Jiang lowered her head and picked up the pendant on her chest.

"I have a younger sister, her name is Jiang Yuting."

"She is also a patient with Beppuen syndrome, and her attending physician is also Director Huang."

Looking at the smear of dust in her pendant, Xu Nian realized that the girl named Jiang Yuting was no longer alive.

My condolences.

He offered words of comfort.

She will always live in my heart.

Teacher Jiang raised her head and forced a strong smile.

"How long has Xiao Xuxi been receiving treatment?"

"One year."

Xu Nian wiped her eyes.

"Her body has developed drug resistance."

"Every few months, the amount of medication needed for treatment doubles."

"It's an incurable disease, requiring lifelong medication; we simply can't afford to treat it."

Teacher Jiang turned her head to the side, and a look of hesitation and struggle appeared on her beautiful oval face.

Finally, she sighed softly and spoke slowly.

"Actually, Beppuk's disease is not incurable; there are ways to completely cure it, but..."

Upon hearing this, Xu Nian's body jerked up as if she had been electrocuted.

"What method???"

A glimmer of hope burst forth in his cloudy eyes.

Is there a way to completely cure it?

Is there any hope for Xiaoxi's life?

He stared nervously at Teacher Jiang, not daring to even blink.

"My parents found a medical institution in Northern Europe that specializes in rare diseases."

"They have developed gene-editing technology that can completely cure these genetic diseases that originate from genes."

"Then why wouldn't Director Huang know?"

Xu Nian frowned slightly.

Huang Jianjun is a leading expert in China who studies rare genetic diseases.

If there were a medical institution in the world that could completely cure Bepong's disease, he would definitely be one of the first to know about it.

"Because this technology has taken a bite out of the market share of many multinational pharmaceutical companies."

"They possess the drugs that can prolong the lives of these patients, and they do not allow any medical institution to completely cure them."

"If discovered, we will use all means to impose sanctions."

"So they never advertise that they have this technology; they just quietly treat patients who actively seek them out."

"Once it's made public, the medical institution called the Rhine Gene Research Center, which was mentioned some time ago, will be the same as them."