Sweet Nothings (Qing Qing Wo Wo) Chapter 6.1 You Kissed Me!

Huo Yunshen’s vehicle drove out of the garage, heading towards a nearby luxury villa residential area. After a few turns within the gated community, the car came to a stop at the most secluded home in the area.

A professional medical team was waiting at the front door. Their heads were lowered, wisely choosing not to look around or at the people exiting the car. They waited for President Huo to place Yan Qing down on the wheeled stretcher.

Huo Yunshen ignored them and carried Yan Qing through the front door. They rode the elevator up to the top floor. He addressed a man wearing a white robe with a low voice. “She’s asleep. Don’t wake her up.”

Doctor He nodded. He prepared to take the girl from Huo Yunshen but was met with a warning glare.

Doctor He stepped back immediately. When he learned that President Huo found his lost lover and was here for her examination, he had been shocked. But now that he saw President Huo’s attitude in person, Doctor He truly understood how important this woman was.

“Then let’s do a physical examination first. We’ll see her overall health status, see if she has any signs of experiencing a plane crash. Afterwards we’ll do a deeper examination of the brain.”

Huo Yunshen held Yan Qing steadily in his arms. “We’ll follow your process. I’ll stay by her side.”

Doctor He had wanted to call nurses to come forward. After he heard Huo Yunshen speak, he quickly shut his mouth. He sighed and pulled out stomach medicine. “Your complexion doesn’t look that good. Is your stomach pain back again? Eat some medicine first.”

A year ago, Doctor He had become President Huo’s private doctor for the main purpose of relieve stress related pains. But in reality, he was in charge of an assortment of things.

He was a renowned specialist in neurology, but he had also made strides in the field of hypnosis. Like in the movies, he worked with hypnosis in regards to transplanting memories. In the past, he had worked with the authorities to use his skill to solve large cases.

But after joining President Huo, he had become a very traditional private doctor. Not only was he in charge of President Huo’s daily mental state but he was also in charge of his reoccurring migraine and stomach pain.

“Hurry up.” Huo Yunshen didn’t have patience. “Find out what happened to her before she wakes up. Don’t scare her.”

Qing Qing’s memories were tampered with. She might not have even known of any past injuries. He needed to to make sure she was physically healthy, and… make her remember him.

Doctor He’s residence was like a small hospital. He quickly prepared for the medical treatment. Half an hour later, Huo Yunshen placed Yan Qing at the last machine.  Doctor He concluded, “The patient has no signs of experiencing extreme physical trauma. There are no physical scarring or injuries. No broken bones or damaged organs. It doesn’t seem like she was in the private plane with Yun Chengze.”

Huo Yunshen held Yan Qing’s hand silently.

Doctor He flipped through his summary report. “More importantly, we detected extremely light signs of repeated medicine use in her blood sample. If we did the check up a few months later, the trace would have been gone. The medicine seems to be an uncommon neural drug. It’s not usually used for treatment, but rather has specific applications, such as –”

He took a deep breath, glancing at the variety of machinery he had prepared for the next examination. “Such as to target and intervene with the memory storing process in the human brain.”

Doctor He sat back down. “President Huo, shall we start? I will walk through the process step by step, with the hypnosis equipment. I am trying to help rouse Miss Yun’s hidden memories, but the probability of success is uncertain.”

Huo Yunshen smoothed out Yan Qing’s hair, and kneeled at her side. “If she shows any signs of discomfort, stop immediately.”

Doctor He first injected a tranquilizer so that she won’t be startled awake in the process. Under Huo Yunshen’s deadly gaze, the doctor attached magnetic disks to Yan Qing’s forehead and began the process.

Yan Qing’s eyelashes fluttered for a moment. Sweat formed at the top of her forehead as her body tensed.

Huo Yunshen gripped her hand. He didn’t dare blink.

Doctor He frowned, his expression was serious. Huo Yunshen knew he couldn’t interrupt right now. Anger and helplessness boiled inside of him. Yan Qing suddenly opened her eyes. Her eyes peered up, unable to focus. She stammered soundlessly before fondly muttering, “Yunshen…”

Just like in his countless dreams, where she stood at an unreachable distance, softly calling for him.

Huo Yunshen’s tears escaped from his eyes.

But soon after, Yan Qing’s eyes closed once again. Her complexion rapidly turned red as her body temperature heated up.

Huo Yunshen couldn’t watch any longer. He ordered Doctor He to stop immediately.

Doctor He himself had also reached his limits to his own abilities. He removed the equipment. Without waiting for President Huo to further instruct, he took the initiative. “My apologies.”

The veins on Huo Yunshen’s forehead bulged out. “Explain!”

“In the scope of what is safe, that was the only bit of memory I was able to extract. But I can ascertain that Miss Yun’s own willpower is strong. It is difficult for her to be subjected to interference. But it is also because of this that she most likely underwent an enormous amount of suffering when those false memories were implanted. That is the most likely purpose of the medicine found in her system…”

Huo Yunshen caressed Yan Qing’s face. “Continue!”

“If the other party had the ability to successfully lead such a task, then their capabilities are undoubtedly strong. After Miss Yun’s memories underwent such a cruel reconstruction, her consciousness is already at a borderline dangerous state. Her mental state appears fine but is susceptible to collapse under slight provocation.

There are still holes in her memories. Since you appeared, she should have begun doubting her memories. But it seems that this is the case of the brain attempting to protect itself. When the brain detects a danger to its weak consciousness, it will attempt to smooth over any doubtful logic. At the same, it will instinctively repel anything that contrasts from existing memory.

Because she has previous trauma, she is less likely to be able to withstand another round of collapsing and reconstructing memories. Therefore, perhaps it’s not that she doesn’t hold skepticism of her memories. Rather it is a sign of her body’s self-protection mechanism. Please don’t blame her.”

For a long time, Huo Yunshen didn’t say a word. He repeatedly patted her back, hoping to ease any discomfort.

She had slimmed down. In his arms, she felt frail. Huo Yunshen had promised to protect her for a lifetime. He had promised her that no one would be able to hurt her. But he had lost her for so long.

While she was suffering, she was alone.

A shadow fell over Huo Yunshen’s face. His hands trembled. “Anything else?”

Doctor He gulped. “President Huo, if you’d allow it, I can try again. If we don’t stop in the middle, we might be able to compel more memories.”

“Might?”

“Yes, this would be considered stepping out of the realms of safety precautions. This could lead to her consciousness become more disordered. But if you want her to remember everything, those are the risks.”

Without hesitation, Huo Yunshen decided. “I won’t allow it.”

Doctor He nodded. “I’m sorry. At the present time, medical technology hasn’t reached the point that Miss Yun would need it to be. The other option is to slowly infiltrate her memories, encouraging her to recall those pieces of memories by herself. When she accumulates enough of those hidden memories, she perhaps might be able to recover. But this would require patience. You can’t provoke her by force. That means, you won’t be able to let her know that her memories were tampered with. That could lead to more mental confusion.

President Huo, please be prepared. The process might be difficult for you. The chances of success will also be low.”

Huo Yunshen carefully lifted Yan Qing up from the medical bed. His pupils were pitch-black. “I can wait.”

He had waited for three years, he can wait for an entire lifetime.

As long as Qing Qing is alive, as long as he could see her and hold her, that was more than enough for him.