It took all the effort to compile a new story for Adriana, like starting a new life.
“Then … I’ll go in and see Adriana.”
Peter propped his hand on the couch and used a lot of strength to get up, stumbled into the bedroom, stood by the recliner and looked at the sleeping little woman.
Her quiet look, like a cute little cat all the time, is endearing.
Walked to her side, big palm over her cheek, leaned down, smelling her familiar smell, feeling her familiar scent, everything was so beautiful.
But in Peter’s case, it really hurt so much that he couldn’t breathe.
“Adriana …”
Calling her name softly, Peter then realized that it hurt so much to even call Adriana’s name.
Voice sofa, heart like a knife, pain near suffocation, a spasm of the body.
Peter suddenly released his hand, hand holding the recliner, one hand covering his chest, bending down in pain.
Since childhood, it has never been this painful.
Painfully, Peter suddenly laughed.
Enduring the pain all over her body, she moved closer to Adriana and answered a kiss on her lips, looking at the little woman close at hand, “Adriana, be sure to … be well.”
Must be that happiest of little women.
If I die, I will definitely look at you from heaven and watch over you silently.
Just watching her for a while, Peter, sensing that time was short, got up and walked out of the bedroom.
Looking back at the little woman in the recliner, he was about to close the door when the little woman suddenly shouted, “Peter? honey?”
In the living room, Alani, who was drinking water, trembled, and the cup in her hand fell directly on the floor, spilling water all over the floor.
With a little surprise in his eyes, Peter immediately questioned, “What’s going on?”
“Oh no, I still underestimated her condition, Adriana is showing a strong rejection reaction.”
Alani’s heart was palpitating and she was sweating nervously.
“What about?”
Raylan and Peter said in unison.
“The only way now is to try to seal all the memories of you in Adriana’s mind, and then find a way to incorporate some more memories of Raylan.”
Alani crossed her arms and scratched her head with one hand, worried.
“Will it work?”
Peter’s biggest concern is still the final outcome.
“What happens if you fail?”
Raylan grabbed Alani by the collar with a chilling look on his face.
“Because Adriana’s physique is special, I only have less than fifty percent certainty that if it succeeds, she will forget Peter forever, and if it fails, everything … goes back to the drawing board.”
The effort was lost.
“A loss of effort?”
Raylan frowned tightly, let go of Alani, and looked to Peter as if waiting for his decision.
Leaning on the door frame, Peter, who was weak, could not stop the corners of his lips from lifting when he heard Alani’s words.
It was bad news, but at least it showed that in Adriana’s mind, she could not forget his existence.
“No matter what the odds are, give it a try.”
After a long moment of silence, Peter said firmly, “There is no choice but to do so.”
The matter has come to this point, there is no longer any choice.
After saying that, seeing that Alani did not move, he immediately lightly reprimanded, “What are you doing frozen, hurry up!”
“Good.”
Alani instantly entered the bedroom and, as was his custom, closed the bedroom door once more, isolating the two men from each other.
Peter walked over to the couch and sat down, in a slightly irritable mood.
And so is Raylan.
He pulls out a cigarette, lights it, and smokes it silently.
“Give me one.”
Suddenly, Peter spoke up and he looked at him blankly, “You … can you still smoke? Forget it.”
Just now Peter is so serious, if you give Peter a cigarette now, is it not adding insult to injury?
Peter pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance and leaned back on the sofa, depressed and very worried about Adriana’s current state.
“Trust Alani, it should be fine.”
Raylan saw that Peter was not in a good mood and comforted him.
Peter sighed in frustration, shook his head, and didn’t say anything for a long time.
He would love to trust Alani, but having already failed once, how can he trust?
What’s more, Alani had already said a long time ago that Adriana’s physique was special, and that the memory seal would probably fail and be very risky.
Special body type?
How special is it exactly?
Peter was a bit skeptical.
The two waited in the living room for almost another half hour before Alani finally came out of the room, sweating and panting, “There, that should be fine.”
He said it should be fine.
There may also be problems.
“Do I … have to leave or wait here until she wakes up?”
Peter was eager to stay and see what was going on, vaguely worried that Adriana’s surgery had failed.
“This …”
Alani is a little hesitant, “It’s okay, just so we can try the effectiveness. Ultimately, you will still be remembered later in life. By the way, Adriana’s phone, you need to immediately delete the photos and all traces of her with you.”
“Yeah, Alani’s got a point.”
Raylan just thought of this question, but just haven’t had the time to say it.
“Good.”
Peter stepped aside, took his phone out of Adriana’s bag, and sat down on the couch in a smooth motion.
Pressed open the phone screen, the screen is a picture of Luis and Helen two children, brother and sister hugging each other closely, cheek to cheek, smiling cheerfully, showing white teeth, very cute.
The phone was locked, and he froze, only to remember that he had no idea what the phone’s password was.
“You don’t have a password?”
Raylan stood next to him, seeing him hesitate and speculating.
Peter frowned slightly and entered Helen’s birth year and month, error.
Enter Luis’s birth year and month. Error.
Enter Adriana’s birth year and it is still wrong.
Finally, he entered his birth year and the result … opened.
At that moment, the corner of Peter’s lips raised a few imperceptible arc, even he himself did not know whether it was sad or happy.
The center of the invisible shivered slightly, unspoken sad emotions enveloped him, as if shrouded under a haze, not seeing the day.
Open your phone and find the phone album.
This is how I found out that the phone album is all about him sleeping, there are photos of Adriana hugging him and dropping a kiss on his cheek; photos of him sleeping quietly and soundly; photos of his back walking on the road; photos of him alone in the attic of the Jiangnan courtyard looking out of the window …
It’s only been eleven days since I promised to be with Adriana.
But there are actually more than a hundred photos on Adriana’s phone.
Looking at those photos, Peter can deeply feel the little woman’s feelings for him and since, but …
Everything is too heavy.
He did not delete the photos quickly, but looked at each one one by one, and then deleted them reluctantly.
Each photo deletion made Peter feel the pain of pins and needles.
Peter and Alani both looked at each other and seemed to be able to cut through Peter’s emotions, and no one said anything.