The Only Normal Human In The Universe

  Chapter 77

An Yan did not feel the slightest bit tired after playing in the amusement park all day. Even after that, everything was still new to him. He could even go on all of the rides he had previously gone on once again.

But the time was getting late, and the family still had to go back. The family left the amusement park and got on the airship to go home.

The atmosphere in the airship remained relaxed and happy until Cheng Fu received a call.

Before the call, his expression was as serious as usual, but it was still a relaxed state of seriousness.

But on receiving the call, his face sank almost instantly.

Cheng Fu turned to look at his wife after hanging up: "Father’s health condition has suddenly deteriorated. We need to first go to the sanatorium."

The emotions of the other people in the airship also fell back instantly on hearing those words. Although An Yan was a little confused about the situation, he remained obediently quiet.

In the silence, the ship changed course, heading to the Central Star First Sanatorium, which belonged to the military department.

Cheng Fu’s father, Cheng Yi’s grandfather, had a very high military talent. He had made many achievements in the fight against the zerg, and had been the military marshal for over 20 years.

If his body hadn’t been seriously injured in the war, he might still have been in the position of military marshal.

But after that accident, Grandpa Cheng’s health deteriorated and he ended up living in a nursing home for a long time.

The Cheng family would often go to the sanatorium to visit Grandpa Cheng and keep abreast of his condition. The sanatorium’s staff suddenly calling was enough to show that Grandpa Cheng’s current situation was not very optimistic.

They were silent all the way to the sanatorium, and the family of four went straight to Grandpa Cheng’s ward.

An Yan obediently sat in the pocket. As soon as they entered the room, he saw Grandpa Cheng lying on the bed.

Grandpa Cheng was lying on the bed, holding a book in his hand. He looked very calm, and his expression did not show the slightest hint of strangeness.

He put down the book on seeing them and smiled with a kind expression, "You are here."

"Father, are you alright?" Although he had visited not so long ago, it was really hard for Father Cheng to face Grandpa Cheng in a calm mood after receiving the call.

"I’m feeling fine now," Grandpa Cheng said while beckoning towards his two grandsons. "Since you two are here, come over and chat with me."

Cheng Yang immediately ran to the hospital bed, pretending to be relaxed. "I haven’t seen you for so long. Did Grandpa miss me?"

Cheng Yi, on the other hand, followed in silence.

"Yes," Grandpa Cheng smiled benevolently, "Did anything interesting happen in the college recently?"

Cheng Yang’s nature was cheerful and lively, and he also wanted to keep Grandpa happy. He immediately gushed: "Of course there is, and quite a lot of it, grandpa... "

Grandpa Cheng smiled and listened for a while. Suddenly, his gaze turned and fell on Cheng Yi, who had been standing quietly on the side. He looked at the big pocket on his chest.

Grandpa Cheng asked, "Did Ah Yi bring something with him?"

Although he knew that the other party could not see him, An Yan still felt a panic in his heart and subconsciously shrank his head.

Cheng Yi looked a bit hesitant, but before he could make a decision, Cheng Yang had already spoken first: "Grandpa, how do you know? You should not be able to see Yan Yan ah? "

Grandpa Cheng smiled faintly and asked rhetorically, "Yan Yan?"

"Yan Yan is a little hamster that big brother found. He’s especially cute and well-behaved, and we all like him a lot. You will definitely like it too, grandpa, " Cheng Yang introduced An Yan with bright eyes and turned his head to urge his big brother, "Big brother, why don’t you bring Yan Yan out?"

Grandpa Cheng smiled cheerfully and said, "I also want to see such a cute little thing."

Cheng Yi sighed lightly and gently brought out the little guy in his breast pocket. He said to Grandpa Cheng, "Grandpa, this is Yan Yan."

An Yan looked at Grandpa Cheng with apprehension. The expression on his face looked dazed.

 Grandpa Cheng did not show any rejection towards the little hamster by his eldest grandson was raising. He instead took the initiative to ask, "Can I hold him?"

Cheng Yi did not answer. He just looked down at the little one.

Although it was the first time he met Grandpa Cheng, he was Cheng Yi’s family after all, and should get along well with him. An Yan nodded gently after a pause.

Cheng Yi carefully placed the little one in his grandfather’s hands.

Grandpa Cheng was old. His large hands were much more wrinkled than those of others in the Cheng family, and probably because of his physical condition, his palms were not as hot as others, but rather cold.

An Yan was really uncomfortable sitting in this big hand, and was very restrained, but he tried to behave naturally, afraid that Grandpa Cheng would notice his discomfort and be unhappy.

Grandpa Cheng looked down at the little hamster in his palm and asked with a smile, "Your name is Yan Yan, right?"

An Yan nodded obediently and gave a "squeak" as a positive answer.

Grandpa Cheng’s gaze flickered slightly, but the smile on his face was even stronger, and his finger gently stroked the little hamster’s head: "Yan Yan is really good, so do you like Ah Yi?"

An Yan nodded again. Senior is so good to him. Of course, he likes the senior very much.

On one hand, Grandpa Cheng and An Yan casually exchanged words without purpose, while on the other hand, Cheng Fu had already left the ward and found Grandpa Cheng’s attending doctor.

Cheng Fu asked in a deep voice, "Dr. Lin, you suddenly contacted me. Is there something wrong with my father’s health? "

The expression on Dr. Lin’s face was equally heavy as he nodded and said, "Old Marshal Cheng suddenly fell into a coma this morning, and the situation was very critical. He woke up smoothly after resuscitation. His situation is still very unpromising. "

 Dr. Lin then hesitated for a moment before continuing truthfully, "Although Old Marshal Cheng did not want me to inform you of this matter, as his family, I think it is necessary for you to know about it."

 Cheng Fu’s palm clenched slightly, and he even subconsciously held his breath: "What is it?"

Doctor Lin exhaled and said in a low voice, "I’m afraid Old Marshal Cheng’s spiritual domain won’t be able to support him for much longer."

It wasn’t only Grandpa Cheng’s body that was severely damaged on the battlefield but also his spiritual domain.

If it was just a simple physical problem, even if it was serious, it could be slowly repaired under the developed medical conditions, or at least it would not continue to deteriorate.

But the problem of the spiritual domain has always been mysterious. Even though humans had been conducting various studies on this, they still could not reach a thorough conclusion.

Furthermore, when the spiritual domain is severely damaged for unknown reasons, it is very difficult to figure out the root cause of the problem, let alone a complete cure.

This was the case with Grandpa Cheng.

He was attacked by the mother zerg's spiritual power during a fight battle against the zerg, which caused double damage to his body and spiritual domain. Although the physical damage had been slowly repaired, they could not find the root cause of the heavy damage to his spiritual domain, let alone an effective cure.

The spiritual domain examination that human beings could currently provide could only reveal that the condition of Grandpa Cheng’s spiritual domain was indeed deteriorating. Not only was the stability of his spiritual power getting worse, but the spiritual domain itself was also deteriorating, inevitably getting closer to complete collapse.

Cheng Fu could not help but fall completely silent at Dr. Lin’s words. His face was gloomy and terrible.

Mother Cheng, who was standing behind him, gently put her hand on her husband’s shoulder to give him silent comfort, but her heart was equally uncomfortable.

"I know this news is cruel to you, but ……" Dr. Lin sighed heavily, blaming himself and saying helplessly, "There is really nothing we can do about Marshal Cheng’s situation."

Although Cheng Fu had a heavy heart, he did not lose his mind. He calmed down and said to Dr. Lin, "Please don’t say that, Dr. Lin. I’m very grateful for all the care towards my father through all these years. "

Dr. Lin shook his head and said, "Mr. Cheng is too polite. That is what we should do."

Cheng Fu and Cheng Lin returned to the ward and found Grandpa Cheng chatting with his two grandchildren and a small hamster.

Although Cheng Fu acted calm, he was very upset. He comforted his wife and took a deep breath to adjust his emotions before entering the ward.

Grandpa Cheng knew what his son had gone out to do, but he didn’t mention a word about it. He instead smiled and said to Cheng Fu, "Yang Yang said that you also like this hamster very much and have held him?"

This kind of question would have made Cheng Fu embarrassed and refused to answer if it had been any other time. But this time, he admitted very frankly, "Yan Yan is indeed very cute. Father should like him very much too."

"Yes, I also like Yan Yan very much," Grandpa Cheng stretched out his dry finger and gently stroked An Yan’s small head. "Will Yan Yan stay with me today?"

In this interstellar era, the life span of human beings is generally elongated, and it is normal to live up to two or three hundred years.

At Grandpa Cheng’s current age, he was in his prime and should not have aged so much.

However, due to the double trauma to his body and spiritual domain, Grandpa Cheng had entered the aging period earlier than normal, and the aging speed is much faster than normal.

An Yan didn’t expect Grandpa Cheng to say this suddenly, and he was stunned for a moment. Cheng Yi spoke for him, "Grandpa, let me stay here with you tonight. I’m afraid Yan Yan will be afraid to sleep in a strange place."

Although he wanted to satisfy his grandfather’s request, Cheng Yi would not impose his thoughts on others, including the little one.

Just as his words fell, he saw the little one shake his head at him before taking the initiative to hug Grandpa Cheng’s finger: "Squeak." Okay, I’ll stay with you.

Grandpa Cheng couldn’t understand An Yan, so he just followed his grandson’s words and said, "Okay, Ah YI will stay with me tonight."

Cheng Yang, who was on the side, quickly said, "I want to stay with Grandpa too!"

Grandpa Cheng smiled benevolently and said, "Fine, fine, you all stay."

Cheng Fu was just about to open his mouth when he was stopped by Grandpa Cheng: "You two should first go home and come see me again tomorrow."

The Cheng family also wanted to stay, but even in the most high-end ward, the space couldn’t accommodate five adults to stay together. In addition, Grandpa Cheng needed to recuperate. Having too many people around was not conducive to that.

Cheng Fu paused for a moment and nodded, "Okay."

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, An Yan couldn’t help but feel a little anxious: "Squeak squeak!" And me! And me!