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Chapter 235: Back To That Key Moment ⑦

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    “……目前我们的精神治疗药剂已经取得了关键性的成果，有望……”

“…Presently, we’ve achieved critical results with our psychotherapeutic drug and hope to…”

    说话声喋喋不休地传入陆修樊耳中，他疑惑地抬起头，涣散的瞳孔逐渐凝聚，眼前的一切既熟悉又陌生，实验室、研究员、兄长陆修齐、治疗药剂，还有……

A voice chattered endlessly into Lu Xiufan’s ears. He raised his head in confusion, his dilated pupils gradually focusing. Everything in front of him was both familiar and unfamiliar: the lab, the researcher, his brother Lu Xiuqi, the medicine, and…

    小泽！

Little Ze!

    陆修樊呼吸一滞，心脏几乎停止跳动，十几年前便已离他而去的小泽，竟然又活生生地出现在他面前。

Lu Xiufan’s breathing stopped, his heart almost stopped beating as the Little Ze who had left him more than a decade ago, appeared in front of him alive again.

    “啊！”

“Ah!”

    正在这时，一声惨叫响起，身边的陆修齐突然发狂地扑向一个研究员，死死咬住他的耳朵，然后挣脱其他人的压制，抄起金属椅朝智脑所在的位置砸过去。

At this moment, a scream rang out, and Lu Xiuqi, who was beside him, suddenly went berserk and jumped on a researcher, biting his ear hard. He then broke away from the others’ suppression, picked up the metal chair and smashed it towards the location of the laptop.

    陆修樊的瞳孔骤然收缩，这个场景他永远都不会忘记，每次回想都让自己悔恨万分，为什么他不能更快一点，只要再快一点，他就能救下他的小泽！

Lu Xiufan’s pupils contracted abruptly. He would never forget this scene.  Every time he thought back on it, he felt remorseful. Why couldn’t he have been faster? Just a little faster, and he could have saved his Little Ze!

    椅子从眼前飞掠而过，陆修樊暴起直扑，牢牢抓住金属椅的一条腿，整个人被惯性拉扯着向前冲了几步。尽管他竭尽阻止，但金属椅的椅背依然砸中了尚可的后脑。

As the chair flew past his eyes, Lu Xiufan jumped up and grabbed one of the legs of the metal chair. The inertia pulled him forward a few steps regardless. Despite his best efforts to stop it, the back of the metal chair still hit the back of Shang Ke’s head.

    尚可闷哼一声，软倒在地。

Shang Ke grunted and fell to the ground.

    “小泽！”陆修樊双目赤红，扔下手中的椅子，快速冲到尚可身边，小心翼翼地将他抱入怀中，然后用颤抖的手指查探他的鼻息……

“Little Ze!” Lu Xiufan’s eyes were red as he threw down the chair and rushed to Shang Ke’s side. He carefully took him into his arms, and then used his trembling fingers to check his breathing… 

    活着，还活着。

He was alive, he was still alive.

    陆修樊仰头长舒一口气，脸上露出如释重负的表情。

Lu Xiufan raised his head and breathed a sigh of relief, a look of relief on his face.

    实验室中一片混乱，陆修樊已经顾不上还在发狂的兄长，抱起尚可快步朝医疗室走去，离开前吩咐侍卫长处理善后。

The lab was in chaos, but Lu Xiufan could no longer care about his brother, who was still berserk. He picked up Shang Ke and walked quickly towards the medical room. Before he left, he ordered the bodyguards to deal with the event.

    虽然不知道自己为什么会重生，但他感谢老天对他的眷顾，让他有机会改变历史。只要能够救回小泽，无论需要付出多大的代价，他也在所不惜！

Although he didn’t know why he was back in time, he thanked the heavens for blessing him and giving him the opportunity to change history. As long as he could save Little Ze, no matter what it took, he would not hesitate to pay whatever price he had to pay!

    【大脑修复中……预计时间三个月……】

【Brain Treatment in Progress… Estimate time is three months…】

    【亲爱的宿主，很抱歉。由于系统必须遵循世界法则，每次轮回的时间和地点都无法准确定位，所以难免给宿主带来伤害，还请宿主见谅。c

【Dear Host, my greatest apologies. Because the System needs to follow the laws of the world, the exact time and place of each second chance cannot be pinpointed, so it might inevitably bring harm to Host. Please forgive me.】

    尚可：……你什么时候变得这么有礼貌了？

Shang Ke: …When did you become so polite?

    【系统的优点多如牛毛，只是亲爱的宿主没发现而已。】

【The System has as many good points as the fur of an ox, Dear Host just hasn’t found them yet.】

    尚可：可以先把成语用好再来谈优点吗？

Shang Ke: Can you use the idiom properly first before talking about your good points?

    【亲爱的宿主，你现在是脑残，理解能力下降是正常的。】

【Dear Host, you currently have brain-damage, so it is normal for your comprehension skills to be reduced.】

    尚可：收回我之前夸你的话。

Shang Ke: I’m taking back any compliments I made about you.

    【聊天结束，请宿主进入优雅的睡美男模式，三个月后苏醒。】

【This is the end of our chat. Dear Host, please enter graceful beautiful sleeping man mode and wake up in three months.】

    虽然一直知道系统不靠谱，但尚可还是没想到这次居然会这么离谱。

Although he always knew that the System was unreliable, Shang Ke still didn’t expect it to be so outrageous this time.

    系统所说的三个月也不知道是哪个位面的计算方式，总之等他醒来时，已经是三年后了！

He didn’t know which calendar the System was using when it said three months, but by the time he woke up, it was already three years later!

    三个月和三年，相差十万八千里好吗？

The difference between three months and three years is like eighteen thousand miles, okay?

    尚可躺在病床上，出神地望着天花板。刚刚苏醒，大脑还有些迷糊，看到墙上挂钟显示的时间，慢慢想起这个世界的一切。

Shang Ke was lying on the hospital bed, staring at the ceiling in a trance. He had just woken up and his brain was still a bit foggy, but when he saw the time displayed on the wall clock, he slowly remembered everything in this world.

    按照上一世的发展，现在是他“死亡”后的第三年，也不知道陆修樊怎么样了，那种治疗药剂是否已经开发成功。

According to the development of his last life, it was now the third year after his “death”. He didn’t know how Lu Xiufan was doing, and whether the medicine had been successfully developed.

    “小泽。”正在冥想中，一个略带压抑的声音从旁边传来。

“Little Ze.” While thinking, a slightly stifled voice came from the side.

    尚可转头望去，只见陆修樊快步走过来，蹲在床边，紧紧握住他的手，眼中透着难以掩饰的激动和喜悦：“你终于醒了。”

Shang Ke turned his head and saw Lu Xiufan walking over quickly. He squatted beside the bed, holding his hand tightly with an undisguised excitement and joy in his eyes: “You’re finally awake.”

    尚可动了动唇，似乎想说些什么，无奈喉咙干涩，暂时发不出任何声音。

Shang Ke moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but his throat was dry and he couldn’t make any sound at the moment.

    “别急，慢慢来。”陆修樊叫来医生，经过一系列检查，测试，输液后，终于确定尚可意识清晰，神智基本恢复正常。

“Don’t worry, take your time.” Lu Xiufan called the doctor, and after a series of examinations, tests, and infusions, he finally confirmed that Shang Ke was conscious, and his mind was almost back to normal.

    陆修樊坐在床边，静静凝视着尚可的睡颜，多年的抑郁、痛苦、悔恨，在这一刻，全部化为满足和安然……

Lu Xiufan sat on the edge of the bed, quietly gazing at Shang Ke’s sleeping face. His years of depression, pain, and remorse, at this moment, all turned into satisfaction and peace…

    三天后，尚可已经可以坐上轮椅，自由自在地在别墅附近晃荡了。在此期间，他也从陆修樊口中得知了最近三年发生的一些大事。首先，各方势力被陆修樊掀了个底朝天，清理了一大批害群之马，很多大家族损失惨重，新兴势力趁机崛起，正处于权利更替的关键时期。

Three days later, Shang Ke was able to get into his wheelchair and wander freely around the villa. In the meantime, he also learned from Lu Xiufan about the major events that happened in the last three years. First of all, Lu Xiufan overthrew all the power and cleaned up a large number of black sheep, many big families suffered heavy losses, and new powers emerged. It is currently a critical period of power change.

    其次是精神治疗药剂的研发，已经获得国际专利，由陆家所属的商业机构独家生产发售。

Secondly, the research and development of the psychotherapeutic drug has been patented internationally, and is produced and sold exclusively by the commercial organization belonging to the Lu Family.

    尚可的大脑也在治疗药剂的修复下得到治愈，大大延长了守约人的寿命。只是这种药剂并不能完全修复受损的情感元，能否重新拥有正常的感情波动，还得看守约人本身的恢复情况。

Shang Ke’s brain was also healed by the drug, which greatly extended the life of a covenantor. However, the drug could not completely repair their damaged emotion. Whether or not a covenantor could have normal emotions would depend on their own recovery.

    尚可原以为这对自己根本不是问题，没治愈前他也能很好地表达自己的感情，更别说治愈后了。但让他意外的是，他竟然无法控制自己的面部肌肉。

Shang Ke thought that this would not be a problem for him at all. He could express his emotions well even before he was cured, let alone after. But to his surprise, he couldn’t control his facial muscles.

    对着镜子挤眉弄眼了好一会，脸上依然是一副高冷淡定的表情。

He wiggled his eyes at the mirror for a while, but his face still had the same cool and calm expression.

    这是怎么回事？

What’s going on?

    正在疑惑时，系统的声音突然冒出来：【情况是这样的，宿主的第七对脑神经受损，也就是俗称的面部神经，虽然系统努力修复，但还是留下了一些小问题。】

While wondering, the System’s voice suddenly popped up: 【The situation is that the Host’s seventh pair of cranial nerves, commonly known as the facial nerves, were damaged. Although the System worked hard to repair them, it still left some minor problems.】

    “不是还有‘完美形象包’吗？说什么‘无论遭遇怎样的意外，都能呈现出传说中360度无死角的完美面部表情’，现在只是面部神经受损就不行了？”

“Don’t I have the ‘Perfect Image Pack’? You said something like, ‘No matter what kind of accident Dear Host runs into, you will have the legendary 360 degree perfect facial expression and figure posture’. And now it malfunctions with just facial nerve damage?”

    【亲爱的宿主，你知道正常的面目神经受损是什么情况吗？表情肌瘫痪，眼斜嘴歪，口齿不清，流涎水，若非完美形象包的美化，宿主简直就不能看了好吗？】

【Dear Host, do you know what facial nerve damage usually looks like? Facial muscles are paralyzed, eyes are slanted, mouth is slack. If the mouth is slack, drool would just overflow. If it weren’t for the beautification of the Perfect Image Pack, Host would simply be unfit to be seen, okay?】

    “有你说的这么严重吗？”尚可表示怀疑。

“Is it as serious as you said?” Shang Ke was suspicious.

    【系统是“稍微”夸大了一点，但不可否认，完美形象包在维护宿主形象方面发挥了不可忽视的积极作用。】

【The System has ‘slightly’ exaggerated, but there’s no denying that the Perfect Image Pack plays a positive role in preserving Host’s image.】

    尚可：“……所以，我以后都只能做一个面瘫了？”

Shang Ke: “…So, I’ll have to be a facially paralyzed man from now on?”

    【也不尽然，完美形象包会持续修复宿主受损的神经，短则一两年，长则七、八年，差不多就可以修复完成了。】

【Not so. The Perfect Image Pack will continue to mend Host’s damaged nerves. If it’s short, it will take one or two years, if it’s long, it will take seven or eight years, and you will recover.】

    “一两年和七、八年，中间的跨度是不是太大了一点？”

“One or two years and seven or eight years, isn’t the span between them a little too big?”

    【能修复就不错了。】系统不负责任地回了一句。

【Being able to get it fixed it pretty good already.】 The System replied irresponsibly.

    尚可：你再也不是我认识的那个虽然坑爹无极限但实事求是的系统了。

Shang Ke: You are no longer that although dishonest but practical and realistic System I know.

    正在这时，陆修樊走进房间，见尚可正坐在窗边照镜子，不由得问道，“怎么了？”

At this time, Lu Xiufan walked into the room and saw Shang Ke sitting by the window looking in the mirror. He asked, “What’s wrong?”

    尚可摇了摇头，表示没事，然后将镜子放在窗台上，转头看向他。

Shang Ke shook his head, indicating that he was fine, then put the mirror on the window sill and turned to look at him.

    陆修樊走到尚可身后，一边推着轮椅往屋里走，一边说道：“有件事想和你商量一下。”

Lu Xiufan walked behind Shang Ke and said as he pushed the wheelchair into the villa, “There’s something I want to discuss with you.”

    将尚可抱到沙发上，又给他枕上枕头，盖上毛毯，陆修樊才说：“之前为了防止有人害你，我对外宣称你已经死亡，然后将你秘密转移到这里。如今你已经恢复，我需要重新给你安排一个身份。”

He carried Shang Ke to the sofa, put a pillow under him and covered him with a blanket before Lu Xiufan said, “Before, in order to prevent someone from harming you, I announced that you were dead, and then secretly moved you here. Now that you have recovered, I need to reassign an identity to you.”

    陆修樊望着尚可，眼中溢满温柔：“小泽，你想叫什么名字？”

Lu Xiufan looked at Shang Ke, his eyes overflowing with tenderness: “Little Ze, what name do you want to call yourself?”

    尚可拉过他的手，在他手心写下“尚可”两个字。

Shang Ke took his hand and wrote the word “Shang Ke” on it.

    “尚可，可可……”陆修樊轻声呢喃，浅笑道，“好，从今往后，你就叫‘尚可’，不是越家的越泽，也不是守约人尚泽，而是真正的自由人——尚可。”

“Shang Ke, Keke…” Lu Xiufan murmured softly and smiled lightly, “Okay. From now on, your name is ‘Shang Ke’, not Yue Family’s Yue Ze, and also not the covenantor, Shang Ze, but the genuine free man, Shang Ke.”

    尚可眼中莹莹闪烁，一如记忆中那般灵动。

Shang Ke’s eyes sparkled with light, overlapping with Lu Xiufan’s memory of his brightness.

    陆修樊捧起他的脸，在他唇上轻啄一下：“可可，等你养好身体，我们就去旅行吧？”

Lu Xiufan cupped his face and gave him a peck on the lips, “Keke, when you get well, let’s go on a trip?”

    尚可晃神间，感觉手腕处一阵凉意，低头望去，只见左手上多了一只腕表型拍摄仪。

When Shang Ke’s mind wandered off, he felt a cold sensation on his wrist and looked down to see a watch-shaped camera on his left hand.

    “生日快乐，可可。”

“Happy birthday, Keke.”

    那张手绘的蛋糕图片，是陆修樊前世的遗憾之一。7月19日，他牢牢记住了这个日期，以后每年这一天，他都会为他送上一个蛋糕，一个香甜的、真实的蛋糕。

That hand-drawn picture of a cake was one of Lu Xiufan’s regrets from his previous life. July 19, he firmly remembered the date, and every year from now on, on this day, he would send him a cake. A sweet, real cake.

    “生日快乐，泽少。”费林推着一个大蛋糕走进房间，笑着祝福。

“Happy birthday, Young Master Ze.” Feylin pushed a large cake into the room, smiling and wishing him well.

    尚可的眉眼微微弯起，虽然弧度很小，却能轻易让人感觉到他的喜悦。

Shang Ke’s eyebrows were slightly arched, and although the curve was small, it was easy to feel his joy.

    “可可，许个愿吧。”陆修樊帮他点燃蜡烛，一共8支，加上晕睡的三年，尚可今年26岁，“无论什么心愿，我都会帮你完成。”

“Keke, make a wish.” Lu Xiufan helped him light the candles, a total of eight, plus the three years of unconsciousness, Shang Ke was 26 years old this year, “No matter what you wish, I will help you fulfill it.”

    心愿可多了，用一辈子来完成吧。

He had plenty of wishes. So let’s fulfill them all with our entire lifetime.

    尚可突然仰起头，在陆修樊嘴上盖了一个印。

Shang Ke suddenly raised his head and left his mark on Lu Xiufan’s mouth.

    陆修樊的心花还来不及怒放，就见尚可又朝费林伸出了手。

Before Lu Xiufan’s heart could bloom in happiness, he saw Shang Ke reach out his hand to Fei Lin again.

    他脸一黑，阻止道：“这个不行。”说着，还向他的管家投去警告的一瞥。

His face darkened, and he stopped, “Not this one,” he said. He even casted a warning glance at his butler.

    向来尽忠职守的管家大人，第一次违背主人的意愿，悍不畏死地走到尚可身边，庄严地奉上自己的脸。

For the first time, against his master’s wishes, the butler, who had always done his duty, fearlessly approached Shang Ke and solemnly offered him his face.

    尚可一把抱住他，在他脸上重重地吧唧了一口。

Shang Ke hugged him and gave him a large smooch on his face.

    陆修樊面色不善地盯着眉开眼笑的费林，暗自琢磨着是不是应该行使一下家主的权利了……

Lu Xiufan stared grumpily at the smiling Fei Lin, wondering if he should exercise his right as the master of the house…

    事实上，尚可对过生日没什么概念，之所以会在电脑里留下一个手绘蛋糕只是心血来潮而已。他完全不知道自己的“心血来潮”，让陆修樊记挂了半生。

In fact, Shang Ke has no concept of a birthday, and the reason he left a hand-drawn cake on the computer was just a whim. He had no idea that his “whim” had made Lu Xiufan be concered over it for half of his life.

    当然，能够和爱人一起过生日是一件很开心的事情，尚可十分珍惜这份用心。

Of course, it was a great pleasure to spend a birthday with his lover. Shang Ke treasures this intention very much.

    晚上，泡了一个热水澡的尚可，正窝在床上，用电脑整理自己的照片。

That night, after taking a hot bath, Shang Ke was lying on the bed, using the computer to organize his photos.

    正在这时，费林端着一杯热饮走进房间。

At this moment, Fei Lin walked into the room with a cup of hot drink.

    “泽少。”他先将热饮放在床头柜上，随即后说道，“有一件事想要拜托泽少。”

“Young Master Ze.” He placed the hot drink on the bedside table first, then said, “I have a favor to ask of you, Young Master Ze.”

    尚可停下动作，转头看向他，示意他说。

Shang Ke stopped, turned to him, and gestured for him to speak.

    费林面带忧色道：“大人这几年过得很辛苦，经常遭遇恐怖袭击，好几次差点丢了性命，身上留下了不少伤病。医生叮嘱他要好好调理，都被他拖延下来。泽少一天不醒，他便一天不得安宁。长此下去，旧伤沉疴，恐怕难以治愈，希望泽少能劝劝他。”

Fei Lin said with a worried expression, “Sir has had a very difficult few years, often encountering terrorist attacks and almost losing his life several times. It left him with many injuries. The doctor told him to nurse himself, but he delayed it all. For each day Young Master Ze wasn’t awake, he would not have a peace of mind. If this continues, his old injuries would worsen and be hard to cure. I wish for you to talk to him about it.”

    尚可脸色微沉，关上电脑，让费林将他扶到轮椅上，然后推着他朝陆修樊的卧室走去。

Shang Ke’s face sank slightly. He closed his computer and let Fei Lin help him into the wheelchair. Then he pushed himself towards Lu Xiufan’s bedroom.

    刚走到门口，便听到里面传来一阵刻意压低的咳嗽声。

As soon as he reached the door, he heard a deliberately muffled coughing sound from inside.

    尚可抿着嘴，径直推门而入。

Shang Ke pursed his lips and pushed straight through the door.

    陆修樊警觉地抬起他，见到尚可后，表情一僵。

Lu Xiufan raised his head alertly, and upon seeing Shang Ke, his expression stiffened.

    尚可的视线扫过桌上的药瓶和他手上的水杯，心中恍然。

Shang Ke’s eyes swept over the bottle of medicine on the table and the glass of water in his hand. Something dawned on him.

    难怪这些天陆修樊都没有和他同过房，还以为他已经战胜体内的洪荒之力，成为了一名懂得禁欲的纯情男子，没想到他居然真的有病，还藏着掖着不想被他发现……

No wonder Lu Xiufan hasn’t been in the same room with him all these days. He thought he had conquered the lust in his body and become a pure man who knows how to abstain from sex. Who would have thought he was actually sick, and was even hiding it from him…

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