Li Huowangy on the clean hospital bed, his single eye wide open as he took in his surroundings. His gaze swept the room before settling on himself. A realization dawned on him—yet, at the same time, it didn’t fully make sense.
The ringing sound disappeared, reced by a familiar voice. “Li Huowang? Are you finally awake? That’s good!”
He turned to see Yi Doni staring at him with worry etched across his face.
Li Huowang’s lips curled into a faint smile. “I’m… awake. I’m finally awake. The hallucinations were too frightening, but thankfully, they were all fake. None of it was real.”
Yi Doni frowned, his expression unusually tense. “What do you mean ‘fake’? Everything you saw was real! The timeline has been reset, but we’ve been ced at a different time. Haven’t you noticed you’re missing an eye?”
“Don’t worry. I’m awake now. I won’t mutte myself anymore.”
The room suddenly transformed. The once bright light gave way to darkness, and Yi Doni grew in size until he reached the ceiling. Terrifyingughter echoed from his mouth.
“Hahaha. Do you think you’ve seeded? You fool.”
The scene around Yi Doni twisted and morphed. ck water seeped from the floor, and the walls of the ward crumbled away, revealing a vast void and the horrifying visage Li Huowang had seen just now.“You’ve abandoned your powers, so now you’repletely defenseless against my fear! You’re dead! Da Nuo is dead too! The Baiyu Capital is mine!”
A wave of fear and despair emanated from Yi Doni, making its way toward Li Huowang.
Despite the dreaded atmosphere, Li Huowang merely looked at the strange form of Yi Doni. “Doctor Yi, you don’t have to test me anymore. I am cured.”
The moment he spoke, everything around him melted away like snow under the sun. Yi Doni shrank back to his normal size, though he continued snarling.
Yi Doni smiled and nodded with satisfaction. “Not bad. You’ve passed the test. Congrattions, Little Li. You’re cured. All my efforts weren’t in vain, after all.”
Just as he finished speaking, the door burst open, and a crowd of people surged into the room, pping and cheering for Li Huowang.
Among them were Zhao Shuangdian, Wu Qi, and Chen Hongyu, all dressed in white doctor’s coats.
They pped as they announced, “Congrattions! You’re finally cured.”
“What?” Yi Doni froze, his face twisting in shock as he stared at the unfamiliar faces. He had never seen these colleagues in White Tower Hospital before, and it was impossible for all of them to be doctors.
“Impossible. How are you…”
His voice faltered, his gaze fearfully snapping back to Li Huowang. “Unless you were telling the truth?”
Yi Doni’s reaction unsettled the crowd. They tried to console him, but the more they spoke, the more violent he became. Terror consumed his eyes.
In the end, several nurses had to restrain him with a straitjacket. They wheeled him out as he screamed and thrashed.
Qing Wani sighed as he watched Yi Doni being carted away. “What a terrifying patient. We managed to cure you but at the expense of driving one of our doctors to madness.” ??Α????è?
Li Huowang looked at Yi Doni disappearing at the corner of the corridor and smiled. “Don’t worry. There are a lot of good doctors here. I’m sure he’ll recover quickly in the Baiyu Capital.”
Qing Wani patted Li Huowang’s shoulder warmly. “Little Li,e with me. I will prescribe you some medicine. You’re finally ready to go from the intensive care ward to the general ward. You’ll regain some freedom, too.”
They soon entered Qing Wani’s office. He took out a disposable white cup and brewed Li Huowang a cup of tea.
“The hospital’s a bit basic, so I hope you won’t mind oolong tea bags,” Qing Wani said with augh.
“I’m not much of a tea person, so I wouldn’t know the difference.”
“Hoho, you’re quite the frugal person. Give me a moment,” Qing Wani said, starting to rummage through the drawers.
“Don’t worry. I have a lot of time now,” Li Huowang said.
Li Huowang took a deep breath and smelled the disinfectant in the air. A newfound serenity washed over him, unlike anything he had ever felt before.
Qing Wani teased Li Huowang, saying, “You sound like an old man. Once you’re discharged, go home and focus on your studies so you can get into a good university.”
“Doctor Qing, what will you do while I’m studying?”@@novelbin@@
“What else? I will continue to work in this hospital. I’ll try to write a thesis about you and see if it gets published. Being a doctor in this field is a headache, you know? Not only do we often have to stay upte and work extra shifts, but we also need to y along with our patients.”
He scratched his ear with the pen from his chest pocket before scribbling something on a piece of paper.
Li Huowang grabbed his teacup and tried to decipher the paper’s contents. “Doctor, can you do me a favor?”
Qing Wani stopped writing and looked at him. “Sure. We’re all friends now. What do you need?”
Li Huowang sat in a car some timeter, watching the scenery blur past. He called his mother.
“Hi, Mom. I’m cured. Yes, this time it’s for real. I won’t rpse anymore. You cane pick me up next month.”
Two hourster, Qing Wani and Li Huowang stepped down from a sports car. They had arrived at the entrance of the Sixth Public Hospital. Using Qing Wani’s connections, they quickly found an isted ward.
Inside was none other than Yang Na, lying motionless on the bed.
Li Huowang entered the room alone. Qing Wani grabbed her medical file, noting the diagnosis: severe depression.
Li Huowang reached the bedside and sat down on a stool. He looked at Yang Na, whose eyes held the vacant stare of a doll.
“Nana, I’ve kept my promise. Look, I’m really cured. I’ll stay by your side until you’re also better. Once you’re cured, we’ll take our exams together and enter university again. This time, I’ll be with you every step of the way.”
Li Huowang gently held Yang Na’s skeletal fingers, noticing the scars on her wrists. He spoke to her nonstop for a full day and night.
Finally, Yang Na’s fingers twitched, and she gripped his hand weakly.
Li Huowang smiled.
He leaned forward, wrapping Yang Na in a tender embrace.