Mutated Tao

After washing her clothes, Bai Lingmiao walked toward carefully the carriage and felt someone holding her cane. She saw a hazy red color before her, so she said, “I can still see a little.”

The Second Deity said nothing and guided her to the carriage.

Once she was back at the carriage, Bai Lingmiao placed the laundry on top of the carriage with Li Sui's help.

“Li Sui, where is your father?” Bai Lingmiao could see a blurry patch of yellow in front of her. It was Li Sui’s yellow straw robe.

Bai Lingmiao had spent such a long time with Li Sui that she had already gotten used to Li Sui’s scary look. However, she couldn’t treat Li Sui as her daughter like how Li Huowang could do so. Of course, she still treated Li Sui fairly.

“Father went into the forest. He said he'd be back in two hours,” Li Sui replied. She was in the middle of reading a book.

“Oh, I see. All right, let's start a fire and cook something,” Bai Lingmiao said. She rummaged through the carriage and found the flint. Then, she turned around and walked toward the firewood.

Starting a fire, placing the pot on top of the flames, and boiling some water were actions that Bai Lingmiao had done many in the past, but today, she somehow made a mistake and accidentally placed her hand in the flames.

She retracted her hand quickly, but her hand still ended up getting burned. The Second Deity pushed her away and started cooking in her stead. Bai Lingmiao’s face was bitter when she saw the figure working hard in front of her.

Then, she started crying. She wasn’t crying out of pain; she was crying at the fact that she was being a hindrance. Once Bai Lingmiao had caught a whiff of the delicious cooked food, she stood up and walked into the forest with her cane.

Bai Lingmiao grazed the ground using the cane. Just then, Bai Lingmiao saw a hazy red color amidst her blurry world. The red figure was definitely Li Huowang.

“Senior Li, food is read!” Bai Lingmiao shouted.

Li Huowang turned to Bai Lingmiao and smiled. “Thank you, Mom.”

“What are you talking about? No need to thank me,” said Sun Xiaoqin. She was sitting on a stool by the bedside and was opening a meal box for LI Huowang.

Today’s meal consisted of braised ribs, stir-fried spinach, and carrot soup with bits of mutton. Overall, it was a balanced meal.

“I know that you don’t like carrots, but you can’t afford to be picky right now. You need as much vitamins as you can eat."

“Mom, I’m not a picky eater at all.” Li Huowang drank the soup and chewed on the bits of carrots.

“Great. It’s bad to be a picky eater. It seems you're recovering steadily.” Sun Xiaoqin nodded with satisfaction. She was happy to see that Li Huowang’s condition had stabilized.

“Mom, I forgot to ask where you're staying right now. You're not living in this prison, are you?”

“I actually told your father to buy me a foldable bed so I can sleep here and stay with you around the clock, but he refused. I had no choice but to rent a room nearby.”

Li Huowang nodded. “That’s good.”

“Are you really cured, Senior Li? Are you?” Bai Lingmiao asked while staring sadly at Li Huowang along with the Second Deity. “Why did you lie to me? You said that you're cured, but that clearly isn't the case…”

Bai Lingmiao sighed with a downtrodden loon. “But I don’t blame you. I've never told you that I haven't been able to let it go as well… Senior Li, should we part ways? But… I really can’t let you go like this…”

“I’m fine. Don’t worry about me. My condition has been stabilizing over these past two months.”

“Ah, you can’t say that, son. Your condition is indeed improving, but you're still hallucinating. You should not let your guard down, even if you're recovering steadily."

Li Huowang patiently listened to his mother's nagging. He was enjoying it now, as he thought that he had lost it once, which made him understand how precious it was to him all this while.

“It’s fine. One day… I will be free from this illness!” Li Huowang exclaimed.

The metal gates abruptly opened just then.

Li Huowang looked toward the entrance and saw two doctors walking into the room. The two doctors had three wardens with them for their safety while a nurse was pushing in a wheelchair.

Li Huowang was alarmed, and he probed, “Miaomiao? Li Sui? Is that you? Leave me alone for now; I'll come back soon.”

Sun Xiaoqin stood up anxiously and stood before the doctors. “Hey, who are you people? Who said you can come here?”

“Madam Sun, please calm down. We're bringing your son away for therapy. He needs to move his muscles around, or they'll become atrophied to the point where he'll have to stay in his for the rest of his life.”

The doctors, wardens, and the nurse moved. They opened Li Huowang’s straitjacket, revealing his pale skin. Li Huowang had become much skinnier, and his limbs looked as thin as chopsticks.

Li Huowang couldn’t stand up even though the nurse was supporting him. The prison wardens sighed in relief at the sight. There was no way the martial lunatic could defeat them, considering his condition.

“What’s happening? Why is he so thin?” Sun Xiaoqin asked, sounding flustered.

“Madam Sun, please calm down. It’s all because he hadn't been able to move for a very long time; his muscles had wasted. He'll recover via physiotherapy.

"With that said, it’s actually surprising that your son actually doesn’t have any bedsores. You've been doing a great job taking care of him."

Sun Xiaoqin relaxed at that remark and exclaimed, “I flip him over every few hours. I watched a video online on how to take care of bedridden elders, and I learned that technique from that video."

The doctors gave a few instructions. The nurse and the wardens placed Li Huowang in a wheelchair and started rolling him away.

“Wait, where are you taking me?! I can’t leave right now!” Li Huowang exclaimed. He but the nurse and the wardens held him down tightly.

Li Huowang was afraid of leaving the room. Who could say what would happen if he were to leave the room right now?

One of the doctors cast a curious gaze at him. “Why can’t you leave the room right now? Can you tell me why?”

Li Huowang looked at the doctor and replied, “Just give me a few moments.”

“Why can't you leave right now? You've been lucid all this while, so why can't you leave the room right now? Are you afraid of something?”

Li Huowang immediately got suspicious at the remark. How did the doctor know that he had been lucid all this while?

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