Mutated Tao

Li Huowang was not satisfied with the answer. The more the nurse insisted that Qian Fu’s illness had worsened and made them limit visitations, the more suspicious Li Huowang became. He was determined to meet Qian Fu.

Instead of pushing it, he chose to remain silent. He was still in the mental hospital, and if he displayed any aggressiveness, he could get caught.

Thanks to Wu Cheng’s help, Li Huowang managed to get a short meeting with Qian Fu.

Li Huowang sighed. At least the people outside haven’t infiltrated this place yet. Otherwise, they would’ve used all kinds of tactics to stop me from meeting Qian Fu.

Because he had to enter the hospital, Li Huowang asked Yang Na to wait outside while he followed a nurse into the building.

Li Huowang soon reached the place where Qian Fu was locked up. He opened the small window on the door and saw that Qian Fu was wrapped in a straitjacket. He was wriggling on the floor like a maggot as he spewed nonsense from his mouth.

“Qian Fu!” Li Huowang wanted to get close, but the nurse stopped him.

“What are you doing? I thought you were only here to look at him. Are you trying to talk to that crazy patient?”

Li Huowang came up with a random lie. “Please let me go. His family asked me to give him a message.”

“All rules can be bent a little, plus this is a private hospital and not a government-funded one.” Li Huowang stuffed the money that Sun Xiaoqin had given him into the nurse’s hands.

Li Huowang knew that even though the doctors profited greatly, the nurses were not paid well despite handling most of the physical work.

The nurse’s reaction confirmed his thoughts. “Be quick, then. He’s very crazy right now. Don’t blame me if he ignores you.”

Li Huowang got close to the door and shouted, “Qian Fu! Qian Fu!”

Hearing his voice, Qian Fu crawled towards the door with his straitjacket on.

Eight minutes had passed by the time he plastered his sweaty face on the small opening of the door.

Qian Fu looked weird as he glared at Li Huowang with bloodshot eyes. His eyes were fearful, excited, and on the verge of collapse. “You finally came to look for me! I knew you would see through their tricks!”

QIan Fu cried happily.

“Quiet! Don’t alert the doctors!” Li Huowang looked towards the corridor and whispered harshly.

Qian Fu sniffled and swallowed his snot. “I’ve waited for you too long! Did you know how they tortured me while you weren’t here?”

“Tortured you? Are they here in the hospital?” Li Huowang panicked when he heard that.

Qian Fu whispered as he stared at the nurse standing guard in the corridor, “They are here, but there’s not many of them. You need to be careful!”

“Who are they?” Li Huowang needed answers.

Looking wide-eyed at Li Huowang, Qian Fu asked, “What? You still don’t know who you are dealing with?”

“You know who they are?” Li Huowang recalled the woman with the umbrella and the people who tried kidnapping him. He really didn’t know who they were.

“Of course! Didn’t I tell you? They are the Leotians!”

“Fuck!” Li Huowang would’ve beaten Qian Fu up if it wasn't because of the door. He thought that Qian Fu was tricking him.

Li Huowang calmed himself down. He had to accept the fact that his ally was a patient. Even though Qian Fu might know something, he’s still a patient in the hospital right now.

Thankfully, Li Huowang had experience in dealing with people with mental illnesses. “Where is the spaceship of the aliens that came from Leo?”

“Their spaceship is still in space. They can’t come down for now, but some aliens could reach Earth first. Some humans coveted their technology and bowed down to the aliens! They became traitors!”

Li Huowang had to reconsider his approach even though he was here to get some information from Qian Fu.

Li Huowang had no choice but to believe only half of the ramblings of a patient.

After some time, Li Huowang frowned and spoke, “Where did you get this information?”

If he couldn’t verify the information from Qian Fu, he had no choice but to find the source of the information itself.

“Where did I get it? Isn’t it obvious? I saw it myself! Don’t tell me you saw nothing even after so many things had happened!” Qian Fu glared at Li Huowang.

Suddenly, Qian Fu’s hands passed through the small opening and grabbed Li Huowang’s shirt collar. “Li Huowang! You need to save me! You’re the only one who can do it!”

“Let go!” Li Huowang tried to escape his grip, but Qian Fu’s hands held on like iron vises.

“Save me! Take me outside! Only then can we defeat the Leotians together! They are too strong! They will dismantle us one by one! They are afraid of us working together, so they chose to separate us first!”

Qian Fu’s words were annoying, but Li Huowang understood something from his ramblings. “Wait, you know how to defeat them? What does a crazy person like you have that could threaten them? If you tell me, I will find a way to save you!”

“I’m crazy? You’re crazy too! We are on the same side!”

The nurse saw something was wrong and immediately ran towards them. “Hey! Let go of him! Let him go!”

Li Huowang escaped Qian Fu’s grip thanks to the nurse’s help.

She asked, “What’s going on? Why is he pulling on your collar? Nothing serious has happened yet, so let’s leave now! I’ll be in trouble if there’s an accident!”

Li Huowang hesitated as he looked at Qian Fu before he left. Numerous thoughts clouded his mind, and he needed time to sort them out.

Qian Fu panicked when he saw Li Huowang leaving. “Wait! Don’t go! Save me!”

Li Huowang was at the end of the corridor when Qian Fu plastered his face on the opening and shouted as loud as he could, “Ji Zai! Save me!”

Li Huowang stopped and looked back. “What did you call me?”

“Ji Zai! You are Ji Zai!”