Chapter 687
Chapter 687
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 687
>Chapter Title: Qian Fu
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Regarding this response, Li Huowang naturally wouldn't let it go just like that. The more the caregiver insisted that Qian Fu's condition was too severe for visits, the more Li Huowang suspected something was off. He was determined to see Qian Fu today no matter what.
However, Li Huowang didn't show his emotions too intensely. He knew this was a mental hospital—if he acted too out of line, it would only backfire.
Since they were all acquaintances and Wu Cheng stepped in to help, he was finally allowed to see Qian Fu.
This eased Li Huowang's mind somewhat. At least it proved that those people hadn't infiltrated the hospital. If they had, they would've done everything possible to stop him from seeing Qian Fu.
To enter the ward, Li Huowang had Yang Na wait outside while he followed a caregiver deeper in.
Soon, Li Huowang entered the severe care room he'd been to before. As the brick-sized door window slid open, he saw inside: Qian Fu, dressed in a restraint suit, wriggling on the soft floor like a maggot, mumbling crazily to himself.
"Qian Fu!"
Li Huowang had just started to approach when the caregiver beside him quickly grabbed his arm.
"What are you doing? Weren't you just supposed to take a look? You planning to chat with this lunatic now?"
"Could you bend the rules a bit? His family just wants to pass on a message."
"No way, no way—that's the rule! Why didn't you say so earlier?"
"There's no rule set in stone like that. Besides, this is a private hospital, not a public one."
Li Huowang reached out and stuffed all the pocket money Sun Xiaoqin had given him lately into the caregiver's hand.
Li Huowang knew full well that while doctors made good money, these caregivers were just manual laborers with low wages.
Sure enough, the caregiver's reaction confirmed his hunch.
"Ahem... Fine, make it quick. But this guy's nuts as hell—if he ignores you, that's on you."
With that, Li Huowang hurried to the iron door and shouted inside.
"Qian Fu! Qian Fu!"
Hearing Li Huowang's voice, Qian Fu stirred. He wriggled his restrained body toward the door.
It took a full eight minutes before his sweat-drenched face finally smacked against the iron bars of the door window.
Qian Fu looked utterly bizarre at that moment. His bloodshot eyes locked straight onto Li Huowang, cycling through excitement, breakdown, terror—every emotion imaginable.
"You finally came for me! You finally came for me!! I knew you'd see through their scheme!"
With that, Qian Fu burst into tears of joy and grievance.
"Keep it down! Don't draw the doctors over!"
Li Huowang glanced nervously down the hallway and hissed in a low voice.
Qian Fu sniffled hard, sucking the snot up his nose and swallowing it down.
"I've been waiting for you so long! Do you know what they did to me while you were gone?"
"They tortured you? They've infiltrated the hospital?"
Li Huowang's expression grew extremely tense.
Qian Fu kept his voice very low, eyes darting warily to the caregiver keeping watch in the distance.
"They've infiltrated, but not many. You need to watch out!"
"Who exactly are 'they'?" Li Huowang cut to the chase.
Qian Fu's eyes bulged as he stared at Li Huowang in utter disbelief.
"What!? You still don't even know who's after us?"
"You know?! Who are they??"
Images flashed through Li Huowang's mind: the woman with the umbrella, the ones who'd kidnapped him. He racked his brain but couldn't figure out their identity or why they were targeting him.
"Of course I know! Didn't I tell you? They're aliens from Leo!"
"Fuck!"
If not for the thick iron door between them, Li Huowang would've beaten him senseless. He felt like this guy was just messing with him.
Calming himself, Li Huowang had to accept that his ally was a mental patient. Even if he knew some secrets, that label wasn't going away.
Fortunately, Li Huowang had plenty of experience dealing with them and knew how to handle it.
"Where's their spaceship, then—these Leo aliens?"
Li Huowang pressed Qian Fu again.
"Their ships haven't come down. They're still hiding up in the stars—they can't come down yet for now! But some Leo aliens have! And some humans have betrayed us for their high tech, kneeling to them! Traitors!"
Though he'd come to Qian Fu for information, hearing the explanation now made Li Huowang's heart sink with doubt.
Half-truths from a lunatic's mouth—Li Huowang could only take them with a grain of salt.
After furrowing his brow in thought for a moment, Li Huowang hesitantly asked,
"Where'd you hear all this?"
If he couldn't get solid info from Qian Fu, maybe he could trace it back to the source.
"Hear it? It's obvious as day—nailed down tight! I saw it with my own eyes! After everything that's happened, you didn't see?!"
Qian Fu's eyes widened, glaring fixedly at Li Huowang.
Suddenly, one of Qian Fu's hands shot through the door window, seizing Li Huowang's collar in a death grip.
"Li Huowang! You have to get me out! You must find a way to get me out!! Only you can save me!"
"Let go first!"
Li Huowang yanked at the hand, but it clung like iron—impossible to pry loose.
"Get me out first, then we can team up with the others to fight those Leo aliens! They're too powerful! Too powerful! Fighting alone, they'll pick us off one by one. They fear us uniting! That's why they're sowing discord!"
Qian Fu's frantic words muddled Li Huowang's thoughts. He seemed to grasp something from the ramble, yet nothing at all.
"You? Deal with them? You're a lunatic—what makes you think you can? Give me something solid, and I'll figure out how to get you out!"
"I'm a lunatic? Aren't you one too? Even if we don't know each other well, we're on the same side!"
Just then, the caregiver noticed from afar and came rushing over in a panic.
"Hey hey hey! Let go! Get your hand off him now!"
He tugged frantically at Qian Fu's hand until Li Huowang finally broke free.
"What the hell's wrong with you? Why'd you grab him? Get going already—nothing's happened yet, but if it does, I'm in deep shit!!"
Li Huowang hesitated, glancing back at Qian Fu in the restraint room, then turned to leave. His mind was a mess—he needed to go sort out his thoughts.
Seeing this, Qian Fu panicked.
"Don't go! Save me! Save me!"
As Li Huowang reached the end of the hallway, Qian Fu mashed his entire face against the bars and screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Ji Ji Zai!! Get me out!!"
Li Huowang's steps halted. He turned back toward the distant restraint room.
"Who'd you say I am?"
"Ji Zai! You're Ji Zai!"
(End of chapter)