Chapter 702
Chapter 702
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>Translator: Ryuma
>Chapter: 702
>Chapter Title: Freedom
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“Yang Na, head to the specific address first. See if you can find anything.”
“Good, but the houses here are built all over the place.” As Yang Na spoke, the camera feed started shaking.
After searching for a bit, Yang Na soon found the address Qian Fu had mentioned, in a narrow alleyway.
It was a two-story cement house at the end of the alley. The cement was slathered on roughly, covered in colorful graffiti drawn by kids.
The door to the second floor was locked, and the address pointed to the second floor.
“Smash~!” The sound of a bowl breaking came from inside the house, followed by another sharp smack—the crisp sound of a slap.
Hearing the noise, Yang Na recoiled a step, but then cautiously moved forward again.
“Money, money, money! All you care about is money! Do you know how much I make in a month!?” A man’s gruff voice bellowed from within.
Right after came the woman’s sobbing cries.
“You promised me when you married me! You said you’d cover Dad’s nursing fees!”
“And you still dare bring up your dad! No wonder he’s money-obsessed! How much cash has your dad swallowed over these years! Why the hell won’t he just die! How much longer is he gonna torment our family!”
The sound of another bowl shattering rang out from inside the house, along with chairs and tables toppling over, mixed in with a girl’s muffled sobs.
Hearing what they were arguing about, Li Huowang knew he’d found the right place. He quickly thought it over and came up with a plan.
“Excuse me, is Qian Peiling home?”
“Who the hell is it?” A scruffy-bearded man with a hostile expression stepped out, wearing a yellow electric scooter helmet.
When he saw it was a young student’s face on the phone screen, impatience flashed across his face.
If the person holding the phone hadn’t been a pretty woman, he would’ve already started cursing.
“What do you want?”
“Hello, Uncle Qian asked me to pass along a message. He doesn’t want to stay at Kangning Hospital anymore. He wants to leave. Na Na, I’ve sent over a video. Open it and show them.”
Soon Qian Fu’s gaunt face appeared on the screen, miserably pouring out his woes. After the daughter and son-in-law watched the video, their argument grew even fiercer.
As the shouting got louder, the neighbors poked their heads out to gawk. Feeling like this was too embarrassing, the couple slammed the gate shut and resumed their fight inside the house.
Yang Na didn’t leave. Under Li Huowang’s instructions, she quietly waited.
After lunch, when the man rode his electric scooter out the door, he had Yang Na follow him.
“You know, there’s a hospital that’s better than Kangning Hospital, cheaper too, and they treat patients well. That way, your burden would be lighter.”
“But there’s one downside to this hospital: not much surveillance.”
Li Huowang chatted rapidly with him, but the man responded indifferently.
“Huowang, it’s no use,” Yang Na said, her face a mix of regret and relief.
“No, it worked. If it hadn’t, he wouldn’t have listened to my nonsense just now.”
“But in the end, he didn’t agree to anything.”
Hearing this, Li Huowang smiled faintly.
“We just met for the first time. He doesn’t know us. Why would he spill his real thoughts? But look at how he acted earlier. Does he really want Qian Fu to keep burning money at Kangning Hospital?”
“He just doesn’t want to be the bad guy, doesn’t want to take the rap for being unfilial. He needs us to give him a push.”
“How do we push?”
Li Huowang opened his mouth, then shook his head instead.
“Never mind. Come back. Tomorrow, we’ll head to Kangning Hospital again.”
Three days later, Qian Fu swallowed a foreign object and had to get his stomach pumped. Conveniently, this news reached his daughter and son-in-law.
Soon, everything was resolved perfectly. Qian Fu transferred hospitals.
He moved to the one Li Huowang had mentioned—not just because it was cheap, but because Li Huowang had stayed there before. He knew the place well, and it was close to his neighborhood.
After the transfer, Qian Fu seemed much better off. He didn’t have to stay cooped up in the restraint room every day.
Days passed. Once the security around Li Huowang loosened up a bit, one night, he grabbed his prepared items and quietly scaled the wall of his neighborhood.
After hopping on the electric scooter Yang Na had ready and riding for a while, he reached the mental hospital where Qian Fu was staying.
Li Huowang deftly scaled the wall, dodged the cameras, and led Qian Fu out of the hospital like it was second nature.
Once he stripped off the striped patient gown and donned the clothes Li Huowang had brought, Qian Fu was finally free.
The moment Qian Fu stepped onto the street, tears welled up as he gazed at everything around him, breathing in the fresh air of freedom. Suddenly, he bolted to a trash heap, grabbed someone else’s leftover takeout, and started devouring it.
“Stop eating!” Li Huowang yanked him back forcefully, dragging him into a secluded alley.
After nervously checking that no one was around, Li Huowang stared at him urgently.
“I set you free. Now it’s your turn to help me! How the hell do we deal with those people?”
“Don’t panic. Before, you were alone, which made it inconvenient. Now we’re on the same side. I can help you. We’ll take them down together!”
“What the fuck are you rambling about? I asked how to deal with them! Don’t tell me you can’t! If you say that, I’ll throw your ass right back in the nuthouse!”
“No, no, no! There’s a way!” Qian Fu waved his hands frantically, as if terrified.
“They’ve got eyes on you, but not on me! Not on my friends!”
“I’m going to round up our friends right now. You saved me, so my friends are your friends. Once we’re all together, you’ll be the bait. We’ll catch them all in one go. Don’t worry, they’re not as tough as you think!”
Li Huowang was skeptical of Qian Fu’s words, but he decided to meet these so-called friends first. He was curious if Qian Fu’s friends could see those people too.
“Alright! Here’s my old phone, with an unregistered SIM.” Li Huowang shoved the phone into his arms.
“Contact me on this from now on!”
Li Huowang started to let go, but Qian Fu grabbed him tightly, his face twisted in terror.
“No! They’re coming for me now! They’re trying to turn me into one of them! Quick!! Help me!!”
“What?”
Just as Li Huowang couldn’t make sense of it, Qian Fu suddenly changed, staring at him in shock like a different person.
“Li Huowang? Where is this? What’s going on? Why aren’t I in the hospital?”
“Fuck!”
Faced with this abrupt shift, Li Huowang nearly spat blood. He’d almost forgotten Qian Fu had multiple personalities!
“No! I have to go back! Back to the mental hospital! I need treatment!!”
As Qian Fu struggled to leave, Li Huowang tackled him to the ground, pressing a sharp dagger to his throat.
“Don’t move!!”
Qian Fu was clearly frightened by Li Huowang’s actions.
“L-Li Huowang, calm down. You really need to calm down. D-Did you forget your meds today? Be good, take your medicine first.”
“We’re mental patients, sure, but we can’t give up on ourselves! As long as we stick to treatment, we’ll get better.”
“Shut up! Get up!!”
With a savage expression, Li Huowang hauled Qian Fu to his feet, locked an arm around his neck from behind, and dragged him deeper into the alley.
At this moment, Qian Fu was obviously terrified of the current Li Huowang, his face ashen.
(End of chapter)