Mutated Tao

Li Huowang continued with his physical therapy, and Sun Xiaoqin cooked a variety of meals to fill Li Huowang's emaciated body with nutrients.

Li Huowang built more and more muscles as time ticked by, and his recovery rate could actually be considered pretty fast.

He no longer looked like a skeleton beneath his hospital gown, and his arms were slowly recovering their strength.

While Li Huowang was happily eating his tangyuan[1] on his bed, an unexpected visitor arrived.

The bald head of the visitor reminded Li Huowang of a certain someone—a certain prison warden.

“Madam Sun, your son’s condition has stabilized, and he is now eligible for transfer to another hospital. Why don’t you send him to a private hospital that is capable of treating him better? He'd be able to live a more comfortable life in a private hospital. Our facilities here are quite old, after all.”

Sun Xiaoqin stared at Li Huowang, who was busy eating his tangyuan. “Let me call my husband and discuss it with him.”

Sun Xiaoqin walked to the corner of the room and fished out her phone to call her husband and discuss the matter with him. After a while, Sun Xiaoqin returned to Li Huowang's bedside and said, “All right, we will do as you say.”

This was a hospital, but it was more like a government-funded prison for vagrants with mental illnesses.

The prison warden grinned at Sun Xiaoqin's remark; Li Huowang was finally leaving. He could still remember how he almost died from a heart attack when he saw Li Huowang climbing up an electric fence. If Li Huowang had ended up dying back then, the prison warden's future would have been ruined. Actually, he hadn't been able to sleep or eat well these days; he was so scared that something would go wrong with Li Huowang and that the public would blame him for it.

“Madam Sun, I'm sure you know that we've never mistreated your son, right? Once you have any free time, can you say something nice to the reporters when they come and interview you?”

“Don’t worry about that. I'm going to praise this place with my entire life! Your doctors are miracle workers capable of healing any mental disorder!”

“Erm… you don't have to do that. Just tell them the truth. Anyway, I'll leave you alone now, Madam Sun. I'll go ahead and do some paperwork," the prison warden said and left.

Sun Xiaoqin turned to Li Huowang and said, “Eat slowly, my son. You'll be transferred soon, and it's good news! I'll go and have some brocade banners made for Doctor Yi.”

“We're leaving?” Li Huowang asked, but he was not surprised at all. He was no longer ill, so it was time for him to leave.

Everything went swimmingly. Li Huowang had just finished his meal when they told him that he could finally leave. In fact, the prison was even more excited to let Li Huowang leave compared to Li Huowang himself.

Li Huowang also didn't expect that his transfer to another hospital would be so grand.

The patients of the hospital gathered to send him away, while those who couldn't attend the event peeked out of their windows to stare at Li Huowang's departing figure. Even the guards at the sentry tower were staring at him.

Prison Guard Liu was right. Li Huowang was indeed famous here. Some of the hospital's higher-ups had gathered to send Li Huowang off as well. They were grinning from ear to ear, and it made Li Huowang think that perhaps they had won the lottery. Just as Li Huowang was about to walk past Yi Donglai, the latter stopped him and said, “I said you're stable, but you're not completely stable yet. I'm sorry. I wanted to let you stay here a bit longer so I could observe you more, but they refused my suggestion.

“They wanted you to leave as soon as possible to ensure that you're not going to cause another issue here, but don’t worry, I will be detailed in my report regarding your case. The doctor taking over my job as your doctor is my junior, so don't worry; just focus on recovering. They should give you another assessment in three months. Pass that assessment, and you will be allowed to go back home. Of course, you will still be under observation.”

Li Huowang nodded quietly.

“Don't forget to drink your medicine, and do not stop drinking them even after you're discharged," Yi Donglai instructed. He gave a few more instructions to Li Huowang when the latter asked a peculiar question, “Doctor Yi, where is Wang Wei being held? Which mental hospital is it?”

“Why do you ask that?” Yi Donglai asked, massaging his nose bridge with a confused look.

“I'm technically the reason he went crazy, so I feel like I should give him something nice to eat once I'm discharged. I also feel quite guilty.”

“He’s in the Sixth Public Hospital. You don’t have to worry about him. Just focus on studying and get into a good university.”

Li Huowang shook his head and said, “I'm afraid that would be too hard, Doctor Yi. Anyway, can you give me your phone number? I want to contact you if something happens.”

Yi Donglai nodded. He took out a pen and paper to jot down his phone number. “If there are any changes to your illness, call me.”

“I understand. Thank you. You are a good doctor.”

Li Huowang put away the slip of paper containing Yi Donglai’s number and entered the bus that would take him and Sun Xiaoqin away from the hospital.

The bus started moving, and the prison warden burst out laughing at the sight. He turned around and spread his arms wide, shouting, “Tell the inmates in the kitchen to cook extra meals for everyone tonight!”

The festive mood erupted in the hospital at the prison warden's remark. If they had fireworks, they would have set them off to celebrate Li Huowang's departure.

Li Huowang's hand was cuffed to a chair as he looked out of the scenery outside the bus. After a while, he turned around and stared at his mother, asking, “Mom, where are we going?”

“We're going to a private hospital called Kangning Hospital. I’ve done my research about it, and I learned that it’s a good hospital.”

“Oh.” Li Huowang nodded. There was nothing he could do about it, as he needed to get rid of his status as a lunatic.

Regardless, Li Huowang was happy. His illness had been cured to the extent that he could be transferred to another hospital.

He could still remember how Yang Na was carried away by her father. He could finally fulfill his promise to her.

He really wanted to see her again and apologize to her. Li Huowang acknowledged that he had wronged her.

The bus traveled for a long time, and Li Huowang ended up falling asleep in the middle of it.

It was already dusk when Sun Xiaoqin woke him up. “Son, wake up. We're here.”

Li Huowang yawned and exited the bus. A building covered in green glass appeared in front of him. If it weren't for the red cross in the middle of the building, he would have thought that he was staring at an office building.

The prison guards appeared and escorted Li Huowang into the hospital. They only left once Li Huowang had signed some documents.

“Please follow me,” a square-faced doctor said courteously to Li Huowang. There were four nurses standing behind him.

Li Huowang looked around and whistled in awe at the main hall's grand interior. We are indeed in a private hospital.

Sun Xiaoqin was about to follow Li Huowang but was stopped. “I’m sorry, but visitors are not allowed to follow our patients. There is a specific day when visitors are allowed, and you can only talk to him by then.”

1. Balls of glutinous rice flour in a sweet broth. Delicious ☜

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