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Chapter 554 Taking Advantage of the Situation, Stealing Away the Only Hope

Li Jingmo was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned to look at his younger brother, his eyes asking: "Brother, what did you just do?"

Li Chengxiao decisively put his hands behind his back and shook his head to indicate that he hadn't done anything.

Li Jingmo: "..."

Why doesn't he believe it?

Outside the intensive care unit.

Upon hearing the instrument's beep, Duanmu Long instinctively jumped up. However, due to his severe weakness from not eating much for the past two days, the sudden movement caused a blockage in blood flow to his brain, resulting in a blackout and him falling straight forward.

Jiang Hanying quickly reached out to help her, but before she could pull her hand back, it was tightly grabbed and held to her chest.

"My dad, is he awake? Doctor, doctor..."

Jiang Hanying glanced at the small bead dangling above her fingertip, then looked at Duanmu Long looking up and busily calling for a doctor. This was practically an invitation for her to commit, cough, to steal something.

With a gentle hook and tug, Duanmu Long, still caught up in his excitement, was completely unaware that something was missing from his neck.

Blood Soul Wood successfully acquired!

The doctors and nurses who had been notified quickly rushed over. Duanmu Long finally recovered and let go of Jiang Hanying's hand somewhat embarrassedly. "Hanying, thank you for helping me just now."

Jiang Hanying waved her hand and turned around to see her cheap master, who had just gone in to visit, and Li Jingmo being asked to come out.

She waited by the door for her cheap owner to come out after changing his clothes, then leaned close and whispered, "What happened? Is he really awake?"

"Yes, he suddenly opened his eyes right after I took the Blood Soul Wood."

Jiang Hanying hadn't expected that the reason the old man suddenly woke up was because of the Blood Soul Wood. "Is he really that reluctant to part with it?"

"I suspect there must be other reasons."

Li Chengxiao touched the slightly warm bead in his pocket, then looked around at the medical staff hurrying by, and helped the person to the side, saying, "It's not convenient to examine her now, let's take a look when we get back."

"Yeah, I also took the one from Duanmu Long's neck."

As Jiang Hanying spoke, she extended her hand. Li Chengxiao paused for a moment, then raised his hand and gave her a light high five.

Li Jingmo, who had just changed his clothes and was about to come out, witnessed the two of them doing something: "..."

Should he pretend he didn't see anything?
A group of experts were still conducting various examinations on Duanmu Sen after he regained consciousness, and Duanmu Rongrong rushed over as soon as she received the news.

She quickly took over the situation that Duanmu Long couldn't manage and arranged it in an orderly manner.

The three people whose visit was abruptly interrupted were also arranged to stay in a rest room not far from the special care ward.

The group sat quietly on the sofa, waiting for the final test results. Occasionally, the sound of Duanmu Long sipping his porridge could be heard.

Once she was certain that her father had truly woken up and had passed the critical period the experts had warned of, she finally regained her appetite and was able to eat something.

Before he could finish his bowl of porridge, there was a knock on the door of the break room.

Before the bodyguard could even open the door, Duanmu Long hastily wiped his mouth with his sleeve and prepared to get up and go over.

"Which one of you is Mr. Li Chengxiao?"

In an instant, everyone's eyes in the room fell on one spot.

The nurse who came to knock on the door didn't need to ask any more questions. She looked over and said, "Mr. Duanmu has just regained his ability to speak and he specifically asked to see this Mr. Li."

Duanmu Rongrong paused for two seconds, then nodded to Li Chengxiao, "Chengxiao, then I'll trouble you to go and see him."

"Ah."

Duanmu Long was still a little unwilling to give up. He looked at the nurse who had come to call for him and turned to leave, but quickly stopped her: "Didn't my dad ask me to come and see him?"

The nurse pursed her lips and shook her head at her. "No, I only called this Mr. Li."

“Your dad must have something urgent and important to tell Chengxiao, which is why he rushed over.” Duanmu Rongrong walked over and pulled Duanmu Long to sit down again. “Finish your porridge first, then wash your face. You haven’t looked in the mirror these past two days, have you? Your face looks like a little cat’s. You can’t see your dad like this later.”

Duanmu Long forced a smile, picked up the thermos, and continued drinking his porridge, but he would glance at the door every now and then.

However, Jiang Hanying felt that after the old man finished seeing his new master, he probably wouldn't be in the mood to see Duanmu Long's daughter anymore.

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In the intensive care unit, the only sounds were the operation of the equipment and Duanmu Sen's intermittent breathing, sometimes light and sometimes heavy, while wearing a ventilator.

He squinted and tried to stare at the figure standing by the hospital bed.

Li Chengxiao met his gaze calmly. However, the eye contact didn't last long before Duanmu Sen gave in first.

He opened his mouth and mumbled out a single syllable.

"Mmm...uh!" (Wood)
The nurse said he had regained basic communication skills, but that doesn't mean he could have a fluent conversation; he could only vaguely express his wishes.

Even when he emotionally expressed his desire to see Li Chengxiao, it took the nurse a while of guessing and trying to figure out what he was trying to say.

But Li Chengxiao understood what he was saying instantly just by hearing the indistinct syllables he uttered.

He nodded. "I took it."

"Oh...uh!" (Me)
“I brought that back. I guess you entrusted this task to me to ensure everything went smoothly. But if I had known what was in that box, I would never have given it to you.” Li Chengxiao paused here, “But it was precisely because of this box that I learned about another side of you.”

On one side is a kind and benevolent elder, and on the other is a monster being devoured by obsession!

Duanmu Sen blinked his eyes, which were a little sore from staring, and there was a hint of pleading in them.

After this ordeal, he no longer asks for anything else, only that he can live like a normal person.

The only hope now lies in the corpse-laying worm eggs within the Blood Soul Wood.

If he can nurture the insects for a while longer, hatch the eggs and eat them, he will be able to regenerate flesh and blood thanks to the powerful regenerative ability of the Corpse Worm!
His leg and one of his arms are gone now!

"Do you really think that after you eat it, you will still be you?"

However, judging from Duanmu Sen's expression, it's clear that this person is no longer listening to anything.

He had no intention of staying any longer and was about to turn around and leave when he remembered Duanmu Long's excited reaction when the nurse knocked on the door earlier. In the end, he still warned her, "Your daughter cares about you a lot."

Takitaki!

Duanmu Sen's dim eyes suddenly lit up.

He almost forgot that when he first got those beads, he thought it best not to put all his eggs in one basket, so he gave one to his daughter as well.

Now it has become his lifeline!

Li Chengxiao watched him finish his surprise and excitement before pouring cold water on him: "I'll take the one from Duanmu Long's hand too."

Duanmu Sen immediately experienced the feeling of going from heaven to hell in an instant.

Hearing the weak roar coming from behind him, Li Chengxiao reached out and pressed the door open button without turning his head.

As soon as I stepped into the lounge, a figure rushed towards me.

"Brother Chengxiao, my dad..."

He was still awake when I came out.

Duanmu Long didn't have time to ask any more questions and went straight to the special care ward, bypassing him.

Duanmu Rongrong couldn't stop her, so she had to let her go. She then turned her gaze to Li Chengxiao, who was walking towards Jiang Hanying.

A hint of doubt crept into his eyes.

As the junior whom Duanmu Sen values ​​most over the years, she has practically watched Li Chengxiao grow up.

I also know that this child is introverted by nature, not good at expressing himself, and rarely shows his emotions.

But at this moment, Li Chengxiao didn't give her the feeling of restrained emotions; it was more like... indifference!
What exactly did they say to this person after calling them over?
Could it be...?

Jiang Hanying stood up before her cheap master even got close, saying, "It's settled."

"Ah."

"Let's go then."

"it is good."

Li Jingmo stood up without even realizing it.

Duanmu Rongrong watched the three people who came to her to say goodbye, and didn't try to keep them any longer.

She was still thinking to herself, "If Xiaosen really said those things to Chengxiao, how foolish of him!"

As Li Jingmo walked out of the building and headed towards the hospital entrance, he looked back again and belatedly muttered to himself, "Why do I feel like I'm just here to make up the numbers?"

Jiang Hanying, who was listening from the side, raised her eyebrows and winked at her cheap owner: Your brother is quite self-aware!