Chapter 326: 326: Pants were taken off
Facing Zhan Jingshu, who was wearing nothing, Mu Qiuniang remained calm and composed, without a change in expression, as she pulled out a handful of silver needles and turned him into a porcupine.
Then she chanted a mantra, merging her index and middle fingers, a flash of light at her fingertips, pressing down on his forehead. As she recited the mantra, she slid her fingers downward, and as the light swept across, it seemed to activate something. A network of meridians instantly surfaced within his body, following her fingertips.
Only when her fingertips reached the soles of his feet did the entire network fully emerge, with major and minor paths crossing, shimmering with a faint white light.
And the real work was just about to begin.
The Gathering Spirit Bead she had given him earlier was already damaged, countless Innate Spiritual Energies were raging chaotically within his body, damaging his meridians. Mu Qiuniang needed to forcibly control them all, then guide them one by one to flow smoothly, circulating once through his meridians, and directing them to his Dantian to gather there.
Such a vast amount of Innate Spiritual Energy absolutely wasn’t something Mu Qiuniang could guide in a day, and he needed to wake up later to help, otherwise many tasks couldn’t be completed.
Inside the advanced VIP hospital room, Mu Qiuniang was busy; outside the advanced VIP hospital room, Mu Mingyu was steadfastly guarding, permitting no one to enter.
When Mu Bai learned that Zhan Jingshu was still lying in bed because of him, unconscious, he couldn’t stay in his hospital bed peacefully and wanted to go to the adjacent ward to see him.
"Sis, it’s useless if you go. Uncle Mingyu is guarding there, no one is allowed inside." Murong advised her.
Mu Bai didn’t listen: "No, I must go and see him. He became this way because of me. If I don’t see him, how can I be at ease?"
"Alright, alright, since you are my sister. Wait a minute, I’ll go get the wheelchair." Murong left, giving Lu Mingchen a hint: Keep an eye out!
Lu Mingchen gave him a grateful look.
Inside the room, only Mu Bai and Lu Mingchen were left. Suddenly, Mu Bai felt a bit uneasy.
"Brother Lu..." she looked down, not looking at him.
He had warned her before, told her that Qiao Zhichuan was suspicious and to stay away from him, but she didn’t listen. Now, not only had she almost had an accident, but her brother and her brother’s senior apprentice brother Zhan Jingshu also got into trouble.
Especially Zhan Jingshu, who was still lying unconscious in the hospital bed.
Actually, Lu Mingchen didn’t know what to say to her. Should he blame her for not listening to him? But since the matter had already happened, it was better to focus on solving it.
As for his feelings for her...
He thought, now wasn’t the time to confess.
"As long as everyone’s safe, you learn from experience going forward."
"Mm!"
When Murong brought in the wheelchair, they hadn’t really talked much.
"Sis, let’s go, I’ll push you."
Facing Mu Mingyu, Murong respectfully called out: "Uncle Mingyu."
Mu Mingyu nodded: "Why is Xiaobai out? Didn’t Great Aunt just operate on you? You should be resting in bed."
"Uncle Mingyu," Mu Bai looked both guilty and worried, "How is Jingshu? Is he seriously injured?"
"His injuries are indeed quite severe, so Great Aunt is treating him. In three days, we’ll know the result." Mu Mingyu said.
"Have you informed his family?"
Mu Mingyu shook his head: "We’ll wait until Great Aunt comes out. There’s no need to worry them unnecessarily. Oh, by the way, just now Mu Cheng called me. He heard about your accident and is on his way here."
"Cousin is coming?" Mu Bai was a bit surprised.
Last time, when her cousin had an accident, she was busy filming and didn’t get a chance to see him. Now that she had an accident, her cousin came running without saying anything, and she felt embarrassed.
Mu Mingyu nodded.
"He’s not on missions recently?"
"His last injuries were too severe; Second Sister-in-law forbids him from going out." His last ordeal was basically brushing with death. If Great Aunt hadn’t intervened, he might have met King Yan.
Second Sister-in-law Tong Yunyun was completely frightened, refusing to let him take on missions anymore, becoming just like Sister-in-law Wang Yuan, causing scenes whenever Mu Cheng dared to take on missions.
In the end, with no other options, Mu Cheng had to take a long leave.
Mu Cheng arrived quickly. As soon as Mu Mingyu mentioned he was coming, he arrived at the hospital by late night.
When he appeared at the door to the hospital room, dusty from travel, Mu Bai looked at him, and for some reason, her eyes suddenly welled up with tears.
"Cousin..."
When Mu Cheng reached her, he patted her head just like when they were kids, she rushed into his arms.
Such a commotion naturally awakened the watchful Lu Mingchen and Murong in the hospital room.
Murong, upon seeing it was his cousin, was about to speak but was pulled back by Lu Mingchen, who drew him out of the room.
"Why are you dragging me?" Murong was puzzled.
"Your sister hadn’t cried all this time, but started once she saw him. Guess why?" Lu Mingchen’s mood, which had been somewhat upbeat, couldn’t help but drop again. Though he was happy that Mu Bai had someone she trusted so completely to rely on, letting her finally relax after holding it all in for a day, yet...
Why couldn’t that person be him?
Lu Mingchen’s figure looked a bit sorrowful.
Murong stared blankly.
What had happened that he didn’t know about?
Inside the hospital room, Mu Bai cried in Mu Cheng’s arms, feeling all the grievance, like when she was a child, fought with the neighbor’s kid and won, but was scolded by her dad and ran away from home, only to be found by Mu Cheng, crying in his arms just the same.
"I really didn’t mean it, wah wah wah..."
"Even though Arong warned me that person was a Cultivator, but he merely pursued me and treated me well, how was I supposed to know he meant harm?"
"Had I known, I would have never bothered with him!"
"Wah wah... he said he wanted to treat me to a meal, and since he often did, I planned to make things clear to him, so I went. But I didn’t know there’d be something else there besides just him..."
"Cousin, I really didn’t mean it!"
...
Mu Cheng said nothing; he just listened quietly to her story, gently smoothing her back rhythmically.
"Cousin, am I really terrible? Had I firmly refused him at the start, not wavered, he wouldn’t have thought there was hope, and wouldn’t have hurt me when I seriously refused him after finding out he was a Cultivator, right?"
She looked into his eyes, wanting an answer from him.
"No!" Mu Cheng told her, "No matter when you refused him, he would have harmed you."
"Why?" Mu Bai didn’t understand.
"Because he approached you with ulterior motives, and your refusal disrupted his plans. Of course, he’d be angry and want to harm you."
Mu Bai looked shocked: "Cousin, how do you know he approached me with ulterior motives?"
"Because I, Arong, Aqing, and before you, all of us were approached by people with ulterior motives, and if Great Aunt hadn’t stepped in, we would have encountered trouble long ago. Remember, Great Aunt mentioned before that someone is plotting against the Mu family!"