Chapter 118: Love Welfare Institute (1/2)

Mu Ke hugged Bai Liu (6)’s head and cried, but he only cried briefly before wiping away his tears. Mu Ke stood up and stared at Miao Gaojiang who wanted to secretly leave with a fierce and murderous spirit. “Where are you going? Bai Liu (6) is dead but I am still alive. He gave me the item that can control you. You had better be obedient!”

Miao Gaojiang’s back stiffened as he tried to run away. He slowly turned his head and saw the tearful Mu Ke staring at him in an expressionless manner. This expression made Miao Gaojiang get goosebumps.

Mu Ke gritted his teeth. “If you dare to disobey me, I will kill you. I’m not as kind as Bai Liu (6) to keep you alive. Now come over here and carry Bai Liu (6).”

Mu Ke looked at the quiet Bai Liu (6) lying on the ground without any color. Mu Ke’s eyes were a bit red but he held back his tears as he continued to choke out, “Put him on your back. Never leave him behind. If you leave him behind then I will kill you.”

Mu Ke took a deep breath and looked up at the baptismal pool under the statue. Below was the passage that Bai Liu (6) told him he could escape through. There were tears in Mu Ke’s eyes but he was more determined than ever. “We will drain his blood and take it to save his investor.”

“Move faster.” Mu Ke couldn’t help crying but he eventually didn’t shed any more tears. He just spoke in a hard and calm voice, “Put Bai Liu (6)’s body into the baptismal pool. I will find something to heat the water in the pool. Don’t let his blood… it isn’t easy to draw if his blood is cold.”

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Wednesday, Ward 501, 6:15 a.m.

Bai Liu stared at his silent phone for a moment before putting it away. He calmly announced, “There is no call yet. My child should be dead.”

Mu Ke’s face was pale as he stared at Bai Liu who only had 0.5 health left. “Then what will you do?”

“There is a way. I expected this to happen. It might be a really bad situation but I’ve prepared a backup plan. It is just a bit dangerous.” Bai Liu was very calm as he moved his gaze to Liu Huai, who was sitting on the edge of the hospital bed and hadn’t yet recovered. “The key to clearing this game lies in Liu Huai’s body.”

Liu Huai had lost his mind and raised his eyes without any focus. “Me?”

Liu Huai had suffered all types of turmoil all night. There were the after-effects of his health’s sharp decline and his mental value falling below 10. Combined with the stimulation of the huge amount of information from Bai Liu and it made Liu Huai’s current mental state unstable.

Liu Jiayi’s voice was floating around his ears as if she was calling him. She laughed sweetly and the scenery in front of him swayed and spun. The air seemed to turn to mud with lots of fish moving through it that couldn’t reach the shore. A dirty girl hid in the mud, standing behind Bai Liu and holding onto Bai Liu’s shoulder as she looked at him with a bright smile.

Liu Huai understood that he was experiencing the side-effects from a sharp drop in mental value, making it difficult for him to understand Bai Liu’s words.

“The key to clearing the game… why is it with me?” Liu Huai stared blankly at himself, who was covered in blood and had no arms. “Aren’t I dying?”

“She might be able to recover her health but her healing skill has been weakened by the system. She is still in danger, even more danger than us. We have to take advantage of this gap to hold her and force her to restore our health.”

“However, her vigilance is no less than mine.” Bai Liu’s gaze slowly fell on Liu Huai’s stunned face. “Of course, Liu Huai, you are the exception. Liu Huai, I want you to control Liu Jiayi when she is drawing her blood to heal you. I won’t kill her or hurt her. I will take her through the instance with us while making simple and small use of her.”

Bai Liu’s eyes lowered and he stared at the phone that hadn’t rung all morning. “After all, she took advantage of one thing I’ve rarely seen, something kind—she must’ve used it to kill my child.”

Liu Huai was silent for a long time. Finally, he lowered his head and took a deep breath. “As long as you don’t hurt her, I will cooperate with you.”

Liu Huai had just finished speaking when Mu Ke’s phone rang. He picked it up with surprise and little Mu Ke’s gasping voice was heard on the other side. He was running. “Can I ask if Bai Liu (6)’s investor is nearby? Can you let him answer the phone?”

Bai Liu and Mu Ke glanced at each other and Bai Liu quickly answered Mu Ke’s call. Little Mu Ke was sobbing and gasping for air. “Bai Liu (6), Bai Liu (6) he—”

“He is dead?” Bai Liu added calmly.

His words seemed to touch the switch of Mu Ke’s tear glances. He burst out into tears. “Yes! I don’t know what Liu Jiayi did but she killed him!”

The little boy with a heart disease was crying. It was hard for him to breathe but he gasped intermittently as he explained the story.

Once he mentioned that he had Miao Gaojiang run while carrying Bai Liu (6)’s corpse, Bai Liu’s voice suddenly became cold. “What about yourself? Mu Ke, I remember that you have a heart disease and you can’t do any strenuous exercise. If you let Miao Gaojiang carry Bai Liu (6)’s corpse then you will soon have an accident if you keep running. The passage from the welfare home to the private hospital isn’t short. There will be problems if you run like this.”

It was true that Mu Ke’s breathing was now very rapid. He first followed Bai Liu (6) from the handicrafts classroom to the church. Then he was busy drawing Bai Liu (6)’s blood and now he was running through the passage to the hospital.