1 Females Need Strong Men? (1/2)

—Author's Note—

If a chapter doesn't have any POV indication on the top, then the whole chapter is 3rd Person POV. However, if there is a POV indication at the top (be it 3rd, or whatever), that means that there will be other POV's in that chapter. For example, this chapter doesn't say |__ POV| at the top. This means the ENTIRE chapter is 3rd Person POV.

Also, here's the

' ' = Character Thoughts

” ” = Character Dialogue

| | = POV

\u003c \u003e = Page Name

[ ] = System

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Yang Lei opened his eyes and looked around at his surroundings, discovering that he was on a hospital bed. He frowned when the smell of antiseptics assaulted his nose.

'Why am I here?' He tried to remember why he was hospitalized until someone noticed he had woken up.

”Young Master!”

”The Young Master actually woke up!”

”Somebody go and call the doctor!”

”Notify the Clan Lord and second young master quickly!”

”Quick!”

Yang Lei frowned at his father's subordinates. Their loud voices made his head throb and pound.

”Shut up! I have a headache!!!” All of them quickly stopped and whispered quietly among themselves.

Still confused, Yang Lei scratched his head. Why was he in the hospital?

”Psst! The Young Master said his head hurts! The Mind Eater Poison must be taking effect on him…” A subordinate whispered to his friend.

This quiet exchange didn't escape Yang Lei's ears. ”Mind Eater Poison, you said?”

”This…” The man didn't expect his young master's hearing to be so sharp.

”Ah, you found out…” A middle-aged man walked in with a youth.

”Dad! Brother!” Yang Lei smiled at the sight of his family's arrival.

”How are you feeling?” Yang Feilong asked his son quietly after he ordered his subordinates to leave the room.

Yang Xin didn't say anything. However, he was anxiously watching his elder brother in worry.

”Not bad, just a little headache,” Yang Lei lied. The truth was that his head was killing him. It was pounding as if his heart was inside his head. He knew that this was one of the early effects of the Mind Eater Poison.

”…” The room fell into silence. Everyone knew the lethality of the Mind Eater Poison. Once a person was inflicted with it, they would fall into a coma, only waking up for short amounts of time. Unless the patient consumed a Soul Blending Orchid, there was no chance of recovery. The patient could only hand himself to fate. He would be confined to bed for the rest of his life, only waking up for minutes at a time.

The atmosphere quickly became depressing. They all knew the truth. Soul Blending Orchids were too rare. Even someone like Clan Lord Yang, leader of the largest clan of Chongqing City, could only shake his head at the mention of the Soul Blending Orchid. Heck, he didn't even know what it looked like…

”You've woken up!” The doctor hurried in and checked Yang Lei's situation. She frowned.

”Doctor, is there a way…” Yang Feilong trailed off as the doctor shook her head gently.

The Clan Lord felt like his heart shattered into pieces. His shoulders shook as he began to sob.

”Doctor, I beg you! Please save my son!” The Clan Lord Yang actually got onto his knees and begged the doctor to save his son.

”Sigh…” The doctor was moved by the man's sincerity. However, she truly had no way to save Yang Xin.

If it were someone else, she would have just said no and left the room. She was a doctor and a divine doctor at that. She could treat almost all incurable cases. She didn't have to go out of her way to save a hopeless person. This time, however, she decided to ask her teacher for help.

”Please get up. I'll ask my teacher if there is a way…” The doctor hurriedly left the room and secretly wiped her tears when she had walked far away.

'Why am I crying?' She was bewildered as she looked at her wet hand.

”My son, there is hope!” The Clan Lord hugged his son and tried to smile through his tears…

After his father and brother had left, Yang Lei frowned. Although he knew that he didn't have much chance of recovering from the Mind Eater Poison, he didn't voice out his thoughts. He didn't want to shatter his father and brother's hopes.

However, if there was a day where he somehow recovered, he swore he would kill, no exterminate, whoever poisoned him!