Chapter 560: Midnight dreams of Little Qi (3) (1/2)

Chapter 560: Midnight dreams of Little Qi (3)

Kill Little Qi?

Academy Head Gu looked at him doubtfully as if he was having trouble understanding his words. “Say that again.”

“Daddy…you should just kill Little Qi… Kill me, Little Qi…” A child’s pleas easily moved hearts, but the ‘kindly’ two men from Cloud Realm Medical Academy, who saved innumerable lives each year, were cold-blooded and completely unconcerned.

Academy Head Gu even chuckled in disbelief. “Little Qi, daddy spent so much effort just to get you. Why would I kill you? Do you know how much time and hard work daddy spent for your sake? You’re just joking with daddy, aren’t you?

“Little Qi, daddy knows you’re feeling very uncomfortable right now, but your suffering can let daddy bring relief to endless scores of patients and relieve their pain—even save their lives. Daddy is proud of you!”

Little Qi had no words to reply. He looked at his most beloved daddy, his only family in this world, and suddenly felt like the man was a complete stranger. In the past, he always knew he had a daddy when he was feeling afraid. But now his daddy was his greatest source of fear. The teardrops hovering by his eyes finally overflowed and ran down his face. But Little Qi bit his lips, afraid to cry out. He was terrified!

Seeing his tears, Academy Head Gu grew tense. He quickly wiped them away and coaxed, “Little Qi, be good… Little Qi, don’t cry, daddy’s here.” He was still as gentle and warm as he’d always been, showing nothing but kindness as his fingers brushed aside the teardrops.

“Little Qi, be good, daddy’s here. Don’t cry…. Daddy’s been here the entire time, daddy will always stay by your side.”

At those words, Little Qi burst into uncontrollable, miserable sobbing. He had once wished fiercely to stay by his father’s side, but now the thought brought nothing except horror. As a child, all he could do was cry…

I don’t want daddy anymore! I never want him again.

He didn’t dare to voice his thoughts out loud. Who else would he have, if he didn’t want his daddy?

Little Qi cried for a long, long time. On one side, Head Elder Ling was beginning to get annoyed, but Academy Head Gu comforted him with endless patience. But the more he coaxed, the more frightened Little Qi grew. He struggled and shrieked, his cries filling the confines of the secret chamber.

Suddenly, there was a resounding slap. Little Qi’s cries stopped abruptly in the wake of Academy Head Gu’s blow against his face.

“Enough!” Academy Head Gu said sternly. As he spoke, he signaled Head Elder Ling to immediately start on the next round of Medicate Poison. Of course they wouldn’t stop with just one round. There were at least 100 different Medicate Poisons waiting to be tested, and all of them would be used on Little Qi’s body until they got the most satisfactory results.

For the next two years, Little Qi was kept locked up in that secret room. Days and nights blended into an endless torment of suffering and disease as he wavered between the cycle of sickness and health. Without exception, all the diseases he suffered through were serious illness considered incurable by the masses. It was impossible to use words to describe his agony. In the beginning, Little Qi would still shed tears, but gradually he stopped crying at all. All that was left was pure resentment and hatred.

At the end of those two years, a severe pestilence fell upon Cloud Realm Continent. Both the medical academy and Medicine City worked together to combat the disease, but it only grew worse until the entire continent was swathed in fear. Academy Head Gu attempted to treat various patients afflicted with the illness, but made precious few inroads. In the end, he decided to use Little Qi and his unique constitution. Illnesses would develop abnormally fast in his body, which was equipped with stronger resistance than normal humans to disease. He wasn’t one to die easily.

But Little Qi almost did die this time! His condition grew worse than any patient they’d seen so far, sending him into a senseless coma as Academy Head Gu and Head Elder Ling experimented on him in various ways.

“Academy Head, could Little Qi have…” Head Elder Li didn’t spit out the ‘died’ at the end of his sentence before Academy Head Gu shot him a glare.

Just like when Little Qi was born, Academy Head Gu grew afraid. He didn’t sleep, but looked after Little Qi for multiple days to try and find ways of preserving his life. Unfortunately, Little Qi didn’t improve this time, but…

“He’s stopped breathing!” Head Elder Ling said in alarm.

Academy Head Gu leapt to his feet. He knew that Little Qi’s pulse had grown extremely weak since last night, but he didn’t want to face the truth. He reached out with a shaking hand towards Little Qi’s nose, wanting to test his breathing, but ultimately stopped himself.

“Academy Head, this child has really stopped breathing…” Compared to Academy Head Gu’s frenzy, Head Elder Ling was still cool and collected.

Academy Head Gu’s hand dropped to his side as he mumbled, “He’s dead?”

“Yes!” Head Elder Ling replied honestly.

Academy Head Gu fell back onto the ground as if he lost his soul, staring blanking at the floor without moving. Head Elder Ling moved to sit by his side. “Academy Head, since he’s dead, we should get rid of the body quickly. He’s been infected with the pestilence, after all.”