"You're awake, how do you feel?"
Niu Qiuling, snapping back to reality, quickly knelt by the bedside and looked at Wan Yunting, whose face was pale and weak. Seeing the alarming bloodshot eyes especially made Niu Qiuling's heart ache with concern...
"Wan'er..."
Wan Yunting's eyes widened in sorrow. In his memory, when he saw the video played by Silver Fur, he thought Wan'er's heart had been dug out and transplanted into another child...
"Don't worry, Wan'er is fine, she's alright..."
Niu Qiuling was overjoyed to see the man regaining consciousness. She then got up and ran out, shouting, "Wan Yunting is awake, Second Brother, quickly bring Wan'er up..."
"What? Good, good. Wan'er, your third uncle is awake, hurry up and come with me..."
Downstairs, Wan Dongming and Wang Chulin heard Niu Qiuling's voice. They quickly went out and brought Wan'er, who was playing in the courtyard, into the room. Niu Qiuling was already helping Wan Yunting lean against the headboard and gave him a few sips of water...
As Wan Dongming and Wang Chulin brought Wan'er in, the little girl ran towards him upon seeing him, crying, "Wuwu... Third Uncle, Wan'er thought you didn't want me anymore..."
"Wan'er..."
Wan Yunting was filled with emotion. Niu Qiuling picked up Wan'er and held her in his arms. Holding Wan'er, Wan Yunting cupped her pretty face with both hands. The little girl sobbed...
"Silly girl, how could I not want you..."
Wan Yunting, deeply moved, held Wan'er tightly and gently soothed her, feeling immense joy in his heart.
Wan Dongming quickly came over, and Wang Chulin was in tears. Everyone had been worried that Wan Yunting might not make it. Now that he was finally awake, the heavy burden on their hearts was lifted.
"Alright Wan'er, come down now. Your third uncle is still injured."
Wan Dongming gently placed Wan'er down. Wan Yunting's emotional turmoil subsided somewhat, but he couldn't recall what had happened, that Wan'er wasn't actually...
"Thanks to that Wang Lin!"
Niu Qiuling, knowing what he wanted to ask, explained, "He saved Wan'er..."
It turned out that night, Wang Lin and his informant Thor Jia were at General Akkad's private estate and discovered that the little girl brought in was indeed Wan Yunting's niece. Just as the doctor's scalpel was about to cut into Wan'er's chest, Wang Lin and Thor Jia rushed in, narrowly rescuing Wan'er, and then notified Wan Dongming and the others to come.
Niu Qiuling, still worried about Wan Yunting, went with Meiying and Tian Lang to find him. From the corpses on the hellish, bloody square, they found Wan Yunting on the verge of death and brought him back...
Hearing the entire account, Wan Yunting finally understood what had happened.
"Xiao Wan, you're awake."
At this moment, Li Guohao, Cheng Qiuhe, and their daughter Li Shuyun, upon hearing the news of Wan Yunting's awakening, also came to visit. Wan Dongming, Wang Chulin, and Niu Qiuling nodded slightly in greeting.
"Uncle Li..."
Leaning against the headboard, Wan Yunting weakly greeted them.
"Good, good, good. You can recognize me, which means you're okay."
Li Guohao went up and gently patted his shoulder. Being unconscious for three days and three nights had truly worried everyone to death.
"How long was I unconscious?"
Wan Yunting turned his head and asked Niu Qiuling beside him. She replied, "Three days."
Wan Yunting mentally calculated. In a few more days, Leng Shao would be marrying into the Su family.
"Xiao Wan, I have good news for you."
Li Guohao said with a smile, "Xu Jianqiang has compiled the information about Leng Shao's drug trafficking here for me. I've also forwarded it to Old Pang, and he is currently negotiating with the higher authorities in the country to reach a consensus with Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and other countries to launch a thunderous anti-drug operation against Leng Shao!"
"Moreover, Old Pang will be arriving in Malaysia tomorrow. They will be negotiating with the local police regarding evidence of Leng Shao's drug trafficking and secret agreements for extradition."
"That's great... cough cough..."
Hearing this news, Wan Yunting was uplifted and excited, but he accidentally aggravated his wounds and damaged internal organs, causing him to cough violently. Niu Qiuling, startled, supported him and gently patted his back...
Wan Yunting raised his hand to signal. He pressed his right hand against his Dantian, intending to circulate his internal energy. However, a sharp pain in his Dantian caused his entire body to convulse and tremble. He gritted his teeth in agony, frightening Niu Qiuling and Li Shuyun beside him. "What's wrong?"
Wan Yunting tightly pressed his right hand against his Dantian and found not a trace of internal energy, as if his Dantian had dried up and cracked. His internal energy was completely lost.
Because during the fierce battle that night, Wan Yunting, stimulated and agitated, went berserk, as if he had fallen into a demonic state. His internal organs and Dantian were damaged, and he collapsed on the brink of death. If he hadn't been rescued in time, he would have died long ago.
"Alright, your injuries haven't healed yet. Don't talk too much. Lie down and rest well. We'll leave now so as not to disturb your rest," Li Guohao said.
Wan Dongming and the others nodded and said, "Third Brother, take care of your injuries. Call us if you need anything."
"I'll stay to take care of him," Niu Qiuling said, sitting by the bedside, unable to leave the man.
Li Shuyun wanted to say something but held back. She glanced at Wan Yunting before leaving with her parents.
Wan'er still wanted to play with her third uncle but was pulled out by Wang Chulin. Wan Yunting and Niu Qiuling were left alone in the room. After seeing everyone out and closing the door, she turned to look at Wan Yunting, who was sitting on the bed with his eyes closed and a frown. He tried to circulate the energy in his Dantian, but the intense pain made his whole body tremble, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, and he coughed violently...
"Are you alright? Have some water quickly..."
Startled, Niu Qiuling quickly went to pick up the water glass from the bedside table. Wan Yunting waved his hand, gasping weakly, "I'm fine..."
Niu Qiuling put down the water glass and patted his back, saying, "Don't worry about anything now. Tomorrow, when Director Pang arrives, we'll figure out how to deal with Leng Shao."
Wan Yunting nodded weakly. He wasn't worried about those things, but the fact that his martial arts were completely ruined filled him with helplessness.
He couldn't believe that years of arduous cultivation of internal energy were destroyed overnight. This made Wan Yunting feel terrible, and he didn't know how he would explain it to his master when he returned.
"Go get some paper and a pen. I'll tell you a prescription and write it down."
Wan Yunting, unwilling to give up, asked Niu Qiuling to get paper and a pen. He recited a string of medicinal names, which Niu Qiuling wrote down. She then got up and said, "You rest well. I'll go get the medicine and decoct it for you."
Wan Yunting nodded. After Niu Qiuling left, he painstakingly crossed his legs, placed his palms together over his Dantian, and began to try and condense internal energy according to the Wuji Tiangang internal energy technique...
"Cough..."
Within a few minutes, Wan Yunting clutched his abdomen and coughed violently, even spitting out streaks of blood. His pale face contorted in pain, and he muttered with a deep frown, "Am I really ruined like this?"
Just then, the door opened, and Liu Shuyun, wearing a pale yellow dress, walked in. Seeing Wan Yunting coughing with blood at the corner of his mouth, she quickly went to sit by the bed and looked at him anxiously, asking, "Are you alright?"
"Why did you come in?"
Wan Yunting wiped the blood from his mouth. Li Shuyun said, "Qiuling went to buy medicine, and she asked me to come up and take care of you."
"Alas."
Wan Yunting leaned back against the headboard powerlessly and smiled bitterly, "My internal energy is all gone, and my martial arts are ruined."