Bai Yan watched as the bedsheet wrapped around Lu Ming was rapidly soaked through with blood, the stained area expanding at an alarming rate. Even though she was already feeling somewhat overwhelmed, she still used her Healing ability on Lu Ming.
She continued until her vision filled with stars. Only after seeing that his bleeding had stopped did she finally stop.
This place was not safe. She had to leave as soon as possible.
With one hand on the steering wheel, Bai Yan took out a large cup of well water from her small world and gulped it down with the other before stepping on the accelerator.
She followed the safe route pointed out by 0315 and drove for more than six hours before finally stopping.
From the outside, this place seemed to have once been an upscale residential complex.
Bai Yan had recovered by now. She got out of the vehicle with her knife and first cleared out one of the buildings. Only then did she carefully carry Lu Ming from the vehicle to one of the rooms on the fifteenth floor.
She took a single bed from the system and placed it in the living room for Lu Ming to lie on. Then she turned around and replaced the door with a sturdy bank-grade aluminum alloy security door. She also installed bulletproof windows.
The residential complex had four apartments on each floor, and the apartment itself was neither too large nor too small, covering about one hundred square meters.
Bai Yan first thoroughly cleaned one of the rooms. She threw all the old furniture inside into the system’s storage before moving Lu Ming into the clean room.
Bai Yan lifted the bedsheet that had remained wrapped around him, completely soaked in blood.
The moment she saw Lu Ming’s actual physical condition, she covered her mouth and burst into tears.
The man lying on the bed was covered from head to toe in thick needle marks and stitches. They looked hideous, as though they had been forcibly embedded into Lu Ming’s body. They were the proud masterpieces left behind by his tormentors.
There were also many places on Lu Ming’s body where flesh had been cut away, leaving holes of various sizes. Several of them appeared to be recent. The wounds had not yet healed, and because of the hot weather, they had already begun to fester and showed signs of rotting.
If he had not been a Supernatural Ability user, he would have died long ago.
Bai Yan first returned to the villa in her small world and took a shower. Only after she had completely cleaned herself up did she come back out.
She took a table and a chair from the system.
The table was covered with well water and three peaches.
She picked up a peach, took a bite, and began releasing her Healing ability onto Lu Ming.
Bai Yan could clearly feel her ability beginning its treatment from the deepest part of his body. It worked layer by layer, finally reaching the skin.
She drank well water and ate peaches as she continuously sent her ability into the man lying on the bed, who was barely clinging to life.
「You can’t keep going! You’re going to die from exhaustion!」
Indeed, her nose had already started bleeding. Her ears were ringing, her head was spinning, and her heart felt as though it were about to leap out of her chest.
There was nothing she could do. Bai Yan had to stop.
With a loud clang, all the strength left her body and she collapsed onto the table, falling into a deep sleep.
When she woke up again, it was already noon the next day.
She sat up uncomfortably and rubbed her neck.
She had slept so deeply that her entire body was sore.
Just as she was about to check on Lu Ming, she found that the man on the bed was already awake. His eyes were open, staring at her without blinking.
The two of them simply stared at each other.
“You’re awake! When did you wake up? Are you hungry? Thirsty? Does anything hurt?”
The man, who had just been bombarded with a string of questions, did not answer. He simply kept staring at Bai Yan.
“Um… I’ll give you some water first.”
She pressed a button beside the bed. The head of the bed slowly rose, allowing the man to sit in a reclining position.
Bai Yan picked up a cup of well water and held it to Lu Ming’s pale, dry, peeling lips.
The man did not hesitate. He slowly swallowed the water as she fed him, but his eyes never once left the girl in front of him.
Bai Yan did not force him to answer her questions or speak. She simply followed her own routine as she took care of him.
Fortunately, he remained very cooperative. When she fed him water, he drank. When she fed him food, he ate.
After feeding him, Bai Yan also took a serving of luosifen and began eating at the table.
Seeing that he was still staring at her, she put down her chopsticks and opened the window.
“Do you think the smell is too strong? Oh! This one is spicy. You can’t eat spicy food right now.”
Bai Yan sat back down and continued eating her noodles, but his gaze made her feel somewhat uncomfortable. With her ears turning red, she turned toward the man and shouted:
“Why do you keep staring at me? Don’t look!”
Lu Ming was startled by her voice, and his body visibly shrank back. He hurriedly closed his eyes tightly, no longer daring to look at her.
Seeing him like this, Bai Yan immediately felt guilty. She grabbed a handful of her hair and softened her voice.
“Um… no, that’s not it. I wasn’t trying to scold you. I just felt a little embarrassed because you kept looking at me…”
After hearing her words, the man gradually relaxed his body, but he still did not dare to open his eyes.
Bai Yan quickly finished her meal and put the dirty bowl into the system’s storage.
“You can open your eyes now.”
Only then did Lu Ming cautiously open his eyes. He just did not dare to look at the girl’s face anymore. His gaze remained fixed on her stomach.
Bai Yan pulled the chair closer and sat beside the head of the bed. She also adjusted the bed back into a position where he could lie flat.
The sudden decrease in distance made the man swallow.
Bai Yan watched as his face, neck, and ears visibly turned completely red.
So cute.
Bai Yan continued with the treatment from the previous day.
Her ability level was low, and she was not very skilled at using it. Her energy was quickly depleted.
“How do you feel? Are you a little more comfortable?”
The man slowly nodded.
She had already been treating him for an hour, and not a drop of her ability remained.
Even this was only possible because she had continuously drunk well water.
With a low level came a low healing effect.
Angrily, she pinched her thigh hard to vent her frustration.
The man saw what she did and widened his eyes. He frowned and tightly bit his lip as he tried to extend his only movable left hand to stop her.
But the moment he moved, his entire body hurt so badly that tears of physical pain flowed down his face like pearls from a broken string.
Seeing him move, Bai Yan hurriedly stood up and pressed him down.
“What are you doing? Don’t move!”
The man obediently stopped moving. A hoarse sound like rusty metal came from his throat.
“Ugh… ugh…”
Only then did Bai Yan realize that something was wrong with his throat.
“What happened to your throat? Can’t you speak?”
“Ugh… mm… ha!”
“Alright, alright. Don’t make any more sounds!”
Looking at the poor little one lying on the bed, who was already swallowing repeatedly to ease the pain after merely forcing out a few syllables, Bai Yan was so furious that she wanted to rush into the First Base right then and kill everyone there.
“Don’t worry. I’ll definitely cure you! I won’t let the people who tortured you get away with it!”
Lu Ming lowered his wet eyes and pressed his thin lips together.
Bai Yan got up, closed the windows, and took a clean, lightweight blanket from the system to cover him. Then she turned around and left.
Seeing her about to leave, the man anxiously made another hoarse sound.
“Ha… ha…”
“I’m going to clean up the rooms outside. We’ll probably be staying here for a while, so you should get some sleep.”