Chapter 145 Xu Sen Negotiates Conditions
The base hospital was originally set up by the Xu family for Xu Sen in collaboration with other forces in the base. It was not far from the Xu family, and Xu Sen lived directly in the hospital.
Su Yan sent Wang Ming to lead the way for them. The three of them drove to their destination in less than ten minutes.
The row of five-story houses looks like ordinary residential buildings. If it weren't for the words "Hospital" hanging on the door, it would be hard to imagine that they were here.
The first to fourth floors are all occupied by various departments. Although small, they are fully equipped. The fifth floor is Xu Sen's exclusive place, which includes all his examinations and recuperation. There are four gatekeepers standing at the stairs leading to the fifth floor.
Wang Ming went over and exchanged a few words of greeting when he found out that Xu Sen was still awake. Lu Weiyi behind him took the initiative to say, "My name is Lu Weiyi, and I'm an old acquaintance of Xu Sen. Please tell Xu Sen that I have news about healing abilities and I want to see him now."
The four people looked at each other, and a man who approached the inside said "wait a moment", then turned and walked inside.
After a while, the man came out and said, "Master Lu, my young master wants to see you."
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Qingyuan City Base.
On the seventh day after Lu Weiyi left, everything was peaceful at the base. The psychics who stayed behind followed a military team to go out and hunt zombies. Although the harvest was not as much as their own team, it was indeed a good training, especially following a group of well-trained people.
"He should be back soon." Dean checked the income of the trading hall, picked up Zhuang Mingxu and drove home together.
"If all goes well, it will be soon," Zhuang Mingxu said softly, looking up in the direction of Zhoujia County.
The feeling of watching Lu Weiyi go through life and death while being powerless to do anything tortured him all the time. Zhuang Mingxu was a man with a strong personality, but his current physical condition made him no longer qualified to be strong.
This is what it's like to be a favored child of heaven, but to fall into the dust one day.
Both of them were preoccupied with their own affairs and looked at each other in silence for a moment.
"Boss...Zhuang, wait a minute..." Someone was blocking the road and he stood in front of the car fearlessly. Unfortunately, the speed of the electric cars in the base was reduced by Dean.
Zhuang Mingxu heard the voice and looked over. The person coming was Ji Jin, followed by Ji Lin. Ever since Ji Lin made a scene last time and was taken back by Old Man Ji, the Ji family hasn't visited them again. Presumably because of their own problems and the warning from Old Man Ji, Ji Heng hasn't visited them again.
"Is there something?" Zhuang Mingxu asked.
"Mr. Zhuang, where is Lu Weiyi? My grandfather wants to see him." In the past few days, the people from the Ji family have been guarding the gate of Longmen Villa whenever they have time, hoping to stop Lu Weiyi's car. But they haven't seen him for such a long time, and even the people in their team are gone. Ji Jin had no choice but to stop Zhuang Mingxu when he just came back from going out.
"Not here." Zhuang Mingxu had a bad impression of everyone in the Ji family and replied coldly.
"Where did he go? My grandpa wants to see him," Ji Jin repeated.
"I'm not here. Tell me if you have anything to say." Ever since he injured his leg, Zhuang Mingxu has become much more gloomy when Lu Weiyi can't see him. The most obvious change is that he is not as patient as before.
"My father is injured and can't go out to find supplies. As a son, it's his duty to support his father." If Ji Heng hadn't been injured, Mr. Li would not have agreed to let them come to find Lu Weiyi. Ji Jin had already decided to take this opportunity to make a killing from Lu Weiyi.
"You are also a son, you just need to support yourself." Zhuang Mingxu didn't say anything, Ning Yuan's voice came from behind him.
They had recently gone out with a military team, all riding in military trucks, so Ji Jin naturally couldn't find them. At this time, he had just returned with the military personnel. He saw Ji Jin stopping Zhuang Mingxu's car on the street, so he quickly jumped off the military vehicle and just happened to hear Ji Jin's words.
"If worst comes to worst, I can sell you or your sister. Isn't he the best at doing this kind of thing?" Ning Yuan said, and suddenly felt that he was suspected of having something to do with Lu Weiyi. He secretly glanced at Zhuang Mingxu, and sure enough, seeing that his face was not right, he immediately changed the subject, "Lu Weiyi is not here, you can starve to death and don't even think about getting anything from us."
"Ning Yuan" Zhuang Mingxu felt that what Ning Yuan said was a bit too much. Even if Lu Weiyi was not in the base now, he would not watch his family starve to death. He was just about to tell Ji Jin to go back and wait, when he saw Ning Yuan clumsily cover his mouth with his hand.
A foul smell rushed into his nose. Zhuang Mingxu pushed him away and said, "Just say what you want to say."
“Don’t give them supplies.”
Zhuang Mingxu stared at Ning Yuan in silence.
Ning Yuan knew that Zhuang Mingxu would not listen if he didn't explain the reason. He was silent for a moment and said, "Don't tell Lu Weiyi that it was me who said that."
Zhuang Mingxu raised his eyebrows and nodded.
"Among the supplies that Lu Weiyi took away using the space were those from the Ji family... all of them." He emphasized the last two words.
Zhuang Mingxu frowned, puzzled. Although Lu Weiyi ignored the Ji family, he had never targeted them. It was not like Lu Weiyi would do something like taking people's supplies and leaving them without a chance to live, especially since the other party was from the Ji family.
"He said it himself. His mother was pushed down the stairs and died by Ji Heng and Jiang Fu in front of him." Ning Yuan saw that Zhuang Mingxu's expressionless face was shocked by the news and he looked at him with wide eyes. He nodded and said affirmatively, "The others didn't know he was there. He deliberately took away Ji's family's supplies. You should not help them at this time."
"..."Zhuang Mingxu was silent for a long time and still hadn't digested the news. He just said to Dean who was driving, "Drive straight over."
"Oh," Dean responded and stepped on the accelerator.
Ji Jin watched the cars rushing towards him. If he hadn't been active outside recently and had developed better flexibility so that he could have dodged immediately, he felt that he would have been hit to death by them.
"Fuck, damn it." Ji Jin was in a mess, cursing for a long time as he looked towards the driving car. Until Ji Lin, who couldn't stand being pointed at by the people around him, came up to comfort him, he finally found an outlet to vent his anger, "Just take care of yourself. If Lu Weiyi doesn't provide supplies, you will be the next one to be exchanged for supplies."
Ji Lin's face turned pale, he opened his mouth, but in the end he ran away without saying anything.
Zhuang Mingxu was digesting Ning Yuan's words all the way back. Not long after Lu Weiyi's mother passed away, Lu Weiyi stopped talking. He always thought that he was traumatized by learning about Jiang Fu and Ji Jin's affair. What if... what if he watched his mother die with his own eyes and was powerless to do anything?
Zhuang Mingxu couldn't imagine what Lu Weiyi, who was only twelve years old at the time, had experienced to make such a sunny and positive child become silent and no longer care about anything.
"How...did you know that?" Zhuang Mingxu asked Ning Yuan when they arrived at the door of his house.
"When he, Li Zhuang and I came to the base to find Wu Yue, Wu Yue said that Ji Lin and Li Ji were together. I was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, so I comforted him with a few words, and he told me," Ning Yuan recalled the situation at that time, "He looked very calm, which scared Li Zhuang and me."
After so many years, I'm afraid he has already digested his feelings back then...
Zhuang Mingxu nodded and didn't say anything else, but the next day he still had someone send 100 kilograms of rice to the Ji family. If he gave nothing, it would be unlike his style in previous years and would instead arouse Lu Weiyi's suspicion. So he gave less and let them hold on until Lu Weiyi came back, and then they could solve the problem themselves.
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Xiangning City Base.
Xu Sen lived in an ordinary suite, the left and right sides of which were connected into one room, which was filled with various medical instruments. He lay on the bed with a calm expression, and he looked more resolute than before the end of the world.
There was a man and a woman sitting beside the bed. When Lu Weiyi entered, all three of them looked over.
"Master Lu, long time no see." Xu Sen smiled at him and greeted him, "Please sit down."
Antonio moved a chair over for Lu Weiyi to sit on, and stood not far from him acting as a bodyguard, but Lu Weiyi obviously didn't realize his intention at all.
Lu Weiyi sat down and nodded to Xu Sen, looking at him unabashedly, "You can't move? Are you paralyzed all over or just your lower body?"
"How can you talk like that? No one has taught you..." As soon as he finished speaking, the woman sitting on the other side of the bed immediately stood up, her eyes red and she was anxious, and she shouted loudly.
Antonio immediately stood a little in front of Lu Weiyi in a protective manner.
"Mom!" Xu Sen said helplessly, "I'm sorry, these are my father and mother. They were very worried about my emotional instability after I was injured. Please don't be surprised, my lower body is paralyzed."
"Sensen..." With tears in her eyes, Xu's mother turned her head to the side silently.
"My wife is a little emotional." The man who was supporting Xu's mother looked to be in his fifties or sixties. He bowed slightly towards Lu Weiyi and asked, "Master Lu just said that there is news about the treatment department..."
In fact, Lu Weiyi didn't know what he said wrong. Sometimes he was not very good at greeting others. There were a lot of people trying to curry favor with him in the past, so there was no need for him to greet or be polite to others. Plus, he was a bit of a homebody, so his social skills were indeed not very good.
However, he would not bother about such a small matter, after all, he still had something to ask of others.
"Yes, can I see your doctor first?" Lu Weiyi asked.
Xu Sen nodded and nodded to the man standing at the door of the room. After a while, a middle-aged man in a white coat walked in and said, "Doctor Zheng, please tell Young Master Lu about my condition."
"Okay, young master." Doctor Zheng took out a CT film very professionally and walked to Lu Weiyi's side. "Young master, the lumbar spine was hit hard, and the lumbar displacement compressed the lumbar nerves, causing the disease." He pointed to a small area on the film that was obviously different from other places and asked Lu Weiyi to see it. "Nowadays, medical equipment is limited, and the treatment is not timely, so the lumbar nerves are affected."
"No surgery?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"The surgery has been done." Doctor Zheng took out a new film, which showed that the displaced lumbar vertebrae had returned to their original position, but it was obvious that the damaged nerves had not recovered.
"Xu Yi said to take it slow?" Lu Weiyi asked.
"Yes," Xu Sen replied.
Although nerve repair is a delicate job, such a small damage can be completely repaired by basic healing abilities. Either Xu Yi did it on purpose, or Xu Yi has not yet mastered the healing ability and cannot repair nerves at all.
"Hand him over to me, and I will ask him to help you repair him in three days," said Lu Weiyi.
Xu Sen stared at Lu Weiyi for a long time and suddenly asked, "I don't understand Master Lu's purpose, you know..." The most terrifying thing is the goodwill without a clear purpose.
"Zhuang Mingxu's leg is injured and he needs to rely on a wheelchair to move around. I want Xu Yi to help Zhuang Mingxu repair his leg injury," Lu Weiyi said calmly.
Xu Sen was surprised. When he first saw Antonio, he thought this was Lu Weiyi's new backer, but he didn't expect this man to behave like Lu Weiyi's subordinate. He thought he must be the person sent by Zhuang Mingxu to protect him, but when he heard that Zhuang Mingxu was disabled, Xu Sen fell silent.
"You have no choice. Others don't know about your first wife and Xu Yi, but I know it all clearly. Even if he is a loser, you are the manipulator and beneficiary."
"How could you not know whether he is stalling for time or simply doesn't want to treat you? Besides, there are not many people with healing abilities nowadays. Xu Yi hasn't reacted yet. Once he delays to the point where he has to treat you but doesn't want to, he can just leave the Xiangning City base."
"People with healing abilities will be treated as honored guests in any base, but you..." Lu Weiyi glanced at Xu Sen, his meaning was self-evident, "If it gets more serious, if he uses his abilities to borrow a powerful team to retaliate against you, can you bear it?"
The enemy is an animal that can either be killed directly or completely controlled by oneself. Lu Weiyi believes that Xu Sen will know this.
"...Besides treating Zhuang Mingxu in the future, what conditions do you have now?" Xu Sen asked.
"His ability is too low. Please provide me with the crystal core so that I can improve it." Lu Weiyi did not answer his question but instead said.
"You want to treat Mr. Zhuang and improve his supernatural powers. Shouldn't we each take half?" Xu Sen was not someone who would suffer a loss. After all, he was the planned successor of the next generation. The only thing he lacked was experience.
Lu Weiyi shook his head and said, "I will pay for it separately when the time comes. In this day and age, I would rather pay more then than pay in advance."
It seems relatively safe here now, but who knows when this base will be gone, and then all the crystal cores produced will be wasted.
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