"It's alright, but it tastes better than what I've had before."
Huaijin looked at her curiously, "What kind of nutritional supplement did you drink before?"
"Hmm, the cheapest one. The taste is weird, they come in all sorts of flavors, I've even had one that tastes like rotten eggs."
Huaijin looked at him with disdain, "So you were this poor before?"
"There's nothing we can do about it, otherwise why would your father sponsor me?"
Huaijin drank one vial of nutrient solution and handed the remaining one to her, saying, "I'm full, you can have this one too."
Ye Jiu didn't stand on ceremony with him, and stroked her chin as she asked, "Do you have a kitchen at home?"
"Kitchen? What's that?"
"Hiss." Ye Jiu gasped. Does nobody cook in this society?!
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Ye Jiu shook the nutrient solution in her hand, then turned to him and asked, "Did you grow up drinking this?"
"Aren't you the same?" he retorted.
Ye Jiu looked at him with pity, "I'll cook delicious food for you from now on."
Huai Jin couldn't imagine why she looked at him like that, nor could he imagine what "delicious food" tasted like.
But he couldn't be bothered to ask anymore, and the bedroom fell completely silent.
Ye Jiu continued to sit cross-legged on the ground, staring blankly at Huai Jin, wondering how to use this cheat code.
The threads reappeared before her eyes, and she tried to grab one. Surprisingly, she actually managed to catch it!
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Huh? Manually untie the knot?
Ye Jiu tried to pull on the mental energy thread to see how Huai Jin would react, but to his disappointment, Huai Jin did not react at all.
Ye Jiuxin felt it was unlikely; mental energy is fragile and sensitive, so it would be abnormal if he didn't react.
Ye Jiu's gaze shifted down to his legs. Perhaps due to mental confusion? His mental energy was no longer sensitive...
Ye Jiu's gaze was too focused on Huai Jin's legs, making Huai Jin feel uncomfortable. It reminded him of some unpleasant memories, so he interrupted Ye Jiu's reverie, "By the way, I still don't know your name."
Ye Jiu snapped out of her daze. "Huh? Oh right, we haven't exchanged names yet. My name is Ye Jiu, and I'm 15 years old."
"My name is Huaijin, and I am 12 years old."
Ye Jiu looked into his eyes and asked, "May I ask about your mental strength level?"
“S-rank.” He raised his chin slightly, his pride evident.
The highest level of mental strength is S, but Ye Jiu felt that he might be more than S... otherwise his mental strength wouldn't have become chaotic so early.
"Impressive," Ye Jiu praised him. "What can your mental power do?"
"You don't know?" Huai Jin was surprised, but then she understood when she remembered that her family was not well-off. "Then let me tell you. First, you can pilot the mecha, and then you can test the mecha's potential. After each S-class mecha is completed, it needs to be tested by someone with S-class mental strength to see if it can withstand such a high level of mental strength."
"I've tested three S-class mechs so far!" he said, a hint of pride in his voice, waiting to be praised.
Ye Jiu found his expression adorable, stood up and patted his head, "Hmm, very impressive."
But... how can he be allowed to test the mecha when he's already experiencing mental chaos? Does Huaiyou not love him and just use him as a tool for fame and fortune? After all, there are too few S-class geniuses.
"Would you feel uncomfortable testing the mech with your mental energy?" Your mental energy is all knotted up like that, so it should definitely show some signs of strain.
Huaijin remembered something and became dejected. "It hurts a lot, it hurts terribly..."
As she spoke, she seemed to recall the pain of that time, her eyes welling up with tears, "My father wouldn't let me cry... It hurt so much, so much, so much."
Ye Jiu stood in front of him, pulled him into her arms, and let him bury his face in her arms and cry.
"Just cry it out."
As soon as she finished speaking, Huai Jin froze, hugged her waist tightly, and cried even harder, her shoulders trembling, but she didn't make a sound.
Ye Jiu turned to look at the closed door. "The door is closed now. You can cry out loud."
She patted his back, letting him mess with his clothes. Huaijin just held her tighter and didn't cry out as she expected.
Tears soaked her clothes, and Ye Jiu silently moved closer to him so that he could hold her without too much effort.
These tears contained the pain he felt when he used his mental strength, the powerlessness and inferiority he felt due to his lower limb paralysis, and the grievances he endured alone.
After crying for a long time, Huaijin sniffed, released her waist, and asked in a muffled voice, "Do you have any tissues?"
Ye Jiu handed him the tissues she had prepared beforehand, knelt down on one knee to look him in the eye, and said, "I can heal you, do you believe me?"
"Pfft," Huai Jin laughed out loud, "The best doctors in the country all told me that this is caused by mental confusion and that there is no cure. You are only three years older than me and you dare to say such things."
"I know you're trying to comfort me, thank you."
Ye Jiu didn't argue with him anymore. Indeed, mental chaos is unsolvable in this world.
Suddenly, Ye Jiu noticed that Huai Jin's legs under the blanket were moving violently, as if they were spasming. Ye Jiu had taken care of her mother before, so she naturally knew what was going on.
She looked at Huaijin, only to see that his expression was normal. "You...aren't you in pain? Your leg is cramping..."
"I can't feel it anymore." Huai Jin pressed down hard on his leg with her hand, trying to stop it from moving. The uncontrollable trembling of his leg made him feel embarrassed.
Ye Jiu sat down in front of him. "Can I lift the blanket and see your legs? I know a little massage."
Huaijin gripped the blanket tightly, turning her head away from her. "No need, I can't feel anything anymore."
"Are you sure you don't need it? What if it works?"
"There is no 'what if' situation; the end result of mental chaos is always death."
Ye Jiu sighed. "She's so young, yet she keeps bringing these things up."
"Did you take your medication? It seems like you have high muscle tone."
"No need, I'm numb, it's the same whether I eat or not."
Ye Jiu couldn't help but tap him on the head, "How do you know it's useless if you don't even try?"
The spasms continued, and Ye Jiu watched as Huai Jin's legs under the blanket trembled more and more violently.
Huaijin felt even more embarrassed and gritted her teeth, "You go out first."
"Alright," Ye Jiu finally gave in. "So, does that mean I'm being kept here?"
"If you say another word, I'll tell you to get lost."
"How cold-hearted."
Ye Jiu left the bedroom and gently closed the door.
Inside the room, Huai Jin could no longer hold on. He covered his face and burst into tears. He pounded his thigh with all his might, but he still couldn't feel anything.
The convulsions in front of others made him feel ashamed and embarrassed; his legs were out of his control, and he could no longer stand up...
He gave up on himself and fell off his wheelchair, pushing it away. The carpet was thick, so the fall didn't hurt. He lay sprawled on the ground, tears silently streaming down his face.
He thought he could accept it, that he could pull himself together, but he was only 12 years old…
He thought, "If only I didn't have mental power."
After lying on the ground for a while, he struggled to get up and crawled little by little toward his wheelchair. He wanted to get back to his wheelchair from the ground by himself.
His former "wings" have now become an obstacle. He uses his hands to support himself on the ground and slowly moves to the wheelchair, trying to get back into it using the strength of his arms.
This move was very difficult, and he was young, coupled with the weakness and lack of strength caused by his mental confusion, so the result was naturally failure...
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