Luo Wenyuan lowered the curtains, walked away from the window and sat down on the sofa. The treatment just now had slightly restored his eyesight, but the wound was still painful, and he felt dizzy after standing for a while.
Bai Hezheng washed his hands, turned around and looked at Luo Wenyuan's pale and bloodless face, feeling both distressed and helpless.
After Wen Yuan's injury, his wounds persisted and even intensified. His wood-based abilities couldn't stop the spread of the poison, and could only provide temporary relief. However, over the past year, Wen Yuan's injuries had become resistant to Baihe's wood-based healing abilities, and their effectiveness had diminished. Previously, a single healing spell would provide relief for half a month, but now it wouldn't even last half a day, only allowing Wen Yuan to see briefly.
Just now when he was treating Wen Yuan, he found that the poison had begun to infiltrate into the brain tissue. He was afraid that he didn't have much time left... Thinking of this, the worry lines between Bai Hezheng's brows deepened a little. He was the person with the strongest wood-type healing ability in China, and he couldn't do anything about it. Who else could save Wen Yuan?
Wen Yuan has been with him since he was 13 years old. He has long regarded Wen Yuan as his own son. He never expected that such a young man with unlimited potential and in his prime would go before him. Bai Hezheng's nose was sore and tears almost fell.
"Wenyuan, I left another bottle of morphine. If you feel severe pain, take a few pills."
Morphine is a centrally acting analgesic with a strong analgesic effect, clinically used for patients with advanced cancer. The amount of morphine Lao Bai had left for Luo Wenyuan over the past year was enormous. If the source and use of the drug hadn't been well documented and in compliance with regulations, the National Narcotics Control Commission would have spoken to him long ago.
Luo Wenyuan was in so much pain that he didn't have the strength to stand up. He looked up at Bai Hezheng and pulled the corner of his mouth, as if smiling:
"I understand, Uncle Bai. I only eat it occasionally, but I'm afraid of becoming addicted."
Luo Wenyuan did not tell Commander Bai that he had only taken morphine once, and it had no effect at all. Instead, it made Luo Wenyuan feel dizzy and nauseous. He flushed the rest down the toilet.
Bai Hezheng nodded and raised his hand to touch the top of Luo Wenyuan's head, but after a moment, he put it down, his expression forlorn. When Luo Wenyuan was a child, he was short, so Bai liked to touch the top of his head, but the boy would get angry when he did, saying that touching his head wouldn't make him grow taller. In a few years, Luo Wenyuan grew up quickly, and Bai had to look up at him, so he couldn't even see the top of his head, let alone touch it. Now he had the chance to touch his head again, but he suddenly felt very sad.
"Don't worry about work, leave it to Leng Xing. He's been in charge before anyway. I transferred you here so that you can rest first and work secondarily. Recover quickly and return to the team as soon as possible! When you're not here, those troublemakers in your team won't obey anyone. All the acting captains I sent were beaten back by them. Humph, these guys only know how to cause trouble for me!"
When Luo Wenyuan heard Lao Bai talk about his teammates, his expression softened a bit:
"Uncle Bai, I don't think I can return to the team anytime soon. I recommend Bai Yun as the temporary captain. With Bai Yun's abilities and intelligence, she's more than qualified to be the acting captain. Besides, she's already a member of my team. Go back and tell Lei Bei and the others that this is my decision. They'll listen."
Bai Yun is the daughter of Bai Hezheng and also a wood-type mutant.
"...Okay, I thank you on behalf of Xiaoyun!"
Luo Wenyuan showed a weak smile:
"Uncle Bai, I recommended Bai Yun because she's capable, not because I'm asking for a favor. Why are you thanking me?"
Bai Hezheng shook his head: "It's not because of this. It's because... if it wasn't for protecting Xiaoyun, you wouldn't have been hurt..."
"Uncle Bai, why are you still taking this to heart? I'm the captain, and protecting the team members is my responsibility. It's nothing. I was injured because I underestimated the opponent and didn't expect Suotun to counterattack before his death."
"Xiaoyun has always felt guilty. She told me many times that she wanted to come and see you..."
Luo Wenyuan raised his hand and interrupted Bai Hezheng:
"Uncle Bai, I said I don't want too many people to know about my injury, and I don't want anyone to come to see me. I'm not in the mood to greet them, and I won't see them even if they come. You should do more work on Bai Yun."
Bai Hezheng sighed. Bai Yun had liked Luo Wenyuan since childhood, and he was happy to see it happen, hoping that the two of them could become a couple. However, Luo Wenyuan's attitude towards Bai Yun had always been indifferent, and they had little interaction except for work. One time, Bai Hezheng, with a glass of wine in his hand, asked Luo Wenyuan at the table if he would be his son-in-law. Who knew that Luo Wenyuan said that a son-in-law was not as close as a son-in-law, and asked Bai Hezheng to talk to Luo Zhentian and adopt him as his adopted son.
Bai Hezheng was dumbfounded. General Luo hated it most when people tried to establish connections with his family, especially when they used Luo Wenyuan as a pretext. Anyone who dared to even hint at such an intention would be met with a scathing scolding from Luo Zhentian. The old man had joined the Red Army in revolution before he even had a gun. A true founding father, his position in the Military Commission was unchallengeable. Even now that he had retired, he still had many direct relatives in important positions. Who would dare cross the old man? Even if Bai Hezheng had been brave enough, he wouldn't have dared to approach Luo Zhentian, so the matter of becoming his son-in-law was dropped.
From then on, Lao Bai finally figured it out. Luo Wenyuan didn't like his daughter at all, and was using Luo Zhentian as a banner to stop him. It was a pity that his silly daughter was still infatuated with Luo Wenyuan. But the man's heart was as hard as iron!
"Okay, I'll let her take care of the team's affairs first, and the rest... we'll talk about it later!"
Luo Wenyuan nodded, leaning back on the sofa in silence. Bai Hezheng felt bad seeing him in such pain, but he couldn't help, so he decided to just leave without seeing or being bothered.
The orderly standing guard at the door saw the leader coming out and quickly stood at attention and saluted.
"Zhaxi, take me to the medical team!"
"yes!"
Bai Hezheng's face was gloomy, and he was holding back his anger. When he had just treated Wen Yuan, he saw that many of his wounds had already festered. How long had it been since they had properly disinfected them? The medical team really needed a good scolding!
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