Li Juncheng is forty-two years old this year, and with his successful career, it should be a time of vigor and ambition.
However, due to his son Li Xin's unfortunate infection with the Blood Plague Virus, things have taken a turn for the worse.
In just a week, Li Juncheng's temples have already grayed with worry.
A week ago.
While playing basketball outside, Li Xin was bitten by a mosquito.
This was nothing unusual.
But by evening, Li Xin began to vomit and have diarrhea, accompanied by persistent coughing.
This frightened Li Juncheng greatly, so he immediately took Li Xin to the hospital! However.
After various tests at the hospital, the doctors found that aside from being a bit weak, all of Li Xin's other indicators were normal.
The doctor suggested it might be an allergic reaction to something he ate and advised him to be cautious with his diet in the future.
At that moment, Li Xin seemed to recover a bit, so Li Juncheng, though skeptical, took him home.
...
But after bringing Li Xin home, he gradually began to exhibit various terrifying symptoms!
First, Li Xin stopped eating cooked food; if he did, he would vomit. Only when he consumed fresh, unprocessed blood and meat would he show signs of satisfaction! Not only that.
Li Xin's mental state also began to decline, with only one or two hours of wakefulness each day, and his ability to speak was rapidly deteriorating.
Now.
Li Xin had not only completely lost his ability to speak, but even when he looked at Li Juncheng, his eyes were filled with a kind of...
Indescribable fervor!
Wealthy people often have access to more information.
Because of this, when Li Juncheng realized why his son had become so strange, he was too afraid to take Li Xin back to the hospital.
He feared that his son might not survive if taken to the hospital! After inquiring from various sources.
Li Juncheng had no choice but to take a desperate gamble.
So this morning, he tightly bound Li Xin and prepared to take him to a "master" to have the evil spirits exorcised.
Just as Li Juncheng fastened his seatbelt and was about to start the car.
Suddenly.
Before his car even moved, it automatically locked, and the engine started on its own.
"?"
Li Juncheng was taken aback.
Before he could react, in the next moment, his car had already started moving, and the steering wheel began to turn by itself, driving in an unknown direction.
"???"
Seeing this, Li Juncheng was completely bewildered. He slammed the brake to the floor and hurriedly pressed the electronic handbrake! "..."
But it seemed as if the brake line of his car had been cut; no matter how Li Juncheng tried to control it, he couldn't gain an ounce of control!
Li Juncheng was a self-made entrepreneur.
So after a few breaths, he calmed down and immediately took out his phone to call the police!
At that moment.
He noticed a smiley face icon appear on his phone's screen, and simultaneously, the car's audio system played Xu Zhengyang's voice, "Mr. Li, don't be nervous. I'm the one asking for you.
Your son is infected with the Blood Plague Virus, and that Taoist priest won't be able to save him; we both know this."
Upon hearing Xu Zhengyang's voice, Li Juncheng's expression twisted as he questioned, "Who are you?! What do you want?!"
Xu Zhengyang got straight to the point, "I can save your son, but I need something from you."
Instinctively, as a businessman, Li Juncheng frowned, "Why should I trust you?"
"Because you have no choice."
After Xu Zhengyang said this with certainty, he directly cut off the call.
"So who exactly are you? Stop hiding!"
"Hello, can you hear me? Hello?"
"Don't play dead!"
...
After shouting for a long time in the car without getting a response, Li Juncheng quickly opened his phone.
He found that his phone had returned to normal and could dial again.
So he hurriedly dialed the police.
But just before the number connected, Li Juncheng hesitated for a long time, ultimately sighing and wearily tossing the phone into the passenger seat.
Just as Xu Zhengyang had said.
Li Juncheng had no choice.
...
About half an hour later, in a newly developed natural park on the outskirts of the city.
Li Juncheng's car drove into a secluded parking space and stopped on its own, with the locks unlocking as well.
Li Juncheng eagerly unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the car.
He found himself facing a young man wearing a baseball cap, a black mask, and black sunglasses.
"Who are you?"
Li Juncheng asked cautiously.
"It's me."
Xu Zhengyang replied, opening the back door of the car and pushing Li Xin inside before sitting next to him, saying to Li Juncheng, "Mr. Li, let's talk in the car."
After being bound, Li Xin was constantly struggling, exuding an unmistakable malice.
Not to mention outsiders.
Even Li Juncheng felt a chill seeing him.
But Xu Zhengyang, instead of being afraid, directly sat beside Li Xin! Remembering how Xu Zhengyang had just manipulated his car, a glimmer of hope ignited in Li Juncheng's heart.
So he quickly returned to the driver's seat, closed the door, and turned to Xu Zhengyang, asking, "Can you really save him?"
"Mm."
Xu Zhengyang said, and in the astonished gaze of Li Juncheng, he took out a vial of Blood Plague Serum from a dimensional space, saying, "This is the Blood Plague Serum.
Your son hasn't completely turned into a Zombie yet; as long as it's injected, he can be saved."
Without hesitation, Li Juncheng said, "You inject it! Now!"
"Oh?"
Xu Zhengyang replied with a teasing tone, "Aren't you going to ask what I want?"
"As long as you can save my son, I'd give you my life."
Li Juncheng said, reaching to snatch the Blood Plague Serum from Xu Zhengyang to inject it into Li Xin!
"Let me do it."
Xu Zhengyang blocked Li Juncheng's movement with his left hand and precisely injected the Blood Plague Serum into Li Xin's vein with his right hand.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz…"
As the motor of the syringe whirred, the Blood Plague Serum was injected into Li Xin's body.
Immediately after.
Li Xin, who had been filled with malice just moments ago, suddenly quieted down.
In just a few breaths.
Li Xin's skin, which had been red, visibly returned to its original yellow color.
After Xu Zhengyang put away the used syringe into his Dimensional Space Pocket, he casually pulled out the cloth stuffed in Li Xin's mouth.
At this moment.
Li Xin gradually regained his senses and weakly said to Li Juncheng, "Dad, I feel so uncomfortable…"
"Son!"
Seeing this, Li Juncheng's eyes filled with tears! He immediately got out of the car, opened the back door from the other side, and hugged Li Xin, crying, "It's okay, it's okay, Dad is here…"
Xu Zhengyang, seeing this, did not urge them.
He simply opened the car door and went for a walk nearby, leaving the space inside the car for the father and son.
(End of Chapter)