Chapter 1002: 1002
The bugs kept eating at Guo Zhenghe’s body, including his innards, muscles, and brain . He felt pain everywhere . The pain was so intense that he felt as if he were about to get insane .
Miao Xihe disappeared from the hospital, which threw the doctors and police into a panic .
“Where is he? Did he run away?”
“That’s just about impossible,” the doctor who was in charge of him said . “How could he even run in such a state? He had problems even walking for goodness’ sake . ”
“Where is he then?”
The police officers were all confused . They checked the surveillance and found several unidentified figures spiriting him away .
“Who are those people? Where are they taking him?”
In an underground room of a remote location in Haiqu…
“Tell me, how do you get this cured?” Guo Zhenghe asked with a sinister expression .
A huge patch of decayed flesh was on his face . The same went with his hand . There was even a section of his finger so decayed that the bone underneath was visible . One could have even detected bugs crawling on those places time and again, making the sight very harrowing to look at .
The man before him was Miao Xihe, who was nailed to a rack . His limbs and body were respectively nailed shut by steel nails that were over three feet long . However, there was little blood seen from the wounds .
“He-he . ” Miao Xihe lethargically chuckled . It was as if he did not feel anything at all .
He had been subjected to various torture, yet he remained silent .
A drop of blood dripped on the back of Guo Zhenghe’s rotten hand . He felt the blood to be scorching hot . It was as if the spot had been touched by fire . His hand did not hurt as much after that .
“So, your blood can get rid of the bugs, eh?” Guo Zhenghe looked at the back of his hand, which even he found disgusting .
“Drain his blood, and be careful not to let him die!”
Eerie faint golden blood was extracted and collected in a bucket . Guo Zhenghe rushed to wash his body with the blood .
It actually worked . In a very short time, all the spots washed by the blood felt considerably less painful than they had been . He lifted the bucket and rushed to drink from it .
Everyone around him took a few steps back . They were frightened at what he had just done .
It was simply too harrowing to behold .
Xu Xinyuan went up to him and carefully asked, “How are you feeling, Sir?”
Guo Zhenghe looked up and said, “Blood, I want more of his blood, but keep him alive!”
The blood he had just drank made his stomach churn . It caused him to have the urge to vomit, but he pushed it down by sheer force of will .
That night had been one crazy night .
The next day, back in the northern village…
“Master, Miao Xihe disappeared from the hospital yesterday . He was taken somewhere else by some unidentified people . ” Jia Zizai immediately informed Wang Yao of the news .
“I reckon it was the work of Secretary Guo,” Wang Yao said . “He was afflicted with the curse and was in desperate need to stay alive, so he would have done anything . ”
“Will Miao Xihe rat us out?”
“He wouldn’t,” Wang Yao said . “When I fought him, I discovered that he no longer cares about whether he lives or dies . He has little to fear . Do you think someone who has no fear of death would let Guo Zhenghe run free and easy?”
“Well, that Secretary Guo is done for then,” Jia Zizai replied .
“Not necessarily,” Wang Yao said . “Something tells me that he won’t bite the dust so easily . ”
In Haiqu…
“Blood, I need more blood!”
Guo Zhenghe’s body saw considerable changes in one night . The rotten parts of his body began to grow flesh again, and the wounds no longer hurt that badly . Miao Xihe’s strange blood, which he had ingested, seemed to have worked in peculiar ways in him . The blood eased the pain he was suffering . At the same time, it made him rather restless and enraged . The urge to beat people up, even to kill people, was intense .
“Sir, we can’t let any more blood out of him,” Xu Xinyuan said in a subdued voice to Guo Zhenghe, who was on the verge of running amok . “He will die if we keep doing it . ”
Guo Zhenghe took many deep, labored breaths . A tinge of clearness was seen in his bloodshot eyes .
“We’ll wait for a little while longer then,” he said .
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He went to the building topside and covered his face with a mask . His face was, at the moment, looking like it had been splashed by acid . It was a terrible sight to behold .
“Uncle Xu, I feel like I’ve changed in the past few days,” Guo Zhenghe said . “I’ve become more irritable and easily angered . I feel like someone else altogether . ”
“You’ve been through a lot as of late, Sir,” Xu Xinyuan said .
“What you need is a good rest for the time being . Best still, rest in peace and quiet . ”
“Yeah, you’re right,” Guo Zhenghe said . “I need to rest . I can’t keep going on like this . ”
Guo Zhenghe washed his body with blood extracted from Miao Xihe’s body for seven consecutive days . He also drank several cups of the older man’s blood every day . His body began to recover at frightening rates . The rotten skin began to regrow . New flesh grew, covering the exposed bones . Other than that, he also felt himself becoming more energetic . It was as if inexhaustible energy kept welling from his body .
He went underground and said to Miao Xihe, who was within an inch of his life by then, “Thank you . ”
“You’ll regret this . ”
“Regret? Well, it’s not like you’ll be there to see it anyway . ”
“I’ll destroy your village and everything you fought so hard to protect!”
Miao Xihe shut his eyes and said nothing else .
In the village clinic…
Zheng Weijun was looking very excited and pleased with himself .
“Master, both the Heat Clearing Powder and Antidote Pill are selling like hotcakes,” he said . “Our reputation keeps building through word of mouth . ”
“Well, so long as the ingredients are good, the medicines will work well,” Wang Yao said with a smile .
“Man, to think I used to run around places begging for others to hear me,” Zheng Weijun said . “Now, I’m just sitting with my legs crossed, waiting for clients to come begging for our favor instead . Gosh, this just feels great!” At the beginning of the venture, he had been going places begging to be heard and given a chance just so that the produced medicines could be sold . He had his fair share of doors slammed in his face . Now, people were all sucking up to him instead .
While they were talking, Jia Zizai entered the clinic . He refrained from saying anything since Zheng Weijun was there . He simply greeted the man with a smile .
“Well, time to leave you guys alone,” Zheng Weijun said . “I’ll be off, Master . ”
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“Take care of yourself,” Wang Yao said .
“I need to tell you something . ”
“Miao Xihe’s body was found at the beach in Haiqu,” Jia Zizai said . “He had numerous wounds all over his body . It appears he was hideously tortured . ”
“Is that so? That’s a pit . ” Upon hearing the news, Wang Yao sighed . Miao Xihe was still quite a legend in some ways .
“What’s more, all his blood had been drained from his body,” Jia Zizai said .
“Blood?” Wang Yao shuddered for a bit when he heard that .
“I’m thinking that Secretary Guo found a way to cure himself of the curse . ”
“With blood?”
“Think about it,” Wang Yao said . “Miao Xihe carried so many of those bugs on him, yet he was unaffected at all . There had to be something in him capable of working against those bugs . Furthermore, he had been tempering his body using medicine . The effects of the medicine traveled throughout his body, entering his internal organs and mind . He was a medicine man to begin with, so his blood would have had ways of repelling those terrible bugs . ”
“Guo Zhenghe is one very lucky asshole indeed,” Jia Zizai said .
“Try to keep a close eye on him,” Wang Yao said . “After all, he is one hell of a schemer . ”
“Noted, Master,” Jia Zizai replied .
Time flew . Before they knew it, spring had arrived
At Yenching University in Jing…
Su Xiaoxue was getting ready to head back to her hostel .
“Xiaoxue!” A man was heard calling her name .
“Zhenghe?” Su Xiaoxue traced the direction of the voice and saw Guo Zhenghe dressed in an immaculate suit . He had returned to how he was before . He emanated a unique aura . He also held a bouquet of flowers in his hand .
“These are for you,” he said .
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“Thanks, but I’ll pass . ” Su Xiaoxue did not take his flowers .
“I have someone I like now, and I remember telling you that more than once,” Su Xiaoxue said with a displeased tone .
“I know that, but you two are not married yet, which is to say that I still stand a chance,” Guo Zhenghe said .
“I don’t like you,” Su Xiaoxue coldly said . “In fact, I really don’t like you . ”
“You’re still how I remember you being,” Guo Zhenghe replied .
“Don’t look for me ever again,” Su Xiaoxue coldly said before turning around and leaving .
“It doesn’t matter . People change . What if I were to tell you that the guy you like is now dead?” Guo Zhenghe muttered to himself .
He was not being loud with his words, yet Su Xiaoxue was able to hear him clearly . She halted her steps and swiftly turned around .
“Guo Zhenghe, if he has been harmed in any way, I’ll make you pay dearly for it . ”
Guo Zhenghe simply chuckled .
“Guo Zhenghe was here . ” When she returned home, Su Xiaoxue heard from her mother that Guo Zhenghe had been there as well .
“What was he doing here?” she asked .
“He said some mumbo jumbo that I was unable to understand,” Song Ruiping said . “He has changed . ”
“Yeah, he looked for me at school as well,” Su Xiaoxue said . “The last thing he said was disgusting . ”
“Oh? What did he say?” Song Ruiping asked .
Su Xiaoxue repeated what he said to her mother .
Song Ruiping lightly coughed and said, “Yeah, keep your distance from him from here on out . From what he said alone, you can tell that he’s already out of his mind somewhat . ”
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