Chapter 718: Why?
One month later...
In the military hospital hallway, Dr. Xiao was walking along with her assistant clad in scrub. Both of them were wearing masks as they conversed quietly to each other. Everyone who passed by thought that Dr. Xiao was imparting some important knowledge to the assistant. As such, they merely greeted her with quiet greetings of ’good morning, doctor’ before continuing on their way. Dr. Xiao was a renowned figure in the medical field and everyone had gotten used to people trailing after her, wishing that she could be interested in taking them under her tutelage.
That was how Zachary – aka the little assistant – was able to evade suspicion up until they arrived at the former Crown Prince’s medical room.
Coincidentally, it was the period for shift change. There was no one guarding in front, enabling Zeke to enter smoothly with the help of Dr. Xiao’s permission card.
"Go," the middle-aged woman patted his shoulder as she winked conspiratorially. "I should be able to delay them by fifteen minutes at most. Will that be enough?"
"Of course," Zeke replied with a helpless chuckle. To be honest, fifteen minutes were already too much. Even though he had told Lu Yizhou that he needed this final closure, he actually did not know what he should say to the Crown Prince. They had spent their whole lives scheming against each other and it was already good that they did not immediately tear upon each other once they met. What words could Zeke possibly say to him? He even doubted whether that guy was willing to listen to him.
Only after he received Dr. Xiao’s reassurance that the former Crown Prince was immobilized and thus unable to climb out of the medical cabin to fight him did Zeke finally put his heart to rest.
He entered the medical room that was awfully similar to the one in the research institute. His gaze swept across the surveillance cameras which had stopped working – bravo, Dr. Feng! – before it zeroed in on the medical cabin. The silhouette of a thin and slender man could be seen lying amidst the nutrient solution. The wounds on his body were both shocking and terrifying. It might sound cruel, but Zeke was a tad relieved that the explosion had turned the former Crown Prince’s face nearly unrecognizable. Otherwise, it would feel so awkward to see his own face in such an ugly and severe state...
He knew that the former Crown Prince was fully sober and he only needed to move his wrist to press the emergency button in the medical cabin to summon a horde of armed soldiers here. That’s why as soon as he came in, he took the initiative by saying, "Hey, don’t be mistaken. I know it’s hard to believe, but I didn’t come with bad intentions today. And I am definitely not here to kill you quietly. So you can be rest assured."
He dragged a chair to the corner of the room where he could see the man’s movement in a glance but not his facial expression. Only then did he settle down and start to think of where to start. Oh geez, this was so goddamn awkward! Why the hell did he agree to come here again?! He had not even started yet but he already felt the urge to flee the room. That’s right... he should have just treated it as if he was conversing with a block of wall!
With that mentality, Zeke calmed down and waved his hand casually. "You can just ignore me, and of course feel free not to reply as well. Just take it as my brain is momentarily filled with water and it turns me into a fucking idiot."
"Come to think of it, this should be the first time we are able to converse so peacefully like this..."