After having them escorted out, I took off my dragon armor, showered, and changed into clean clothes. As soon as I stepped out of the bathroom, I saw
Juanjuan sitting on the bed, swinging
her legs back and forth.
"Mom!"
"Mm... you're here."
I nodded and wiped my long hair with a towel. Sigh... having long hair was such a hassle. It took forever to dry after washing.
Juanjuan hopped off the hospital bed and came over, taking the towel from me.
"I'll do it~"
I was a little surprised. I glanced at Juanjuan. This girl knew how to be filial?
Well, fine. I might as well enjoy having someone take care of me.
I limped over to a chair and sat down, tilting my head back as Juanjuan dried my hair.
"Mom~ Why did you call me over?"
Juanjuan asked as she dried my hair.
"Mm... it's about Xu Wei."
I hesitated, then told Juanjuan everything that had just happened. By then, she had finished drying my hair. She set the towel aside and sat down
beside me.
"Mom~ Uncle Xu Wei seems to be in trouble."
"Hmm? What makes you say that?"
I froze and glanced at Juanjuan beside me. How had she come to that conclusion?
"Uncle Xu Wei always acts like he has everything under control. But he came to Longnan three months ago, which proves he ran into huge trouble at the XZ Military Region. He had no choice but to leave the XZ Military Region and risk crossing the rainforest belt to get to Longnan."
Huh?!
Now that Juanjuan put it that way, she had a point.
Xu Wei must have run into some unexpected situation at the XZ Military Region to end up here, right?
"So... what do you think could make someone