(Note the distinction between Jiang Yao and "Jiang Yao" below.)
Lu Yanzhi lay pale-faced in the hospital bed.
His eyes were tightly shut, his expression pained and terrified as he unconsciously murmured something.
Jiang Yao hurried over and pressed his palm to Lu Yanzhi's forehead.
The skin beneath his palm was burning hot.
Lu Yanzhi had a fever!
Deep worry and heartache flashed through Jiang Yao's eyes. He turned to call a doctor, only to make out Lu Yanzhi's delirious murmurs.
"Jiang Yao..."
Jiang Yao crouched before Lu Yanzhi, took his hand, and brought it to his lips for a light kiss. "I'm here."
"Jiang Yao... don't kill me... I'm scared..."
Jiang Yao went rigid, staring at Lu Yanzhi in disbelief.
His mind-reading ability allowed him to hear Lu Yanzhi's thoughts clearly and enter his entire dream.
In Lu Yanzhi's dream.
There was a pitch-black basement, filthy and foul-smelling.
Over a hundred children of various ages were imprisoned inside.
Two men in white lab coats forcibly pinned a five- or six-year-old girl to a filthy operating table, injected her with the Anesthetic, and removed her corneas.
Jiang Yao frowned.
He strode forward abruptly, wanting to stop this act that was worse than anything a beast would do.
But when he reached out, his hand passed straight through the two men.
This was Lu Yanzhi's dream, not reality. Jiang Yao could do nothing at all, only watch helplessly...
After her corneas were removed, the girl lay on filthy straw, her bloody eyes wide open.
" sob..."
Suddenly, an exceedingly quiet sob came from a corner.
Jiang Yao turned around and saw...
A young Lu Yanzhi hugged his knees, curled into a tiny ball, trembling all over.
His slightly baby-fat cheeks were covered in terror.
Jiang Yao began to realize...
This was