"Severe pneumonia. Looks like he never sought after any medical attention."
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The young Doctor flipped through the file with a straight face and glanced at the tall man sitting opposite to him. His words were straight and even a little heartless.
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"If you had arrived a little earlier, perhaps he could have been saved."
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The man closed his eyes. Under the table, his hands were trembling a little, as if the news had shaken him really bad.
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Standing beside the window, Li Yuanhao looked at his elder brother who was trying to hold back his emotions and a cold glint flashed in his long willow like eyes.
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Why bother now when it's too late?
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Where were you when I was suffering?
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Where were you when I desperately called you, again and again?
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Didn't you tell me to get lost? To not trouble your precious Ah Zhen?
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Li Yuanhao sighed. He didn't look at his brother again and left the room. He wandered the hospital in a daze.
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People rushed here and there and doctors and nurses dressed in scrubs were among them as well. Some had joyous expression and some had the look of pure relief. Some were heartbroken, sobbing on the floor, blaming themselves and then blaming the gods.
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Li Yuanhao paused.
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Why bother blaming the god? Was there even a god? If there really was a god who could relieve the humans of their misery, why would there be so much pain and sadness in this world?
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"Pretty gege!"
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Li Yuanhao was startled. He swiftly looked to his right and saw a child about seven or eight and was dressed in a typical hospital gown.
The child was looking at him with a pair of bright and innocent eyes. He called out again, "Pretty gege."
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Li Yuanhao blushed. He then looked around to see if there was someone else and found the corridor deserted. Looking back at the child, Li Yuanhao realized something else.
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Li Yuanhao had long noticed the unnatural hazy white light that surrounded his body. Now that he looked closely, the child also seemed to have that hazy white light.
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The child too was a spirit like him.
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Despite the bright and smiling child, the realization made him sad. He was only seven or eight with a long and bright future ahead of him. Yet, it abruptly ended just like that.
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Li Yuanhao couldn't even imagine the pain his parents must be going through.
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Losing a child at such a young age, it must be agonizing.
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The young man knelt in front of the child. He raised his hand with hesitation and touched the child's cheek. It was a little warm.
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With his initiative, the young boy touched his face as well, looking a little giddy. "Pretty gege."
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Li Yuanhao smiled. "Was it painful?"
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The child seemed to understand what he was asking. Little fingers poked at his cheeks and touched his hair. "It's okay. I had been sick for a long time so I'm used to it."
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He then looked up at Li Yuanhao. "What about you?"
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Li Yuanhao only shrugged.
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It was really painful though. His lungs were filled and every night he feared he might cough his lungs out. But it was something Li Yuanhao brought upon himself so he couldn't complain.
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The child looked around curiously. "Gege, I heard there's a big garden here. Let's go over there!"
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Li Yuanhao didn't know so the child took it upon himself to guide him. Along the way Li Yuanhao realized that they had yet to share their names. He asked, "What's your name?"
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"Papa calls me Mumu. Pretty gege, you can call me Mumu!"
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Li Yuanhao laughed. "En, Mumu."
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Mumu laughed as if he was really happy and one adult and one child rushed through the hospital halls to the vast garden.
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The garden was bigger than he expected, with stone pathways, hundreds of flowers and even a small lake with a pavilion.
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Li Yuanhao felt like he could really feel the freshness of the air.
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Mumu had long let go his hand and was now running around the garden. He looked so happy outside, Li Yuanhao could imagine how hard it must have been for him to remain indoors due to his illness.
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The happiness of a child was really something to witness. Unknowingly, the darkness that was brewing in his chest gradually disappeared until there was only a clear blue sky.
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Li Yuanhao sat on the grass and looked up at the sky. Even if he was dead, it felt really good to feel a little happiness.
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After a little while, Mumu came back to him and climbed to his lap with familiarity which amused Li Yuanhao.
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All his life, he was never involved with such a young child so he didn't know how to put it into words.
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"Pretty gege, papa told me to make a wish before I leave. What should I do?"
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Li Yuanhao was confused. "Why?"
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Mumu shook his head. "Maybe it will come true?"
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Li Yuanhao thought so too. He said, "Then why don't you wish for your mommy and papa's happiness?"
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Unexpectedly, his words made Mumu sad.
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Li Yuanhao panicked. "What's the matter?"
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Mumu pouted. "I don't have a mommy."
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Li Yuanhao : "O-oh? I'm sorry, I didn't know-"
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"Because I was born sick, mommy didn't want want me."
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Li Yuanhao was furious. What kind of a mother is that? Why would a mother abandon her sick child?
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"But papa is enough. And papa must be really sad without Mumu. So I'll wish for papa's happiness." Saying that, Mumu diligently clapped his hands together and seriously muttered a few words. Li Yuanhao smiled and copied his actions. If it would really come true then…
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Mumu looked at him curiously. "Gege, what did you wish for?"
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Li Yuanhao didn't hide it from the child. "I wished that Mumu can get a healthy body next time."
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Bright eyes lit up like fireworks. "Really!?"
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As soon as he affirmed, a vortex of darkness hit them.
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Li Yuanhao and Mumu got separated immediately and Li Yuanhao called out in panic, "Mumu!"
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No one answered him.
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Li Yuanhao struggled against the darkness. It was like a huge serpent, coiling around him tightly, engulfing him in suffocating darkness.
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No.
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No!
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His struggles were futile. Before he got completely engulfed, Li Yuanhao saw an apparition.
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It was a woman dressed in a red cheongsam.
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Li Yuanhao's pupils were constricted.
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The woman had a smile on her face. "Wake up, Yuanhao."
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Mom!
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Suddenly, the serpent of darkness let him go.
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And Li Yuanhao fell!
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