"That's enough, Mike, that's enough," Lili shouted loudly, "Lisheng saved his sister courageously last night. As a mother, I won't let my son be blamed for his fearless act of saving his family.
It's the New York police's responsibility to catch the murderer, it has nothing to do with my son. Please leave now. "
"Lili, I understand how you feel as a mother but I hope that you understand that there are countless mothers in New York now …" Mike stood up and made his last effort.
Unfortunately, all he got was Lili saying coldly, "Get out."
Burstine, who was by the side, grimaced at his partner and gave him a 'you screwed up' expression before saying, "I'm sorry, Lili. Mike was just doing his job. We'll visit you again tomorrow as friends." Then, they walked out of the ward together.
Sullo, who was caught in a dilemma between his colleague and his lover, only persuaded softly after seeing his colleague leave with an awkward expression on his face, "My dear, just like what Burstine said, they're just doing their job …"
"But Lisheng was a real hero last night, wasn't he? He shouldn't be treated like that."
"Of course, what he did last night is our pride. Perhaps you want to be alone with him for a while now, I'll leave first," Sullo gave Zhang Lisheng a thumbs up and walked out of the ward as well.
Zhang Lisheng who had no idea why his mother would suddenly fall out with Detective Mike who was considered a family friend and Lili who was in a daze were the only ones left in the room.
"Mom, what happened to you just now?" Zhang Lisheng asked after a moment of silence feeling lost.
Lili snapped back to her senses and looked at Zhang Lisheng with an extremely complicated gaze. She stood up and turned off the switch of the ICU monitor. She asked in shock all of a sudden, "Are you a wizard?"
Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment and said with a stiff expression, "What did you say, mom?"
"Are you a wizard?" Lili stared at her son and asked again.
Zhang Lisheng fell into silence for a moment under his mother's intense stare. He eventually answered honestly, "I guess so, mom.
However, in reality, I'm a wizard. According to the West, I'm more like a descendant of gods, a descendant of the ancient gods of China. "
Upon hearing her son admitting that he was' considered 'as a wizard, Lili felt a buzz in her head. She could no longer hear the rest of Zhang Lisheng's words clearly. With a blank gaze, she muttered, "You know how to kill people to make flesh puppets, sew a monster with fresh corpses and give it life, and call the undead in the tomb for your own use …"
"What are you talking about, Mom? I can only communicate with insects and reptiles.
I can also control some animals through some special rituals. That's all. It's similar to the Nature Druids in Dungeons & Dragons, "Zhang Lisheng tried his best to describe his incantation ability as loud as he could.
Lili was stunned. She came back to her senses and asked, "Baby, is your special ability only to communicate with animals?"
"Sometimes, I can even command them to do some things. In the future, if I cultivate diligently, I should be able to transform the abilities of some insects and reptiles into my own body."
"Like Spiderman?"
"Maybe, spiders are a good choice. I'll consider it when I become a Rank-6 Wizard in the future."
"Oh baby, oh baby. So, although you've inherited your father's evil bloodline and cultivated the mutant technique, you didn't walk on the same path as him!
My prayers must have worked.
The ability to communicate with animals, no wonder you like biology so much. Perhaps, perhaps you can become a great biologist in the future, just like Darwin. " Lili chose to believe everything that Zhang Lisheng said like a loving mother. Her heart that was hanging in her throat was back to normal as she said in ecstasy.
Zhang Lisheng nodded sincerely this time and said, "That's right, Mom. I think I'm suitable to be a biologist too."
"What about the incident last night?"
"Mom, I did meet Dr. Fracture. I even commanded an animal to fight him.
However, he didn't show up at all. He let Michelle go in the end when we were evenly matched. "
"You can't let anyone know about this, baby. Otherwise, you'll be in big trouble," Lili took the initiative to say after hearing Zhang Lisheng's words.
"That's right, you can't explain how I ran away without exposing my extraordinary ability to control animals. Doctor Fracture who was committing a crime might be dissected and studied by some mysterious biology lab that belongs to the American government if this secret is exposed."
"No, don't make such a terrifying example, baby." Lili's expression changed abruptly. "I'm here, I won't let anyone find out about your secret.
I'll take you home now. After a few days of rest, you can go back to school and live a normal life. In this way, the police will naturally reduce their attention on you.
When Dr. Fracture arrives, let's hope this devil is dead in the sewer sludge by now. But if he commits another crime, God forgive me for saying this, you'll be completely safe. "
"I'll listen to your mom."
"That's good, baby. Now change your clothes. We'll go find the doctor immediately. After a few more tests, we'll go through the discharge procedures."
"I'm fine, there's nothing to check."
"Baby, you fought with the scariest serial killer in New York last night. Of course, you need to go through a detailed medical test again. Go change your clothes, I'll decide."
Zhang Lisheng could only follow her orders since Lili insisted.
Eventually, after the doctor proved again that the skinny young man's body was the same as he was last night after a night of observation in the hospital, Lili completed the discharge procedures for her son.
The sun was shining outside New York Queens Hospital. Unfortunately, due to the weather, it did not bring much warmth to people.
The cold brought many patients to the hospital, there was an endless stream of people at the entrance.
Sullo drove his car out of the hospital parking lot. After driving Lili and Zhang Lisheng into the car, he asked while driving carefully on the congested road, "Lili, are you sure you don't want the police to protect Lisheng these few days?"
"I don't think so, Sullo.
Lisheng doesn't know anything. T-That devil won't look for him.
I just hope this will pass as soon as possible so we can go back to our normal life. "
"Alright then." Sullo did not say anything else and drove home speechlessly.
The other kids at home had gone to school, Sullo left home to work at the police station as soon as they got home. Meanwhile, Lili who was relieved returned to her room to rest while yawning non-stop. Meanwhile, Zhang Lisheng returned to his room in a dramatic manner after being away for a night.
Since he had some alone time, of course, his constant topic was cultivation.
Apart from saving Michelle, he actually gained something else from the battle with Dr. Fracture last night. Firstly, he understood that unless the extreme negative emotion was targeted at him, it would not benefit his witchcraft cultivation at all.
Secondly, Mountoad had replenished at least 40% of the wizard worm's energy after the poor Herrick was swallowed. It was enough for Zhang Lisheng to cultivate the secret method for a few days.
"This is what they call 'misfortune follows fortune and misfortune lurks within fortune'." Zhang Lisheng mumbled to himself as he climbed onto the bed and placed Mountoad on the window. He then sat in a comfortable position and closed his eyes to focus on outlining the chest and abdomen of a Demon God following the witchcraft secret method in his head.
He sat there for close to ten hours. He only opened his eyes slowly when he heard someone knocking on the door at night.
"Baby, you've slept for the whole day. Come down for dinner."
"Alright." Zhang Lisheng put away Mountoad and put on his shoes. He walked out of the bedroom and went downstairs with Lili.
Everyone in the house apart from Michelle was in the dining room on the first floor.
Seeing Zhang Lisheng, Randy who had just visited Michelle at the hospital was the first to hug him and said loudly, "I'm proud of you, brother. You've done what I should do as a brother.
If I met that bastard, I'll definitely … "
"You must go far away and call the police when you're safe," Lili who was standing aside said.
"Aunt Lili, h-he hurt my sister like that!" Randy said in rage.
"That's why I don't want him to hurt you like that again," Lili hugged Randy and said in all seriousness, "You're not the police, Randy. Don't use Lisheng's good luck to encourage yourself to do the wrong thing.
We love you, we hope you're safe. "
Upon hearing these words, Randy clenched his fists and let out a heavy sigh.
The atmosphere during dinner was extremely depressing, nobody was in the mood to talk at all. The two sisters, Riley and Gill, would cry quietly from time to time.
Sullo only spoke when Lili was cleaning up after dinner, "Kids, I hope that you guys won't tell Stephen about Michelle.
He's in the crucial period of the team selection. We can't distract him so that he can fulfill his dream. "
The kids nodded in silence and went back to their own rooms with their heads lowered.
In the next few days, the atmosphere in the house was still suffocating. However, there were more visitors than before. Those who heard the bad news would pay a visit to comfort this poor family. Even Zhang Lisheng's friends were no exception.
On the Friday afternoon after he stayed in his room leisurely and cultivated with all his might for three days, he was surprised to hear Lili shouting outside the door all of a sudden, "Baby, your friend George is here to see you."
"He's here, mom." Zhang Lisheng put Mountoad into his backpack immediately and opened the door, "Hey George, I didn't expect you to visit me today. Please come in."
"Go in, George. Have dinner at our house tonight."
"Thank you, Madam Lili," George said politely and walked into Zhang Lisheng's bedroom.
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