NOVEL NEXT Chapter 236 - Finally Meeting Again
Seeing his daughter examine his wife’s body, a look of resentment surfaced on her face.
Father Mai’s expression immediately tensed, and he asked urgently, “What’s wrong with your mother?”
“Mom has a parasitic beast in her brain,” Mai Dongzi said.
Father Mai was struck like lightning, his face instantly turning ashen.
“Don’t panic yet, Dad. Mom hasn’t actually been parasitized. She must have used her mental power to suppress the parasitic beast the moment it burrowed into the outer layer of her brain, preventing it from invading deeper. So, the parasite hasn’t taken over her brain,” Mai Dongzi quickly explained, realizing that her earlier words had shocked her father too much.
Only then did Father Mai snap out of his despair, but he didn’t relax—because the problem was still unresolved.
“What’s your mother’s exact condition?”
“Mom remains unconscious because her mental power isn’t strong enough. She can only hold the parasitic beast in place, preventing it from moving, but she hasn’t been able to eliminate it. That’s why she hasn’t woken up,” Mai Dongzi said.
She didn’t mention that before the parasite even entered her mother’s brain, her mother was likely already in a semi-conscious state.
Mother Mai, in a semi-conscious state, instinctively sensed the danger of the parasitic beast and, by pure instinct, used her mental power to “press down” on the foreign threat.
Otherwise, if she had been fully awake, she would have been unable to detect the parasite’s invasion due to various reasons and would have failed to react in time—leading to certain death.
“So what do we do now? Do you have a way to remove the parasite?” Father Mai immediately understood the key issue that needed to be resolved.
“I’ve already used my mental power to restrain the parasitic beast. Dad, I’ll slowly move it toward Mom’s forehead. The moment you see a bulge appear there, use a dagger to cut it out immediately,” Mai Dongzi said.
Father Mai looked at his daughter, his expression heavy, and nodded firmly. “Alright!”
In truth, Mai Dongzi was capable of multitasking and handling the situation herself.
However, when it came to cutting open her mother’s forehead with a dagger, she found herself unable to do it. So, she entrusted this difficult task to her father instead.
Although Father Mai understood his daughter’s reasoning, and even though it was painful for him to wound his wife, what choice did he have but to agree when his daughter asked him?
The parasitic beast hadn’t fully entered Mother Mai’s skull but was instead lodged outside, meaning moving it wouldn’t harm her brain. Mai Dongzi wasn’t worried about causing brain damage.
Still, even though the parasite was extremely small, shifting it through flesh inevitably left wounds behind.
As Mai Dongzi maneuvered the parasite, she noticed that her mother’s body trembled slightly, and beads of cold sweat formed on her forehead—a clear sign of pain.
Even though it pained her to see her mother suffering, she didn’t stop. Prolonged pain was worse than short-term pain. Solving the problem quickly was the only way for her mother to recover.
Father Mai clearly noticed this as well, but he remained silent, gripping the dagger tightly and focusing intently on Mother Mai’s forehead.
Finally, when a small bulge suddenly appeared on her forehead and even wriggled slightly, he immediately raised the dagger. With a swift cut and a precise scoop, blood spurted out—bright red mixed with a hint of black.
Mai Dongzi instantly used her mental power to “grasp” that speck of black, then retrieved a metal box and sealed the parasitic beast inside.
Once the parasite was dealt with, Mai Dongzi turned around and saw her father using a medical device to stop her mother’s bleeding. Without hesitation, she grasped Mother Mai’s hand and channeled her wood-element ability to heal her.
Mai Dongzi’s wood-element ability was already at mid-level five, so healing such minor flesh wounds was effortless. After activating her ability just three times, the wound on Mother Mai’s forehead completely healed.
Since Mother Mai herself was also a wood-element user, it only took Mai Dongzi two activations for the wound to fully close.
After treating her mother’s injury, Mai Dongzi fed her an energy potion, then took out a jade flute and began playing a therapeutic melody.
Mother Mai’s mental power had been in a prolonged state of extreme depletion. If not for her wood-element ability constantly sustaining her body, she would have collapsed long ago due to her deteriorated condition.
However, she wasn’t in a true vegetative state—she had been holding on for too long, and her mental power was already on the verge of collapse.
Had Mai Dongzi not helped her eliminate the parasitic beast, Mother Mai’s mental state would have only lasted another six months at most before she could no longer resist the parasite’s invasion.
The main reason for her prolonged coma had been the parasite. Now that it was removed, and with the added support of the energy potion that replenished both her wood-element power and mental strength, along with the therapeutic sound waves that conveyed hope, she finally had a chance to wake up.
Mai Dongzi had just finished her melody and hadn’t even lowered the jade flute from her lips when she heard Father Mai’s excited voice exclaim, “Yuelan! Yuelan, you’re awake!”
Her mental perception had already detected her mother regaining consciousness, so she had known this moment was coming.
Thus, when she heard her father call out, she remained composed, intentionally slowing her movements and refraining from rushing forward, wanting to give her parents a moment to reconnect first.
However, the moment Mother Mai reached out for Father Mai’s support to sit up, her gaze immediately locked onto Mai Dongzi. With just one look, she knew—the girl before her was her daughter.
“Dongzi!” Mother Mai called out gently.
“Mom, it’s me.” Understanding her mother’s unspoken emotions, Mai Dongzi hurried forward and grasped her hand.
“We’ve returned to our own world, and now we can be together again.” Mother Mai raised her hand, tenderly caressing her daughter’s face.
Yet, despite her evident joy, there was an indescribable sorrow hidden within her smile—something Mai Dongzi couldn’t quite understand.
Father Mai, noticing this, spoke up. “Don’t be sad. Xiao Xuan is here too.”
Only then did Mai Dongzi realize why her mother felt both happiness and sorrow.
Without hesitation, she decided to sell out her foolish younger brother to bring a smile to their mother’s face.
She first recounted how Mai Zixuan reacted upon discovering that in this world, he was not their biological son.
Then, she showed them a secretly taken photo of Mai Zixuan’s pitiful, dejected expression before she left school—unable to openly request leave.
Rather than laughing at his foolishness, Father and Mother Mai felt a deep sense of heartache for him.
After confirming that Mai Zixuan wasn’t in class at that moment, they immediately called his FeiXun communicator.
Ever since Mai Dongzi had left the school, Mai Zixuan had been unable to focus on training or studying, choosing instead to stay in his dormitory, anxiously waiting for news from his sister.
The moment he saw it was his father calling on FeiXun, he answered immediately and activated the video call.
As soon as he saw through the screen that his mother had truly recovered, his eyes instantly turned red again, his expression as fragile as a three-year-old child. “Mom!”