After Being Blackened All Over the Internet, I Ruled the Military Variety
Chapter 706 - 696: Return to the Rightful Owner

Chapter 706: Chapter 696: Return to the Rightful Owner

Under the watchful gaze of Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing, Wu Jue slowly nodded, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your words of blessing. If a miracle truly does occur, it will indeed be a blessing. That’s also the reason I rushed back."

But such matters, regarded as miracles, naturally can’t be guaranteed, so he said nothing of it.

But now, being asked so directly, he had no choice but to answer.

"Once Changning brings back the heart, we’ll set off immediately!"

Jiang Lingxi said as she reached for her phone and sent a message to Xu Maochun.

[Old Xu, I’ll bring my friend over later.]

Just as she was about to send the second message, she hesitated for a moment.

Then Xu Maochun replied: [So soon?]

[I spoke to him on the phone as soon as I got back yesterday, and he came over right away. Also, there’s something that needs to be returned to its owner.]

Xu Maochun: [What is it?]

[You’ll know once we get there, sir.]

Looking at the messages Jiang Lingxi sent, Xu Maochun couldn’t even finish his breakfast.

He couldn’t remember giving anything to Jiang Lingxi, so where did the phrase ’return to its owner’ come from?

For the second time since yesterday, he felt his heart being clawed at by curiosity.

While waiting for Changning to bring the heart over, the three people in Xiyuan first had breakfast.

Seeing Changning carrying the small safe, Jiang Lingxi stood up first, "Let’s go."

Shen Yunqing followed closely behind.

After they had taken a few steps, they heard Wu Jue’s exasperated voice calling from behind, "Wait for me!"

Jiang Lingxi turned back to see Wu Jue trudging along, one step, two steps...

"Is there a wheelchair?"

Awakening them from their reverie.

Summer Solstice slapped her forehead, "Yes, there’s even an electric one. I’ll go get it from the storeroom."

Jiang Lingxi only asked casually, not expecting that there actually was one.

"Who was this wheelchair used for before?"

Wu Jue: "Yunqing, probably."

Shen Yunqing: "It was me."

Jiang Lingxi immediately glanced down at Shen Yunqing’s legs.

Wu Jue finally caught up with the two, "When he first woke up, his body had been bedridden for so long, very weak. His legs were just for show, unable to walk at all. The wheelchair was used then, I guess."

Shen Yunqing touched his nose, "At that time, I was a bit powerless, unable to muster strength. Not as incapacitated as it sounds."

Jiang Lingxi: "Hmm."

Yet, inside, waves rippled through her heart.

For people like them, being unable to control their own bodies would be extremely unsettling.

Before, when her hand was temporarily unusable, if not for Shen Yunqing by her side, she couldn’t guarantee her emotions would remain stable.

If one were so weakened that even their legs were unusable, and in a new, unfamiliar world, the recovery process, as expected, would certainly not be easy.

It’s not an exaggeration to call it the darkest period.

What others say, or even what one says, probably won’t compare to a tenth of the hardship experienced.

"You’re allowed to be willful just this once."

Shen Yunqing immediately understood Jiang Lingxi’s warning and nodded, "Alright."

He had achieved the most consummate state, and he was already content!

The electric wheelchair was quickly fetched, and once Wu Jue sat on it, the speed instantly surpassed the two walking.

Half an hour later, the car once again stopped in front of the Xu family’s courtyard, not even a day since last time.

This time, only Xu Maochun awaited by the door.

When he saw Wu Jue emerging from the car, holding that small box, his eyes fixated on it, unable to look away.

Wu Jue, carrying the box, got on the wheelchair taken out of the trunk and looked up at the elderly man before him.

With his ability, he could see at a glance the faint red thread connecting the heart in the box to the old man, revealing their kinship clearly.

"Mr. Xu, I’m Wu Jue. Sorry for visiting uninvited, please forgive me."

"No, no," Xu Maochun said hastily, eyes still glued to the box in Wu Jue’s hand, "Is this perhaps the item Miss Jiang mentioned to be returned to the owner, can I..."

He wanted to ask if he could see it now, but Wu Jue gently interrupted, "Mr. Xu, let’s talk inside."

"Alright, alright, forgive my impoliteness."

Ignored, Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing exchanged a glance and silently followed.

Once inside, in the room they spoke in yesterday, before Xu Maochun could speak, Wu Jue voluntarily opened the box, and took out the heart that had been preserved with magic, still appearing vibrant.

"Mr. Xu, this..."

"This, is this Zhichi’s heart? It’s my son Zhichi’s heart, isn’t it? It must be, I can feel it, I can sense it..."

Wu Jue met the old man’s eager, searching gaze with a heavy nod, "I am sorry it took so many years to return the heart to its owner."

Xu Maochun’s fingers trembled as they reached into the air, tears uncontrollably streaming down.

Even knowing the old man needed to let his emotions out, Wu Jue still had to harden his heart and interrupt, "Mr. Xu, I need to take another look at Mr. Xu’s body. While I mentioned returning to the owner, it hasn’t truly returned just yet."

Xu Maochun wiped the tears from his face, subconsciously glanced at Jiang Lingxi standing quietly beside him, and found a bit of reassurance, "I’ll take you down."

Before the glass wall, Wu Jue propped himself on the wheelchair and slowly stood up, quietly observing the body lying in the refrigeration chamber, watching with utmost seriousness.

On the side, Xu Maochun, though unsure why he was observing for so long, felt this observation was crucial, and so refrained from speaking rashly to inquire.

Jiang Lingxi and Shen Yunqing also kept their quiet with understanding.

When Wu Jue finally looked away, Xu Maochun instinctively exhaled.

Seeing this, Jiang Lingxi couldn’t help stepping forward, seeing Wu Jue turn and nod lightly in her direction.

"Mr. Xu has preserved Mr. Xu’s body well, with great care. But the patterns on his body are actually different from those on Miss Jiang."

"In what way?"

"His body was modified before the heart was removed."

"Modified?" Xu Maochun couldn’t help repeating the words, "Why modify it?"

What followed was brutal, yet Wu Jue chose to speak truthfully after a pause, "To make the heart compatible with another body."

Xu Maochun staggered slightly.

As a doctor, some things don’t need to be explained; he understood.

Gazing at the heart placed aside, "All these years, has my son’s heart been beating inside another body? Was it the person who killed him back then? To use his heart, first cruelly modifying, then removing his heart?"

His voice trembled violently as he asked the last question, but he managed to finish it.

His reddened eyes stared straight at Wu Jue.

Wu Jue, unable to bear the gaze, looked away slightly, nodding gently, "Yes."

"However, this modification allowed me to glimpse another possibility. A miracle might truly happen this time!"