ent and said.Staying in the hospital was useless; he knew his own condition well. When he saw that Xiao Hongyang had brought medicine but wasn't using it from the hospital, it was simply because of un...Chapter 329: Annoying Rope

Xiao Yu looked at the child being supported by a nanny in front of him, feeling puzzled. What was wrong with this kid There wasn't any symptom on his body.

Li Yonghe had already turned three years old and should be able to walk according to reason; even if there were some kids who walked later than others, they would have learned how to walk by now, but Li Yonghe fell down as soon as he tried to walk. This made Xiao Yu feel quite helpless.

Although Li Yonghe was three years old and still couldn't walk, he could stand very steadily, which puzzled Xiao Yu even more. So he observed the child carefully in hope of finding out why he couldn't walk.

All he could do now was to use his Yin-Yang eyes' black-and-white world to see if there were any abnormalities on him or use the 'observation' aspect of Traditional Chinese Medicine's Four Diagnostic Methods to examine Li Yonghe's complexion and look for any signs of illness in his body, but as he had never taken Li Yonghe's pulse before, Xiao Yu could not be certain that there was nothing wrong with the kid.

Not only did Xiao Yu stare at this child, Song Huashan and others also looked at him. Seeing how the child fell down every time he tried to walk made them all sigh collectively.

The mother of Li Yonghe saw her son fall down when he walked; the kid even pursed his mouth. But Leshirong and she didn't stop the nanny from doing so as they had taken their kid to see many world-renowned doctors, who concluded that there was nothing wrong with him and his leg development was perfectly normal. So they could only let him exercise more.

Therefore, even if her son fell down and cried sitting on the ground, she couldn't stop him; she didn't want her child to spend his whole life in a wheelchair.

"Little brother... ." Zhou Ruoying looked at this kid who kept falling down and being helped up while crying in pain, feeling touched. She turned around and said something to Xiao Yu.

When Leshirong's wife heard Zhou Ruoying calling out to Xiao Yu, she also turned her gaze towards him. Originally, when Xiao Yu saw the child like this, he felt very sorry for him and wanted to take his pulse to help him. However, when he noticed that both Leshirong夫婦were staring at him with expectations in their eyes, Xiao Yu stopped himself from saying anything.

In fact, even before Song Huashan recommended Xiao Yu to them, the couple already believed that there must be something extraordinary about Xiao Yu.

Moreover, given the relationship between Xiao Yu and Song Huashan's couple, Song Huashan recommending Xiao Yu was not to let him associate with their Li family; because of Xiao Yu’s connection with Song Huashan, while the Song family might lack the external fame of the Li family, in terms of influence within China, it far exceeded that of the Li family.

Therefore, they also want Xiao Yu to take a look. They can't say for sure if it's good or bad, but having one more hope is still better because of today's morning incident.

Xiao Yu said he wants one million as his consultation fee, and they are not incapable of paying this amount; one million is just petty cash to the Li family.

However, Li Shirong had already rejected Xiao Yu in the morning. If he now asks Xiao Yu to treat his son's illness, wouldn't that be slapping himself in the face

The reason they came to Song Hushan today was to see if Song Hushan could help them approach Xiao Yu again and ask him to take a look since Xiao Yu and Song Hushan have an excellent relationship.

But, they didn't expect that when they arrived at Song Hushan's place, Xiao Yu was actually here too. This further demonstrated the extraordinary nature of their relationship with Xiao Yu. Moreover, Zhou Ruoying personally cooked for them; they understood that if it weren't for a very close relationship, Zhou Ruoying would never do this.

At this moment, they thought about how soft-hearted Zhou Ruoying was and decided to exploit this trait so as to save their face.

Xiao Yu saw the two of them. Although he only guessed their motives, he believed his guess was correct. That's why Xiao Yu stopped speaking.

Xiao Yu is not cold-blooded; it's just that seeing them staring at him with a look full of hope yet not even uttering a plea for help, only thinking about exploiting others made him feel this way.

Moreover, this person had put on an arrogant attitude, wanting others to come and treat him. Thinking about Wei Jun's experience, how could Xiao Yu bring himself to act now

Song Hushan is indeed a member of a prestigious family but without any capability, he wouldn't have reached his current position. That’s why when he saw the demeanor of Li Shirong and his wife, his eyes slightly narrowed, stopping Zhou Ruoying from continuing her speech; it was clear that these two were trying to exploit Zhou Ruoying's soft-heartedness.

After being stopped by Song Hushan, Zhou Ruoying gave him a puzzled look. When she saw Song Hushan shake his head at her, after some thought, she understood the situation.

At this point, Zhou Ruoying's gaze toward Li Shirong and his wife also turned cold; she didn't expect them to exploit her soft-heartedness by asking Xiao Yu to treat Li Yonghe.

When Xiao Yu and Song Hushan stopped talking, the atmosphere turned cold. At this moment, they were only whispering to each other, completely ignoring Li Yonghe's crying.

Lǐ Shìróng wasn't a fool either; upon seeing the others' behavior, he realized that his plan had been exposed.

Thinking about the exposure of his scheme made Lǐ Shìróng feel embarrassed, but at this point, he could only pretend not to know anything.

Lǐ Shìróng's wife also looked a bit awkward. After taking the child from the nanny, it took some time before Li Yonghe stopped crying.

After Lǐ Shìróng's wife received the child, Xiao Yu glanced at Li Yonghe but then quickly turned back, looking at Li Yonghe's feet in surprise.

Xiao Yu's unusual behavior immediately drew everyone's attention, including that of Lǐ Shìróng and Wèi Jūn. They were all confused by the look of shock on Xiao Yu’s face.

After a while, Xiao Yu finally turned his gaze away from Li Yonghe's feet and lowered his head to drink tea without saying another word.

"Little brother, what happened" Zhōu Ruoying asked when she noticed that Xiao Yu had withdrawn his glance.

"Sis, nothing!" Xiao Yu replied nonchalantly.

Although Song Hushan and the others found Xiao Yu's earlier behavior strange, seeing him so calm now made them reluctant to ask further questions.

The Lǐ Shìróng couple was puzzled too but didn't say anything due to Xiao Yu’s calm demeanor. If they asked Xiao Yu a question that he ignored completely, it would make them look ridiculous!

Although Xiao Yu appeared extremely calm on the surface now, his mind was far from tranquil because when he glanced at Li Yonghe just now, he noticed something unusual—a thin black thread wrapped around Li Yonghe's feet.

This line seemed to be made of black mist, as thin as fishing line, wrapped around Li Yonghe's feet. Moreover, this black line felt like a black gas, slowly flowing while wrapping itself around his feet.

Every time Li Yonghe tried to walk, the line formed from black mist would tighten around his feet, making it impossible for him to take steps; even if he did manage to step forward, he would be tripped.

However, whenever his feet left the ground, this black line seemed to vanish as if it didn't exist. No matter how he moved his feet, the black line wouldn't affect him in any way. At that moment, the black line was like a light beam; every time his foot moved, it easily passed through this black line, but after passing through, the black line would revert to its original state.

When Xiao Yu saw the black line on Li Yonghe's feet, he instantly recalled Zhong Kui’s memories about the black line. Upon seeing this memory, Xiao Yu immediately understood why Li Yonghe hadn't been able to walk at three years old.

Zhong Kui’s memory recorded that this black mist-like line had another name called "trip cord." Such trip cords only existed on children's feet and were present from the moment they came out of their mother's womb. This was due to the child's mother encountering a ghost during pregnancy.

Moreover, these ghosts in life either lacked legs or couldn’t walk; such spirits carried resentment and regret, which prevented them from entering the netherworld after death.

To enter the netherworld, apart from high-level cultivators' assistance, their only way was to transfer their resentment and regret into a pregnant woman's body. Once they did so, the ghost would be free of its resentment and could then enter the netherworld.

Though it freed itself, after transferring its resentment and regret into the pregnant woman’s body, a rope made of these negative emotions would bind the infant’s feet. After passing through the mother's body during pregnancy, this rope formed from negative energy became very condensed, with no traces of residual negativity leaking out.

The thickness of this misty rope depended on the intensity of the ghost’s resentment and regret before death; thinner ropes were usually broken by a child around seven or eight years old. However, thicker ones could last their entire lives, leaving them confined to wheelchairs.

Although the rope wrapped around Li Yonghe's feet wasn't very thick, given its appearance, he wouldn’t be able to break it himself before ten; if he wanted to walk, he would have to wait until after ten or rely on a powerful cultivator’s help.

The reason was that there were few modern-day cultivators who understood this. Firstly, the lack of inheritance and secondly, such trip cords appeared at a very low frequency. Even if they did appear, they were usually thin; most children broke these by themselves around one or two years old.

For Li Yonghe’s case, where he wouldn’t be able to break this trip cord until after ten years old, it was extremely rare—almost non-existent in a billion cases. That's why Xiao Yu was so shocked.h Teacher Cai but didn’t expect his guests to include them. Also present were several experts and even the general manager from Rong Bao Zhai, someone Song Hushan often dealt with due to frequent purc...