Chapter 284 - How's the girl?

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At a small house in the middle of nowhere, 

"How's the girl?" Shenlong Yanhuang asked when a doctor walked out of a room. He was sitting on a black leather couch that was right outside the room. While on the way back, he had asked his brother to send a medic over. Even though his brother disapproved of his action of taking the kid in, he still sent over one of the medics that were available at the moment.

The doctor bowed respectfully before he elaborated on his findings while Shenlong Yanhuang drank from his glass of wine, "He was a little malnourished and there are tears on his an*s, but otherwise, he's fine."

"Wait!" Shenlong Yanhuang frowned as he lowered his glass of wine from his mouth. He then asked in a confused manner, "He? That was a girl, no?" 

"Erm," the doctor adjusted his glasses before saying respectfully, "Based on what I know of the human anatomy, the child is a boy." 

"The f*ck..." Shenlong Yanhuang stood up.

PRAK!

Pieces of glass fell on the carpeted floor, followed by droplets of blood. 

"Young Master Yanhuang!" The doctor gasped and quickly went over to tend to the man's wound, but he quickly took a step back when he felt the murderous aura coming from Shenlong Yanhuang. 

"That perverted pig! I should have gauge out his eyes and cut off his limbs one by one, pieces by pieces!" Shenlong Yanhuang snapped as he clenched his fists tightly together. He then glared at the doctor. "Is the kid awake?" 

The doctor jolted in fear. "No, sir, but he should be awake soon."

Shenlong Yanhuang cursed a few more times before sitting back down on the black couch. "Fix my hand! That kid is scarred enough as it is; I don't want to scare him any further."

"Yes, sir!" the doctor said before quickly went over to tend to his wound. As he was bandaging Shenlong Yanhuang's wound, he said in a slightly fearful voice, "Young Master Yanhuang, Young Master Feihuang told me to tell you this."

"What?" 

"It would be better to send the kid away. Forming a bond with him would not do you any good." 

The doctor's body tensed up when he felt the killing intent coming from Shenlong Yanhuang. 

"Do not say such a thing to me anymore, and when you go back, tell my brother this, 'F*ck off and mind your own business'!" Shenlong Yanhuang snapped. 

The doctor nodded, but internally, he was grumbling about how both brothers were the same; scary and unreasonable. Not matter who he was transmitting the message on behalf of, the one who would have to deal with the consequences would be him. 

About an hour later, Shenlong Yanhuang went into the room where the kid was in. The kid was already up, and he was sitting up on the bed with his pink blanket held tightly in front of him. After the medical examination, Shenlong Yanhuang had changed his clothes into something more comfortable. 

He wanted to put the kid in pants, but knowing the injury on the kid's backside, Shenlong Yanhuang ended up putting the kid in an oversized The Beatles t-shirt that he swiped from his best friend previously. He even tied the kid's long hair up, but he was so bad at it that half of the kid's hair wasn't tied properly. 

"Hey, you're awake..." Shenlong Yanhuang said. 

The kid froze before slowly turning his head to face Shenlong Yanhuang. When he saw Shenlong Yanhuang, there was a confused expression on his face. 

Shenlong Yanhuang looked down at himself. He had changed out of his assassin outfit and was in a proper suit at the moment. "This? I just changed. Do you like it?" 

He took a step toward the kid, but then, he noticed the expression on the kid's face turned from confused to fear, and he realized that the kid was afraid of the him in a suit. He quickly stopped in his tracks before taking off his blazer and vest. He even took off his tie. When he looked at the kid, the kid's gaze was at his belt. 

Shenlong Yanhuang sighed softly before taking off the belt. "It's a good thing this belt is only here for decoration, kid," he joked before throwing the belt away on the floor. He then slowly walked toward the kid, paying close attention to the kid's facial expression. 

When he was by the kid's bed, he asked, "Can I sit here?" 

He then patted at the side of the bed. The kid glanced at the bed where Shenlong Yanhuang patted. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded. 

Shenlong Yanhuang sat down next to him. He then asked, "What's your name, kid?" 

The kid merely stared at him. 

"Can you speak?" 

The kid nodded. 

"Do you want to speak now?" 

The kid shook his head, seemingly afraid of something. 

Shenlong Yanhuang smiled. "Alright then. You can speak when you're ready. Are you hungry?" 

The kid hesitated for a moment before nodding slowly. 

"Do you like burgers? Oh wait. Maybe we should start you off with something less heavy. How about ice-cream? Chocolate ice-cream, how about that?"

The kid merely looked at him with a confused expression, as if he had no idea what Shenlong Yanhuang was talking about. 

Shenlong Yanhuang frowned slightly before realizing that the kid probably had never had those before. In the end, he merely ordered his men to prepare a feast while he switched on a cartoon and watched it with the kid.

"Weird... Did he never watch a TV before?" Shenlong Yanhuang thought when he saw how fascinated the kid was with TV. The kid's eyes that were listless earlier immediately lit up the moment Shenlong Yanhuang switched on the TV for him. 

For an hour, Shenlong Yanhuang sat on the bed and watched cartoons with the kid, completely ignoring his men who tried to talk to him and sending them out with a death glare. Once everything was set up, he took the kid out to the dining room with him. 

The kid held onto Shenlong Yanhuang's hand, and when he saw the servants that were waiting at the dining room, he immediately hid behind Shenlong Yanhuang. 

The man frowned and looked at his servants. "You guys are too ugly. See how you scared this poor kid."

"Young Master Yanhuang, how could you?" a butler said with a feigned sad expression. He was used to being treated like a joke by Shenlong Yanhuang.  

"I told you to get a plastic surgery. Look at me. It's because I'm this handsome that this kid isn't afraid of me. Anyway, go do your work. I'll call you when I need you."

The butler nodded and bowed before going out with the rest of the servants. 

After they left, the kid relaxed considerably. He then looked at the food. He was a little short, so he had to tiptoe slightly to see what kinds of dishes were on the long dining table. Suddenly, he yelped when he was suddenly lifted into the air, and he immediately clung onto the first thing he could find, which was Shenlong Yanhuang's head. 

The man laughed. "Do you like being lifted?" 

The kid blushed slightly, but he did not reply.  

Shenlong Yanhuang merely smiled instead of pressing on. He then looked at the dining table before asking the kid, "What do you like to eat? I told the chefs to make something that kids your age might like."

The kid did not have any preferences. Given how often he was starved, he was grateful just to have something to eat. However, his eyes still fell on the beautifully decorated Black Forest cake.

"Do you want to have a slice of cake first?" 

The kid nodded. 

Shenlong Yanhuang smiled and thought, "At least he's responding to something."

Just as Shenlong Yanhuang was about to pick up the knife for the cake, the butler from earlier peeked out from behind a wall and said, "Young Master Yanhuang, the doctor said that the little young master should have something light like porridge. I made some. It's there on the table."

Shenlong Yanhuang frowned. "It's mean to show him so many delicious foods and let him eat porridge. Why are you such a mean butler?" 

"Ah! I give up!" the butler groaned before disappearing again.

Shenlong Yanhuang looked at the kid and said, "Ignore him. He's a worrywart. You're a boy. I'm sure you'd be fine."

Hence, he fed the kid a slice of cake...

15 minutes later, 

The butler was complaining as he cleaned up the puke on the floor while the man responsible was sitting on a chair comfortably with the little culprit on his lap. "I told you not to feed him something this heavy, but nooo..."  

Shenlong Yanhuang ignored him. He was feeding the kid some glucose water as he said, "Ignore that ugly uncle over there. You didn't do anything wrong. It's that uncle's fault for not feeding you properly." 

The butler rolled his eyes upon hearing the accusation. 

"Are you feeling better now?" Shenlong Yanhuang asked as he patted the kid's back. He was so shocked earlier when the kid suddenly turned pale and vomited out everything that he ate. 

The kid looked up at him. He had never had anyone who cared for him before, and he felt weirded out from it. He thought that Shenlong Yanhuang would be mad at him for making a mess and that he would hit him, the man did not and was instead worried about him. 

The kid was about to nod as a reply when he saw the silver chain on the man's neck. 

The man noticed it, and he pulled out the silver chain along with a jade pendant from it. "You like this? Is it cause it's shiny?" 

The silver chain was quite long, so he did not have to take it out. He merely placed the jade pendant on the kid's small hand. While pointing at the pendant, he asked, "Do you know what this is?" 

The kid looked at him for a second before pointing at his ankle. He then mouthed "Pants".

"Still not going to talk?" Shenlong Yanhuang chuckled. "Yeah, this is what was on my pants. This is a dragon. It's a mythological creature that signifies power and strength, and it's also my family's emblem." 

The kid played with the cold jade pendant, and he seemed to be really fascinated by it. 

Shenlong Yanhuang thought for a while before taking off the silver chain and placing it around the kid's neck. "Here, it feels really heavy on my neck. Why don't you take care of it for me for a while?" 

"Young Master!" the butler warned. "That's inappropriate."

Shenlong Yanhuang waved a hand nonchalantly as he dismissed the butler's worry. "Just clean the floor and shut up." 

The kid looked up at Shenlong Yanhuang's face with shimmering eyes. 

"You can only have it for a few days, alright, kid? Not everyone can wear this pendant," Shenlong Yanhuang said with a tense expression as he looked at the pendant. "This thing is pretty, but it's too heavy to carry."

The butler looked at him, but he did not say anything. He merely agreed with Shenlong Yanhuang's words. 

Shenlong Yanhuang was surprised when the kid suddenly patted his hand while looking at him with a worried expression. 

"I'm fine, kid..." Shenlong Yanhuang said as he smiled at the kid. "Let's try eating again, should we? But maybe we should start with something lighter and slowly get you to adjust to the food."

The kid nodded obediently. 

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