Fate

Ch. 11

In a couple days, Yibo and Xiao Zhan sat down with Wangji and Wuxian. It was later in the evening and the four were in the medical room of the house. There Yibo could put the scans of Wuxian on display so he can explain what he sees.

"I have Wangji's here on the left and Wuxian's on the right. You can see that with Wangji's scans there is a mass where you said your dantian is located and here I assume is your golden core. When looking at Wuxian, the mass isn't there which indicates that he does not have one. Now, the images with contrast, on Wuxian's scans, you can see here that there is damaged tissue within his dantian, even a hole. The dantian, as you said, is a space which holds your energy and if it is damaged, I imagine your energy would be low and you would constantly be tired. There may be other symptoms but maybe they have not surfaced yet.

I would say, with a golden core, it's an extra life force and energy. Then you both being cultivators, have spiritual energy naturally that regenerates with everyday activities like meditation. The other life force is the energy a person receives from sleeping, eating, and taking care of their body naturally. If you are looking for symptoms, I would guess the pain, lack of energy and fatigue. A way to fix it would be for me to go in and surgically repair it. You would be unconscious so you won't feel a thing and you will be safe," Yibo explained.

"As we are cultivators, some of our other symptoms could be stale blood that could be clogged up in the chest. It's normal for us to do that as it is a sign of any injuries, maybe even internal injuries," Wangji explained.

"If that is the case, we would have to look more into helping him heal," Yibo said.

"Would you be able to find some people who can help and not ask too many questions about their anatomy differences?" Zhan asked.

"Zoey (also known as ZiYi), would be willing to help, as well as her brother Yubin. As Yubin is an anesthesiologist and Ziyi is another doctor, it will be helpful and it will go smoothly," Yibo said, "I also suggest Ziyi because she not only is a gynecologist but an orthopedic surgeon like me. She would keep it confidential."

"They are both free this weekend so they can meet Wuxian and you can talk about the process. Maybe even explain a little bit to them about what happened," Zhan said, he then looked at Wuxian and Wangji, "you can trust them."

"Okay, and you are saying so many large words that I have no idea what you mean," Wuxian said, "I am trusting you though."

Yibo chuckled, "we will explain it in more detail when Ziyi and Yubin are here on Saturday."

"Alright," Wuxian replied.

"In the meantime, I will continue with the pain medication that I have you on...has it been helping?" Yibo asked.

"It has actually," Wuxian said, "I want to thank you for helping me with my medical needs. I don't know how I can pay you back for it."

"You do not have to worry about paying us back, you are our friends and we are happy to help you," Yibo said. Wuxian nodded and smiled.

The week progressed slowly but when Saturday arrived, Ziyi and Yubin agreed to meet with Wuxian. Yibo and Zhan sat down with them to discuss their concerns and they became interested. Ziyi and Yubin arrived shortly after lunch.

"Wuxian and Wangji, this is Ziyi and Yubin," Yibo greeted them.

Wuxian blinked a couple times, "more doppelgängers?" He asked.

"So do we look like someone you know?" Yubin asked calmly.

Wuxian was surprised to hear Yubin talk. He spoke confidently and he looked so much like Wen Ning, "You do...but they are both known to be dead in our world," Wuxian said, "it's so surprising to see people who look similar to those of our timeline."

"They were healers too," Wangji said.

"They were!" Wuxian said, "Wen Qing was the one who did the core removal."

Wangji blinked a couple times. To him, it made sense as to why Wuxian would help her and her family even more so. Even if she didn't, he felt that Wuxian would have helped them anyway, but it made sense now.

"And Ziyi is a surgeon?" Wangji asked.

"I am," she replied.

"Interesting," Wuxian said, "so what would I have to do for this surgery?"

"Well, for you, you would be under anesthesia, meaning you would be unconscious. Yubin is the one who works as an anesthesiologist, so you will be in good hands with him," Ziyi explained, "as for the surgery, Yibo showed me the scans and I think we will be able to get this done within an hour or so. We will make sure you are basically good as new when you wake up. Of course there is a healing process afterwards. I would say three to six weeks of recovery, and depending on how you feel after the surgery, we will determine if you can come home to rest right away or if you need to stay for a couple days."

"Okay," Wuxian said, "I will do as you say."

"Oh, and you will have this done in the early morning, and you cannot eat or drink anything the day of your procedure," Ziyi said.

"Okay," Wuxian said, "I will follow your instructions as I said. I just want to recover."

"Good," Ziyi said and looked at Yibo, "we can probably schedule it sometime this coming week?"

"I have an available time early Monday morning," Yibo said.

"Luckily for Yubin and me, we are the same," Ziyi said and looked at Wuxian, "would Monday be okay?"

"Yes," Wuxian replied.

"Alright, Yibo and Zhan will help prepare you more beforehand and we will see you on Monday," Ziyi said and left with Yubin.

Wuxian sighed, "I didn't think I'd see people that looked like Wen Ning and Wen Qing," he said.

"Will you be okay?" Wangji asked.

"Yeah, I have you, Zhan and Yibo, so I feel okay," Wuxian said, "when I fully recover and maybe even have a core again, we can see about us getting back home...maybe try to figure out who framed me."

"We can do that," Wangji said, "we will find them."

"What will you say to your brother?" Wuxian asked.

"I need to sit and talk with him as Haikuan suggested," Wangji said, "we cannot resolve anything if we do not talk....I am upset with him and he needs to understand why."

"He will come around," Wuxian said, "maybe after seeing you again he will really sit down and listen...me on the other hand, I feel like anyone who sees me will want to kill me on the spot."

"I won't let that happen," Wangji said.

"Thanks for saying that and keeping me safe," Wuxian said. Wangji nodded and placed a kiss on his cheek.