According to reason, once the offspring witch insect sensed danger, it would choose to continue hiding deeper into the human body. However, this offspring witch insect was different. It was like a startled little mouse, poking its head out tentatively, seemingly having lost its sense of direction. Although this phenomenon was unexplainable, on the surface it did not seem to be a bad thing.
"Husband, prepare a bottle and a pair of forceps."
Mo Jiuye instantly understood her meaning. He put aside the cotton ball and iodine tincture in his hand and swiftly fetched the items.
He Zhiran's expression was somewhat solemn. With her hand speed, the chances of successfully clipping the offspring witch insect out from the blood cavity were small. She could only place her hopes on Mo Jiuye. After all, he was a martial artist, so his actions must be faster than hers.
"Husband, you must be quick with this. Otherwise, I dare not guarantee where the offspring witch insect might burrow to."
The location was so close to the heart that if the offspring witch insect escaped towards that direction, the consequences would be unthinkable.
Even with such worries in mind, He Zhiran did not dare to speak it out. At such a critical juncture, she did not want to impose any psychological pressure on Mo Jiuye. If Mo Jiuye became too nervous and slipped up, it would not be worth it.
Mo Jiuye's thin lips were pursed tightly. He stared at the offspring witch insect that was still poking its head out tentatively for a few seconds before taking a deep breath, as if making up his mind about something important.
It was seen that he steadily grasped the forceps. Before He Zhiran could even clearly see his maneuver, the offspring witch insect had already been clipped by the forceps and swiftly placed into the bottle.
The offspring witch insect struggled desperately towards one direction inside the glass bottle.
The attentive He Zhiran noticed that no matter how Mo Jiuye rotated the glass bottle, the offspring witch insect always struggled towards Mo Jiuye's direction.
Seeing the state of the offspring witch insect, He Zhiran had a sudden realization.
"Husband, isn't the mother witch insect controlling this offspring witch insect on your body?"
Speaking of the mother witch insect, the witch insects collected from Si Meng were still being carried by Mo Jiuye.
Because the witch insect in his father's body had not been removed yet, Mo Jiuye was worried that if the witch insect controlling the offspring witch insect was not his father's life witch insect, then killing the wrong mother witch insect would be equivalent to indirectly killing his own father.
To be prudent, those mother witch insects had always been carefully kept by Mo Jiuye, not even daring to let them have any mishaps.
Now, seeing his father's situation, being cautious was the right approach.
This offspring witch insect yearned for its mother witch insect so eagerly. If anything unexpected happened to the mother witch insect, this offspring witch insect would likely commit suicide inside his father's body.
At the same time, Mo Jiuye also had another doubt in mind.
That was, he had taken six bottles containing mother witch insects from Si Meng, and he could confirm that those bottles all contained a living mother witch insect.
Now, the witch insects in his father and eldest and second brothers had all been removed. He could also confirm which three mother witch insects were controlling them.
Normally speaking, the offspring witch insects born by the marionette witch insect mother witch insects would live together with the mother witch insects before finding a host.
That meant one porcelain bottle could contain one mother witch insect and one offspring witch insect.
As for the remaining three mother witch insects, Mo Jiuye could confirm that each bottle only contained one mother witch insect.
Where Si Meng had implanted the offspring witch insects was unknown.
Otherwise, after successfully removing the witch insects from his father and brothers, Mo Jiuye could have burned these vile insects to death in one go.
Now, thinking that those three mother witch insects might still be controlling someone else, he temporarily abandoned that idea for now.
However, the three mother witch insects controlling his father and eldest and second brothers could not be kept.
While Mo Jiuye was thinking about these matters, he had already helped his father clean the wound again.
Although the wound was deep, it was not very big and did not require suturing at all. Simply applying medicine and bandaging it would suffice.
After taking care of these, Mo Jiuye directly went outside the medical room without He Zhiran saying anything, and burned those useless witch insects to death.
It would be best for such harmful creatures to be completely erased from this world.
He Zhiran's original plan was to first help Mo Qing detoxify, then remove the witch insect after his body recovered a bit.
She did not expect this offspring witch insect to be so impatient to be reborn that it actually emerged by itself.
After simply examining Mo Qing, He Zhiran discovered that this was a good thing.
Although Mo Qing's body did not show any signs of improvement, it also did not worsen.
It could be said that the offspring witch insect had helped tremendously by sparing Mo Qing the pain of undergoing a second surgery to remove the witch insect.
Now, Mo Qing's vital signs were still normal. He was only severely depleted physically, but his head was not affected much.
Estimated that the anesthetic would wear off in another two hours, He Zhiran took this time to transfuse him with some plasma and nutritional fluids.
Soon, it was around the estimated time for Mo Qing to wake up. He Zhiran brought them to leave the space together.
Not long after Mo Qing was settled in the carriage, he awoke.
First of all, the biggest change with Mo Qing now was that his arms no longer swung back and forth mimicking offering paper money.
Mo Jiuye hurriedly moved closer.
"Father."
Mo Qing's eyelids were a little heavy. He only opened a slit.
The lighting in the carriage was not very good. Also, he had not seen Mo Jiuye for many years.
His impression of Mo Jiuye still remained at his youth. Therefore, seeing this magnified, handsome face before him, Mo Qing was stunned for a moment.
Mo Jiuye could tell his father's state at a glance and knew he might not recognize him.
"Father, I'm Jiuye. Look closely at me."
"You say you are Jiuye?" Mo Qing's voice was very soft and somewhat hoarse.
However, both Mo Jiuye and He Zhiran heard his words clearly.
Tears were already welling up in Mo Jiuye's eyes. He nodded with difficulty.
"Father, I am Jiuye. We haven't seen each other for eight years already."
Thinking back eight years ago, Mo Jiuye was still a thirteen-year-old little boy. It was understandable that Mo Qing did not recognize him.
The brothers outside the carriage, in order to let the ninth brother and sister concoct the antidote in peace, stayed close by the carriage without disturbing them.
Therefore, they could completely hear the conversation between Mo Jiuye and his father.
Eldest brother could not wait to open the carriage door.
"Ninth brother, has Father woken up?"
Seeing his father's still somewhat unbelieving expression, Mo Jiuye saw his eldest brother as if seeing a savior.
"Eldest brother, Father is awake. He doesn't recognize me. Please come explain to him that I'm Jiuye."
At this moment, eldest brother no longer had the mind to listen to the rest of Mo Jiuye's words. The only words in his mind were "Father is awake". Everything else had been automatically ignored by him.
"Father, you're awake?"
As for Mo Junrui, Mo Qing could still recognize him. Even though they had not seen each other for many years as father and son, Mo Junrui had already reached adulthood back then. So even if there were any changes to his appearance, it could not be as obvious as Mo Jiuye's change from a youth to an adult.
"Jun...Junrui..."
Speaking was still difficult for Mo Qing. The person before his eyes looked identical to his eldest son, but was much more haggard compared to his impressions.
