dognovel Chapter 89 The Little Monkey's Tears and the Broken-Winged Bird
Chapter 89 The Little Monkey's Tears and the Broken-Winged Bird
Lin Yan slowly slipped into the room and grabbed a soft piece of flesh on the back of the neck.
"Wow!"
Nia was lifted up, her legs dangling in mid-air, still clutching Lin Yan's spatial bag in her hand. Her eyes changed from furtive to panicked at being caught red-handed.
"Dad... what are you doing here...?"
Lin Yan lifted her up to eye level and looked at her calmly.
Nia put her hands behind her back, quietly fiddling with things behind her, trying to hide them. Her eyes darted around, and she tried her best to look innocent.
"I...I just came here to...see if there's anything...good to eat."
"Is there anything good to eat in my room?"
"...Beep beep."
Nia pouted and said something insincerely, changing her approach.
"I... am playing an adventure game."
"Take your hand out."
Nia moved her lips, wanting to struggle again, but when she met Lin Yan's eyes, her aura instantly dissipated, and she reached out from behind her.
"..."
Lin Yan picked up the spatial bag, sat down on the bed, and placed her next to him.
Nia pursed her lips, lowered her head, and waited to be scolded.
However, when Lin Yan spoke, his tone was very calm.
"Tell me, why did you take this?"
Nia puffed out her cheeks and recounted the whole story of the little monkey. She looked up at Lin Yan with bright, sparkling eyes.
"So! Just help him grow his legs back, right? Use your potion, Dad, and healing magic..."
"Nia".
Lin Yan interrupted her and looked at Nia intently.
"It's good that you're willing to help others, but let me ask you, do you understand human society? If you use magic here to help that brother grow his legs back, how will he explain it to the people around him?"
"...It was...it was a promise, a miracle!"
"In a world without magic, if you saw an amputee suddenly grow a new leg, what do you think they would do?"
Nia blinked, and her little brain slowly began to work.
"Then...then I just wanted to help him..."
"I know."
Lin Yan reached out and gently rubbed her head.
"Nia, you're a good girl, and your desire to help your friend is commendable."
But this is Earth, not another world, and magic isn't the answer to all problems.
The rules on Earth are different from those in other worlds.
Nia kept her head down.
"Then...what can he do...he can only..."
Lin Yan's lips slowly curved into a smile.
"Who says only magic can create miracles?"
Nia peeked her eyes through her fingers.
Lin Yan stood up and dialed Mu Jiuzhang's number.
"Teacher, could you please ask around and see if you know anyone who makes sports prostheses? I need them today."
There was silence on the other end of the phone.
"...Are you sure it's today?"
"Don't worry, we can use our financial power."
"Okay... I'll make the call, you wait."
A few hours later, an engineer and a truck from a sports prosthetics manufacturer arrived to take measurements for the little monkey's brother, preparing to find a suitable on-site for testing.
As dawn broke, the engineer, who had worked all day, lay quietly, holding his adjusted blade prosthetic leg.
……
The little monkey's family gathered around the bed, with his older brother sitting on the edge, watching the manufacturer install the blade prosthetic leg bit by bit.
The engineer has finished the installation.
"This is difficult to control; you need to practice and try more."
The older brother braced himself on the edge of the bed and slowly stood up. The moment his weight fell onto the blade, he swayed slightly.
The following day was the most strenuous day of Little Monkey's life.
On the school playground, my older brother started running again and again.
The Blade Prosthetic is very flexible, and mastering it requires core strength and a sense of balance. At first, he couldn't find the rhythm at all, kept making mistakes, lost his balance, and fell heavily onto the playground.
"elder brother!"
The little monkey rushed over, squatted down beside him, and his eyes were red.
"Brother, don't practice anymore... We can just skip the exam... Half a point is fine too..."
The older brother smiled, slowly straightened himself up, patted the little monkey's head to indicate that he was alright, and walked back to the starting point.
"Um……"
The little monkey squatted in place.
Another start, another fall.
He fell countless times, blisters formed at the joints, and his back was soaked with sweat, but he gritted his teeth and got up again and again.
Nia suddenly realized that humans were quite amazing.
As dusk approached, my brother was still running on the playground.
After the start, the elasticity of the twin blades bounced off the ground, converting potential energy into kinetic energy, and his speed increased, creating a gust of wind on the track.
The sound of footsteps on the playground, and the snapping of blades on the ground, were like the sound of a taut string finally being released.
……
The area outside the physical education entrance exam hall was bustling with noise.
The older brother, wearing shorts, stood on the starting line of the 1,000-meter race, his blade-like prosthetic leg peeking out from under his pants leg, drawing the attention of everyone around him.
The examiner flipped through the forms and glanced at him.
Someone whispered, "This student has had a tough time."
Nia heard all of these voices. She clenched her fists and stood outside the fence, while the little monkey beside her had already sweated from his clenched fists.
Inside the examination room, the students in the class gathered together, and A-Jie was the first to shout out.
"come on!!!"
The starting gun fired.
The older brother was indeed a little slow to start. The people in front had already rushed out, and he was still finding the rhythm, stepping on the ground one step at a time. The elasticity came up and his pace changed.
He ran faster and faster on the curves and straightaways, his breath turning into white mist in the air, his footsteps striking the ground with crisp, powerful sounds that gradually drowned out all the surrounding noise.
One lap, two laps... He overtook the people on the side of the track, and then overtook another one. His running posture was different from the others, with a wildness and stubbornness.
People around were shouting, and the sound grew louder and louder, like a heat wave surging towards the center of the playground.
In the final hundred meters, he sprinted forward.
Crossing the finish line.
The numbers on the watch froze.
Three minutes and eighteen seconds.
Applause and cheers erupted outside the fence.
Three minutes and fifty seconds is the perfect score, and he exceeded it by a lot. He's simply a genius.
The older brother stood at the finish line, panting, when the little monkey rushed over from the fence, crying, and buried his head in his arms, sobbing loudly.
The two embraced with their backs to the applause.
Outside the examination hall, under the shade of trees.
Nia sniffed.
"Dad... is this... magic that belongs to humankind?"
Lin Yan smiled and nodded.
"Um."
Nia thought that this world without magic was also amazing.
Mu Jiuzhang, who was standing to the side, spoke up, as if it were just a casual remark.
"By the way, Lin Yan, I also did a count, and I didn't expect that there are more than twenty young people with amputated limbs or disabilities in this town."
Lin Yan was stunned for a moment.
"More than twenty? Our town... has that many?"