<h4>Chapter 974 - Convince</h4>


    Inside Yi Doni’s house, Li Huowang recounted everything that had happened to him, insisting it wasn’t just in his head.


    “See, they aren’t hallucinations. They are real. You can touch them!”


    With a cup in hand, Yi Doni surveyed the room. “Where did you meet them?”


    “Doctor Yi, I’ve told you before. They’re the Simings from Baiyu Capital! Have you forgotten? I told you they existed! There really is another world.”


    Yi Doni looked around. “Who’s the leader here?”


    “I am,” Zhao Shuangdian replied.


    Yi Doni narrowed his eyes. “Do you think it’s amusing to manipte a mentally ill man? Do you believe that if someone with his condition kills, they won’t face any consequences? Is that why you’re using him to kill people?


    “Let me make this clear. ording to thew, each one of you would be held responsible. Any crimemitted by Li Huowang would fall on you!”


    “Wait! They’re not deceiving me!” Li Huowang protested, but Yi Doni remained unconvinced.


    “Li Huowang, my thesis is public. Anyone could use it to impersonate your hallucinations and deceive you. They’re using you!


    “You think he’s Qing Wani? He’s not! He’s just some fraud calling himself that! Qing Wani is just a name—anyone could im to be him!”


    “No! That’s not true! He’s the real Qing Wani!” Li Huowang pressed his hands to his temples. He didn’t know how to exin it.


    “Why are you having trouble with it? Why do you need to convince him? Just threaten him so he can start treating you.”


    Ba Nanxu unsheathed a dagger, driving it into the table before Yi Doni. Her tattooed finger jabbed toward Li Huowang. “Treat him, or we’ll skin you alive.”


    Yi Doni adjusted his sses, shaking his head in disbelief.


    Ba Nanxu wasn’t bluffing. She picked up the dagger and mmed its hilt into Yi Doni’s little finger.


    “What are you doing?!” Li Huowang stood up, shoving her away.


    He examined Yi Doni’s hand. His nail was nearly detached, and his bruised finger was bleeding heavily.


    Undeterred, Ba Nanxu stepped forward again. “Treat him, or I’ll break every finger and toe you’ve got.”


    Yi Doni hissed and spoke in disbelief, saying, “Treat him? You want to use him while asking me to treat him? Isn’t that contradictory?”


    “No,” Zhao Shuangdian replied calmly. “We don’t need you to cure him entirely. Just treat him enough to get results, like you did before. We’ll pay whatever it takes.”


    Yi Doni’s phone dinged. He picked it up and saw a bunch of zeros on the message. He was utterly stunned.


    He looked at the ragtag group before him, their mismatched appearances undermining any sense of organization.


    “Doctor Yi, please, I’m begging you,” Li Huowang said. “This is serious. Everything I’ve told you is true!”


    Li Huowang tried to exin, but Yi Doni couldn’t believe it. “Li Huowang, you’re my patient. I know your history better than anyone. You don’t have to exin it to me.”


    “No, it’s not the same. I wasn''t a Simingst time! Fu Shengtian didn’t attack usst time either! Everything has changed now!”


    “Oh? Fine, I can trust you, but on one condition. Repeat everything you’ve just said to your parents. If you can do that, I’ll trust you.”


    “Why are you dragging them in? They are not involved in this!”


    Li Huowang recalled something and pulled Yang Na beside him. “Ask her! She knows that I’m telling the truth!”


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    Yi Doni sighed when he saw Yang Na nodding. “You two are too young. There are a lot of bad people outside. Don’t get tricked by them.”


    Zhao Shuangdian spoke up after seeing that Yi Doni still didn''t trust them. “Doctor Yi, let’s be rational. If you think we are using Li Huowang’s identity as a mental patient to do our deeds, why do we want you to treat him? Isn’t it better for us the crazier he is?


    “Also, what kind of crime organization would give you so much money without any conditions?”


    Yi Donn couldn’t answer. Regardless, he still had reservations and couldn’t believe them.


    Zhao Shuangdian took two steps back and touched her earlobes.


    Ba Nanxu broke the silence, her forked tongue flicking at a photo frame. “Doctor Yi, this little girl must mean a lot to you, right?”


    Everyone turned and saw Ba Nanxu licking a photo frame. In the photo, they could see Yi Doni smiling with a young girl holding a balloon. The girl was about eight years old.


    “What are you doing?!” Yi Doni’s voice cracked with panic.


    Ba Shengqing took Yi Doni’s phone and handed it to his sister.


    “She’s important to you, isn’t she?” Ba Nanxu smirked. “I doubt it’d take long to find information on her through your phone.”


    “Fine! You win!” Yi Doni’sposure shattered, his face pale. He didn’t know who they were, but he didn’t dare to take any chances. “What do you want me to do?”


    Ba Nanxu threw the photo frame to the ground, causing it to shatter into countless pieces. “Treat that damned crazy bastard.”


    “Fine! I’ll do it. I’ll do it.”


    Ba Nanxu scoffed and looked at everyone else. “Are you guys so free that you could slowly talk it out? You should just be as straightforward as me.”


    Li Huowang felt guilty because they were threatening Yi Doni, but the situation was dire. There was no time to waste. He needed to get treatment now.


    “Sorry, Doctor Yi. Once everything is over, I wille and apologize to you formally.”


    Li Huowang approached Yi Doni to receive his treatment.