Chapter 1870


    However, Dominic still looked meager and tired, and his voice sounded softer. It was dry and hoarse.


    Alexander would have missed it if not for his heightened hearing. He squatted beside the older man


    again and inched closer to him. “How’re you feeling?”


    Dominic shook his head feebly before opening his mouth and choppily muttered, "Don''t…let…any…


    out."


    Although he was not speaking inplete sentences, Alexander still understood his meaning.


    "Is it very contagious?"


    The older man nodded but did not answer.


    "Will I be infected?" Alexander wondered if he could escape this cmity. After thest gue almost


    killed him, he did not think he would face another disaster. Despite this, none of it mattered now.


    If Galen had gotten infected, Alexander''s fear was redundant. He must stay by his son''s side to


    apany and care for him.


    "Not…sure." The older man took a deep breath before raising his arms with great effort. "Look!"


    Before he could lift his arm to put it out of the tub, it dropped heavily into the water again. Just like that,


    it fell below the water’s surface.


    Alexander was startled and subconsciously wanted to reach out to help Dominic, who dodged him


    slightly.


    "Don''t...touch me!" Dominic seemed like he was having a hard time talking. Whenever he talked, he


    would tightly frown as if he had exhausted all his strength.


    “No, no, I won’t!" Alexander raised his hands in surrender. It made his doubts grow. It looked like things


    were not as simple as they seemed. He thought he had a rough idea of what was happening, but


    seeing Dominic''s condition now, it seemed like it was not as straightforward as an infectious disease.


    The older man mumbled again vaguely. Although Alexander could not catch what Dominic said this


    time, he guessed it was another string of curses.


    ‘The old man''s temper is something else!’


    "Damn it!" Dominic snorted, not knowing whether he had lost his temper with himself or Alexander.


    Following that, he raised his arms and put them by the side of the tub.


    Alexander could only stay rooted and watch him. He was shocked because he had never seen an arm


    like that before.


    The blue veins on Dominic''s arms were prominent, just like how an arm of a skinny and malnourished


    person would look, but that was not it. Dominic''s arms were not bony, but the veins and blood vessels


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    remained prominent.


    Most importantly, the veins seemed to be throbbing. However, the blood they pumped seemed


    abnormal. A strange thought shed through Alexander''s mind, enough to send chills down his spine.


    "That…"


    The older man did not speak as he closed his eyes again. It seemed like he had exhausted all his


    strength by putting his arm out. He sat there, gasping for breath.


    The smell of the medicinal herbs mixed with the water vapor as it transpired in the air. With each


    breath, Dominic''s veins became more pronounced. They even began to throb even faster.


    “Throbbing…veins…”