“It’s not fun over here. Grandpa will take you to have fun, okay?” Carrying Galen, Dominic was about to leave.
Still standing there in embarrassment, Austin was taken aback. “Uncle Dom, what about the virus?”
“What virus? I said you have no virus!” Dominic impatiently left without looking back.
Austin stood for a long time in a daze, then went into the ensuite bathroom. Standing before the large mirror, he looked at his nearly naked self.
He was wearing nothing except a pair of short pants. As he only took off his shirt just now, it was the first time he could take a good look at his body.
It had been days since he had done so. He would have been shocked to see how much weight he had lost if he had not been mentally prepared.
His cheeks were deeply sunken, and one could tell from the dark circles under his bloodshot eyes that he had not slept well for days. His body, however, did not look like his at all!
It was not skinny. On the contrary, his muscles were firm and clearly outlined. His biceps were full when he tried to hold up both arms and clench his fists.
Seeing his body, one would surely think he was a lean, strong kickboxer under intense training. However, Austin knew that he seldom exercised and would be out of breath if he were to jog 3 miles. Having spent most of his time in the laboratory, he was active in his brain yet physically weak.
Despite having such a body, he felt weak deep down and knew the feeling was real. Standing there, he felt like he was looking at a stranger, as if his soul had been detached from his body.
‘I could believe Dominic if he says I’m not suffering from a virus. After all, he could detect tiny tumors that even X-rays couldn’t discover. He couldn’t have missed something so conspicuous.
‘However, the torment I’ve been through is real, and I’ve also been fed drugs. What I experienced truly happened. How am I going I explain that?’
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