After the live broadcast ended, Xu Xingguang heard the sound of the neighboring courtyard gate being gently pushed open. She instinctively leaned against the window sill, looking towards Huo Wen’an’s courtyard.

She saw Huo Wen’an pressing a hand to his lips, emitting a series of suppressed coughs.

Suddenly, Huo Wen’an quickly pulled a handkerchief from his pocket, covering his mouth, bending over and coughing even more violently.

After a moment, the coughing finally stopped.

Huo Wen’an straightened his body, elegantly folding the handkerchief, and Xu Xingguang noticed a red blood stain on it.

He was coughing up blood.

By the time Xu Xingguang came downstairs from the second floor, Huo Wen’an was already standing in her courtyard.

"Let’s take a walk." Huo Wen’an stepped up, took the leash from the small table at the door, and put it on Fearless. "Let’s take Fearless for a stroll."

"Okay."

Huo Wen’an led Fearless, and walked side by side with Xu Xingguang along the sidewalk of the town’s road.

These days, people are used to seeing cats and dogs being walked, but the townspeople were seeing a pig being walked for the first time, and everyone found it intriguing.

Near Cangshan Town Middle School, there is a piece of wasteland with a grassy lawn. Fearless tugged the leash towards the lawn, and Huo Wen’an frowned and said, "The snakes are ending their hibernation, the lawn is not safe."

But Fearless insisted on going in.

"Let him go, he can’t hold it in anymore." Xu Xingguang understood Fearless’s needs.

Huo Wen’an was doubtful, as he released the leash. Sure enough, Fearless wagged his tail and ran into the grass, stood there with his legs apart, and relieved himself.

Huo Wen’an watched in awe. "How did you know he needed to go?" Huo Wen’an admired Xu Xingguang.

His girlfriend was truly brilliant.

Before Xu Xingguang could explain, Huo Wen’an exclaimed, "This must be the mother-son telepathy."

Xu Xingguang really wanted to ditch Huo Wen’an and find a new boyfriend with sweet words.

After Fearless finished urinating, he suddenly ran down the slope of the lawn, following a dirt road to the river valley below.

Seeing this, Huo Wen’an quickly chased down.

In the river valley, there was a stretch of gravel bed, and Fearless started running wildly over the gravel, deliberately teasing Huo Wen’an to chase him.

When Fearless got tired of running, he would stop, look innocently up at Huo Wen’an. Once Huo Wen’an resumed chasing, Fearless would start running again.

The man-pig chase, making Xu Xingguang burst into laughter.

After chasing Fearless for three or four minutes, Huo Wen’an finally grabbed Fearless’s pig tail, holding him in place and preventing him from moving.

"You dumb pig! I let you run, be careful that someone catches you, and you’ll end up as roast suckling pig tonight." Huo Wen’an hurriedly put the leash back on Fearless, patting his pighead firmly.

Having lost his freedom, Fearless instantly became obedient, following closely beside Huo Wen’an.

Huo Wen’an sat on a large stone to rest, Fearless obediently lay beside him, curiously staring at the river water.

Xu Xingguang crouched next to them, picked a piece of gravel from the ground. She bent over and tossed the gravel into the pond, skipping it five or six times.

Huo Wen’an applauded her, "Nice." Fearless cooperatively wagged his tail.

Xu Xingguang sat beside Huo Wen’an, patted Fearless’s pig head, suddenly asked Huo Wen’an, "How are you feeling, can your body still hold up?"

Huo Wen’an answered without hesitation, "I’m doing well, my sleep quality has been improving." Not just well, almost like he could sleep into the Yama Hall directly.

Xu Xingguang scrutinized him for a moment, then confessed, "I saw you coughing up blood earlier."

The smile on Huo Wen’an’s face vanished immediately.

Knowing it couldn’t be hidden, Huo Wen’an finally spoke seriously, "Before returning to Cangshan Town to recuperate, Doctor Ye told me, about three months is all I might have left. It’s been over a month now."

"I can feel my organs enduring a burning pain like scorching fire at every moment. But because of taking An Shen Wood Resin, my pain has been numbed, making me unable to feel the suffering."

Huo Wen’an stared at the river water flowing past him, feeling like he was just like that water, unable to resist the arrangements of fate.

In his heart, a strong sense of unwillingness surged again. "Doctor Ye said, to survive in a situation like mine, unless to defy fate."

Just like water can’t climb uphill, Huo Wen’an couldn’t change his destiny either.

Upon hearing this, Xu Xingguang shook her head and said, "A century ago, indeed water couldn’t climb. But since the invention of the pressure pump, even high-rise buildings can have free water flow. Boss Huo, with me as your pressure pump, what are you worried about now?"