Francis got out of bed before dawn the next day.

After a sleepless night, he still felt invigorated.

What made him panic, though, was that he felt a flame in his belly burning his internal organs.

"Could it be because of the Pepino melon?"

Francis jumped to the conclusion, thinking the Pepino melon might lead to the change.

It shouldn't be. Wasn't it a hype about the fruit?

And was he poisoned, or it worked?

Francis knew not how to deal with it. There was no record in his mind, and he had to cultivate Tai Chi Sutra on the rooftop.

After a series of Prana breathing, Francis extinguished the flame. Along with it, his vitality became stronger.

What depressed him was another stream of surging power in his body.

The power was constantly surging and driving him to hit people.

He could only rely on his willpower to suppress the ferocious intent.

Then he found the Life and Death Jade still motionless.

No light was left on the white side while there were six streaks of black light on the dark side.

Francis searched his mind for a method to repair it but failed.

Therefore, Francis had to give up the idea of saving people with Life and Death Jade as a shortcut.

He had to learn the leechcraft of inheritance step by step.

To his surprise, he was ten times more efficient than yesterday. At a glance, he could comprehend much of the knowledge.

Francis immediately started to practice Tai Chi Divine Acupuncture.

The acupuncture consisted of nine styles, and each style contained nine methods. Each method had nine variations. They could be used to stop bleeding, detoxicate, expel evil spirits, and even resurrect the dead. The acupuncture was extremely powerful.

The first style was Nine-grid Resurrection.

Thinking of Xena whose death and life were still known, Francis practiced the Nine-grid Resurrection thoroughly.

Then Eight Trigrams Breaking Evil Spirits, Seven Stars Prolonging Life, Six Realms Subduing Demon, Five Elements Controlling Blood, Four Constellations Neutralizing Poison... After cultivating the whole set of Tai Chi Divine Acupuncture, Francis checked the time. Since it was still early, he then practiced a few secret manuals of martial arts... Although not a fan of fighting, he needed to ask for payment today. So, some martial arts could be useful for self-protection.

After three hours, Francis felt more changes within him.

He even spotted a layer of grease on his body. It felt sticky and unpleasant.

He hastened to take a shower, surprised to find a dog bitemark on his body gone, and his skin became fair.

Even his strength became much greater. During the bath, he even accidentally broke a tile in the bathroom.

"Ah..." As soon as he finished the shower, he heard Quella's scream from the gym on the second floor. Her voice was very painful.

Francis didn't really want to go there, but Quella cried miserably. Besides, now Sam and Rosie had been out for a morning run.

After a moment of hesitation, he went upstairs in the end, "Mom, what's wrong?"

On the yoga mat in the gym, Quella was standing barefoot, putting her palms together, lifting them, and keeping a yoga posture.

Her curvy body was packed in her black tights.

Her breasts were firm, her waist was thin, her back was smooth, her butt was fat, her legs were slender, and her ankles were exposed... She was demonstrating a kind of mature and curvy beauty.

Francis had to admit that the charm of his mother-in-law still lingered.

"Get out!"

At the sight of Francis, Quella snarled with disdain, "Loser, you can't provide much help. Call Rosie and others."

Francis frowned, "Dad and Rosie are running outside. I don't think they'll be back any time soon..." "Ah..." Before Francis could finish, Quella shook and then fell to the floor.

Francis strode up and caught the falling woman, "Mom, what's wrong?"

In the meanwhile, he found Quella's strange posture. Her palms were put together and raised to mid-air stiffly.

Francis pressed her hands.

"Ah..." As soon as he touched her, Quella screamed again, "Ouch..."

Feeling Quella's pain, Francis hasted to stop pressing her.

He spun the Life and Death Jade in his palm, and a string of information crossed his mind. Status: tendon misalignment, retrograded blood and qi. Treatment should be carried out in time, otherwise, she might have sprained or broken tendons... Cause: excessive yoga practice... Insufficient energy to restore. Tai Chi Massage could be used to set the bones... Francis asked Quella to stand properly, "You strained your tendons during yoga practice..." Quella bellowed, "I don't need you to tell me that. Call your dad and Rosie, asking them to send me to the hospital... Hurry up, hurry up, this is too uncomfortable and painful."

She felt straining tendons and growing pain from her body.

It was too late.

"Mom, I can fix this. You will be fine after I set your bones."

At the sight of her ever-reddening face, Francis glanced over her acupoints, "It happens that I once saw a similar health preservation program."

"Go away, at such a moment, don't mess around."

"You are worse than a cleaner of my clinic. What disease can you treat?"

Quella snapped with a sullen face, "Get out, don't mess around. You're making me sick."

"Mom, too late. If you delay it any longer, the tendons in your arms might break..." Francis strode up and reached out for Quella's arms.

He didn't really want to take care of Quella. At the thought of her potential disabled condition, however, he had to give her a helping hand, otherwise, Rosie would lead a hard life.

"Pervert..." Quella was shocked to see Francis pressing over fervently. Was he trying indecent assault on her?

While roaring, she took a few steps back.

"Francis, what do you want?"

"Monster!"

"I am your mother-in-law."

She flinched instinctively, but Francis already reached her side, touching her arms with both hands.

Her skin was tender and smooth.

Crack... Francis pinched her Yang Pond, Curved Pond, Celestial Well acupoints, ensuring the smooth flow of her blood and qi.

Then his fingers moved downward.

Crack... His fingers landed on her Shoulder Normalization and Shoulder Well acupoints. As he pinched forcefully, there came another two snaps, and Quella's tendons were back in place.

Now her arms returned to normal, but Quella still raised them high. The initial pain made her highly nervous.

She was afraid of the pain.

Whoosh... This posed no difficulty to Francis, and he slid both hands to her pants.

He intended to pull them off.

"Monster!"

Following her roar in anger, her hands fell abruptly, and she gripped her pants.

To practice yoga without any restraints, she didn't even wear any underwear under the thin tights.

How would she allow Francis to pull them off?

Whoosh... While she pulled her pants with both hands, Francis pinched her Great Pass and Abdominal Stasis acupoints.

Quella trembled all over, and all the soreness in her body instantly dissipated.

"Francis, what are you doing?"

Just then, Sam and Rosie showed up at the door before rushing to Francis and Quella.

Bang... Rosie pushed Francis away, "How dare you harass my mother!"

Sam's blue veins were popping, "Little bastard, how dare you harass your mother-in-law in broad daylight? I'm gonna beat the hell out of you."

He punched Francis in the shoulder.

As soon as they came back from the morning run, they heard Quella's cry and rushed up. At the sight of her ashamed and angry face and Francis pulling her pants, they found it disturbing to the eye.

They subconsciously believed Francis was molesting Quella.

Francis's body shook, and then he drew back his hands from setting her bones.

Quella was furious, "Be quick, now, call the police and send this bastard to jail."

Rosie was filled with disgust, "Francis, you are a monster."

Judging from Francis's performance yesterday, Rosie felt the man was starting to live up to her expectations.

Never had she expected Francis to be such a pervert! Should he molest her mother?

She was heartbroken! With a calm face, Francis looked at Quella with cold eyes, "Mom, you should prove my innocence!"

After a moment of daze, Quella looked at her flexible hands and soon realized that Francis was treating her illness rather than molesting her.

However, she didn't explain it to Sam and Rosie, "Innocence? What innocence?"

She sneered, "Don't you know what you've done?"

Quella still resented him for what happened during the birthday banquet last night.

"You harassed your mother-in-law, and we caught you in the act. What explanation do you have?"

Sam pointed at Francis and cursed, "Get out, now."

He wanted to call the police but was afraid of making the family scandal public.

Francis stared at Quella, "Mom, clear my name, would you?"

Slap... There came a clear slap in the face.

Rosie gritted her teeth, looking at Francis, "How dare you bully my mother and threaten her? Do you think we are blind?"

Along with burning pain, another five fingerprints were left on Francis's cheek.

Francis suddenly clenched his fist but loosened it at the sight of Rosie's pale face.

Touching his painful cheek, Francis gave a teasing smile, glanced at Quella, and then turned away from the yoga room.

Rosie wanted to continue with her reprimand, but words wouldn't come out when she saw Francis's devastated look.

Her slap drew the two of them further apart.

Then she cast her eyes up and saw a camera in the corner.

Quella liked to record her yoga practice each time.

Rosie walked over and played back the video.

Soon she changed countenance.

"Mom, Francis didn't molest you. You got your arms locked during your yoga practice, and he helped you."

Rosie put the camera in front of Sam and Quella.

Sam poked his head for a glance and also changed countenance.

Anger got the better of him just now. With the video playing, he immediately found a flaw.

If she was really molested by Francis, she should have been cursing him to the core. How would she just kick him out?

"Yes, my hands were locked when I practiced yoga, and he helped me fix it with his crappy medical skills."

Quella pushed her husband away menacingly, "So what? Do I have any obligation to explain it to him?"

"You wanna hold justice for him? You wanna hit me? Go ahead, hit me, hit your mother to death."

She acted like a scoundrel and almost rolled about on the floor.

"What the hell..." Sam was so angry that his blood almost froze. He not only wronged Francis but also unreasonably punched him.

He felt sinned.

And Quella added fuel to the fire without explaining to or stopping him. Didn't she set him up for injustice?

"What? You have a problem?"

Quella snarled, "Thompson Family has provided for him for a year, but he embarrassed me greatly last night. Why can't I give him a hard time?"

Sam felt so embarrassed that he wanted to bury his head under the ground.

Rosie got a severe headache, "Mom and Dad, you should apologize to Francis."

"Bullshit, why would I apologize to that ungrateful wolf?"

Quella asked rhetorically, "Apologizing to him? What's so great about him? Isn't he afraid of tribulation?"

Rosie turned around and left Thompson's villa.