Today was the day Jiaoqiu was finally allowed to leave the Alchemy Commission and finally go home. The doctors had declared his state to be stable enough for him to be autonomous again.
But...of course you wouldn't allow him to wander around just like that and return to the Xianzhou Yaoqing without proper company! What if Jiaoqiu were to get lost? Trip, fall and not able to stand back up? Unacceptable! So, after contacting the Alchemy Commission, they agreed to keep Jiaoqiu here until you'd come to get him and take him back yourself. You would play the caretaker of what was supposed to be a healer...quite ironic.
"You know, you really didn't need to..." Jiaoqiu said as he saw you walked into the room, a sigh escaping his lips. Here he was, sitting in a hospital bed, looking in your direction despite having a hard time to make out the features of your face. His eyesight had been greatly damage after all...