To be honest, Chu Mingzhe also went to the hospital to enjoy the drama. When Xia Lin first heard about it, she found it hilarious, but after thinking about it carefully, it actually made sense.
After all, they were roommates, so going to the hospital to check on the situation was normal. Of course, there was concern, but it was mostly just hard to hold back laughter. A legendary romantic plotline like Xue Tao's was probably something one wouldn't get the chance to witness in their social circle in a lifetime.
When other people fell in love, it was heartache. For Xue Tao, it was ball-ache...
Since Xia is going, I'll go to the hospital to take a look too.
Su Bai sighed. Although Xue Tao usually loved to show off and had a bizarre thought process, he was still a roommate from their legendary dorm.
Moreover, getting his balls crushed while trying to break up a fight was, in a way, a heroic feat.
As a roommate, not going to mock him... oh wait, not going to console him, would really be unjustifiable.
Xia Lin nodded, regaining some of her dignified posture, but her eyes still revealed an unconcealable amusement.
...
City Second Hospital, Emergency Department.
The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant and a busy atmosphere.
Nowadays, any good hospital with strong surgical capabilities was incredibly busy all year round.
No wonder so many medical students complained about how tiring it was to study medicine.
Xue Tao wasn't admitted to a regular ward. Instead, he was arranged on a temporary bed in the emergency observation room.
There was no helping it. Beds in public hospitals were always in short supply, and since he was brought in overnight, just having a place to lie down was good enough.
Su Bai and Xia Lin had just stepped out of the elevator. Before they could walk two steps, they heard the sound of two women arguing in the hallway.
Liu Yuanyuan, what do you mean by that? If you hadn't pushed me first, would I have instinctively fought back? Xue Tao got hit because he was trying to block your hand!
Ha? Are you playing innocent now, you green tea bitch? You're the shameless one who seduced someone else's boyfriend and then made sarcastic remarks. So what if I hit you? If you hadn't dodged, would Xue Tao have gotten hurt?
The two sharp female voices echoed in the hallway, drawing sideways glances from passing nurses and patients' families.
They were the two female leads of this incident, Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran.
Liu Yuanyuan's hair was disheveled, her makeup was a bit smudged, and she looked somewhat hysterical.
Although Huang Ran looked slightly tidier, there was actually a hole in the yoga pants she was wearing, making her look quite wretched. At this moment, she had her arms crossed, her face full of disdain and grievance.
Su Bai was shocked when he saw this. If she had been wearing thin stockings, it wouldn't be surprising if they tore during a catfight, but how the hell did a hole get ripped in yoga pants??
Extremely curious, Su Bai used a system appraisal on Huang Ran's yoga pants.
Emmmm...
So it was a poor-quality knockoff.
That explained it.
What is wrong with the manufacturers of these knockoff yoga pants? They are completely disgracing the knockoff industry! Look at our knockoff shoes, they are more durable than the authentic ones. How did you guys drop the ball so badly here? Negative review, an absolute negative review!
Su Bai complained frantically in his mind.
Meanwhile, standing in a corner of the hallway at a safe distance from the two women was Chu Mingzhe.
At this moment, Chu Mingzhe had a serious expression on his face. However, no matter how you looked at it, it seemed like a deliberate serious expression put on just to avoid being caught in the crossfire, possessing a sort of everyone, keep your lips straight kind of beauty...
Alright, alright, stop arguing. This is a hospital, it's not good to disturb the other patients.
Xia Lin stepped forward to control the situation.
The eldest miss's natural imposing aura instantly calmed the two arguing women down significantly.
Xia Lin had already changed out of her mountaineering outfit. In its place was a simple, high-end custom casual outfit. Although she wasn't wearing makeup, her cold and noble temperament made her an absolute apex predator in the eyes of Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran.
In girls' circles, the perception of social status is highly sensitive.
At the college age, boys are much goofier and less worldly. For example, the guys on the class basketball team, even knowing that Su Bai was now super rich, still messed around with him.
Xia Lin's appearance instantly brought the scene under control.
After all, Xia Lin was Xue Tao's counselor; her presence here carried quite a bit of authority.
Brother Bai, Xia! Chu Mingzhe also breathed a sigh of relief.
How is the situation? Su Bai glanced into the ward.
He is fine. The doctor said they aren't shattered, just severely bruised... It definitely hurts, and he will probably have to rest for a while. Chu Mingzhe lowered his voice, speaking with an expression of sympathetic pain. The main issue is this environment. It is too noisy. Xue Tao wants to die.
It really was... Just listening to Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran arguing for two minutes made Su Bai's brain buzz. What if he had to listen to it all night?
He saw Xia Lin pull the two women aside, probably to find a place to negotiate.
Detective Xia Lin, seriously investigating the case.
Let Xia sort out the truth then. A hard-to-suppress smile appeared on Su Bai's face as he asked Chu Mingzhe, Whose fault do you think it is?
I don't know. When women fight, they go crazy. I guess we don't know who kicked out into the void and happened to land on Xue Tao... It was really just an accident, but obviously, neither of them wants to take the blame, right?
That is true. Hey, actually, we could use the shoe print on Xue Tao's pants...
Su Bai held up a finger, just like that meme, suddenly getting an idea.
Hey!
I knew adding a hundred points to the intelligence attribute would be useful!
Chu Mingzhe's eyes also lit up. That makes sense. Logically, the shoes Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran are wearing should have different sole patterns, and the sizes should be different too...
Su Bai thought this plan was good, but the premise was that the shoe print still remained on Xue Tao's pants.
So the two of them entered the ward first and saw Xue Tao lying on the hospital bed, staring at the ceiling with a look of having nothing left to live for.
Yo, Brother Tao, still alive?
... Xue Tao's expression was complex, and he let out a deep sigh. Alas, sure enough, at the critical moment, bros are the most reliable.
How are we reliable? You might as well say the hospital is reliable.
Brother Tao, Brother Bai thought of a way...
Chu Mingzhe explained the shoe print deduction method to Xue Tao.
Instantly, Xue Tao's eyes lit up. Damn, I knew it, Brother Bai's brain is the sharpest! My clothes are piled up over there, you guys hurry up and look. Damn it, listening to those two women argue is driving me crazy...
To be honest, Xue Tao didn't really care who paid the medical bills. He wasn't short on that little bit of money for the time being. Anyway, one of the women had to take responsibility eventually, so let them argue.
The key was that they had been arguing for ages without a result. Could it be that both of them were going to renege on the debt?
That would be very annoying.
Judging by the attitude these two women had towards money, it was highly likely that both of them would try to deny responsibility in the end.
There really is a shoe print, and it is quite clear...
This shoe print looks like a Balenciaga studded snow boot.
Brother Su Bai, you sure know a lot.
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
