The young man, whose head was already bandaged, lay in the hospital bed with his eyes closed. His shoulders were exposed. After the wound was treated, a long, hideous scar, clearly visible and stitched with sutures, was sewn onto his flesh. Against his pale skin and the backdrop of the hospital room, it looked even more ghastly.
His eyelashes fluttered. Before he could even open his eyes, he heard the voice of System 001: "Host, are you alright?"
"Not dying," Wen Bai replied listlessly.
Opening his eyes, Wen Bai saw Su Ying standing at the foot of the bed, holding a notebook and gently giving instructions to a nurse beside him.
"Why is he here?"
"He's your attending physician now. He's also the one who brought you here. You don't know, but he was at the zoo's big cat exhibit too. When he saw you injured, no one else dared to go near. The female lead was so scared her legs went weak and she couldn't move, but he was the only one brave enough to rush over and save you." Finally, System 001 sighed, "For you humans, this is true love."
Wen Bai watched Su Ying, who was still giving instructions. He seemed to have such a good attitude towards everyone.
As if sensing his gaze, Su Ying looked over. Seeing that Wen Bai was awake, he handed the medical record to the nurse beside him and walked over to Wen Bai's side, checking his wound.
The nurse took the medical record and went out, closing the door behind her.
Su Ying leaned down, gently touching the uninjured skin around Wen Bai's shoulder wound. His voice, warm yet tinged with cold, asked, "Weren't you going out to have fun?"
The implied meaning was: You call this having fun?
For a moment, Wen Bai couldn't meet his gaze, though he didn't know why he felt such a strange sensation.
Wen Bai always followed his own heart. He decisively turned his head away. "It was an accident."
It truly was an accident, and Wen Bai felt a fire burning within him.
"I heard you were playing the hero this time, saving a woman. Because you stood in front of her, you prevented her from being mauled by that leopard. That's why you have this ugly scar here." httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Su Ying's gaze, almost palpable, fell on the wound on Wen Bai's shoulder. It was as if he was displeased that the scar was marring the beauty of something he cherished, yet his voice remained calm as he recounted the events.
Wen Bai, having turned his head away, didn't see it. System 001, however, did. But it couldn't quite discern the meaning of those eyes. It was more worried that if this person got angry and kicked Wen Bai out, Wen Bai would have to go back to working odd jobs to make money and survive, which would slow down the mission's progress!
System 001 urgently reminded Wen Bai: "This is a misunderstanding! Host, you need to explain properly. Humans in love are very fragile and irrational! You're living in his house too!"
Wen Bai felt a slight ache in his shoulder, and the uninjured skin that was touched felt a little itchy. He turned his head back and moved slightly, explaining, "She suddenly ran over and hid behind me. I couldn't dodge in time."
Besides, he was the most afraid of pain. To be injured repeatedly since arriving in this world made him very angry.
"So you weren't trying to save her?"
"Of course not."
As Wen Bai moved, his shoulder hurt, and the anger in his heart "whooshed" and began to accumulate.
He was injured like this, and that leopard was so persistent. Didn't Lin Shuangshuang get injured at all?
After a pause, Wen Bai asked, "How is Lin Shuangshuang?"
System 001 felt Su Ying's aura turn icy cold in an instant.
At the same time, there were two knocks on the door, and then it was pushed open. The person being asked about, carrying fruits and a bag of snacks, looking like takeout, walked in. "Mr. Wen, you're awake. That's great. I'm really sorry about you getting injured. I bought some congee, you can eat it."
As one of the involved parties, Lin Shuangshuang knew very well that if she hadn't instinctively ducked behind Wen Bai, Wen Bai wouldn't have been injured.
The leopard's target had only ever been her.
In the few times they had met, Lin Shuangshuang found herself either thanking Wen Bai or apologizing to him. Last time, she met Yu Yang's girlfriend and she had also pulled the person away without a word. This time, she had directly landed him in the hospital because of her.
Looking at the person lying there so weakly, her heart was filled with guilt and remorse.
When she got closer and saw the sutured wound, she genuinely didn't know what else she could do to make amends.
At this moment, Lin Shuangshuang's face was a picture of apology and concern.
Su Ying's voice, warm, stated: "As you can see, unharmed. Ms. Lin wasn't hurt at all."
Wen Bai: "..."
He didn't want to speak and was even angrier.
It seemed unlikely that he could make the male and female leads disappear through himself.
Su Ying stood by the bed, unmoving, just lingering there, showing no intention of leaving.
Lin Shuangshuang was not a tactless person; on the contrary, she was very thoughtful and sensitive. From the moment she entered, she had vaguely felt that she was not very welcome by this Dr. Su.
However, it was understandable. Wen Bai was lying there because of her. It was only natural for a friend to be worried and angry.
She took out the items one by one and placed them on the small table beside the bed. "This is all thanks to Mr. Wen."
She felt the air conditioning in the room was a bit too cold; even she felt a chill.
"Does Miss Lin have anything else?" Su Ying asked.
"I came specifically to see Mr. Wen, after all, it was all because of me."
"I'm fine," Wen Bai immediately replied.
So, you can leave now. Wen Bai didn't want to see the female lead right now. It only reminded him of how much he had failed after working so hard recently.
Su Ying: "Yes, indeed he's fine, just had over ten stitches."
Lin Shuangshuang: "..."
Su Ying began to give detailed instructions: "The results of the other tests aren't out yet. He still needs a tetanus shot and a rabies vaccine. He'll need to stay for observation until he recovers."
Lin Shuangshuang felt that the atmosphere in the room was not right and was wondering if she should leave. But in a way, Wen Bai was her savior, so leaving like this didn't seem right.
As they stood in a stalemate.
The door was pushed open again, and a bouquet of lilies appeared first at the doorway.
A particularly sunny and handsome young man pushed the door open. His expression, however, was rather sour. Seeing the situation inside, he directly placed the flowers down. "My brother heard you were injured and couldn't get away, so he sent me to check on you."
He glanced at Wen Bai on the hospital bed. The exposed, sutured wound looked truly gruesome.
It seemed this wasn't some tactic to gain sympathy by inflicting pain on himself; the price was too high. This would surely leave a scar.
For a genuine patient, even if he didn't approve, his expression softened slightly, no longer looking so grim. "Since the flowers have been delivered, I'll be going now."
Throughout this entire time, none of the three people in the room had managed to say a word. Ji Tianle was like a gust of wind; he arrived, left a bouquet of flowers, and departed, clearly acting as his brother's courier.
Su Ying looked at Wen Bai. "So, who is he?"
Wen Bai: "We've only met once."
"And his brother?"
"My former boss."
"Oh? Your boss is quite caring towards his employees."
Observing the interaction between the two, even Lin Shuangshuang, who wasn't particularly obtuse, realized something.
No wonder she felt a subtle sense of being pushed away by Dr. Su, even though he was still being polite upon her arrival. It turned out they had this kind of relationship.
The two people conversing here had no idea that in Lin Shuangshuang's mind, they had already entered into this kind of relationship and that kind of relationship.
"Knock, knock... Knock, knock..." The door stirred again.
Su Ying picked up the insulated container on the bedside table. "It's quite lively today."
Lin Shuangshuang was closest to the door. Seeing that neither of them reacted, she couldn't very well ask the person to come in, so she resigned herself to opening the door.
However, she didn't expect that outside were not Wen Bai's friends or nurses and doctors, but uniformed police officers.
The female police officer in front of her presented her badge. "We are police officers from the C City XX Branch Public Security Bureau. Is Wen Bai inside?"