GBT Chapter 133

Chapter 119

At a hospital near the medical university, Jiao Bai had X-rays taken and the abrasions on his elbows and knees treated. He came out of the consultation room with the report, constantly watching Zhang Zhen who was on the phone.

In the eyes of the passing patients, this was a toad lusting after swan meat, disgustingly so.

Jiao Bai turned a blind eye to those gazes. He had specifically been wandering around near the school tonight. With the start of the semester, Zhang Zhen, being particularly sentimental when it came to his younger brother, might come to take a look. As a result, he had really run into him.

At this moment, he had already calmed down from the excitement of the reunion.

In reality, as far as Jiao Bai was concerned, a year was just a blink of an eye. He had just seen Zhang Zhen yesterday, and he had only been tormented to tears by Qi Yi Liao last night.

Jiao Bai waited for Zhang Zhen to hang up the phone and expressed his gratitude: “Sir, thank you for taking me to the hospital.”

“It’s nothing,” Zhang Zhen said. “Are you a student at the medical university?”

Jiao Bai nodded and listened to him ask, “Which year are you in?”

“Third year,” Jiao Bai said.

“Third year,” Zhang Zhen casually asked, “Which department are you in?”

“Clinical.”

Zhang Zhen was stunned for a moment, revealing a friendly smile: “Then you’re in the same department as my brother.”

Beauty lies in the bones, not the skin. He was thin, corroded by medicine and the remembrance of pain, but still beautiful. When those peach-shaped eyes looked at people, they were misty and gentle, with eyes like a bay of spring river water.

Jiao Bai wanted to hug Zhang Zhen, but he couldn’t even lift his arms, as if he was being restrained by a group of strong men. He made a surprised expression: “Sir, is your brother also at the medical university?”

“Yes,” Zhang Zhen murmured. He quickly suppressed his sadness. “Can you get back to school on your own?”

Jiao Bai pursed his lips. So far, apart from the desire to hug Zhang Zhen being restricted, everything else was fine, indicating that his conversation with Zhang Zhen was in line with Chen Wang’s perspective. He said softly, “Yes, I can.”

Zhang Zhen nodded. Before he could take a step, he heard the student’s voice in his ear, “Can I have your WeChat? When I get back to school, I’ll return the medical expenses to you as soon as possible.”

The payment software on Jiao Bai’s phone wasn’t linked to a bank card, and he really didn’t have the money to pay the medical expenses. Zhang Zhen had paid for it, which was an excellent opportunity to get his contact information.

Zhang Zhen was tired and wanted to go back to take medicine and sleep. He waved his hand, his attitude a lot more detached: “No need.”

“How can there be no need,” Jiao Bai said seriously. “It wasn’t you who hit me. You have the heart of a bodhisattva to take me to the hospital, but I can’t let you pay for the medical expenses. We’re not relatives or anything, and I can’t live with owing you such a great favor. Please understand.”

None of his words were restricted. Jiao Bai struck while the iron was hot and bowed to Zhang Zhen, sincerely saying, “If you don’t want to have anything to do with someone like me, you can rest assured that I know my place and won’t cause you any trouble.”

Now that he had said everything, the atmosphere was a bit stiff.

Zhang Zhen didn’t mean that, nor did he waste time explaining. He only said, “Since you insist on paying back, then let’s add each other on WeChat.”

Jiao Bai successfully got Zhang Zhen’s WeChat.

After Zhang Zhen left, Jiao Bai sat on the chair for a while before getting up. The barrier card the system had assigned him was an “ordinary life,” not in the same world as the upper class.

How could a small person contact a big shot? It was too difficult, there was no opportunity at all.

Unless the big shot noticed the small person.

Jiao Bai rubbed the bruise on his cheek. As long as Zhang Zhen mentioned tonight’s events to Qi Yi Liao, with Qi Yi Liao’s sensitivity, there would definitely be some reaction.

Qi Yi Liao probably wouldn’t show up immediately, but would investigate first, then send someone to monitor him, looking for similarities. If there were none, he would use bait to create them.

Today was Jiao Bai’s first day of rebirth, and tonight he had successfully taken a step. The situation was too passive for him, and he couldn’t do anything proactively. Everything else could only be left to Qi Yi Liao.

He needed Qi Yi Liao to provide him with an opportunity.

An opportunity for him to say the words he had said before and do the things he had done before, from Chen Wang’s point of view.

That way he wouldn’t be restricted and wouldn’t be exposed.

Jiao Bai had figured out the routine of the barrier card as soon as he used it, hehe.

When Jiao Bai returned to the dorm, he was greeted by a blood-boiling fight. If they didn’t want to fight anywhere else, why did they have to do it in this tiny dorm room? His suitcase had innocently met a tragic end.

Seeing him come in, the two red-faced, thick-necked roommates spat and kicked the chair legs. The two of them, like roosters, wanted to keep fighting.

Jiao Bai glanced at the character introduction on the barrier card. He put the medicine in his hand on his desk and kicked the suitcase with a large dent and a broken wheel with his foot: “Who did this?”

The gunpowder in the dorm room froze. The two handsome scholarly roommates tidied up their things, no one admitting it.

“Alright, I’ve used this suitcase for many years anyway, it’s time to replace it.” As soon as Jiao Bai finished speaking, he picked up the broken wheel and threw it out.

This behavior wasn’t restricted, it fit the persona.

Chen Wang wouldn’t be inferior and cowardly because of his appearance. He had a fiery temperament, otherwise he wouldn’t have become Jiao Bai’s barrier card.

The system wouldn’t arrange characters with such different personalities.

The wheel hit the dorm door, bounced back, and flew like a bullet to the balcony, knocking over a plastic bucket on the ground. The buzz-cut-haired boy sitting at the desk next to Jiao Bai’s was startled: “Damn, Chen Wang, what the hell are you doing! It’s just a broken suitcase, I’ll pay you for it!”

“You should have said so earlier, thanks.” Jiao Bai was satisfied.

The buzz-cut-haired boy had a hot temper and started cursing again. As he cursed, the target of his abuse shifted to the playboy near the door: “Starting a fight with me on the first day of school, you’re sick.”

“Who’s sick? Didn’t you start it?” The playboy straightened the books in his hand and said coldly.

“Did I say something wrong? That guy took two leaves of absence right after starting college. Once he didn’t come on the day of registration, and once he disappeared halfway through military training. With his broken body, is it good fortune or a short life to even be in college,” the buzz-cut-haired boy said contemptuously. “And you, is Jiao Bai your mother or your father? Why are you barking so wildly?”

Jiao Bai’s expression was strange. To suddenly hear his own name was really…

The two roommates started fighting again.

Seeing the battlefield expand towards him, Jiao Bai had just stood up when a sharp pain came from his right eye.

Crap.

Jiao Bai covered his eyes and picked up a chair to throw it on the ground: “Stop fighting!”

There was a second of silence before the sound of physical combat came again.

Jiao Bai didn’t care anymore. The barrier card revealed that the two were in a relationship of one-sided unrequited love, so they would just fight. He stood in front of the mirror, moved closer to look at himself, at his own eye that was turning black and blue.

Annoying, he should just calm down by reading a book.

The dorm’s shower facilities were very good. Jiao Bai took a hot shower. Chen Wang was much shorter than him, and the clothes didn’t fit him at all. He couldn’t buy his own size yet, as that would be exposure. So, he was wearing the clothes he had on before he died, and hadn’t changed them since waking up. The clothes were all permeated with the smell of sandalwood from Qi Yi Liao’s wardrobe.

Jiao Bai washed the inner and outer layers of clothing and hung them on the balcony. In the eyes of the roommates, they were all Chen Wang’s clothes. The barrier card was amazing.

The September nights were a bit chilly. Jiao Bai sneezed and got into bed naked. Although only he could see himself, he still grabbed the quilt and covered his waist. He leaned against the wall reading a book, one hand occasionally turning the page, and the other hand caressing the tattoo on his ankle.

Jiao Bai was so engrossed in reading that he didn’t even notice that the boy in the lower bunk had left. A younger student came to the dorm, none other than the campus heartthrob who had been in the same class as him in his previous life.

The campus heartthrob and the playboy were brothers.

“Bro, let’s find someone to beat up that kid Huang Heng. I’ve come to your place three times, and I’ve seen him acting sarcastic twice. It’s really disgusting.”

“Why bother arguing with a good-for-nothing.”

“Well, bro, he seems to always be at the top of the grade. It’s posted on the forum.”

“…”

“What did you guys fight about this time?”

“He ate shit, his mouth is too dirty.”

“…Tsk.”

Jiao Bai heard the voices. His gaze moved away from the book and he leaned down to peek.

The campus heartthrob was unprepared to see an ugly face, as well as that red birthmark. His eyes clearly showed shock and rejection.

Jiao Bai smiled indifferently and sat back, continuing to read the book. He vaguely heard the campus heartthrob mutter, “Bro, what’s going on? It’s been a year, why hasn’t Bai come back to school yet?”

“Bro? I’m talking to you about my classmate!”

“I know, he’ll definitely come back to school.”

“Why are you so sure?”

“Intuition.”

“When Bai comes back, I’ll tell him that my brother is his fan.”

“Don’t be silly.”

Jiao Bai threw the book aside. He rubbed his face and ran his fingers over the shallow groove in the middle of his chin. It seemed that Qi Yi Liao had left a way out for his return. The outside world didn’t know that he was “dead.” Not showing up was a leave of absence for recuperation.

That was good, it saved a lot of trouble. Once the barrier card failed, “Chen Wang” would die, and Jiao Bai would return to school.

Zhang Zhen went to the Qi Corporation in the morning and was pulled into the tea room by several people from the secretary’s office, who shared gossip with him. It was about him.

The scene of him saving the medical student on the roadside last night had been filmed and posted online.

To get more hits, marketing accounts deliberately used some controversial headlines and content, making up stories based on the pictures. The comments below were also full of malice, stirring up trouble, and fanning the flames.

Zhang Zhen didn’t care, he just wondered what the student would think when he saw it, whether the classmates would gossip. He took out his phone, wanting to contact the other person, but then thought they weren’t familiar, so he decided against it.

“Beauty Zhang, some companies are getting involved, trying to drag our Qi Corporation into the topic.” One of the assistants said angrily.

The others also crowded around to look, complaining in various ways.

“Should we just ignore it?”

“Let’s leave it to public relations. Should we inform the chairman?”

They all turned to Zhang Zhen.

Zhang Zhen quickly went to report to his third brother: “I saved a student last night, and it was filmed and taken advantage of.”

“Public relations will handle it, it’s not a big deal.” Qi Yi Liao was fiddling with a pendant on his keychain, with dark circles under his eyes, he hadn’t slept last night.

“Then I’ll go make some sugar water for my third brother,” Zhang Zhen turned to leave, muttering to himself, “Last night I originally planned to ask in the car, but it was because of something Bai Bai had said to me before his death that I got out of the car.”

The sound of the office chair being violently pushed back came from behind him. When he turned his head, he saw his third brother walking closer with large strides, his aura swirling around him like a vortex.

“Third brother, you…”

Qi Yi Liao grabbed Zhang Zhen’s arm: “Say it again.”

The muscles in Zhang Zhen’s arm tensed up where he was grabbed, it was a protective reaction. He said “Ah” and repeated, “I got out of the car because I remembered what Bai Bai said?” The force of the grip increased, and his entire arm felt sore and weak. He resisted the urge to retaliate.

Qi Yi Liao released Zhang Zhen’s arm, his voice with an unexplainable restraint: “Yes, what else did he say?”

“Besides telling me to maintain my goodwill, there was also…” Zhang Zhen tried to find the corresponding memory fragments, but found everything was very vague. The more anxious he became, the stronger the feeling of helplessness: “That’s it, I don’t remember.”

The air in the office seemed to be squeezed and sucked away, making it suffocating.

Qi Yi Liao suddenly chuckled softly and said gently, “A Zhen, think again. When did he say that sentence? Don’t worry, take your time.”

Zhang Zhen pressed his head and violently hammered it a few times. He walked back and forth, his lips bitten until they bled: “It seemed to be the afternoon before the accident… I don’t remember the specific time…”

Qi Yi Liao’s throat tightened. During that time last year, he had fallen asleep on Xiao Bai and then regained his memory, seeing Xiao Bai hanging up the phone.

That call was to A Zhen.

Qi Yi Liao went to his desk, lit a cigarette, and took two heavy puffs without restraint. The acrid taste of nicotine filled his mouth: “Why didn’t you say anything about him calling you before the accident during the past year?”

Zhang Zhen didn’t understand what was behind those words, was it related to Bai Bai’s death? He looked at his third brother’s extremely dark eyes and said truthfully: “It’s strange, I seem to have forgotten, I just remembered it suddenly.”

“Just last night,” Zhang Zhen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, “When I saw that student get hit, I wanted to lower the car window and ask if he was okay. At that moment, I faintly seemed to hear Bai Bai’s voice in my ear, and I remembered he wanted me to maintain my goodwill, and then I got out of the car.”

The cigarette fell on the document, burning a hole in it. Qi Yi Liao said hoarsely: “Get me that student’s information.”