GBT Chapter 20
by VolareJiao Bai had just asked casually, not intending to dig to the bottom of it, or even wanting to know the answer. You can’t worry too much about people, he only needed to care about the activity level.
Jiao Bai noticed that his activity level with Shen Er An had increased from 29.5 to 30. The 0.5 increase was negligible, and he was both worried and happy.
He was worried that even with three broken ribs, Shen Er An’s interest in him hadn’t increased much. As if in Shen Er An’s heart, Jiao Bai was just someone who would protect his friends regardless of personal safety, and it wasn’t surprising.
He was happy that the correlation between interest level and going to great lengths for someone wasn’t that strong.
Otherwise, if the correlation was strong, he would probably have to tear apart his arms and legs to get closer to the other seven friends.
Jiao Bai noticed that Shen Er An had placed the cloth bag he brought on his bedside, and he became curious: “What’s in there?” It didn’t look like fruit.
Shen Er An took out a stack of test papers and exercise books from the cloth bag, and tidied them up.
They were all Jiao Bai’s homework that he hadn’t finished last week because of the accident, as well as the test papers for each subject that were distributed this week, and Shen Er An’s notes.
Jiao Bai: “…”
That was completely unnecessary.
Outside the ward, the Hospital Dean watched for a while with his hands behind his back, then left.
The attending doctor followed closely: “Hospital Dean, should we inform Shen Ji?”
The Hospital Dean didn’t stop walking: “That important figure is too busy to remember things, informing him would seem like making a mountain out of a molehill.”
The attending doctor hesitated: “But the patient inside and Shen Young Master…”
The Hospital Dean lowered his voice: “What, do you see puppy love, hazy ambiguity, or the pink bubbles that young people often talk about?”
The attending doctor recalled the interaction between the patient and Shen Young Master since his admission to the hospital, and the scene of Shen Young Master sending him to the hospital, and confirmed: “No, I don’t.”
“It’s just friendship.” The Hospital Dean recalled the past and said with emotion, “If they can go from school to society and walk together all the way, that’s a close friend, which is much more solid and precious than any love.”
“That’s right… Shouldn’t we greet Shen Old Madam either? If she finds out one day, will she blame us for not reporting it?” The attending doctor felt a little overwhelmed just thinking about it.
The Hospital Dean immediately became strict: “What information?”
“We are doctors, we only focus on the patient’s condition, not on the patient’s private affairs, we don’t know anything else, we don’t know anything!” The Hospital Dean lectured with a straight face.
The attending doctor pulled down his mask, raised his eyebrows, and said, “Hospital Dean, after saying so much, you’re actually just afraid of that Old Madam, right?”
Hospital Dean: “…”
“Go back to your clinic.” He continued to walk forward with his hands behind his back.
A person who twirls a Buddhist rosary and recites Amitabha with compassion may also be the most vicious person.
The Old Madam of a wealthy family is not to be trifled with.
Jiao Bai was discharged from the hospital after about a week. Shen Er An hired a caregiver for him, a local uncle who would go back to his own home at night and come over during the day.
If Jiao Bai needed anything at night, he would just call Shen Er An from the next room to give him a hand.
Now that this gold medal of “close friend” was in Jiao Bai’s hands, he would make good use of it.
Jiao Bai scrolled through Weibo for a while while lying on his side, then looked at WeChat. He hadn’t contacted Zhang Zhen these days. The other party hadn’t contacted him either.
It had been so long, and he was still the one who took the initiative every time. This wouldn’t do.
He might as well do an experiment this time, he wanted to see if Zhang Zhen would contact him if he didn’t take the initiative.
If not, then he would have to change his strategy.
Jiao Bai lay down for a while and then called the caregiver to help him get up and walk around. It was too painful to lie down, it was better to stand. He moved to the washroom and looked in the mirror. Tsk, the little bit of flesh he had gained was gone again.
“Uncle, what are we eating tonight?”
The uncle listed a few dishes.
Jiao Bai had no desire at all. He had a sudden whim and quickly sent a message to one of the three numbers on his phone.
After the first class in the afternoon, the vice-class leader came to Shen Er An to talk about something. The high school seniors were going to have a party for their last New Year’s Day in high school, but Class 7 didn’t have a program yet.
Normally, Shen Er An would listen carefully, give his opinion after listening. This time, he suddenly took out his mobile phone in the middle of the conversation.
Vice-class leader: “…” Class leader, the school still prohibits bringing mobile phones, isn’t it bad for you to take it out so blatantly?
Shen Er An only received messages from one person, so he checked it on the spot. His note for the other party was just the name.
Jiao Bai: My best buddy, I want to eat hot pot tonight.
Shen Er An didn’t think Jiao Bai was being whimsical or making trouble out of nothing, he just told the vice-class leader “we’ll talk later” and left the classroom. He found a place to call the doctor and confirmed everything before replying to Jiao Bai.
Shen: I asked the doctor, you can’t eat hot pot for the time being.
Jiao Bai: I can!
Shen Er An seemed to be able to feel Jiao Bai’s excitement and determination through these two words, he was a little at a loss, he had never dealt with this situation before.
Suddenly, he felt a pat on his shoulder, and a troublemaker came over and asked, “An Brother, who are you texting?”
Shen Er An put his phone back in his pocket: “Friend.”
Liang Dong received a great shock, besides him, An Brother had other friends?
It wasn’t that he was arrogant, but An Brother didn’t get along with other people.
Liang Dong curiously smiled and asked, “Who is it, is it a girl from which class? Introduce me?”
Shen Er An walked towards the classroom, answering a question with a question: “Dongzi, do you still, hate Jiao Bai?”
“Nonsense.” Liang Dong’s expression changed instantly, “An Brother, I really don’t want to hear you mention him, I think he’ll pollute you just by coming out of your mouth.”
“Really, I’m just worried that you’ll be deceived by him, and that he’ll enter our circle. Wouldn’t the other families laugh to death?” Being brothers with your own father’s former lover, it’s so touching. The key is that the person is still thinking about his father and using him.
However, Liang Dong, whose words were full of disgust and contempt, murmured at this moment: “Jiao Bai hasn’t been to school for a week, do you think I should call and ask?”
Shen Er An, who had no reaction just now, suddenly said, “Do you have, his cell phone number?”
Liang Dong said, “I have it.”
“Didn’t I tell you, that time, the day after the Good Place building incident, he called me a lot, asking if I was with you, it was inexplicable, you didn’t hear the tone, it was completely different from usual,” Liang Dong complained, “He must have gotten my number from some grandson in the class.”
Shen Er An touched his pocket and took out a square piece of paper, he folded it while walking.
Liang Dong saw An Brother throw the broken paper dragonfly into the trash can, and his face twitched. An Brother was so good at folding dragonflies, but he had made mistakes once or twice recently.
An Brother had a secret. Something he didn’t want to share with him.
Speaking of which, what exactly was the situation with Jiao Bai taking a guy? Could it be that no one would collect his body if he died?
Liang Dong reluctantly poked the class group and found Jiao Bai’s female deskmate for a private chat. Asking someone to inquire about Jiao Bai seemed shameful, he had to do it secretly. After all, in front of his younger brothers, he was always nitpicking at Jiao Bai, and couldn’t stand him in every way.
The female deskmate didn’t reply to the message.
When Liang Dong entered the classroom, she directly opened her voice and shouted at him in front of the whole class: “Are you looking for me to ask about Jiao Bai? I don’t know if something happened in his family, if you’re really worried, you can ask the class advisor!”
The class was silent for a second, and everyone looked at Liang Dong. Especially his younger brothers.
Liang Dong: “…”
I’m not going to class, I’m skipping, goodbye!
Jiao Bai waited for the hot pot at home, he waited and waited, the secretions in his mouth increased, his eyes turned green, and he became a Wang An stone.
But when Shen Er An really put the hot pot in front of Jiao Bai, he lost his appetite. Even a pregnant woman in her pregnancy didn’t change as quickly as he did.
“You eat, I’ll watch you eat.” Jiao Bai forced a smile, “If you eat, it’ll be like I ate.”
Shen Er An didn’t like hot pot, he looked at Jiao Bai’s expectant eyes and quietly picked up his chopsticks.
Jiao Bai drooped his eyebrows and smelled the fragrance weakly: “By the way, did your family know about this time?”
Shen Er An shook his head.
Jiao Bai’s expression was a little out of control, did this young master handle it all by himself? How did he handle it?
Oh right, he had said not long ago that someone could be used.
Okay, protagonist gong, it’s possible.
Jiao Bai’s nerve endings began to relax, and his tone became lazy: “Have you seen your own injuries?”
Shen Er An ate a piece of lettuce in his bowl: “It’s okay.” He added a few words at the end, “They’re all superficial wounds.”
Jiao Bai was a little dissatisfied. Shen Young Master was too stuffy and quiet, it was quite difficult to be alone with him. He remembered the other party’s persona and clicked his tongue. This frequency of speaking was already a lot, and he would speak even less in the future.
“You don’t want others to know that you live with me.”
Shen Er An looked at Jiao Bai’s haggard face. So his family didn’t know that he had an accident and was injured, and that his new roommate had broken three ribs for him and was lying here. Dongzi also didn’t know.
Jiao Bai, who was caught off guard by having his thoughts guessed, smiled awkwardly. Shen Young Master, I’m really sorry, I’m just as cunning as the gang who beat you, I’ve accurately grasped your temperament, and I’m sure you won’t reveal the big and small things of your life and study to your family, that’s why I dared to move in.
Therefore, Jiao Bai would never tell anyone about his cohabitation with Shen Er An, he tried his best to hide it, and he would delay it as long as he could, preferably until the day he got Shen Er An.
That was the ideal situation.
If there was a sudden change, he would deal with it accordingly, people were alive, and there was always a way to go.
Jiao Bai avoided Shen Er An’s eyes, which were as penetrating as his father’s, and said jokingly: “You guessed it right, my identity is awkward, if your grandma finds out, she’ll think I’m going to lead you astray, and she’ll kill me.” Then Jiao Bai laughed, “Not only your grandma, but also your two fathers, they won’t spare me.”
Shen Er An looked at the boiling hot pot, and lifted his eyelids sluggishly: “Two, fathers?”
“Shen Ji and Liang Dong.” Jiao Bai teased.
Shen Er An’s gaze stayed on Jiao Bai’s face for a long time, he blinked his eyelashes lightly, and said meaningfully: “It’s the first time I’ve heard someone call him by his name.”
“Not used to it? You’ll get used to it if you listen more.”
Jiao Bai couldn’t hold on and closed his eyes. In his semi-sleep state, he thought that when Qi Shuang came to school to confront him that day, he was surprised that the other party didn’t mention that he had moved to Shen Er An’s place. It stood to reason that since Qi Shuang knew he was in Class 7 of Three Middle School, he would definitely investigate it thoroughly and then go crazy and bite people.
At this moment, Jiao Bai realized that Qi Shuang didn’t miss that one, but didn’t find out, presumably Shen Er An had done something to cover it up.
Shen Er An was a good boy at this time, and would silently cover for him.
As Jiao Bai fell into a deep sleep, the quilt was pressed by a hand, and Shen Er An’s low voice vaguely rang in his ear: “If, you meet that person again, don’t call him that in front of him.”
The rebellious bone that you think you have hidden well has been seen by that person, don’t let him pinch it.
Otherwise, you will be chained up again.
That dog chain will be more secure than the first one. And he will no longer hand the dog chain to the Old Madam, but will personally chain you, until your rebellious bone is drawn out, losing your bloodiness and self, and becoming a true pet that only knows how to submit to its master.
And the current I am far from being his opponent, unable to help you get away.
Jiao Bai didn’t even know when Shen Er An finished eating the hot pot and left, he had a dream, a dream about the death of his parents. This wasn’t the first time he had this dream, but it was the only time he didn’t desperately cry while digging at the tombstone in the dream.
Probably because his ribs were broken, he subconsciously didn’t dare to move around even in his sleep.
I don’t know how long it had passed, Jiao Bai slept hazily, feeling uncomfortable.
That discomfort wasn’t physical, it was psychological, as if someone had stripped him of his clothes and pants, and used a magnifying glass to stick to his skin, examining it inch by inch. Then use a very fine pen to trace it stroke by stroke.
Jiao Bai frowned and opened his eyes, and saw Shen Old Dog standing by the bed smoking, full of the smell of smoke and alcohol.
“It’s a dream.”
Jiao Bai closed his eyes, the next moment he was grabbed by his pajamas and lifted up, a cloud of spicy smoke mixed with the smell of alcohol sprayed on his trembling eyelids: “The dream is over, little dog.”