Hospital Visit
"You should know what happened at the Orphanage, right?"
Bai Zhi casually found a seat at the foot of the bed and sat down, then asked the two people in front of him in a businesslike manner.
To be honest, he basically had no recollection of the Campus Belle who was now burying her face in the pillow— the Unique he remembered was the Fake Campus Belle from Class Three who tried to get close to him twice.
After all, strictly speaking, he had only had two interactions with the Kazuma Campus Belle: one in the Canteen and the other on his way to class. Therefore, he wasn't surprised that the Campus Belle buried her face in her pillow to avoid seeing him.
After all, the other party had previously avoided him like the plague.
"I know, so what do you want to do?"
Xia Wen gave Lin Xiaoyi burying her face in the pillow and blushing, a look of utter disdain—"I'll give you a chance, but you're useless"—and stepped forward without hesitation to block her path.
That's why she just couldn't understand the minds of these girls in the throes of new love... So what if their partner overheard their conversation? Why are you being so shy?
"It's simple, just get a basic understanding of the situation."
Bai Zhi nodded.
"For example, why did you go to the Orphanage, and what exactly happened to you Orphanage... or to put it another way, how much of what happened at the Orphanage do you still remember?"
Is this an interrogation?
Looking at Bai Zhi's calm expression, Xia Wen was slightly displeased.
"The Orphanage was my home, but it's destroyed now. You are the Unique survivors in this accident."
"... Feel sorry."
"There's nothing to apologize for. I just wanted to get a little bit of information from you. Would it be convenient for you to explain?"
"We arrived at the Orphanage yesterday afternoon..."
After a moment's hesitation, Xia Wen began to speak.
Aside from the fact that they couldn't reveal the purpose of their trip to the person in front of them, Xia Wen made no attempt to hide the bizarre encounter they had experienced.
According to Xia Wen herself, ever since they arrived at Orphanage and stepped inside, they could no longer find any way out. The entire Orphanage was deserted, so empty that it was frightening.
Just when they had no idea what to do, terrifying and disgusting Monster appeared behind them. Driven by the Monster that were closely following them, they fled all the way to the rooftop. Just when they thought they had reached a dead end, the staircase leading to the rooftop suddenly disappeared, and they were trapped on the roof.
After that, their memories became somewhat hazy. Trapped on the rooftop, they fainted from hunger and thirst. When they opened their eyes again, they found themselves in the hospital.
(... Two unlucky souls? It seems they know less than Chu Ci... Was it the Old Director who sent them to the rooftop for protection?)
After listening silently to Xia Wen's story, Bai Zhi nodded and then asked a new question.
"Then why did you go to the Orphanage?"
Well... because love doesn't get hurt easily.
Xia Wen rolled his eyes slightly and gave a serious answer.
"So everything is a picture of happiness?"
Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow.
"Because love grows so easily?"
Xia Wen's eyes lit up.
"I can still go crazy for you anytime."
Standing up from the chair, Bai Zhi picked up the bag of fruit he had bought on the way here and placed it on the bedside table.
"If you don't want to talk about it, then so be it. After all, everyone has their own little secrets and privacy. Thank you for your cooperation today. We're classmates from the same school. This is just a little something I bought for you—books and fruit."
"Oh? I can't accept that. You've gone to so much trouble."
Upon hearing that there was food, Xia Wen immediately got off the bed with a look of eagerness.
"It's just some fruit, you all should get some rest."
Bai Zhi glanced at the Campus Belle who was lying in bed with her face buried in the pillow, shook his head slightly, turned around and walked out of the ward, closing the door behind him.
Although I didn't have high hopes of getting any clues from here from the beginning, I still felt a little disappointed in the end... It's a pity about all the fruit I spent money on.
Hmm, I should have just picked a few wildflowers from the roadside and brought them... It would have saved me money and effort...
"Heaven gave you a chance, but you failed."
Xia Wen pointed his finger at Lin Xiaoyi's forehead, who had immediately gotten out of bed as soon as someone left, and looked at her with a look of utter disappointment.
"Were you pretending to be a motionless, speechless stone the whole time? Where did all your courage go?"
"Who knew he was right outside the door? If he had heard those embarrassing things, where would I put my face?"
Lin Xiaoyi slapped Xia Wen's hand away from her face, looking quite indignant.
"And besides, I haven't even..."
"Nothing much yet? You need to understand one thing: opportunities are fleeting. Heaven may shower you with opportunities, but you've skillfully dodged them all."
His figure appeared at the head of the bed at some point, and as he opened the black plastic bag, Xia Wen curled his lip in disdain.
"I think you're feeling guilty, aren't you? I personally think Bai Zhi is quite easy to get along with, and he's also very humorous... By the way, how did you fail to pick him up those previous times?"
"What else could it be? It's just that he doesn't want to get me involved in that dangerous situation. That's just the kind of person he is... And who are you saying is guilty?!"
Somewhat defiant, she lunged at Xia Wen, but the Campus Belle, quite annoyed, delivered a cross-chokehold to him.
"I'm not like you, unable to resist food the moment I see it. I'm really worried you'll get kidnapped with Lollipop someday... No eating now, put it down!!"
"Don't even think about it, it's only about food..."
As the two were playfully bickering, the Black Bag rolled to the ground with a clatter, and two durians slowly rolled out from the opening that Xia Wen had untied...
Xia Wen / Lin Xiaoyi: "???"