Ning Yanzhi

"Wait! Help me complete the discharge procedures for today."

Just as Special Commissioner Liang was about to leave the ward, Yu Jing called out to him. The latter made an "OK" gesture and left.

In less than half an hour, the attending physician brought a nurse to the ward. After confirming that Yu Jing was fine and signing the paperwork,

they removed all the instruments attached to Yu Jing and even thoughtfully prepared a gray hoodie and a pair of jeans identical to what he had worn before physical training. The workmanship was naturally top-notch.

At three in the afternoon, Yu Jing changed his clothes and stood by the ward window, gazing at the peaceful hospital grounds outside.

The ghost orb Special Commissioner Liang had given him had already been stored in his points card. Until he knew what it was for, Yu Jing absolutely would not take it out.

After briefly organizing his thoughts, Yu Jing decided to first visit Yu Xiaoxiao, who was said by the nurse to be in the main hospital and whose injuries were even more severe than his own. If Yu Xiaoxiao had not fought to the death at the very end, Yu Jing would never have survived.

Just then, a coffee-colored figure suddenly dropped from above at incredible speed, plunging straight into the grass outside the window.

"Did someone jump from the building?"

Since Yu Jing's ward was on the first floor, his first reaction was to push open the window and check on the person who had fallen.

Unexpectedly, the moment he opened the window, a man in a coffee-colored long coat quickly stood up from the grass.

His tiny eyes were completely closed, giving him the standard appearance of a handsome man with a smile. He was 1.75 meters tall and had somewhat tousled black hair. He did not appear to be injured.

Yu Jing also noticed that the man wore a white glove on his left hand, while his right hand was bare. He did not know whether the other glove had fallen off or whether it had been intentional, but it would certainly have driven some people with obsessive-compulsive tendencies crazy.

Without Yu Jing's permission, the young man immediately climbed into the ward and somewhat frantically hid inside a nearby wardrobe.

Just as Yu Jing was wondering what was going on, several girls of roughly the same age pushed open his ward door without permission, completely disregarding his feelings as they loudly asked, "Excuse me, have you seen a very handsome man in a coffee-colored trench coat with tiny eyes?"

"I'm sorry, I haven't."

Before Yu Jing could finish speaking, the girls hurried to the next room to ask. Only after the commotion in the corridor had completely died down did the young man hiding in the wardrobe come out with a relieved expression.

"Thank you so much..."

The young man was just about to express his thanks when he discovered that the ward was already empty.

Yu Jing did not bother asking who the young man was. He had already been discharged, and whether the other party stayed in his ward was none of his business. With both hands in his pockets, he had already left.

In the hospital lobby, the young man in the coffee-colored trench coat caught up with Yu Jing just as he was about to walk out the main entrance.

"Wait, fellow newcomer! Thank you for helping me. We're both newcomers—can't we get to know each other?"

"I don't know you. I only said I hadn't seen you because I didn't want trouble." Yu Jing had no intention of getting too involved with this man.

"If you're going to the main hospital, you probably won't be able to get in."

When the young man in the trench coat said this from behind him, Yu Jing looked back at him warily.

The man immediately raised both hands and waved them in front of him, revealing a kindly smile. "Haha, I mean no harm. When all the newcomers gathered eight days ago, everyone heard that you formed a two-man team with the heir of the Yu Family. And anyone with even a little influence knows that the Yu Family's eldest daughter is recuperating from severe injuries in the main hospital. So I figured you must be going to visit her."

"As repayment, I can take you into the main hospital."

After the young man in the trench coat explained everything, Yu Jing met his tiny eyes and replied calmly, "Let's talk while we walk."

As the doors opened and they stepped outside, the bright sunlight shone over Yu Jing's body. His right arm immediately carried out photosynthesis, replenishing the energy he had failed to consume at noon.

They walked straight down the road through the branch hospital. Only after passing through the iron gates did Yu Jing realize that the branch hospital was located halfway up a ring-shaped mountain. Similar branch hospitals stood at various other points around the mountain.

At the very top of the ring-shaped mountain stood a massive hospital that towered into the clouds. It was the main building of the Dihua Ability Institute's Affiliated Hospital, and the disciples of the Medical School received their professional education inside.

"What an enormous hospital."

As Yu Jing marveled, he turned his gaze forward and saw the edges of the buildings shrouded in white mist.

"Is this inside the Dihua Ability Institute?" Yu Jing asked.

"Yes. The Dihua Ability Institute's Affiliated Hospital is located in our East District, on this ring-shaped mountain. Disciples who need treatment are brought here in special vehicles, and the cost is extremely high. Of course, injuries sustained by us newcomers during physical training are treated for free... As you can see, the main hospital is at the top of the ring-shaped mountain. Let's walk up."

"Mm."

Though Yu Jing's reply sounded calm and composed, he was deeply shocked by the scale of the Dihua Ability Institute.

Yu Jing kept his hood up and remained silent. The young man in the trench coat had no choice but to strike up the conversation again. "Didn't we say we'd chat as we walked? How about we introduce ourselves? That tense and deadly physical training just ended. Let's relax a little."

"My name is Ning Yanzhi. I'm a newcomer at the Language Academy, and I just turned twenty this year."

Yu Jing answered in turn, "Yu Jing. I'm a newcomer at the Gene Academy, and I'm about your age. By the way, if I can't enter the Affiliated Hospital above, how will you get me in?"

"All it takes is having a little connection. I have fairly good relations with people." This newcomer named Ning Yanzhi was indeed extremely approachable in the way he spoke. Seeing that Yu Jing was willing to talk, he immediately continued asking, "By the way, how did you end up with the Yu Family's little girl? Basically no one among the newcomers wants anything to do with the Yu Family."

"She's a good person and has no ulterior motives. Why shouldn't I associate with her?" Yu Jing's answer sounded indifferent, but he actually wanted to learn from Ning Yanzhi why everyone was unwilling to have anything to do with the Yu Family.

Ning Yanzhi draped an arm over Yu Jing's shoulder and leaned close to his right ear like they were old buddies.

"Because the Yu Family is the largest Assassin Family in our country today. Anyone—whether a woman or a child—as long as the client pays enough, will have their target eliminated within a week at most. That business reaches across the entire world... Yu Xiaoxiao herself might not be much of a problem, but if you get too deeply involved with her, her family might erase you without you even realizing it."

As those words were spoken, Yu Jing could not help recalling the look in Yu Xiaoxiao's mother's eyes when he had first arrived at the gates of the Dihua Ability Institute. Just as Ning Yanzhi had said, it had indeed seemed like a gaze that wanted to "erase" him.

Yu Jing pushed Ning Yanzhi's arm off his shoulder and replied calmly,

"She's my friend. That has nothing to do with her family..."