Visiting the Sick

After an hour of trekking up the mountain path, the two arrived at the main entrance of the Dihua Ability Institute's affiliated hospital at the very top.

The general hospital's main gate was over ten meters tall, grand and imposing. Standing at the left and right sides in front of the gate were two guards in long white coats with sharp gazes.

Ning Yanzhi signaled for Yu Jing to wait where he was and went to negotiate with one of the guards himself.

In Yu Jing's eyes, Ning Yanzhi first appeared to be a good person as he conversed with the guard. Then, he took something out of his pocket, causing the guard's facial expression to change drastically. The guard immediately reported to the gate management room via intercom.

"Rumble!"

The gate opened, and Ning Yanzhi ran back, holding two passes for visiting patients within the hospital.

"This guy doesn't seem simple. Was he deliberately approaching me at first, or was it a coincidence? I'll observe him for a while longer. If he doesn't have any ulterior motives, perhaps we can be friends."

Yu Jing's evaluation of Ning Yanzhi improved, but seeing the squinting eyes of the latter, he always felt something was being hidden.

"Consider the favor repaid. However, I'll still give you a piece of advice. If you find any Yu family members around the patient's room, I suggest you don't get close. After all, the Yu family has influence within this Ability Institute, and they won't do anything to you for killing a newcomer."

Ning Yanzhi patted Yu Jing's shoulder, and this time, Yu Jing nodded seriously.

"Are you coming with me?"

"Let's go for a stroll. I've already sorted out all the dormitory arrangements, so I'm quite idle before the opening ceremony."

Ning Yanzhi put his hands behind his head and whistled, appearing very relaxed.

"Use the visiting pass I gave you to look up the patient's room number. If Yu Xiaoxiao is still in surgery, you naturally won't be able to find it," Ning Yanzhi said, pointing to a machine in the large, circular central hospital lobby as they walked in.

"En."

Yu Jing unlocked the machine with the card hanging on his chest, and the name Yu Xiaoxiao was successfully found with the room number '2203'.

The two took the elevator to the twenty-second floor. Before approaching the room, they confirmed that besides the nurses and doctors walking around, there were no other individuals who appeared to be from the Yu family.

"You go in for the visit. It's just like the rumors say; the Yu family is very cold towards their juniors. Don't worry about the time; I can sit in the hallway and read a novel all night... Oh, right, your visiting method isn't very professional. The patient is also a pretty girl, and you didn't even prepare any flowers or anything. Luckily, I have some spares."

Ning Yanzhi sat on a chair in the corridor and took out a detective novel and a bunch of delicate narcissus flowers from his point card.

"Where did the flowers come from?" Yu Jing asked.

"A female classmate who was looking for me at the hospital gave them to me before. I didn't expect to use them here."

"Thanks."

It really wasn't good to visit without flowers. Furthermore, it was all thanks to Ning Yanzhi that Yu Jing could smoothly reach Yu Xiaoxiao's room; otherwise, Yu Jing didn't know how long it would have taken him alone. Yu Jing expressed his gratitude very sincerely.

Yu Jing approached the closed room door. When he swiped the visiting pass hanging around his neck over the sensor on the door, his information was immediately collected and transmitted to the nurse's station on that floor. After confirming that Yu Jing's identity was related to the patient and posed no danger, the room door in front of him automatically opened.

Compared to Yu Jing's previous room, this one was more than three times larger, somewhat resembling a presidential suite in a high-end hotel.

He had expected that the severely injured Yu Xiaoxiao would still be in a deep sleep, but to his surprise, as the door opened, Yu Xiaoxiao, who was sitting on the hospital bed watching television, shifted her gaze over.

Yu Jing was not good at socializing, and even less so with the opposite sex. For a moment, he stood frozen at the doorway, unsure of what to say.

"So pretty," Yu Xiaoxiao broke the awkward silence with a single sentence.

Yu Jing immediately came back to his senses and looked at Yu Xiaoxiao's right hand, which had been crippled in the hotel. Now, a completely regenerated arm was indistinguishable from the other, showing no abnormalities.

"Your hand... is it better?"

Yu Jing walked to Yu Xiaoxiao's bedside, placed the narcissus flowers in a vase nearby, and asked with concern.

"En, Dihua's technology is very advanced. Even if only the head remains, as long as the brain is alive, the body can be reconstructed and they can survive. An arm is nothing. The most severe injury was to my bones. Due to the overuse of my body, a large number of bone cells died. Now I have to drink nutrient solution every day to recover... I really want to eat something. Do you have any Instant Noodles?"

As they met again, Yu Xiaoxiao, just like during the last Physical Training session, quickly shifted the topic to eating. Moreover, she was craving the cheap and delicious Instant Noodles Yu Jing had.

Yu Jing replied with a mix of helplessness and amusement, "Uh... well, you haven't recovered yet, so you can't eat junk food like Instant Noodles. It's better to listen to the doctor, okay? I'll take you out to eat when you're discharged."

"Oh, okay. I'll look for you after I'm discharged!"

Suddenly, the air between them seemed to freeze.

Yu Xiaoxiao had never exchanged more than twenty words with the same person throughout her life, but now she was chatting freely with Yu Jing. Coupled with the feeling of meeting again after surviving a crisis, the atmosphere became somewhat strange.

"...You should get some rest. Call me when you're discharged. I heard Jiang Pengyu and Men Qian are both alive. I'll go contact them, and then we'll have a good meal at Jiang Pengyu's expense."

"En."

After exchanging phone numbers, Yu Jing waved goodbye to Yu Xiaoxiao and left the room.

"So soon? What a guy with no emotional intelligence. This kind of opportunity to meet again after facing life and death together is a great chance to nurture the seeds of love. It's a shame to see you waste it like this. I really wanted to see you dating the young lady from the Yu family."

Ning Yanzhi, sitting in the corridor, teased Yu Jing, who had just walked out of the room and seemed a little unsettled.

The latter was not good at explaining things, and they walked towards the elevator.

"Ding!"

As the elevator doors opened on the twenty-second floor, a man dressed entirely in black emerged. However, he stopped as he brushed past Yu Jing. Under the brim of his black hat, a pair of black eyes looked at Yu Jing.

In that instant, Yu Jing felt as if he had fallen into an abyss, unable to extricate himself.

"Buzz!"

A ringing in his ears disturbed him, and Yu Jing shook his head, returning to reality.

"Let's go, fellow student Yu Jing."

Ning Yanzhi, beside him, seemed unaffected. He placed his arm on Yu Jing's shoulder, who was sweating profusely.

"En," Yu Jing said, doing his best to calm himself as he entered the elevator.

As the elevator doors closed, Ning Yanzhi, who had been squinting his eyes and appeared rather unserious, opened his eyes for the first time. Inside were a pair of beautiful brown eyes.

"That man just now, he's the current head of the Yu family and also holds a leadership position in our institute... Fortunately, he didn't trouble you, otherwise, I might have been implicated. In that case, our corpses would have been sent to the balance room here for placement."