Jialuo: Teresa

"Be careful, watch your legs, hey, gently..."

At the Qiyao Technical Development Zone Research Department Hospital, Mo Heng was directing people to transfer Xilin from the wheelchair to the hospital bed.

Xilin said he could move himself, but Mo Heng didn't listen at all. He looked disgusted, as if Xilin was a troublesome person, yet he kept directing the people lifting Xilin, afraid of bumping him anywhere.

Xilin felt like crying but had no tears. In reality, he could now kill ten black rats with his bare hands without getting injured, but unfortunately, he had to pretend to be sick. Pretending to be sick was a painful thing, a self-inflicted suffering!

Although the medical instrument tests showed Xilin was completely fit for discharge, Mo Heng still insisted that Xilin rest for another ten days, and during these ten days, no one was allowed to visit.

This was actually a punishment for Xilin suddenly taking leave to participate in a dangerous mission for the Training Department!

Xilin could only communicate with others via the microcomputer every day. Qiyao had its internal communication platform. Among Xilin's friends, only Knight, Long, Ci Jincheng, Hard, and Saqi were listed. Although there were only five people, the chat boxes were constantly flashing.

One day, Xilin woke up and as soon as he opened his microcomputer, several messages popped up, all about the same thing—the five of them participating in the rat extermination mission.

Since the matter at the Bio-chemical Base had been resolved, there was no need to continue hiding it. Moreover, even if every trainee from the Training Department maintained secrecy, some students from other departments in Qiyao could always find out some information if they wanted to.

Now that the incident at the base had been exposed, the five trainees who participated in the mission, including Xilin, were also exposed. Someone had even created a strength ranking for them.

Xilin opened the "Qiyao Forum" using the forum address Knight had left. As expected, the top few hot posts were about them, with pictures of the black rats. Many people were replying, some praising, some criticizing. Of course, some people were just there to see the rats.

As for the ranking of the five, the order from first to fifth was Knight, Pride, Saqi, Hard, Xilin. There was a reason for this ranking.

Why were Hard and Xilin ranked last? It was because when they got off the aircraft that day, they were the only two among the five who were seated. Hard was discharged the next day, while Xilin still had to wait a few more days, so he was ranked last. Pride should be glad he insisted on not using a wheelchair that day, otherwise, he would have been depressed being ranked behind Saqi.

However, the further Xilin scrolled, the more outrageous the discussion became.

Where did the topic go off track?

This had to be attributed to "Shasha" in the 1626th floor of that post. Once this person replied, the subsequent floors started to deviate, until they were completely unrelated to the original post. This was probably what Knight and the others truly wanted Xilin to see.

"Shasha" said this:

"Actually, I'm more optimistic about the one ranked fifth."

Then, the replies started coming in, and judging by the timestamps, the replies were incredibly fast, filling over five pages in less than a minute.

"Sha Meiren appears!"

"Sha Meiren, did you see the sincere vow I wrote to you fifty-seven days, twelve hours, thirty-eight minutes, and three seconds ago?"

"Is this the legendary Sha Meiren?"

"Could it be that Sha Meiren is interested in the kid ranked fifth?"

"What? Sha Meiren is interested in the kid ranked fifth!"

"Sha Meiren, have you given your heart to the kid ranked fifth?"

"Explosive News, Sha Meiren has a crush on a freshman!"

"Who's the bastard ranked fifth? Drag him out and beat him!"

Xilin was speechless, truly admiring their ability to twist words. He witnessed how they could turn a grape into a durian, and each one more righteous than the last.

As Xilin was feeling speechless about the replies, the chat window started flashing again, with the avatars of Long and Knight blinking non-stop.

What now?

He clicked to open them. Both had sent a large image. The image showed a girl in a fresh, light-colored casual outfit, with her hair in a ponytail, wearing a sun hat, her expression unclear. She was holding a bouquet of flowers. The key point of this image was that the background was the hospital where Xilin was staying.

"Xilin, look at the main page of the Qiyao Forum," Ci Jincheng sent a message.

Returning to the forum's main page, the red-marked posts were extremely eye-catching. They were all about this "Sha Meiren," with countless messages denouncing Xilin as Sha Meiren's rumored boyfriend. There was also a pinned post: "Live broadcast of Sha Meiren visiting her rumored boyfriend."...

The more Xilin read, the dizzier he became. He didn't even know who Sha Meiren was, what rumors was he involved in?!

The little speaker below the chat window kept ringing. Xilin directly clicked to call them simultaneously.

"Hello, Xilin, have you seen Sha Meiren?"

"Xilin, you're secretly keeping a wild flower outside, no, a delicate flower! There's something going on, tell us the truth!"

While Long and Knight, those two big mouths, were arguing, the door to Xilin's hospital room chimed open. A medical robot walked in, followed by the "Sha Meiren" Xilin had seen in the picture.

"Hi, Daons Xilin!" the newcomer said with a bright smile, greeting him generously.

"Oh~~ it's Sha Mei-BEEP--"

The voice on the other end abruptly stopped because Xilin had directly closed the microcomputer and looked at the person in front of him.

At the same time, Long in the Trade Zone and Knight in the Training Department were jumping with anger. Xilin actually dared to close the microcomputer! Could it be... he was going to do something intimate? The two of them started to let their imaginations run wild.

"Let me introduce myself, Jialuo Teresa, fifth year, from the Design Institute of the Research Department."

Not seductive, but possessing a fresh beauty. Every movement exuded an air of grace, making her easy to approach. This was the first impression people had of Teresa.

Xilin didn't know who "Sha Meiren" was, but he knew the name "Teresa." She was featured in the Qiyao Handbook's introduction to campus celebrities, and Teresa was one of them.

Teresa, a renowned talented student in the Research Department's Design Institute, a Special Recruit. She had advanced to the fifth year in just three years of enrollment. She studied under the famous "Queen" of Qiyao, the wife of the Seven Luminaries Academy Principal—Professor Lin, Old Mrs. Lin.

Professor Lin was an old acquaintance of Mo Heng, so it was no wonder Mo Heng had granted her special permission to enter.

"Is Professor Lin's project finished?" Xilin asked. He had heard from Linglong long ago that Queen Lin had gone on a business trip to Planet A Sector for a project, so it seemed Teresa had gone with Queen Lin.

Teresa placed the flowers in her hand into a vase nearby. "Yes, we just returned today. Professor Mo praised you quite a bit at dinner today. There aren't many people who can earn such high praise from Professor Mo."

Xilin shrugged, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Glancing at the microcomputer next to Xilin, Teresa smiled and said, "I've been away for a long time. I saw your post on the Qiyao Forum today and casually replied. I didn't expect such a big reaction."

"But senior, you don't sound sorry at all."

"Hehe." Teresa didn't deny it.

After chatting casually for a while longer, Teresa got up to leave. She had been away from Qiyao for some time for her project, and Old Mrs. Lin was waiting to handle some trivial matters in Qiyao. She couldn't stay here long.

"Thank you for visiting, senior. I'll treat you to a meal when I'm discharged from the hospital."

"Okay, I'll be waiting."

Teresa was in the hospital for less than five minutes from entering to leaving, but the Qiyao Forum had already exploded. Although there were only pictures of Teresa entering and leaving the hospital, this alone had caused everyone to speculate wildly. Then, someone, through unknown means, confirmed that Teresa had indeed gone to Xilin's ward. The entire Qiyao Forum was completely abuzz.

However, Xilin paid no attention to that. After Teresa left, Xilin flipped open his hand. It was a savings card. Teresa had patted Xilin before leaving, and it was at that moment she handed him the card.

No wonder I felt something was off. So she was the contact person. This was also why Xilin said he would treat her to a meal after being discharged when Teresa was leaving. Xilin smiled meaningfully. Besides knowing she was the contact person, Xilin had also discovered a secret.

As expected of a strong contender for the heir of the Daongs Family, Aifulan, he was indeed hiding deeply!