Fifth Master, Please Lift Your Honorable Leg

In the walk-in closet, Bai Jianian looked as though he had been dragged out of a pool of blood, covered from head to toe in gore.

Wracked by pain, Bai Jianian had curled up on the floor, cold sweat pouring down his body. The blood and sweat stuck together, turning a pale red.

But that was not the most terrifying part.

What horrified Yuan Xiaohui and Bai Deye most was Bai Jianian's right hand.

Bai Jianian's right hand had been completely crushed into pieces.

It was no exaggeration. His five perfectly good fingers had been crushed into piece after piece by something.

With flesh and bone still mixed in, those fragments of fingers did not look particularly thin.

But they were horrifying enough.

There was no need to send him to a hospital for anyone to see that Bai Jianian's right hand was ruined.

Not merely ruined, but utterly destroyed.

It would probably never recover for the rest of his life.

Who was it?

Who had broken into the Bai Family home in the middle of the night and beaten Bai Jianian into this state?

Bai Jianian was highly gifted in medicine. He was also one of the top students at Xu City's Medical University and a child the Bai Family had focused on cultivating.

But now, let alone becoming a future genius doctor from Medical University, he would probably have to change majors just to graduate successfully.

Yuan Xiaohui could not accept such an outcome. She failed to catch her breath and fainted on the spot.

Bai Deye was trembling with rage as well, but after so many years in the business world, he had weathered every kind of storm. He quickly calmed down.

He summoned the servants to take Yuan Xiaohui back to her room, while he and the bodyguards hurriedly rushed Bai Jianian, who had already passed out from pain, to the hospital.

At a time like this, the sooner they got him to the hospital, the more likely it was that Bai Jianian's hand could still be repaired.

As for who had broken into their home in the middle of the night and dealt Bai Jianian such a vicious blow?

Only after Bai Deye had sent Bai Jianian to the hospital and watched the doctors hurriedly wheel him into the operating room did he have the mind to send people to investigate.

As for calling the police?

For a top-tier wealthy family like theirs in Xu City, unless someone had died or outsiders had learned of the matter, they generally would not place their hopes on the police.

It was not that they distrusted the police, but what wealthy family did not have a few shameful secrets hidden away?

The police were indeed efficient, but they were also quite capable of getting to the bottom of things.

Bai Deye did not want them to uncover other matters while investigating who was behind this incident.

Besides, Bai Deye had a strong premonition that this matter was probably not so simple.

Bai Jin knew nothing about the commotion in the Bai Family.

He slept until he woke naturally, only to open his eyes and see Lu Chengze, who had slept in his bed, stolen his pillow, and forcibly held him in his arms, staring at him with great interest.

Bai Jin: "...Let go of me."

"Tut! You were cuter when you were asleep. I could knead you into a ball or flatten you however I wanted." Though he said that, Lu Chengze still sensibly released the arm wrapped tightly around Bai Jin.

Bai Jin tried to get up, but could not. His lower body was still firmly pinned down by Lu Chengze.

But Bai Jin did not dare use a commanding tone again, because he could sense that a certain bird, up early to look for worms... was dangerous and watching him like prey.

Bai Jin smiled. "Fifth Master, please lift your honorable leg."

Only then did Lu Chengze slowly and reluctantly move his leg away, with a trace of regret on his face. "You little ingrate. You slept so restlessly that you pinned me down all night. I only pinned you for a little while, and you are already turning on me. Tut! I am still injured, you know! It hurts so much..."

As he spoke, Lu Chengze sat up. The blanket covering him slipped down at once, revealing the injury at his waist and abdomen, tied up with a neat little bow.

Bai Jin: "..."

Had someone swapped this man's brain while he slept last night?

Why was he even using reduplicated words? Why did it sound so awkward?

Seeing Bai Jin staring at his wound, Lu Chengze leaned closer so Bai Jin could see more clearly. "Little friend, look. It is bleeding through."

Sure enough, a patch of pale red had seeped into the gauze.

Thinking of how Lu Chengze had said Bai Jin slept restlessly and pinned him down all night... Bai Jin inexplicably felt a little guilty.

He really did sleep rather restlessly.

That was why he basically never slept deeply whenever he was carrying out a mission.

"I'll change your dressing later." After tossing out those words, Bai Jin quickly got out of bed and went into the bathroom to wash up.

But he did not see Lu Chengze watching his fleeing figure, the corners of his lips curling up as he murmured softly, "How could he be so easy to fool?"

It was true that Bai Jin slept restlessly.

It was also true that he had pinned Lu Chengze down all night.

But Bai Jin had not caused Lu Chengze's wound to bleed through.

Before Bai Jin woke up, Lu Chengze had pressed on it with his own fingers until it bled.

And the purpose?

It was so he could better cling to Bai Jin's side.

Last night, Lu Jin and Lu Mu had nearly beaten Bai Jianian to death. With that old bastard Bai Deye's temperament, he might very well pin the matter on Bai Jin.

Today, he had to keep an eye on his little friend.

He could not let him get bullied again.

Bai Jin was quick to wash up. In less than ten minutes, he came out and nodded toward Lu Chengze, signaling for him to hurry up and go wash.

Lu Chengze understood. He shifted off the bed and rose, perhaps moving too abruptly. With a hiss, he quickly covered his wound with one hand, then said nothing as he passed Bai Jin and entered the bathroom.

But Bai Jin caught the pained expression on his face.

Bai Jin rubbed his nose. Did it really hurt that much?

Thinking of how Lu Chengze had not rested properly since suffering the gunshot wound, Bai Jin knew that if this man's physical condition had not been so good, he would probably have needed to lie in bed with a fever for days to recover.

When Lu Chengze came out, he saw Bai Jin crouching before the old-fashioned television cabinet with his back to him, his head lowered as he fiddled with the first-aid kit.

Bai Jin was slender and wore only a thin black short-sleeved shirt, making his skin appear even fairer. Especially when he lowered his head, a stretch of long, snow-white neck was exposed.

He was so thin that the bone at the back of his neck protruded slightly, looking both eye-catching and easy to pinch.

Lu Chengze gestured at it from afar. He could completely encircle it with one hand. Then he recalled the time he had forced Bai Jin to bathe with him, when there had barely been any flesh on his body at all...

That bastard Bai Deye truly deserved to die!

He had left his biological son to fend for himself while raising an illegitimate son plump and healthy.

Why had Lu Jin and Lu Mu not beaten Bai Jianian to death last night?

Sensing someone behind him, Bai Jin turned around and held up the medicine and gauze in his hands. "Go sit on the sofa. I'll change your dressing first."

Lu Chengze nodded and sat down on the sofa. Since he was shirtless anyway, there was no need to take anything off. He draped both arms over the backrest and waited like a lord for Bai Jin to come serve him.

Bai Jin tightened his grip on the gauze but said nothing. He walked to Lu Chengze's side, crouched halfway down, and seriously began treating his wound.

He was careful and focused in everything he did. His lowered eyes held only Lu Chengze's bleeding wound. When he saw that the wound had clearly bled from being pressed...

Bai Jin frowned. As a doctor, he instinctively began scolding Lu Chengze. "I sleep restlessly, so couldn't you have pushed me away? That wound had only just healed..."

Feeling Bai Jin's fingers moving around his waist and abdomen, Lu Chengze smiled in satisfaction. "Mm, it was my fault. I'll be more careful next time."

Bai Jin could hear Lu Chengze's lack of sincerity. When wrapping the final bandage, he used a little more force, and only after satisfactorily hearing the man draw a quiet breath did he tie a neat bow over the wound. "Done. If you tear it open again next time, go straight to the hospital."

"I will not deal with it anymore."

Lu Chengze had only been teasing Bai Jin. Seeing that Bai Jin was about to get angry, he hurriedly promised, "I won't. I will definitely protect my wound and absolutely won't let it split open again."

The same excuse was an accident the first time, but a coincidence the second.

Bai Jin might look harmless, but he was stubborn when his temper flared. If Bai Jin truly stopped caring about him, how would he openly come over to freeload food and lodging?

Bai Jin did not respond. He put the things back in the first-aid kit, washed his hands, and began making breakfast.

A bowl of noodles with only greens and a fried egg.

Seeing such a simple breakfast, Lu Chengze frowned. "Is this all you eat in the morning?"

No wonder he was so thin.

Without waiting for Bai Jin to answer, he took a black card from his pocket. "Take this card. Buy more good food and nourish yourself. Look how thin you are."