Wu Liang looked out at the already changed world beyond the window and smiled calmly.
Great! Discharge!!
That had originally been Wu Liang's plan.
But who knew that a Cheng Yaojin would suddenly appear halfway through, forcing him to postpone it.
"Liang'er, I heard you took it upon yourself to have Yao Shi handle your discharge procedures. Is that true?"
A pure black trench coat was draped over her snow-white shirt, and her sleek professional outfit perfectly outlined the woman's beautiful leg curves.
Her supple skin was as tender as a baby's, seemingly delicate enough to break with a breath, while there was not a trace of wrinkles at the corners of her smooth eyes.
If Wu Liang had not already known this woman's true age, he might have mistaken her for his older sister.
"Ah... Mom... Why are you here...?"
With a head full of black lines, Wu Liang knelt on the hospital bed. The woman before him was none other than his mother, Mu Xinrou.
Though she was merely sitting casually before him with one leg crossed over the other, the faint, almost imperceptible pressure radiating from Mu Xinrou made him shudder in fear.
"Why are you in such a hurry to leave the hospital? Give me a reasonable explanation."
Mu Xinrou held a folded fan and lightly tapped it against her palm, producing crisp sounds in the empty room.
Mu Xinrou was genuinely baffled. Why had Liang'er suddenly decided to leave the hospital?
Given Liang'er's personality, he should have been eager to stay here for a few more days.
"I need to handle some personal matters at school. I hope you won't interfere, Mother."
Wu Liang glanced at Mu Xinrou and sighed helplessly.
Although Mu Xinrou was Wu Liang's mother, the two rarely saw each other due to her work.
Because she was often busy with work, Mu Xinrou doted on Wu Liang excessively in an attempt to make up for what he had lacked during childhood.
Yet it was precisely because of this that Wu Liang had become too unruly, his personality growing terribly twisted.
"School? Which family's girl have you taken a fancy to this time?"
Upon hearing Wu Liang mention school, Mu Xinrou's brows furrowed even more tightly.
If she remembered correctly, this child had previously gotten involved with some delinquent girl.
"Sorry, I have no feelings for women."
Wu Liang froze for a moment, then seriously denied Mu Xinrou's guess.
"Heh..."
The sudden soft laugh made Wu Liang and Mu Xinrou turn around.
Yao Shi merely tilted her head in confusion, her cold face utterly devoid of emotion.
"Fine. Since you insist on returning to the academy, I won't stop you. But for the time being, you need to behave yourself."
Mu Xinrou rubbed her brow and spoke with a headache, feeling that something about Wu Liang today was rather strange.
"Alright. I promise I won't cause you any more trouble, Mother."
Wu Liang smiled gently. At last, he had managed to send Mu Xinrou away.
"..."
Mu Xinrou stared at Wu Liang with an odd expression, unsure what to say to express her doubts.
After a long silence, Mu Xinrou walked over to Wu Liang and gently pulled him into her embrace.
"If something's bothering you, don't bottle it up. Talk to Mom more."
Thinking that Wu Liang had something on his mind, Mu Xinrou spoke gently. Her maternal warmth was fully on display, moving even Yao Shi behind them.
After all, in Yao Shi's eyes, Mu Xinrou had always been a proud woman with an overwhelming presence.
"Wu Liang understands."
Breathing in Mu Xinrou's delicate fragrance, Wu Liang immediately felt much more at ease.
Though Mu Xinrou was merely a character in the game and not his mother in the truest sense,
Wu Liang, who had never experienced maternal love before, could not help feeling reassured. Much of his restless mood was soothed as well.
"Madam, it is time to board the plane. Master is already waiting for you."
A deep voice sounded from behind the door.
A bodyguard dressed in black and wearing sunglasses pushed the door open and entered.
"Then Mom will be leaving first. Take good care of yourself."
Mu Xinrou rubbed Wu Liang's hair and smiled faintly.
She nodded toward Yao Shi by the door. I'll leave him to you from now on.
"That guy really didn't come to see me..."
After watching Mu Xinrou leave the ward, Wu Liang rubbed his chin and murmured quietly.
Sure enough, Wu Liang's father was exactly as he had been written in the game. The man regarded him as nothing more than a useless piece of trash.
"But after this, Father's opinion of me may change somewhat..."
Wu Liang crossed his arms and watched Mu Xinrou leave by car below, smiling slightly.
But what Wu Liang never could have imagined was that because of Mu Xinrou, the entire game's plot development would undergo earth-shaking changes.
P.S. Wu Liang would no longer bully Nan Zhu and the female leads, nor would he maliciously obstruct their progress.
Logically speaking, as long as Wu Liang did not approach the male lead and female leads, he could leisurely live out his own little life without dying.
I saw quite a few readers bring up this question in the comments, so I'll explain it here all at once.
The concept of "Wu Liang will die" was built on the premise that the male lead and female leads had not reached the true perfect ending.
In other words, as long as the male lead and female leads had not reached the true ending, Wu Liang would die no matter what he did.
Even if Wu Liang did not approach the male lead or female leads, even if Wu Liang became an exceptionally good person, as long as the male lead did not reach the true ending, he would die due to the will of the world—the game's settings.
To put it plainly, Wu Liang was currently on a game route that led to an "inevitable death" ending.
Everyone could understand "Wu Liang will die" as something destined to happen one day in the future, something that could not be avoided.
Regardless of whether Wu Liang interfered with the male lead's progress with the various female leads, the concept of "Wu Liang must die" would still be triggered.
This had absolutely nothing to do with whether Wu Liang bullied the male lead. You could regard it as an unavoidable death ending.
The future ending of the world Wu Liang currently inhabited had already been planned out as "death."
You can refer to Mayuri's inevitable death ending in Steins;Gate. It was something the world had already planned, and no matter how she struggled, it was difficult to change the fact that she was destined to die.
That death could be a car accident, murder, or all sorts of accidental deaths...
And Wu Liang had only one way to avoid this ending: the male lead and female leads had to reach the true perfect ending.
That was why Wu Liang actively chose to bring the male lead and the various female leads together. After all, reaching the true perfect ending was extremely difficult, and the possibility of arriving at that ending was very slim.
At this point, some readers might ask, if our Wu Liang helped others get together, then what would happen to him?
Just keep reading, and you'll find out. There would definitely be some wild moves waiting ahead, since Wu Liang was the protagonist of this book.
But to put it bluntly, this whole "Wu Liang will die" thing was really just something the author forcibly set up to make Wu Liang actively bring Nan Zhu and the female leads together.
You really do not need to take it too seriously. If you ask why, the answer is simply that the plot requires it.
A Fated Encounter
Because of Mu Xinrou's sudden appearance, Wu Liang was unable to complete his discharge procedures right away.
As a result, he had no choice but to spend another night in this luxurious hospital room.
The evening breeze was somewhat chilly, making the pure white curtains tremble gently.
Late at night, with everyone asleep, a silver moon hung high outside the window, its shattered-silver glow spilling into the room.
Meanwhile, Wu Liang lay peacefully asleep beneath a blanket, the corners of his lips slightly raised as though he were having some wonderful dream...
"Peaceful my ass!"
He kicked away the blanket and sat upright in bed, forcefully rubbing his temples with a pounding headache.
After all, he had somehow transmigrated into the game world and become the villainous young master.
Moreover, he only had one year left before the plot killed him off. If he could still sleep soundly under those circumstances, that would truly be a miracle.
"That Yao Shi deliberately didn't handle my discharge procedures."
Wu Liang frowned and muttered in dissatisfaction, though he could not entirely blame Yao Shi.
Under Mu Xinrou's pressure, Yao Shi had no choice but to make him stay another night for observation.
After all, compared to his orders, Mu Xinrou's orders carried far more weight.
"Forget it. It's only one night anyway."
Wu Liang lay flat on the bed with his hands behind his head and spoke helplessly.
But if you expected Wu Liang to sleep now, he had already slept for a long time during the day and was actually wide awake.
Not only was he full of energy, even if someone told Wu Liang to go dancing on top of graves right now, he could do it.
"Let's go take a look outside."
With that thought, Wu Liang crept quietly to the door and observed the situation outside through the glass.
After confirming that no one was there, Wu Liang quietly slipped out.
"I'm a young master, for crying out loud... Yet there isn't even a single bodyguard..."
Wu Liang looked around the completely empty corridor and sighed.
As if mocking himself, Wu Liang could not help but doubt the supposed power of the Wu family to some extent.
He was the Wu family's eldest young master, yet this family rich enough to rival nations had not even arranged a few bodyguards for him. That was truly pathetic.
"But isn't this a little too quiet?"
Sitting in the elevator, Wu Liang felt puzzled. Even if there were not many people in the hospital at night, was this not a little too quiet?
Why had he not seen a single person on the entire floor earlier? He had not even seen any nurses or doctors.
Ding...
A crisp chime rang inside the elevator.
"Hey, did you hear? The Wu family has reserved the entire eleventh floor. What a huge gesture."
"Yeah, yeah. It seems some important member of the Wu family has been hospitalized, which is why they did this."
"According to the other nurses, the Wu family originally planned to reserve the entire hospital, but they couldn't because the patients were too difficult to transfer."
Wu Liang stared blankly at the two nurses before him, who had not noticed him at all and were chatting enthusiastically.
For a moment, he was completely dumbfounded. What had they just said? They had reserved the entire eleventh floor???
Was this a joke? This was First Private Hospital in Yanghai City.
Even those big shots famous overseas would not have the nerve... Yet the Wu family could just reserve it whenever they wanted... Was the Wu family's influence really that outrageous...
"Yeah. The Wu family strictly forbids outsiders from going to the eleventh floor. Didn't you see those huge bodyguards guarding the elevator exit and stairwell entrance on the tenth floor?"
"It really sounds like an important person. I really want to see who it is."
The two nurses chatted so absorbedly that when the elevator reached the first floor,
they linked arms affectionately and left the elevator together.
Only Wu Liang remained inside, wide-eyed and utterly shocked.
"No wonder I couldn't see anyone on the eleventh floor earlier... They moved everyone to the tenth floor just because they were afraid of disturbing my rest..."
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