The Little Girl Was Almost Having a Mental Breakdown!

"Oh?"

Bai Zhou raised an eyebrow and looked at the lead bodyguard, knowingly asking:

"Who upset my father again?"

"Uh..."

Bai Zhou's retort left the bodyguard speechless.

Obviously, it was you, the "unfilial son." Who else could it be?

But did the bodyguard dare say that?

Yet since the young master had asked, he could not refuse to answer.

So he could only brace himself, glance at Lin Wei standing beside Bai Zhou, and say:

"The master heard... that you contracted a Divine Weapon Maiden with only E-rank talent, young master. And it was a Life-and-Death Contract, so..."

That was enough said. More importantly, he did not dare continue.

Lin Wei understood the moment she heard that.

She instinctively lowered her head and edged behind Bai Zhou.

This was exactly the answer Bai Zhou wanted the bodyguard to give, so Lin Wei could hear it.

Only this way could he more easily deepen the bond between himself and Lin Wei.

The closer Lin Wei became to him, the more chances he had to obtain Destined Villain Value from her.

So Bai Zhou deliberately waited until the bodyguard had finished speaking before tightening his grip around Lin Wei's small hand and gently saying:

"Don't worry. As long as I'm here, nothing will happen."

Hiss—

To be honest, Bai Zhou himself felt uncomfortable all over saying that!

That was way too damn cheesy. Who could stand it?

But precisely because of that!

Even Bai Zhou could barely stand it, so how could Lin Wei?

Ding! Detected that the host has cut off part of the Protagonist's fortune. Destined Villain Value +100. Villain Roulette requires 400 more to unlock!

Seeing the moved look in Lin Wei's eyes and hearing the system notification in his mind,

Bai Zhou knew he had succeeded.

He smiled faintly, then turned to the lead bodyguard and said:

"If it's because of this, there's no need to worry about it. Go bring the car around."

"This..." The bodyguard clearly had not expected his young master to remain so calm after hearing that the master was angry.

The young master used to fear nothing under heaven, but he had always been terrified of the old master at home.

What was going on today?

Could the earlier battle have given the young master confidence?

That could not be it, right?

Though he did not know why Chu Yun had been instantly defeated by the young master, an E-rank Divine Weapon Maiden was still E-rank!

"Young master!" The bodyguard tried to make one last effort. "The master is really angry. You should still..."

But this time, Bai Zhou did not let him finish.

"Hmm?" His soft utterance was ice-cold. "Are you telling me how to do things?"

"Hiss—" The lead bodyguard instantly sucked in a sharp breath.

He hurriedly waved his hands and said:

"No, no, no, I wouldn't dare... I wouldn't dare..."

"I'll get the car right away. I'll take you to Third Hospital immediately!"

With that, the bodyguard vanished in a flash.

Logically speaking, that bodyguard was at least a Spirit Master above level ten.

Meanwhile, Bai Zhou was merely a level-one Spirit Master who had just completed his contract.

In terms of strength, the bodyguard could completely crush him.

But what the bodyguard feared was not Bai Zhou's strength. It was the entire Bai Family!

If he offended the young master, the young master could have him killed with just one word after they returned home. And he had dared tell him how to do things?

What the hell was he to dare act like that?

At that moment, Lin Wei watched the bodyguard flee in panic, a peculiar light flickering softly in her eyes.

Bai Zhou had used his status to bully someone again.

But... whenever she saw Bai Zhou do this before, she had clearly hated it.

She thought people like him only knew how to bully others. He was simply a bad person.

But now...

Bai Zhou had done it for her?

An indescribable sense of security rose in Lin Wei's heart.

She suddenly realized that something she had always hated now made her so happy.

Why was that?

"Lin Wei... you're not going to turn bad too, are you?"

The little girl was already having such thoughts in her heart.

If Bai Zhou could hear Lin Wei's inner thoughts,

he would definitely be overjoyed right now.

Because the more Lin Wei's mindset changed like this, the farther away she was getting from Protagonist Chu Yun!

This was Lin Wei's first time sitting in the soft backseat of a luxury car.

She had never imagined that this was merely an ordinary means of transportation, yet the seat was more comfortable than the hard plank bed at home.

Especially while the car sped along, she could not feel the slightest bump. It was entirely different from the buses she had ridden for so long.

All the way there, Lin Wei kept secretly stealing glances at Bai Zhou sitting beside her.

So many things had happened in such a short time.

The Lin Wei from before could never have imagined any of it.

She had thought that being able to trek through mountains and rivers with Chu Yun, her childhood companion, and take the bus to school together every day was already happiness enough.

But compared to her now...

It was simply the difference between heaven and earth!

For some reason, an odd thought abruptly arose in Lin Wei's heart:

"Even if I were crying while sitting here, I'd still be happier than smiling on a bus..."

But the next second, she became flustered all over again.

"Lin Wei, Lin Wei, how can you think something like that?!"

"If you think that way, won't you become one of those hateful women Chu Yun always talks about?"

"No... You can't be like this, you..."

"Wait! Why do I still have to listen to Chu Yun?"

"He isn't my brother. He actually treated me like an object and used me in a bet with Bai Zhou? Bai Zhou didn't even mind that I was E-rank and still signed a Life-and-Death Contract with me, but what about him?"

"But... Chu Yun wasn't like this before!"

"Lin Wei, what is going on?!"

Ding! Detected that the host has cut off part of the Protagonist's fortune. Destined Villain Value +100. Villain Roulette requires 300 more to unlock!

He got more points just like that?

Bai Zhou turned toward Lin Wei in surprise. She seemed to be scratching at her head in distress.

A trace of delight shone in his eyes.

He did not care whether Lin Wei was about to develop some kind of split personality.

As long as the girl could provide him with points, anything was fine!

Before long, Bai Zhou's car slowly came to a stop outside Third Hospital.

After they got out, Lin Wei took the lead.

Because her father was currently hospitalized here.

Walking at the front, Lin Wei still wore a faint look of excitement.

She seemed unable to wait to tell her father that she had succeeded—she had successfully contracted a Spirit Master.

And that this Spirit Master treated her very well!

But when she led Bai Zhou and the others up the inpatient elevator to the floor where her father was staying,

Lin Wei's gaze instantly froze, and she let out an anxious cry:

"Dad!!"

Then she rushed forward with a grief-stricken expression.

This was also Bai Zhou's first time visiting the inpatient department of Third Hospital in this world.

When the elevator doors opened, he found that hospital beds filled the corridors of the inpatient department.

Many patients did not even have rooms to stay in and had to lie on makeshift beds in the hallway?

The direction Lin Wei rushed toward happened to be one of the patients placed in the corridor.

The patient's face was sallow, and he was skin and bones.

He even wore an oxygen mask.

Yet the thing supplying him oxygen was not a machine, but merely a package the size of a pillow.

An IV bottle hung beside him, and only a thin blanket covered his body.

Lin Wei's tears immediately fell as she rushed over.

"Dad, why were you moved out into the hallway?"

"Didn't the doctor say your life was in danger and you needed special care? How could you..."

At that moment, a doctor in his thirties wearing a white coat walked out of the nearby ward with a tablet in hand.

The instant Lin Wei saw him, she rushed over.

"Doctor Li, what is going on? Wasn't my father in a hospital room? Why is he out here?"

When Doctor Li saw Lin Wei, a hint of evasiveness appeared in his eyes, and he took a small step back.

He coughed and said:

"Miss, there's nothing we can do about it. You know hospital rooms are in short supply."

Lin Wei quickly said through tears, "But didn't you say my father's condition was extremely dangerous and that he needed priority care?"

She pointed at the room behind Doctor Li. "And there are clearly beds in there. Why won't you let my father move in?"

"I did say that." Doctor Li noticed many people in the ward looking over because of Lin Wei, and he impatiently said:

"But with the little money you people paid, do you deserve a hospital room?"

"Your father is going to die soon anyway. There's no need to waste resources. The room should be kept for Spirit Masters or Divine Weapon Maidens!"

"What?!" Lin Wei's face instantly went pale upon hearing that.

Doctor Li did not want to waste more time arguing with Lin Wei. He shook her off and prepared to leave.

But at that moment, Bai Zhou stepped directly in front of Doctor Li and asked in a cold voice:

"What is your name?"