“Hey! Hey—Shen Xingbai, wake up!”
Don’t pass out… please don’t pass out! She absolutely does not want to deal with a reborn, darkened big boss!
“What happened to Shen Xingbai?” one of the workers asks. “Did the steel bar hit his head too?”
When the ambulance arrives, a completely drained and despairing Ji Rou is sent to the hospital along with him.
Shen Xingbai is quickly taken into the emergency room.
Before long, the doctor walks out, looking extremely displeased. “Who is the patient’s family?”
Ji Rou stands up from her seat. “I am.”
Seeing that she’s just a petite young girl, the doctor’s anger softens a little, though his expression remains stern. “What’s your relationship to him?”
Ji Rou swallows nervously. From the doctor’s expression… don’t tell her Shen Xingbai lied—was his leg actually broken?
“Doctor, I’m his girlfriend. Is… is my boyfriend’s leg broken?” she asks cautiously.
The doctor sighs, looking pained. “Young lady… were you deceived by the man inside?”
“What?” Ji Rou is completely stunned.
Looking at her confused face, the doctor becomes even more convinced she’s been fooled. He earnestly advises her, “Listen, a three-legged toad is hard to find, but men with two legs are everywhere. Why don’t you consider changing boyfriends? Ahem… I happen to have a son—handsome, works at a Fortune 500 company. Want me to introduce you?”
Ji Rou is utterly baffled. She quickly cuts him off before he can keep bragging.
“Doctor, just tell me the truth. I can handle the worst.”
Could it be… Shen Xingbai is dead? Otherwise, why would the doctor be telling her to find a new boyfriend?
The doctor gives her a strange look.
Then says, “The person inside is fine.”
“…Then why were you telling me to break up with him?” Ji Rou is speechless. If he’s fine, why did the doctor look like someone had just died?
The doctor coughs awkwardly. Truthfully, he just thought she was pretty and wanted to set her up with his son.
“Well… you see, he’s a grown man who fainted just because his leg got a small scrape! A boyfriend this timid—better dump him early!”
He had assumed the ambulance brought in a critically injured patient. Instead, after examination, it turned out to be nothing more than a minor scrape—and the guy had fainted from shock. (In reality, it was because he couldn’t withstand the merging of his past-life memories.)
The doctor hated people who wasted emergency resources, which explained his bad attitude.
Ji Rou feels awkward on Shen Xingbai’s behalf.
“Alright, your boyfriend is fine. Once he’s out, discharge him soon.”
With that, the doctor leaves, holding the medical report.
Ji Rou rushes into the hospital room.
There, she sees Shen Xingbai sitting on the bed—his face dark, his eyes filled with a brewing storm.
Her heart instantly tightens.
This… he’s been reborn.
When Shen Xingbai sees her, the darkness in his eyes deepens, almost ready to explode.
Ji Rou instinctively wants to turn and run—but her legs seem to move on their own, carrying her closer.
Before she can even approach him, his cold, disgusted voice cuts through the air:
“Get out.”
Her body trembles.
But she quickly lowers her head and nods obediently. “Okay.”
Then she turns and hurries out of the room without looking back.
Seeing her actually leave, Shen Xingbai’s expression grows even darker.
Outside, Ji Rou lets out a breath of relief.
Thank goodness he told her to leave. Otherwise, she’s pretty sure he might’ve killed her right there in the hospital.
But when she thinks about what’s coming next—being constantly targeted and retaliated against by Shen Xingbai —she feels like crying.
Do you think… it’s still possible to win him over now?
After all, she hasn’t done anything to betray him yet—and she even helped him avoid having his leg completely broken.
Still…
The more Ji Rou thinks about it, the more she feels that staying far away from him might be the safest choice.