Chapter 29 — The Campus God Who Spat Blood (3) | The Male Lead’s Daily Descent into Darkness
Chen Xi spent a full week in the hospital before he finally recovered.
Xing Ge was on the verge of tears from sheer relief. She could finally escape the male lead’s clutches!
The man clearly held a grudge about the damage to his “little brother” and found new ways to make her his personal servant every day. Fetching meals and water was the baseline. On top of that came an endless parade of unreasonable demands. She was a one-woman combo of delivery boy, 24-hour convenience store, washing machine, guide dog, and trash bin. The hardships and tears were not fit for outsiders to know.
During that time, the cannon-fodder system had blustered about crippling the male lead, poison his food, spike his water with laxatives, that sort of thing. But… it gradually understood that someone this scheming and vindictive was not a foe two lovable idiots could take on and live.
Once, the system got a little too excited talking about poison. Chen Xi instantly sensed something off and started scanning Xing Ge with his eyes like they were X-rays. One day he asked, “It’s like you’re talking to someone else. Are you possessed?”
Then he put on a serious face. “In a few days, come with me to Miaofa Temple. I’ll have Master Faming take a look at you.”
Dear heavens, did the male lead unlock the heavenly eye? The system nearly peed itself on the spot.
To avoid being treated like a lonely ghost and exorcised, it immediately activated its “play dead” defense mechanism to lie low for a while.
As for Xing Ge, it only sighed: “Buddy, may the gods be with you.”
If the male lead didn’t play her to death, that would already count as mercy, the system said.
Xing Ge flipped it the bird. Useless piece of junk, running off at a critical moment. This cannon-fodder system was exactly the type of flashy troublemaker that looks good and does nothing.
Thankfully, she clung to a twenty-character life creed: even if he is strong, a clear breeze brushes the mountain; even if he is fierce, the bright moon flows over the river. In other words, endure, endure, endure. She survived all the way to the day the male lead was discharged!
Fist pump. It had not been easy.
It was a sunny day. Several nurse jiejies came to see them off and even prepared gifts. The fancier ones were books, one was titled Tender as Water, very artsy, but before Xing Ge could flip it open, Chen Xi snatched it away.
There were also a bunch of little gadgets that left her baffled. Just as she was going to pick one up and study it, Chen Xi swept everything into his own backpack.
His hands were too fast. She stayed confused the entire time.
Watching this, the male doctor adjusted his glasses, slapped his thigh, and laughed. “Classmate Qi, you’ve got courage, I’ll give you that. I’m impressed!”
This young man clearly lacked a brain cell and was henpecked. Yet he provoked a beautiful boy with extraordinary intelligence and emotional quotient. His life prospects looked… bleak!
Xing Ge: “???”
Randomly praised by a man in a white coat! So embarrassing!
She lowered her head modestly. “Oh, it’s nothing. Really, nothing special.”
She was a total fool, didn’t even realize the doctor’s words were drenched in innuendo. High-and-cool Chen Xi had zero desire to watch the idiot catch on. He folded his arms and observed them with chilly detachment.
Their two roommates showed up neatly dressed to bring him back.
To celebrate Chen Xi’s discharge, Cheng Rui proposed a proper feast to cleanse away the bad luck. As for the poor sucker paying the bill, obviously their youngest, Xing Ge.
That night, her heart was bleeding. Her lovely, charming money just left her so ruthlessly. She would be eating dust for a month.
Still, she decided the expense was worth it, because at Tianxia First Tower they ran into the female lead!
The Plot God provides!
Please let the female lead bag this scourge and take him far away from the innocent public!
With that pious wish, Xing Ge magnanimously invited the female lead and her friends to join. Four guys and four girls around one table, happily dunking mutton into boiling broth in the summer heat.
In the online game Rivers and Lakes, the female lead had only just taken Chen Xi as her master. The hundred-step “flirt with the god” plan had not yet begun, and then the male lead inconveniently ended up in the hospital. The plot was stalled. Tragic.
After finally catching a lead on his whereabouts, the female lead hurried in with her squad. Fortunately, Qi the classmate was very considerate in arranging the seating. Boy, girl, boy, girl. Feng Qianqian shot him a grateful look.
Xing Ge’s skin prickled. When those watery big eyes of the female lead turned her way, the air seemed to cool several degrees.
Seated beside Xing Ge was a tall beauty with a hearty way of talking, the type not easily embarrassed. Even with so many guys at the table, she tossed out dirty jokes like candy and had everyone roaring.
In just a few rounds, the beauty casually draped an arm over Xing Ge’s shoulders. Her wine-red curls slipped down the collar and tickled.
The unreliable system popped back in: “Go, Xing Ge! Summon the power of your newly-trained pecs! Get her drunk, kiss her, touch her, hold her, one beautiful spring night and the rice will be cooked! Aoo! Wait, nosebleed! Brb to cool down…”
Xing Ge: “…”
“Heehee, why are you so cute, little one? Look at that face carved from crystal, so dewy and sweet. Come, give big sis a kiss!” The beauty had downed a whole tower of beer and was talking nonsense, hands snaking up to Xing Ge’s shoulders while warm breath teased her ear.
Cheng Rui was green with envy. Sadly, his date already had a boyfriend, and he could not flirt. The suffering was real.
He looked around for a comrade to share the pain.
And saw that the girl beside Xu Jianyuan was gazing up with sparkling galaxy eyes. “Brother Xu, you can really eat so much! So amazing!”
Xu scratched his head and chuckled shyly. The girl smiled even brighter.
A mysterious aura circled the two.
Watching this painful scene, the self-proclaimed ladies’ man felt the critical hit of Single-Dog Damage. It was unfair. He was obviously the most handsome, the most charming boyfriend candidate!
He decided it was time to tattle to the boss. Those two traitors had no love for their brethren. He turned, then swallowed hard.
Chen Xi was cutting meat with a razor-sharp knife, eyes fixed ahead. With a sizzle, pink juice spattered from the half-cooked slice.
Cheng Rui’s stare must have been too blatant, because Chen Xi slowly turned. There was still a streak of red on his cheek, a rose of blood blooming right out of marble.
Holy sh*t!
Cheng Rui’s three souls flew and his seven spirits scattered.
Under the bright lights, Chen Xi’s exquisitely sculpted face, stained with blood, was almost unreal. His lips seemed to tilt into the faintest smile, elegant and wicked all at once.
“B-boss…”
Cheng Rui’s hand trembled as he offered a napkin.
Chen Xi accepted it and dabbed the smear with unhurried grace. He could have been an aristocrat from a medieval castle, every gesture moonlight-cool and refined. Which only made Cheng Rui think: why did the boss look so much like a vampire straight out of a film?
That one cool glance just now had nearly frozen him solid.
Unlike Cheng Rui’s breakdown, though, Feng Xixi was mesmerized and determined that she would definitely win over this male god!
Across the table, Xing Ge was half dealing with the beauty throwing herself into her arms, half whispering with the system about side-quest romance strategies.
This bargain-bin system was, it turned out, a veteran of love. It rattled off the scandalous love lives of previous hosts with such vivid relish that the old monster Xing Ge actually blushed. It was like someone had opened a door to a brand-new world.
In the end, it rallied her. “Go, hero, do not fear! Strike while the iron is sizzling! Take down the female lead’s entire bestie circle tonight! Promotions, raises, one day ascending as Heavenly Emperor and marrying three thousand immortal husbands. That dream is totally achievable! Whether we succeed depends on you, tonight!”
The system egged her on to “commit crimes.”
Then Chen Xi looked up, gaze cutting across the crowd, and saw that baby-faced boy with ears red to the tips, gently wrapping an arm around the tall beauty.
Heh.
Flirting right in front of him.
Qi Shaoying, you really have grown bold.
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