pjbooks Chapter 34: A Schadenfreude Visit to the Sick [Please add to your favorites and read on!]
Chapter 34: A Schadenfreude Visit to the Sick [Please add to your favorites and read on!]
After breakfast, the three of them came out of the breakfast shop.
Lin Bei stood by the roadside, took out his phone from his pocket, and pressed a few buttons, preparing to call a Didi to go to the hospital.
Then I forgot again, Didi didn't exist in 08.
Helpless, Lin Bei walked to the roadside and hailed a taxi.
Soon, a green taxi pulled up in front of us.
Lin Bei opened the passenger door and got in, while Su Qianqian and Song Qingning sat in the back.
Less than ten minutes after the taxi left, Song Qingning's round face began to turn pale.
"Ugh..." Song Qingning clutched her stomach with one hand and gripped the car door handle with the other. Her cheeks puffed out several times, only to deflate again.
After passing two more traffic lights, she finally couldn't hold it in any longer, opened the window, and gagged.
Su Qianqian reached out and held Song Qingning's shoulder, gently patting her back twice.
"What's wrong?"
"Are you carsick?"
Song Qingning waved her hand, and after a few seconds, she said, "No... I just ate too much."
Lin Bei turned his head from the passenger seat, a smug look on his face: "Serves you right for eating so much!"
"What did you say!" Song Qingning suddenly looked up, her eyes wide, and reached out to hit Lin Bei on the back of the head.
Lin Bei had anticipated this, and he slightly tilted his head to the side.
Song Qingning's hand struck the headrest of the passenger seat.
Seeing this, she threw another punch, which Lin Bei dodged again.
Without even unfastening the seatbelt, he simply shifted his upper body left and right a few times, as easily as dodging a pillow thrown by a child.
Song Qingning missed several times in a row, and reluctantly withdrew her hand, leaning back in her chair and continuing to clutch her stomach.
Su Qianqian watched the two bickering from the side, a slight smile playing on her lips. When her gaze swept over Lin Bei, she suddenly thought of something.
"By the way, since we're visiting a patient at the hospital, shouldn't we buy a fruit basket or something?"
Lin Bei turned around, his face full of disdain: "What a joke!"
"He should be grateful I can visit him in person; why would he want a fruit basket?"
Go eat your fart!
Su Qianqian immediately understood what Lin Bei meant.
That day at the KTV, Chen Junrong belittled Lin Bei in front of the whole class.
Given Lin Bei's personality, it's already good enough that he didn't kick him when he was down; it's definitely impossible for him to bring him anything.
Then, Su Qianqian didn't mention the fruit basket again.
By this time, Song Qingning had recovered from her motion sickness. She sensed a hidden meaning in Su Qianqian's words and tilted her head, asking, "What's going on? How come I didn't know?"
"Did something unpleasant happen between Chen Junrong and Lin Bei?"
Su Qianqian glanced at Lin Bei.
Lin Bei kept his eyes forward and did not stop her from speaking.
Then, Su Qianqian briefly recounted what happened at the KTV that night.
After Lin Bei was rejected and left, Chen Junrong offered to pay the bill, showing off his wealth in front of his classmates.
Then, after Su Qianqian refused his invitation to watch a movie, he became enraged and, in front of several people, called Lin Bei a poor wretch, a toad trying to eat swan meat, and claimed that his own family background was superior to Lin Bei's...
Upon hearing this, Song Qingning sat up straight immediately, and all the discomfort she had felt from motion sickness vanished.
"What the hell?"
"Who does Chen Junrong think he is, daring to talk about Lin Bei like that!"
"He wears a suit like he's wearing his dad's clothes, and there's still adhesive residue from the price tag on his glasses. And he calls himself 'from a privileged family'?"
"So what if your family received compensation for their property being demolished? What's so great about that?"
She grew angrier as she spoke, reaching out to grab Su Qianqian's wrist: "Let's turn back, we're not going!"
"That kind of person deserves to be beaten up. I feel disgusted just looking at him!"
Lin Bei leaned back in the passenger seat, speaking casually and nonchalantly: "Since we're already here, let's just take a look. There's nothing to lose anyway."
"Just say what you want to say, don't smile so happily." Song Qingning pointed at the corner of his mouth and smiled, "Your smile hasn't stopped since you got in the car!"
"Now I know, you got up very early this morning and dressed up like you were going on a blind date."
"He insisted on taking a taxi instead of taking the bus, just so he could go see Chen Junrong sooner. Isn't that a joke?!"
Lin Bei didn't deny it; instead, the corners of his mouth curved upwards a little more.
Of course, with such a great opportunity, we couldn't miss it!
He's already being considerate of Chen Junrong by not laughing out loud in front of him.
Su Qianqian stood beside Lin Bei, watching his expression of wanting to laugh but not actually laughing. She lowered her head, pursed her lips, and remained silent.
A dozen minutes later.
The taxi stopped in front of the municipal hospital.
The three got out of the car. Lin Bei walked in front, while Su Qianqian and Song Qingning followed side by side behind.
The hospital lobby was bustling with people, the smell of disinfectant was strong, and announcements were playing.
Lin Bei took out his phone and called Lao Gao.
The phone rang twice before it was answered.
"Feeding?" Lin Bei asked, "Old Gao, are you here?"
"I've been here for a while!" came Lao Gao's voice from the phone. "I'm waiting for you in the corridor of the surgical ward on the third floor."
"Where are you? Why aren't you here yet?"
"We've arrived too." Lin Bei hung up the phone and headed towards the stairs.
Upon reaching the third floor, Lin Bei immediately spotted a dark-skinned boy standing not far away.
He was looking at his phone with his back to the group, glancing towards the stairwell every now and then.
"Why isn't Old Lin here yet?"
"Didn't you just say we'd arrived...?"
Lin Bei walked over and stood next to him.
Old Gao glanced to the left at the stairwell and then to the right at the end of the corridor, but saw no one.
Moreover, after seeing Lin Bei, he quickly turned his head away, clearly not recognizing Lin Bei.
"What are you looking for?" Lin Bei asked, hands in his pockets, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Isn't your godfather right here?"
When Lao Gao heard the familiar voice, he turned around abruptly, almost dropping his phone.
He stared at Lin Bei in front of him for a good five or six seconds, his mouth slightly open.
Then, he jumped back a step, his eyes wide open.
"Holy crap, you...you're Lin Bei?"
"Otherwise what?" Lin Bei smiled and shrugged.
"Are you really Lin Bei?"
"Nonsense, who else could it be but me?"
Old Gao circled around Lin Bei for half a time, looked him over carefully, and finally stopped in front of him.
He reached out to touch Lin Bei's hair, but then pulled back, his expression as if he had seen something unbelievable.
"Where's your blond-haired boyfriend?"
"Where did that side-swept fringe that used to cover your eyes go?"
"Everyone agreed to be part of the Funeral Love Family, but you've suddenly become a completely different person."
"Tell me honestly, did you secretly get plastic surgery?"
"Summer vacation has only been going on for a few days, and you've recovered so quickly!"
"I just got a haircut." Lin Bei brushed his fingers aside. "What kind of plastic surgery? You're paying for it?"
at the same time.
Su Qianqian and Song Qingning also walked over from the stairwell.