Chapter 100 A Temporary Farewell. He was clever and naturally understood Wen Han's implication...

After the nurse came over, Fang Songxia finally stopped talking and stood aside.

"The patient's condition has stabilized," the nurse said. "He can be discharged after two more days of observation."

Wen Han felt weak and listless. After waking up, the tube in his mouth was removed, and he was finally able to speak: "Why do I feel so weak?"

"That's how it is after surgery," Fang Songxia said. "Surgery takes a lot of energy, so eat more after you recover."

Wen Han didn't have much of an appetite, so he only drank a little porridge.

Fang Songxia continued, "The homeroom teacher said that you should just stay home and rest instead of going back to school."

Wen Han nodded. Although Gu Cheng had been arrested, his gang of followers were still fine. She wasn't that keen on school anyway, so she'd better stay home and wait for the semester to start.

"So, what's going on with you?" Fang Songxia was still in the dark. "Why did you suddenly differentiate again?"

Wen Han took out a wet wipe and wiped his mouth. He and Jing Yu could have reported it directly, but thinking that Gu Cheng was a minor and wouldn't be sentenced for long even if he went to the police station, Wen Han decided to pretend he didn't see it for the time being.

He also considered that innocent people might be used by Gu Yuan for experiments, but what did that have to do with him?

Unexpectedly, I ended up being the unlucky one.

Wen Han said, "I suddenly feel that people should be kinder."

"ah?"

"Fang Songxia," Wen Han said seriously, "I have something to ask you."

Seeing his serious expression, Fang Songxia asked fearfully, "What is it?"

Am I still a Beta?

"yes."

Wen Han breathed a sigh of relief, while Fang Songxia continued to comfort her: "Although you failed to differentiate into an Alpha, I—"

Wen Han waved, and Fang Songxia leaned closer. As a result, Wen Han tore off half of his suppression patch.

It smelled like green grapes, thankfully, I could still smell my own pheromones.

Fang Songxia covered her neck, panicking, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Let's see if I still have the ability to make a living in the future."

After Gu Cheng was arrested, the charges of using illegal drugs and conducting illegal experiments were enough to land him in jail. Unfortunately, he was only seventeen, and Wen Han was perfectly fine and no serious consequences resulted. At most, he would only get ten years in prison.

“Fortunately, the New Year is already over,” Fang Songxia said. “Otherwise, he would only be sixteen and would have received a lighter sentence.”

"Ten years, let me calculate." Liu Chuanze is still in the first year of junior high school. Ten years will be exactly one year after he graduates from university.

We need to seize this opportunity to fight for the family fortune and take control of the Gu family!

"well."

Wen Han asked curiously, "Why are you sighing?"

"I'm sad," Fang Songxia said dejectedly. "Ten years have passed, and we'll be almost thirty."

Wen Han: "...Isn't it too early for you to be anxious about this?"

“Think about it, kids born now are seventeen years younger than us, and we could be their fathers by now,” Fang Songxia explained. “Gu Cheng’s father is only eighteen years older than him, so a newborn looking at us is like us looking at—”

Wen Han immediately said, "Stop talking."

He wasn't originally anxious about his age, but now Fang Songxia's words have made him nervous.

Fang Songxia immediately put on her coat, while Wen Han looked at her expectantly: "Where are you going?"

"Go back and video call Xingyan. Life is just too short."

"Sigh!" Wen Han reached out her hand, and Fang Songxia said, "I'll come see you tomorrow night!"

Wait a minute, at least bring his phone! There isn't even a TV in this ward!

*

Wen Han stayed in the hospital room for two whole days before finally being taken home.

As soon as Wen Qingke opened the door, Fei Nai'er ran out. Her eyes lit up when she saw Wen Han, and she pounced on him.

Wen Han was quite weak after the surgery, and she almost fell to her knees when Fei Nai'er pounced on her.

Wen Qingke had to go to work, so he was alone at home.

Looking at the bright sunshine outside the window, he suddenly laughed out loud.

The system asked, bewildered, "Host, what are you laughing at?"

“Look, the sun is shining outside,” Wen Han said. “I’ve never had to skip school during the midday hours before.”

He gets up so early in the morning and comes back so late at night that he has never seen what the scenery looks like at noon anywhere except at school.

It's a strange feeling that while his classmates all have to attend classes at school, he can lie in bed and play on his phone.

Thinking of this, Wen Han felt even better, and even the sound of the violin being played upstairs seemed beautiful.

Fat Nai'er seemed to notice that Wen Han's scent had become weak, and instead of sitting on him as usual, she obediently lay down beside him.

Wen Han thought she should send a message to Jing Yu, but after sending it, she realized that he was probably still in class.

A few seconds later, Jing Yu replied to the message, and Wen Han immediately sat up from the bed.

Wen Han: You won't reply to messages during class, will you?

Jingyu: No.

Wen Han breathed a sigh of relief, but Jing Yu sent another message the next second.

Jingyu: I don't have to go to school anymore.

Wen Han typed two words and then deleted them. He held the phone up for a while and got a little tired, so he put the phone back on the blanket.

He wasn't surprised that Jing Yu dropped out of school. He guessed that Jing Yu came to the school to deal with Gu Cheng, otherwise why would he come to their school?

Now that Gu Cheng is finished, there's naturally no need for him to continue studying there.

Wen Han felt sleepy as soon as he touched the bed, and with a thick pillow under his head, he quickly fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already dark outside.

Why was the phone still lit up? Wen Han picked it up and let out a scream.

What's going on? Why are there so many qhsgibaq messages in his chat history with Jingyu? And why is there a video call?

He stiffly looked away, and Fat Nai meowed.

——

"Jingyu." Wen Han saw Jingyu waiting under the tree and hurriedly ran over. "Sorry, I silenced my alarm clock."

Jingyu shook his head, and the two strolled along the forest path.

It was a cloudy day, so it was quite cool. Wen Han asked, "Which school do you go to now?"

“My father wants me to go to university abroad,” Jing Yu said. “It’s the same school my older brother went to.”

Jingyu said in a low voice, "But I don't want to go."

Wen Han remained calm and didn't wait for Jing Yu to continue: "Why don't you go? If it weren't for Gu Cheng, you would have gone abroad to study anyway."

In the original drama, Jing Yu went abroad for high school, so he missed what happened in China. By the time he returned to China, the Jing family had already been brought down by Gu Cheng.

Now that Gu Cheng is in jail, the Jing family has no more worries. Wen Han smiled and said, "Isn't studying abroad a good thing? I want to go but I can't."

Jing Yu was silent for a moment. He was smart and naturally understood Wen Han's implication.

But he continued, "Do you want to go abroad? We can go together..."

Wen Han stopped and looked at the stream beside the path without saying a word.

The sky was overcast with no sunshine, and the flowing river wasn't as sparkling as usual; Wen Han's melancholy expression said it all.

Wen Han suddenly asked him, "Do you still have nightmares now?"

Jing Yu lowered his eyes and said, "No more."

"Don't think like that," Wen Han said. "You're just not used to it yet. You won't think about these things anymore once you get through it."

"Why?" You like me too, don't you? Why are you rejecting me?

"You're just experiencing the suspension bridge effect right now," Wen Han said softly. "Before, it was because you needed me, and I needed you, and there were some things we couldn't tell others... that's why our relationship was so good."

"But I'm still very curious." Wen Han turned around and smiled at him. "What do you think?"

"What?"

"You knew all along, didn't you? From the very first time we met." Wen Han looked at Xiao He. "You saw the plan I wrote. You realized I knew what would happen next, which is why you approached me, right?"

Otherwise, how could someone be so nice to their deskmate whom they've just met and don't know well?

Jing Yu did not deny it, and Wen Han continued, "Including why you asked me to take care of your sister? Because that way I would go to your house every time I had a holiday, and after getting to know your family, my heart would naturally lean towards your family."

“I resent rich people and envy top students like you, so you changed your approach. You tested my expression and realized I knew your fate. Seeing you tormented by nightmares made me sympathize with you and feel that I was just like you.”

The system was shocked. The host had actually discovered that Jing Yu was a scheming and manipulative man a long time ago, so why did the host keep refutating it and forbidding it from saying bad things about Jing Yu?

“You’re very smart,” Wen Han said with a smile. “That’s why I can’t bring myself to dislike you after I figured it out.”

"Don't make that face." Wen Han lowered her head. "It hurts me to see you like this. But I can't, Jing Yu. I have to go to Linjin University. That's my best chance, you know that."

"You won't be like this after a year, no, after a semester."

Once you get used to a life without nightmares, and once my life is no longer so stressful, you'll naturally let go.

Jing Yu gave him a deep look, and seeing Wen Han's expression, he understood everything.

He said in a trembling voice, "Don't forget to contact me, okay?"

Wen Han wanted to reach out and brush the bangs away from his eyes, but in the end she didn't move: "If I don't message you, don't message me."

After saying that, Wen Han suddenly realized that he was a heartless man.

"Go back," Wen Han said coldly. "You're going abroad soon, you must have a lot to do."

Seeing him being driven away, Jing Yu's heart was shattered into pieces. Wen Han remained indifferent and heartless, but as soon as Jing Yu turned and left, he immediately burst into tears, feeling an urge to chase after him.

Without a mask, Wen Han didn't dare take the subway home and had to take a Didi (ride-hailing service).

Unfortunately, a sad song was playing in the car. As Wen Han listened, she couldn't hold back her tears any longer, and they streamed down her face like water from a faucet. The driver was startled when he saw it in the rearview mirror.

"Kid," the driver thought Wen Han was an Omega, "did you get dumped? Sigh, just forget about that kind of cold-hearted person!"

Wen Han's tears flowed even more fiercely.

*

"Host, I don't understand." After Wen Han calmed down, the system asked, "Why don't you go abroad with Jing Yu? I can tell you like him too."

"Will you like him now and still like him later?" Wen Han asked. "Have you ever thought about where the money would come from if I really went abroad with him? Tuition fees at foreign universities are so expensive."

"Why don't you just have Jingyu pay for it?"

"What about my dignity? What if I break up with him?" Wen Han said. "Then I'll become someone with only a high school diploma. Look at those people who started dating in high school, even if they go to college, how many of them last a year before breaking up?"

“If I give up Linjin University and go with him, I’d be a fool, an idiot, the kind of person I despise most who’s obsessed with love.”

“Besides, he has to go abroad.” Wen Han said sadly, “Look at how well-off Chu Ji’s family is, they make billions a year, and Jing Xu still looks down on them. If it were me, he would tear me to pieces and throw me into the Pacific Ocean.”

Jingyu is a student; how could he possibly defy his father?

Even if Jing Yuzhen could accept living a life of poverty like him, Wen Han couldn't. Just thinking about it was painful.

"Long-distance relationship? You can keep in touch online!" The system was pacing anxiously. "Why do you have to avoid meeting in person? I don't think you're even planning to send messages."

“Sending messages every day will get annoying after a while,” Wen Han said. “It’s better not to contact him at all; at least that way he’ll still remember me.”

Despite saying that, Wen Han still went back to her room and cried.

When Jing Yu went abroad, Jing Zhao sent him a message inviting him to a farewell party, but Wen Han declined.

He dared not go.

The next day, the deliveryman came to his door and asked him to sign for a package. Wen Han was confused, but after opening it, he found a small dark blue velvet box.

Inside the box was a lily of the valley brooch.

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Author's Note: The next chapter will be Wen Han's university story.