Why are you here?

Julian was woken up by pain again after sleeping for less than two hours. He had to admit that he was really afraid of pain, especially this kind of continuous pain.

With the advancements in medical technology in the interstellar era, although people are not immune to serious injuries and near death, it is rare for injuries to persist indefinitely like this.

After the anesthesia wore off, Julian's face remained pale, and he also became somewhat irritable.

Just then, his hospital room door was pushed open, and an unexpected person appeared in front of him.

Yuan Fang actually showed up here!

Something's not right.

Julian immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Bai Xiaocai had been in trouble for less than a day, so why was this person on my side?

"I came to see you, after all, it was Xiaoxiao who made this, and she was very sorry."

Yuan Fang also brought fruit, but given his current state of being missing an arm and a leg, the fruit basket was hanging on the crutch he was using to support his only arm.

Seeing this, Julian's initially wary expression softened slightly. He simply shook his head and said, "I'm fine. I know this wasn't Bai Xiao's intention, but—is Bai Xiao awake?"

When Julian asked about "awake," Yuan Fang naturally knew what he meant, but he also showed a melancholy look on his face and said, "When I went to see her, she was still not awake. Later, she finally woke up, but my visiting time was almost over. She didn't have time to say anything else to me, so she could only ask me to tell you that she was very sorry that something went wrong at this critical moment."

"I accept the apologies... After all, it's not something she can control. But... what exactly is going on with your roles?"

Julian was the first to ask about their roles and identities.

Although Mingmei and Muchen had already discussed most of it last night.

However, the content from an observer's perspective and the content from one's own perspective can differ greatly.

"The only daughter of the couple I played and Xiaoxiao died two years ago. They wanted to know the truth about their daughter's death, but no one could explain why their daughter died that day. In the end, the conclusion was nothing more than the psychological fragility and extreme emotions of adolescence."

"So you discovered it later?"

"Well, we later found out that our daughter had been in a relationship when she was young."

"Yeah?"

As Julian asked this question, he looked at Yuan Fang, who was sitting on a stool next to his hospital bed, his head slightly lowered, staring at the ground and his expression unreadable. Yuan Fang's only usable hand had already reached for the alarm bell on the bedside table.

Unbeknownst to him, Yuan Fang changed his words from "they" to "we".

This is not a good sign.

"Yes, she fell in love with a hypocritical scumbag."

Yuan Fang described to Julian how a young girl was gradually deceived by an adult man, then falsely accused of having an improper relationship with another man, and finally, when she had nowhere else to turn, she chose to end it all with ZS.

"Why didn't you tell your parents?"

When Julian heard the other person say that the girl had been deceived, framed, had nowhere to explain herself, and no one to help her, she jumped off the building in despair. He couldn't help but ask where her parents were.

"Because she was afraid that the good child in her parents' eyes all along would not only fall in love with an old man, but also get pregnant because of it... Hehehehehe..." Yuan Fang's face was full of tears as he finished speaking. He looked up at Julian and said, "Perhaps, she was afraid that when she asked her parents for help, she would face their blame before they could even solve her problem?"

“Perhaps it’s your usual behavior that has made her distrustful?” Julian sighed softly. “She may subconsciously believe that telling you won’t change anything…”

Julian shared this mentality. He had caused trouble for his father before, but he hadn't dared to tell him. As things got out of control and the truth could no longer be hidden, his father finally found out everything.

That was also the first time Julian had been called in by his parents. He stood nervously in his office, facing the upcoming federal presidential election, and he was terrified that his situation would have an irreparable negative impact on the other party. (M.cascoo.net)

However, his father didn't say anything harsh to him at all after entering the office. After talking with the teacher and understanding the cause and effect of the matter, he took him home.

Now that this has happened, is there anything I can do for you? And what remedial action can you take on this yourself?

Julian always felt incredibly at ease when he met his father's deep gaze, so much so that when he spoke to Yuan Fang about this, he once again drifted off into thought of his father.

However, his father seems to have been very busy lately.

"you're right."

Yuan Fang was silent for a long time before suddenly saying this, which brought Julian back to his senses.

"This is just my personal opinion. Everyone has different ideas, so what I'm saying is just one possibility."

“I understand.” Despite Julian’s repeated emphasis that not everyone is the same, Yuan Fang seemed to take it seriously and earnestly said that he understood.

Julian was speechless. He suddenly felt a little suffocated being in the same space as Yuan Fang.

He had interacted with the other person outside of the game before, but the game hadn't given him a worse impression.

Just as Julian was wondering why no one at the nurses' station had heard the bell by his bedside and come to check on him, Yuan Fang continued talking about the topic from not long ago.

"The teacher who was fired because of my daughter's death was the same one who was falsely accused of having a relationship with my daughter. Later, the other party took pity on us and told us the truth. That person had a lot of connections and influence at the school, and the group of people who were involved with him were basically not clean."

They treated those budding young girls as their 'private property,' secretly exchanging information about their 'targets.' Sometimes they would even try swapping them..."

As he spoke, Yuan Fang's eyes grew increasingly cold. He suddenly looked up, staring unblinkingly at Julian, who was already sitting up on the bed. "What are you doing?"

"I……"

Julian, who had almost crushed the bedside alarm in his palm hidden under the covers, saw that no one had come outside yet, and the person in front of him looked very abnormal. He no longer dared to lie half-reclined like before.

He was discovered as soon as he sat up!

"You're not thinking of calling for help, are you?"

Yuan Fang's gaze had already fallen on a white line peeking out from under the covers, which was connected to the bedside alarm bell.

"However, unfortunately~"

Yuan Fang murmured, and a muffled sound came from the bottom of the cane in his hand. Then, to Julian's horrified gaze, he picked up a completely broken power line.

"Oops, sorry, I didn't realize I had stepped on the line..."