Save the Family Doctor (20)
"Jiang Shi? Jiang Shi? Is he really sunburned?"
The person in the corner still had his eyes closed and did not respond. Seeing this, Fan Dian stood up and was about to go forward to investigate but was grabbed by the corner of his clothes.
"What's wrong?" Fan Dian carefully helped Li Pu sit up and put a pillow under his back. Li Pu politely thanked him and said, "If he really fainted, there's no guarantee that it will be Jiang Shi who wakes up."
Fan Dian stared at the person in the corner: "What if he's pretending to be asleep?"
"If it's Jiang Shi, it proves he's changed his mind and doesn't want to cooperate with us. If it's an outsider, then—just kill him." Li Pu said calmly, "Anyway, no matter who dies among the three of us, the story will start over. And the time is almost up. If Jiang Shi doesn't act, everything will end in failure."
"That makes sense." Fan Dian nodded in agreement.
“Click——”
The sound of a gun being loaded could be heard in the quiet little house.
Fan Dian raised his gun and said, "What a shame. We finally got here, but now we have to start all over again."
"It's not the first time either."
Fan Dian: "Yes."
"Then how many times has this happened?"
"I can't remember, it's been at least dozens of times." Fan Dian asked doubtfully, "We've been together for so long, you should remember it more clearly, why are you asking me?"
Fan Dian looked at Li Pu in confusion, only to see that Li Pu had a calm expression, with a hint of helplessness on his pale face. "The 65th time."
Li Pu's voice was low and hoarse, sounding very weak. He was completely different from the person he had just been talking to. Fan Dian reacted and his eyes suddenly swept towards the corner of the wall.
The doctor's white coat in the corner was stained and had torn holes. The young man opened his eyes, and the gaze under the lenses was cold. For a moment, Fan Dian felt like a prey being targeted by a large cat. The arm holding the gun couldn't help but straighten up, and he became alert.
Unexpectedly, the young man across from him casually raised his hands, looking extremely eager to survive. His eyes were no longer as bright as before, and his manner of speaking was extremely polite, which reminded Fan Dian of the interns he had interviewed at the company. "Sorry to bother you, don't kill me. I didn't mean to pretend to be asleep. It was mainly because I didn't know what to say, so it was more convenient to pretend to be asleep."
As soon as you hear this tone, you know it is not Jiang Shi's official squinting tone.
Li Pu said, "Who are you?"
The young man revealed his identity: "I'm not Jiang Shi, my name is Jiang Yuanshi. I was originally dead, but was inexplicably dragged here to complete a quest. Excuse me, do you know anything about transmigration? They said that if I complete the quest and survive to the end, I can be resurrected, but the conditions for completing it are very harsh. This is my second world quest."
The young man mumbled a lot of nonsense. Most people would think that he was crazy, but Fan Dian and Li Pu looked at each other. This young man named Jiang Yuanshi was telling the truth. At least what he said now was consistent with what they had previously tortured out of other outsiders. The young man's performance even brought them different gains.
Li Pu: "Then do you know who we are? Or what we are?"
Jiang Yuanshi's eyes were clear, his hands still in a surrender gesture as he said, "I know. You are the NPCs responsible for the plot in the novel, or the protagonists. We are now in a world constructed based on novels."
Li Pu narrowed his eyes. "You tell everyone everything. You should know that NPCs can't have self-awareness. You don't seem scared or surprised to see us like this."
"Yes, it's not surprising, because I encountered them in the previous world as well. That couple could act on their own and helped me a lot." Jiang Yuanshi asked puzzledly, "Isn't that the case in this world? I thought there was a bug. I waited for you for a long time but you didn't awaken. I almost thought I was going to die again. What a close call."
The young man looked at Fan Dian and Li Pu, who looked like they had met a savior, which caught them off guard. This outsider not only provided new information, but also might need them, which made them suspicious.
Li Pu said, "You're the first person to say that. Previous outsiders saw us like this and either ran away in fear, or tried to threaten us for their own gain. Some even reported us to their so-called supervisors. You should have been involved as well, right?"
After Li Pu finished speaking, the young man's hand moved. Fan Dian's gun was always pointed at the young man. They wanted to see what this man could do.
Should I run away, call for help, or beg for mercy?
No matter what, they would drag this outsider down with them even if they died.
Jiang Yuanshi stretched out his left hand, pulled down the sleeve of his right arm, revealing the black and red snake on his wrist. He pointed with his finger and said, "Is this the supervisor you're talking about? This is my system. I'm here to say hello to everyone. Please don't be too loud."
Li Pu, Fan Dian:?
I feel like I've been tricked.
The snake on Jiang Yuanshi's wrist stirred, its body slithering to its fingertips. It looked up at the two protagonists, its eyes cold and its tongue spitting out. Fan Dian stepped forward to block Li Pu, his gun trained on the snake. But if the other party lunged at him, Fan Dian was unsure if he could guarantee Li Pu's safety. Should he fight the snake or the outsider? As Fan Dian remained calm in this psychological struggle, the snake spit out its tongue and uttered a low, mechanical male voice:
"Hello, I'm System Z01. It's a pleasure to work with you."
Fan Dian: ...?
Li Pu: ...
The snake spoke human language.
Fan Dian and Li Pu subconsciously exchanged glances, perceiving a hint of bewilderment and absurdity in each other's eyes. However, this was the truth, and the snake spoke again, "Given your statements, I've determined that you've awakened and have some understanding of the structure of this world. To cut a long story short, this outsider and I are collaborating as a system and host. Our primary mission is to clear the game. Our mission: to ensure that Jiang Shi and the protagonist, both top and bottom, survive to the end intact. Data analysis indicates that collaborating with you will increase the success rate from the original 31.1% to 86.66%, an extremely high success rate. Therefore, I suggest a partnership."
The snake spoke.
It's also very logical.
Li Pu couldn't help but frown, feeling dizzy. Fan Dian stared blankly at the young man and the snake, and said to Li Pu behind him, "Li Pu, please slap me. I feel like I'm dreaming."
“…”
The force from behind was light, but it felt real. Fan Dian said, "Didn't you not eat? Why are you so gentle?"
"Um..." The young man weakly raised his hand and pointed behind Fan Dian, "Li, your wife seems to have fainted."
Fan Dian:!
Fan Dian turned his head abruptly, the muzzle of his pistol still pointed at the young man, his head turned 180 degrees. Li Pu's face was pale and bloodless, and the blood that seeped through his shirt had stained half of his shoulder. Fan Dian hurriedly shouted, "Li Pu!"
Fan Dian quickly turned to the young man and said, "What are you standing there for? Hurry up and treat him! If you can't cure him, I'll have all of you buried with him!"
Jiang Yuanshi: ...
It seems that the funerary literature comes with it when it leaves the factory.
The Funeral Doctor - College Student Edition is online. With the help of Jiang Shi's inherent skills and the scanning of the system snake, Jiang Yuanshi's movements are swift. He quickly gives people hemostatic injections, bandages wounds, fixes fractures in the calves and arms, and puts them on a glucose drip.
"Okay, Mr. Fan."
Fan Dian asked worriedly, "Why isn't he awake yet?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Because Madam has lost too much blood, it will take some time."
Fan Dian: "How long will it take? It will be too late soon. Those people are coming."
Because the house was simple and lacked shelves, Jiang Yuanshi's medical kit didn't have a stent, so he had to carry the IV bottle himself. He held up the bottle and asked, "What do you mean it's too late? Who are those people?"
Fan Dian frowned. "Are you really an outsider? Those outsiders all said they had read the original novel and knew the plot very well. The next plot is about my enemy coming over to kill people."
Jiang Yuanshi opened his eyes wide and answered honestly, "I watched it, but there were too many plots to remember. I'm sorry."
"What about your system?"
System Snake: "Sorry, due to a bug, the system was ejected and lost some functions. Generally speaking, the system will not appear in the mission world."
Fan Dian: "How old are you two this year?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "University, 19 years old."
System Snake: "The system calculates it based on seniority. This is the third human host I've taken on."
Jiang Yuanshi: "I'm really sorry."
System Snake: "Sorry."
Facing two pairs of innocent, sincere, and apologetic eyes, Fan Dian swallowed back all the words he wanted to say. Forget it, why should he bother with two interns? Besides, these two hadn't done anything out of line. According to his memory of the previous plot, at least they didn't cause them any trouble. They even helped Li Pu and prevented the Li family from taking him back and torturing him.
Fan Dian retracted his gun: "Forget it, give me the IV."
Jiang Yuanshi obediently held the IV bottle in both hands and handed it over. Fan Dian raised one hand high and said to the others, "Just follow your system and say we'll cooperate with you. You can secretly report us later, but we don't have a choice anyway. We're going to die anyway."
Jiang Yuanshi didn't quite understand: "Have you worked with other people before? Excuse me, when did you know you were characters in a novel?"
Fan Dian smiled bitterly and said, "I can't remember. I just remember that the first time I realized I was a character in a novel, I was being hunted by my enemies. I got separated from Dr. Jiang while escaping, and Li Pu and I found a cave to hide in. It was dark and I couldn't see a thing. I held Li Pu and waited for a long time, but there was no sound outside, no gunshots, footsteps, nothing. The plot as I knew it had ended in my mind."
"Then there was a gunshot, and I knew Jiang Shi must be dead. At that time, I didn't know what to do. I couldn't remember where my home was, I didn't remember where this place was, there was no one in my phone address book, and all the numbers I called were unavailable. I could only hold Li Pu. I tried to talk to him, but there was no response. I thought he must have fainted from excessive blood loss, because my body was cold and damp, and there was a smell of blood, which must be his blood. I was a little worried about him, but because I couldn't see, I could only secretly pry open a crack in the top of the pit. A little light came in, and something black floated in, like black smoke, but I didn't care. I just wanted to see Li Pu."
As Fan Dian was reminiscing, he suddenly smiled, with an indescribable feeling, either sadness or fear.
"I held him, I held him for the entire time. Li Pu bled so much that I was soaked. He felt so soft, like he had no substance. When I looked clearly, I realized that Li Pu was gone."
"I held him until he turned into a pool of blood that enveloped me, and then I merged with him."
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