“Yueyue, look who’s here?”
Ji Yuennian, who had been immersed in his game on the sickbed, suddenly paused and looked up toward the door.
Outside stood a boy leaning on a cane, his left leg in a cast, wearing a white shirt.
Behind him were several other boys—Yao Shiming, Hu Li, and Luo Yikang—all carrying fruits and nutritional supplements.
“What are you all doing here?”
Ji Yuennian tried to prop himself up with his hands and sit up on the bed, but a sudden, strange mild pain in his stomach stopped him.
“Don’t move!” Huang Qingchuan quickly came over, held his shoulder, and gently pressed him back onto the bed, helping him lie down comfortably.
After doing so, she looked at the slightly awkward group by the door; none of them made the first move, showing great courtesy.
Seeing Huang Qingchuan’s gaze, the group at the door greeted in unison, “Auntie, hello!”
“Hello, hello. Have a good chat. Xiao Rou Rou and I will step out for a bit.” Huang Qingchuan smiled and said, inviting them inside before taking Chen Mengrou out of the ward.
As soon as the door closed, Su Tian and the others breathed a collective sigh of relief as if a heavy burden had been lifted.
Although they had long known that Ji Yuennian’s family was wealthy and that his parents were no ordinary people, the combined “Noble Lady and Parent” buffs still weighed heavily on them!
Ji Yuennian pointed to the sofa in the room, signaling them to sit down, then exclaimed, “Come on! Let’s play games.”
“My mom and the others are terrible at this. They’ve lost a lot of ranks these past few days.”
“By the way, Lao Su, how’s your leg recovery going?” Ji Yuennian glanced at Su Tian’s left leg in a cast.
“In a few days, the cast will come off.” Su Tian casually patted the plaster on his thigh, a proud smile on his face. “I heard that after a broken leg heals, it can grow a few centimeters longer. Soon, I’ll be 1.77 meters tall!”
At his words, everyone in the room twitched their mouths slightly.
“This way, this way! Come support me!”
“Mid lane’s pushing to the high ground. Why is Luban still jungling!”
“Let’s fight the Tyrant! The five of us join forces and attack!”
No denying it, teamwork is crucial for gaming. Ji Yuennian and Su Tian had played together often, their gameplay smooth and coordination seamless.
Back in their first year of high school, they even formed a team under Ji Yuennian’s suggestion and won second place in the school esports competition.
“That Monkey’s messing with our jungle!” Yao Shiming frowned, staring at the screen where the low-health Monkey was recklessly roaming the map, even stealing their red buff. He was annoyed. “Lao Hu, you control Daji. I’ll go cut him down!”
Hu Li silently nodded and controlled Daji to take charge.
Luo Yikang joined in, forming a three-on-one setup.
Meanwhile, Su Tian and Ji Yuennian charged into the enemy camp, one as Han Xin, the other as Gaia, fighting fiercely with bloodshed everywhere.
“By the way, Ji Ge, you haven’t been back to school recently. I’ve got big news for you.” Su Tian reclined on the sofa, his plastered leg resting on the table, smiling broadly.
“Guess how much our campus heartthrob and top scholar Jiang Chi ranked this month?”
“514!”
“Ha ha ha, he fell from the top ten to over 500th place, got directly summoned for a talk by the strict teacher.”
“Tsk tsk tsk!”
“No idea what’s wrong with that Jiang heartthrob recently. Always distracted in class, sometimes even skipping lessons.”
Jiang Chi? Distracted?
Hearing this, Ji Yuennian scratched his head, vaguely feeling he had forgotten something important but couldn’t recall it clearly.
Probably nothing serious… right?
…….
Bang!
The door flung wide open. After a long stillness, sunlight poured in, revealing a thin layer of dust on the floor.
Jiang Chi tossed aside the crowbar in his hand, then turned and closed the door again.
No news, no information, even the inquiry sent to Jiang Yushu about the school records was like a stone sinking into the sea—no response at all.
Why!
Why!!
Why did she leave!
What did I do wrong!!
He stood dazed in the dim room, as if the image of Ji Qingchan appeared before him.
She walked toward him with a smile. Her familiar face and gentle eyes made Jiang Chi involuntarily reach out, wanting to touch her.
“Qingchan… is that you?” His voice trembled with uncertainty.
But just as his hand was about to touch her figure, it vanished like smoke.
Jiang Chi’s eyes instantly turned hollow, despair and loss flooding his heart again.
He slowly crouched down, clutching his head with both hands, muttering, “Why? Why did you leave me?” Tears slid from his eyes, falling onto the dusty floor.
Suddenly, he seemed to see Ji Qingchan quietly watching him from the corner of the room.
Jiang Chi leapt up and rushed over but caught nothing, falling to the ground.
“Senior Jiang, do you like playing games?”
“Senior Jiang, what do you like to eat?”
“Senior Jiang, I like you.”
“Well then~ Jiang Chi, to be honest, I’m the old seductive Ji!”
“Hee hee hee~ Jiang Chi, hurry up and chase after me! Hee hee hee! First come, first served!”
“Jiang Chi, I’m so sleepy, am I drunk…”
“I just like bad boys. So Senior Jiang, when will you become a bad boy… Bad women are born to be tamed by bad men…”
“…….”
The girl’s sweet laughter seemed to still echo in his ears.
The boy’s azure eyes grew moist, his lips trembling but unable to utter a word.
Jiang Chi bowed his head, his back deeply curved like an old man, heavy shadows wrapping his face tightly.
At this moment, he seemed to have lost all life’s breath. He froze like a stone statue.
The ticking water droplets fell to the floor, mixing with the dust, making them startlingly conspicuous.
Jiang Chi slowly lifted his head.
At this moment, countless illusions formed around him: him holding the girl on the sofa watching a movie, him cooking dinner with her in the kitchen, him dressing the drunken girl, him…
“I regret it.”
Tears poured down, dripping onto the floor.
“Why didn’t I learn more about her? Why didn’t I stay by her side? Why did I let her leave my sight!”
“The essence of love is not tolerance, not mutual fulfillment, not letting go—it’s supposed to be damn long-lasting affection!! It should be forceful! It should be coercive!!”
A sharp, piercing laughter echoed in the room.
He fixed his gaze on the solitary shadow on the sofa.
She was a girl wearing fishnet stockings, her hair in dreadlocks, wearing a faint, elusive smile as she looked at him.
“Ji Qingchan!”
The boy roared almost through clenched teeth.
His blue eyes bloodshot, showing madness and hysteria.
“I will find you! I will find you! I absolutely will find you! Even if it takes my whole life, through the world of the living and the dead, I will find you!!”
“You’re mine! You’re mine!! You’re mine!!!”
So this is how a yandere is born huh?