Fatal Game Syndrome

After being sent to the hospital, Ruan Lanzhu's heart finally settled down. Lying on the hospital bed, Ling Jiushi looked at Ruan Lanzhu, whose hands were wrapped like dumplings, and pulled his wrist distressedly, "Does it still hurt?"

"A little bit!"

Ling Jiushi knew that Ruan Lanzhu was not a delicate person. His fingers were connected to his heart, so it must be very painful. However, he was still being stubborn just now.

"Your legs hurt more, how about I blow them for you?"

Ling Jiushi suffered a comminuted fracture in his left leg, and some minor scratches on other parts of his body. "One of us injured our leg, and the other injured our hand. We really complement each other."

"What a pair..."

"A pair of what?"

What a familiar conversation, which reminded Ling Jiushi of the time when they first met in Xue Village.

Ruan Lanzhu looked at Ling Jiu with a smile in his eyes as he approached him, "What a perfect couple!"

"Thank you, Lanzhu!"

Ling Jiushi silently looked at Ruan Lanzhu who wanted to tease him. The regret brought to him by his friend was finally filled by the man in front of him.

Ruan Lanzhu didn't say anything, but just sat beside his bed and looked at him. He understood what Ling Jiushi was thankful for.

Sometimes he was very jealous of Gao Dawei, jealous of the fact that he and Ling Jiushi could support each other in the most difficult times, and jealous of the fact that they had once set a common goal and moved forward together.

Everything inside the door is closely related to Ling Jiushi. He doesn't know what kind of feelings Gao Dawei had when he made this game. He is now a little hostile to this potential rival in love.

"I am your savior now, and from now on your life belongs half to me!"

Ling Jiushi wanted to smile, but when he pulled up the corners of his mouth, the wound on his face would be pulled. In the end, he nodded gently.

"I wonder if Qianli and the others have also entered this illusion!"

Ling Jiushi turned his head and looked at the gray sky outside the window. All he could hear were the sounds of ambulances coming and going. The scene was so depressing that it made him feel like he couldn't breathe.

"Don't worry, I will find a way to contact them."

The mobile phones brought in from outside were unusable, but they all wore locators before entering. Although the locators of Li Dongyuan and the other two were not as good as the one he gave to Ling Jiushi before, they could still be used now.

At this moment, the sound of Ling Jiushi's cell phone vibrating came from the pocket of his clothes that was resting on the chair beside the bed.

"Is your phone still working?"

Ruan Lanzhu was puzzled. His cell phone was completely unusable before.

"I do not know!"

Ling Jiushi was also confused. He remembered that he had placed his cell phone next to the pillow, but there was no cell phone in his pocket.

Ruan Lanzhu stood up and handed Ling Jiushi's coat to him. It was inconvenient for him to reach into his pockets with his hands, so he could only let Ling Jiushi look at it himself.

After Ling Jiushi searched for a long time, he finally found a smartphone that looked a bit shabby, but the style was quite old and it was definitely not something from the era outside the door.

The phone was still vibrating stubbornly. There was no name on the caller ID displayed on the screen, but Ling Jiushi was very familiar with this number. It was the scumbag mother that Ruan Lanzhu spent 500,000 to get rid of some time ago.

"What did she call for?"

"Who?"

Ruan Lanzhu leaned over and looked at the phone screen.

"......"

Ling Jiushi wanted to say "my mother" and "that woman", but he couldn't utter either word. Ruan Lanzhu also guessed whose number it was from his troubled face.

"How about I pick it up?"

Ling Jiushi shook his head, answered the call, and turned on the speaker.

"Jiu Shi! Are you okay?"

"What's your business?"

Ling Jiushi felt very uncomfortable with the sudden concern.

"that......"

Ling Jiushi's face instantly darkened when he heard her hesitant voice. Why is she still like this now?

"Just say it, I have something else to do!"

The person on the other end of the phone seemed stunned for a moment. Perhaps she did not expect Ling Jiushi to speak to her in such a cold and impatient tone.

"We were also affected by the earthquake today. Your uncle's house is uninhabitable now, and we can't get the things inside for the time being. Aren't you working part-time? Can you lend mom some money for emergency?"

"......"

Ling Jiushi was silent for a long time. The other party was still chattering about his difficulties, which made Ruan Lanzhu very angry.

"Do you know where I am now?"

Ling Jiushi's words interrupted the chattering on the other side. The woman on the other side seemed to have just remembered her son's school, which seemed to be near the epicenter.

"I was at the epicenter and just came out of the rubble."

"You, you didn't..."

Before she could finish, Ling Jiushi hung up the phone. It was really tiring.

"I didn't know if I was crazy before, I actually expected them to care about me."

Ling Jiushi threw his phone onto the quilt and looked at the ceiling. He was living a carefree life by himself, so why should he be so depressed and think about those people? Isn't that asking for trouble?

"I know!"

"what do you know?"

Ling Jiushi tilted his head to look at Ruan Lanzhu who was standing beside the bed.

"Because I didn't show up, that's why you care about others."

Ruan Lanzhu spoke in a decisive tone, with a serious look on his face, which made Ling Jiushi want to laugh.

"Look, I'm with you every day now, do you still think about these things?"

Now that you put it that way, it seems to be true.

Ruan Lanzhu gave him a lot of things, not just companionship. He also gave him the care and attention he wanted without reservation. The compliments he often blurted out made him become more confident. Whether it was emotionally or materially, he now got the best.

He only stayed in the hospital for one day. After seeing that Ling Jiushi was not seriously injured, the hospital discharged him. Medical resources are in short supply now, and people like him are sent home to recuperate.

Ruan Lanzhu's hand recovered surprisingly quickly. The next morning, he removed the gauze himself under Ling Jiushi's gaze. Ling Jiushi was so curious that he grabbed his hand and looked at it over and over again.

"I'm living in the dormitory now, what will you do?"

Standing at the busy hospital entrance, Ling Jiushi hung one leg on Ruan Lanzhu's shoulder.

Ruan Lanzhu raised his eyebrows when he heard that. Was he still thinking about going back to the dormitory?

"What should I do? Of course you live outside with me!"

After saying that, Ruan Lanzhu packed up Ling Jiushi and took him away before anyone could react.

“When did you find the house?”

Ling Jiushi was a little surprised when he looked at this bright and spacious flat. Except for going downstairs to buy food, hadn't he ever left the ward?

“Isn’t it a piece of cake for me to make money?

Ling Jiushi had to admit this. This guy was a program, and it was indeed extremely easy for him to make money.

"I see that Li Dongyuan and his men are approaching us. I think nothing has happened to them. If they are fast, they should be here tonight. Then we must hurry up and look for clues."

Ling Jiushi nodded. Their current situation was a bit troublesome. The scene of this door was too big. It was very difficult for them to find the key to go out. They had no clue at all.

"According to the current situation, the world behind this door is all the scenes you have lived in before, so you will not only have to go to your school dormitory, but you may also have to go to your childhood home."

Ruan Lanzhu knew everything about Ling Jiushi. After his screening, he found that only these two places had the highest chance of finding the door and the key.

However, these two places hold Ling Jiushi’s worst memories. As his boyfriend, Ruan Lanzhu doesn’t want him to remember those bad things, but he also wants him to take this opportunity to let go and not be affected by these things in the future.

"it is good!"

Ling Jiushi agreed immediately. As Ruan Lanzhu said, with him by her side, nothing else was worth worrying about. Even if she was caught in these situations again, it would not have such a big impact.

"Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? I'll call and order!"

Ruan Lanzhu touched the back of his neck. There was no takeout at that time. If he wanted to order food, he had to call and order it.

"But I want to eat the porridge you cooked."

Ling Jiushi looked sideways at Ruan Lanzhu. During the time they were on vacation on the island, Ruan Lanzhu had cooked for them personally, and the dish she cooked the most was various kinds of porridge.

"it is good!"

Ruan Lanzhu looked at the time, then got up and went to look in the refrigerator.

"Why are there vegetables in the refrigerator? When did you buy them?"

Ling Jiushi sat on the sofa and looked at the full refrigerator in surprise.

"When I bought the house, I hired a part-time worker to help me with the purchase."

Ruan Lanzhu rummaged around and took out the meat and vegetables, and what he said surprised Ling Jiushi even more.

“Isn’t this rented?”

租？

Ruan Lanzhu looked back at him. The word "rent" did not exist in his dictionary!

“Why not buy it if you have money?”

"But we'll be back after just a few days!"

"Don't worry, I bought it in your name. Even if we get out, Ling Jiushi in this world will still have his own place to stay."

Ling Jiushi remained silent. Before he met Ruan Lanzhu, he really had no place to stay. He was like a rootless duckweed, with no sense of belonging anywhere.

"He'll be luckier than me."

After a long silence, Ling Jiushi turned around and muttered softly, because there was light shining into his world.

Li Dongyuan and the other two arrived faster than expected. Ruan Lanzhu had just prepared dinner but hadn't started eating when she heard a knock on the door.

"Wow! It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early!"

Cheng Qianli, who was following behind Ruan Lanzhu, rushed straight to the dining table, but was grabbed by Ruan Lanzhu by the collar and thrown onto a chair at the other end of the table.

"I haven't prepared anything for you, so you figure it out on your own!"

Ruan Lanzhu glanced at the three people coldly, walked over to Ling Jiushi, sat down next to him and picked up the chopsticks, showing no sympathy for the three people who had been running around for two days.

“But there’s no takeout now, and we can’t use our phones!”

Li Dongyuan and Cheng Qianli sat down opposite the two of them. Only Tan Zaozao looked at her strict father with grievance, hoping that he would suddenly have a change of heart. However, he didn't even look at her.

"Brother Lingling..."

Tan Zaozao looked at Ling Jiushi with hope, but this loving mother just shrugged her shoulders, indicating that she could do nothing to help.

He had everything handed to him, so he didn't dare to refute the words of this big money sponsor.

"There are vegetables and food in the refrigerator, help yourself!"

Ruan Lanzhu picked up the dishes slowly and said, "If you want to eat, you have to earn your own living."

They are not qualified to eat the food he cooks!

"You are so narrow-minded."

Li Dongyuan, who saw through him at a glance, walked towards the refrigerator. He felt that if he could eat the food cooked by Ruan Lanzhu, his teeth would definitely fall out.