Chapter 362 - 324: So You’ve Finally Set Your Sights on the Yi Family?
Chapter 362: Chapter 324: So You’ve Finally Set Your Sights on the Yi Family?
"Let me tell you, Shen Mengyi’s two roommates are not to be trifled with.
"They’re sharp-tongued and nasty. Old Zhou and I couldn’t even last five minutes in there before we got driven out by their attitude!"
On the way to the School Medical Bureau.
Wei Nan was constantly complaining to Lin Yi.
Zhou Qi remained silent, but his occasional nods proved Wei Nan wasn’t exaggerating.
Lin Yi glanced at them. "That’s a women’s ward. Of course, two big guys like you are going to get the cold shoulder!"
"When we get there, we’ll stay for five minutes and leave. I just want to confirm that she’s not seriously hurt, and then we’re good!"
Wei Nan and Zhou Qi both nodded.
For them, a five-minute visit to Shen Mengyi was more than enough.
The three of them made their way to the inpatient building of the School Medical Bureau.
As soon as they walked in, they noticed the place was filled entirely with women.
Even the doctors and nurses were all female.
It was no wonder Wei Nan and Zhou Qi had been treated with such hostility.
They walked up to the door of Shen Mengyi’s room.
They saw three girls sitting by the bed, chatting with Shen Mengyi.
The four of them would burst into laughter from time to time.
Shen Mengyi seemed to be in high spirits and recovering well.
She was clearly out of any serious danger.
When Wei Nan saw the scene, his scalp tingled with dread.
"We’re doomed. How is there an extra one today? Why don’t you just go in by yourself? I’m not going in with you!"
Zhou Qi nodded in agreement. "Just go in for a quick look. Don’t stay for too long!"
Lin Yi glanced at the two of them, stepped forward, and knocked on the door.
A moment later, a girl came and opened it.
"Who are you looking for?"
The instant she saw Lin Yi, it was just as Wei Nan and Zhou Qi had described.
Her attitude was awful, her expression openly hostile.
Just as Lin Yi was about to speak, Shen Mengyi’s voice drifted from inside the room.
"Is that Senior Brother Lin?"
"Senior Brother Lin?"
The expression of the girl who opened the door shifted slightly.
Before she could say another word, Lin Yi was already inside the room.
She didn’t even see how he got past her...
Lin Yi walked to Shen Mengyi’s bedside and smiled at her.
"Senior Brother Lin, it really is you!"
"Everyone, let me introduce you. This is the Senior Brother Lin I’m always talking about—Sister Zhao Xue’s boyfriend!"
"Huh?"
"You’re Lin Yi?"
"Oh my god, I finally get to see you in person!"
In an instant, the other girls reacted as if they had just spotted a pop idol.
Their faces filled with disbelief. Lin Yi, however, frowned deeply. "Don’t spread rumors!"
"But it’s true! Sister Zhao Xue already admitted it!"
Shen Mengyi said with a light laugh.
Lin Yi was speechless.
"How’s your recovery coming along?"
"I’m pretty much all better. I actually wanted to get discharged, but the physician won’t let me leave. They want me to stay a few more days for observation!"
"Senior Brother Lin, have you been on Dragon Tiger Mountain this whole time?"
Shen Mengyi’s face was alight with excitement.
Her spirits seemed even higher than before Lin Yi had arrived.
Lin Yi nodded. "Yes, I was in secluded training on Dragon Tiger Mountain."
"I just got back today. Seeing you recovering so well, I can finally relax."
"Hee hee... That’s mainly because they’re here, coming to talk with me every day. If I were all alone, I’d be bored to death!"
"Don’t talk like that! All this talk about dying is bad luck!"
One of the girls beside her quickly chided Shen Mengyi.
Hearing this, Shen Mengyi quickly clapped a hand over her mouth.
"Okay, okay, I won’t say it anymore!"
Seeing the girls chatting so happily, Lin Yi started thinking it was time to leave.
Instead, a few of the girls came over and pulled him down into a seat.
They peppered him with all sorts of questions, chatting endlessly.
It was clear they had no intention of letting him go.
"Senior Brother Lin, you were in secluded training for two months. Does that mean you’ve broken through to the Seven-Star Realm?" Shen Mengyi asked with a smile.
The moment she said this,
The other three girls stared at Lin Yi in utter astonishment.
"Oh my god! The Seven-Star Realm?"
"Really?"
"Mengyi, your senior brother is that incredible? His realm is that high?"
"You guys are something else... Mengyi already told you all this. Why are you still so surprised?"
They were all completely stunned by Lin Yi’s supposed cultivation realm.
’If I were to tell them I’ve already broken through to the Star Tempering Realm,’ Lin Yi thought, ’I wonder how they’d react.’
Lin Yi smiled. "Mhm, I’ve broken through."
Instantly, the hospital room fell deathly silent.
The girls exchanged glances, but no one spoke.
You could practically hear the THUMP-THUMP of their heartbeats.
After more than ten seconds, the girls all went wild.
They lunged toward Lin Yi...
Meanwhile, Wei Nan and Zhou Qi, who had been waiting outside,
Stared at the scene in the room, completely dumbfounded.
"Hey, what are they doing? Why isn’t anyone trying to kick Lin Yi out?" Wei Nan asked, puzzled.
Zhou Qi shook his head. "But look at how they’re treating Lin Yi. There’s no hostility at all!"
"Comparisons are just cruel! Why do they treat us so differently from how they treat Lin Yi? It’s infuriating!" Wei Nan said, his expression a mixture of envy and jealousy.
Zhou Qi glanced at him, just smiling and shaking his head without a word.
More than ten minutes later, Lin Yi finally emerged from the room.
The three girls escorted him to the door, all smiles.
When they saw Wei Nan and Zhou Qi,
Their expressions changed in a flash, but they didn’t say anything hostile.
Instead, they smiled and said, "Senior Brother Lin, come visit whenever you’re free! Keep us company. The doctor said that keeping Mengyi in a good mood will help her recovery!"
Lin Yi nodded. "Alright, I’ll stop by when I have time."
After he spoke, Lin Yi shot Wei Nan and Zhou Qi a meaningful look.
He then hurried toward the stairs.
The three girls were still standing outside the hospital room, watching, even after the guys had disappeared into the stairwell.
"They weren’t nearly as scary as you said. I thought they were pretty warm, and they’re clearly good to Mengyi."
As Lin Yi, Wei Nan, and Zhou Qi were walking out of the building,
Wei Nan shot him a resentful glare. "That’s because they were nice to *you*. Didn’t you see the way they looked at me and Old Zhou when you came out?"
"Good lord, it was like we’d done something heinous to them in a past life!"
"Sigh... Different people, different treatment."
"Tell me, why is life so hard for me and Old Zhou?"
The words had barely left his mouth when Zhou Qi glanced at him. "Don’t drag me into this. Before I met you, my luck with women was actually pretty good. Ever since we started hanging out, I feel like my feng shui has been ruined!"
"From now on, I’m staying away from you. Cherish life, stay away from Wei Nan!"
Wei Nan was speechless.
The group then headed toward the men’s dormitory, joking and roughhousing along the way.
When Sun Tao saw Lin Yi, he was overcome with an excitement he hadn’t shown in a long time.
He looked like he was on the verge of tears.
Lin Yi sat and kept Sun Tao company for a long time.
It wasn’t until after three in the afternoon that Lin Yi and Wei Nan left the inpatient building and headed back to their dorm.
They left Zhou Qi there by himself to keep Sun Tao company.
But the two of them didn’t go back to their room; they went to the cafeteria instead.
"So, what’s the plan?"
Now that Zhou Qi was no longer with them,
Wei Nan had suddenly grown serious, looking at Lin Yi with a solemn expression.
"Huh? What plan?"
Lin Yi was taken aback and repeated the question.
Wei Nan chuckled. "Don’t play dumb with me. We didn’t just meet yesterday. You might be able to fool them, but you can’t fool me. Are we making a move tonight?"
Lin Yi glanced at him with a smile. "You’ve already figured it out, so why ask?"
"Count me in! I’ve been bottling up my frustration for half a month. I’ve been itching to take those bastards down!"
"Before you returned, Old Zhou and I didn’t dare make a move. The power gap was just too wide!"
"Now that you’re back, it’s the perfect time to vent our anger on them!"
"The threat from those men in black has even overshadowed the demonic beasts!"
"They’re killing people everywhere. I heard that in this period, they’ve killed a lot of officers from our own Songshan City Public Security Bureau. They’re absolutely lawless!"
Lin Yi remained silent, focusing on his food.
He quietly listened to Wei Nan’s tirade.
Only after he had finished everything on his plate did he look up.
"Don’t tell Zhou Qi," he said. "No need to make them worry."
"After dark, the hunt begins."
At these words, an excited grin spread across Wei Nan’s face.
He nodded. "Got it. Tonight, the hunt begins!"
The two shared a smile. After Wei Nan finished eating, they left the cafeteria together.
...
As night descended upon Songshan City,
Danger and death came with it.
Following the demonic beast invasion, public order in the New District had gradually crumbled.
The appearance of the men in black had now opened a new Chapter of death.
The night became a carnival of slaughter and death,
Plunging many residents of the New District into a constant state of mortal terror.
The moment dusk fell, the pedestrians on the streets all hurried home.
Even the cars on the road sped along, their drivers unwilling to linger outside for a single extra minute.
Late that night, in an underground parking garage,
A red sports car had just pulled into a space.
The door opened, and Tang Qinru stepped out.
The recent situation in the New District had kept the Medical Bureau incredibly busy.
Every day, the dead and wounded were brought to its doors.
Tang Qinru had only come back tonight to grab some things from her home.
Afterward, she had to head straight back to the Medical Bureau to continue her work.
But just as she got out of her car and started walking toward the elevator,
A sudden, crisp sound of footsteps echoed through the garage.
Tang Qinru’s brow furrowed as her gaze swept over the area.
Then, she saw a man in a long, black, hooded robe step out from the shadows.
A flicker of vigilance crossed her eyes, but she continued walking toward the elevator.
But just as she reached the elevator doors,
The man spoke.
"Physician Tang, don’t be in such a hurry to leave."
Hearing his voice, Tang Qinru glanced back at him over her shoulder.
"Are you talking to me?"
"Who else could it be? The renowned Physician Tang, granddaughter of Yi Nanshan, daughter of the principal of Xingwu University. Oh, and your mother is Yi Xiaoying, the director of the Weapon Workshop, correct?"
After he finished speaking,
The man in black slowly raised his head, revealing a pale face.
It was a sickly, unnatural pallor.
He was very young, with refined and handsome features.
But his eyes held a sinister, wicked gleam.
Tang Qinru took a few steps back, putting some distance between herself and the elevator doors.
She heard a RUMBLE from the elevator shaft.
A car was descending, but she hadn’t called it.
That could only mean someone was already inside.
With a soft DING,
The elevator doors slid open, and a dozen more people in black robes stepped out.
Faced with this scene, Tang Qinru showed no trace of panic.
A faint smile touched her lips. "So, you’ve finally set your sights on the Yi Family?"