"No. I can't just wait for my doom," he thought.

His roommates wanted to kill him, but he wouldn't die here.

Xiao Rong struggled to get up from his bed. Since he couldn't bend his body down to put on shoes, he walked towards the door hurriedly in slippers.

But no ordinary people could tolerate the pain of rib fracture.

Especially, he hadn't received any surgical treatment.

He didn't dare to move expansively lest the broken ribs would pierce through his entrails.

However, although he was extremely careful, he gasped as he walked and breathed due to the severe pain in his ribs.

It seemed that it would kill him when he just breathed more deeply.

"Is he still comatose?" someone said.

Xiao Rong went blank for an instant and then recognized it was Li Yu, one of his three roommates.

Last night, Li Yu poured the cold water from the washroom on him all night and pressed his head into the mop sink time and again. He almost choked to death.

Among his three roommates, Li Yu knew most ways to bully people.

If he continued staying here, he would be tortured and finally die from Li Yu's various ideas of bullying even if he wouldn't be killed by the other two people.

"It's all your fault. You pressed him into the sink and poured cold water on him. That's why he has a high fever today."

It was Zhang Chao, as his voice was gruff.

Sun Xing said, "Don't blame each other, guys. You almost choked him to death, and you broke his ribs."

"So what? Nothing matters even if we killed him," Li Yu giggled, "As long as he's dead, the Xiao Family will give us a lot of money. Then we can leave this hellhole, and we don't have to be treated as psychos or receive electric shock therapy."

As for this, Zhang Chao also agreed, "Yes, it's a great chance for us to leave the Institute. If we miss it, we'll wait more years for another chance."

Hearing this, Sun Xing smiled, "It's indeed a good chance. But are you sure that the Xiao Family won't punish us if we kill him?"

"Of course they won't," Li Yu explained smilingly, "Haven't you heard that bastard Li Jianghai? If we kill him secretly, we help Miss Xiao You to remove the thorn in her flesh. As the Master of the Xiao Family is partial to her, he won't care about Xiao Rong's death."

"Really?"

Sun Xing remained suspected, "After all, he is Xiao Chengye's son. Even a vicious tiger will not eat its cubs. Can Xiao Chengye really leave him alone?"

"If not, Xiao Chengye won't let his daughter do whatever she wants. He'll bring Xiao Rong back instead," Li Yu sneered, "I think he wants to see his son die most. He's a wolf in sheep's clothing."

Xiao Rong heard Sun Xing and Li Yu's conversation clearly.

Xiao Rong hid behind the dormitory door. His teeth chattered when he heard them standing at and opening the door.

All sorts of emotions, including anger, astonishment, sadness, and fear, suddenly appeared.

These emotions were like fire and tide overwhelming him simultaneously.

They made his body warm, but his brain and heart became colder and colder.

His hands crept onto Zhang Chao's bed and grasped the flick knife under it.

...

The next day, Gu Baisheng woke up early.

It was probably because she was in a thoughtful mood, or she wasn't too tired in bed last night.

She turned around in the quilt.

Song Shuang had already got out of bed. She could hear him washing up in the bathroom.

After looking around the room, she found that she was in the master bedroom.

She frowned and recalled those childish questions Song Shuang asked last night as he pretended to be drunk.

She had no idea about whether she should be angry or tease him.

So she just closed her eyes and wanted to have a longer rest.

The school had fired her, and she needed the Doctor's License.

But there were still several months left before the application.

So she had nothing to do now but consider finding another job.

It was true that Song Shuang was rich enough to keep her.

However, she would feel uncomfortable sponging off them.

After all, gifts blind the eyes.

She still regarded Song Shuang as an outsider.

That was what she had in mind.

Song Shuang got out of the bathroom after a shower. Seeing that she was still sleeping, he walked up to her and stroked her hair.

Then, it seemed that he sat by the bed and looked at her for a while.

Gu Baisheng didn't want to open her eyes, so she pretended that she was asleep.

After a moment, Song Shuang bent and kissed her between her eyebrows before he left.

Gu Baisheng heard him changing clothes and went out.

Then, she opened her eyes to look at the door.

Later, she heard the sound of closing the door from the entry.

She knew Song Shuang went to work.

After lying on the bed for a while, she called Qu Xiaobo, "You're off-duty today, right?"

Qu Xiaobo laughed, "How can you remember that? Will you treat me to lunch?"

"No, I'll have lunch at your home." Gu Baisheng said.

Qu Xiaobo clicked her tongue, "It seems that you can't afford a meal after losing your job and have to live off me?"

"That's true. Please keep me, Bobo." Gu Baisheng said.

"Well, come here. We'll go out for lunch." Qu Xiaobo answered.

Hearing Qu Xiaobo's dynamic voice, Gu Baisheng couldn't help smiling and said, "I'll be there soon."

Qu Xiaobo wasn't very busy working at the Gynecologic Hospital.

Comparing with the Second Hospital, it has fewer patients and was less famous.

That is why Qu Xiaobo was not very tired.

After Zhang Kai went to work at the police station, she got up to tidy up the room.

When she saw the worn matching T-shirts she and Zhang Kai bought before, she put them in the dustbin.

But after doing the dishes, she brought them back again.

When Gu Baisheng entered the room, she saw those worn-out matching T-shirts on the terrace floor.

She asked casually, "Are they those matching T-shirts you bought when you were in university?"

"Yes," Qu Xiaobo answered.

"You've kept it for so many years." Gu Baisheng said.

She knew that Qu Xiaobo and Zhang Kai had always been loved up.

But they didn't get married yet, which upset Zhang Kai very much.

"Of course I should keep them. Zhang Kai did a part-time job and bought them for me," Qu Xiaobo replied.

"You're a loved-up couple." Gu Baisheng remarked.

Then, she noticed that Qu Xiaobo was about to do the laundry, so she asked, "Can I help you with the clean-up?"

"That's exactly what I want. Come on," Qu Xiaobo said. She didn't stand on ceremony and just gave Gu Baisheng an apron.

Gu Baisheng joked, "You're taking me as a cleaner just because you'll treat me to lunch."

"We are close friends, so why not take you like a free cleaner." Qu Xiaobo said.

Seeing that Qu Xiaobo was in such a great mood, Gu Baisheng felt herself infected.

Qu Xiaobo had always been happy over the past many years.

Gu Baisheng used to be a shining sun and was as happy as her.

If Cheng Bi hadn't died unexpectedly, she thought she would be that happy forever.

They didn't finish the clean-up until noon.

Gu Baisheng panted with exhaustion. She sat on the floor and asked Qu Xiaobo, "Don't you clean these corners in your daily life?"

"You know how lazy Zhang Kai is, and sometimes I don't want to do the cleaning when I'm busy. I just tidy up those conspicuous places. As for the inconspicuous corners, they'll only be cleaned during the clean-up." Qu Xiaobo answered.

"Both of you are lazy." Gu Baisheng rolled her eyes.

Qu Xiaobo grinned, "Well. Thanks a lot."

Gu Baisheng looked at her watch and said, "Let's go for lunch. I'm very hungry now."

"I'll treat you to spicy boiled fish." Qu Xiaobo said.

Gu Baisheng's eyes twinkled with delight.

She loved it.

After taking a shower, they changed their clothes and went out.

The restaurant cooking spicy boiled fish was a little far away from Qu Xiaobo's home.

"The fish tastes good, but the restaurant is a little remote and not so well-located." Qu Xiaobo explained.

"The owner seems to believe that good wine needs no bush." Gu Baisheng said.

Qu Xiaobo smiled, "I agree."

They walked through twists and turns and arrived at the business center. Then, they went through different alleys to look for that restaurant on a busy food street.

As they walked past a cafe, Gu Baisheng saw a familiar kid.

"Wait a minute." Gu Baisheng said.

She stopped Qu Xiaobo.

Qu Xiaobo looked in the direction Gu Baisheng was gazing at, "What's wrong?"

"It seems that the kid is my student." Gu Baisheng wasn't quite sure as she saw the kid beside an adult, "I'll check it out."

Qu Xiaobo followed her as she walked towards the kid.

Then, Gu Baisheng saw the boy's face.

He looked 8 or 9 years old, wearing a black down jacket. His cleft lip could be seen even though he wore a scarf.

"Ye?" Gu Baisheng called his name.

Immediately, the boy turned around and answered in surprise, "Miss Bai?"

There was a thin young girl standing beside him.

The girl looked about 20 and had shoulder-length hair. Though she was a little dark-skinned, her eyes were bright and tender.

She saw Ye greeting Gu Baisheng.

So she also looked at Gu Baisheng and asked Ye, "Who is she, Ye?"

Ye held the girl's hand and pointed at Gu Baisheng with another hand. He explained, "That's our school doctor, Miss Bai."

Hearing this, the girl greeted Gu Baisheng at once with nervousness, "It turns out that you're Ye's teacher. Nice to meet you!"

Gu Baisheng nodded and replied, "Nice to meet you, too."

At the sight of Gu Baisheng, Ye was excited. But after a moment, he seemed to suddenly think of something and threw himself into her arms. He put his arms around her waist and said, "Miss Bai, please save Xiao Rong."

Gu Baisheng was struck dumb by Ye's words.

Then, she crouched down and asked looking into Ye's eyes, "What happened to Xiao Rong?"

"Xiao Rong was bullied by his roommates last night and his ribs are broken. But the Institute refuses to send him to the hospital or let him move into another dorm."

Gu Baisheng's face clouded when she heard this, "How did it happen?"

Ye answered, "I don't know. Xiao Rong usually lived by himself before. But after he was sent back to school this time, he has roommates now. His roommates are bullies at school. They always pick on other people."

Gu Baisheng had no time to wait until he finished his description and asked instantly, "Is Xiao Rong still staying at school now?"

"Yes." Ye answered.

Gu Baisheng turned around, "I'll go to school right now."