I Became a Medical Genius in the 80s-Chapter 625 - 624

A few children were sprinting away, practically scared out of their wits, especially after hearing those creepy words and smelling that pungent scent of blood. They wouldn’t dare stop for even a second, fearing that the ghost would target them and drain their blood!

Luo Xuping looked quite frightening at the moment, with pig blood all over his face, attracting the attention of several adults. He thought to himself that this was bad, so he rushed forward to grab the person and run, but unexpectedly came up empty.

"Let’s go, let’s go!" He couldn’t afford to be surprised and had to whisper urgently, leading the charge into a nearby alley with the person in the wide robe following closely behind.

The two of them twisted and turned through the alleys. Seeing no one following, the person in the wide robe halted first, his body softened as he sat on the ground, not content with sitting, wishing he could lie flat on the ground.

Luo Xuping heard the commotion behind, turned back to see the person’s condition, frowned, wiped his face with his sleeve to remove the pig blood, and then approached.

"Are you okay? How come after taking just a few steps you’re sitting on the ground?"

Luo Xuping spoke while reaching out to help, but the person quickly dodged, causing some displeasure on Luo Xuping’s face, "You think my hand is dirty? I don’t have pig blood on it."

The person quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, I don’t think you’re dirty, I’m just afraid of scaring you."

Luo Xuping laughed upon hearing this, "How could you scare me? If you perform drinking human blood, with your build, I bet you wouldn’t even get close to someone before getting kicked away."

The young person spoke without much reservation, saying whatever came to mind.

The person shivered, standing up while leaning against the wall, gasping, "I don’t drink human blood, my appearance is just... just... not quite like yours, I’m afraid of scaring you."

Luo Xuping fell silent, suddenly feeling pity for this person, clearly bullied to such an extent yet worrying about scaring others.

He had actually noticed his appearance long ago, his face almost skin and bones with barely any flesh, and earlier when some boys raised sticks to beat him up, this person’s arm stuck out a bit from the sleeve, just enough for Luo Xuping to see from his angle, so thin it was barely thicker than a stick.

Luo Xuping looked at the young man leaning against the wall, his hat covering tightly just revealing a dark hole, couldn’t help but feel sorry for him.

"Don’t be too kind, they want to beat you up and you’re still afraid of scaring them!"

"No, I was afraid of scaring you; you helped me just now..." The young man’s voice grew smaller, almost sighing.

Luo Xuping didn’t like him being this way, recalling how he himself fought back when bullied at school, when the group made him kneel, though he didn’t kneel, he didn’t fight back either, how humiliating!

Thinking this, he went forward and pulled off the person’s hat, revealing a face wrapped in skin and the look of terror. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"A bunch of cowards, what’s there to be afraid of? If they saw a dead man’s bones, wouldn’t they be scared to death!" Luo Xuping said calmly, looking at the young man.

He would dig for wild vegetables, passing by graves often saw wild dogs dragging out bones from mounds and carrying them away to gnaw, this person clearly was alive, what’s there to be so scared of.

A bunch of gutless people!

If his brother were here, who knows how much he’d be trained to death!

The young man looked at Luo Xuping in terror, deep despair in his eyes, it had been so long since he’d properly talked to anyone, finally someone willing to talk to him now, but seeing his appearance, surely he’d be scared away!

Yet instead of Luo Xuping retreating and running off in panic, he heard his calm words, making the young man stay momentarily stunned.

"You... you aren’t scared of me?" The young man tentatively asked.

Luo Xuping smirked, "You’re just not usually seen. There’s nothing out of the ordinary in the wild hills; if they were like those people, even herding sheep would be a bombshell every day."

The young man felt he truly wasn’t afraid, not knowing how to feel; apart from his parents, this was the second person unafraid of him in a long time.

"I’m Cheng Tianji, what’s your name?" Cheng Tianji saw Luo Xuping about to leave, hurriedly chased after asking.

"I’m Luo Xuping, I have things to do, I’m leaving." Luo Xuping hurried, time was wasting and soon his sister at home would be worried, he took a few steps, then remembered something, turned to ask, "Oh right, if giving a birthday gift to someone, what would be appropriate?"

Cheng Tianji wanted to follow Luo Xuping, talk more with him, but if Luo Xuping left, he couldn’t keep up, had no strength, and just running those two steps had exhausted him.

Now hearing Luo Xuping’s words, he quickly asked, "Boy or girl?"

Luo Xuping thought for a moment, "A boy I guess."

"What does he like? It’s best to give what he likes."

Luo Xuping was puzzled, how would he know what the other liked, hadn’t even met him, just heard he was two years older than him, a boy, that’s all the info.

"Why don’t I go with you, I can help you decide." Cheng Tianji suggested, then added, "I came out to buy a gift too, we can go together."

"Alright, but I’m pressed for time, it’s getting late." Luo Xuping worried he wouldn’t catch up.

Cheng Tianji hurried to stand, walked beside Luo Xuping, as he walked he said, "I’m also pressed for time, it’s getting late, let’s hurry."

The two of them went to the mall together.

"Who are you buying a gift for? Is someone having a birthday too?" At the mall, Luo Xuping asked.

Cheng Tianji shook his head, "My sister, not a birthday, she gave me a gift and I want to give her one too; say, do you know what a woman in her twenties might like?"

Luo Xuping couldn’t help thinking of his sister, pondering said, "Depends on what she likes. Like my sister, gifting her an inkstone would make her happier than jewelry."

Most women like flowers and jewelry and such, his sister was quite average.

Cheng Tianji understood, "My mom likes jewelry, but my sister probably doesn’t; never seen her wear it, so maybe I should buy her an inkstone too?"

"Up to you, your sister should be happy with whatever you buy for her," Luo Xuping said, anyway Beisitian was like that, "Then do you think for boys our age, what would be a good gift? If it were your birthday, what would you like friends to gift you?"

Cheng Tianji opened his mouth, somewhat speechless, he had friends before, but since changing like this, he had no more friends, long forgetting what having friends felt like.

Yet, he hadn’t received gifts, pondering he said, "Would want a slingshot, one that can hit big birds."