Spiritual Recovery: Gamification of Reality-Chapter 13
Chapter 13
Beep beep!
Beep!
Beep beep!
Xu Bai stood by the window and looked inside. This ward was filled with all kinds of expensive and functioning equipment for the intensive care patients.
The person lying on one of the beds looked a little pale, but if she had a healthy skin tone, she would give others the impression that she was a cute girl.
This was his sister, Xu Wei.
After the car accident five years ago, his sister had been saved after a 72-hour operation. Although she had survived, she was still in a coma.
At that time, the elders in the family had advised Xu Bai to face reality. Instead of wasting the compensation of three million federal coins, it was better to let go.
However…
How was that possible?
The person lying on that bed was the younger sister who had been pestering him since he was young, and yet would give him half of her favorite lollipops.
Xu Bai’s eyes flickered. Suddenly, he had the illusion that his sister, who was lying on the hospital bed, moved.
“This…”
“That’s one of the bed’s functions.”
“…”
Just as Xu Bai’s face lit up with excitement, he heard a voice coming from behind him and turned around.
Behind him stood a tall, cold-looking woman with glasses, wearing a white coat. She walked over to Xu Bai’s side and looked at Xu Wei.
“The newly introduced monitoring and nursing bed helps to adjust the patient to better prevent the occurrence of bedsores.”
“… Is that so?”
The excitement in Xu Bai’s eyes faded.
“Don’t worry, Little Bai. Little Wei’s vitals have stabilized compared to last month.”
Xu Bai nodded and took a deep breath.
“Little Lan, thank you.”
The woman’s name was Gao Lan. She was a doctor at this hospital. At the same time, she could be considered Xu Bai’s girlfriend to a certain extent…
One of them.
Gao Lan smiled slightly.
“Why are you thanking me? If it wasn’t for your help, my brother Gao Yi wouldn’t have been able to join your branch after graduation. My brother is the one who owes you thanks. Come home with me during the new year. Allow my brother to thank you properly.”
“Was this Gao Qiang’s doing?”
Xu Bai raised his eyebrows.
“The starting price to use this monitoring and nursing bed in other hospitals starts at 30,000 coins.”
Gao Lan’s eyes gestured at the seemingly ordinary bed. It was actually the most advanced monitoring and nursing bed in the Federation.
“But my brother knows that you don’t like to borrow money from others. He has been working with our hospital, so he donated three beds and asked that Little Wei be allowed to use one for free.”
Xu Bai did not know what to say.
Although he did not know the price of this bed, which cost 30,000 coins, he knew that the price of buying three beds was definitely not cheap.
After Gao Lan finished speaking, she suddenly thought of something. She took out her hands from her pockets and examined Xu Bai’s arms.
“I heard from Doctor Qian from the surgical department that when you came in, your injuries were quite serious. How did you recover in less than two days?”
“I’ve always had a good constitution.”
Xu Bai smiled.
In fact, Xu Bai did not want to recover so quickly. After all, he could get 500 coins per day from the federal medical allowance. Such a good thing was hard to come by.
However, now that he knew that Xiao Jingtian had an elder brother who was likely going to seek him out for revenge, he chose to be discharged from the hospital.
Perhaps that woman had said it casually and did not mean anything by it.
However, he would not leave things to chance. Since he had already stumbled upon the mission, as long as he obtained EXP, he could continue to level up until his stored EXP was used up.
Therefore, instead of staying in the hospital and earning 500 coins from the Federation, it was better to leave the hospital as soon as possible and raise his level.
At the very least, if Xiao Jingtian’s elder brother really came looking for him after his level had increased, he would be able to deal with the situation better.
Gao Lan rolled her eyes at Xu Bai’s boasting.
“Narcissistic.”
“Haha.”
Gao Lan examined Xu Bai’s arms again to confirm that there was nothing wrong with them. Then she put her hands back into her pockets and said, “It’s good that you’re fine. I wanted to visit you last night, but I had an emergency surgery to attend to last night.”
“It’s fine,” Xu Bai smiled, “I’m not fussed about such things.”
Gao Lan nodded and looked at the time.
“It’s almost five o’clock. Wait for me. Let’s have dinner together?”
“No thanks.”
Xu Bai shook his head.
“I’m only here to see my sister. I’m heading home now. Another day?”
Gao Lan glanced at Xu Bai and nodded.
“Alright then. Don’t push yourself, and drive safely.”
“Okay.”
“I’ll take care of Little Wei. Don’t worry.”
“Hearing that puts me at ease. Thank you,” Xu Bai said to Gao Lan before walking toward the elevator.
After he entered the elevator, Gao Lan also turned away. She glanced at the few young nurses who were looking at her from the corner of their eyes, whispering things to each other the entire time. She put her hands in her pockets expressionlessly and walked toward her office.
After Xu Bai left the hospital, he hailed a taxi. After giving the driver the address, he leaned back against and closed his eyes.
He was Gao Lan’s boyfriend.
But…
Xu Bai and Gao Lan were not a couple in the ordinary sense.
To put it simply, the two of them were pretending. However, up until now, they had been pretending for almost two years. The two of them had known each other for more than ten years.
It was around this time last year when Gao Lan was urged by her elder brother to get married. Coincidentally, Xu Bai returned to Feng City last year, and happened to meet Gao Lan at the hospital.
It was a perfect arrangement.
Gao Lan thought of Xu Bai, so she asked Xu Bai to pretend to be her boyfriend to deal with her eldest brother’s whining.
Xu Bai was not bothered by this. Furthermore, Gao Lan’s request had triggered a mission, so there was no reason to refuse.
He was very familiar with pretending to be a boyfriend. When he was in Law Enforcement University, many girls had asked Xu Bai to pretend to be their boyfriend to help them chase away some flies.
In the end, as he helped, for some reason, rumors suddenly spread that he was a playboy and philanderer.
However, Xu Bai did not care. Rumors could not kill people. Moreover, each time he helped these girls out, Xu Bai would get a handsome reward.
Half an hour later, as he arrived at his destination, Xu Bai opened his eyes and looked out the window.
This was the blessed land that he had used to complete missions when he was young.
Feng City, East District, Jiuchang Community.
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