Absolute Gate

Chapter 33 You Deserve It
At noon, the sun was scorching.

Wu was finally woken up by a nurse while lying in his hospital bed.

He had ECG lines attached to his body, hands, and feet, and was also receiving an IV drip. After the nurse removed them, she was putting away the ECG machine.

"If you're awake, get up by yourself," the nurse instructed with a slight accent, then pushed the machine out.

Wu Zhong sat up blankly and looked around. He was in the hospital's emergency intensive care unit.

Then I looked at the brochure on the wall: "Rongcheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital? Huh? How did I end up in Rongcheng?"

He had no recollection of how he got there.

A man was lying in the next bed, also waking up in a daze.

Wu ignored him and walked straight out.

But they soon realized something was wrong.

"Huh? Why am I wearing a skirt?"

Wu was stunned, only then realizing that his clothes had changed.

Upon closer inspection, her skin tone had changed, becoming much smoother and fairer.

She has a slender and slim figure, and her long legs are proportionate like a supermodel.

"Ah, this, this, this..."

Wu finally realized that this was another skin-changing outfit. What had happened?
Why is he here? Why did he change his clothes?
At the same time, the man in the next bed screamed and fiddled with his clothes, looking down at himself.

Wu Zhong was taken aback and looked at him tentatively, "De Biao?"

The other person looked up and froze; it was Yang Chunsha.

"Angkor? What's going on?"

Wu Zhongzei was annoyed: "You're asking me? Who should I ask?"

"How about we change our clothes first?"

"How do I change this?" Yang Chunsha fumbled for her phone on the bed.

She looked at her phone: "Ah! It's August 25th?"

Wu Zhong snatched it and exclaimed, "We've slept for two days?"

Luo Yi arrived on the evening of the 23rd, and it's already noon on the 25th.

Do you have Brother Xia's phone number?

Yang Chunsha shook her head: "No, but I can contact him using plant communication."

The two looked at the head of the bed together, and sure enough, there was a fruit plate there, which must have been deliberately left there.

Yang Chunsha picked up an apple, then seemed to be waiting for someone to answer the phone.

Wu Zhong suddenly became alert and snatched the apple away: "Don't fight here, let's go outside and talk."

He was actually worried that Yang Chunsha would contact other people.

After all, he remembered that Luo Yi had mocked Xia Heng for just bluffing and told Yang Chunsha that she hadn't taken any poison.

In this way, Yang Chunsha had the confidence to sell him.

"Oh."

Yang Chunsha had obviously thought of this as well, and rolled her eyes at Wu Zhong.

As the two left the intensive care unit, Wu Zhong asked at the information desk, "Excuse me, why am I lying here?"

The receptionist nurse clearly knew what was going on: "Alcohol poisoning."

Wu Zhong's lips twitched, and after asking a few more questions, he finally understood.

Xia Heng brought them here, and they were wearing these clothes when they arrived.

When I arrived, I had already been poisoned for a whole day, and the emergency department arranged for me to receive medication.

"I drank too much that day, and it made me lose my memory," Wu Zhong sighed.

Yang Chunsha recalled: "I remember you went downstairs and bought more than 100 jin of liquor, which emptied two stores and was carried up in three separate trips."

Wu Zhong then remembered: "Yes... Brother Xia drank for a while, then said he had something to do and left."

"Damn it, I was the one drinking with that monster the whole time."

Yang Chunsha retorted, "I drank a lot too, okay?"

Wu Zhong rolled his eyes: "Fine, fine, you're awesome. You go drink with him next time. I'm quitting drinking."

"That's outrageous, it directly poisoned me."

Yang Chunsha was taken aback and hurriedly shook her head: "No, no, no, you should drink with him. You're the one who wants to be a mad vampire. I'm not qualified."

She was very proactive last night, trying to please Luo Yi.

She clearly wants to be a member of the Berserker Clan; even without a mental fortitude, it's still a very useful trait.

However, after hearing the price of the first embrace, she knew that she had no chance, or rather, investing in Wu Zhong would be more promising.

"Go change your clothes first!"

Wu Zhong pulled Yang Chunsha toward the toilet.

Upon arriving here, we were stumped: which way to go?
“We have no other clothes, so we have to share a room,” Yang Chunsha said quietly.

Wu Zhong said, "We still have to change! Let's go into the men's room!"

He dragged Yang Chunsha into the men's restroom, startling the man who was urinating: "Huh?"

To onlookers, she was a woman as cool as a supermodel, forcefully dragging a man into the men's restroom, while the man turned his face away, appearing quite shy.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?" This startled the passerby, who shrank back and scurried into a corner.

Wu ignored him and reluctantly entered the same cubicle with Yang Chunsha.

The passerby was dumbfounded and greatly shocked.

He put on his pants, faced the cubicle from which the sound of clothes being undressed was coming, and slowly backed away to the doorway.

As he approached the door, he was reluctant to leave, staring intently at the cubicle, his eyes filled with shock and growing increasingly alarmed.

He took out his phone and pressed the call button: "Honey, come quick! There are two perverts messing around in the bathroom."

However, a short while later, the door to the cubicle opened, and a man and a woman came out.

"So fast?" The passerby stepped aside to make way and looked at Wu Zhongfan with a puzzled expression.

Wu Zhong had a dark expression on his face. He simply exchanged skin-changing outfits with Yang Chunsha with their backs turned.

So their appearances are still the same as the two people from before.

"What are you looking at! Haven't you ever seen a handsome guy before?"

After shouting, Wu Zhong grabbed Yang Chunsha and ran quickly.

The passerby didn't dare to retort until a man arrived to watch the show.

A passerby hurriedly pulled him aside and pointed at Wu Zhong's back, saying, "Honey, say something! He's yelling at me."

Hearing the commotion from a distance, Wu quickened his pace.

He and Yang Chunsha rushed out of the hospital, ran across the road, not knowing where to go.

"I'm starving, let's eat something first." The two ate at a noodle shop across from the hospital. Wu Zhong finished two large bowls and drank two bottles of milk before he felt better.

Yang Chunsha glanced at him and said quietly, "There was a fruit plate left for me by my hospital bedside. So this is what Brother Xia told me to do by contacting him... Give me the apples."

After thinking about it for a moment, Wu decided to give it to her anyway.

Yang Chunsha held the apple for a while, then whispered, "Brother Xia, it's me... Yes, he's awake. He's here. We're eating noodles at the hospital entrance."

"Huh? Why should I speak? Because my older brother doesn't know that this can be used for telepathic communication."

Wu saw that she responded naturally, her words were simple, and she didn't mention her own name.

Moreover, the fact that they can communicate telepathically without speaking means that Yang Chunsha has many opportunities and doesn't need to wait until now to betray his information.

After Wu finally figured it out, he felt guilty for suspecting that she would betray him.

Come to think of it, this woman had unintentionally saved his life in the dark tunnel.

"Here you go." Yang Chunsha tossed the apple to Wu Zhong: "Here's the apple, keep the plants away from me."

Seeing that she was sulking, Wu quickly laughed and said, "It's my fault, I didn't mean anything by it. I was just a little groggy when I woke up."

Yang Chunsha got up to pay the bill. Wu Zhong had nothing now, but Yang Chunsha still had a mobile phone.

"Wait here, they'll be here soon."

After waiting for a while, Wu finally tried to talk to her, but she ignored him.

Xia Heng said 'right away,' but this 'right away' actually took two whole hours!
It wasn't until the shop owner noticed something was off about their expressions that Xia Heng, in his transformed form, finally arrived from outside the door.

He patted Yang Chunsha on the shoulder: "Xiao Wu, let's go."

Wu Zhong stood up: "Brother Xia, I am the one who..."

Xia Heng raised an eyebrow: "You switched it back?"

He chuckled and beckoned the two to follow him.

The car was outside, and Luo Yi was drinking milk tea in the driver's seat.

With all four seated, the car drove straight out of the city.

"Brother Xia, Master Luo, what's going on? Where did you go?"

Xia Heng kept looking out the window: "What else could it be? A mercenary group has spotted us."

Mercenaries, and they're even a gang?

Wu Zhong asked gravely, "Where is it? And then what?"

Xia Heng explained to him that after drinking last time, he and Yang Chunsha had blacked out.

Luo Yi assumed he was asleep and drank by himself. When Xia Heng returned, he drove them away from Xingcheng.

After driving for a full day, Xia Heng tried to wake them up but found they were unconscious.

Only then did they realize that they had severe alcohol poisoning, so they drove until late at night to take them to a hospital in Chengdu.

They were in a hurry on the road and didn't notice anything, but after entering the city and turning many corners, they realized they were being followed.

After discussing it, the two decided that Luo Yi would lead the pursuers away and find a place to fight them and find out what was going on.

Xia Heng then took the opportunity to get out of the car and take the two to the hospital, and then went to support Luo Yi.

Just in case, they also changed Wu Zhongyang and Chunsha's clothes and appearance.

After all, no one knows when that person started following him, and who knows if he has already memorized Wu Zhong's changed appearance?

"So that's how it is... No, we're fleeing, so we really can't drink, right?"

"You were such a pervert that night, Master Luo, you almost drank yourself to death!"

Wu was on the verge of tears; he hadn't managed to kill the enemy, but instead, his own people had drunk him to death...

Luo Yi chuckled: "You're a bit too weak, aren't you? Don't panic, don't panic. If something really happens to you, I'll bite you and you'll be fine."

"Hey, let's find a secluded spot outside the city later, and I'll give you my first embrace."

Wu Zhong suddenly realized that if he really agreed to drink with them, he would be fine.

He was still a little reserved: "Uh, isn't this a bit much? Master Luo, isn't the price you're paying too high?"

Sitting in the passenger seat, Xia Heng couldn't hold back any longer and said angrily, "Alright, stop having such a poor person's mentality."

"I wanted to yell at you to wake you up that night. Do you know how many people want to become members of the Mad Blood Clan? Yang Chunsha knew it was hopeless, but she still longed for it. What are you still holding back for?"

“If you give up on something, you'll never have another chance. In the world of calamities, this kind of thinking will only lead to two outcomes: either death or becoming a useless person.”

Wu Zhong was stunned: "Brother Xia, I just feel that this price..."

Xia Heng interrupted, "No need to say anything. You're thinking of others, but who the hell is thinking of you?"

"What do you care about the cost? No one knows better than him. Does Luo Yi not have a brain? He can weigh the pros and cons himself. Do you need to remind him?"

Wu Zhong never expected Xia Heng to suddenly lose his temper with him.

“Brother Xia… the greater the price he pays, the greater the conditions you have to pay… You’ve helped me too many times already…”

Xia Heng coldly replied, "This is none of your business. Do you think I'm brainless?"

“I know that you are thinking of me and worrying that you won’t be able to repay me in the future, and I am very grateful.”

"But since I'm willing to help you fight for it, it means I value you. Just accept it."

"What I give you means it's what you deserve. Don't be afraid to bear the burden, and don't feel unworthy!"

He hit the nail on the head, and Wu Zhong was stunned and speechless.

Indeed, he did have a sense of unworthiness.

I always feel like I don't want to owe people too much; there's a kind of poor but aloof pride about it.

In fact, since the other party is willing to give it to him, it means he deserves it, and there is no need for him to feel pressured.

If you owe someone, just remember to repay them later. There's no need to be afraid of taking responsibility. Things are different now than before. You should hold onto the good things first and improve yourself.

Having figured this out, Wu Zhong's eyes became serious: "I understand. You're right, Brother Xia. Thank you so much for valuing me so much."

"I will always remember what you taught me and what you helped me, and I will never let you down."

"No matter what you have done for me, Brother Xia, I will repay you tenfold in the future."

He took it seriously because he had figured out something else.

Xia Heng and Luo Yi negotiated terms after he lost consciousness with Yang Chunsha... Could it be some extremely valuable terms? So much so that they were highly confidential and no one could hear about them.

So, Luo Yi knew that Luo Yi's alcohol tolerance was average, yet he deliberately got him drunk so that he could make those demands?
After considering this, Wu realized that Xia Heng must have paid a heavy price for him.

He couldn't help but be grateful.

Hearing him say this, Xia Heng realized he had understood, and his expression relaxed: "I really have high hopes for you. You can think of it as me investing in you."

“Your performance in that life-or-death moment showed me your potential. You've just been suppressed by life for too long... I trust my judgment.”

"And what you need to do is live and become stronger."

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　P.S.: Sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)