Lima syndrome

The person in charge was startled by his sudden yell. He tried hard to recall what he had just said, but he couldn't figure out which sentence he had said wrong.

"Master Jingcan, I'm not saying you two are going on a date, just a meeting."

"Shit, of course I know. Do I need you to say it again? Who would want to date that guy?" He thought of something and handed his phone to the person in charge, "Put in his phone number."

The person in charge took the phone tremblingly and entered Bai Zhiyan's phone number carefully. When Che Jingcan took the phone back and prepared to enter the remarks, his eyes darkened. He knew this guy's name from the lost and found. He originally wanted to ask him to tell him in person next time they met.

Seeing that he was in a bad mood, the person in charge worried that his plan to date someone tomorrow would fail and he would be beaten again. Suddenly, he had an idea.

"Master Jingcan, I still have the reward money for Bai Zhiyan. I think you can take the reward money with you and say that you don't need any reward and return the money to him in person." He thought for a while and said, "Or you can say that you don't need any reward money, just let him treat you to a meal. Isn't that the way to thank people?"

"Let him treat me to a meal?" Che Jingcan thought it was outrageous. He had never been treated to a meal by anyone in his life.

"Yeah, do you mean you just want to give the things to him and leave?"

The person in charge was a little confused and found it a little unbelievable. He didn't think that this moody and bad-tempered man in front of him had a helpful side.

Che Jingcan slapped him on the head and raised his voice, "How is that possible! If he wants his things back, he must pay something. Asking him to treat me to a meal is already a bargain for him."

"Yes, yes, you are right." The person in charge thought to himself that he had really overthought it just now, and to hell with helping others.

"Then I'll contact him early tomorrow morning, is that okay with you?"

"Why do you have to contact me so early in the morning? Won't you make him think that I really want to meet him?"

Another slap hit him on the head, and the person in charge groaned in pain, thinking that this young master was really difficult to serve. He went through so much trouble just to meet him, and now he still got beaten if he followed his wishes.

"Okay, I'll choose a suitable time to call him."

Che Jingcan turned his head to look at the person in charge, curled his lips, and nodded reluctantly to show his agreement.

It was already noon the next day when Bai Zhiyan woke up. He had experienced too much yesterday and had also injured his head. His whole body was limp and weak. After five minutes of rest, he finally mustered up the strength to slowly sit up.

At this time, the stinging pain on his forehead spread throughout his limbs. He pressed the call button to call the nurse to change his bandage. Fortunately, he had found the right angle at the time, and the wound on his head only needed a few stitches, and he did not have a concussion.

After asking the doctor if he could be discharged from the hospital, he picked up his phone to call driver Zhou to pick him up. Only then did he realize that the person in charge of the church had called him more than 20 times, the earliest one at six in the morning and the last one thirty minutes ago. Looking at the time, he was still sleeping at that time.

This...what's the big deal? Why are you in such a hurry...

When Bai Zhiyan was hesitating about when to return the call, the phone rang again. He was so startled that his hand shook and he subconsciously answered the call.

"Hey……"

"Great! Student Bai Zhiyan, you finally answered the phone!"

For some reason, Bai Zhiyan felt that the person on the other end seemed very excited, and the tone was different from the one he heard during the call yesterday.

"What's wrong? I just woke up and saw your phone call. Is there something urgent?"

"Well... ahem, it's like this, student Bai Zhiyan, the kind-hearted person who found your things said he doesn't need your reward. He just wants to hand over the items and money to you in person."

"Do you still want to meet that person?" Bai Zhiyan really couldn't understand why the other party was so persistent in meeting.

"Yes, he said yesterday that he wanted to meet you at the church because he thought you would go. In fact, he is still in Apgujeong-dong. He did not come to the church after you rejected him, so the things are still with him. But I have already transferred the reward money to him. He feels that he is unworthy of this money, and he must return it to you."

"So that's how it is." No wonder this person insisted on meeting. He came from far away to give him something but I didn't even want to see him. It was really rude.

"Do you agree to meet the student? He wants to meet you at XX coffee shop in Apgujeong-dong at 12 o'clock tomorrow."

Bai Zhiyan only thought for a moment and readily agreed, "Then please tell that person that I am willing to meet him."

Now it seems that this kind-hearted person has really good character, both kind and considerate, so Bai Zhiyan agreed to meet without much hesitation.

The person in charge almost burst into tears when he heard his agreement, "Okay, I'll tell him."

"It's just that he didn't want to accept my reward, and I really felt bad about it."

This was the sentence the person in charge was waiting for. He coughed twice to suppress his excited tone and pretended to be conflicted after thinking.

"I don't think he's the kind of person who would take advantage of others. Why don't you treat him to a meal? You two are of similar age, so maybe you can become good friends."

"Oh, is that so..." Bai Zhiyan never expected that the kind-hearted person would be about the same age as him, so he didn't think about treating him to a meal, but if he was someone of the same age, maybe they could really make friends.

"Thank you for your advice and for taking the trouble to help me find something. I will visit you at the church another day."

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I am very grateful to you, too. I really appreciate it."

After hanging up the phone with the person in charge, Bai Zhiyan was confused. It was clearly him who helped him find the lost items, so why should he thank him? It was inexplicable.

After the person in charge hung up the phone, he breathed a sigh of relief as if he had survived a disaster, while Che Jingcan next to him kicked him down.

"Damn it, why are you talking so much nonsense? Who said they wanted to be friends with him? He doesn't deserve it!"

He looked at the red-haired boy in front of him but dared not say anything. He was woken up by his phone call at around five in the morning asking him to contact Bai Zhiyan. Who was the person who told him not to contact too early the day before?

But he could only rub his butt and get close to him in a very servile manner and respond, "Yes, yes, yes, who is he? He has no status and position, so how can he be friends with Master Jingcan."

As soon as he finished speaking, he flew out again.

Che Jingcan glared and cursed, "Your broken mouth can't say a single nice word, not a single word I like to hear. If you dare to say nonsense again, I will tear it apart right now."

The person in charge was in tears. He said he didn't know whether to say anything or not. He really wanted to be a mute now. He was just a poor worker, so why should he suffer such torture?

Che Jingcan ignored his cowardly look and left with his head held high, feeling happy.

When driver Zhou came to pick up Bai Zhiyan, he was startled by the wound on his head and asked anxiously, "Master Zhiyan, what happened to you? How come you're injured after not seeing you for just one day?"

"I'm fine, Driver Zhou. I accidentally fell down when I was going downstairs and got a small cut. It's nothing serious."

Bai Zhiyan felt warm in his heart when he saw the concerned look in Driver Zhou's eyes. This kind of sincere care was something he had never had in his previous life.

After returning to the Bai family, Bai Zhiyan looked around the hall carefully, and only went upstairs to his room after making sure that Bai Jitai was not there.

Bai Zhiyan felt that he had consumed too much energy as he had a fever two days ago and was now injured. Now he was lying on the bed, smelling the familiar scent and gradually falling asleep.

But he slept very uneasily and started having nightmares again.

The dream was dark. He saw Bai Jitai turned into a giant black python, which slowly wrapped around him. The cold body stretched from his ankles to his neck, but he could not control his body. He could only stare and watch as the python tightened little by little, strangling him to suffocation.

"I warned you before." A low and cold voice sounded in his ears, like a devil from hell that was about to devour him.

"You asked for this."

Bai Jitai's ghostly voice sounded again, and his big, bony hands pinched his fragile neck, and the pulse in his neck beat faster and faster.

When he was about to lose consciousness, he saw Bai Jitai's golden eyes emitting a deep light, and his pair of vertical pupils were looking at his face greedily. In just a moment, his face turned into that of a python, and his heartless eyes stared at him and spit out his tongue at him.

"Go to hell, Bai Zhiyan!"

"Ahhh-"

Bai Zhiyan finally escaped from the nightmare. The touch in the dream was so real that he began to feel nauseous again. He covered his mouth in panic and ran to the bathroom. However, he hadn't eaten anything all day, and he dry-heaved into the toilet for a long time but couldn't vomit anything.

Bai Zhiyan had never had this kind of dream before. It was probably because the shadow left by Bai Jitai yesterday was too great. This was also the first nightmare he had about this life since his rebirth, and it was all because of that madman Bai Jitai.

Bai Zhiyan sat by the toilet for half an hour until his legs became numb and he finally regained consciousness. This nightmare was more terrifying than any previous one. He didn't even dare to think about it, otherwise he would hug the toilet and vomit again.

"Gululu——"

His stomach felt empty, and that was already setting off alarm bells.

It was already night time and the servants in the house had all gone to bed. Bai Zhiyan didn't want to disturb them, so he planned to go to the kitchen and make some food to get by.

Someone comes to replace the ingredients at home every day to ensure that the things in the refrigerator are always kept fresh. However, Bai Zhiyan was not in the mood to cook today, so he dug out two packs of ramen and prepared to cook some to fill his stomach.

After the water boiled, he put the instant noodles in, and took two eggs from the refrigerator and beat them into the water to make poached eggs. He looked at the eggs rolling in the pot and was a little dazed for a moment. He remembered that when his mother came home from his part-time job at night, she was worried that he would be hungry, so even if she fell asleep, she would force herself to get up and cook for him. The most common thing she made was ramen.

He suddenly remembered a conversation they had while eating ramen.

In order to save electricity, the mother and son lit candles as a light source at night. Under the red candlelight, the mother's pale face had a hint of healthy redness.

"I am sorry to my son. I cannot give you a complete family or a rich family environment." She held his hand self-reproachfully. "All I can give you is love."

Looking at his mother's apologetic eyes, Bai Zhiyan returned and held her hand.

"Mom, I don't care about those things. I just need your love. I am the richest person in the world just to have your love."

"Zhiyan, my son, mom loves you."

The frail mother hugged her son tightly with almost all her strength. It was not until he felt the hot and wet temperature on his shoulders and neck that he realized his mother was crying.

Bai Zhiyan, who was in a trance, remembered his answer at that time and said it unconsciously.

"I love you too, Mom."