Lima syndrome

Bai Zhiyan was about to fall asleep when he was disturbed by the ringing of his cell phone. He didn't want to answer the call when he saw the caller ID, but he also understood Bai Jitai's character. He would have to return to the Bai family in the future. He didn't know how Bai Jitai would retaliate against him after he returned. Bai Zhiyan looked at the flashing screen of his cell phone, waiting for Bai Jitai to hang up.

"..."

After he finished counting silently, he saw that Bai Jitai had no intention of hanging up, so he sighed and resignedly answered the phone.

"Hey?"

Surprisingly, there was no sound from the other end. Bai Zhiyan picked up the phone and took another look. It was not disconnected.

"Hello? Is something wrong?"

Just when Bai Zhiyan thought he had accidentally called and was about to hang up, there was finally a small sound from the other end, which seemed to be the sound of knives and forks colliding or the sound of porcelain breaking.

"Bai Zhiyan."

When this all-too-familiar voice rang out, Bai Zhiyan's master's figure immediately appeared in front of his eyes. Different from his usual frivolous and playful tone, this voice was low and hoarse, a whisper that was about to fall into his chest.

"It's me, are you okay?"

Because he couldn't see Bai Jitai's face, Bai Zhiyan could talk to him so calmly at this moment. If his previous life knew this, he would probably be scared crazy.

"Where are you now? Why don't you go home?"

His question was transmitted through electricity. After hearing it, Bai Zhiyan thought to himself, what home are you going back to? That's your home, not mine.

"I can't go back if I'm injured." He didn't want to say more.

"Why is Bai Zhengren the only one who knows about this? Why didn't you tell me that you caused trouble and hurt someone?" Bai Jitai asked him gritting his teeth.

"Do I know you well? Why should I tell you?" Bai Zhiyan remembered that today was Friday, and wondered if Bai Jitai had drunk too much to say something like that. "If you have nothing else to say, just hang up."

After saying that, Bai Zhiyan put down his phone and was about to hang up, but he heard a "bang" from the other end, accompanied by a woman's scream, and then Bai Jita's voice came again.

"you dare."

The two words were almost forced out from between his teeth. His voice seemed to come from deep in his throat, as cold as sharp ice chips, piercing to the bone, gloomy and cold.

Even through the screen, Bai Zhiyan could feel the anger of the person on the other side.

Bai Zhiyan's head hurt even more. The pain on his skin and the pain deep in his brain were intertwined. The pain that he had never felt during the fight became real at this moment.

"I don't dare." He took a deep breath and continued, "I didn't tell Bai Zhengren either. It was the counselor who told him. He probably wanted him to handle the matter, but he refused."

This was different from the answer Bai Jitai had imagined. He thought that after Bai Zhiyan was hurt at school, he would find Bai Zhengren as soon as possible and use his power to solve the matter, but what he said was completely opposite to his guess.

"You also know that he has never liked you and it is impossible for him to help you solve the problem. You should have come to me now, otherwise the matter will affect the entire Rijiang after it ferments!"

"I don't need it. I can handle it myself."

Bai Zhiyan's voice was still indifferent, and it was impossible to tell his emotion. The more he spoke like this, the more upset Bai Jitai felt.

"Then how do you plan to solve it?"

Bai Zhiyan was silent for a moment, because in his opinion this matter was not a big deal. Since both parties were injured, they could just pay the medical expenses and apologize to each other.

"let it go."

"Let it be?" Bai Jitai snorted coldly, his voice sounding even deeper. "Do you know that you are causing trouble for the Bai family? The Pu family and the Gao family are both troublesome. If you really have had enough of living, I don't mind sending you to the west."

"None of your business is my business." Bai Zhiyan was also angry. Why should he consider the Bai family and Rijiang Group before doing anything? He had never benefited from them, but when something went wrong, he had to pay attention to his identity.

Pay attention to your ass!

"Either you fucking hide and don't let me find you, or get back to school before things get out of hand. Otherwise, I'd rather help you solve it my own way."

"Don't worry about that. I will go back to school as soon as possible. I won't be a nuisance to you if I go back to the Bai family."

The word "home" is too easy to arouse imagination. Bai Zhiyan really doesn't like to call the cold house of the Bai family his home.

After he finished speaking, there was silence on the other end. It was so quiet that Bai Zhiyan thought the other party had hung up the phone. He could even clearly hear his own steady breathing in this single room.

"Why? You want to avoid me?"

Finally, Bai Jita's voice sounded again. What he said made Bai Zhiyan feel confused. He didn't know what he meant by avoiding. Was he referring to this hospitalization as a way of avoiding him or was he referring to the words just now that made him feel that he was avoiding him?

If it was the former, then he was too self-conscious. Even if Bai Zhiyan hated him, he would not use such cruel means as forcing himself to be injured and hospitalized to avoid him.

While Bai Zhiyan was brainstorming, Bai Jitai could no longer bear the brief silence and growled into the microphone.

"say!"

Bai Zhiyan was also brought back to his senses by this voice. He held the phone and repeated what he had said before.

"Bai Jitai, I told you before that I will try to appear in front of you less often in the future. What are you dissatisfied with?"

His voice was as clear and gentle as usual.

"You asked me if there was anything I was not satisfied with? You should know it best. What I hope is that you will never appear in front of me again."

"Impossible, I said I won't leave the Bai family."

Bai Jitai played with the glass in his hand, then threw it hard, smashing the crystals all over the ground. Bai Zhiyan subconsciously shuddered when he heard the vibration from the opposite side.

"Don't take advantage of the fact that I don't dare to touch you easily and get ahead of myself. I can't kill you now, but I still have countless ways to make you live a life worse than death. If you really want to provoke me, you can try it."

Bai Zhiyan swallowed, remembering the tools he had seen in the basement, and he really believed that he could do such a thing.

"Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Bai Zhiyan stared at the phone screen in a daze. He was so annoyed by Bai Jita's scare that he lost all sleepiness. He turned on the night light beside the bed and continued reading.

So the next day, he didn't wake up until noon.

"Ring ring ring——"

Another urgent ring rang out. Bai Zhiyan was half asleep and was given a headache by the annoying ring. After a while of groping around, he finally found the source of the noise.

Bai Zhiyan swiped the answer button without even looking at it.

"Bai Jitai, what else do you want? Didn't I make it clear to you yesterday? I will handle this matter myself!"

……

He launched into a barrage of words, but the other end was eerily quiet. Bai Zhiyan didn't think much about it, and he hung up the phone without hesitation after he had finished speaking.

He impatiently threw the phone aside, covered his head with the quilt and continued to sleep.

"Ring ring ring——"

The phone rang again.

"Why didn't I know my phone was so popular before?"

Bai Zhiyan bowed to reality and took back his phone mumblingly.

But this time, before he could even open his mouth, the person on the other side spoke first.

"Who is Bai Jitai?"

"Um……?"

Bai Zhiyan was a little confused when he heard the voice. This person was not Bai Jitai.

The person on the other end seemed to understand from his hazy response that he had not yet fully woken up, and his originally gloomy face improved a little.

"Who was Bai Jitai you just called?"

In less than half a minute, Bai Zhiyan was basically awake. He shook his head to confirm who the other person was. His brows furrowed and his tone became cold.

"Who he is has nothing to do with you."

After saying that, Bai Zhiyan hung up the phone without waiting for the other party to answer.

"Xiba!"

This was the first time in Che Jingcan's history that someone hung up the phone so rudely. He was furious and called back cursing.

Then the other party hung up again.

"This bastard really knows how to make people angry."

So Che Jingcan called the person in charge of the church again.

"You, give Bai Zhiyan a call."

"Ah? Me?" He knew that this kid coming to the church so early in the morning was bound to be up to no good.

"But Master Jingcan, don't you have student Bai Zhiyan's phone number? Why don't you call him yourself?"

He was as tactless as ever, so Che Jingcan swung his angry fist at his face.

"Damn it, I told you to hit me, so why are you talking so much nonsense!"

The person in charge was hit in the face by him and felt very upset. With trembling hands, he flipped to Bai Zhiyan's number and dialed it.

In the ward, Bai Zhiyan had been completely awakened by the relentless phone call. He picked up the phone again and looked at the incoming call, his delicate eyebrows slightly wrinkled.

He now knows that the person in charge is Che Jingcan's subordinate. Personally speaking, he doesn't want to pay attention to him, but this person in charge has helped him a lot before. Wouldn't this blatant disregard be too cruel?

After struggling for a while, he finally picked up the phone, intending to listen to what nonsense the other party had to say.

"Hey--"

"Hello, good morning, Zhiyan." After the call was connected, the person in charge breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Che Jingcan's face and spoke hesitantly.

"Have you eaten breakfast?"

"..."

ill.

Bai Zhiyan glanced at the phone that was on the phone, rubbed his sore eyes, and spoke with a somewhat impatient tone.

"What's your business?"

Che Jingcan, who was standing next to him, was already furious when Bai Zhiyan answered the phone. He was willing to answer other people's calls but not his own, right?

Well done to Bai Zhiyan.

"Ah... That's right, I..."

He hasn't come up with a decent excuse yet. Can he say nothing happened to him?

The person in charge looked at Che Jingcan for help, and the other party could no longer hold back, so he snatched the phone and started asking questions.

"Today is Saturday, why didn't you come to church?"

Bai Zhiyan was not surprised to hear Che Jingcan's voice. He chuckled, which sounded particularly genuine through the speakerphone on the other side.

This was the first time Che Jingcan heard his laughter. When they met in the past, they were always at loggerheads. Bai Zhiyan had a cold face and he got angry, and they hardly even had a complete conversation.

This laughter made Che Jingcan feel itchy inside. He wished he could go through the phone screen and stand in front of Bai Zhiyan to see him laugh with his own eyes.

"why are you laughing?"

Even he himself did not notice that there was an unnatural tremor and hoarseness in his voice when he uttered this sentence.

"Why should I go to church?" Bai Zhiyan asked him back.

Che Jingcan choked. He couldn't say something like "Because I want to see you" which would cause misunderstanding.

Finally, he replied angrily, "You used to come every Saturday!"

What kind of answer is this? Bai Zhiyan was speechless. There were only a few people in his address book, and recently they all called him as if they were rushing to do business. He had to devote energy to dealing with them with his already injured brain. He was really exhausted.

"I don't believe in religion, and what you said about going there every week is not true."

"You don't believe in religion? Then why do you go to church?" His answer was beyond Che Jingcan's thinking. After questioning it out loud, he realized that he had asked the wrong question.

"I want to ask you why you didn't come today? Is it because you are afraid to see me?"

A very low-level way of provoking someone.

There was no one else in the ward, and Bai Zhiyan rolled his eyes without any aesthetic sense.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Che Jingcan became a little nervous. What he said just now was just bluffing. He actually hoped that Bai Zhiyan would get angry with him and talk back, and then come to the church with a sour face to curse him. He even thought about it. If Bai Zhiyan attacked him again, he would never fight back. If he was really hit by him, he would definitely fall down with his small body.

What he thought was indeed right. Bai Zhiyan had knelt at his feet countless times, gasping for breath like a dog, begging him to let him go.

"So much nonsense."

After saying that, Bai Zhiyan hung up the phone and blacklisted the person in charge's mobile phone number. Anyway, Che Jingcan was not in front of him now, so he couldn't do anything even if he scolded him.

"Damn you bastard—"

Che Jingcan was so angry that he threw his phone far away and it broke into pieces in an instant.

"My cell phone!"

The person in charge was also heartbroken.

Immortals fight, mortals suffer.

After turning his phone to silent mode, Bai Zhiyan finally enjoyed a truly relaxing weekend.

Because Bai Zhiyan's sleep quality was very poor in the past few days, he asked the doctor to prescribe some sleeping pills within the available range. At night, he threw his silent cell phone aside, took the medicine and quietly prepared to go to sleep.

Xu Shiyuan came to the hospital after he fell asleep. He was going to work in a restaurant on Saturday. His colleague suddenly had to take leave for something and asked him to cover for him. He worked until the evening before finishing work and coming to the hospital.

Originally, he didn't want to come and disturb Bai Zhiyan so late, but he didn't see him the whole day today, and Xu Shiyuan felt empty. After learning that Gao Enshuo and Park Jun were also in the hospital, his worries became even stronger.

The more distracting thoughts in his mind, the more sad he felt. Recently, before falling asleep at night, he would always see Bai Zhiyan's bloody face and his body that refused to fall down that day. Only then did he realize that strength and fragility can appear in the same person at the same time.

Sometimes he felt that Bai Zhiyan was a butterfly, beautiful and elegant, yet decadent and depressed, disappearing in an instant after the hot summer.